there. jim, real tree, fake tree? real tree. same. i cut it down myself. we did that growing up. but i did it in your yard. that explains the missing tree. favorite movie? i think daddy s home 2 . it has to be a wonderful life. nothing contends with that. the best christmas movie ever. how about miracle on 34th street, the black and white version. good, too. all right. we ll continue this discussion in the break. meantime, new day continues right now. and welcome to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world. it is friday, december 24th, christmas eve. i m jim sciutto. john and brianne are off and erica hill joins me. good morning. a lot of holiday travel plans
laura: i won t mention how many times my kids have screamed i won t wish that, remember home alone. what is the next one? daddy s home 2. mel gibson stole the show. watch. we re back with more daddies. look who s here. i why does the duck have feathers in. to cover up his butt walk. two dead hookers wash up on the shore no, no, no. it s racy but it s a lot of fun and it s all about mel gibson. christmas movie. laura: finally we have keep it rolling, we have christmas vacation the chevy chase holiday family disaster that is on tv wall to wall this time of year. is that a christmas movie or not? it is absolutely a christmas movie. it talks about the beauty of
mccaul mccauley caulkin as a groan up kevin mcallister. someone s at the front door. what do i owe you? keep the change your filthy animal. okay, cool. laura: he looks exactly the same. he looks the same. it s weird. but i don t i think it s creepy the then and now. but is it a christmas movie? it absolutely is a christmas movie. but this would never work today. you have all the gadgets and you will get on your accounts and alert the police. kevin had to take on the criminals and it s redemptive and after being alone at home he figures out he wants his family and they come back together. as is daddy s home 2.
.only at jared®. time for the good stuff. one man with an appetite to make everyone feel special that s mike hamas. he and his friends stopped by a chicago restaurant to get a bite to eat. after dinner he visited the staff and started handing out the benjamins just to say thank you. down the line, one, two, three, four, five. dish washers, food runners, the pastry corner, people downstairs, just everyone. everyone got one. it s like daddy s home 2. you re a winner, you re a winner, in all mike sheld out $1,700 plus a $200 tip. the gesture lifted everyone s spirits.
steve: 7: 23 in new york city. news by the numbers. first, nine. that s how many committee as missouri democrat who wanted president trump asasses sin nateed has been booted from. nine committees. the secret service is investigating state senator maria chapel nadal s posts which has since been deleted. next 1850, that s how many times new york city mayor bill de blasio s personal email was allegedly used for city business. according to a document obtained by the new york times. $68 million, that s how much mark wahlberg made to become the world s highest paid actor. that thanks to a huge salary for transformers last night and daddy s home 2. second on the list the rock dwayne johnson who was number one last year. brian: thanks to ballers. steve: no kidding.