joy to the world the lord is come let earth z. her king let every heart prepare him room and evan and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven, and nature her joy to the world the lord is come let earth receive her king let every heart prepare him room and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing and heaven and nature sing. griff: joy to the world. merry christmas. that is our christmas choir, pastor lindsey williams and divine connection on fox square. it is here. the stocks are hung. you can see kevin corke joining us on the couch along with carley shimkus and a bit of a d.c. tick over here. a d.c. christmas. what a wonderful morning and great time to be here. thank you if you are waking up opening presents joining us on this christmas morning. the greatest story told of man.
welcome to a special edition of fox news live. problems piling up for president biden at home and overseas. peace looking as el useive as ever in the middle east while the crisis at the southern border spirals further out of control. despite all that merry christmas, everyone. i m rich edson. i m claudia cowen. the president is facing growing pressure to respond to houthi attacks in the red sea. the white house confirming iran has been providing weapons and intelligence on ship locations fueling a crisis in global shipping and raising tensions in the middle east. exiled iranian leader says when it comes to proxy wars, iran wrote the book. this regime has mastered proxy wars particularly emboldened and encouraged when apiecement becomes an element more reason to push the envelope. we shouldn t be surprised to see these are the kind of acts that the regime will take advantage of to try to get as much credit as possible but at the same time not bearing the consequences and
[national anthem] [national anthem] rachel: good morning, everybody. it s 6:00 a.m. is that too loud? will: you came out of the gates hot. [laughter] rachel: just trying to bring some energy in the here. it s 6:00. a little cold outside, but it s nice and toasty in here. good to see you. i saw will coming up on what i thought was a good health habit, he was eating a baa manna, but then i found out he was drinking last night, so concern. [laughter] pete: yeah. will has, not that you re going on the able to geolocate his hotel, but he has a fancy new piano bar in the lobby of his hotel. which sounds awesome. will: when i old you about it told you about it, i didn t think be into it. rachel: sounds very billy joel. pete: i can go both ways. [laughter] rachel: he s business in the front and party in the back. pete: piano in the front, nascar in the back. boom. let s do it. will: you wake up on a sunday morning, you start your day off healthy with a banana, you get your
frankly, i m shocked. i m sickened by what i saw. i have seen the video. and as he stated, you will too. in a word, it s absolutely appalling. the brutal beating death of 29-year-old tyre nichols brings back the horrifying memories of rodney king. except king survived. nichols is dead. now five memphis police officers are charged with his murder. also tonight, american radicalization. how mike flynn convicted of lying to the fbi, is fusing christian nationalism and conspiracy propaganda in his radical road shows. plus, the racist republican dog whistles aren t dog whistles anymore. the right-wing racist attacks against people like ilhan omar, former secretary elaine chao, and many others, is now right out in the open. and we begin tonight in los angeles, california, where i m here for the premiere of the 1619 project hulu documentary which is still legal to watch in the united states, ron desantis. at least for now. and we arrive here as america deals with the real wo
the gentleman from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. newly elected speaker of the house kevin mccarthy grabbing the gavel there after four days of voting, the longest speaker contest in 164 years. but despite the sometimes contentious days of negotiations, with the narrow faction of his conference, republicans in the end rallied around mccarthy and his vision for america. i make this promise i ll never give up for you, the american people. and i will never give up on keeping our commitment to america. our nation is worth fighting for. our rights are worth fighting. our dreams are worth fighting for. our future is worth fighting for. [ cheers and applause ] cnn s eva mckend is live for us on capitol hill. so, eva, you know, how did mccarthy eventually get those votes that he needed? reporter: fred, by convincing those holdouts, those never-kevin lawmakers ultimately to vote present. that isn t a ringing endors