julie: will you have a happy holiday customer texting in town? jon: pretty much. elizabeth: you don t have to fly home to new jersey. i could use that to go through the traffic. happy holidays, merry christmas. melissa: the senate gambling into session as republican lawmakers are meeting with president trump at the white house, as we speak. the senate is expected to take up a short-term spending bill of the house passed yesterday, with the clock ticking to reach a deal to avoid a partial government shutdown at midnight. this is to be 25, and i m melissa francis. here today, host of the evening at it on the fox business network, elizabeth macdonald. e-mack, as you call her. national security analyst, morgan ortagus. fox news contributor, jessica tarlov. during this from the couch, editor in chief of the daily color news foundation , custor bedford. you got some festive pants going on.