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o er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave. [jingle bells] will: good morning and welcome to fox & friends and merry christmas. will cain, todd piro in today. our friend carley shimkus all here with you on this beautiful christmas morning. todd, and carley, i m so happy to be with you on this holiday. a holiday celebrated by all of christmasdom we welcome you in with the national anthem and your beautiful pictures celebrating christmas. we hope you continue sending in to us at friends at fox.com. we will play them throughout the show, carley, todd so, glad to have you with me this morning. carley: i m happy to be celebrating christmas with both of you. i m getting my first look with you and todd as viewers. both of you knocked it o ....
rattles the u.s. charles kicked us off with the very latest from atlanta. merry christmas. good morning. good morning and merry christmas, griff. taking time off to spend this holiday with their family. the omicron is certainly hard at work. u.s. daily covid cases up with more than 260,000 americans testing positive. according to john s hopkins university 3354 deaths were reported. more than a 50% increase in a single day. hard to find at home test kits is surely complicating matters. cvs and walgreens announced their limiting the number of tests folks can purchase due to a significant increase in demand long lines form at testing sites around the country while demand swells at unimaginable proportions. we have had people in sheer exhaustion. people are just exhausted. we cannot keep staff because they are just so worn out. new york state positive covid cases are turning up at record levels. more than 44,000 daily new cases reported on friday. new york city mayor ....
year s eve in times square. and in washington, a house committee investigating the january 6 insurrection is looking at a possible criminal referral for former president trump. the fallout if sitting house republicans refuse to cooperate. as we near the one year mark since that dark day. plus happening just moments from now, a historic space launch that could change our understanding of the universe as we know it. we ll bring you the moment nasa s new james webb telescope blasts off into space and explore what it means for humankind. and joyful gesture sending love across a string of lights. meet the man whose random acts of kindness inspired his entire neighborhood. good morning, merry christmas. it is saturday, december 25th. i m lindsey reiser. and we have a team of reporters following the latest for you. and we begin with the travel headaches. if you got where you wanted to be this morning, consider yourself lucky. covid cases have slammed airline pilots and ....
two anti-viral pills from pfizer and merck to treat covid-19 at home. for at risk americans. now that s a game changer because before these pills were cleared, the only fda authorized treatment for nonhospitalized covid-19 patients was monoclonal antibodies which are hard to come by. merck says it will have 10 million medicine packs available by the end of the month. pfizer says it is ready to roll out its treatment immediately. although in limited quantities. now, the pfizer drug is almost certainly going to be the preferred option as it has a nearly 90% reduction rate in hospitalizations, and deaths. while the fda says the merck pill could lead to a 30% reduction and is not recommended for pregnant people or women planning to become pregnant. in other news, americans may soon not have to wait in line for hours just to get a covid test. the white house says it is planning to distribute 500 million covid tests and it is creating a government-run web site where you can o ....
distribute 500 million rapid covid tests and creating a government-run test site that you ll run for free. it is unclear, but distribution being begin as soon as next month and that rollout can t come soon enough. this new wave has made it clear that the u.s. is still not where it needs to be when it comes to testing. people across the country are still waiting in line for hours to get tested as they try to protect themselves and their families. by the way, the government is adding 20,000 20,000 or 10,000, i ll get that right. many thousands of testing sites across the country. on the plus side, the fda just authorized two antiviral pills from pfizer and merck to treat covid-19 at home. merck says it will have 10 million medicine pack available by the end of the month and pfizer said it s ready to roll out immediately and it is limited. the pfizer drug is best option. it has a 90% reduction rate in hospitalization and death. the merck pill could only lead to only a 30 ....