11PM ET 12/14/2025 Newscast

Summary

Fox News Hourly Update – 11PM ET, December 14, 2025

Host: Ted Lindner (FOX News Podcasts)
Date: December 15, 2025

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Episode Overview

This late-night newscast delivers a rapid-fire summary of major breaking news headlines and key events both domestic and international, with a strong emphasis on urgent, unsettling stories of violence, ongoing investigations, and the economic realities facing Americans this holiday season. The episode also features brief updates on weather-related travel disruptions, Hanukkah celebrations amidst tragedy, and the state of gas prices across the US.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Sydney Hanukkah Shooting Tragedy

• At least 15 killed in what Australian police describe as a coordinated attack by a father-son duo celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi Beach.

• The attackers, identified as a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son, prompted chaos and panic by opening fire on beachgoers.

• Eyewitness Account (00:19):
  “They're trying to get back up but they can't. So we just hid there hoping that nothing bad happens. We're only about 200 meters away from where it happened.”

• Sky News' Shari Markson (00:30):
  “Australian Jews were gathered for the first night of Hanukkah. It was a beautiful family festival. There was singing, food, music and out of nowhere two gunmen. … Reports that there were 50 to 60 shots fired.”

  • The 50-year-old gunman was killed at the scene; the son was injured and is now in police custody.

2. Brown University (Rhode Island) Mass Shooting Investigation

• Police in Providence, RI, detain a person of interest (described only as in their 20s) connected to the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday.
• Federal investigation tactics revealed: FBI geolocation tools tracked the suspect's cell phone to a local hotel.
• CB Cotton (01:04):
  "Local leaders have suggested they have to stay tight lipped about the person of interest... the Associated Press is now reporting that two handguns have been recovered, including one with a laser..."

3. Los Angeles – Brentwood Double Homicide

• Two bodies—a 78-year-old man and a 68-year-old female—were found in the Brentwood home of actor/director Rob Reiner.
• Los Angeles Fire Department responded; no further details given on the circumstances or connection to Reiner.
• Ted Lindner (01:44):
  "The bodies identified as a 78 year old man and a 68 year old female. The home owned by actor and director Rob Reiner."

4. Tough Holiday Spending Season for Americans

• AP-NORC Poll: Nearly half of Americans report spending more on essentials, dipping into savings, and delaying purchases due to rising costs.
• Daria Albinger (02:37):
  "Almost everything costs more this holiday shopping season... Many say they're dipping into savings, scouring for bargains, delaying purchases and using credit cards a lot more than they have in years past."
• Economic divide in perspective:
  • President Trump claims "there is no inflation and that the US economy is booming."
  • Survey: 68% of respondents rate the current U.S. economy as poor, unchanged from the previous December.

5. U.S. Winter Weather Disrupts Travel

• Significant snowstorms led to more than 1,200 U.S. flight cancellations and over 7,400 delays.
• Ted Lindner (03:21):
  “…snowstorms causing big travel headaches. FlightAware showing US airlines have canceled more than 1200 flights so far today with 7400 delays.”

6. Hanukkah Observed Amid Mourning and Resilience

• The national menorah lighting in Washington, D.C., acknowledged the chain of recent tragedies:
  • Sydney Hanukkah massacre
  • Brown University shooting
  • Deaths of U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in Syria
• Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (03:37):
  "From the president of the United States and the first lady... I would like to wish you all a wonderful Hanukkah. Let's celebrate the year. It is a difficult and tough day for what we've lost."
• This year’s ceremony specially honors victims of the recent attacks and fallen Americans abroad.

7. National Gas Prices Continue to Fall

• AAA data: Average price per gallon now $2.91, down 17 cents from a month ago.
  • Highest: Mono County, CA ($5.66/gal)
  • Lowest: Deaf Smith County, TX ($2.91/gal)
• Ted Lindner (03:54):
  "Gas prices continue to slide…National average is $2.91 a gallon, 17 cents less than a month ago...Highest average still in California...Lowest price in the Texas Panhandle…”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Eyewitness on Sydney attack (00:19):
  “They're trying to get back up but they can't. So we just hid there hoping that nothing bad happens.”
• Shari Markson, on Hanukkah shooting (00:30):
  “It was a beautiful family festival...and out of nowhere two gunmen. ... 50 to 60 shots fired.”
• CB Cotton, Brown University update (01:04):
  “Local leaders have suggested they have to stay tight lipped about the person of interest... two handguns... including one with a laser.”
• Daria Albinger, on inflation and holiday woes (02:37):
  “Almost everything costs more this holiday shopping season... dipping into savings, scouring for bargains, delaying purchases.”
• Howard Lutnick, menorah lighting (03:37):
  “It is a difficult and tough day for what we've lost.”

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:03] – Headline: Sydney Hanukkah shooting, initial casualty report
• [00:19] – Eyewitness account of Bondi Beach attack
• [00:26] – Shari Markson details festival shooting
• [01:04] – Brown University shooting, person of interest detained
• [01:44] – Brentwood double homicide in Rob Reiner's home
• [02:32] – Holiday economy & inflation survey results
• [03:21] – Winter weather travel disruptions
• [03:37] – National menorah lighting, tributes to recent victims
• [03:54] – National gas price update

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Tone & Language

The broadcast maintains an urgent, matter-of-fact tone, rapidly cycling through pressing domestic and international stories, with an emphasis on public safety, somber national mood, and economic concerns. The direct language and use of eyewitnesses and official statements heighten the sense of news immediacy.

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Ted Lindner]

The number of dead rises. I'm Ted Lindner, FOX News. At least 15 people are now dead after police say in Australia two men attacked people celebrating Hanukkah on a beach. They were reportedly father and son had opened fire in Sydney causing panic and chaos. This young man was there, people falling.

[Eyewitness]

They're trying to get back up but they can't. So we just hid there hoping that nothing bad happens. We're only about 200 meters away from where it happened.

[Ted Lindner]

Sky News host Shari Markson has more From Bondi Beach.

[Shari Markson]

Australian Jews were gathered for the first night of Hanukkah. It was a beautiful family festival. There was singing, food, music and out of nowhere two gunmen. We now know that they're a 50 year old father and a 24 year old son dressed in black opened fire. Reports that there were 50 to 60 shots fired.

[Ted Lindner]

The 50 year old gunman was killed, his son injured and in custody. Meantime, police in Rhode island have a person of interest in custody for Saturday's mass shooting at Brow University, Fox's CB Cotton.

[CB Cotton]

Local leaders have suggested they have to stay tight lipped about the person of interest now detained because they don't want to compromise any potential prosecution. Providence police have only described this person as someone in their 20s. But the Associated Press is now reporting that two handguns have been recovered, including one with a laser. The other big clues have come from FBI Director Cash Patel who shared photos earlier today on X saying they show the federal agents and the geolocation tools that were used to track the cell phone of the person of interest to a hotel in Coventry, Rhode island and.

[Ted Lindner]

Two bodies discovered in a home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Sunday. Los Angeles Fire Department responding to a call. The bodies identified as a 78 year old man and a 68 year old female. The home owned by actor and director Rob Reiner. America's listening to FOX News.

[CB Cotton]

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[Ted Lindner]

A survey shows the holiday season has not been quite so merry for American shoppers.

[Daria Albinger]

You've probably noticed it. Almost everything costs more this holiday shopping season, from groceries to electricity to especially the items on your holiday gift list. And you're not alone. That's what roughly half of Americans told a survey by the Associated Press Newark center for Public Affairs Research. Many say they're dipping into savings, scouring for bargains, delaying purchases and using credit cards a lot more than they have in years past. The White House disagrees. President Trump insisting there is no inflation and that the US economy is booming. 68% of respondents to the survey, however, continue to say that the US Economy is poor. That's unchanged from last December. Daria Albinger, FOX News.

[Ted Lindner]

The weekend's snowstorms causing big travel headaches. FlightAware showing US airlines have canceled more than 1200 flights so far today with 7400 delays. Jewish leaders lighted the national menorah in Washington, D.C. to begin Hanukkah. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick.

[Howard Lutnick]

From the president of the United States and the first lady and the vice president of the United States and the second lady, I would like to wish you all a wonderful Hanukkah. Let's celebrate the year. It is a difficult and tough day for what we've lost.

[Ted Lindner]

Lutnick says that this year's ceremony will honor those who died in the shooting at Brown University this weekend, as well as those who died in Australia and the two US Soldiers an American interpreter ambushed in Syria. And gas prices continue to slide. AAA announces national average is $2.91 a gallon, 17 cents less than a month ago. Highest average still in California, Sierra Nevada, where drivers in Mono county are paying $5.66 a gallon. Lowest price in the Texas Panhandle. Drivers in Def Smith county paying an unbeatable average of just $2.91 a gallon. I'm te this is Fox News.

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