Withdraw troops home from syria catching congress offguard. Bipartisan calls for donald trump to keep boots on the ground. Fashion magazine has poor taste, vogue going after the first lady over the White House Christmas card, the tables turned on critics. Fox and friends first starts right now. Heather you are watching fox and friends first this thursday morning, it is always starting your day with us and it was a busy one overnight. Lets get to that fox news alert, a live look on capitol hill where is a was a latenight for lawmakers, the senate approving the stopgap spending bill to fund the government but the president s allies in the house pushing back, Griff Jenkins live with breaking news overnight. Reporter they worked late but it is not over. The Senate Passed the stopgap spending go kicking the deadline down the road until february 8th. Mitch mcconnell says it keeps lights on and the debate going. Faced with this intransigence with democrats failure to take our borders seriously, republicans will continue to fulfill our duty with a simple measure that will continue government funding into february so we will continue this line of debate after the new conference has convened. Reporter it has 1. 3 billion for the wall but no new money which was the Sticking Point for donald trump. Now it goes to the house for a vote where Chuck Schumer hopes it will follow suit. Glad the leader does not think the government should shut down over the president s demands for a wall and democrats will support the cr. The president of the house should follow that lead because shutting down the government over christmas is a terrible idea. It is not clear if it can pass in the house or if the president would sign it. Mike meadows was anything but supportive. Mister president , we will back you up, if you veto the bill we will be there. More importantly the American People will be there. They will be there to support you. Lets build the wall and make sure we do our job in congress. Reporter the clock is ticking. Of the house does not approve or the president refuses to sign before the midnight deadline it would force a partial government shutdown. If the house approves changes, the senate must it must go to the white house for signature. That of course is up in the air. A lot of work to do in a short time. Heather they had time for some christmas caroling while this was happening. Reporter according to senator jeff flake, the business at hand is still moving to the house. Reporter until they get the work done, bar humbug, thank you. Congress appears to be refusing the president demand for a wall, his strongest supporters are pushing more funding bill veto. Sean spicer says that is because democrats are controlling the message. This is a political fight. 54 democrats in the senate, conferred a lot more than we are getting right now. They were on board on this. They are against it because trump is for it. What we lost is control of the narrative. We are talking about funding over a wall. We have to stop funding the wall and talk about national security. Human trafficking, drugs coming over the border. We have got to Start Talking about implications of a porous border as opposed to a physical structure because right now they know they are winning the messaging war, this is what trump is for and what we are 4. We have to get back to reminding people what is at stake. Heather it is unclear if the president will sign a funding bill. 9 days ago he would be, quote, proud to shut down the government over border security. House republicans are left with more questions than answers after a 7 hour testimony from former obama era attorney general loretta lynch. Many representatives saying they didnt learn anything about her handling of the clinton email and russia probe along with the infamous tarmac meeting with president clinton. That has been under the microscope since the 2016 president ial election. Looking for context, the influence was undeniable. A full transcript of lynchs interview will be released tomorrow. The House Intelligence Committee will vote on releasing roger stones transcript to robert mueller. Members on both sides of the aisle are willing to turn over the documents regarding last years closeddoor testimony. Stone, a longtime trump associate is being investigated for possible ties to wikileaks during the 2016 election. Griff mentioned jeff flakes mueller protection bill, is shot down a third time by republicans. That will backed by democrats chris coons and cory booker is aimed at protecting robert mueller. Senate leaders argue the bill is unnecessary since they dont think the president will fire mueller. He repeatedly said he wont. Flake will retire next month lose the as a republican serve six years in the senate. A big story today. Shocked lawmakers calling on the president to keep us troops in syria. Donald trump says it is time to pool out now that isis is defeated. Our boys, our young women, our men, they are all coming back and they are coming back now. We won and that is the way we want it and that is the way they want it. Heather todd pyro joins us live with reactions from both sides of the aisle. Reporter the president doubling down on his decision tweeting in response to a segment on Laura Ingrams show, trump has made the middle east a better place. When trump came into office isis was running amok in the middle east, over 1 million refugees poured into western europe, none of that is happening today, that is all due to trump. Tons of negative reaction to the president s surprise announcement from his own party. Not sure fallen american soldiers want us to declare victory against a foe we havent fully defeated yet. I cant find anybody who thinks this done the way it was is a good idea. I have never seen a decision like this since i have been here in 12 years, where nothing is communicated in advance. Reporter in addition a Bipartisan Group of senators expressed their concerns with the pool out. In a letter, warning about isis in syria, will surely renew and embolden their efforts in the region and the withdrawal of american presence from syria bolsters other adversaries, iran and russia. Reaction wasnt all negative, rand paul tweeting im happy to see a president who can declare victory and bring our troops out of a war and even democrat barbara lee siding with the president. The troops have done everything, time for them to come home, this is a step in the right direction. Reporter important to note that affirmative defense makes clear the campaign against isis is not over and the us will continue working to defeat isis wherever it operates. Heather much more to come on this. Paul ryan speaking out on broken politics in his farewell address at the library of congress. We spent far more time trying to convict one another than trying to develop our own convictions. And it discourages good people from pursuing public service. Heather the speaker encouraging colleagues the countrys complex problems are solvable if politics allow it. His biggest career successes include Congress Passing the biggest tax cut in decades, boosting defense spending. After 20 years in congress he announced his retirement in april saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. How about this . President george hws service dog is being honored by the same group that raised him. Thank you for your service. Thank you to our country. [applause] heather americas that dog gave the 2yearold lab to president bush after his wife barbara passed away, the perfect match, this photo capturing the hearts of americans while morning the late president. Sully will work with other veterans at walter reed medical center. His work continues. Good dog. 10 minutes after the top of the hour, donald trump declaring victory over isis in syria. What happens next in the fight against terror . Jim hansen says pulling our troops has major implications across the middle east and he is live next to explain it to us. High times in the big apple in new york city, about to become the next major city to legalize pot. We are knocking the hell out of isis, coming out of syria very soon. Let the other people take care of it now. Very soon. Very soon. Donald trump hinting at a surprise announcement to withdraw troops from syria at a rally earlier this year. What could this next phase of the fight will quite . Here to weigh in the president s Security Studies and special forces veteran jim hansen. Thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. Good to be with you. Heather were you surprised by this announcement or not . It came a little quicker then people were expecting but inside the administration this is been under discussion for a long time and as your clip showed the president said it in public. Not long after that speech, the nsc asked us, the Security Studies group, to write a plan for end game in syria contemplating the us leaving as some allies in the region take up larger roles, turkey can do some things, the saudis pledged reconstruction money and will be helping in the us may not have combat troops on the ground but the mission to stop iran from gaining a land bridge to make sure the un resolution, all of that still continues. Heather i read your report in anticipation of you joining us today and one of the things you said is the president faced criticism suggesting the withdrawal from syria repeats the obama era error and that is similar to what Lindsey Graham said in a tweet, withdrawal of a small American Force in syria would be a huge obama like mistake. That is hyperbole. The difference was, in direct, we had stability on the ground and had a massive number of troops. 2000 plus troops in syria were never going to topple asad or push the russians out of the way and never going to fundamentally change the problems caused by the syrian civil war. They were there to kill isis. Isis is effectively done. The question is how to make sure the followon to this doesnt go badly. The president created the ability to do that. To deal with turkey and other things. Heather the that is the concern, whether this would create a vacuum and isis could grow large once again or group could converge and be worse than isis. That remains a possibility but the idea that we would stay there and do things with Ground Combat troops as opposed to the other arms of us power is not the correct way to operate. One thing that would be helpful is if the president could unfreeze the stability funding. There are 200 million slated to be spent in syria and some of that is replaced by money from neighborhood, other countries, saudi arabia and others pledged money but to free that money up would allow us to go to these regions where there could be a vacuum and isis what operate and Work Together to gain their support for anything other than isis. Heather if we could pull that map up one more time and look at the middle east as a whole, what do you think is next . You mentioned 2000 troops in syria. In afghanistan next . The president talked about that as well and discussions that the only people this benefits are russia, turkey and iran by us leaving syria. Afghanistan is under consideration. We are in talks with the taliban and. We definitely have to ramp up efforts against iran. That is not necessarily to be done with troops in syria. We have many other tools against iran and we need to do that and we want to make sure turkey does not fall into the russian orbit and become more allied with russia and iran which is why the arms deal with them is a chance to ask them to come back and be a better friend. They drifted in the wrong direction. Heather thank you for joining us, we appreciate your insight. This is a huge topic this morning. The time is 18 after the top of the hour and heres the first. Donald trump junior defending alexandria ocasiocortez. What sparked that Unlikely Alliance . Put on a little weight. A little weight, does this look like a little weight to you . Heather looking to enjoy the holidays without putting on a few extra pounds. A few tips how to stay healthy. Welcome back to fox and friends first, foxbusiness alert, the Federal Reserve hiking Interest Rates for the fourth time this year despite criticism from the president. The benchmark range raised accorded point between 2. 25 and 2. 25 , the highest rating ten years, two more hikes are expected in 2019, the rate hike causing the stock market to dive, the dow dropping 215 points. Hackers blastoff with personal information, an agency trying to figure out how many people had their Social Security numbers and other data exposed. It is not clear who is behind the cyberattacks, no missions were impacted by the breach. That is good. From christmas cookies to new years champagne, the Tasty Temptations of the Holiday Season are in full swing. Here are some simple tips to avoid the holiday weight gain. It is already started. Even around the Office Christmas cookies, christmas candy. How do you avoid it . What are your tips . It is hard for everyone. The holiday parties especially get tricky. What is going to holiday parties and they started. There are a couple things i want to recommend. And what are you going to do . Dont go hungry. When you get to the holiday party, start with a healthy stuff so you are filling up vegetables and then you can go to the quesadillas or whatever you love to eat. Do not pile things on and it is amazing how many calories they have in some. So you dont overindulge. You are making sure you stay hydrated. Moderation is key. But enjoy. Heather moderation is always key with everything. When you talk about moderation that would be key to trying not to gain a lot of weight. This is important. In the new year many of us are like okay, it is a brandnew year, i always suggest to my patients, dont write off the month of december. A lot of people say december 1st, i will do what im want for the whole month. During this time of holiday parties and stuff, get exercise, eat right. It is okay to indulge. I say indulge in the stuff you like. If you are not crazy about fruitcake, eat what you do like, not what you dont. Heather keep exercising and you should also drink plenty of water even when it is not the holidays. That is very important and this segment on twitter, a couple people wrote back and said it is the holidays, indulge. You want to enjoy time with family and friends but everything in moderation. If you have heart problems, lung problems, kidney problems and you are on a special diet like diabetes, you are sugar restricted, please dont throw that out the window. Heather a good tip for water, Cheryl Casone he gave this tip, one of my coworkers, she said put basil in water. It is really good. If you are out and people are drinking, put a little basil in it. I love sparkling water. More exciting than regular water. It helps us. Heather go out and party and have a good time. Thank you so much, appreciate it, merry christmas. Coming up, a fashion magazine with poor taste going after the first lady over the White House Christmas card. 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Heather welcome back to fox and friends first, fox news alert, the Senate Passing a lastminute stopgap spending bill, leaving it up to the house to send it to the president s death, the bill provides no additional funds for a border wall. Should the president sign it or veto it based on his Campaign Promises . Joining us from the center for immigration studies, thank you for joining us, appreciate it. Thank you for having me. Heather what should the president do and what do you think he will do . This will probably be counterintuitive, but i think he should go ahead and sign the funding bill and wait until 116th congress when democrats control the house of representatives to get the spending bill he needs for the wall. Heather fingers are already pointing. Heres what Mitch Mcconnell had to say, listen to him on the senate floor. Im sorry my colleagues couldnt put partisanship aside and show the same good flexibility that the president has shown to provide the resources our nation needs to secure the integrity of our borders. Heather who do you think will take the blame for it . Republicans . Democrats . As mcconnell said . Or will the president pay for it . We have a saying in washington when you pass a bill youve got a law. When you dont you have an issue. The president has a strong issue. And to keep drugs out. Heroin, methamphetamine flowing into the United States across the border and the 116th congress the democrats will one status for Daca Recipients were 300,000 people who are going to lose it. They are going to be a lot more valuable and they are going to have to show that they can govern. They are going to have to make concessions that are necessary to get bills passed. The president will be in a stronger position in the 116th congress and it would be appropriate for him to wait until hes in that position. Heather it is interesting you say that. A lot of people argue the opposite. They say once february comes, a continuing resolution will take it, democrats will be in charge of the house. Part of the base on which the democrats ran was this was a donothing congress, the 115th. And the 116th, they have to show they can do something. There are big immigration issues, 690,000 the aca recipients, and the responsibility to end daca, and temporary status for honduras. Democrats will want to get status for them. The president will be in a position to demand concessions out of nancy pelosi and the democrats. Heather speaking of the court that takes us to another issue, two judges issue rebukes against the Trump Administration over asylumseekers and the asylum policy, the white house blames the rise of activist judges. I agree with the president completely as it relates to that. The fact is the decision the Dc District Court was talking about, attorney general sessions applied the same standards to asylumseekers from Central America that we applied to all other asylumseekers so he didnt change the law but simply applied the law and it was inappropriate, formerly we allowed cases to be appealed but the Dc District Court judge couldnt allow that to happen. We stretched what was a narrow area for the court to operate in way out of proportion so he could make a finding so they could bring their case before the court and then he reversed the attorney general, he reversed us cis and policy directors implement in the decision. Heather add that to the issues that have to be tackled along with daca. Thank you so much, appreciate your insight today. Thank you for having me. Heather have a great day. The search for missing mom in colorado intensifying, investigators went through her townhouse a second time. Kelsey disappeared after dropping her daughter off on thanksgiving. Her fiance was spotted dumping trash with two other men after police searched his ranch. Staff called police after recognizing him. It was collected by police after they searched his ranch for a second time. At this time, authorities are not considering him a suspect. Russia slapped with brandnew sanctions by the Trump Administration, the move intended to present penetration agents for Cyber Attacks interfering the 2016 election and the attempted assassination of an access by and his daughter back in march. Remember that . Several intelligence agents already indicted and Robert Muellers probe. A bombshell statement from north korea overnight. The road nation says it will not give up its Nuclear Weapons unless the us does it first. The latest sign of resistance from kim jong un despite an agreement with donald trump to denuclearize, north korea accusing the us in south korea. The us removed its Nuclear Weapons from the south in the 90s. Republican senator Susan Collins with voicemail sent to her at have the Brett Kavanaugh listen to this. Dont be stupid. Dont be a hypocrite. Vote no. The main senator voted yes on the confirmation to the Supreme Court despite allegations of Sexual Misconduct against him and she will join Martha Maccallum tonight for an exclusive interview on the story. Phone magazine wasting no time bashing milania trumps christmas portrait. Carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with more on the christmas controversy. Reporter the magazine did not find this picture merrier bright. The publication slamming this photo accusing the first lady and the president of looking like cardboard cutouts. They question the smiles on their faces with Robert Muellers investigation writing, quote, as former Trump White House associates continue to fall like snowflakes on a winter day in the mueller investigation, the wildly sunny White House Christmas portrait might be another attempt to keep spirits looking bright. The first familys supporters rushing to her defense now. One person on twitter saying offers ladies give up a lot and should be respected. I once to get to the Instagram Post right here that says vogue has the most fashionable first lady to feature but are afraid to be rejected by their liberal base so creativity or innovation. Look at this picture. Theres nothing wrong with it. If you dont like the first family just dont write about the picture. Criticizing this is silly. Heather this is a beautiful dress. This is odd. Alexandria ocasiocortez getting support from don junior. She recently slammed a political article that accused her of plotting to unseat another congressman. She posted about on twitter saying one disappointment about dcs the gossip that masquerade as reporting. My dad had a name for junk articles like this, birdcage lining. Donald trump junior came in with this tweet saying welcome to our world. You think that is that . Imagine what it is like when they actually hate you. Folks on social media commenting on this exchange, one person saying it is just the beginning for her, welcome to the world of critical politics. One more, ryan says glad you found something in common. It was an interesting tweet coming from ocasiocortez. It sounded very much like something donald trump would say. Heather lawmakers breaking out in Christmas Carols. I mentioned it earlier. Tell everybody what happened. Lawmakers elevated passing of the spending billions were talking about by breaking out into Christmas Carols on the senate floor. We got to get to this video right here. Mister tester. Mister soon. Mister telus. Mister toomey. Mister youdoll, mister van hollen. Something very serious is going on, glory to the newborn king in the background. It is unclear if Mitch Mcconnell spiked the eggnog with kentucky bourbon. It aggravated me because theyre not getting the job done. They are having fun. I dont think they should be having fun at all. When youre so tired you get punchy, that may be what happened. Heather thank you so much. It gets cold outside. Heather the time is 20 minutes until the top of the hour. Horrifying Surveillance Video showing the moment Armed Robbers drag her across the floor in a violent prescription pill heist. Suspect in a savage attack. China waging war on christmas. How one city is making sure it is a very communist christmas. Your typical bank. Capital one is anything but typical. Thats why we designed capital one cafes. You can get savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. And one of americas best savings rates. To top it off, you can open one from anywhere in 5 minutes. 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Tracy carrasco with foxbusiness is here to explain. How is that normal . Reporter apple says dont worry about it. Your new ipad pro, nothing to worry about. This happened during the manufacturing process. Apple says it is the cooling of the components, the metal and plastic, that causes the slight bend. People are opening their new ipads and noticing this, some returning them to the apple store. If you have a new ipad pro, you can return it. After that you might be out of luck. Apple says it doesnt affect how the ipad pro runs. It still runs fine. Heather i would prefer one that does not bend. It is a very slight bend, not people would notice. Heather americans are already returning a christmas gift. Reporter this is going to ups, National Return day was yesterday, the biggest spike in return packages. Ups said they expected 1. 5 million packages returned yesterday, First Time Ever that it happened before santa even comes so typically they expect to see this in january but they will get the second wave of return packages on january 9, 1. 4 Million People returning packages and the reason for this, everyone got a jumpstart before black friday shopping. People are already returning things they bought for themselves. Coming up, it is officially christmas crunch time and we have some lastminute gifts for all the procrastinators like me. Today is the day youre going to get motivated. Get stronger. Get closer. Start listening today to the Worlds Largest selection of audiobooks on audible. And now, get more. For just 14. 95 a month, youll get a credit a month good for any audiobook, plus two Audible Originals exclusive titles you cant find anywhere else. If you dont like a book, you can exchange it any time, no questions asked. 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The classic toys, the play phone that is so popular, kids love it because it is squishy and you can make different shapes like playdoh but it is not messy and you can keep making new shapes. It is not messy and it is only 6. 99. 75 of people say they will include one healthy item in a stocking, 58 say that will be a toothbrush. It is less then 10. The adult brushes have dual Action Technology that clean and polish your teeth. If you have kids they brush a lot longer when you have a spin brush like that with Jurassic World or other characters. Heather you can get these anywhere. Even when you pick those up in the store. Shutterbugs will of the clarity and contrast of the hdr screen of the smart phone. This is 3. 49 at best buy and amazon. This has builtin dual cameras. It is great if you do a lot of Live Streaming or broadcasting from ballgames and something. Jewelry always a great lastminute gift. Diamonds, theres a beautiful ensemble with emerald and white sapphire. You get the earrings and pendants. It is only 99 and it is already boxed up and they will wrap it for you. Heather emeralds for england has a birthday in may. Champagne is always great. People use it to toast the new year. It is a nice classic champagne with delicate taste that goes well with seafood or any other entree and great with heavy appetizers and hors doeuvres, whether as pigs in the blanket of potato chips. Potato chips and champagne. And the saltiness. Get a nice gift box or bag and dress it up. Heather you can get these anywhere. That goes along with gift wrap. You dont want to run out of wrapping paper. I like the gift tape because this is more wrapping paper like what we have here. The expression tape we have here, this has the glitter on it. Heather the tape becomes part of a packaging. You can pick those up on lastminute trips to the drugstore in the grocery store. Heather im going to make a mental note, a lot of people are getting toothbrushes for me. Thank you, appreciate your time. It is 8 minutes until the top of the hour and this crook is in hot water. The inmate who needs are and are after escaping prison. You got to fight for your right to party g colds when im sick. With zicam. Zicam is completely different. Unlike most other cold medicines. Zicam is clinically proven to shorten colds. I am a zifan for zicam. Oral or nasal. Whoooo. Did you know the exact same hotel room. Can have many different prices . Thats why tripadvisor searches over 200 booking sites to find the lowest price on the hotel you want. Your Perfect Hotel room for the perfect price heather it is the holidays in new york city, great place to be this time of year, up and down 6th ave. Fifth avenue, wherever you go, this is right outside our studios on avenue of the americas. Merry christmas and happy holidays to you, just days away if you can believe it. Thieves, and camera holding a pharmacy employee at gunpoint. A manhunt underway for these criminals despised by surgical masks. You see them jump over the counter, they tackled a female worker, this happened in georgia. They forcefully dragged her to the back room before making her open assay for the gun to her head. They got away with prescription pills and cash. Recreational marijuana a reality in new york city, bill diblasio is set to announce his support today. It comes 24 hours after the release of his new report which makes other marijuana recommendations such as setting the age minimum at 21. Enough time left for the good, the bad and the ugly. First, the good. A retired marine takes a gunman trying to rob his bar in pennsylvania, the bartender handing over the cash before he grabs the gun and completely disarmed him, the suspect got away, no one was seriously injured thank goodness. Up next the bad. And escaped inmate soaking in a hot tub in a jail jumpsuit. Police finding the woman relaxing at an Activity Center in ohio. She made a run for it before being booked on heroin charges, she faces felony escape charges. Finally the ugly. A mother is behind bars after police find her Children Home alone watching the movie home alone. Keep the change, you fill the animal. Bill s satanic coming kept her 7yearold son home from school in indiana so he could babysit his 4yearold brother and she could go to work. That wraps up fox and friends first, have a Great Holiday and merry christmas, see you after that. Fox and friends first continues, goodbye. We are going to back you up. If you veto this bill lets build the wall and make sure we do our job in congress. Thursday, december 20th, fox news alert, the Senate Passing stopgap spending bill sending it to the house. Jillian will the president sign it with no border wall . Declaring victory, donald trump announcing the us is pulling out of syria. Rob the major heat launched from both sides of the political aisle at that