Menendez. We begin this hour with Breaking News from capitol hill. At any moment, we expect the senate to begin to pick on the house bill to avert a government shutdown. However, we have Breaking News about why we have yet to the process began. Nbc news now reporting one senator is holding up the bill, concerned about a to a current. The house passed the 45day stopgap Funding Measure with bipartisan support earlier today, the bill includes money for Disaster Relief, keeps the government open until november 17th, but the bill does not include aid to ukraine. The house vote was a uturn for House Speaker kevin mccarthy, who ditched demands from hard on republicans and relied on votes from democrats to get a continuing resolution over the line. But the bill does not include further aid to ukraine. And that is a problem for democratic senator Michael Bennet. Nbc news says he is reportedly holding out this senate vote on the cr, citing concerns over the lack of funding for ukraine. This is w
hi, i m stacey, and i ve lost 60 pounds on golo. (guitar music) this belt i used to wear, way down at the first and second notch, it s the only thing i ve kept from before losing weight and i m keeping this because i m never going back. and i pray for peace on earth steve: that was cool. santa just flew up 48th street, took a left on to sixth avenue as we kick off this thursday telecast live from new york city where it is currently 31 degrees. and we are 10 days away from christmas. ainsley is off. her daughter has a holiday show today. a christmas show. and rachel campos-duffy joins us live. rachel: so great to be here. that looks like the scene out of elf at the end of the movie and everyone sings so the sleigh goes up. lawrence: graphics are getting better and better. rachel: that s not real? brian: no, no. santa is real but the snow wasn t. and, remember, with elf, ed as member, a little heavy for santa. goes down in central park because people lost th
about is ridiculous. i m in this race because the truth needs to be spoken. he is unfit. this is a guy who just said this past week that he wants to use the department of justice to go after his enemies when he gets in there. i mean, the fact of the matter is he is unfit to be president, and there is no bigger issue in this race than donald trump, and those numbers prove it. that s republican presidential candidate chris christie addressing the lack of direct criticism for donald trump at last night s gop debate. we ll have much more from that heated yet perhaps not relevant event straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill senate republicans are stalling a critical aid package, which includes billions of dollars in funding for ukraine. we ll explain why and what could happen next. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from gaza. israel says its forces are closing in on the hamas leader is believed to be the mastermind behind the october 7th terror attacks. good mo
you can let your hair down. gotta keep your head up. you can let your hair down. good morning, welcome to the fourth and final hour of fox and friends with the beautiful shot of the sun gleaming off the atlantic ocean off of new jersey. i love to start the hour if we might in montana. okay. you guys know i spent i m in montana, living there, and i was taken in not just by the community and the beautiful state but also a specific family, the ekstroms of l diamond e ranch. today is the 80th birthday of brett ekstrom who was a surrogate mother for me, wonderful family, and i can t believe there we are, all of us together with me and one of my boys. is that brett holding the rifle there? it is. it s a bb gun. let s have a target contest while we sit on the back deck and i can t believe she s turning 80 but happy birthday. love it. rachel: those were your yellowstone days. correct. he s heading back in that direction. we all are. rachel: we re all returning
news alert. we ll see president joe biden take the stage at a rally in north carolina in just a couple of hours. no doubt all eyes will be on that after what people watched well, at the political lectern last night. it was disastrous showing for the president at the debate. some democrats are calling it a nightmare, that s a quote. political suicide is a quote. it led to a deluge of calls from within his own political party for the president to step aside. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the white house is blaming biden s raspy voice on a cold. we got that note late last night. then there was all of this and more. president biden: we had 1,000 trillion airs in america. they pay 8.2% in taxes. if they paid 24 or 25%, they would raise $5 hundred million. billion dollars i should say. what i ve been able to do with the covid excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with look, if we finally beat medicare and i m going to continue to