fox news is the most watched cable network for the second year in a row. according to nielsen ratings and fox & friends, the show you are watching right now has had its most watched year in network history. for that, we say thank you. brian? brian: let s keep with the thank you theme. christmas is a time for living and one major league baseball prospect gave his parents a gift of a lifetime that every kid thinks about doing for their parents. paying off their mortgage. let s watch. have no words more sweet than common love. thank you for raising me in a great home filled with love because of all the sacrifices you made to get me where i am i want our family i want our family home to be yours so i am i can t do this. brian: here with more is arizona diamondbacks prospect the man who paid off that mortgage. first round draft pick of the diamondbacks, pavin smith and his mom pamela and
his dad tim who is depicted in that home video. first off, pam and tim, what was that like? when you opened up that letter, what were you thinking as you started reading? it was we really didn t expect a gift from him. we have kind of encouraged him just to save his money and be generous to others and we had no idea he was up to something. so, we really didn t have any expectations. i thought at the last second i thought maybe it was a vacation. i m like we really don t need a vacation right now. and so i had no expectation. brian: pam, what were your thoughts as you were reading it? it was a very emotional moment. just listening to it again gets me kind of choked up. it s just the memory that i will have for a lifetime. brian: pavin, why was it so important to sign first round draft pick of the diamondbacks. you get a big signing bonus. why was it so important for you to let your parents know
north korea s nuclear blackmail program. brian: the fact we know about it we want the rest of the world to see what we see which is an interesting employeeploy, too. north korea, start cracking down letting sanctions sink in. they were the number one issue for president trump in 2017, will it be in 2018? yes, it will be. and the president needs the chinese to be an honest broker in this process. because most of north korea s petroleum products come from china. if china would comply it would absolutely hurt the north korean regime. so the administration is going to be front and center on both china and north korea. brian: russia has to step up too. russia has to stop. there is indications that some of their nuclear scientists are the ones expediting their nuclear program. next, when it comes to isis, we need to blow them out
already paid off. [laughter] he was being very sneaky. brian: have you raised a very sneaky child. i m very embarrassed for you. exactly. brian: now the whole country is going to be watching your success and progress and at least at one time through the pro-station people are going to be pulling for you to be successful. so i would argue as great as it is to pay for the mortgage to see him on the mound pitching for the diamondbacks in a major league baseball team i would dare to say, parents, the best is yet to come, tim. i think so. i think. so. brian: all right, great. hopefully you will be paying your mortgage soon even if you have to get one. thanks for sharing your family story on criticisms. continued success, pavin. thank you. appreciate it. thanks for having us. brian: and to your whole family. 30 minutes before the top of the hour. rosie o donnell had this message for house speaker paul ryan. go to hell now. franklin graham heard, this read this and is getting 1r068d
issues during his administration. look at how those same interests are still wound up over things that trump is doing. so, you know, we have had mobs in the streets, burning buildings down, leland. they don t have any limits. lisa: speaking of those limits, real quick, how far do you think democrats are going to go with impeachment. we have seen people like al green bring this up. i don t think we is a loft time. how far will they go with this? impivment is the house version of burning down the cvs. it s the way you get the mob wound up into a frenzy where reality no longer matters. it s all a question of light the fire and make it go higher. lisa: that s what it s about. christian, thanks for joining us, we appreciate it. right. take care. have a great day. coming up another liberal governor with a gift for illegal immigrant pardons. i botched that. brian: plus, have you seen