Not a lot of days to kick off this morning. Wednesday morning, you are watching fox and friends first. Donald trump hard at work making America Great again from mara lago turning up the heat on north korea with new sanctions but that is not all. Griff jenkins with what else the president is working on. Reporter it may be sunny in florida but no break in north korea, the Treasury Department slapping sanctions on two individuals described as key leaders of the Nuclear Weapons program, steve mnuchin, secretary, saying in a statement they are targeting leaders of north koreas Ballistic Missile program as part of the maximum pressure campaign, and fully denuclearize korean peninsula, the move falls, un security resolution imposing new sanctions, in the president s comments departed from mara lago. There is much more work to do. America and its allies will take all necessary steps to achieve a denuclearization and make sure this regime cannot threaten the world. There are reports that even Vladimir Putin is trying to mediate between the us and north korea but that is not all the president is working on behind closed doors, tweeting business looking really good for next year. A great year for companies and jobs, stock market poised for another year of success as the president signals he wants to tackle infrastructure, he believes he can get bipartisan support and one democrat is open to it. We have an aging infrastructure with potholes, bridges that are in trouble, we need to do something to fix our infrastructure. There are no scheduled events in mara lago. We will have to wait and see what happens on twitter. Thank you. Donald trump once again winning on the world stage keeping a Key Campaign Promise of obliterating isis. Breaking down the new numbers the Mainstream Media wont show you. Donald trump was running on the campaign trail, who could forget he repeatedly promised to eradicate the terror group once and for all. We will find you, we will destroy you and we will win. I will bomb them. We are going to knock out isis so violently and so fast. Endless than a year the numbers would suggest his administration is succeeding. The us military reports that isis is lost 98 of the territory that it once held. Half of those losses have occurred since donald trump took office. It is a drastic change in the war on terror compared to the Previous Administration who once referred to the coldblooded terrorists as the j the team, we are talking 45,000 fighters, now it is reportedly down to around 1000. Whats more the isis footprint has shrunk by a lot. Check this out. The state department releasing this map to put it all into perspective. At one point isis controlled an area the size of ohio. Today it only controls a very small region primarily along the border of syria and iraq. 30,000 usled airstrikes and the beefedup presence on the ground. Killing 70,000 jihadists, many in the military say Donald Trumps hands off approach is what is winning. Instead of being politically correct, they say, the commanderinchief has allowed top commanders to do what they do best which is kill the bad guys. The Obama Administration micromanaged the war and what the Trump Administration did was allow execution decisions to be made in accordance with the guidance he provided. We could have accomplished our objectives through the use of overwhelming power in three months, not three years. Us backed forces have also been credited with freeing 5. 3 Million People in that region. Those are good numbers but we are not done yet. A little more work to go on the isis front. Donald trumps victory obliterating isis isnt the only thing the Mainstream Media has been ignoring, the booming economy has gotten little positive coverage. Republican strategist says the media refuses to give credit where credit is due. They will not let donald trump have a victory lap no matter what and trump really did do this. What he said is what he fulfilled. He fulfilled promises. I like what president obama did, which is he got healthcare through. But it was riddled with low enrollment, you couldnt keep your own doctor and the premium increases we are dealing with and donald trump when he campaigned on creating jobs, he is about to put money in middleclass americans pockets. He is fulfilling his promises and what he gets from Mainstream Media is constant negative, constant negative and that is a lot of reason why donald trump has to tweet so he can get his own message out because it has been negated by Mainstream Media. And Illegal Immigrants arrested by the Border Patrol agents were trying to illegally reenter the country. 60yearold serve 15 years in jail for assaulting a peace officer who can write citations but may not carry a weapon where border agent martinez was killed after suffering traumatic head injuries last month. The turnaround for a trip to tokyo because the passenger got on the wrong plane. The flight took off landing 8 hours later in lax, pulling a uturn over the pacific. She broke the news on twitter writing four hours into an 11 hour flight and turning around because we have a passenger who is in supposed to be on the plane. That is pretty straightforward. Why do we have to go back . The flight is due to take off and airlines is investigating what went wrong. Thes random trying to determine the winner in the race for crucial Virginia House seat has been postponed. Shelley simmons asking the court to reconsider its ruling after last weeks recounts where it was determined she and republican incumbent tied with 11,608 votes each. Simmons had the lead by just one vote, one ballot was invalid. If simmons wins that seat it will tape the balance of power in the legislature and even defeat 50. Senator orin hatch firing back at the newspaper that wanted to retire, the utah spokesman assaulting accusing them of pursuing unquenchable thirst for clicks, after the paper declared him the utah of the year with this alleged power and slamming his role in the gop tax reform bill. Hatch sarcastically tweeting grateful for this great christmas honor from the salt lake tribune. Merry christmas to the nba ratings reaching alltime high on Christmas Day as the nfl continues to take. Mondays 5 nba games rated 20 higher over last year including the houston game which drew and a 4. 1 rate in making it believe highest primetime christmas gain since 2003. The nfls Football Game drew in a 6. 7 rating with the Philadelphia Eagles and Oakland Raiders which is down 9 from the average monday night football matchup. They dont like jillians team, she will get so mad. Center didnt bring exactly what was on your wish list, you are not alone. That is the most precious thing i have ever seen in my life. Look like a deranged easter bunny. People open 90 billion worth of Unwanted Gifts, those who dont regift means a major goosed from the shipping business as people send those bunny ears back, 6 million packages, what is the worst gift you got this year. Email as it friends first foxnews. Com or let us know on facebook, twitter and instagram. 10 minutes after the hour, do not disturb, the change coming to Disney Resort hotels, the inspector daily and donald trump says he signed obamacare of the death certificate with tax reform. Will be Affordable Care act flatline with how the individual mandate. Why our next guest is it is a matter of time, the liberal media going out on a limb claiming first lady melania is chopping down a 200yearold tree at the white house. Fox and friends first on wednesday morning returns. Three major us cities suing the pentagon. And and that helped the gunmen in the deadly texas massacre by the weapons he used to go 26 people despite prior conviction. Jeff sessions lost his own investigation. One of Donald Trumps promises of investigating voter fraud in the 2016 election can reasonably than Appeals Court ruling Watchdog GroupPrivacy Information Center does not have legal standing to sue. The Voter Fraud Commission sparked National Outrage when it asked all 50 states for voter information, they plan to appeal the ruling. The republican tax plan, the portable character by repealing the individual mandate but not getting rid of the law. Donald trump thinks republicans and democrats will come together and agree on a plan to get rid of obamacare. Attorney and former policy advisor and spokesman to governor jeb bush. He is right absolutely. The individual mandate forced americans who did not have Health Insurance to the buy it or pay a penalty for not purchasing Health Insurance and got nothing in return. Millions of americans paid the penalty and by Congress Getting rid of this in the president signing it into law rule the penalty for those people will tear down obamacare leading to the collapse as catastrophic for what was one of president obamas legislative accomplishment so a lot of credit is deserved for republicans in congress and donald trump for doing it. Lets go to the president s tweet based on the fact the unfair and unpopular individual mandate has been terminated as part of the taxcut bill which repeals obamacare, democrats and republicans will come together and develop a great new healthcare plan, will this happen on a bipartisan basis like the president predicts . You have to give credit to the president for wanting to get it done. It should be done on a bipartisan basis. Enough republicans or democrats in congress that want to have a Good Health Care system for the country. Will the democrats now that republicans have been successful getting rid of the individual mandate, will they once to work with republicans but something needs to be done. Obamacare have some shortcomings in it, perfect opportunity to show leadership and democrats and republicans in congress to Work Together to improve upon and have a reform that will work for the american people. In your research on this topic the right we can expect to see more competitive Government Solutions to our healthcare system. What do you mean by that . One of the problems with obamacare is it was a Big Government solution where you had the Us Government saying to every american you have to buy Health Insurance, pay a penalty, a lot of reforms, republicans in Congress Passed in previous years, paul ryan talked about some of these like allowing Health Insurance to be bought and sold across state lines, reforms that dont involve a Big Government solution, those are the types of things members of congress can propose and you should see an advance in the coming months. The mandate does not officially go away until 2019. That is correct. 2080 coming up a few days away, still in effect, the limitation of the penalty wont go into effect until 2019 but this was a central feature of president obamas legacy, it big news story that didnt get much coverage because the tax bill gained so much attention. 19 minutes after the hour. Low supply, i demand, airlines recruiting at the college level, career path taking off to new heights. There was a hero that night it is us, not me. The hero cops uses his bare hands to punch through a frozen pond to save a little boys life, the christmas miracle that makes your morning. We could be here. I mean wish i had time to take care of my portfolio, but. Well, what are you doing tomorrow 10am . Staff meeting. Noon . Eating. 3 45 . Uh, compliance training. 6 30 . Sams baseball practice. 8 30 . Tai chi. Yeah, so sounds relaxing. Alright, 9 53 . I usually make their lunches then, and i have a little vegan so wow, you are busy. Wouldnt it be great if you had investments that worked as hard as you do . Yeah. Introducing essential portfolios. The automated investing solution that lets you focus on your life. Airlines battling a growing shortage they could reach crisis levels. What is being done to step up recruitment. I knew i wanted to be a pilot, luck of the draw. Reaching scott franks love of flying cannot be better times. The recent graduate from the Aviation School at Metro State University denver is entering an industry in desperate need of commercial pilots. In terms of how many pilots, the real hit in five years. According to boeing in the next two decades the industry will need 117,000 commercial pilots in north america and 637,000 worldwide. There is a pilot shortage. Reporter major carriers following the need of regionals at the collegiate level. Having a promise when still in the academic environment is priceless compared to how it used to work. Reporter is by commercial pilots use do come out to you military or regional airlines, places like the worldwide indoor airport trained students who are actively being recruited by major carriers. Frank is headed for an internship with united which if all goes well he will never leave. I can get the regional area. Reporter the Airline Pilots association insists there is no shortage and says some airlines get themselves into this situation. Ultra lowcost carriers who dont keep up with wages, benefits and balance issues you might see him accepting conditions at the large global carriers. Reporter airlines forced to increase pay and offer signing businesses which something not heard of 10 years ago. The regionals have additional competition for the big carriers dipping into the same colleges. Rob the rebuilding of a Church Destroyed 9 11 on hold think the rising costs into how donations are being spent. The shrine was supposed to help 50 million but the New York Times reports 78 million. Newsweek under fire for escaping fake headline blaming Melania Trump for in a 200yearold 3 to be cut down. Turns out it was the Us National Arboretum that recommended the removal of the historic magnolia. Why . Because it is dead, dangerous and falling down despite efforts to save it. Newsweek has yet to apologize for the report which many call an attempt to smear the first lady. 25 minutes after the hour, the countdown to in 2018 is on and not too late to cash in on your tax reform from charities itemizing tax breaks, you can still get for 2018. Many sick of answering the phone, actress jenna fisher slammed for spreading fake news about the tax bill, say it aint so. Rob and escaped soldier may prove north koreas preparing for biological warfare, the man who defected this year had anthrax and the body in his system. Not clear who it was, he was exposed to it or was vaccinated against it. This amid claims the rogue regime at latest test involves mounting the dangerous bacteria onto missiles capable of reaching the us. Sheila jackson lee playing the race card as reason for the accusations she received special treatment on United Airlines flight. Jean simon posted this photo saying she was unfairly bumped from her firstclass seat headed to dc in favor of the democratic congresswoman. She double down on the claim saying this without any fault of mine, the with the individual continue to act, because i was an africanamerican woman. The Flight Attendant was very nice. She has not received an apology from United Airlines. Jenna fisher admitting to tweeting false fact about the president s tax bill after getting called out on twitter, i cant stop thinking how schoolteachers can no longer deduct costs of their classroom supplies on their taxes, something they should not have to pay for with their own money in the first place. Imagine if nurses had to go by their own syringes. Users fired back informing her the 250 School Supply deduction was included in the final bill. Going into the commercial i said glt tax bill instead of gop, we are looking to see if they are time around the corner. What can you do to save the most money this tax season . Five tips to help maximize your return, Certified Public Accountant and small it because Small Business advocate i get stumped about taxes. The whole idea is tax rates going down, they are higher year, as many expenses as you can into this year to look at those deductions. Property tax is the first thing, you should call your township or state, and if you look at property taxes get it done this year. The tax advantage is must tyrants go down in 2016. Rob i thought charitable contributions were separate and distinct from itemized deductions but you need to make those general contributions for 2018 because you wont get the deduction if you dont itemize in 2018. There are a lot of things about it. It actually we are a year where tax rates are higher, bring in deductions for control, charity is the perfect example. And you can still get it done, take that deduction to your chair ready, get a better tax benefit. Rob accelerate business related expenses like supplies, dues, home office. Part of my business as well. If you are a freelancer on your own doing work or have other expenses from your employer, and supplies, going to staples, by those supplies, that you might be using this year, take the deductions that are higher. And 2d for, into next year. And in 2017. Rob max out your retirement contributions. Into a 401 k or ira account. This has nothing to do with tax reform. The rules have not changed with the new bill, and a 401 k plan, put away as much as you can, and 401 k s, 529 plans, as well, you can now put more money for private school education. Rob equity interest if you can. Home equity interest going away next year. Talk to your bank and see if you can prepay those deductions. You can maximize and it disappears in 2018. The final word, accelerate at one time. And legally wherever you can any income in 2018, tax rates going up next year, might as well be rob accounting 2017, jean marks, thank you very much, i love this. Turning to extreme weather, arctic blast gripping millions across the country, 20 states from colorado to maine under a wind chill advisory after recordbreaking snow fell on Christmas Day, pennsylvania getting four feet of snow. Lake effect snow. New york braces for six feet, deepfreeze in the midwest, people in wisconsin waking up to temperatures falling to1621 with a wind chill of44. Great story here. The hero freeze the life of a freezing child by punching through a pozen pond, and 8yearold boy fell through the ice checking his dog on christmas. Sergeant thompson took off his gear and went into the water rescuing him in minutes. I couldnt feel anything. Didnt influence anything, i knew time was of the essence. I had to get the child out of the water. I called paramedics letting them know i am coming in. Rob being treated for hypothermia nerve damage, the boy still in the hospital, the dog was not hurt. 36 minutes after the hour colleges around the country bracing for more campus violence and blaming supporters of the president. Our next guest says the standard they are setting is downright dangerous. A centuryyearold confederate that you destroyed, its face bashed in, the shocking vandalism erased from history. The moment that captivated the entire nation, the giraffe, finally giving birth to month of anticipation. And 2017. Rob a confederate statue that stood in a georgia cemetery 400 years is destroyed, vandals bashing the face of the solar, cut off his hand and took his rifle. They dont have any leads. Thousands of dollars belonging to a Trump Campaign supported destroyed. Accused of ripping paintings off walls and throwing sculptures across the room at the home of Texas Attorney and the bug be blues not clear how she got into that home, during the 2016 election, 260,000 to his president ial campaign. Time for campus craziness spiraling out of control this year with violent protests erupting over speeches from conservative speakers. College administrators bracing for a violent 2018 and blaming trump supporters, former digital director for senator marco rubios president ial Campaign Cabinet phillips. The left, succeed every day, they find ways to blame the rise of violent antifascist protesters on donald trump. The victims here of donald trump and his supporters, free speech ultimately and College Professors on campus shutting down rioters and protesters, they dont want to be called intolerant by their fellow leftists. They are held hostage this coming year, admitting conflicted free speech, the safety of our students, and defend safety of the campus. It seems to me antifa and other groups are immune from punishment the sanction or anything. Why is that . Violence when committed against the right is not only acceptable but justifiable. One of their tactics is labeling everyone they disagree with as a nazi. Violence is acceptable against nazis. Those people who support trump are nazis. A whole swath of american people, and accountability. And Law Enforcement doesnt get involved, a few paperwork around. And they have no reason to change their tactics. Rob how do you suggest colleges and universities respond to what they fear in 2018 . It starts with education, pulling free speech on College Campuses, why to defend free debate, free discussion and students dont actually know, i was covering the protests in florida and asked people you are antifascists can you define fascism for me . 90 had no idea what fascism was. Just now but for them to get their anger out and shut down peoples rights. Rob clips in the news where they give Donald Trumps tax plan and his idea, this is the greatest thing ever, we have to do it and it is the same policy the president wants. I want to ask you this question. I havent had a chance to sit down and interview you. When did this start happening. I dont think of myself as old man river, and many signs. For years the left has been academia with leftists people, it is to be a more gradual process where professors know they can use and indoctrination pulpits, they get views out there, and everyone around them in administration, academia agree with their views of their wont be anyone who clampdown and says teach the facts. The group trying to expose bias that goes on in College Campuses and make sure taxpayer money is not is used for indoctrination and professors being held accountable, giving both sides to make up their own minds and student come out thinking there is only one side of the issue and go to college impressionable and come out thinking leftists have a view that is the martha you can have. Rob dick enters was so left he wrote a treatise on welfare reform. Know when in class knew he was a liberal because he was so fair and balanced, a pleasure, thank you very much. 45 minutes after the hour, president obama under fire for his green energy policies. Trying to save the world or just plain politics . Santa missed the mark in your house . Sharing what you have to share when fox and friends first returns. Is it just junk science . Scientific Research Study by the Obama Administration under fire assigned specific actions than for political gain. The scientific reports in question by the Trump Administration include the pesticide been, formaldehyde findings and the Global Warming hiatus which critics say were in line to benefit the green power plan and paris climate conference. The library of congress is no longer saving your tweets, it is only collecting, quote, selected posts. The social media launched 12 years ago, aboutface blaming the recent decision to deliver character women. They decide which tweets to stay. Foxbusiness alert, struggling retailers, americans shell out big bucks this Holiday Season. Brick and Mortar Stores do well. We saw 4. 9 increase the best year we saw since then, 18. 1 increase give it a Holiday Season that contributed to this, a Strong Economy in this, tricks incentives, and into the stores and it works. Rob a serious reason behind it, generating creepy thoughts in my head, adding new Security Policy to its resorts. As you break into this, walking in on this. It could possibly be a disney employee. Do not disturb signs, and the polynesian and contemporary resort. Employees must enter the room at least once per day, and disneys and giving a specific reason, and some speculation after what happened in las vegas. Next one is interesting, harleydavidson wants to teach more people how to ride. They are expanding to make up for declining sales for their core group of people trying to get millennials into motorcycle riding so expanding the Training Academy which teaches people how to ride a motorcycle. They started with 50 of these dealerships, 245 thank you very much, appreciate it. Time to brew on this. 90 billion worth of Unwanted Gifts were opened, over the next few weeks Stores Expect millions of returns. We asked what is the worst gift you have this year. My mother gave my 13yearold daughter a candlestick holder. Yearold girl that got a candlestick holder, sherry on Facebook Says tshirts from a spouse of 20 years, what did you do . Brian email is the worst gift i got is this year with the basic cheese grater. Wouldnt it be better if a cheese grater was more complicated . Paula on twitters is liked them all. You are easy to shop for. 52 minutes after the era, the video that sent shockwaves through sports world, tiger woodss dui arrest, couldnt look away. Fox and friends first returns. Rob cameras are watching our every move. Cams and smart phones, she Caroline Shively has look at caught on camera moments of 2017. And stick and were the moment, facebook and twitter feeds with laugh out loud videos, something others told that our hearts wings. There was a nationwide movement. Like this scene from early spring. An elderly doctor grabbed from an oversold flight, frequent flyers were furious. United airlines paid dearly. A settlement to the pr nightmare. In the wake changes were made across the entire industry. Cameras love crime and they recorded a lot of it like growing trend of bad guys casing out houses and making off with deliveries. The cops getting robbed in florida. A week being pilfered in fresno. Right from a big apple fest. Cams were eyewitness to shocking scenes like this. A delivery truck running a red light in missouri and tumbling to the side. A traffic stop in ohio taking an unexpected turn when an suv slammed into two patrol cars. Police in utah indian tragedy. The worlds most famous tiger gets busted for dui. Arianna grande a concert targeted by terrorism. A bomb filled with shrapnel killed 23 people entered hundreds more. A blast in new york city since commuters running for safety. Injuries were minimal, police say the homemade devices didnt go off as planned. It is still unknown, the deadliest mass shooting in the nations history. Grouping video of gunfire raining down, more than 500 people got hurt that night. The death toll eventually peaked. Cameras were rolling when bad weather rolled in, funnel clouds forming in texas to illinois. A rare snow tornado in eastern europe. In 2017 we cheered on the animal kingdom, witnessed the worst of Mother Nature but also the best of mankind. At times when we needed it most. Rob fox and friends first continues right now. Jillian wednesday, december 27th. Making America Great again donald trump working hard from the winter white house touting big business for next year and slapping new sanctions on north korea. How Vladimir Putin wants to play peacekeeper. The rules of engagement under the Obama Administration were onerous. Donald from making good on his Campaign Promise obliterating isis. Brandnew numbers showing how much the terror group has lost in the last year. Jillian bitter cold temperatures, the tightest security ever, ringing in the new year, fox and friends first continues right now