christmas in washington. they attended the christmas eve holy eucharist a few hours after they answered calls from children as part of a santa tracker program. the president had plan on the spending christmas in mar-a-lago. he s staying in washington because of the government shutdown. that s what s happening. now back to the year s ten most. we are back with the year s 10 most, which brings us to number five in our countdown, and it has to do with what happened one night in november. the new wave. and the 2018 midterms are finally, finally upon us. it is judgment day. the stakes could not be higher. we could learn tonight whether the blue wave is real or whether republicans will keep control of congress. the advanced billing was, would it be a wave.
one 63-year-old tradition will continue regardless of the partial shutdown. norad will still be tracking santa s sleigh ride using satellites radar and jet fighters and of course special santa cameras to track him as he makes his way around the world. the department of defense runs norad is not subject to the partial shutdown but the santa tracker program is mostly run by volunteers, anyway. jon? jon: that s important. it is. jon: thank you. meantime, more changes to the u.s. national security team. fox news learning special u.s. envoy for the antiisis coalition brett mcgurk is resigning. he joins james mattis, after president trump s decision to withdraw troops from syria. here s mcgurk on the u.s. military presence in syria. we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past. we know once a physical space is defeated we can t just pick up and leave. so we re prepared to make sure we do all we can to ensure this is enduring.
one 63-year-old tradition will continue regardless of the partial shutdown. norad will still be tracking santa s sleigh ride using satellites radar and jet fighters and of course special santa cameras to track him as he makes his way around the world. the department of defense runs norad is not subject to the partial shutdown but the santa tracker program is mostly run by volunteers, anyway. jon? jon: that s important. it is. jon: thank you. meantime, more changes to the u.s. national security team. fox news learning special u.s. envoy for the antiisis coalition brett mcgurk is resigning. he joins james mattis, after president trump s decision to withdraw troops from syria. here s mcgurk on the u.s. military presence in syria. we have obviously learned a lot of lessons in the past. we know once a physical space is defeated we can t just pick up and leave. so we re prepared to make sure we do all we can to ensure this is enduring.
the president and first lady getting involved with the santa tracker program today answering kids phone calls. road you like most all of anything? building blocks? i always loved building blocks. i predict that santa will bring you building blocks. so many will not be able to use them all. rob: norad launched its santa tracker years ago. a bunch of michigan highschooler say thanks to hard-working janitor. they got him a christmas gift that he was so surprised we had to show you his reaction.