and he s checked his list, and now santa claus is coming to town! we ll have an update on his progress a little later. he is currently just he is currentlyjust leaving iceland. hello and thanks forjoining us. merry christmas from the uk. the united kingdom has again recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than 120,000. it s the third day in a row that cases have topped 100,000 with 122,186 cases recorded on friday. a separate survey from the office for national statistics found that on december 19th, an estimated 1 in 35 people in the uk, had covid 19 the equivalent of 1.74 million. in london, the ratio is much higher one in 20 people were likely to have tested positive for covid. but despite soaring cases, early findings suggest that the 0micron variant is milder than delta, and leads to less hospitalisation the head of the uk health health security agency, drjenny harries, called it a glimmer of christmas hope . europe
and a christmas midnight mass is celebrated at the church of the nativity in bethlehem built on the spot where it s believed jesus was born. and coming up, he s checked his list, and now santa claus is coming to town! we ll have an update on his live progress a little later. the uk has again recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus cases since the pandemic began more than 120,000. it s the third day in a row that cases have topped 100,000 with 122,186 cases recorded today. a separate survey from the office for national statistics found that on december 19th, an estimated one in 35 people in the uk, had covid 19 the equivalent of 1.74 million. in london, the ratio is much higher one in 20 people were likely to have tested positive for covid. but despite soaring cases, early findings suggest that the 0micron variant is milder than delta, and leads to less hospitalisation the head of the uk health security agency, drjenny harries, called it a glimmer of chri
the decisions he just made i think are complete [bleep] if he doesn t have the courage to do the right thing for the working families of west virginia and america, let him vote no in front of the whole world. todd: joe manchin just unslowed things. you re watching fox & friends first on this monday morning. i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. let s get to alexandria huff in d.c. over the fallout over manchin s bold decision. good morning, what s the latest. reporter: you can hear it in senator manchin s voice, knows it s no small thing to break away from his democratic colleagues but ultimately he said he couldn t jut at this phi the justify the cost of the legislation and the far left has no tolerance for that. to be clear, my lack and deficit of trust was about senator manchin. he has continued to move the goal post. he never negotiated in good faith. and he is obstructing the president s agenda. reporter: white house press secretary jen psaki reacted w
. pete: we request and you deliver yet again, our nation s anthem on this sunday morning, december 19th, year of our lord, 2021. welcome to fox & friends. thanks for being here. we have four big hours for you. as always wonderful to be here with my dear friends will cain, rachel campos duffy. how are you doing? rachel: could the pictures get any better every single week? i will tear up, i saw the veteran for 98 flags for my birthday 98 birthday. by the grave stone of a vet rang. we love it. keep sending them. that is purple, viking cover, right, pete? pete: close, close. a lot of people. rachel: good morning, everybody, merry christmas. looking forward to the last weekend before the holiday. will, how are you doing this morning. will: several of the photos look like stock photos. they re not. they re user photos. you re wonderful photographers with wonderful moments. speaking of patriotic i can t wait to hear from pete in just moments from the speech you gave out there in