stay off of social media if they take any spring break vacation. as a parent vacations are plans for teachers because we need to negotiate. it s horrible. new york republicans introduced a resolution to impeach governor andrew cuomo. the governor has lost credibility and trust that we don t feel he can go forward and govern. steve: 6:01 wake-up call. beep, beep. welcome to first hour of fox & friends march ninth, 2021. ainsley: the weather is supposed to be really nice starting today. 50 s. i heard 60 s today. okay. brian: the one thing to your comment earlier, later i will expand on the weather comment from ainsley, instead of looking at an alarm clock can you say opportunity clock, some spin it to make an opportunity s day. steve: what are you talking about? brian: your wake-up call, your opportunity clock. why don t we look at it that way? it s more positive. steve: you have been listening to the andrew carnegie tapes? brian: sorry the 1920 s entrepreneur ins
when a notorious wingnut organization known as the john birch society was busy alerting americans of an assault on christmas at the hands of the united nations. warning that there were secret orders at department stores throughout the country, to utilize u.n. symbols and emblems as christmas decorations. now, that sounds a bit mid-century, tinfoil hat to ya, check out more contemporary echoes from the 1920s when a henry ford backed publication opined that last christmas, most people had a hard time finding christmas cards that indicated, in any way, that christmas commemorated someone s birth. and who was to blame for allegedly taking the christ out of christmas? here is a hint. the name of the series of articles was the international jew the world s foremost problem. yeah. it s really ugly, anti-semitic stuff. but that s kind of the point, right? i mean, accusations of a war on christmas are rooted in what we would now call, in political terms, negative partisanship. the idea that y
even with occasional skirmishes like lawsuits to remove nativity scenes from public property, which most americans generally have no problem with keeping even though it may be seen as violating the constitution. nonetheless, according to pew research, as many as nine out of ten americans say they celebrate christmas, including 81% of non-christians. so you and your kids can sleep easy waiting for santa. knowing the spirit of the season has somehow survived and thrived, despite all these trumped-up warnings about this phony war on christmas and that s your reality check. back to you. john avlon, thank you. we ll be right back with your social media reaction to to tonight s program.
it s not just politicizing covid-19. people have died from it. i was on the ground in the beginning when it hit our city. i know how devastating it is. we re making smart decision, we re learning. this is a virus that continues to evolve and we must evolve as it evolves. so i think the government both on the federal, state and city level is doing the right thing to protect americans and we re going to do the right thing to protect new yorkers. eric adams, i wish you nothing but success. good luck. thank you very much. come back to new york. i ll be there on monday. come in next week and let s have this conversation knee to knee, okay? i would love that. take care. thank you. closures and cancellations are back with this holiday situation looking eerily similar to last year. but are public officials overreacting? a controversial viewpoint, he says we can t stop the spread and need to learn to live with the virus. he s on deck.
could get fined five shillings if you got caught celebrating christmas. that was a load of dough back then and any latent impulse should have been finally laid to rest in 1870 when the president made it a federal holiday. christmas has been safely celebrated since then and removing nativity scenes from public property even though it can be seen as violating the constitutional prohibition on any official state religion. nonetheless, according to research, as many as nine out of every ten americans say they celebrate christmas including 81% of non-christians so you and your kids can sleep easy while waiting for santa knowing the spirit of the season has somehow survived and thrived despite all these trumped up warnings about this phony war on christmas. and that s your reality check. back to you. john avalon, thank you. we ll be right back with your social media reaction to