tradition in your house? good morning. oh, of course. we ll break them out once a year. the christmas jammies zblo do you do the jammy exchange? like on christmas eve, people do this, you open up the pajamas, every year you get a new set. the tradition started since i was young. like the elves or something. we do weird stuff. they re so comfortable. i saw a picture of yourself if i pajamas. they were like flannel. that was my hugh hefner. good morning. welcome to fox & friends. we have a jam packed show. jewel why huddy in this morning. good morning to you. let s get to some headlines. we start with a fox news alert. while you were sleeping, thousands gathering for a final farewell for nelson mandela, the prisoner turned president who transformed south africa. the funeral held at his family s grave site. mandela died december 5th in his johannesburg home after months of declining health. he was 95 years old. coming up at 6:45, we will have a live repor
gay marriage that we did a couple of years ago, bishop eugene robinson, who is a gave bishop, write a five-part series about biblical interpretation of homosexuality, which was really fascinating. and i interviewed him at great length. i did a video interview with anee rice anne rice, who grew up catholic and then became a fee is for 30 years and then went back to the catholic church and then she decided she rejected the catholic church because of their position on homosexuality and a number abortion, a number of things. and just two weeks ago when she was here she went to the national basilica, the shrine, for the first time she sat set foot in a catholic church. she has had this incredible and up and down relationship with the church and with god and her faith. for me, every single person i interviewed, i always ask them about god, what does not mean to them, who is god, and i ask a piece the same question and i never once have the same answer because the legend ult
white house next year. and the washington times reports on new rules on spending for the house under g.o.p. control. republicans are also plan to open up that new 1 11th congress with the full reading of the country s constitution. given that, our question to all of you, what s your prediction for the 112 ltsdz congress? what do you expect? numbers are on your screen. we ll get to your phone calls in just a minute. let me begin with an opinion piece in the washington post. as many of you know, they were not happy with the tax cut deal cut by president obama with republicans and some democrats. this morning he writes this. the fiscal times writes this morning financial times this morning op ed has a different take h that s the financial times with their opinion. what is your opinion this morning? ohio, steve is a republican. and you re first. g ahead. caller: first, i d like to say, comment on charles , that what you just read. he doesn t really make any sense. he hasn