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Very busy morning. I need to hand it off to Pamela Brown now, but pam, no shortage of news this week absolutely not, jim. And we just want to remind our viewers that were going to continue to cover the devastation from helene, jim in the media will cover stories and their complaints. We dont stay on it will work in a stay on it because there are a lot of people suffering right now as you have been reporting on in your show, in that suffering, sadly, its going to continue for weeks, for months as...

>> claudia: welcome back to a special edition of fox news live. former president donald trump asking a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal case alleging he interfered in the 2020 election. the president and his legal team claiming absolute presidential immunity protects him from prosecution. welcome to a brand-new hour of fox news live. merry christmas, im claudia cowen. >> im rich edson. trumps filing with the u.s. court of appeals in d.c. comes one day after a big setback...

also tonight, the major storm taking aim first slamming florida and then all the way up the east coast. were tracking it. tragedy in gaza. israeli forces acknowledging they killed three hostages with friendly fire after mistaking them for a threat. our richard engel in jerusalem. the urgent warning from the cdc as cases of covid, flu, and rsv surge around the nation. our nbc news exclusive, the kremlins top spokesman on the 2024 election. what he said about vladimir putin and donal...

>> la la la la. >> floyd. >> guys, enough. >> this gets you nowhere. and republicans now realize that. look at desantis and abbott, governors of texas and florida, they didnt just sit back and complain about the border. they took action. and mostled migrant was to blue states. if you want to win, you got to go on offense. you have to put the democrats on the defense. and make the media work for you. were three weeks from the midterms and republicans have momentum. they can play it safe...

we begin with our chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. rick? >> yeah, landfall about 55 minutes ago just around the georgetown, south carolina area. thats where the worst of the storm surge is. the storm surge on shore already. winds sustained were 85 miles an hour. a category one storm. we look at the satellite picture. looks like a mess. its turning into a more typical storm that you might see in the northern latitudes or at least a combination between tho...

pointed i. understand its not -- different opinion. in other words, trump may be sweating and doing in mar-a-lago. but he is still at it. and there were other warnings signs as well today. arizona house speaker rusty bowers, remember him? lifelong republican who refused to buckle to pressure from the former president. and testified a motion only before the select committee. well we learned he was just censured by the state party. which declared him no longer a republican in good standi...

>> let us pray. god of all grace, we thank you that you sent your son, jesus christ, to break the power of death and to bring life and immortality to light through the gospel. he shared our life and took himself our death and opened the kingdom of heaven to all who trust in him. look not on us, but look on us as found in him and bring us safely through judgment to the joy and peace of your presence. >> most gracious god, with all our hearts we thank you for the long life, the shining ...

is now facing fears backlash and charges of hypocrisy over her move to divert some of those illegal immigrants to republican run suburb. and kamala harris seems to be gaslighting the nation because she insists the boy to is secure and blames any problems on the e trump administration. watch. >> would you call the border secure? >> its secure, but we have a broken immigration system, particularly the last four years before he came in, and needs to be fixed. >> we have two meal and cross...

>> in paris, arkansas, some people still do not have power, following strong storm under ant warning. >> it was miserably hot. >> all ud down all night because it was too hot. i sweat so bad. >> the heat also building in the northeast, new york, philadelphia, and boston are expected to see a heat index around 100 degrees today. >> this is serious heat and were really concerned about those, particularly with pre-existing respiratory conditions. >> heat is the number one cause of weat...

wrongdoing. his son, hunter biden, snubbing a subpoena to testify today behind closed doors saying hell only do so publicly and stating his father has no financial ties to his business dealings. will the gop move to hold the other biden in contempt of congress? also tonight, president biden welcoming the families of all eight americans still being held hostage by hamas to the white house. what they said to him in their private meeting. the record day on wall street. big news from t...