lawrence: third hour of fox and friends starts brian: i think now. lawrence: let s do it. all i want for christmas is a good tan take me to the ilands and put my feet in the sand. sing silent night with the palm trees blowing. don t you think it s a pretty good plan. all i want for christmas is a real good tan. carley: how about that for a country song, i love that. you are looking at our all-american christmas tree and santa flying around new york city. before that, did you see lake worth, florida, so beautiful, sun peeking through the crowd. it looks religious and spiritual it was so gorgeous. folks in that area, you are going to get a suntan for christmas. lawrence: i can t get enough of that fire, around the fire with family. carley: a lot of people will celebrate like that. brian doesn t seem impressed by it. brian: i like the fire, i love the song until i am here for a tan. great message about mentoring, hey, christmas time, get a tan. lawr
new concerns the reason could become a bigger tineder box. smoke rises over the skyline of gaza this morning. i m mike he manual in for bill hemmer. claudia, great to be with you. claudia: this is a special edition of america s newsroom. the u.s. going after hezbollah targets in iraq after a christmas day attack against american troops. defense secretary lloyd austin says his prayers are with the brave americans who were injured. that attack one of the more than 100 against our forces since the hamas massacre in israel october 7th. trey yengst is live in tel aviv with more. good morning, trey. good morning. overnight president biden ordered the u.s. military to strike a series of targets belonging to militants in iraq. we do know according to u.s. central command that three different strikes took place and destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants in response to a drone attack against the erbil air base that houses u.
joy to the world. the lord has come. the lord has come. everyone say joy to the world. the lord has come. the lord has come. it s wonderful. come on, y all. dear lord, yeah, yeah,. good morning, welcome to fox & friends on this christmas eve. once again, that was vincent and the sound of victory. performing out there on fox square, joy to the world. it s been a beautiful christmas eve morning which we ve spent together for the past three hours. we have one more hour to hang out for the fourth hour of fox & friends. you ve been sending in christmas eve photos. nicole: like this one from the o real family decked out in patching christmas pajamas. christine in michigan sends this photo, her dog jackson ready for christmas. jackson is definitely in the christmas spirit there. and this baby is sitting on santa s lap, santa s in you in y hat. love it. how did they get a perfect picture of a baby looking at the camera, smiling. you rarely get that.
thank you for doing good. we appreciate it. thanks for having me. dana: fox news alert. a volcano is erupting in iceland. it had been rumbling for weeks and lava shot 300 feet into the air. now it s diminishing. it forced a nearby town to evacuate because of earthquakes. we ll keep you updated on that threat. fox news alert. the pentagon launching a ten nation maritime security operation to fight drone and missile attacks by iran-backed houthi rebels in yemen targeting cargo ships in the red sea. welcome to america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. good morning. attacks on the red sea a growing threat to global commerce avoiding shippers to a requiring shippers to go south to the cape of good hope, a longer and more expensive journey. dana: lloyd austin said the attacks were reckless and unacceptable. all countries have the right to move freely and lawfully in international waters. but that foundational global right is under new threat today. th
hello, everyone. i m dana perino. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. dana: america just when you thought you had seen every scandal out of washington, there s this. a staffer for democratic senator ben cardin is out of a job after a graphic sex tape was filmed in a historic senate hearing room. capitol police are investigating how it was allowed to happen. it was recorded last week, but the time of day is unclear. it s the same esteemed places where supreme court justices had their confirmation hearings, where the 9/11 commission uncovered what happened there, and it s where james comey testified against former president trump. the identities of the people involved in the video have not been confirmed, but legal experts think they could face criminal charges like trespassing. meanwhile some in the media are really spinning this story. nbc news blames conservative outlets for reporting that a democratic senate staffer filmed the sex video in a capitol hill heari