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Two popes become saints for the very first time. we'll have the very latest in a live report from rome. america's news headquarters live from the nation's 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 hagel's russian count count counterpart won't even pick up the phone now and a team now tries to secure the release of four military observ...

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. i'm leeland vitter. now back to "fox & friends family christmas." now, back to "fox and friends." >> welcome back and merry christmas. we're so happy you could join us on this special day. >...

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. he's streaming live. >> reporter: heather, that violence continues here in istanbul today. thousands of people trying to reach taksim square. i'm going to step out of the camera now. as you see there in...

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. we'll speak with christian whiten about what this really all means and if the north koreans can ever be trusted. speaking ...

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 that's what happened here in southern israel. i'll set the battlefield for you. just over my right shoulder, a couple hundred people. that's what the militants are aiming for. that is the iron dome missile defense system which the israelis have deployed to...