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Two popes become saints for the very first time. well have the very latest in a live report from rome. americas news headquarters live from the nations capitol starts right now. but first, we begin this hour with the escalating and growing crisis in ukraine as diplomatic efforts to scape back fall short with concerns that russia is gearing up to invade. the kremlin has now ended high level contact with the white house with the pentagon even saying chuck hagels russian count count counterpart won...

Many folks without heat are spending their christmas at warming centers. a different scene in hawaii where first family is enjoy a warm christmas holiday. president obama spent time on the links. he and the first lady took time to deliver the annual white house christmas message. fist couple thanked our men and women in uniform for their service and encouraged everyone to spread the message of christmas. im leeland vitter. now back to "fox & friends family christmas." now, back to "fox and frien...

We have a fox news alert for you now out of turkey. a new round of protests going on right now in downtown istanbul following a night of violent clashes with police. officers armed with tear gas and water cannons, they tried to end weeks of sit-ins by chasing demonstrators out of istanbul park, but had a just unleashed a wave of violence into the streets. leeland vitter was in the middle of it. hes streaming live. >> reporter: heather, that violence continues here in istanbul today. thousands of...

There to that rally. here the police are preventing people from rallying. back to you. >> leeland vitter, live from istanbul, thank you. heather, the white house now says it is open to talks with north korea. this after reports today from north korea that the regime of kim jong-un is talking about the tensions. they want to discuss a peace treaty formally ending the korean war. you may recall a couple of months ago the north koreans branded the armistice null and void. well speak with christia...

Gaza strip pounding southern israel with rockets leaving at least three people dead. the deaths, first since an israeli air strike killed the top military commander with hamas. joining us live from the outskirts of israel, leeland vitter, what does it look like today? >> brian, hamas said they were going to, quote, open the gates of hell and thats what happened here in southern israel. ill set the battlefield for you. just over my right shoulder, a couple hundred people. thats what the militants...

Syrias government says that amounts to piracy. as you know, relations between the two nations are highly strained. syrias ongoing civil war. today victoria nooland says the u.s. stands with the decision to inspect that plane. >> any transfer of any military equipment to the syrian regime at this time is very concerning and we look forward to hearing more from the turkish side when they get to the bottom of what they found. >> shep: but the syrian government is now furious and claiming nothing il...

Out gross human rights abuses. the u.s. treasury department also accused the iranian-backed militant group hezbollah of coordinating iranian assistance. hezbollah already is on the state departments list of designated foreign terrorist organizations. leeland vitter with news from our middle east bureau. >> good evening, john. the sanctions for lack of a better term, are symbolic in nature. they are unlikely at best to have any real effect on the ground. video out of aleppo, amateur photographers...

Leeland vitter shows us. a warning here, you might find some of the images in this report disturbing. >> massive crowds took to the streets of damascus promising allegiance to the syrian president. he we sacrifice our blood and souls to you, they chanted, on the one year of the uprising. in vast contrast, pictures on state tv unconfirmable amateur video from activists reportedly show the syrian army continuing to kill its own citizens. in homs, fire balls reached toward the sky. in homs, snipers...

Video shows unregistered, unscheduled, but civilian cargo planes landing at syrian military bases near the largest crackdowns like this one in hama. precious military cargo is then quickly unloaded. the photographer offers a narration of what happens next. this is another truck, he says that, is transferring the ammunition to be used in killing the unarmed people. in addition, sources say the planes deliver iranian revolutionary guard advisors to fight alongside the syrian military. in december,...

Future. nuclear experts held three days of talks with iranians this week. also today, irans parliament was present add new budget that reduces dependence on oil revenue, which are being threatened by a u.s. led boycott. syrian troops continue to pound away at resistants from antigovernment forces. leeland vitter shows us how dissidents are fighting against both the military and long odds. >> rebel gunners blazed away with a russian made armor personnel carrier as they tried to take out a army ...