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Tomorrow is the primary for the benjamin netanyahu where he'll face a challenger to see whether or not he's going to be the nominee in the third round of elections for israel in less than a year. >> rob: okay. we'll keep following this one of course. netanyahu rushed to a bomb shelter there in israel. thanks for the update. >> julie: we'll 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, cardinal timothy dolan here. did you notice you're in a big family gathering, all the attention ...

Us. it's 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 there's a y, there's 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. let's 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 god's 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 christmas and bright new decade. >> we all look forward to start of a new decade, it's worth remembering ...

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 actress felicity huffman. major off screen drama for empire star jussie smollett. the actor telling...

>> julie: are you done christmas shopping? your mom is in town. >> rob: we got a weird family. we don't do lot of gifts. >> julie: you're giving her something pretty amazing. >> rob: i'm taking mom to paris after the show. we'll have a -- >> i hope my 3-year-old harrison is listening now. this is what i like in 20 or 30 years. that's 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 everything. you can always find it cheaper online. i like to wheel and deal. i do it online. okay, the ...