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Tomorrow is the primary for the benjamin netanyahu where hell face a challenger to see whether or not hes going to be the nominee in the third round of elections for israel in less than a year. >> rob: okay. well keep following this one of course. netanyahu rushed to a bomb shelter there in israel. thanks for the update. >> julie: well have updates on israel as soon as we get them. timothy dolan sharing his christmas message this morning. watch. >> hi everybody, blessed christmas from new york, ...

Us. its what this country is made of. but right now, our bond is fraying. how do we get back to "us"? the y fills the gaps. and bridges our divides. donate to your local y today. because where theres a y, theres an us. >> rob: thanks to last minute surge, holiday retail sales rose more than 3.4% from november 1st to christmas eve this year. big jump. online purchases are the driving force behind those numbers. lets bring in editor who was

Them. that is what christmas is all about. all of creation is looking at that little baby in the crib. that baby wants us to pick him up and hold him and love him and accept him in our lives. that baby, like any baby that we see gives us a lot of hope. the birth of a baby is gods sign he wants life to continue. the birth of that baby at bethlehem, jesus our lord and savior, is his message he wants life to continue. blessed christmas. >> rob: across the pond now, queen wishing people merry christ...

Christmas. >> rob: queen fill -- still going strong. also marked by a bumpy year by the brexit. >> julie: 2019 has had its share of scandal. celebrities caught in embarrassing headlines and lighting up social media. >> reporter: from jesse smollett to kim kardashian, 2019 had a share of scandals. big name celebrities caught in embarrassing headlines. call it buyer education. massive nationwide scam. accused of paying millions of dollars to bribe their kids way into top universities. including ax...

>> julie: are you done christmas shopping? your mom is in town. >> rob: we got a weird family. we dont do lot of gifts. >> julie: youre giving her something pretty amazing. >> rob: im taking mom to paris after the show. well have a -- >> i hope my 3-year-old harrison is listening now. this is what i like in 20 or 30 years. thats awesome. >> rob: in order to do that when i go in the store, i see something i see the price, i do check on amazon. >> julie: more sure. i cross reference check everythi...

Freedom works director for the center for economic freedom. thank you for coming on today. obviously, not expecting to hear any different. online is surging big time around this time of year. >> reporter: yeah. online is increasingly the way people shop. its still under 10% of total retail sales. what were seeing now is that americans are highly productive and that enables consumption. people dont consume and cause growth. they produce and that is the driver of their consumption. >> rob: only 10...

Making headlines in 2020 and we will be there to cover it all for you. in new york, fox news. jazz >> rob: 2020 hopeful bernie sanders is looking to come how of the bullpen and make the save for minor league baseball. he met with mlb commissioner rob manfred to save 42 minor league teams from extinction. andrew craft has that story. >> reporter: if youre fan of minor league baseball, chances are your team is at risk of being eliminated. all due to an mlb restructuring plan to cut costs, putting ...

Of the community. >> reporter: opponents believe the law could hurt the people it aims to help. chris bennett are selling their income properties in seattle to large investment firms that usually raise rents. now landlords are making it harder to qualify. among the requirement, incomes three times the rent and a perfect rental history. they say its about protecting their investment. >> im being attacked all the time. greedy vicious people. we provide reasonable quality housing to people. >> repo...

This day and by far continue to be in the retail brick and mortar space. thats where bezos is moving. nothing against online sales. >> rob: what is happening to some of these stores? you keep hearing stories about these big stores closing up shop. retail is disappearing. >> reporter: the story there is called progress. its not to say that we should be happy when a business goes under. look from malls 20 or 30 years ago and look at the stores in them relative to today. theyve always been dying. t...

>> rob: first responders in wisconsin coming together to create a special christmas moment using the grinch. its all for the children of a union grove firefighter who died of a heart attack just after halloween. the video shows the grinch dantsing his way -- dancing his way through the fire house hoping to cheer up those three kids their first christmas without their dad. one presidential hopeful forced respond after his campaign was reaching out to voters from behind bars. >> julie: this was an...