highlights, and history. we are coming to you from times square in the heart of new york city, home to the famous ball drop which marks the beginning and end of every year. i m joe fryer. i m savannah sellers. for the next hour, we re looking back at the biggest stories of 2022. it started with the war in ukraine, a supreme court retirement, and that oscar slap that shook hollywood. it s ending with a tripledemic, looming recession fears, and the royal view uniting on the soccer field. along the way, there were celebrations, losses, and a lessons we can take into 2023. let s remember the year that was. the headlines that defined 2022 were seismic and historic. europe s largest armed conflict since world war ii free abortion not a manned. it supreme court station which overturned for decades of precedent. the death of a monarch who had reigned for 70 years. in its earliest days, 2022 seemed more like a copycat, limiting the worst qualities of the previous years
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they are the sucker until it s too late. and democrats right now are sitting around the midterm poker table realizing they are the sucker. they are out of chips, they are out of ideas, and they are sweating through their shirts. and when democrats are nervous, they have to make everybody around them nervous too. democracy is on the ballot here in america. democracy as we know it may not survive. the republicans have absolutely no plan to do anything about it. they are going after democracy. one final warning on this issue to make very clear and leave no doubt that we have people out there still pedaling the big lie. jesse: guys, this is it, we have been warned and what the country will look like after the red wave? nazi germany. this country is on track to repeat what happened in germany when it was the greatest democracy going and elected a chancellor who then co-opted to the media. jesse: still not scared? all right. what about a civil war started by a white c
and the rockets red glare the bombs burting 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 welcome to fox and friends this saturday in august, your wonderful patriotic pictures begin our morning, send them in at friends@foxnews.com. it has been a week since i have been on the weekend couch, up been a couple weeks since i ve heard that patriotic anthem intro, good to be back. rachel: you were on vacation and the best thing about vacation is wanted is wrapped up, i am ready to go home. is that how you felt? will: i had big plans for vacation to come back rest and relaxed, you heard the weekend before, i spent most of july fighting a sickness. i got all the sicknesses and i was sick on vacation, one rolled into the other. i am not asking for any world is me. i got a little son and i m glad to be back. joey:you missed but i will nev