Fireworks on the hill and Merry Christmas from the first family, a first look at this years White House Christmas card. Fox and friends first starts right now. You aint seen nothing yet you aint seen nothing yet good morning to you, you are watching fox and friends first on wednesday morning, live look from new york city and you aint seen nothing yet, thank you for starting the day with us, something you have seen come out of story, another standstill, donald trump blasting democrats for rejecting a deal to pay for the wall with a Government Shutdown three days away, this is republicans push for a new plan to keep washington open. Todd pyro joins us live to break it down, maybe people are surprised by this but we have 3 days to go. Not surprised but this is like procrastination in college, wait till the last minute, looks like the white house is softening it stands on the shutdown, that didnt stop the president from calling out democrats on twitter, this is a quote from the president , democrats are saying loud and clear they do not want to build a concrete wall that we are not building a concrete wall, we are building artistically designed steel flats so you can easily see through it. It will be beautiful and give our country the security our citizens deserve. It will go up fast and save us billions of dollars. As for the money the white house is a could get creative without saying how. We would like to see Congress Pass an appropriations bill that fully funds the government and also looking at other avenues that would allow us to do our constitutional authority. The president demanded 5 billion, democrats countering with 1. 3 billion. Reports say Mitch Mcconnell propose 1. 6 billion and a 1 billion slush fund for immigration, Chuck Schumer said that is a no go. I call leader mcconnell and told him we would not accept the 1 billion slush fund and our offers to fund the government remain. Let me be clear. The republican offer has not passed either chamber. The senate to pass an interim spending bill known as a continuing resolution as early as today to fund the government through february 8th. The house could then follow suit tomorrow leaving a day to spare but the question then becomes will donald trump sign it. There is also this pledge to give 10 billion to Central America and southern mexico to aid them. We are going to talk about this coming up. It raises the question donald trump always said, america first. Charlie hurt has something to say about this, that money isnt the biggest hurdle in stopping the shutdown, he says the real issue is the antiborder platform that is growing in popularity among far left democrats. Funding the wall was never the real big problem. The real problem is the will to actually do the hard work of putting up a wall and taking those votes but the only thing we found out in the last two weeks is the democrats that are coming into control of the house and senate in congress have vowed to shut the government down instead of doing something about fixing the border. What he called a wall or a sense is a barrier that prevents people from illegally crossing into the united states. Even democrats who support it said the 2006 fence act which did the same thing has been pulled by the left wing of their party over to this no borders antiice sanctuary city crowd that opposes doing anything about the border. If the interim spending bill is passed democrats will control the house by the next funding deadline meeting they will have to split their time between another potential border showdown and their long list of planned investigations. The Senate Overwhelmingly pass a bipartisan Prison Reform bill overnight, this is a live look at capitol hill where the legislation moves to the house was a vote is expected this week, the president tweeting in part this will keep our communities safer and provide hope and a Second Chance to those who earn it. In addition to Everything Else billions of dollars will be saved. I look forward to signing this into law. The bill reduces sentences for some drug offenders and reduced rehabilitation efforts. The capitol hill grilling. We are getting a look at transcripts from james comeys second closeddoor meeting with lawmakers, Griff Jenkins joins us with more on how it all went down. How are you doing . We all saw the directors outburst at the hearing but we are learning more about what happened behind closed doors, lets look at transcripts, the infamous dirty dossier that was the basis of the Trump Campaign comey saying i remember being told the work had been funded first by republicans opposed to trump and democrats opposed to trump. Meadows, what you are saying is in part of your messaging you didnt care, it was funding Christopher Steeles work. Are you saying it didnt matter to you . Comey continues it was republicans opposed to trump. Comey was asked about obama, Hillary Clintons emails in exchange with trey gowdy who says president obama said i dont think opposed the National Security problem. How would he have known that at the time . I cant answer that question, he said this is not a situation in which National Security was endangered, how would he have known that at the time . Comey, same answer, i cant answer that. At the same time democrats call this a whole waste of time but republicans like John Ratcliff says this proves comey was not a fair arbiter of justice. I lost all objectivity with regard to director comey because i was one of the folks that was defending him two years ago when all of this stuff started to happen. I dont mind if james comey of a partisan but dont prayer to be prepared to be an umpire. Next up is president obamas former attorney general, and talking about emails and infamous tarmac meeting she had with bill clinton. We will see if we get answers from her, much of the same i dont know, dont remember, cant say. We will see. Thank you so much. Have a great day. A federal judge, see this happening . Postponing Michael Flynn at sentencing with a blistering criticism. Judge Emmet Sullivan telling the National Security adviser, quote, arguably you sold your country out adding i cannot hide my discussed or my do the same for the crimes you committed, judge sullivan would not guarantee no jail time as suggested by Robert Mueller but he did apologize for his remarks. Flynn at sentencing has been rescheduled for march, questions were raised how the fbi handled the interview with flynn who pleaded guilty to lying to the agency. James comey defended the interview in his testimony on capitol hill on monday. Ethics complaint about Brett Kavanaugh are thrown out, and Appeals Panel dismissing the claims which focused on his tone as he defended himself against Sexual Misconduct accusations during his confirmation process earlier this year. The judges rule specific code of conduct laws cannot be applied to the pin court justices. How about Interest Rates that could climb again today . Federal reserve chairman Jerome Powell will increase rates by accorded point and this would be the fourth increase this year. We know what happens when this happens, this despite donald trump urging central bank to hold steady and avoid rate hikes, the president believes the increases are undercutting efforts to boost the economy, stock market futures are trending toward positive gains as investors await the announcement. Donald trump sticking to another promise, advancing our nations interests in space, the white house ordering the Defense Department to create a new Us Space Command aimed at consolidating military Space Operations and defend american assets. A new era of American Leadership in space has begun. It will develop the space doctrine, tactics, techniques and procedures that will enable war fighters to defend the nation in this new era. Shannon there working to establish a new branch of the military called the space force, by 2020. The Vice President making the big announcements as space x prepares for a historic lunch but it never happened, the company postponing their mission until today after a problem with rocket sensors, it is launching an air force satellite into space. The other rocket launchers postponed on tuesday, the weather pushing back an area of the mission until today. It would blast off with a french Spy Satellite and the ul as delta heavy rocket carrying a recon spacecraft will blast off in california after it was delayed for high winds. Jeff bezos delayed the launch due to tech issues and that is scheduled to take off on friday. That happens today and friday, we will you know. It is 11 minutes after the top of the hour. What exactly did president obama know about Hillary Clintons deleted emails and when . Fired fbi director james comey grilled about that behind closed doors, comeys answers show he takes the responsible and she is live next. A newborn baby getting into the holiday spirit. 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Lets get right to what james comey had to say yesterday when questioned by trey gowdy. President obama said of her email arrangement i dont think opposed a National Security problem. How would he have known that at the time . I cant answer that. He also said, meaning obama, that this is not a situation in which americas National Security was endangered, how would he have known that at the time . Comey, same answer, i cant answer that for him. What do you make of this exchange . Trey gowdy was showing flair is a former prosecutor with crossexamination style questions which proves to show that either comey was completely incompetent at his job or covering for president obama because he says on one hand that he personally didnt direct anyone else to brief president obama on the situation yet we have that clip that is contemporaneous from president obama saying he made that assessment at the time so which is it . I would agree with mark meadows who tweeted yesterday that come is showing hes taking no responsibility for the erosion of trust in the fbi and the doj and Law Enforcement so the bottom line is americans deserve real answers, to have any sort of evasion on these questions but to be direct and tell us can we trust the legitimacy of the fbi . Can we trust an investigation from the highest level of government is not going to depend on whether or not you are for republicans or democrats or whether as a political candidate you have a the or are after your name . You mentioned congressman meadows, he was asked about funding of the dossier and his answer was who cares . First of all he was trying to say it was republican funded and meadows directed him and comey said who cares . It mirrors what Hillary Clinton said about the investigation, does it really matter at this point . A lot of talking points are similar to drive the American People away from this investigation which is really critical, we do deserve answers. Why does it matter now at this point . That is what james comey keep saying, once again i am questioned about Hillary Clinton emails, once again questions about the server, why should that matter to the American People at this point . Because that shows what her conduct was as secretary of state and as a president ial candidate, what she did and whether or not she committed a crime and whether shes held accountable under the law and why we as americans live under a system of rule of law that is fair and equal justice for also of course it matters. It would be like saying someone committed a crime 10 years ago, why does it matter today . It matters for justice, matters for legitimacy, it matters whether we can trust that the fbi is doing its job or being political and ears deep embedded corruption. Who knows how many more lisa pages and Peter Stzroks are at the fbi . Shannon a brief comment on what happens with flynn yesterday. A decision on his sentencing delay james comey defending the way he was questioned by the fbi. And that just shows there was bias there. For james comey to bring in Michael Flynn, he is an expert person and should have known he could ask for a lawyer and having 9 lawyers present with Hillary Clinton shows he was treating people differently whether there was a d or are after their name. We should not tolerate that as the American Public and i am thankful congress is providing oversight and trying to hold the fbi accountable for their actions. Thank you. The time is 20 minutes after the top of the hour. The fed sounding the alarm on ecigarette as a new report reveals the number of teens they think is soaring. The urgent warning all parents need to hear. Donald trump and first lady milania releasing this years official christmas card, looking festive. Carly shimkus is here with the reaction pouring in. We got to get out of here. What do you suggest i do . Flap my arms really hard and head toward the window . Heather hollywood mourning the loss of an icon, Penny Marshall passing away from complications from diabetes, she was 75 years old. Carly shimkus with fox News Headlines serious xm 115 here with tributes that keep coming in. What a life, what a career. She is best known for her role as a lover and the fazio in the hit comedy laverne and shirley, who didnt like that show . She made history behindthescenes as a director. The first woman to direct a movie that grossed over 100 million. That was big, starring tom hanks remembered her on twitter yesterday saying goodbye, penny, did we laugh a lot, wish we still could, love you. Billy crystal honoring her with a tweet saying sad to hear Penny Marshalls passing, great comedian, director and dear friend. Danny devito also writing this. Penny marshall was a sweet woman. I was very fortunate to spend time with her. So many laughs. She had a heart of gold, she could play with the best of them. Always all love. She with a legend on screen and behind the camera and she will be missed. A lot of huge movies behindthescenes, donald trump taking to twitter after the Senate Passed the criminal Justice Reform bill. Last night the Senate Passed the, Justice Reform bill sending it to the house where it is supposed to be approved quickly. The president has been pushing this bill, he celebrated the news on twitter saying this will keep communities safer and provide hope and a Second Chance to those who earn it and Everything Else, billions of dollars will be saved. Look forward to signing this into law. Reaction has been positive on both sides of the political aisle. One president s to graham says a truly bipartisan effort that everyone can consider progress and a win for all. Chr