since that does seem to be a premier issue. jacqui heinrich on what the latest polls are saying. she s at the white house. hi, jacqui. hi, neil. the first glass, today s gdp report looks good. considerable gain from the first and second quarters of negative growth. that 2.6% is driven in large part by government spending and increased exports. experts believe that those could drop off in the fourth quarter. also, another warning sign. if you look at all three quarters together, the growth is only .4%. which is extremely slow. more over, consumer spending is slowing down. that makes up almost 70% of the u.s. economy. so maybe not on the whole as good as it looks at first glass. the president thinks things look fine. great economic report today. things are looking good. despite that optimism that the job market is strong and a recession is not inevitable, voters are pessimistic. a u.s. a today poll shows 2/3s say the nation is already in a recession or depression. 10% say
sometimes some words, get them all right. if you send me to washington d.c., i ll always stand and do what is right. i want to go to washington and bring balance. stop the partisan bickering and deal with the problems that you guys have been telling me about for the last one plus years. neil: we re going down to the wire. everywhere you go, you hear the sound of drums. with the election closing in, the latest job numbers are out. let s say for the first time we re starting to see the jobs slowing down. with just four days to go can you believe that? both parties are wrapping things up. we are everywhere in arizona, in georgia, in nevada, in pennsylvania. you name it, we re on it and all over it. welcome, everybody. so glad to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s be beginning with aishah hasnie following things in georgia where we have a couple of battles going on and concerns about the same economic issues going on as well. aishah? hi, neil. good afternoon to you. yo
write may your days be merry and bright. carley: good morning and merry day after christmas. here on fox & friends. it only comes once a year. let s stretch this out as long as we can. joe: christmas lasts as long as the christmas tree is up. you can t say it s not christmas if you have the christmas tree up. carley: you raise a good point. when do you take christmas tree down? joe: i will take it down when i get back home which may be a while. griff: christmas tree reject music. this is 80 s rock band play those after christmas you still got to get them in which our executive producer tammy is cringing they were playing all this christmas music. as long as you have bad christmas music you want to play leave the tree up they go together. carley: bad christmas music is better than no christmas music at all in my opinion. carley: we celebrated christmas in a big way. griff: on the couch. carley: so glad you are here today. we have some pictures to show? gr
operatives who defected from the kremlin s secret service agency. plus, a veteran las vegas investigative reporter found stabbed to death outside his home. the move today that may put police one step closer to his killer. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead, and striking new details about what exactly donald trump took to mar-a-lago. one of the documents that fbi agents recovered during their search of the florida resort described a foreign government s nuclear capabilities. that s according to the washington post, which goes on to say, quote, some of the seized documents detail top secret u.s. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them, unquote. donald trump s lawyers once again trying to deflect from any serious national security implications here. instead, decrying what they described as leaks about the investigation, which one might observe is a curious time to
wild monday night football moment as a protester rams pro bowl linebacker bobby wagner lays him out. oh, sometimes i get a good feeling yeah. i get a feeling that i never, never, never, never had before , no, no. i get a good feeling. brian: perfect surfing weather. if you have a surf board run to the beach. those must be 6-foot as well as. ainsley: those don t look that big. brian: i was looking at the wrong monitor. that s maine and beautiful treason go there. steve: two and a half feet, brian. brian: good for me i m a beginner. ainsley: did you get the sun coming up. brian: did i get the sun. showing some signs. our aspirations say just put your feet on the floor. ainsley: glad to be alive. happy we woke up even though it s raining. brian: can we raise our standard? can we expect more from this day? steve: it s taco day. go get a free taco. that s true. that s an aspiration. brian: we have a big hour coming your way. great guest as well