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Historic day bill diblasio allowing Illegal Immigrants to give drivers licenses. Jillian took a bite out of the big apple and holly, jolly and soontobe gender neutral. Rob fox and friends first continues right now. Rob appropriate song, a good song. Good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on impeachment wednesday morning. Jillian thanks for starting the day with us. Lets get to this fox news alert, ripping democrats for declaring war on democracy ahead of todays historic Impeachment Vote. Rob this after a marathon session on capitol hill setting the groundwork for what is to come. Jillian Griff Jenkins has recovered on capitol hill. Reporter 4 hours now. The House Chamber for the third time in history the house of representatives will have impeached a sitting us president and we have that rule we heard so much about yesterday, a closed rule meaning no amendments will be offered, allows six hours of debate equally divided between the two sides meaning it will go deep into the evening, 6 30 or 7 30 according to steny hoyer, two distinct votes, one for abuse of power and one for instruction of congress. Before we got to this rule it was fireworks all day. Was it appropriate for him to ask another country to investigate an american citizen . Nothing wrong with the call. Reporter ahead of yesterdays vote on that rule donald trump sent a scathing 6 page letter to nancy pelosi calling todays impeachment and illegal partisan and attempted to described in the article as completely disingenuous, meritless and basis telling her it is a terrible thing you are doing but you have to live with it, not i. Nancy pelosi to fellow lawmakers, if we do not ask we will be derelict, including no one is above the law. Spoiler alert, nancy pelosi needs 216 votes, pierce to be well within that margin. 31 vulnerable democrats, 21 will vote for impeachment, that means things will head to the senate trial where back and forth between majority leader and minority leader is any indication it is going to be hot. Im not an impartial jury. It is a political process, not judicial. It is clear senator mcconnell wants to use the senate to participate in a coverup. Reporter where will donald trump be watching, not here in washington. One rally seems interesting, with articles of impeachment, and what donald trump has to say on a rally stage in michigan. Heather thank you so much. Rob a rare public order coming from the fisa court slamming the fbi over its application process to surveillance Trump Campaign advisor. Jillian more on the courts new demands and how the president is responding. Reporter the speaker is given the bureau until january 10th to come up with solutions. Donald trump reacting overnight tweeting of comey and the top people in the fbi were dirty cops who cheated on the fisa court wouldnt all these cases the overturned or dismissed . This all stems from Michael Horwitzs report which found no evidence of bias in the fbi investigation of russian meddling. And omissions and applications for a fisa warrant to wiretap Trump Campaign advisor carter page in a scathing letter the chief judge of the court said, quote, the frequency with which representation made by fbi personnel turned out to be unsupported or contradicted by in formation in a position and with which they withheld information detrimental to their case calls into question whether information contained in other fbi applications is reliable. The fbi response, quote, the director has ordered 40 steps to address the report, recommendations including some improvements beyond those recommended by the ig. Horowitz will be back on capitol hill today to face a senate panel that is sure to have a lot of questions. Based on what the fbi new in 2017, why is this investigation continuing . There is no way you should have special counsel. The fbi new too much about how unreliable the steel dossier was. Reporter the testimony begins five hours from now. Jillian thank you. Now to this story. Fbi agents going doortodoor in search of a missing texas mom and her newborn daughter, talking to neighbors and checking Surveillance Video of Heidi Broussards apartment complex. Police dont have any people of interest but heidis parents say the mother two would never leave on her own. Never left her son behind. Whoever took heidi had to know she was a fighter. We will not stop. Until she is home. Heather broussards fiance reported missing on thursday. A manhunt intensifies for 14yearold suspected of murdering College Student tessa majors, the college boy fled after jumping out of a moving vehicle when a relative was taking him to be questioned by police. New Surveillance Video of the sexual in court yesterday but not released to the public. A judge has ruled theres enough evidence to keep a 13yearold boy in custody on felony murder charges. A third teen was released for lack of evidence. Rob a family is devastated after a man is murdered at his wedding reception. Joe was beaten to death after two brothers crashed the party in southern california. Police say the fighting started after he asked them to leave, it is unclear if the men knew each other. Both suspects face a murder charge and have been denied bond. He leaves behind a wife and young daughter. The department of Homeland Security is ripping new york city mayor bill diblasio over a new law about drivers licenses. The mayor thinks it will make everyone in new york saver. The dhs press secretary tweeting spare is your amnesty, it makes every person more vulnerable when you shield pedophiles, child pornographers, human traffickers and terrorists from law enforcement. Jillian 2020 candidate Amy Klobuchar makes light of the labor dispute that put tomorrows democratic debate in jeopardy. We will have a great debate. We are having the debate. My husband kept texting the are you really going to do this debate . Should i come out . Reporter klobuchar and 6 others threatened to boycott the debate in los angeles before the unionized cafeteria workers came to a tentative contract agreement. Several candidates like bernie sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren have arrived in california. Rob the president giving federal employees early christmas present, signing an executive Order Granting most of those employees Christmas Eve off. Extra Vacation Time is not given when Christmas Falls on a wednesday as it does this year. The president didnt close federal offices on Christmas Eve last year when it fell on a monday. Jillian the house just hours from a stark Impeachment Vote against donald trump crumbled in the senate. Congressman brian backs thinks so. How to see plan to vote . We will ask him next. Jillian joining us for a live interview, Supreme Court justice neil gorsuch. Merry christmas. I love that you say that. Rob scrooge takes over the pc police, outrage erupt after Justice Neil Gorsuchs interview on fox and friends, we will explain why next. It was in this small Little Village in connemara. Right connemara it is theres one gift the whole family can share this holiday season, their story. Give the gift of discovery, with an ancestrydna kit. At chevy, were all about bringing families together. This time of year, thats really important. So were making it easier than ever to become part of our family. Thats why our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. The chevy price you pay is what we pay. Not a cent more. Family is important to us. And we want you to be part of ours. So happy holidays. And welcome to the family. All the chevy family get the chevy employee discount for everyone today. I am not for ignoring the first sign of a cold. I am for shortening my cold, 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. Thing is a hoax. Look forward to getting on to the senate, nothing was said wrong in the call. To impeach the president of the United States for that is a disgrace. Nobody have done as much of i have done in the first three years. Rob history will occur in a few hours when lawmakers hold the final vote on articles of impeachment. Jillian democrats sated their constitutional duty but donald trump says it is a declaration of war on our democracy. Joining us to a clean how he will be voting todays texas congressman brian babin. Thank you for joining us. Glad to be with you. Jillian what does it look like today . It is going to be a big day. We hear this is a day of reckoning but i tell you the day of reckoning is going to be november 2020 this coming year. And i think the American People have had all taken state of this. Just heard the president say we know the president is innocent. He has not been treated fairly. We cannot have each president ial election in validated until the Majority Party of the house of representatives approves of him and this is exactly what is happening, very dangerous precedent. The president does not serve at the pleasure of the house of representatives. It is the other way around. Not the other way around. He serves at the pleasure of the American People, the American Voter and we are going to see a bipartisan vote today, a vote against impeachment although we will probably lose and we will have that day of reckoning in november of next year. Rob look like a couple defections from moderate democrats everybody was following. Are you surprised there is not more of those 31 or so . Those 31 are going to be in grave jeopardy because they are in districts that voted for donald trump last time. The leadership of the Democratic Party has been adamant. The democrats have been against donald trump since before he was inaugurated. The was a blowers attorney set in january 2017 the coup is on. 44 of the democrats voted for impeachment even before this conversation between the two president s, their mind is made up. They dont like donald trump. They know he is standing in the way of their socialist agenda, open borders etc. And their green ideal country, nanny state i should say. I think this is what happened. A lot of pressure on these democrats. Jillian lets look at a portion of this letter donald trump sent to nancy pelosi, i write to express my strongest and most powerful protest against the partisan impeachment crusade being pursued by the democrats. You are violating euros of office, youre breaking your allegiance to the constitution and you are declaring open war on american democracy. What do you make of those words of the letter itself have a reaction to it. I read it several times, one of the best letters i think i have read regarding this whole episode. The president put a lot of thought into this and i cant agree with him more. This president has done a tremendous job. America loving patriot, he has done so much. We worked with him when we were in the majority and how to pass tax cuts and jobs, we have a tremendous economy going on. If you want a job out there you can get it. The American People are prospering, a lot more money in their pockets and the president had a target painted on his back from before he was inaugurated. I have seen no evidence at all, none, that he is guilty of any of this. It is a totally unfair process and americans dont like to see someone being railroaded and tend to favor an underdog and this president has done a tremendous job and they are very sympathetic. Is numbers of gone up. Rob total support is dropping as well. As of today wasnt busy enough you had this really interesting rebuke from the fisa court to the fbi how they handled this process and Michael Horwitz in front of the senate committee. How do you think that is going to go . There will be hard questions that need to be answered because mister horowitz said the investigation, he approved of the way the investigation started even though there is so much evidence, we are seeing some fire out there that there was some bias involved here and a lot of it. What they are accusing the president of they are guilty of and we know that the fake russian dossier was paid for by democrats, by mrs. Clintons campaign and the dnc and they use this as a weapon, weapon eyes this, weapon eyes the fisa court to go after the campaign and the president s Campaign Workers and the American People are going to see that it is a violation of the law, violation of everything the fisa court was supposed to have been built on. Jillian thank you for waking up early and having this conversation. Got get back to work for the American People and start passing some bills that will help america. Rob we appreciate it. Jillian 19 after the hour, fighting fake news under intense scrutiny, facebook finally launching a new Fact Checking program. Rob Tracy Carrasco with how it works coming up. Itll ruin your house. So get allstate and be better protected from mayhem, like meow. Little things can be a big deal. Psoriasis, thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. 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Rob the company has come under fire for how it handles false content. Jillian how will the program work . Reporter a new Pilot Program will allow parttime contracted workers to be called Community Reviewers and hopefully the effort is to speed up the process of getting this information off of facebook which they have been criticized for not getting misinformation off of the platform fast enough. How it will work, thirdparty contractors will corroborate, and potential misinformation. Thirdparty Fact Checkers would not have any bias. They hope there is no bias when they hire out thirdparty Fact Checkers. This is a Pilot Program and they will see if it works, they will tweak the program or expand it at a time when a lot of social media platforms are under scrutiny as we head into the 2020 president ial election. Rob it sounds like one of the Cheapest Airlines out there to spend a little money. Spirit airlines known for nofrills, cheap fares, and they did unveil their new way, and bigger trade tables, they have been criticized but the new seats will have more cushion and more legroom and two inches and the trade tables will not be miniature trade tables. You will get a fullsized tray table. It is black and yellow like the companies colors. Jillian i dont think they do that. They have a mini recline. You can imagine a lot of complaints. Rob all right, cant stand united. Homeless solution this at a standstill after promising shelter, and thinking twice about turning or stables. And blames the problem on open arms policies. And it is not my text. Whether russia was working with the United States to interfere in our election. We were obligated. Jillian defending the russia investigation into donald from, the former fbi lawyer saying about Text Messages to peter stzrok. We will be right back. Heather a live look on capitol hill wearing just hours the house will hold a historic Impeachment Vote after a marathon session where the committee set the groundwork for what is to come, lawmakers butting heads in the 6 hour hearing. Was it appropriate for him to ask another country to investigate an american citizen . Nothing wrong with the call. Reporter Republican Leaders slamming the door on many of their requests. After 12 weeks of slapdash work product dumped on us over here in the senate. What is leader mcconnell afraid of . What is donald trump afraid of . The truth . Jillian donald from calling the probe in a letter to nancy pelosi a, quote, open war on american democracy. Rob former fbi attorney lisa page explains the meaning behind the text message about an insurance policy on Donald Trumps election victory. It was sent to her by her lover peter stzrok during the president ial election. It is not my text, interpreting what i believe he meant three years ago but we are talking about whether we should take certain investigative steps or not based on who is president or not. This is a question about whether russia is working with a United States person to interfere in our election. We are obligated to figure out whether that was true or not. Rob page is suing the fbi and the doj for publishing the Text Messages with peter stzrok calling them an invasion of privacy. Jillian despite controversy surrounding those Text Messages page herself testified months into review of infamous steel dossier the fbi hasnt found any evidence of collusion by the Trump Campaign. Rob the fisa court is calling out the fbi for using it anyway and they have put the left been on this story to rest. Completely destroys the democrats argument that there was anything partisan at all in the complaint that donald trump and his supporters and the Republican Party were making early on all the way last year and even before that talking about this fisa warrant against carter page and being spied upon as people try to make much of the fact that donald trump set his wires were taps, looks like trump tower wasnt tapped. Confidential human sources run by the fbi against 3 members of the Trump Campaign and a criminal allegation had been made and no one talking about that. Jillian no one will be held criminally accountable as yet to be seen as republicans wait for the results of john durhams investigation. Rob people in mississippi recovering, tornadoes leaving a trail of destruction and the National Weather service says 18 twisters hit the southeast killing four people, hundreds of homes and buildings have been flattened. In new york Winter Weather caused near white out conditions. Senior meteorologist janice dean live in studio as a temperature drop could becoming could. Reporter very cold air filtering across the northern plains, part of the northeast as far south as the gulf coast, 33 in dallas, that is their temperature2 in minneapolis, 20 in chicago, moving towards the northeast the next 12 to 24 hours. You can see the radar. We had several dozen tornado reports the last couple days across portions of the gulf coast. That front is clearing, we will see lake effect snow because we have cold air moving southward across the great lakes, relatively warmer great lakes and we will see quite a bit of snow downwind of those great lakes especially ontario. Frigidaire mass with temperatures in the Single Digits and teams, these are actually air temperature so it will feel colder than that. See you later. Jillian california thomas crisis wreaking havoc across the state but a proposal to turn horse stables into houses has one county putting their Emergency Shelter plan on hold. Rob former chairman of the california Republican Party, what is going on with this situation. This is all over the state, san francisco, la, everywhere, several layers of this issue, they continue their drug use or other problems and no help to them. If you leave them in front of them they destroy the taxpayers who fund the program so they move people off the street and get them into a rehab facility. That is really important here because if you just put them in a tent or whatever it is and leave them there they stay addicted or whatever Mental Health problem they have so you need to move them off the street and give the citizens a chance up and down the state, the second thing you need to do is get them into a program. Mandatory drug testing, psychological testing and the money you spend shouldnt be to keep it in place and let them go into a needle facility and come back out but get somewhere they can get physical, Mental Health and improve their lives and that is what california does. Jillian why isnt it being done . In large part because these are programs that get funded, government doesnt solve problems but institutionalizes them so you have big budgets that employ people and you let them go away and shrink the Program Government funding goes away. They dont like that and they glorify in california. It is a badge of honor their homeless but dont tell that to oracle or the medical conventions, 100 million recently lost because they are pulling out of town. This is typical of california. It is about funding things but not correcting things and their liberal haven. Rob you cant build new homes because of environmental regulations, you have Illegal Immigrants coming in for sanctuary status, housing is more expensive and if you had full control or authority. Or anybody beneath you to talk back what would you do . It is supply and demand allowing housing to be built even where i live. The cost of Affordable Housing is 800,000. That is not affordable. You have to open up more areas to allow more homes but when it comes to the homeless the first thing you need to recognize is you do them no good by glorifying their status but longterm in california it is not sustainable because of the regulatory rates driving out the middle class. What you have is the rich, Public Employee Union Members who make staggering amounts of money for life once they retire and over 6 Million People have left california for low tax states in the last decade or so. Rob they get out. Appreciate it, 38 minutes after the hour. The pc police going wild after Neil Gorsuchs interview on fox and friends started with this. Joining us now for a rare live interview Supreme Court justice neil gorsuch, good morning to you. Merry christmas. Merry christmas, i love that you say that. Rob did you hear anything wrong with that to q why the grinches on social media are having a field day with this. Jillian she may be small but her actions are mighty, the 5yearold who paid off lunch debt for dozens of fellow classmates, Carly Shimkus online. Everything your trip needs for everyone you love. Expedia. The scathing letter about the impeachment hearings before she read it. No reaction . Why not . I have seen the essence of it. Rob Carly Shimkus with serious xm 115 with the lash back. The lash back . Rob whatever shes getting on social media. She might not have credit yet but once she does she will in the president did not hold back in the scathing 6page letter, the president said you have cheapened the importance of the very ugly impeachment, you are the ones interfering in americas election, perverting americas democracy. You heard from the House Speaker at the top. Lets get you some reaction from Trump Supporters on social media. Brad referring to the House Speakers response saying what a second ridiculous is she said that after she admitted to not reading it. Another twitter user chiming in, these people have no sense of awareness and lastly the conservative twitter user says im so glad the president put this in writing so future generations can see what a farce these proceedings are. You see how fire conservatives are on social media. The president said he wrote the letter for the purpose of history. Rob you might find this next clip offensive. Joining us now for a rare live interview, Supreme Court justice neil gorsuch. Merry christmas. Merry christmas, i love that you say that. Some folks on social media did not like that. Want twitter user says neil gorsuch disappeared on fox and friends making a point to parent the Merry Christmas talking point of the gop. If he is willing to go on fox and throw a shout out to republican narrative, what else is he willing to do . To sign a digital, for the Supreme Court justice amid mounting criticism. Not everyone thinks it is a big deal. A 5yearold we take a lesson from. And the california kindergartner. And paid off 120 of, and selling cookies, cider, hot cocoa and that is the beginning of her journey, and her goal is to raise enough money to pay off the lunch debt of the school. Just 5 years old. Rob the economy is booming, why not the winning stock market this christmas. You might get tired of winning and you will say please, please, too much winning. And it is very pensive. I sensed sarcasm. From the president s perspective and Impeachment Vote sometime today. A stunning rebuke of the fisa system by a fisa judge and rebuke at james comey. And Something Else that is flatout wrong to Chris Wallace over the weekend and i have gotten word this would be the microphone, i am standing roughly in her spot, looking for a second source. Congressman doug collins taking fire. John radcliffe might be the finest lawyer in washington dc joining us as well. Kevin mccarthy, where the president goes from here, getting the trial and not having witnesses. The White House Press secretary Stephanie Grisham expand on the president s 6page letter to nancy pelosi yesterday and then this, the most famous kilmeades on the planet will be joining you to give an understanding of what it takes to get a Christmas Card done, i have given up on them, too billy, that story exclusive on this msnbc tries to run with it right after this. at chevy, were all about bringing families together. This time of year, thats really important. So were making it easier than ever to become part of our family. Man thats why our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. The chevy price you pay is what we pay. Not a cent more. Family is important to us. And wed like you to be part of ours. So happy holidays. And welcome to the family. The chevy family get the chevy employee discount for everyone today. And a drumroll, please. [ hisses ] [ hisses and snarls ] [ bell chimes ] lets dance and now the icing on the cake rob people buttigieg tries appealing to latino voters with the slogan used by communists, launching his latino Outrage Campaign and a tweet with a spanish phrase that translates People United will never be defeated. Cuban and venezuelan governments use that, and last month it was chanted at a National Assembly in cuba when the country is communist president took the stage. Proceeds from Edward Snowdens new book will go to the government, a judge ruling the nsa weaker violated federal fix secrecy agreement and did not get clearance to publish his memoir, permanent record. Snowden has been living in a file to avoid prosecution, faces that he and i charges after leaking classified documents in 2013. The gift that keeps on giving over time. Best stocks to give this holiday season, cbs market analyst. Merry christmas to you. You look festive with your shoes and tie. The point of giving a gift of stock is to look at something that is not going to be a quick hit. Something to have longterm value, gift that keeps on giving. When i was a kid and use to get a us savings bond. Might as well have gotten cold at that point. And investment over time. What are the best stocks for stocking stuffers. There is not going to be any huge surprise because you want to look at something with real longterm value. I would say to begin with, amazon, the company has changed the world, dont think it is going anywhere, Great Company to own in the future. Disney, mickey and company, you cant go wrong. They had a greatlooking stock when you buy the stock. Apple, not sure any other brand has a more loyal following than apple does. Those stocks are here to stay. It is a great gift. Jillian how do you actually go about the gifting process . There is a whole process to gifting. You need to determine how much you want to give as a gift. The reason that is important is there is a limitation to what you can get on a taxfree basis which is up to 15,000 so yes it is. That is where you want to start. If you want to give a gift more than that you will be required to actually file a gift tax return. Once you decide you are actually going to gift a stock if it is the stock you currently own you need to retitle that stock into the recipients name and if you buy stock in the someones name you need to title it again in the recipients name. Jillian and someone like you to find out how they will do that. Thank you for joining us, appreciate it. It is 10 minutes until the top of the our. He is holly, jolly, and soontobe gender neutral. Your comments pouring in on this one. And she has the right idea but her flamethrower has others sounding the alarm. The first si. I am for shortening my cold, with zicam zicam is completely different. Unlike most other cold medicines, zicam is clinically proven to shorten colds. I am a zifan for zicam . I wont back down hey, baby there aint no easy way out i wont back down rob the president not backing down on impeachment. Big day today. Live coverage on fox all day long. Look for a vote probably around dinner time. The president has a big rally in michigan tonight. Could be one of his most fiery ever keep an eye on that. Switching up santa claus. New graphic springs 27 would support rebranding old saint nick as either gender neutral or female. Jillian do you support the merry makeover . Most say no way. Why does have to change. This Younger Generation is going to ruin every tradition theyre country has. Rob if its not broken leave it alone. Jillian we need to keep some traditions in place. We change saint nick to a female what happens to mrs. Claus . Rob im not saying anything. Jillian first up the good. A little boy gets the best Christmas Gift ever. 5yearold Jacob Crenshaw was born without a left arm. Friends and family in england started a go fund me page to raise money for the artificial limb. He is excited to open Christmas Gifts with two hands. Rob that is something. Incredible alternative with all of that back breaking snow shoveling. And then she has a ferry. I want to marry this woman. Missouri woman using flame thrower to. Some warn melted snow could refreeze into a sheet of ice but who cares. Jillian and the ugly, photographer going viral nor using an Old Fashioned camera at impeachable news conference. Peek poking fun. Well known photo journalist who spent five decades covering the news have. A good day. Rob bi. We begin with a fox news alert. Here we go, President Trump rips democrats for declaring war on democracy. Ahead of todays historic Impeachment Vote. Ainsley wrote a letter to nancy pelosi. Comes after a marathon on capitol hill setting all the groundwork for whats to come together. Steve i think we know whats going to happen today. Thats why we have dispatched Griff Jenkins to statuary hall in the capital to break it all down. Three hours from now all get together in the big resume and it starts. Griff thats right, steve, ainsley, brian, good morning. History in just three hours feet from where im standing. Now we have