we three kings of orient are bearing gifts we traveled so far field and fountain moor and mountain following i don t know der star. carley: welcome to fox & friends. you are looking live at our beautiful all-american christmas tree. it is upon us, guys. christmas is just what s today s date? the 22nd. three days from now. lawrence: i m so excited? carley: kids are getting excited and parents getting excited perfect time of year. brian: saturday warm-up. monday christmas. people got to decide your office or not goes back to work 26th through the 30th. perfect way for it to break. meanwhile also perfect is cardinal dolan. is he going to be here with the christmas message. i believe it s going to be positive and upbeat because i have never seen him in a bad mood. he is my vote for pope. lawrence: we get to vote? brian: we should. carley: we should. world should vote. brian: they would love him new york would miss him certainly. cardinal dolan is
border with ukraine, that this will be economic. but i think the message that s coming across now and it s certainly one that is being heard at the kremlin is not only is it economic, there will be a military price to pay. i think some analysts had looked at the situation earlier in december and said neither united states, nor its nato partners, were willing to send troops into ukraine to support the ukrainians and that was something that president putin would see as a weakness. what we heard from president biden yesterday reaffirming clearly that if russia invades ukraine, then nato, including the united states, obviously, would increase their presence in europe, which is the complete opposite of what putin is trying to achieve. putin wants to see nato rejuice its presence on the eastern borders of europe, it wants commitments from nato that it won t allow ukraine to join and won t base troops and military