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Opens i like to get in and out. >> i have one less day and i still have to bake. heather: major chain department stores say they are staying open longer to accommodate that final surge, gregg? gregg: amazing how some people procrastinate. just like the federal government. one injured veteran is making a difference in his community this holiday season, single-handedly putting on an amazing light show for all his neighbors. ron average from our fox affiliate kwbt has this report. >> reporter: th...

Heather: gun control advocates equally adamant about their position. heres democratic senator charles schumer. >> he was so extreme and so tone deaf, not even saying that guns had any part of the problem. that he actually probably helped us as we tried to pass sensible gun legislation in the congress. now he says, he says, the only, the best way, the way, here is what he says. the way to stop a bad guy with guns is have a good guy with guns. why dont we stop the bad guy from getting the gun in t...

Billion. where is that money going to come from? >> reporter: senator dianne feinstein planning to introduce a new ban on assault weapons when congress reconvenes next month. heather: steve centanni in washington. thank you, steve. >> reporter: you bet. gregg: one town agrees on the nr with the nra. altoona, alabama, making sure one of its four officers are at the elementary school during school days. town residents seem to be on board with that. >> so thankful somebody will be here to stop that...

Would have retained the employee, i wouldnt have fired him, therefore gender is a factor arthur. >> what if this guy was a homosexual. homosexual. gregg: he was asked that in deposition. >> if heed a male employee, the decision by the court would be kp-lt sam the same. the temptation was too much and it would jeopardize his family life. >> everyone has to be treated similarlyment when you look at this statute you look at title 7. and title 7 says if sex was a factor in this determination it make...

Bit different. >> right. >> instead goes back to same old worn out talking points. gregg: sure. >> that i think really do fall flat, fail to reach out to the other side and --. gregg: i watched it on friday and, look, even conservatives went after laperriere. in fact heres jonathan tobin, senior editor at commentary magazine a conservative magazine. take a look at this. laperriere delivered a stride ant rant made even his generally sensible idea of ramping up security at schools sound idiotic, r...

Obviously. when you talk to folks like senator lindsey graham, they say the big issue is not taxes, it is spending cuts. take a listen. >> if you want leaders you have to lead. the president has been a pathetic fiscal leader. he produces three budgets and cant get one vote for any of his budgets. here is what i would vote, revenues including tax rate hikes, even though i dont like them to save the country from becoming greece. i will not set aside the 1.2 trillion in cuts. >> reporter: talking a...

Hospitalses, medical device manufacturers. that will be a negative for the economy too. if you hire a worker that works over 30 hours a week those employees will have all sorts of new regulations in terms of the costs that you have to incur. these regulations hit you everywhere coming and going. heather: thank you so much, steven. we appreciate it. >> thank you, merry christmas. heather: merry christmas to you. gregg: we are awaiting the official results of a critical vote in egypt this morning ...

We know theyre inside syria. there is increasing medical shortage going on in terms of the ability to treat any of the victims, whether they be civilians or rebel fighters from these kinds of airstrikes. it really boils home as much as weve been talking about the ability of the syrian rebels to push into other cities, that the syrian air force still controls the skies and is still able to bomb, seemingly with impunity. gregg? gregg: is there any way to know, leland, whether the rebels are making...

Our school now i dont think we ever will. there is always something to be done but having an officer there is the first line of defense. it drastically reduces response time. >> these teachers would take a bullet for their children and just a lot to ask because i know how much they love our children. and they do. i thank them so much. gregg: well the chief of police says the new commitment will cost a beg chunk of his budget but he is not willing to take any chances with the safety of children...

Tornados tomorrow. it will be christmas. people wont be thinking about that. unfortunately we could have a dangerous situation setting up here. snow on one side, heather. but also a severe weather side to this. that same storm causes travel problems for us wednesday and thursday into the ohio valley into the northeast. heather: rick are the tornados unusual this time of year? youre not normally talking about tornados. >> you think of them in spring. get them in december, we certainly can but wer...