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>> and retailers not on the naughty list. the economy could be getting an early christmas gift. you were probably out there shopping. "fox and friends" begins right now. >> wake up. santa, he's out. he had a long night. he was on the couch this morning. >> he needs a comfortable bed. come on, santa. >> it has been a long night for st. nick. he needs a nap. >> we need something for him. >> maybe he needs a pillow. he will join us on the couch later. shoot him an e-mail, right? >> any questions you have for santa, like, how did he get around the world in this amount of time? the kids are probably already up on christmas waking mom and dad up at this point. >> probably. so, send in your e-mails and tweets and santa will answer your questions and we will wake him up in a little bit. >> we start with headlines for you. new video with 41 dead and dozens wounds after an explosion rocks a food center and police believe this is the first homicide bombing stage by a woman in pakistan throwing two hand grenades into the crowd, as hundreds waited to receive food stamps. >> triangulation is the term coined during the clinton administration but it is not something the obama administration is comfort average -- comfortable with in describing the relations with capitol hill. merry christmas. >> the republicans prepare to take control of the house of representatives and peck up more seats in the senate in january the white house is decided how to approach a congress that could be less welcoming to the president's agenda as the current democratically controlled congress has been. political watchers wonder if the president could adopt the strategy of triangulation, which worked well for former president clinton when the republicans took over the house and senate after the 1994 midterm elections. the strategy is to appear above the politics of the left or right and come down in the supposed middle and try to see less ideological that way. "new york times" reported that the white house has "banned" the use of the word triangulation but a white house aide tells fox and i quote, "no words are banned at the white house," but the idea of us paying to advance our objective is not how we operate. the foam chief political advisor to president clinton and now a fox news contributor who used the word triangulation in the sense for the first time. back to you. >> thank you. look at all of this snow. in some parts of the country. causing a big mess for holiday traveling. delta primarily grounding 500 flights because of the winter weather and most of the cancellations are from atlanta which is expected to see the first winter christmas or white christmas in more than 125 years. officials warn travelers to get to the airport very early. lines are expected to be longer than usual because of the heightened security. and new this morning, a southwest airlines flight packed with christmas travelers had to make an emergency landing after a possible engine fire was detected. the plane was on the way from san francisco to los angeles when it was rerouted to oakland international airport. and while you were sleeping, pope benedict celebrating christmas eve at the vatican with a call to remember the birth of jesus and he prayed to catholics to become more like christ. it ended on a high note with no interruptions because of security breaches. for two years the same woman tried to approach the pope during mass and we are now like in rome with more on the pop's christmas message in the next hour. >> we showed him napping. moments ago, norad confirmed that santa is finished. he had a busy 24 hours delivering presents to the good boys and girls and norad tracked santa around the world and with help from the first lady, michelle obama answering phone calls at norad at hot line and talked with kids all over the nation and telling kids where santa was at that moment. those are the headlines. >> i didn't realize he was wrapped up by 3:00 a.m. as a matter of fact time. >> can you pull that off? >> magic. >> especially with the weather. and now, we will check with maria. a lot of crazy weather. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you, too. a lot of crazy weather and we expect atlanta to get snow fall, the first white christmas since 1882 so a pretty big deal for them. otherwise, that is because of the big storm system headed east and to the northeast where we can also see snow here in new york city tomorrow. and rain is moving into mississippi and heavy rain moving into new orleans and that will be in the next hour if you are traveling across interstate ten but otherwise further north where you will see freezing precipitation, ice on the roads that is a problem in tennessee and north carolina, and further north, cool temperatures means snow across pittsburgh headed south through the higher elevations of west virginia. where is the storm going? tonight it will snow across atlanta and head further north where we expect snow here. this is 9:00 p.m. on sunday, check it out, boston, new york city, and washington, dc, expecting snow. >> thank you. >> thank you. good news, folks, a holiday season is back. and spending is back and it looks like to holiday season could be off the charts if you go by the early estimates. >> we have learned how to shop again. >> we got our groove back. >> were you shopping yesterday? >> one stop. >> i made a stop and i saw "fox and friends" viewers and they said we are last minute shopping, also. look at numbers, they expect incredible numbers, not in yet, they will measure yesterday and they think it could have eclipsed black friday with more than 15 percent of americans planning to do last minute shopping yesterday, saying it could break all kinds of records. 31 million of you out there shopping. >> the numbers predicted for the season, $451.5 billion up 3 percent from last year and could top the record from 2007. this is leading to positive momentum in the economy. we hope this translate into jobs and the unemployment number trickling down because a lot of positive stories in the last week or so about the economy, moving in the right direction. >> and listening to a story on the news this morning about the temporary workers, amazon.com, for instance, and just in one warehouse in seattle hiring an extra 100 employees to box the gifts up and today, christmas, everyone is getting the gift cards, and everyone is getting the ipad gift cards and you will jump in line and there will be a surge of traffic online. i am curious how many will be online shopping. >> according to research, last years and years past after the economy was pretty bad people bought practical items, pots and pans and now this year they buy jewelry, fur vests, nicer ... that is what the article said. and ipads. >> i am thrilled to join the club because of my mother-in-law, i am joining the club. a good christmas. >> and now you will buy all the apps $2 or $3. >> there is no room for another clayton. we have enough electronic advice. >> today a lot of people go to the movies, and tonight, you are done with the gifts, cabin fever you go to the movie theater. >> a lot of people want to watch a movie from the fireplace. you are a couch guy? >> absolutely. >> biggest holiday movies of all time, a list compiled and put together and the number five on the list "white christmas," from 1954. have you ever seen this? >> i do not do well with the top five, they are classic movies, and i have not seen that. >> i love the classics and i have not seen this. >> i don't appreciate the classic ... but i will watch the top five. i promise, by next week. >> number four is a classic. i saw this in the theater "scroogeed," with bull murray. >> number three is "miracle on 34th street." i have seen clips but never sat down and watched the entire movie. i have seen number one, most of it "it's a wonderful life," was number two in 1946. that is 1946. i have seen that a couple of times. >> a classic. >> you need to watch this. >> when you have kids you watch a lot of ... christmas specials the dora type. >> i would be shocked if people in the audience have not seen "a christmas story," from 1983 with ralphy, the red rider bb gun. >> they asked people to log in and vote and it was named number one and the people at home said it was number one and we want to hear from you: what is your favorite? i loved "love, actually." >> e-mail us and let us know what you think, "fox and friends" on the web site. the t.s.a. is concerned about what is inside of your thermos. stay tuned. join the jaguar platinum celebration ! come celebrate exciting cars that are stunning to look at, exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebrate this holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum coverage: five years or 50,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, and no cost replacement of wear and tear items visit your jaguar dealer during the platinum celebration foa $599 lease offer on the 2011 x >> welcome back to "fox and friends", the tats -- has issued a new warning on thermoses that they could be involved in a terror attack. why is there increase risk of attacks during the holidays? we have an attorney and policy advisor for dcba law in washington. merry christmas, michael. >> happy to be here. >> you know, it seems we have the heightened threat levels during the holidays and we see now a threat around thermoses. why do we see the increase the threats during the holidays? >> certainly, we know that the purpose of terrorism is to have an impact broadly, socially, and economically and religiously and during the holidays there is a great opportunity to have the impact when people travel and they are gathered in public places like in malls and airports and around transportation centers. so, we certainly need to be more careful around this time because otherwise it could be an opportunity for someone would wants to do harm to do a great deal of harm. >> it seems we are paying more attention to it, the obama administration appears, we remember what happened last year with the underwear bomber on christmas day and it seems this is an attempt by the obama administration to be out in front on this and say we are hearing chatter about potential problems with the thermoses and we want to put it out there. >> absolutely. that is the best thing they could do. and i am happy it is doing it. this is a reminder we have successfully managed to travel home to be with our families and friends for the holidays, we are very fortunate that the measures that are in place are working so it is not just the people who are keeping us safe but also the policies that are keeping us safe so we have to be grateful for that during the holidays. >> we are learning about india being on high alert look for the terrorists there, four terrorists after the high alert after a suspected terror plot was busted there coming from pakistan. this is speaking to the problems and the world right now with al qaeda being the nest of vipers hidden in all kinds of locations. specifically, pakistan with the united states not being able to infiltrate in pakistan and getting cooperation from the government there. >> yes, it indicates there is a big problem because the threat in mumbai as i understand is actually not even from al qaeda but from the army of the pure that is also based in pakistan and operating in pakistan. so it indicates that we have problems with pakistan and it could be saying you are not welcome here but it is not doing enough to get the groups out of the country. >> this is a problem as we are going to head to the bases this morning in afghanistan and talking to some of the troops there as they celebrate christmas. this is a problem, of course, spilling into afghanistan and our relationship with pakistan, and is the obama administration in your opinion doing enough to strong-arm pakistan in clamping down on terrorism? or is the pakistani government speaking out of both sides of its mouth? >> well, it appears the pakistan government is saying they are cracking down on terrorists but not actually doing so and the greatest, the latest mumbai threat is an indication of that. but, the obama administration is in a difficult position, of course. we are extended overseas in afghanistan. and we have threats from north korea. we have threats from iran. and pakistan, of course, is a recipient of u.s. aid and the amount of $1 billion a year for economic aid as well as for humanitarian aid and military aid. so, we need to make sure we are using the dollars in the best way and one of the ways to do that is to ensure as people in pakistan are receiving the help they should be getting on a daily basis it be under a u.s. flag with the pakistani flag and not under a portrait of osama bin laden. >> and the ties there to osama bin laden and, still, they are holding him up in high regard. michael barnes, we appreciate you joining us on christmas morning. >>guest: merry christmas. stay tuned. there's a big idea happening in medicare that saves you hundreds of dollars a year. it's called the new humana walmart-preferred prescription plan. ♪ it's a breakthrough in medicare prescription drug plans... hey buddy! hey grandpa! ...with monthly plan premiums less than $15 and coys as low as $2. but for savings this big, visit walmart.com or call 1-800-808-400 introducing the new humana walmart-preferred prescription plan. dicare prescription drug plan that's a step forward in health care... and a step forward in affording the things that really matter. but don't forget, you can only save if you enroll by december 31st. ♪ call humana to take advantage of the medicare prescription drug plan with the lowest national premium in the country. go to walmart.com for more details. ♪ >> merry christmas, and welcome to "fox and friends" and now a couple of headlines. instead of heading home for the holidays this man spent christmas eve in jail arrested in miami international airport after trying to board a flight to cuba with a loaded gun. he said he forgot, and the weapon was in the bag. and the man accused of speeding through a check point near president obama's vacation home in hawaii is behind bars. he is charged with two counts of refusing an order to stop and reckless driving trying to eve vaid them on other charges and sped through a check point designed to protect the president. >>dave: the lady of good health, in green bay, wisconsin, became one of a dozen sites where the virgin mary appeared and have been officially validated by the catholic church and the first site of its kind in the united states. >> a bishop from our lady of good help joins us by phone from grown bay, business. thank you for being with us, bishop. >>guest: merry christmas to you and all the viewers. >> tell us of the sightings. >> they happened in 1859 to a young belgium immigrant who was 28 on the way to do the mill and the blessed mother appears and at first the blessed mother did not say anything and then she appeared and she started speaking and she asked the young belgium woman to pray for the people of her area and to reach out to the children who never heard about jesus christ or never been baptized or instructed in the faith and that went back to 1859 and since that time on this beautiful site in wisconsin there has been a shrine build and several versions and the most recent one has been there since the 1940's and people have been coming to that place to pray for all the years and receiving physical healings and it has been an incredible but very much unknown sighting in the country. >>dave: why, here on christmas day, we are talking about something that happened in 1859. go ahead and tell us why this is now, why we are talking about this in 2010. >>guest: that is a good question. everyone who frequents the shrine and goes there has told me it is authentic and they wandered why the church never declared it and my predecessor from pittsburgh said he thought this was really an investigation and in 1978 the vatican outlined the steps to prove or disprove a particular report and after listening to the people here with so many stories of their relatives and, even today wonderful thing is happening there, and i decided to launch the investigation with three experts and they recommended or they concluded that there was substantial evidence here that something really had happened and especially with the fruits of the events affecting so many in such a positive way. so what does it noon? it is a message of hope. our lady of good help, will spread the good news "fear nothing, i will help you," and that is how she got the title "our lady of good help." >> what is the process to recognize this? >>guest: the process is we send all the excess documents and summary of the oral tradition we have heard and a lot of documents to three experts would specialize in this and they have studied them, and we did this two years ago and they sent if their results to us and their recommendations to us last summer some time, and we have investigated that further, and decided that after their thorough examination of looking at the type of person she was, did she follow-through and all the signs were there and that is the process that is used and after the study the decision needs to be made whether to aprove or disapprove this. >>dave: thank you from green bay on the phone this morning. thank you for being with us. >>guest: merry christmas to you and your families. >> 2010 closes how do americans really feel about the year? 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[ male announcer ] don't be left behind. get it first with at&t. the nation's fastest mobile broadband network. period. rethink possible. >> welcome back to "fox and friends", and look at the gingerbread houses from bloomington, illinois, on ton of a 3630-degree lawnmower that can spin in circles and drive down the street. brilliant because if he hits a bump, does a window fall out? he got the idea at the neighbor's christmas parade, gingerbread house is 18' tall. >> that is something my dad would do. he was the best dad. >> like most gingerbread houses the kids want to eat them and you have to say that candy is eight years old. >> but people hang them on the tree. i listened to a chef and show would hang them on the tree and her daughter was laying under the tree and eating them. >> my son did that last year! >> but it is hard for the adults, too. love it. >> great image. >>dave: with the new year an the corner many will reflect on 2010. so, was the past year a good one? a bad one? and now we find out. >> as 2010 closes we are looking back on the year with a nice cross section of americans and we begin the segment with a question: was 2010 good or bad for america? raise your hands if you think it was good. and who thinks it was a bad year. more of you. any event that stands out to you was a bad year. >> not any particular event offhand, just look, at the economy and what is going on it hasn't turned the way people thought it would turn. more people are becoming unemployed in las vegas and nevada and we took a hit. our housing, we took a hit here. it hasn't been good. >> good or bad? >> unemployment is up. i think the way obamacare was handled was poor. and there should have been more bipartisanship as far as what was really needed in the bill and now law. >> for the record it only took two people before president obama's name was mentioned. >> reached the deep end of the pool with housing and i am tired of being surrounded by empty houses, the police came two days ago and evicted homeless people living across from my house and we did not know about it. it is scary. >> good year, november 2nd gave me hope that 2011 will be better >> good year or bad? >> as a real estate agent, bad year. my business has grown in size because of other people's misfortunes. >> good or bad? >> good year and it will get better. >> bad year, the unemployment is heart breaking to see people lose their homes, their jobs, and no effort on the government's part to help put them back to work. >> how you finish the race and the symbolism of the election, not republican or democratic but the american people have gotten more involved makes it a go year. >> across the board. >> a bad year. america seems to have come out like a ship without a rudder. four years ago we went one way, two years later, it didn't work, go this way. this is a country, not a football team. >> part of what concerns me is someone who has done three dozen of these, and as the years progress, the months progress through the year, it got angrier and more divided. people started to yell more often. and i don't know, have we lost our civility? is 2010 the end of being decent? >> i don't think so. i think people thought when president obama got in office that everything would change right then and there and they expected immediate change but when everyone gets in office you have to battle that, you have to get used to the way the country is running and we as a people need to pull together and be there for one another and stop worrying about the government trying to fix everything. >> my frustration is that i continue to write letters to congressional people and senators and i get no responses and it started to continue throughout the year. i agree with the other gentleman the elections gave me a bit of hope but my business went down, my expenses went up, and we are starting to pay $3 for gas again. >> the thing is, president obama got elected by promising he would fix everything immediately, and we all agree that cannot be done but that was his promise and a lot of the people did not vote before showed up to vote, watched the result and said, where is the change? >> is that how we define ourselves, by politics? so that means if we have a bad political year it means the year for america is bad? >> but there are positive because when you shake things up and there is unrest and other stuff, that is when change happens. and that is when we as a group we may fight or argue but we will come to a consensus and move forward. >> americans were come placent and a lot of it is our fault. we let our government get out-of-control. the reason i thought it was a good year we are beginning and taking baby steps now, but we are beginning to take our country back and to try to revisit the ideals that made our country great. >> i think if you separated the year into parts, and you looked at the first half of the year, the first half of the year and it was a horrible year and it is starting to slowly, slowly, slowly get better, i don't think you can look at it without seeing a change. >> he is such a beautiful speaker. >> people wanted to believe what he said. >> lord knows what will happen in 2011. back to you. >> hopefully 2011 will be a better year. we hope. >> and now the headlines, a blast at a christmas day mass injures 11 in the southern philippines overnight, happening inside a police camp. the area is known as a stronghold of al qaeda linked militants but it is unclear who carried out the attacks and why. >>dave: two months after a deadly assault by militants, our lady of salvation catholic church in baghdad celebrates christmas quietly. security is better suited for a prison than a church, and 52 people died in the november attack including a priest, officials estimator than half of iraq's christians have fled the country since the war began seven years ago. >>clayton: troops in iraq are celebrating a bittersweet christmas day away from loved ones with activities including christmas mass and jingle bell run, a 5-k. this is the eighth christmas that american troops have spent in iraq, the u.s. ended combat operations there in august, reducing the number of troops from 170,000 to 50,000 today. >> the daughter of former presidential candidate sarah palin is a proud new homeowner this morning, the 20-year-old purchased a five bedroom house in arizona, a suburb outside of phoenix, and it looks like she got quite the deal. the 4,000 square foot home was valued at $300,000 four years ago and she picked it up for half that price. >> that market has crashed. >> foreclosure capital of the country. >> and now maria? >> we will look at watches and warning in effect, winter storm warnings because of the winter storm that is moving through, so across the area, that is where we expect to see significant accumulation of snow, all across north carolina and parts of eastern tennessee and extending into southern virginia, across the region we can see anywhere between 3" and 6" of snow and further across northeast we have watches because this storm will be intensifying and moving on north, and otherwise, right now, across the south, mississippi, experiencing heavy rainfall and heavy rain moving into parts of new orleans, and further north where temperatures are on the chilly side we have freezing precipitation, watch out for icy conditions on the roads there, and snow across parts of the northeast, new york city, and philadelphia, all in line to get some tomorrow. now we will go to clayton with special guest. >>clayton: we have a special guest. maria, we have a special guest. santa is joining us after a rough, very long night. how are you, santa? >> pretty good. a little bit of a nap. i was caught, i think. >>clayton: we saw you passed out. >>guest: i was up all night. all houses have been covered. >>clayton: how in the world do you manage to do it? how do you stay healthy? and awake? a lot of caffeine? >>guest: well, healthy because of mrs. santa claus. i always get my flu shot. >>clayton: wash the hands, too >>guest: i watch for 20 seconds a time. and also, mrs. santa claus gave me clorox under the tree, so i can be germ-free in the workshop >> you wipe down all the kids so the kid dozen not get sick. >>guest: exactly. >>clayton: send in your tweets and e-mails at fox&friends.com and we willance you on the computer, and someone wants to know your favorite cookie and do you get lactose intolerant? ocean i do not get lactose intolerant. my favorite cookie is chocolate chip. i don't turn down any cookies. i eat them all. >>clayton: keep writing in your questions for santa. keep e-mailing us, your questions for santa at fox&friends.com. >>dave: and he answered a question from a man from new york, how do you never drop pounds and the answer is "milk and cookies." >> and world war ii survival, a olympic runner and pilot shot down over the pacific survive days at sea and fought for his wife in the worst japanese p.o.w. camps captured in a new book. stay tuned. boss: and now i'll turn it over to the gecko. gecko: ah, thank you, sir. as we all know, geico has been saving people money on rv, camper and trailer insurance... ...as well as motorcycle insurance... gecko: oh...sorry, technical difficulties. boss: uh...what about this? gecko: what's this one do? gecko: um...maybe that one. ♪ dance music boss: ok, let's keep rolling. we're on motorcycle insurance. vo: take fifteen minutes to see how much you can save on motorcycle, rv, and camper insurance. >> the unbelievable inspiring story of a world war ii veteran, also a olympic runner and plane crash survivor. ought subject of "unbroken," written by "sea biscuit," author. >> 75 summers ago, the american athletes arrived in berlin for the olympics preside over by hitter. the sensation was jesse owens who shattered records and also competing was a man from california who finished the 5,000 meter event with a final sprint under hitler's watchful eye. from his home in hollywood hills he is now 93 and he remembers. >> just a quick hand touch with hitler and that was it and he said the boy has a fast finish. >> before japan attacked pearl harbor, he enlisted in the army and was assigned to drop bombs from this b-24 called "superman," based in hawaii he bombed wake island and a plant on nairu. >> i bombed the runway and the bombers and the factory and i had another bomb that i dropped on a shack that was a fuel supply and a cloud of smoke shot in the air as high as we were, 8,000 feet. >> he was pursued by nine japanese planes. >> we took on 600 bullet holes, and the tail was shot off, last tire was flattened and blood all offer the plane, and we had seven men seriously injured and got them back alive. one died. >> he escaped death but not long after, in may of 1943 he was ordered to undertake a search and search-and-rescue mission in the "green hornet." >> we were flying and the motor went out and we crashed and i knew that was it "i'm dead." >> he and two survived but a pilot was badly wounded. attacked by sharks and japanese fighter planes, starving, sick, and wasting away, they would drift 2,000 miles on liferafts. >> the gunner panicked and got on his knees and started screaming "we are going to die." in time that man would redeem himself by saving his life, but on the 33rd day at sea, he died. 14 days after that, louie and philips down to 80 pounds were rescued. by the japanese. and were sent to the most hellish p.o.w. camps in the pacific. and back home, the hero was officially declared dead but over the next two years he would live through unspeakably savage cruelty at hands of the japanese captors and one horrible commandant known as "the bird." i had nightmares on the bird guy and if i locked away from his eyes he punched me out for looking away. if i stared at him he punched me for staring in his eyes. he did something each day. there was a 2 pound steel buckle and cracked my skull open and i was on the ground bleeding and he handed me toilet paper to wipe the blood and said "i'm sorry," and i thought he is not so bad and i wiped the blood off and i looked at it and he hit me again. with the end of the war, he would be rescued and was a national hero risen from the dead and married and published the story, the second time in an updated version. but the nightmares continue, a form of torture by the bird, and then an accused war criminal living quietly until his death in 2003 and louie descended into alcoholism. >> we were falling apart, my wife and i but prompted by his wife, he attended a religious revival led by a preacher delivering the gospel in a tent in los angeles, and there the former p.o.w. found salvation. >> the dr. billy graham brings the word. >> we heard billy graham and gave her life over to god and i realized what a heel i was turning my back on god and i confessed and my whole life was changed in a moment. >> rest of his life he mentored troubled youth, he ran again and would return to japan, to forgive the old prison guards and again in 1998 to carry the torch at the games, and now there is fresh evidence in the best seller "unbroken," the all though of "sea biscuit," and now he tends garden but does not think of himself as a hero. >> i have people calling or writing me letters but i see guy s at the v.a. hospital, with legs or arm off and they are the real heroes. they are the real heroes. >> unbelievable. put that on your christmas list, and people writing us yesterday, too, about "unbroken," so check it out if you are looking for that and perhaps you have a gift card, amazon gift card and you want to buy a book, maybe you got a kindle. pick it up. >> unplaintiffable story. stay tuned. stay tuned. 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"fox and friends" continues right now. >> merry christmas, welcome to "fox and friends" and look who it is. santa! >> he was passed out earlier this morning catching a catnap after the long night but he now is answering your e-mails and facebook messages, and any questions for santa, we had some cookie questions. chocolate chip is his favorite. >>dave: my question is simple, what keeps santa going all night long besides milk and cookies? he has to have a secret coffee. >> magic. magic. >> there is a lot of starbucks around the world. >> probably has a coffee container inside of the sleigh. >> fox&friends.com and santa will answer your questions. >> a record number of people making the trip to bethlehem to celebrate the birth of jesus and we are live. good morning. good morning, and maker from -- and merry christmas from bethlehem. the square is packed. the security is so much better in the west bank. bethlehem is a small town of the west bank with a lot of folk whose live here and lived under a siege as the palestinians and israelis continued their conflict and a number of palestinian christians who live in this town because of the church of the nativity and the other holy sites and this morning we have a christmas miracle, really, for a young little girl who lives in the town who got a present that could not come under the tree. she is nine, and the palestinian christian with a hole in the left side of her heart, and it does not look good and like the 2.5 million palestinians living in the west bang slow is cut off from modern medical care. this weighs heavy on her father. >> i am a father. i want the best for my daughter. >> this christmas, her miracle started with a trip through the check point, to a children's hospital in israel, and a chance at life. her surgery is part of a charity called "save a child's heart," her doctor is chief of surgery. >> a kid is a kid. every kid deserves treatment. >> the operation is as delicate as it is dangerous. stopping her heart and opening it to repair the hole. the surgery is three hours. and then ... the moment of truth. her start is started again. good as new. making way for a towning reunion then comes the time for her partners to it is down with the israelis who saved their daughter's life, building a bridge between the two. >> i know one day peace must prevail. of course, peace has not prevailed yet as the talks have broken down but there is a feeling this year that things are much better than they have in the past and security is much better, the feeling here is a lot better for everyone who remembers being in this town when manger square was a very dangerous place to be and we have good news for you this morning, she is back at home, with her parents, celebrating christmas in bethlehem where it began 2,000 years ago. >> thank you from bethlehem with record-breaking records. >> and now the headlines, a bloody day in pakistan, a female bomber killed 41 after using the explosives and the attack is the first staged by a woman. it occurred as hundreds waited to receive food stamps. and the pakistani army killed 40 more islamists militants in the second day of fighting near the border with afghanistan. and triangulation is a term proudly used during the children ton years back in the 1990's but it is not something the obama administration is comfortable with using when describing their recent work with the g.o.p. and now we are joined from washington, dc, with more. molly? >>reporter: triangulation has become a political idea or strategy for how a president of one party can govern with the congress of another party. and president obama who has had a democratically controlled congress for two years, will be facing, perhaps, a less than friendly to his agenda congress in the new year when republicans take over the house and pick up seats in the senate. "new york times" reported on christmas eve that the white house has "banned" the use of triangulation first used by dick morris now a fox news contributor, a strategy where a president tried to appear before the political positioning of the left or right while suggesting that the president's agenda is down the middle or part of a middle ground. and former president clinton used the strategy in 1994 when republicans took over the house of representatives and senate and he was re-elected. a white house aide tells fox, no words are banned at the white house, but "the idea of us pitting groups against each other to advance our objectives is not how we operate." back to you. >> thank you. u.s. troops had a rocking christmas eve in afghanistan. they celebrated christmas with songs and dancing, from perform ers there and santa even took a break to deliver gifts to the troops fighting for our freedom. coming up later, we will go like to our reporter spending christmas with the troops. look forward to that. and with unemployment at 9.8 percent american shoppers splurged for family and friends, and it is estimated that shoppers spent $451 billion in stores. that is a 3.3 percent increase from last year, and preliminary numbers are due out next week with final numbers released next month, and it is estimated buying gifts online was up 15 percent with an estimated $36 billion in sales. a winter storm blanketing the midwest is threatening the southeast and causing major travel issues in the country. delta airlines grounding 500 flights ahead of the storm and more cancellations could be ahead for atlanta and nashville. right now, delays are reported at detroit and pittsburgh international airport. >> and now our weather report we will go over to maria. will it improve for the travelers? >> not a lot. it will get worse pause of the storm across the east and we have a second storm system out west, basically beginning to move on into seattle and south through northern california and this will be bringing in additional rainfall across southern california, and this is not where we need the rain, we saw major flooding and mudslides and the additional rainfall will come tonight and in the morning. and further east we will have travel delays bringing in snow later on today, generally after 1:00 o'clock p.m. in atlanta and also snow further north across pittsburgh. where is this going to go? as we head into tonight, snow in atlanta, rain further south across the florida panhandle and that storm will track north into our area here in the northeast, and by sunday night we are, looking at significant snow fall from boston to new york city and washington, dc, with areas picking up between half a foot and our model is showing up to 1' possible if some spots. quite a lot of snow. >> thank you very much. and a lot of people are getting sick going outside, and i thought about being outside in the cold, cold frigid air, it did not matter if it was cold, rain, snow, sleet but we lad to do the christmas lights but nothing could stop this incredible lights display in springfield, missouri. check out this incredible light display. nothing came close to this in our family. we had a few strings. look at this. >>dave: hard to get it all in one shot. that does not do justice but when it rotates and cycles through. all the different patterns. and how they flow, and set to music, almost, in missouri. quite a scene. ever seen anything like this? >> growing up in south carolina, a guy at lake murray decorated the house and we would drive 30 minutes and everyone creeps by the house, you drive in the driveway, and i don't remember what the cost was, but his electric bill was outrageous. imagine ... >>clayton: and you wonder if it is worth it. we will talk to the creator. >> over 300 manhours. i love christmas and christmas lights and you have to share it with people. children giggling and laughing and you bring joy and happiness, that makes it worth it. >> the expense stands out. but to him it is a hobby. >> i would still love to know what the average monthly bill is over december and general but, again, clearly worth it for him and the residents would enjoy it. >> in "christmas vacation," when clark fires up the house and the nuclear power grid they fired up the grid because of the rest of the lights going down but it has changed and now they are l.e.d. lights. >> i knew you would get technical. i don't know if everyone is there with the l.e.d. lights. we are transitioning. >>clayton: maybe you are there with the nativity story, instead of taking it from a book take it to social media and using the power of the internet to tell the story of the nativity. that is what a marketing firm did starting with a text message you get, a foiftion -- a notification that the angel sends a message over the birth of jesus. and it unfolds like this. >>dave: it takes you through all sorts of different formats from facebook to quicker, to google, earth, amazon, you name it, throughout several different social media platforms, different websites and teaches you the nativity story and teaches you about the internet and how to use some of these. >> what is nice the founder did this to speech people about social media but you could say you are learning about social media but parents can use this to teach kids of the nativity and bringing kids stuff they understand. and they included rather than a donkey, but hertz rental car and joseph buys a cow and a donkey in farmville. >>dave: that is the point, telling it as it would be told today and it has been viewed 6.5 million times on youtube, the digital story of the nativity and you can be one of the 6.5 million or 7 million by the end of the day. >> give us your favorite christmas movies as you have been weighing in online at fox&friends.com. >> and the pope is finishing up the christmas message in rome and that is ahead. stay tuned. to stay fit, you might also want to try lifting one of these. a unique sea salt added to over 40 campbell's condensed soups. helps us reduce sodium, but not flavor. so do a few lifts. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ >>clayton: merry christmas, everyone, in italy, massive crowds came out to listen to pope benedict's traditional christmas day message in st. peter's square. >>reporter: i should be a weather reporter, we do not get white christmas, ever, but a lot of wet christmases and today is one. the 83-year-old pope benedict xvi came out for the traditional blessing to the city and the world and people showing up. the pope talking a lot about religious freedom which has been a major topic for him this year specifically naming a couple of countries: china and iraq. there have been recent attacks on christians in iraq and in china, also, problems of persecution of christians. and the pope has gotten, and the vatican has been speaking out about that. lots of umbrellas in st. peter's square, probably 100,000 people, and people come although there were security threats here, a couple of the mail bombs in rome, people are not too concerned, tourists and italians alike. it is christmas day. you go to st. support's and you hear the pope benedict and check out the very big life-sized nativity scene. and now, finally, i mention that the pope is 83 and the midnight mass started at 10:00 p.m. and it ended after midnight but he seems to be holding up well after a busy christmas holiday. goes? >> thank you. talking about a number of the different conflicts around the world and trying to end the conflict in the middle east and afghanistan and all over the world. trying to bring peace and joy to holiday season. >>dave: president president geo. bush has a new milestone for his book. stay tuned. and now we have santa. come on over, santa. how are you feeling? >>guest: very good. had a cup of coffee. >>clayton: keep the e-mails >>clayton: keep the e-mails coming. sounds like you need to name your price. no gobbledy-gook? never. do i still get all the dagnabbit coverage i need? sure. we give you a quote and you can adjust your price up and down to find something that works for you. ♪ this things okey-mcsmokey skiddly-doo. great! i think. diggity. oh! still not sure. the "name your price" tool. only from progressive. >> and now, 1.5 million is how many people california says the census missed this year. the mistake could cost the state millions in federal money, plus, a seat in congress. and second, two million, is how many copies president bush's book has sold and 7.2 million is how much folkers made at the box office on thursday. it is christmas morning and across the country families waking up opening gifts and spending time with loved ones but it is important not to forget the true spirit of christmas. >> fox news religious contributor talking about the numbers. does that number apoll -- appall you? >> the things that people do on christmas has nothing to do with religion or jesus' birth. things they enjoy have nothing to do with jesus birth, 67 percent. many things i do that i enjoy on christmas have nothing to do with jesus' birth. in other words there are so many things that are so good about christmas, like being together as family, eating great food, and all of the things are a celebration, celebration of what? celebration of ... jesus' birth. that is why it is important to do something, to form tradition, to make decisions that you will do something today that will remind me and my family of the reason. >> a birth is a new beginning and things as families question do that may not have to do with the berth but looking ahead to the new year. >>guest:ing we are used to new year being the time for resolutions. this is the time for christians, this is the moment for resolutions because jesus' birth says there is hope. there is something wrong with humanity, we experience that. and jesus is here to say, i have redemption. whether relationships with family, relationships at your job or work, relations with charity, what are you doing for others? those three things, they are practical areas where you can say you will begin again, there is home and redemption. >> how do do you that if you do not get along with family members. >> everyone should say what part of the relationship difficulty is mine? without looking at their part of it. christmas is a time to say jesus came to give life and redemption, what will i do to use the god given gift of life and will power to make that real in the relationship i have. >> accept people for who they are. >> we were talking about "christmas vacation," the relatives show up at the front door and clark opens the front door and they are yapping and he says "this is what rims is all about." >> i got a tweet yesterday and they said "father, what if getting irritated at one another is our family tradition." you know what? we all get irritated at people and it is a question of stopping and taking time and focusing on the essential. christmas is not over after christmas day but it is a beginning, a time to make decisions. >> we have asked santa how he stays up all night and delivers gifts. you were up with midnight mass. >> i was. how did it go? >> and i will be back here twice today and three services between now and 2:00. >> how do you prepare for a midnight mass. >> you pay. you read the readings. and going to mass or to service is more about going to worship god than what you are getting out of it or what you hear. people will hear a boring homily from me i am sure but worship god and that is in the end the most important thing. >> quite an energizer, father, merry christmas. >> coming up, the most talked about and controversial commercials, the e-trade babies a top commercial of 2010. stay tuned. ♪ [ male announcer ] there are billions of people in the wo ♪ but only one dad. ♪ show him how much you care with gillette's family of products. ♪ [ male announcer ] there are billions of people in the world. ♪ but only one dad. ♪ show him how much you care with gillette's family of products. ♪ >>clayton: welcome back, merry christmas. a white christmas in australia but the white stuff is sand. not snow. they are spending christmas day on the beach in south wales. it is the first day of summer back there on december 21st, first day of summer and we celebrate the first day of winter. six months there and it is one of the greatest places in the world, that beach. i was in college there. good times. good surf. >>clayton: we love commercials, and even at super bowl, and we like to reflect on the big commercials and big movies each year, and a group putting together the biggest list of top commercials for 2010 >>dave: a good year for ads. and now, number ten, the most frequently seen faces in commercial, payton manning for directv. >> i love playing on sunday night we hang out and watch the afternoon games on directv. ready? let's do it. >> do not forget the jacket. >> did you put that chair this? i am telling dad. i am telling dad. watch each game only on directv. >> where is your brother? >> i don't know. >> great chemistry on-and-off the camera. >> this is my favorite, a super bowl commercial, only 15 seconds long. so short, but memorable. everyone talked about it, leno and oprah and letterman. >> this is the worst super bowl party. >> dave, be nice. >> he is saying that because i'm here. >> cute. the two rivals. and leno was shuttled into the studios, with a hood, so no one would see him and no one would know what was going on. >> a lot of talk of the late night battles. and number eight, g." dgeico. >> i got an e-mail and word is people love our claim service. especially the auto repair express. repairs are fast. and guaranteed. as long as you own the car. >> great. is this your phone? >> yes, of course. >> where do you put ... how do you carry ... no, no, i got it, sir. 15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more. >> geico has burst on to the scene with the ads. >> and the discover card is number seven. >> this is new making fun of the indian call centers where you speak to a guy in mumbai. >> my name is peggy. you have a problem? >> i want to speak to supervisor >> transfer. >> transfer. >> transfer. >> transfer. >> hello, my name is peggy. >> love it. >> it is that rage we all relate to. how many people have felt that rage when talking with a customer relations getting bounced off and getting nowhere. >> and the cute e-trade baby commercials, the girlfriend e-trade. >> sorry about last night. >> i was on e-trade, diversifying my portfolio, taking control like a wolf. with the volatility in the market, taking care of it, wolf-style. >> and that milk aholic. >> milk a what? >> lohan sued over that saying that depicted her but got no traction whatever in the lawsuit. clearly, it was aimed at her but my favorite is the one with the smart phone and the ipad and "nobody knows," and that was great. e-mail us and let us know your top five. we will reveal the top five commercials of 2010 on their list at 8:30. >> now we know what you do on your free time. and now five bombs went off in nigeria killing 11 celebrating christmas eve with a family going off at a military check point and police station, and several were rushed to the hospital but will survive. police have launched a manhunt for four men who they believe entered mumbai, india, to carry out a terrorist attack. they say there is "credible," information that four men belonging to the pakistan based militant group blamed for the 2008 attack have entered the city and are believed to be plotting an attack during the holidays. the attacks in november of 2008 killed 166 people in a three-day siege of the city. >> the investigation continues into the death of a 27-year-old woman at the home of former anheuser-busch c.e.o. saying the lawyer was a friend of the c.e.o. and there is nothing suspicious about the death. an autopsy has been performed and the results have not been released. >> president obama and first lady michelle wish families a merry christmas and encourage everyone to support the troops and their families this holiday season. >> today we are thinking of those who cannot be home for the holidays, all our courageous country men serving overseas, and that is the message i delivered when i visited our troops in afghanistan a few weeks ago, and you may be serving far from home every american supports you and your families. >> the first couple passed along christmas greetings on behalf of their dog, bo. >> annual christmas tradition has santa claus making a splash on the potomac river, he proved he could travel fast and not just by air wearing the specially designed wet suit. >> imagine how cold it is on the river. >> this is the 25th year the waterski show has gone on. check out this picture of santa, skiing on the white stuff, hitting the slopes in colorado. santa is a man of many, man talentses and the snow in colorado is perfect, friends. >> and you know who else knows about the snow, maria is outside in the cold. how is it looking? >> no rain. or snow. but cold temperatures. we are showing wind chill temperatures are cold feeling like 19. and i can confirm that. and the west is cold at nine if minneapolis and 11 in chicago and 18 in cleveland and feeling nicer headed south at 54 right now in new orleans and further to the east we will have delays on the east coast and bring dmg rain further south across new orleans and the rain is moving into alabama. as the cold air shifts south, we will see some of that switching over to winter mix across tennessee and north carolina and hear on, today, the snow will pick up with a chance to see a white christmas in atlanta, georgia, and we have not seen that since 1882 and further north falling in west virginia and western pennsylvania and further into the weekend by sunday we will see the snow moving up the east coast and philadelphia, new york, and boston are in line to get snow. clay clay no -- >>clayton: and now a senior executive chef, tom griffith, with the perfect ideas for the trimmings. and i have been more into the stuffing and mashed potatoes than the chicken. >> the sides are delicious. to complement the roast we want delicious side dishes so today well talk about a stuffing and this is chestnut and cornbread stuffing, seasonal, and lots of flavor with fig in it. >> you are not used to putting nuts in there, nuts? >>guest: yes, nuts and fig so there is zip. chefs love to create flavor, lots of spice and seasoning. >>clayton: you have added a favorite ingredient, is that bacon? >>guest: these are loaded mashed potatoes, with chicken broth, and bacon, and chive and butter and cream. >>clayton: i am not a fan of green beans but in the casserole i love it and you have added extras so i want to just eat this. >>guest: i have to create so the american standard is green bean casserole with the soup and onions so now we have two standards: a great product, a corn chowder and corn and green beans are good together so this is simple. take the corn crowder, drizzle over the green beans. >>clayton: you added the cream of mushroom soup? >>guest: we kept that out, and now you can have both. this is just the southwest corn and we driz ill crunchy onion rings on ton and bake it in the oven for 15 minutes. >>clayton: do you mix it? or just put the soup on top? >>guest: it goes down and we have onions in it already so it goes down and it is that simple. i want to talk to you, also, on the roast we have delicious greens, and when you cook, rather than just cook vegetables in water, add some flavor, salt, pepper, butter, and we, i like to add chicken broth or vegetable broth. >> i have tried that and it does taste better, you fit it in the broth? >>guest: i saute it, and i steam it with a cover. >>clayton: are you going to be back with desserts? >>guest: that is next and i am a beekeeper so i have a little surprise for you. >>clayton: you are a beekeeper? a chef and a pee keeper? fantastic. over to you guys. >>dave: he will have to wear the beekeeper suit for that segment. >> keep the bees at bay, please. >>dave: millions of americans flying for christmas and dealing with the t.s.a.'s enhanced security procedures from the full body scanners to the pat downs. stay tuned. 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>> for 35 years our guest has been collected christmas cards from presidents, from roosevelt, to nixon and president obama, and joins us live from washington, dc, with the collection. nice to see you. i said president obama, but as i understand you have not gotten one, the only one you have not gotten one from? >>guest: i have the 2009 but the 2010, the postal service has not found my house yet but here is hoping. hoping. a few hours left before the christmas holiday is over. >> how do you get the cards? >> i started early at the ford white house and that is where i got my first one and i was on the hill, capitol hill, for more than 30 years and as a chief of staff i was able to receive almost all of them i was on the "senior staff" list and i have two with me right now, one i found actually at auction, which was the kennedy christmas card, mrs. kennedy invited the nation into the white house in 1962 and the press folks put out a packet on this, the philadelphia bull bulletin did a rendering of the different rooms and this is the red room she later found to be very attractive and put out as her christmas card in 1962. >>clayton: is that a blowup? >>guest: that was the size of the card. these were the gift cards sent to members of congress and diplomat corps and other heads of state. this is the 19826 the reagans and this was so unique because it was called christmas eve at the white house and mrs. reagan liked this because she said on christmas eve she would be up with the light on in the upper window there, and wrapping gifts and getting ready for christmas morning with the family and this, too, would be to members of congress and the diplomatic corps. >> do they say merry christmas? happy holidays? >>guest: it changed from time to time. the very first one was with the hoover administration, but coolidge was the first to do a proclamation but all of them during the official years were merry christmas and then more politically done as "happy holidays." >>clayton: my favorite, teddy roosevelt, you have a card from him? but you say the hoover administration was the first? so the roosevelt that was ... how did you get that? >>guest: that was informal and i have another informal of president taft and the others were done through the first lady's office and that started with hoover. but throughout the time christmas cards were popular at the turn of the century, and prior to that, everyone was just doing nice verbal greetings. >> and you bought some of them at auction. what is the most you have paid? >>guest: the most i paid was for a truman card from 1951 for $1,800. the one i had from the kennedys i bought in the mid-1970's for $250 and they now are going for $3,000 and i was able to find last year's president obama christmas card on e-bay and i was fortunate getting that for the price of $180. >>clayton: we hope this year's card has arrived in the mailbox. great collection. interesting stuff. thank you for joining us. >>guest: you are very welcome and merry christmas to all of you. >> more and more experience the pat downs at the airport from t.s.a. and they have strong opinions. >>guest: there is a certain time of person that is more likely. >> are you suggesting profiling? >> is she the only american who feels that way? are others fed up? >> the presidency is not over and there is a battle over president obama's library. two cities are duking it out for the honor. >> and we have increased airline security and a new set of t.s.a. guidelines. >>clayton: how do americans feel about the security? we have a pollster testing the pulse of the nation. a lot of people are traveling this morning, frank, at least over the course of the week for the holiday, what did you find doing your research and polling with the individuals of how they feel about air travel? >>guest: we asked the american people as part of a survey, what you thought about freedom in america today. and the results were startling and it is my number one findings of 2010. we asked the public, are you more or less free than five years ago? only 13 percent feel themselves more free. and 53 percent feel less free than five years ago. and part of that is the reaction to what has been happening in washington. and the feeling we do not have control over our lives. and one more stat, americans are more afraid. than in the past. we asked them, if you feel a sense of hope? or fear? and 69 percent look at the conditions for the next generation with fear. only 28 percent look at that, rather, 26 percent look at the next generation with hope so you have the negativeness going on in america today and in that context we asked the public, you are traveling over the holidays, what do you think of the t.s.a.'s approach, what is happening to you at the airports? and what you are about to here are dramatic sound from americans reacting to what they think of the t.s.a. we will listen. >> i think they should be more selective on would they pat down little old lady whose rosary goes off in security? no, be selective. there is a certain type of person that is more likely. >> are you suggesting profiling? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> by a show of hands how many support profiling? if i said the word "racial profiling," how many would support it? so, profiling is okay. but not by race. what do you think profiling is? >> you have the gentleman, the guy on the plane who got on as a senior and then in mid-flight, a young man is what he was so you cannot say because this is an older person you need to go through the screening if it helps our safety. >> that word "racial," add that word and that is what profiling is. yes, there is age component and gender component but there is a racial component and the moment you add that word the public gets nervous and does not want to acknowledge it but they do not like the way the t.s.a. is handling it because they do not feel average americans should be harassed. >>dave: frank, okay, you are not feeling as healthy as you were a year ago but next you asked people about their responsibilities over the rights and what did you find? >>guest: in looking at t.s.a., the question becomes, what is more important to you as an american? your rights? or your responsibilities? going back to the study, we will look. the american people by a narrow margin, 55 percent to 45 percent think citizenship and how we behave at americans is more a responsibility than a right and the whole issue of whether our rights are being taken away from us by washington will be the great issues in 2011. and i have another stat, whether you think you are citizens of america? or citizens of the world? and this is one of those where if you are republican you are absolutely "i am an american citizen," and 64 percent of john mccain voters said that and only 30 percent of obama voters say that, this is one of the great debates we will have in 2011, the responsibility of an individual? what is the responsibility of government? how can we restore a greater deal of hope and faith in the future? you seeing the beginnings of that debate. thank you very much for joining. merry christmas. >> big changes coming to the white house next year. stay tuned. 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"fox and friends" continues right now. >>dave: merry christmas, everyone, you have seen santa do a lot of thing including skiing in the snow in colorado and skiing in the water and now running our cameras. incredible. >> man talents. >>clayton: he has done it all. >> he probably made the camera in the workshop. he delivered presents all night and caught a nap on our couch earlier, and you have been sending in the christmas questions for santa, and you have been sending them to fox&friends.com and santa has been answering them on the computer, favorite cookies, how does he have the energy, is he lactose intolerant because of the milk. and he said "no." >>dave: we wish you a merry christmas and i wish my wife and kids a merry christmas, and our troops serving in iraq and afghanistan and around the world. >>clayton: despite the rain in italy thousands flocked to st. peter's on christmas someday to hear pope benedict xvi deliver the christmas day message. and now, live with more. greg? >>reporter: merry christmas. the pope's message was of joy and concern for peace in the world and for the situation of relidge freedom around the globe, as well. the 83-year-old pope benedict asking for peace in the land where christ was born. off -- and also mentioned his prayers for christian communities suffering in both iraq and in china. now, lots of umbrellas in st. peter's as he gave the growthing in 60 languages wish ing all a holy christmas. from the overloaded crowd, spilling over and out of the square, and it was clear that not too many people were put off by the bad weather here. finally, guys, a day of joy, the pope talked about that and i admit the happiest people are those guys popping up when it starts raining: selling umbrellas. >>clayton: it is like new york city, when the rain comes the up bells guys are out there. >>dave: and a record number of people making the trip to celebrate the birth of christ. and our reporter is there. >>reporter: merry christmas from where it all began more than 2,000 years ago. and the security situation is better so folks are from all over the world coming to experience this. the traffic is bad. you can probably hear the horns of the cars in manger square. the place is packed. at the church of the nativity you cannot imagine how many people have come from all over the world for christmas day. >> i am from the united states. and the republic of georgia. >> i am from nigeria. happy christmas to everybody. >> i say merry christmas from the philippines. >> a street party that happened on christmas day as everyone is celebrating not the presents or santa, but more what they say christmas is all about, and the religious aspect, the spiritual aspect, of the holiday. >> being here where christ was born, and just the whole spirit of that is what is amazing, so different from being in america. of course the real miracle here in bethlehem for this christmas could be the weather which is absolutely spectacular and normally it is cold and rainy and it has been beautiful, sunny, and great. and it has been so good that last night at christmas eve mass, at the church, the nativity, the patriarch prayed for winter saying "we need rain and cold," otherwise we will have a drought which the agricultural community on the west bank and the palestinian christians count on that to grow the fruit and olive trees so the prayer at least here is for a little bit of winter to come and unfortunately for them it was not a white christmas. >> thank you from bethlehem for us. and now the headlines with the fox news alert. we are learning now that dutch police arrested 12 in europe on suspicion of terrorist activities. we will bring you more information when available. and another fox news alert, a violent christmas day in pakistan, at least 41 are dead after an explosion rocked the food aid center, the first time a woman has been behind such an attack, and, also, 40 more militants are killed by the pakistani army. this as fighting continues for a second day near the afghanistan border. and now, an update for the christmas travelers this morning, self airports across the country already reporting delays in cities like detroit, and pittsburgh, and nashville and st. louis, and delta is canceling 500 flights ahead of the winter storm that will hit the southeast today. most of the cancellations are from atlanta. and new york police are asking for help in recovering half a dozen pieces of art by andy warhol stolen from a new york city apartment despite very high security after burglars drilled through a wall to gain access. the art and other stolen jewelry are stilted worth $750,000. those are the headlines. >> sounds like a tv movie, and now, maria and the christmas weather. can you tell us what it is like in hawaii where the president is? >> the president needs to stay out of the water because there is rough surf, a lot of waves so it will be unsettled at the beaches. otherwise, rain-wise looking good, and it will be quiet with a couple of showers and next week, not sure if he will still be there but a system will bring in heavy rain across northwest parts of the area. and otherwise, wet coast for us, we have another cold front moving eastward, and this will produce more rain across southern california and we saw that crazy rain and the mudslides and that is the last thing we want to hear but for christmas, it will be rainy, along with gusty winds and 60 miles per hour ahead of the system. guys? >> thank you. a lot of people are shopping yesterday despite the rain, despite snow in some parts of the country and driving home i noticed all the targets were filled, the wal-marts were filled. the traffic was crazy. but that is good for retailers because this was black friday part two. so it was even more success. than the original black friday a month ago. >> and overall this has been a very successful holiday shopping season, early estimates say it is up 3.3 percent from last year, to a $451.5 billion mark that could break the record set back in 2007, the biggest increase science 2006. and the record if you wonder, back in 2007 was $42 billion so we are very close to setting a record holiday season. >> and the holiday season runs disu december 31st and what happens next week determines if this is our strongest year yet. >> and you have sunday, and people are off from work so they have the gift cards and many today are sitting at home and they will jump online with the different cards and the amazon gift cards and they will order things online, and this will be a heavy traffic day on the internet. >> and retailers love christmas on the weekend for that reason. >> online sales up 15 percent. if you are not online you are probably watching a movie with the family. we bring you the top ten christmas movies from the folks at "movie phone," number five was "white christmas," and then "scrooged," and "miracle on 34th street," and "it's a wonderful life," and "christmas story," is number one and we all like a few of them, and we asked the viewers to send in their suggestions and this comes from wes would said the classics are okay but my christmas is not complete without the elf movie. >> that was in the top ten you will be happy to hear. that was a very good movie. >> the great scene where someone put the angel on the top of the tree and he jumped on the trampoline ... >> i like the five food groups, and here is another, my favorite movie is "christmas vacation," and that was number ten on the list. >> that reminds me of my father, trying to make sure we have the me fect tree, and putting out the lights and getting frustrated and my father is out there and he walks out with the chain saw at one point. >> the mishaps, they happen around the house and my wife and i each year have the christmas tree fall over on something, i need to get it right. and the relatives are fighting and driving you nuts. everyone has an uncle. >> and a woman says her favorite is the santa claus which is a cute movie. >> it is good. >> there are four of them now? >> there are several. at least he. here is a clip. >> my mommed -- my mom asked if i have seen "polar express," and it is animated and in 3-d. >> and "die hard," and "gremlins ," were on the list. you do not think of that as a christmas flick. it is not exactly the warm fuzzy ... trying to get home to his wife for christmas and it takes place around the holidays. >> keep your e-mails coming we enjoy reading the favorite christmas suggestions for movies and as you are ready to celebrate the special day we remember our troops and honoring their christmas traditions overseas and we are like in iraq with some of our service member ahead. stay tuned. to stay fit, you might also want to try lifting one of these. a unique sea salt added to over 40 campbell's condensed soups. helps us reduce sodium, but not flavor. so do a few lifts. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] here's hoping you find something special in your driveway this holiday. ♪ [ santa ] ho ho ho! [ male announcer ] get an exceptional offer on the mercedes-benz you've always wanted at the winter event going on now. and stay connected with three years of mbrace service complimentary. but i knew that i was going to need a day job. we actually have a lot of scientists that play music. the creativity, the innovation, there's definitely a tie there. one thing our scientists are working on is carbon capture and storage, which could prevent co2 from entering the atmosphere. we've just built a new plant to demonstrate how we can safely freeze out the co2 from natural gas. it looks like snow. it's one way that we're helping provide energy with fewer emissions. >>dave: in january, capitol hill will look different as the 112th congress settles in and there is a fair amount of musical chairs inside the white house. so, whatst this mean for the president's agenda? we welcome our fox news contributeor juan williams and ellen. i don't think shocking change is coming to the white house but here are names that look like they are headed out? axelrod is going back to chicago. and larry summers we knew would be out. and we keep hearing perhaps, robert gibbs and "the hill," reporting a change in the chief of staff as the temporary guy will leave. but does this mean any major changes in terms of the direction? >>juan: clearly they are going into campaign mode. david will be the top political advisor replacing david axelrod as axelrod and his deputy chief of staff go to chicago to launch a re-election effort for president obama. but this guy is political and he will be about outreach for the president and this morning's "washington post" has a story how the president will lunch a charm offensive and be more out there for the american people, more strong about selling himself and his ideas while if you recall, under rahm emanuel as chief of star and axelrod it was the legislative accomplishments and the congress of the last two years and the american people felt they were left behind and the popularity suffered. >>dave: the article talked about the president could play golf with boehner. so, how does the administration have to change now that boehner is the speaker? and some of the changes are made inside the white house? >>guest: there was a big blow with the dream act so they will probably try to get something like the citizen act -- the zen act to get the dream act. and they will use regulation such as the epa to get things through or the net neutrality act for internet which is going to be followed by the fairness doctrine and i cannot wait for that to happen. >>dave: john boehner and the republicans now control the house and they are saying they will take a look at financial regulation and you know they want to tear down health care. will they use the epa and the fcc to make the changes because they cannot win over republicans? >>juan: that is right. but i don't think they are about making big changes at the moment but they will play defense. what we will see in the house is a lot of questions and attempts, for example, repealing the health care legislation the president put in place. so they are going to be trying to undo some of the wall street reforms and the like that the president has already put out there and we will see the president playing defense and being stronger in terms of saying to the american people this is what i stand for and you will hear a lot the refrain "i am standing for middle class americans against big industry or big government." that is going to be the new face of president obama going into the new year. >>dave: he will have to fight for the legislative accomplishments. ellen, if there is hope for bipartisan work here as we move forward to the 112th congress, what is it? >>guest: we will see tax cuts. the congress is really going to push for, especially for big business, because we did not make anything anymore. we do not have the jobs or the industry that will support the jobs that are supposed to be created. the government jobs are not doing anything. and do we need another turtle mating study? really. >>dave: ellen and juan thank you for coming in on christmas day. >>juan: merry christmas. >>dave: as you are ready to celebrate this special day we are honoring our troops who are not able to be with their families. we are live in baghdad fix talking to a few of our service member. stay tuned. 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[ green giant ] ho ho ho. ♪ green git >> quick headlines on christmas morning. video from london as the royal family attends christmas service at the estate. the only two not attending the mass is the recently engaged couple with prince william on air force duty in wales. two cities diewbing it -- duking it out to get president obama's library including hawaii and the university of chicago. clayton? >>clayton: thank you. most of us are lucky to spend christmas day with our family here at home. but it is important to remember our service pens serving overseas this holiday fighting for our freedom. there are still thousands of troops in iraq working on a new mission "operation new dawn." joining us from baghdad is brigadier general along with specialist and private first-class and specialist chad allen joining from baghdad. merry christmas, everyone. nice to see you. >>guest: merry christmas and thank you for having us on the program. >>clayton: general you are participating in "operation new dawn." give us an update on the mission and you have a message for the troops and the country. >>guest: yes, first of all, i thank everyone pack in the united states for the great support over the years and all the troops that have served here over the years the efforts have paid off and it is coming together now in "operation new dawn." for "operation new dawn," we have three major tasks: the first is to advice and assist the iraqi security forces. second is to continue to conduct counterterrorism operations. and third, we support and protect the civilian workers that come from the united nations and the u.s. mission in iraq as they build up the civil capacity. the irreark security forces have had the lead for security for a number of months and violence is down, security is up, and the government is forming and things are going very well. and 50,000 troops that are here continue to be busy and they are doing a from job each day. >> it is remarkable to see political billboard going up and democracy taking hold. who would think that a few years ago, because of the incredible work you are doing. and now, i will share your special christmas wishes today and what you want to send to the family. what do you plan to do on christmas, any sort of message to your family? >>guest: i plan to skype my daughter when i get a chance and say merry christmas. >> you have a 2-year-old daughter and you will watch her open presents. technology is amazing. who would think we could do this a few years ago. and sarah, what will you do on christmas? what sort of message do you want to send to your family? >>guest: i say hi to my mom and dad and my best friend, emily, and my sister. i will calm them and stay in contact as much as i can because they are my inspiration for being here. it will be fun. >>clayton: and hopefully they are watching "fox and friends" so we can see you this morning. and chad, what do you plan to do? will you use skype? that is the buzzword of the morning. >>guest: i don't know about skype, my family is hard to contact, with work and the time difference, but they are watching, and i say hi mom and dad and my beautiful girlfriend, i will be home soon. >>clayton: general, as you look back and think of the progress we have made in iraq did you think we would have this discussion right now about bill o'reilly boards going up over the country and troops coming home from iraq and success taking hold in the country? >>guest: no, in fact, it was between my second and third tours, between 2006 and 2008 i could not believe how much changed. when i came back to iraq, the change the it is phenomenal level of progress that has been made throughout the country. all of our troops that have served had a hand in that even if it started in 2003 and they planted the seeds that many of us have added to and the trees are starting to bear fruit and it is inspiring and motivating and i have tremendous optimism in the iraqi people and although the u.s. forces will complete their mission this year in iraq our partnership with iraq, between our two countries is going do last for a long, long time and it is very important we recognize that, iraq is a rising star in this part of the world, and we look forward to an enduring partnership with them. >>clayton: we are so glad you could join us on christmas morning with our "fox and friends" viewers this morning and i speak on behalf of all of them when we say thank you for your incredible service to this country. merry christmas. >>guest: thank you and i do appreciate all your support, and i have some questions over time about how folks can stay connected, and a number of folks the age of these youngsters here , they came up with a facebook site called boots in the sand and it is a way they have been trying to reach out to get 50,000 friends or 50,000 people to "like" the site to say connected with the troops that are here serving and doing a great job. thank you for all of your support. merry christmas. >> and i love a good social networking story so all of our "fox and friends" online go to facebook and "boots in the sand," and support the troops. merry christmas, guys. coming up on "fox and friends" live in iraq with a local clutch and how christians are celebrating the holiday months after the house was attacked by militants. and you probably have seen this commercial. and this movie is probably a tie between all of them, and i do an impression of kevin bacon. >> one of the top commercials of the year. úç>?[ozo i think someone at my friend's school has this thing called autism. my friend's brother's son has autism. my neighbor's son has autism. my son has autism. announcer: autism is getting closer to home. today, 1 in 110 children is diagnosed with autism-- that's a 600% increase in the last 20 years. learn the signs at autismspeaks.org. >>dave: merry christmas to all of you. we are happy you started your day off with us. >> and all the kids waking up with san da. >> i cannot believe my son is asleep. 8:30 eastern, the latest ever he has slept. >> too much eggnog last night. >> he hit it hard. >> show is over at 10:00. >> not a chance. >> two months after a deadly assault by militants, in baghdad a church is celebrating quietly. >>clayton: christians are marking christmas this year in iraq and, john, yesterday, front page story in the "new york times" saying christians if -- in iraq trying to be quiet and hidden. is that what you are seeing? >>guest: absolutely. it has been a subdue christmas celebration compared to past christmases and that is partly because the christian community here is living in fear. al qaeda has issued threats to target christians if their homes and in their churches following the october attack on a catholic church that left 50 dead. they did carry out the masses across the city and across the country. iraqis went to mass today and there were no christmas trees, no christmas lights, and santa claus did not come out. it was a subdued affair. and security was beavered up around the churches to make sure that worshipers were safe inside their churches. >> is there anything else the government can do in this capacity to protect all of the folks that would like to show their spirit on this day? >>guest: well, the government has beefed up security around the churches and the prime minister maliki has ordered his commanders across the city take personal responsibility for security at the churches. but the problem, then, is the homes are unprotected. the christians would live in communities across the city really cannot have soldiers outside of their homes, al qaeda has targeted christians at home in the past, so, yes, they can protect the churches but, no, they cannot protect the homes. >> we have u.s. troops over there, how do they spend the day? >>guest: well they are spending it as they have spent the previous christmases here. there are masses. there are dinners. and they have events to take part in, athletic events, competitions, that sort of thing. you have santa claus showing up on the different businesses across the country. and, of course, mindful that this is, perhaps, the last christmas they will spend here in iraq, the troops are supposed to be out at the end of next year. >>dave: great point, a monumental moment for them to realize, the last time they will have to be there at christmas. merry christmas to you, john, and to your family this morning. >>guest: thank you. >> and now fox news alert. islamic extremists are believed behind the bomb at a christmas day mass in the philippines with 11 hurt including the priest. it happened inside a chapel in a known stronghold of al qaeda linked militants and investigators say the bomb could have been detonated by a cell phone. >> instead of heading home for the holidays this man was in jail, arrested at miami international airport after trying to board a flight to cuba with a loaded gun. security screeners spotted the gun while x-raying his fannie pack saying he forgot he had a gun. >>dave: the muslim who hopes to build a mosque near ground zero will tour the u.s. to inspire and get better understanding, first appearing in detroit in january, and the city has the largest muslim population. opponents say it is offensive to the 9/11 family victims and they demand the project move to another location. >> and many build gingerbread houses on tables, right? but a man from bloomington, illinois, put it on a lawnmower and driving down the street and spinning around in circles. he got the idea for this when he saw a christmas parade and the house is 8' tall. >> love it. kids are trying to take a bite of it on the street. >>dave: and now the weather, maria. >> we have a storm system that is rolling through the south and could possibly be bringing atlanta a white christmas here and we have not seen that in over a century so that is big news. in the south we have rain pushing into new orleans and east, and also moving into alabama, and further north, we are starting to see the cold air move south and some snow is falling across the northern parts of alabama and also, georgia, and, otherwise, a winter mix falling across north carolina so watch out for icy conditions on the road. further north, snow falling across the state of pennsylvania and south through the higher elevations of west virginia and north carolina and we will see the storm continue to move into the northeast bringing in snow for us in new york city where we expect 6" or more. big news for us. >>clayton: since the 1880's when they last had snow in atlanta. and the top commercials of 2010. these are other commercials, wrapping up the year to give you a list of the commercials with the biggest impression voted on by viewers, people picked their top five. here is number five on the list: kevin bacon doing a version of a guy who is creepy. take a look. >> that is easy, kevin bacon, obviously, the best movie is a tie between all of them. i do a kevin bacon impression. >>dave: creepy. but from a nerd perspective, this is pulled off shelves, the box, they are stopping shipments. the commercial is great but the product is terrible. >>dave: texas ranger star from sports center. >> over the lazy dog. jump. good. try it again. >> quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog. >> amazing. >> you are good. >> you do not get that? >> you put the weights on the bat and the guy swings on batter deck and when you take them off you can swing more so he takes them off and you can type faster. i didn't get that. so from hallmark, mother's day commercial from hallmark. >> it is a cliche with hallmark but they get you every time. >> you were gifting misty eyed. >> i love this old spice commercial, they were viral videos and successful in the commercial realm and their profits went up 9 percent because of the commercials. >> hello, look at your man, now back to me, back to your man, back to me, sadly, he is not me but if you switch to old spice he could smell like me. look down. back up. where are you? on the boat with the man your man can smell. watch your self, and now, anything is possible when your man smells like old spice and not a lady. >> that is my favorite. >> i am shocked, he is now a superstar because of the commercial. betty white was probably the star of the year at 80 and she had the very good snickers commercial in the super bowl. remember this? >> come on. come on. you have been riding me all day. >> you have been riding me all day. >> that is not what your girlfriend said. >> better? >> very. >> and your favorite commercials of 2010, and we will read them coming up. >> it did not make the list, somehow, the piggy, from geico did not make the list. i could go on and on with that but i won't. next, a ground breaking study that could change lives, a pill that could curb alcoholism. is that possible? our medical team is next. >>clayton: the top stories, health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak, in 15 states and 89 people have been sickened. and too much fried fish could contribute to a high rate of strokes in parts of the southeast. people eat more fried fish than the rest of country. and are 30 percent more likely to die from stroke. >> more information on those stories and fox&friends.com on "for your health." a ground breaking study that could change your life, a pill that could curb alcoholism. is that possible? with us now is our medical contributor, doctor, thank you for being with us. is this possible? a pill? >>guest: as usual, it is too good to be true developed in denmark, home of wine and beer and plenty of temptations there and it blocked opium in the brain that decreetions your -- decreases your desire to get from sex, alcohol, gambling, across the board antiaddiction drug but it works too well and i have a problem that it is not linked to activity, the best way to stop drinking is get them to stop drinking. if you give them a chemical, you can have other problems. >> but what if it is a work event and you do not want to be out-of-control. >>guest: but it can raise your heart rate and blood pressure and make you tired the at work event. i am dubious. let europe study it. >> and the holiday heart syndrome? >>guest: those without problems, and drink a lot at holidays they get an unusual heart rhythm and combined with too much salt or caffeine, and the heart can be overstimulated and be irregular and you feel a pounding or more, and you need to see a doctor. most of the time this wears off but it is serious. >> and new findings about placebos? >>guest: half of the doctors are giving placebos, and we are tricking you. it should be illegal. but we do it. we do it. but, now a study says if i tell you, if i say, i am giving you a placebo but it will help you with self healing, the process of taking the pill works to decrease your anxiety, your stress, and makes you feel better. >> why not always do that? >>guest: we should. each time we should take this into account that there is this effect. 60 percent of the 80 studied responded and felt better. it is at least half of what we are doing, the placebos. we have some chemicals but we are still using mind over matter. >> thank you, doctor. a story that is more than 2,000 years old but now the nativity story has gone digital. with the help of twitter, and facebook and four square and then still time to make dessert for christmas feast later on this afternoon. our top chef joins us with a delicious perry crisp and other goodies. stay tuned. >>dave: no christmas is complete without deputy certificate. and tom griffith is back with us, the senior executive chef and director of campbell's food institute. and dessert is my favorite part of eating, in general. you say baking at home you do not factor in the syrup. >>guest: i am not the best baker so i have three kids and they do the baking. >>dave: all the baking? how did you convince them to do that? >>guest: they love it. we have a lot of family recipes, we are italian and the recipes from my aunt and down the family tree and we have all the regulation -- resolution recipe and i am a beekeeper so i use things like honey and i brought you some honey from the hudson valley. you bike it like this on the side. and this is a spot to bite it on the side and it squirts in your mouth. it will go with the grown -- green tea. and my youngest made honey biscot temperature i. >>dave: i cannot believe your kids do all the baking. my phone is on this morning and i apologize. tell me about the berry crisp you are making. >>guest: with any seasonal fruit and we will use fresh berries today, so blackberrys and blueberries, and we make a topping with flour, and with sugar. and butter. and we took cookies and grated them and made a delicious mix for it that we have thrown into the side of it and mix the whole thing together. do you want to help? >>dave: i am eating, eating, eating the biscotti. we put it in a casserole dish and i will top it. and you can make these the day before. the point is to have something you can do and not be so busy the day of the holiday. >>dave: anything to free up time on the holiday. >>guest: this is a topping of more ground up cookies and you can use honey, oatmeal, and throw it over the top. we will sprinkle it carefully over the top. >>dave: sprinkle carefully. >>guest: and pop it into the oven and it is perfect for the holidays, bake for about 15 minutes. great with ice cream. >>dave: we will talk about leftovers at the 9:00 hour. is there a tease for us? >>guest: little snacks, chefs lover them, so we will have roast beef or turkey sliders. >>dave: leftovers later in the program. delicious stuff. and clayton, try some of this. santa! surprise! >>guest: i am seeing dessert. dessert. i'll have both. >>dave: both? >>guest: i will have both after all those cookies this will be nice and sweet, too. >>dave: are you answering the e-mails? >>guest: i am on the computer answering everyone back there on the e-mail. >>dave: should we bail out states who are suffering financial problems? or let them go bankrupt? some say helping them is a greater threat to our country. stay tuned. 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"fox & friends" continues right now. ♪ >> merry christmas everyone! thank you so much for waking up with us and watching "fox & friends" this morning on your christmas morning. santa is in our studio this morning and we've been getting a lot of e-mails and tweets from viewers, and parker who is years old. santa, did the reindeer like the food they left out for them? >> most definitely. i tell you, the reindeer love the carrots and the reindeer food. thank you so much. >> and here is one for you, i don't know if you can answer this one, dear santa, will the dallas cowboys one win or old st. of nick or the cardinals feast. >> santa likes certain colors and red is one of his favorites. >> so santa is not a cowboys fan, huh? and folks in dallas are not happy to hear that. >> and give all of your santa questions. friends@foxnews.com. >> santa, are you anxious to-- >> i'm staying on the nice list. >> and he's a red sox fan. >> phillies. >> and despite the rainy weather in italy thousands flock to st. peter's square to hear pope benedict xvi hear his pass. greg burke is live in rome for us. hey, greg. >> hi, ainsley, that's right, merry christmas. the pope today giving that message of joy, but at the same time, concern at the same time for peace in the world and also for christian communities around the world. and pope benedict giving the christmas readings in more than 60 languages as he always does on this day. the and on easter. a message was that of peace, he talked about peace in the land where christ was born. calling on israelis and palestinians to learn to live in could he existence elsewhere, around africa and the globe and special prayers for christian communities in iraq and china where they are suffering. huge crowds despite the bad weather and people came out with their umbrellas, first of all, to see the pope for his blessing and his message and also to see the life sized nativity scene that's set up there in the middle of st. peter's square and this'll continue to do that all week and in the weeks to come actually. now, last night. the pope celebrated the vigil map inside st. peter's basilica. you couldn't call it a midnight mass. the pope is 83. it ended a little past midnight and it was a long night for the pope. a beautiful and solemn occasion for 10 or 12,000 people who are allowed into the basilica for that mass. and one last thing, guys, you'll remember that last year the woman who jumped over the barricade and knocked the pope down and log nothing like that. >> she did it two years in a row. >> good to hear it, merry christmas to you, greg. >> we start your headlines with a fox news alert. a tsunami warning has now been issued for ban atu-- >> banwatu. this volumed an earthquake below the trik sea bed. we'll of course bring you more details. >> police arrested four somalis, and reportedly planning a terrorist attack. and houses were searched in rotterdam and two motel rooms. no weapons or explosives were found. general david petraeus spent his day chris costing afghanistan, and showing appreciation and support in the 10th year in the war against the taliban. the general handed out commemorative coins to the troops who served three or moreors since the september 11th attacks and awarded medals as well, including three purple hearts. try angulation, a term proudly used in the clinton era. and it's not used with the obama administration with the goth. >> good morning, ainsley. as the republicans prepare to take control of the house and pick up more seats in january. the white house is deciding how to approach a congress less welcoming to the president's agenda. as the current democratly controlled congress has been. political watchers are wondering if president obama might adopt a strategy of triangulation, it seemed to work well for former president bill clinton when the republicans took over the house and senate of after the 1994 election. and the strategy to appear to be the politics of the left and right and suggesting it's part of a middle ground and there by, less ideological. the new york times reported yesterday that the white house has quote, banned the use of the word tri angulation. although a white house aide tells fox, no words are banned at the white house, but the idea of us pitting groups against each other against our objectives, that isn't how we operate. it was dick morris, the former chief political advisor to president clinton said to use the word in the sense for the first time. ainsley, back to you in new york. >> you're looking at live pictures out of atlanta. we have where residents are bracing for the first white christmas in 25 years. it exciting, but making a big mess. delta canceled 500 flights ahead of the storm and 300 cancellations out of atlanta and the same storms causing delays in nashville as well. >> strange, you hear about all the delays and yet, it looks so calm, it looks very calm and very pleasant. when is it supposed to start? >> here in new york city. >> no, down in atlanta. >> in atlanta, it's supposed to start later on today and actually, we have the storm approaching the area and see it like the radar just to the north of the city, this has been moving in there any hour right now. and the next hour or so, and when it first gets there. kind of going to be a bit of a mix and we'll have rain, snow, and that will be introducing icy conditions along the roadways, but after 1 p.m. that's when we're going to have the precipitation switch over to snow and that still will possibly will be accumulating for the first white christmas since 1882. not 1992, 1882, so that was a long time ago, but just for a heads up, a white christmas, for it to be a white christmas has to be at least an inch of accumulated snowfall, not just snowflakes heading down there. headed to the northward, some of the pink on the satellite rad radar,s icy conditions and drizzle, headed northward. no pink stuff, just white along in pennsylvania and that storm will be headed into the northeast, giving significant snowfall coming up tomorrow. >> thank you, maria, those folks frustrated this morning, the flights are canceled and looks great outside, let's take off and get out of here. >> that's the way he they works. >> they didn't have that in 1882 and see it headed your way. maybe you're outside getting the last of the christmas lights tied up and i'm surprised for the people who waits until yesterday to put up the lights. my dad would have been two months ago putting the up the displays and mike took three months to build this massi christmas display in missouri. he says it's worth it. let's listen to him. >> setup over 300 man-hour. i love christmas and christmas lights and to me, christmas you've got to share to people and you bring joy and happiness to them. that makes it all worth it. >> oh, yeah, it stands out. but to him. it's a hobby. you need a little doecation box when people drive up. and a buck to help pay the bill. >> don't remember that as a child doing that, pile in the car and looking around at the lights. >> loved that. drive around the different communities and there was a christmas village near reading, pennsylvania and drive over-the-hill. there's nothing around, but corn fields and such and come over-the-hill and boom, you see the christmas village and drive through and it's beautiful. >> lots of different ways to share christmas and now, very interesting way to learn about the story of the nativity. it's through special networking platforms, via twitter, facebook, amazon, google earth. it is the digital story of the nativity. it's been viewed now 6.6 million times, 100,000 more than the last time we told you about the story, so, folks are getting on to youtube and checking it out and ainsley, as you pointed out. they're not just learning social networking, they're learning a very important story as well. >> right, and the nativity story says the founder asked why they did that, they wanted to encourage people to learn more about social network than social media and there's a flip side. encouraging people to learn about the nativity story as well. >> brings it to the modern day and highlights to this story using social media instead of just using a donkey, hertz rental car, to get from nazareth and other highlights as well. they received a text message, mary received a text message from archangel gabriel letting her know you're going to have a baby. >> a digital nativity and you'll find that. >> coming up on the show. should we bail out states who are suffering financial problems for let them go bankrupt? 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>> let's not leave the audience with the implication that we're bailing out the unions, again, let's not put the blame and shoulder of blame on the unions. this is a lot more. you have the private sector that has 1.2 trillion dollars, sitting on their books, hopefully with the recent tax cut package they're both, obama administration and the republicans step to the plate and provided, you'll see greater hiring for the banks, who also are experiencing, along with corporate america, the highest profits. you'll see greater lending, that will stimulate the economy both in the states and nationally as a whole. >> and again. >> let's not lay that on the unions. >> we don't-- >> and hang on to a lot of cash. >> and jump in here, who then do we-- how do we fix this if we're not blaming this on the unions and turn our backs on the states. how do we fix it? >> when the pension liabilities were set up in the 70's, in the 60's, we actually had manufacturing in this country. all of those jobs have been shipped out and service businesses have been shipped out. we don't get them back into the states we won't support the states and they're going to go broke. >> and that's where the private sector has to step up. we've heard too many excuses from the g.o.p., that the private sector needs greater certainty. >> not in the current environment. >> well, now, they have that certainty, let's see them spend it and let's also see labor, combined with the private sector and everybody coming together on the state and federal left to come up with solutions that adjust the working families in the states and not let the states go bank result. >> we need much more research and development incentives and tax cuts. >> couldn't agree with you more. >> and perhaps look at some of the states to take a page from the state of montana and not facing the what the others are. >> merry christmas to you. >> the same to you, all the best. >> coming up on the show we took you to iraq and also live in afghanistan and we see how the troops overseas are celebrating christmas there. a fight breaking out between players on a basketball court. and the punches may not be over. it's time to get together and celebrate. let's not forget the real meaning of the holiday. father jonathan morris joining us live. there he is! hi, may i help you? 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>> well, it's of course, christmas morning and all across the country, families are waking up to open gifts and spend time with loved ones and it's important not know forget the true spirit of christmas. >> our father jonathan morris, is here to teach us. >> my father and sisters are opening gifts. >> and dave got a picture from his wife of the two kids they woke up and got santa-- >> broke me down a little. >> oh. >> i'm talking about the the true meaning of christmas and yesterday, i was at k-mart, where i do my high end shopping and there was a gentleman right in front of me who was obviously dressed basically like a street person and he had a santa hat on that was very dirty, obviously, been trying to live the christmas spirit and he was holding this little teddy bear about this big and i looked at him, with such love and i said who is that for? it's such a night. he's about 30 years old. he said this is for my mother and when i'm not there she has me and he said the only thing i wish, is that i could afford to buy her a little bigger one, but this will have to do. >> oh. >> this man was giving everything and that's, i think what jesus was born on christmas day to teach us the real meaning of divine love that he gave himself for us, and human love, us giving ourselves to others. >> and go back to the number we saw just a minute ago. 67% of people say many of the things they do on christmas day have nothing to do with jesus's birth. that's okay as long as there are some things that remind you of what this day is all about. >> i think that's right. >> is that the message. >> getting gifts and having food and being with family, wonderful, god given opportunities, put it that way, but it's very important, i think, to stop and to say, what tradition am i going to start in my family or personal life and make sure that i not only believe, but when i practice what i believe. i pass it on to my kids and my friends and live not only on christmas day, but beginning today and going forward because christmas is about rebirth. about hope and joy. >> and with rebirth. we have a new opportunity and a new beginning. >> the best time. christmas is for christians, it's the best time to make new years resolutions, not just the changing of the calendar, why am i going to be better. why am i going to start again? because there is reason for loving. reason for giving, reason for being better people. >> makes a the love sense. i think that's a message a lot of people can relate to. >> what about-- >> and fathers, okay. >> they're in ohio and my brothers and sisters. >> love you guys so much and i am so happy to be part of the greatest family alive. >> now, you see-- >> and father jonathan, merry christmas. >> thank you. >> you're going to be okay, dave. >> i know. >> and got you guys to keep me company this morning. coming up we're live in afghanistan, seeing how our troops overseas are celebrating christmas day. >> santa's trading in the sleigh now for the seas. jolly old st. nick is away. >> and when it's done, what will you do with all the food unless you want to send it my way. have tips to put the extra grub to good use. cooking up grub with leftovers. >> from afghanistan, i want to wish my family in arkansas, merry christmas and happy new year, love you baby girl and i'll see you soon. ♪ have yourself a merry little christmas ♪ ( woman ) even with an overactive bladder, i don't always let the worry my pipes might leak compromise what i like to do. i take care with vesicare, because i have better places to visit than just the bathroom. 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( woman ) you have better things to join than always a line for the bathroom. so, pipe up and ask your doctor today about taking care with vesicare. night ♪ >> merry christmas everyone, thanks for joining us on "fox & friends." the commandant of the marine corps visiting the troops there on christmas. our rick leventhal is with him and joins us from hellmont province in afghanistan, rick, merry christmas to you. >> reporter: that you, clayton, merry christmas to you and to all of our viewers and the commandant has been travelling across afghanistan over the past couple of days and we've been with him. as he tries to visit as many marines here in hellman province as he possibly can. we've been to a dozen bases and watched him meet with several thousand marines, probably approaching 10,000 at this point and many bases are relative safe areas now and some are not. in fact, tonight, we are in probably the most dangerous portion of hellman pro vinnelvince, the most-- and came with the 5th third battalion marines and serving dinner to them along with other officers here and bring in captain richard barclay. and you're here serving and what i think is important that people remember, you guys don't get a day off. it's christmas, but you were engaged with an enemy today on christmas day. >> that's right, rick, regardless what time of the year it is and a mission to do and it's christmas. we are he' having a good time here and there's a real mission going on. >> people at home probably couldn't comprehend how life is, how austere with the dust and dirt and poor living conditions and yet, you guys are focused on the mission and determined to get the job done. >> that's right, it's a job environment and this is exactly where all of these marines want to be and the third battalion, marines have a great history and want to contribute to that history and what we're doing here and we're glad to be here and want to be here. >> for the americans at home who may not understand the mission, may not understand and just say, come home now, we want our marines home now, what do you tell them? >> well, i tell them we saw the missioned accomplished and what was assigned to it and we're starting to get it accomplished and will get it accomplished and it's not going to happen overnight and the rangers have to do a job. >> i appreciate your time and service, merry christmas to you. and i've got to tell you, i mean, we've met with a lot of marines the last few days and watched the commandant interact with them and it means so much for them to have this four star general in their presence, thanking them for their service and their sacrifice during this holiday season. and we've seen that on their faces and we have seen the progress as well and that's the messages that, that the commandant is hoping will get across. not only are the men sacrificing and serving, but making a difference here in afghanistan. >> such an important moment right now in that war's history. rick leventhal with us, he brings up a great point. allowing the troops to realize there is progress made in iraq and rick was thinking up marja. it was like walking through hell a short time ago and now people are able to walk on the streets without body armor and so, incredible christmas message for our troops. >> and allows them to see that their service is not in vein, it's making a difference. >> puts a lot of things in perspective for us. a record number of people making the trip to beth hem to celebrate christmas at the site of jesus' birth. and we'll find leyland vitner. good morning, almost good evening in bethlehem. and the manger square is packed and so many people come from all over the world and the security situation is better here. and from united states, europe, asia who have come here and we've experienced a christmas celebration unlike anything back at home. >> this is the the tiny door of the church of the nativity. you can't imagine how many people have come from all over the world to be here on christmas day. >> i'm from the united states and the republic of georgia. >> and means merry christmas. >> and i'm from here, and the language, happy christmas to everybody. >> i'm from-- merry christmas ♪ >> manger square on christmas eve turns into a street party, we've had christmas carollers out in every language including arabic and there's almost a market out here as well, and candy and traditional palestinian and selling everything, including corn on the could be as people get ready to go into midnight mass. >> the people here, the real joy of the people here, you can feel it in your heart here, just walking around here, and just being in the presence of where the lord was born is amazing. >> this is the moment of truth. entrance to the midnight mass. >> midnight mass is standing room only, a couple thousand people with invitations and it's conducted in latin and french and absolutely beautiful service and at the end of it, the latin patriarch, declares the birth of christ to the followers and go and celebrate a magical christmas. . >> now, the latin patriarch after he declared the birth of christ, prayed for winter and rain and a christmas miracle and the weather the last couple of days has been absolutely beautiful. highs in the 60's and christmas wishes and prayers for rain. although for our benefit, it could hold for another couple of hours until we're done with live shots. >> that's right. >> thank you. >> merry christmas. >> the other headlines we'll start with a fox news alert. an extremely violent christmas day in pakistan. thee people dead after an explosion rocked a food aid injury. the first time a woman has been behind such an attack and also today. 40 more islamic militants are killed by the pakistani army. this as fighting continues for a second day and the trials near the afghan border. dave? >> five bombs went off in nigeria, killing 11 people who are out celebrating christmas eve with family and the blast went off, and near a police station and a military check point. several people were rushed to the hospital, but are expected to survive. clayton. >> and new this morning, a plane full of christmas travelers had a scare in the air overnight. the and the southwest airlines flight force today make an emergency landing because of a possible engine fire. on the way from san francisco to los angeles when it was rerouted to oakland international airport and nobody was hurt and officials are now looking into exactly what went wrong. >> president obama and first lady michelle wish families across the country a merry christmas in a weekly address and encouraged everyone to support the troops and families this holiday season. >> today we're also thinking of those who can't be home for the holidays. and especially all our courageous countrymen serving overseas. that's the message i delivered when i delivered our message overseas. while you may be serving far from home. every american supports you and your families. >> to those wearing the uniform in iraq, afghanistan and around the world at this hour, know that we are behind you and we join your loved ones in praying for your safe return home. >> there are currently more than 150,000 troops overseas in afghanistan and in iraq. >> all right, check tout this video. mississippi state's renardo sidney gets into a fist fight with his own teammate and sidney taking on elgin bailey while watching a game at a tournament in hawaii. the two players have now been suspended indefinitely. and they're teammates, not like they'll avoid each other, after all, they are roommates. back on campus, talk about awkward. it's not yet known what caused this fight. >> do you have a bet? >> look, it apparently started when one of the guys wouldn't love his leg? (laughter) >> that's-- >> it's almost funny. >> and there must be issues behind that because i don't think i'm going to fight either of you when we scuffle here. >> i don't know. all right. let's check with maria outside with a look at the forecast and she's got santa with her. >> hi, guys, out here with santa claus and it's cold, but he does have something to tell me that does make me feel a little better. how does this compare to the north pole? >> well, i can actually be wearing shorts. this is balmy weather here. it is cold you and-- >> that doesn't make me feel better. >> well, just, it's a lot warmer here. >> so it's-- >> so it's cold out here and he's saying it's colder in the north pole and santa claus, one request i want for christmas and i want to get some snow. >> i'll tell what you, i'm going to be working very hard and probably, or possibly tomorrow we'll bring that snow for you. hohoho! >> i think i'll get some snow in new york city coming up tomorrow and also i have some good news for you clayton, santa claus is actually a phillies fan so you know. >> wow! (laughter) >> all right, guys. >> i already knew that. >> i'm not buying that, santa is a red sox fan, it only makes sense. after every christmas meal you wind up with leftovers, no need to eat dry turkey. we have some delicious recipes to spice up your table scraps, if you will. we're back with tom griffith, executive chef and director at campbell's culinary institute. after the second day they're tired of eating the same thing as the night before, but maybe reinvent some of these ingredients? >> and it's a great chance for chefs to be creative. turkey pot pie is just a real, real common sense one. and it's very easy to make and i have the ingredients to make one for you, but thought about doing something special and using the same ingredients, the turkey,pot pie, the dough and filling make eppanada. >> quickly. what is the filling? >> it's carrot, celery and onions and died up turkey from the roast turkey and we chose to use swanson aggressive, clearly a favorite. and to pepperidge farms pie crust and i think that works better than puff pastry and cut out the little circles, kind of fun to do. want to try one? >> i will indeed. wrap them up and show us how it's done. >> roll them up. and then just use a fork. >> and how long are we going to bake these? >> in the pre-heated often. 350. eight to ten minutes until they're nice and brown. >> eight to ten minutes and this is about a spoonful on each one and kind of like my burrit burritos. >> look better than mine. >> i'm an aspiring chef. >> and pot pie, onions, olives, and with the roast turkey rolls where you have the roast turkey and platter roll and things like prime rib. i would take probably like french onion soup and heat it up in that and make hot sliders and cold sliders, either way. >> and throw the cranberry up on there to spice it up, i like it. >> and cranberry with turkey and roast beef. >> sounds good. you've got to have cocktails. >> got to have some bubbly. >> what would the morning program be without them. we have mimosas, perfect with left overs. >> what's in a blaney. >> yes, clayton, i will bring you one. >> it's cranberry juice with cranberries and mimosa is orange juice and i brought you a christmas present. >> you brought me a christmas present. tell us what. >> it's in the bag here, but inside of it, i collect mortar and pesttell, and i brought each one of you. >> that's excellent. >> and this is a limited he edition soup. golden harvest tomato soup. we have three colors, yellow orange and this is rosemary pesto, it's delicious. >> we'll try that. thank you for being here. >> we should toast. >> merry christmas to you and clayton and ainsley. >> and got the good alcohol-- >> thank you. >> do you believe in angels? many people do without knowing what they are and our next guest has been looking at angel encounters for years and a woman says angels comforted her sick daughter. >> ugly christmas sweaters are coming back, not just a trend apparently. how they're helping our troops as well. >> and on this christmas day, a hand to the people who put the show together. it's not easy, america, we'll tell you that. here are a few more of our fox family members who do an incredible job. head writer including with brothers, dan, jim, parents mike and joe and grand wra rose, hosting christmas dinner at her house, more than 50 years. and rose, save me a seat next year. >> and our head writer meg lendle, and pregnant at the time with daughter rowen and other sister kathy with son brendan. >> and here is producer with her father, stepmom, brother and sister. >> and another one of sam with her stepdad, mom, brother and sister. >> and finally, producer gavin hadden's son, gavin and look there. he has daddy's hair. merry christmas from our family to yours. we'll be rhein. ♪ >> do you believe in angels? and have you ever met one? well, carly did at age 18. she was diagnosed with cancer. a month before she passed away, she says she met angels which in turn comforted her during her battle with cancer. her story and others like it are chronicled in a new book, encountering heaven and the after life. joining us now is the book's author, dr. jim garlo and tim, whose daughter carly had an encounter with the angels and first of all, very sorry to har about your daughter's passing, but i wanted to find out how she described the angels? what were the stories she told you? >> well, her first encounter was the most extraordinary. the angel. she described it as a beautiful, glowing right with incredible warmth and the angel actually reached out and touched her on the top of her foot. and she was so excited and it was just, it was just such a blessing. and after that. she actually had several encounters with angels and i asked her once to describe them to me and she said that they were mostly children there of all ages, mostly children and they were of different races, they-- and she really enjoyed it. incredible amount of comfort. >> how beautiful. doctor, in your book, i know you've talked to a lot of people who say they've seen angels. any common denominator between all of the stories? >> one of the common denominators, we tend to think of the middle aged pictures, for example, cherubic, and little girls. >> exactly. >> the we found a guy leroy in indianapolis and he saw two guys who took him on herly motorcycles and one in fort worth attacked by a gang of men, two angels saved her and gang members chased them away and they were strong men. she turned to thank them and they jsust vanished and some are children in appearance and a lot of variety in the terms of appearance of angels. >> how did it comfort you as a parent? i know that probably had to give you a little get of comfort watching your daughter go through all of this, have these angels? >> oh, it was, it was amazing. it just gave us the assurance that we needed, that this was all a part of god's will and her life and also, again, brought her the comfort and helped prepare her and we knew that. and it just, it made all the difference for our-- in our faith. it-- it brought it together. >> okay. >> and just made it wonderful for us. >> well, merry christmas and i appreciate you coming on and talking about her life story and sharing her encounter with the angels and if you'd like a copy of the book, encountering heaven and the after life. merry christmas to you both and thank you for being with us. >> you as well. ugly christmas sweaters, making a comeback, guys. it's not just helping our troops. coming up next. ♪ >> this is lieutenant aker from afghanistan. like to wish my family and friends a happy holidays in pensacola, florida. i love you and see you soon. >> merry christmas everyone. are you wearing your christmas sweater this morning. whether you think it's tacky, the trend continues to grow and we can thank a website for all that have. >> brian miller and adam paulson are the founders of ugly christmas sweater party.com. boy, are they-- >> yuck. >> in uniform this morning, we love having you on the show and this thing has taken off since we've talked to you about a year ago. why has it been so popular, brian? >> oh, well, first of all, good morning and merry christmas. it's been, it certainly has taken off. we think, you know, just the trend is growing, people are getting on board with having fun with family, co-workers, fundraisers as well as and it's been very popular, but we don't know, we think that social media has probably taken charge here as well and grown, i would say, the-- everybody wanting to see pictures of each other in the sweaters and having a good time. so we're having a lot of fun with it. >> a lot of people are having the parties. my cousins were sending me pictures of my grandmother's old christmas sweaters and seems to be the trend on college campuses, is that the case. >> absolutely, we've shipped to colleges across the country and it's a cheap way for kids to get together and have a od time. en you know, one jerry smith told us it's the next halloween, the second coming of halloween, so-- >> well, we're zooing video there of some of the terrible sweaters from the website and what you can order. what's the key, brian, to a-- an effective ugly christmas sweater? >> sure. it's got to be over the top. we would-- we have a perfect example and modeling right now. >> something that comes at you three days, a the lot of bright colors. >> hilarious, it's aged for a while and that's important like a fine wine. >> like a fine wine. i like that you guys also name the sweaters, but add tam. i want to ask you, you've found a way to include the troops in on the trend and even pick up their spirit a bit. tell us about that. >> we did, we ship a lot throughout november to the troops, a lot of addresses, afghanistan, iraq, and you know, they send us a lot of e-mails back, thanks us for delivering to them and allowing them to have a bright spot in a gloomy environment. it brightens our kday to help them out. go to our home page, ugly christmas sweater and we have a button for operation home front. takes care of the troops not only overseas, but families left behind at home. >> and everyone go pout and click on the button, operation home front. we'd appreciate it. >> yeah, that's a wonderful thing you guys are doing. >> we've got-- we're going to get you out on this. do you have a monitor there in the studio in chicago? >> we do. >> and we can see ourselves. >> good i want you to take a look at this. dave and i went shopping and we want you to vote on this. >> no. >> is this ugly enough? >> yuck. >> boy! >> what would you name this picture? >> oh, wow. >> that's a double moose bag. >> the reindeer going on. >> the double moose bag. >> that qualities. >> wow, wow. >> and brian miller and adam paulson, merry christmas to you and operation and click on that. ugly christmas sweater.com. >> merry christmas. >> double moose battle. we have more "fox & friends." stay with us. >> hi, this is sergeant stationed in avs afghanistan, christmas in colorado springs, colorado. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] here's hoping you find something special in your driveway this holiday. ♪ [ santa ] ho ho ho! [ male announcer ] get an exceptional offer on the mercedes-benz you've always wanted at the winter event going on now. and stay connected with three years of mbrace service complimentary. >> this just in. brian kilmeade and family celebrating and we have the pictures to prove it. we have kaitlin, kristin and brian opening their first gifts this morning. and kaitlin got exactly what she wanted from santa, an ipod, kristin excited for new gloves and brian's gift, sports illustrated digest. >> fitting. >> and for my babies, saks fifth avenue on the left and sassy gl

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