of kansas which is actually colorado. and also here in the squiggly line north carolina. that would include alaska, alaska out here, going red. this thing is heating up. and just really great now. you have a new ad by senator pat roberts going after the independent greg norman. is actually not greg norman. he s a golfer. greg orman is the independent. tonight correspondent peter doocy reports from alexandria, virginia hey, melissa francis, host of money with melissa francis. connor powell. senior correspondent adam housley. bret? ed, thank you. this is a fox news alert. we now have some excerpts from president obamas primetime address to the nation tonight. the president rei reiterates. excuse me. he has no plans for boots on the
and the islamic state of iraq and syria dominated headlines as the third trending question, what is isis? leland: and we ve heard a lot about that for sure. outnumbered is next, we ll see you in an hour. this is a fox news alert, inching closer to a possible run for the white house, yes, former florida governor jeb bush taking his most definitive step yet towards running for president as the republican announces plans to, quote, actively explore a campaign. this is outnumbered, i m andrea tantaros, and here with us today, harris faulkner, fox business kennedy, also from fbn, melissa francis, host of money with melissa francis, and today s oneluckyguy, the executive producer of imus in the morning , bernard mcgurk, and he s outnumbered. welcome back. thank you, ladies. merry christmas to everybody, happy hanukkah to my jewish
you really are a lawyer. heather: this was a fascinating piece of testimony. three hairdressers came in and testified for the prosecution. right. heather: these three hairdressers were visited bit homeowner, he apparently told them, we re looking at onehad a plan to kill kids in his home. he was sitting up for three nights in a row waiting to shoot some kids and quote, you will see this on the news. that is how it goes with the intent. he was intending for this to happen and he was shook up afterwards. this defense expert, not to be a snob. the wednesday expert went to school not accredited. paid $44,000. that is a lot of money to be saying something from a quote, unquote expert. heather: what i want to be clear from people, the hairdressers, that has to be pretty eye-opening for jurors. by the way, eight women, four men. the point there heather: are you surprised they
course. there are more problems with russia s fragile economy. joining us from our sister network fox business s lauren simonetti. lauren? good to see you, leland. russia is in panic mode. its ruble is collapsing and moscow s solution to hike interest rates sharply, 17%, from 10 1/2% yesterday, a huge pop. the hike is encouraging investors to keep money in rubles. the problem is the hike is not collapsing the currency. it is in free fall. one dollar bought you 70 rubles. it brought brought you 35 by the end of the year. cheap oil, we ve been fracking here in the u.s., flooding the oil market with supply, choking russia and pushing it closer and closer to recession. now it be argued russia is hurting its own consumers with this rate hikes. higher rates make it more expensive to buy homes and cars. doesn t look like the situation will get better anytime soon.
in his garage. that case sparked worldwide attention thrusting montana s self-defense laws into the spotlight. castle doctrine, where your home is your castle. that is where the doctrine comes from. his home was broken into twice before. right. heather: he puts on a pretty strong case he says that the defense, says, hey look, he feared for his life. this was a third person breaking into his house. the prosecution says he planned this whole thing out. that is what the defense dock defense said that did he fire for his life or put the purse with money out there to inties this guy into the garage? he shot through the garage. there was no felony invasion going on. is that why he was fearful and smoked cigarette the wrong way because he knew he was in trouble? heather: you re throwing a lot out there. we should mention to the viewers not following this case as closely as you have, the garage door was open the night this occurred. he apparently place ad