The speaker the house will be in rder. The prayer will be offered by the prayr chaplain, father conr. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As we meditate on all the blesings of life, we especially pray for the blessig of peace in our livesand in our world. Coronavirus has already caused pmarkets, International Trade ad travl, and the healthare industry worldwide. We ask your blessings on those men and women whose life work is population and whose efforts to stem the spread of this diseae have endangered their own ellbein. In the days and weeks to come. May your special blessing be the members of this assembly, in the important, sometimes difficult,work they do. Give them wisdom and charity that they might wok together for th common good. May all that is done the peoples house be for your greater honor and tpwhrory, men. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her approval
And 58 of the fox poll says she knowingly lied about it. To the markets this monday morning, it looks like the gas price surge is winding down. So, cheer up, everyone, our guy says it will be much cheaper very soon. Varney company is about to begin. Lets see where the stock market is going to open this monday morning. There has been a shift, about a half hour ago, we received news that the Empire State Manufacturing index came in at the lowest reading since the recession. Implying a problem with manufacturing, certainly in the northeast and maybe nationwide. Down goes the stock market. Were off about 70 points at the open. Now look at the price of oil. Down 2. Were at 41. 76 on a monday morning. How about that . 41. 75 right now. And price of gasoline up only slightly overnight and the spike in the midwest affects the National Average and appears to be winding down, maybe its over. Now, that refinery problem in the midwest, did that have an effect on gas prices over the past week, will
Jedediah you dont realize how much you are going to love a baby. He comes out and like oh my gosh. I have another part of my life i didnt know about. Pete thats yours. Jedediah i made a person. Once you make a person you are like i cant beat that. Pete once you make a person. Dean i have made one person. Pete made like 20. Pete there is no diminishing return. Always great. Jedediah i kept texting pete about it how do you do this with so many. Its really hard. And rachel camposduffy was one of my saviors, Nicole Saphier and lisa booth were writing me and giving me tips. Dont worry when this came to nursing and all sorts of stuff. This place really has been such a family. I have milled it so much. I have been weighing on at home. Pete you have. Jedediah through the tv i have been shouting at you. Pete i feel like i could hear you or texting me as well. Jedediah so glad i am here first day back. Dean extremely happy to be here. Do you feel like a different person. Jedediah i feel like a f
Girls alike coming up. Fox friends starts right now. Hey this is chuck knap wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year from fox friends. Thanks, judge. Judge, good morning to you. Good morning to you, ainsley earhardt. Im filling in for anna this morning. So fun to be with you guys. Et cetera especially right before christmas. I love it here. Our studios are decked out. Our pillows are comfy. You can always take my pillow. No, just kidding. Lets get to a fox news alert though as we start this show. Just moments ago, north korea saying it can prove its not behind, not, i repeat, behind that sony cyber attack. And now they are threatening grave consequences if the United States doesnt join a joint probe together. Hey, come on over, United States, and work with us. This comes hours after president obama and the fbi say north korea is, in fact, responsible. Leland vittert is live in washington with the unfolding story. Good morning, leland. Good morning. North korea is old adage go
Whether or not u. S. Sanctions are on the table, possible military action even on the table. We did get our first hint after the News Conference though when top u. S. Official told us privately that, look, one of the options under consideration is putting north korea back on the state departments list of state sponsors of terror. Many critics say that was a mistake to have been done many years ago to have even taken them off in the first place. Also theyre suggesting to us that they may be doing things we wont see, that wont be obvious such as waging their own cyber war in retaliation. U. S. Cyber attacks directed at north korea behind the scenes though it was also interesting that the president seemed to be blaming the Company Involved here, sony, which made the movie the interview, saying they made a mistake by cowing to north korea and suggesting if theyd only reached out to him directly he would have given them advice. Listen. I wish theyd spoken to me first. I would have told them