lawrence: the person you least expected to be on the list. brian: great job, steve. steve: a lot of fun. brian: in honorable of that would you do something special for this hour? steve: i would love to. the second hour of fox & friends started 17 seconds ago. hey santa hey santa hey santa santa if you hear me,. steve: i could use another jingle juice. carley: you could use jingle juice in your coffee. digital fireplace and saw digital santa. crossing the morning sky near all-american christmas tree. not the same santa as the one who put ainsley on the naughty list. i m scratching her off that list. she is perfect in my eyes. she deserves to be on the miss list. lawrence: santa must really love fox & friends. in the first hour he drove by. then he went around our tree again. steve: right. lawrence: there must be a lot of love for fox. brian: it s a lot different from that one year, how many years ago? was it 10 when elf, when ad he had asn
washington and this is cnn welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour, the dramatic new video of the rescue mission we say four israeli hostages over the weekend showing the very moment to three men and a woman were found alive ahead. this brief moment of unity for those leading the charge and how has quickly turned the political upheaval for israeli prime minister netanyahu as he drives his government intact. plus a race to watch in nikki haley s backyard, south carolina s congressional this pick one, donald trump, lost his primary race in that area. and now he s endorsing a woman challenging know now he s endorsing congresswoman nancy mace, but she is being challenged he is donald trump s endorsement in nikki haley s backyard hurt or help? i ll ask her. she ll be here on the lead. the challenger. we start this hour with the breaking news. the jury in hunter biden s federal gun trial is done for the day after deliberating for about an hour. cnn s evan perez is outside t