rachel: good morning, he can be. we re in the second hour of fox & friends here in new york city. it s christmas time and beautiful outside and i love being down here much we can look out right at the tree. it s beautiful, we re all in the christmas spirit. will: have you been out at night? last night i was on jesse watters prime time and it s beautiful out there. this time of year at night, dudes with the cell phone and everybody spins around and it become as destination. pete: you re in new york, no doubt when you re here. check us out, check it out. pretty cool. rachel: when the propalestinian protesters wanted to protest at the rockafeller, they got confused and came to our tree. i do think our tree is so beautiful. will: yeah. pete: i agree. nicely done. will: check this out, there s brand new polls this morning from the wall street journal showing hypothetical presidential election matchups. first the obvious potential head-to-head of donald trump and joe biden wi
Part of something from the ground floor and thats exactly what happened here with the nhls 31st franchise bill foley will tell you it was not the smoothest process. Leading up to tonight or even the announcement itself. But like it or not the Vegas Golden Knights have arrived go, the Vegas Golden Knights after months of waiting and wondering the 500 Million Dollar question was answered many liked it. Its sharp its clean i think its pretty cool. I think its a great name. While others were underwhelmed. Its not really a wow thing but gold is las vegas. I was kind of hoping it would be the desert knights. For the least few months we knew the name would be something knights. With the first word choices being either golden, silver, or desert. Nevada is the largest gold producer in the country, gold is a precious metal, its the number one metal versus silver i didnt feel desert knight character to it. Character was very much on display at the announcement. Bill foley and staff didnt have the
Packed outside the tmobile arena. Thats where we find fox fives Vince Sapienza at the toshiba plaza. Where he spoke with las vegas n hl owner bill foley as well as fans. Tonight was nothing short of historic its not everyday fans get to be a part of something from the ground floor and thats exactly what happened here with the nhls 31st franchise bill foley will tell you it was not the smoothest process. Leading up to tonight or even the announcement itself. But like it or not the Vegas Golden Knights have 321 and there you go, the Vegas Golden Knights after months of waiting and wondering the 500 Million Dollar question was answered many liked it. Its sharp its clean looking. I think its pretty cool. I think its a great name. While others were underwhelmed. Its not really a wow thing but gold is las vegas. I was kind of hoping it would be the desert knights. For the least few months we knew the name would be something knights. With the first word choices being either golden, silver, or
The region and the high temperatures and oppressive humidity make its unbearable to be outdoors and its not better for the next few days. Lets look outside. Sky 6 hd showing you asweltering center city skyline. No matter where you are its going to be just plain old hot. Melissa magee is at the big board with the latest. Reporter yes this is one of those days you want to limit your Outdoor Activities and do what you can to beat the heat and humidity and lots of breaks in the shade and lots of water as well. Currently in philadelphia we are coming in at 92 degrees and constant southwesterly wind and cape may 90 and 93 in allentown and then factor in the humidity. We have dew point numbers of 74 degrees in lancaster and 77 in allentown and 80 in cape may. So oppressive. Basically a tropical air mass overhead. You factor in the heat in combination with the humidity it feels much hotter, a current heat index in philadelphia of 103, 104 in trenton 114 in dover and cape may at this hour comin
Iraq is in turmoil. A group of fighters called the Islamic State in iraq and the levant known as isil have taken over several cities, they have from mosul moving south taking at that creek and honing in on baiji. Kurdish fighters are now in control of kirkuk. This isnt just about iraq. Isil if fighting for its place in syria and irans president is promising to help combat what he is calling terrorism. The u. N. Security council is meet this is hour to discussion the situation. Omar reports from baghdad 67 the latest is coming from state television saying that the antiterrorism force backed by fighter jets are chasing fighters from isil north of tikrit. Now sources in tikrit are saying that the town of tikrit is still under control of isil. Now, there is another development with regards to whats happening. You mentioned the tribal fighters in mosul and elsewhere, so basically what we have now, there is a statement and according to that statement, they call themselves the tribal fighters