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This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human did you know? Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10? Upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop Voted PCMag's Reader's Choice top laptop brand for 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere, and Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit LGUSA.com iHeart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PCMag reader's choice used with permission. All rights reserved. Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract for $250,000. This is where mindset comes in. Someone will be eliminated. Pressure is coming down. Trailer games on Prime Video January 8th. Watch the trailer on trainergames.com Season 2 of Unrivaled Basketball is here and the talent is unreal. The best women's players on the planet are running it back with even bigger moments and bigger stakes. Don't miss as Paige Becker, Snafeeza Collier, Kelsey Plumb, Briana Stewart and more take the court and redefine the game. This isn't your regular season. This is unrivaled, where the pace is faster, the energy is higher and every athlete shines. Unrivaled basketball Season 2, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy, tips off January 5 on TNT, TruTV and HBO Max. Support for the show comes from Public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously. On Public, you can build a multi asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, options, crypto and now generated assets which allow you to turn any idea into an investable index. With AI, it all starts with your prompt. From renewable energy companies with high free cash flow to semiconductor suppliers growing revenue over 20% year over year. You can literally type any prompt and put the AI to work. It screens thousands of stocks, builds a one of a kind index and lets you back test it again against the S&P 500. Then you can invest in a few clicks. Generated assets are like EFTs with infinite possibilities, completely customizable and based on your thesis, not someone else's. Go to public.com podcast and earn an uncapped 1% bonus when you transfer your portfolio. That's public.com podcast paid for by Public Investing Brokerage Services by Open to the Public Investing Inc. Member finra SIPC Advisory Services by Public Advisors, llc SEC Registered Advisor Generated Assets is an interactive analysis tool. Output is for information purposes only and is not investment recommendation or advice. Complete disclosures available@public.com Disclosures A new year is on the horizon and your 2026 savings start here. Right now. You can access the Washington post for just $2 every four weeks. Head into the new year with six months of savings at the special intro rate. After that, it'll cost $12 every four weeks. Cancel anytime. You'll get unlimited access to trusted journalism that helps you understand the year ahead and the world around you. Now's the perfect time to subscribe because great habits and great savings start together. Go to washingtonpost.com iheart that's washingtonpost.com iheart and start your year informed with the Post. Ahead on the Christmas Eve edition of American Sunrise, a House divided Republicans are reportedly at odds on President Trump's approach to Venezuela and narco terror. Congressman Randy Fine here to weigh in this morning. Plus, the Epstein files. The Justice Department released more files. There are a lot of references to President Trump, but are those mentions being blown out of proportion? We'll take a look. And later, Merry Christmas Eve. How will you be spending your holiday and what are some of your traditions? We're going to share ours and we want you to hop online to share yours. Those stories and more as American Sunrise starts on Christmas Eve right now. Good morning America. Welcome to American sunrise. Whether it's culture, we have breaking news to share with you. Politics. President Trump is joining us live now from Florida. We've got you covered. This is what it looks like to be a patriot. We have to protect the American family. The American dream is still alive. I'm David Brody. I'm terrence. And I'm Dr. Gina. Good morning, Everybody. I am Dr. Gina. We are live with you from the Palm Beaches. Let's bring in David Brody. He's in Washington, D.C. and T. Bates in our Denver newsroom. Good morning, gentlemen. Merry Christmas, everyone. Good morning. Merry Christmas. Gina T. Bates. Dr. Gina Merry Christmas. Good morning to both of you. You know, I figured I'd do something a little different. DAVID P. Out the ass got again. I, you know, figured it's Christmas, why not get the people what they want? Got to get a people. That's right. No. Good morning, both of you. So look, let's, let's just start the conversation. We've been talking here over the past couple of days about 20, 28. And so we'll get to that here momentarily. But first, how are you going to be spending your holiday? That, of course, is a question that everyone has on their mind. What are some of your traditions, we'll be sharing ours throughout the show. But we also want you to hop online, let us know exactly what you're thinking, what you and your family are going to be doing. We all three will be in our various social media chats today and looking forward to hearing your thoughts. But as I was alluding to, guys, we've been talking about 2028 a lot over the past several days. CNN is out with this headline already. Think about the 2028 election. You're not alone. And apparently we're not alone either. Of course, J.D. vance and Newsom out of California. They lead their respective primaries at this point in a new CNN poll. Still way early. But you know, it's, that's never too early, I guess, for the pollsters to poll. Marco Rubio and Kamala Harris are coming in second, obviously for me, and I've said this many times before, before I can focus on 2028, I still need to get through 2026. But it's still fun to talk about. Dr. Gina yeah, well, it is interesting. I think somebody could come out of nowhere. I mean, look at this point in the 2016 election when Trump emerged, he wasn't even a thought. I don't even think anyone was even talking about him running. That's how far out we are right now. You know, you have a lot of infighting going on. You have, you know, all the rumors on Capitol Hill and David can speak better to this than I can, but are that Ted Cruz is totally undermining the J.D. vance thing. I don't know. I think there are others who maybe at least in maga, want a prescribed president to them three years out by anyone, even maybe their very beloved President Trump, if that's the case. And so I just think it's going to be the most unusual 2028 election that we've ever seen. I think our nominee will be probably someone we're not even talking about yet. David yeah, I tell you what, the last thing we want or MAGA wants is a coronation. And there's no way that J.D. vance really does like this position. I mean, he might think he likes it, but he doesn't because he doesn't want to be the proverbial frontrunner this early on. So we'll see. Look, the bottom line is we're going to find out who President Trump ultimately will support. So I'm assuming he will throw his weight behind or his view and his endorsement behind some candidate. And money, that's a lot of money. And money. That's right. And Then at that point, I mean, look, if it's Rubio, let's just say it's Rubio for some wild reason, right? I mean, let's say it's Rubio, then Rubio's numbers are gonna just totally shoot up. So, look, there's a lot to be said here. We got a lot to unpack. Ted Cruz is in it, clearly, as a proxy war over the future of conservatism and maga. And what exactly does MAGA represent? There's a lot of subplots here, guys. A lot of subplots, a lot of subpl. And a lot of it depends on how the rest of this Trump presidency proceeds. Will he have the same sort of way he's always had? He will have a lot of money. There's no doubt about that. But you know what? Money has never won Republican primaries. It never has. So it'll just be, I think so interesting. You have a lot of MAGA loyalists, oddly, who are still very loyal to President Trump, who don't want J.D. vance because of the things he said in the past about Donald Trump. So it's just the craziest juxtaposition as I, as I read and I watch, not ready at all to get behind anything right now, just watching and reading the opinions of America first and maga. And then you've got that whole thing at play, too, with all the, all the Israel stuff. So this could just be very. This could be. Hey, you guys, guess what? It's not going to be a slow news year. All right, let's check out today's bible verse. Colossians 3, verse 15. And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body. And be thankful. Republicans are divided over President Trump's approach to Venezuela. Some GOP lawmakers support tough action against the Maduro regime, saying it threatens U.S. security. Others warn against military involvement and say America should avoid more foreign conflict. The split highlights growing debate within the party over how far, just how far the US should go. For more, let's bring in Florida Congressman Randy Fine. Congressman, this Venezuela thing is getting more and more, getting to be more and more of a hotbed every single day. The other day, when President Trump had his press conference from Mar a Lago, a lot of people thought we were going to war. Well, look, thanks for having me this morning. The fact of the matter is, it's not about us getting entangled in Venezuela. It's about Venezuela getting entangled with us. And they've become a hotbed to send cocaine and fentanyl into our country, which is killing our people. So we don't have a choice about whether to do anything about it. I do think there's a choice about how involved we get. You know, we can blow up their boats, we can embargo their tankers. That's different than sending in ground troops and actually invading and taking over the place. But I don't think being involved in a country so close to us, it's not a choice. We have to do it given what they're doing to us. But would you agree that the end game here is regime change? I mean, I mean he's not sending all of these battleships and everything and making the posturing down there by Venezuela for just blowing up a few boats and grabbing some oil. I mean, I'm assuming this is about regime change. Yeah, and I think that's the ideal outcome. But there's multiple ways to get in it. Keep in mind, Maduro did not win an election. He just sort of took over the country. He lost and he refused to give up. So having the Venezuelans rise up, take him out and put somebody else in I think is better for everyone. Anytime a country changes who's in charge, it's regime change. But the question is, does it happen because the Venezuelans do it or does it happen because we send in our own ground forces? Those are two very different scenarios. But I think everyone believes the Venezuelans rising up and getting rid of this drug fueling terrorist would be a winner for everybody. Congressman, I realize you and your colleagues are on break at the moment, but it seems that you've left Washington D.C. with lots of unfinished business. This. How confident are you that the various appropriations. Start off on a running start, not just a pedestrian saunter? Well, that's a great question. Thanks for asking it. Look, I think the business of America is never finished. I mean, when you're the most dominant country in the world, there's always going to be things to do. And we're continuing to work even when we're not in Washington. We're a long time from the days where we didn't have email and phones and things like that that continue to work. I am confident that we'll see a series of appropriations bills as soon as we get back. The appropriations chairs have announced that we're going to continue to work on health care. We've done a lot of great work on it already, but we need to keep bringing health care costs down. And I think you're going to see us doing other things to Make America less expensive for Americans. Getting rid of the crazy price hikes that we saw under Joe Biden. There's a lot of work to do, but I think we're up to the challenge to get it done. Congressman, the Hill headline says, this DOJ drops more Epstein files as scrutiny mounts over slow release of tens of thousands of files dropped yesterday, including references to President Trump. There are emails detailing flights he took on Epstein's plane, not to the island. These were domestic flights. Congressman, the Democrats are going to have a field day with this. But I don't know that getting on someone's plane in a domestic flight before he knew what all Epstein was doing is in any way an indictment of his activities regarding Epstein. Well, look, the Epstein investigation that I want to do is why in 2021 and 2022, when Democrats were in charge of the presidency, both the House and the Senate, they had no interest in releasing the Epstein files. I mean, I think that's the investigation we should be focused on. Why? Until it was five years after Jeffrey Epstein died, after Donald Trump became president again, why then the obsession with the files? And so, look, they're releasing everything that's in them, including stuff that's fake. They're not allowed to screen it. They just have to release everything that they have. And what I'm seeing is nothing that implicates the president in truly horrific acts by Jeffrey Epstein. But who is implicated are Democrats who covered it up for so many years. That's who we ought to be investigating. Yeah. Congressman, we've got about a minute left, but let's go to this. Headlines from just the news, but it's all over. SCOTUS rejecting the Trump administration's request to deploy the National Guard troops in Chicago. Obviously, this is a blow to the Trump administration. The Supreme Court didn't find that they had any legal authority to do the deployment. I'm curious to get your take. It was six, three. And you had Kavanaugh and Justice, Supreme Court Justice John Roberts, Alito and Gorsuch, the chief. Well, no, but I'm saying Kavanaugh and Roberts sided with the liberals on this. So I'm curious. I'm sorry, I thought you meant the dissents. My apologies. Yeah. I've never trusted John Roberts, quite frankly. But anyhow. Anyhow, Your take, Congressman. Well, look, it's disappointing, but what's really disappointing is we have to look at. Why did President Trump want to deploy the National Guard? It was to protect ice. And why should our law enforcement agents that are simply trying to to deport foreign invaders need protection by the National Guard. The fact of the matter is we need to pass legislation like the bill I brought forward to put people in jail who get in the way of ice. ICE is simply trying to deport people who should not be in our country. These are foreigners who are here illegally. We need to round them up. We need to send them all out. We've deported two and a half million of them this year, and I hope we deport another 10 million next year with the National Guard or without. Congressman Randy Fine. Thanks for your time. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas to you. Thank you, Congressman. Good to see you. All right, coming up, we're going to check out the hottest headlines from the Net RAV newsroom with T. Bates. Also later, more Israeli strikes on Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly wants to talk to President Trump about exactly that. So where will this lead? We have expert analysis just ahead as this Christmas Eve edition of American Sunrise continues. Hello, my name is Sergeant Tyler Smith. I'm currently deployed in Poland. I want to wish a happy holidays to my wife and family back home. Go Lions. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10 upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop? Voted PCMag's Reader's Choice Top Laptop Brand for 2014, 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere. And Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit LGUSA.com iHeart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PCMag reader's choice used with permission. All rights reserved. Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract for $250,000. This is where mindset comes in. Someone will be eliminated. Pressure is coming down. Trainer games on Prime Video January 8th. Watch the trailer on trainergames.com Season 2 of Unrivaled Basketball is here and the talent is unreal. Paige Beckers, Nafiza Collier, Kelsey Plumb, Brianna Stewart and more are back to redefine the game. Unrivaled basketball season two sponsored by Samsung Galaxy tips off January 5th on TNT, TruTV and HBO. Max support for the show comes from public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously. 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Now, Colin is telling me our wonderful director says he's just passed Papua New guinea, so he should get here. Well, obviously sometime this evening. Beautiful Santa making his way. And Santa is legal, by the way. Just an FYI. But that's a separate issue. Welcome back, everybody, to this Christmas Eve edition of American Sunrise. I'm David Brody. We're gonna have a lot more to discuss, especially about Venezuela. It is a big deal that's coming up in a bit. First, T. Bates standing by with the latest headlines from the Real America's Voice newsroom, sponsored by amac. The association of Mature American Citizens is the conservative voice for Americans 50 and older. AMAC is fighting for the values that you hold dear. Joining Join Today Together we can right the course of America. The US Supreme Court put its version of coal in the Trump administration stocking Tuesday by refusing to allow the president to send National Guard troops to the Chicago area as part of the Commander in chief's use of guardsmen to secure American cities and federal property. With Tuesday's ruling, the justices led a lower court judge's ruling stand blocking the deployment of hundreds of National Guard troops. The Justice Department was hoping that their deployment would stand would withstand legal challenges by Illinois and local officials. The high court says, quote, at this preliminary stage, the government has failed to identify a source of authority that would allow the military to execute the laws in Illinois. Conservative Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented with the order. Well, this Christmas holiday is off to a tragic start in Pennsylvania as an explosion at this Philadelphia area nursing home has at least two people dead. Rescue officials say the number of fatalities could increase because several people still haven't been located and are thought to be trapped under rubble. The explosion collapsed part of the building and sent fire shooting out of the wreckage. Firefighters say as they rushed to save lives. It was a second explosion. Fire department personnel immediately went into a rescue mode. They pulled many residents out of the building via windows doors, stuck in stairwells, stuck in elevator shafts. Within approximately 15 to 30 seconds of us exiting the building, knowing there was a heavy odor of natural gas around us, there was another explosion and fire. All of this happened as utility crews were on site looking for a gas leak. At this point, officials do believe that that leak sparked the explosion. A popular last minute Christmas gift this year may very well end up being a stack of Powerball tickets. Tonight's drawing is worth $1.7 billion, marking the US's fourth largest jackpot on record. The hall is up for grabs after 46 consecutive draws without someone getting all six numbers. Big question, will 47 be the lucky drawing? It's been a very good number for the country so far. Powerball played in 45 states along with Washington, D.C. puerto Rico and the U.S. virgin Islands, Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah. Don't play the game though. The cash value for today's 1.7 jackpot, 1.7 billion dollar jackpot, excuse me, is 781.3 million dollars. Good luck to you. That's a quick check of your headlines. Now let's get a quick check of your forecast. Weather Nation meteorologist Tracy Anthony standing by. By the way, at the bottom of your screen, you see that QR code? Go ahead and scan it and join our friends over at Weather Nation. Tracy, good morning to you. Merry Christmas. The focus, however, not such a Merry Christmas out. Yeah, you know, Adrian and I are in here today because of the potential for flooding around the LA metro area so wanted to show you the country here. Quick. First, we do have some dense fog advisories, but the Central Plains going to stay dry and we're talking about record heat. So for the Southwest, especially California, this is where we're going to have the big problems here for the day today, Louisiana in particular. So we have a high risk, excessive rainfall outlook. And 80% of flood damage happens on these high risk days. So they're not issued very often, but they need to be taken very seriously. We already have some flood warnings or flash flood warnings in place. This is for Ventura County, California. That means flooding is already occurring. So we are talking rainfall rates of an inch and a half per hour. And if you remember last year, last year, early or earlier this year where we had a ton of wildfires across the LA metro area and to the north, these are the areas that are most susceptible to landslides, mudslides, falling rock. And with all the travelers getting out on the road for Christmas, it's a little concerning that we are going to be inundated with this much rain here over the course of the next couple of days. This moisture will stick around through Friday. So, Terrence, we are going to keep a close eye on California here the next couple of days. The silver lining is the rest of the country going to be calm, quiet and 20 to 30 degrees above average. I'll take Silver Linings every day and twice on Sunday. Tracy, always good to see you. Thanks so much. We'll check back with you next hour. Yeah. All right. Also want to send a special thanks to all of those of you who are watching us on Samsung TV watching this show. Also watching Weather Nation. You can in tune tune in to Weather Nation on Samsung TV on channel 1135. Make sure you do that. Thanks again for your tuning in. Up next, President Trump versus Venezuela as the Trump administration is still pursuing a third oil tanker near that country. So what's the ultimate goal here? We'll have the updates for you. First, a quick look at this day in history. It was on Christmas Eve in 1923 that President Calvin Coolidge lights the first national Christmas tree. This was the first tree to be decorated with electric lights and it was 48ft tall. The balsam fir from Vermont, where Coolidge was from, had several musical groups perform at the event where it was lit. This, of course, was a historic moment. We'll have more of this special Christmas Eve edition of American Sunrise coming your way in two minutes. My name is Specialist Diologuerra. I'm here deployed in Poland and I want to give a special shout out to my family back home. You know, Happy Holidays and go Cowboys. Did you know? Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10 upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop, voted PCMag's reader's choice top laptop brand for 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere, and Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit lgusa.com iheart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PCMag reader's choice used with permission. All rights reserved. Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract for $250,000. This is where mindset comes in. Someone will be eliminated. Pressure is coming down. Trainer Games on Prime Video January 8th. Watch the trailer on trainergames.com Season 2 of Unrivaled Basketball is here and the talent is unreal. The best women's players on the planet are running it back with even bigger moments and bigger stakes. Don't miss as Paige Beckers, Nafiza Collier, Kelsey Plumb, Briana Stewart and more take the court and redefine the game. This isn't your regular season. This is unrivaled, where the pace is faster, the energy is higher and every athlete shines. Unrivaled basketball Season 2, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy, tips off January 5 on TNT, TruTV and HBO. Max support for the show comes from Public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously. On Public, you can build a multi asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, options, crypto and now generated assets which allow you to turn any idea into an investable index with AI. It all starts with your prompt. From renewable energy companies with high free cash flow to semiconductor suppliers growing revenue over 20% year over year. You can literally type any prompt and put the AI to work. It screens thousands of stocks, builds a one of a kind index and lets you back test it against the S&P 500. Then you can invest in a few clicks. Generated assets are like EFTs with infinite possibilities, completely customizable and based on your thesis, not someone else's. Go to public.com podcast and earn an uncapped 1% bonus when you transfer your portfolio. That's public.com podcast paid for by Public Investing Brokerage Services by Open to the Public Investing Inc. Member FINRA SIPC Advisory Services by Public Advisors llc SEC Registered Advisor Generated Assets is an Interactive analysis tool output is for informational purposes only and is not investment recommendation or advice. Complete disclosures available@public.com Disclosures A new year is on the horizon, and your 2026 savings start here. Right now. You can access the Washington post for just $2 every four weeks. Head into the new year with six months of savings at this special intro rate. After that, it'll cost $12 every four weeks. Cancel anytime. You'll get unlimited access to trusted journalism that helps you understand the year ahead and the world around you. Now's the perfect time to subscribe because great habits and great savings start together. Go to washingtonpost.com iheart that's washingtonpost.com iheart and start your year informed with the Post. Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell. New York, New York, it's a bit of a sinful city, quite frankly. Having said that, Santa will make an appearance. It might be quick, but he'll be there. Don't worry. Just kidding. Well, not really just kidding on the sinful part, but I grew up there, so I love New York, honestly. Maybe not under Mambani. Welcome back, everybody, to American Sunrise. I'm David Brody. Merry Christmas, everybody. The pressure on Venezuela, it's intensifying. President Trump confirming that the US Continues to track oil shipments tied to the Maduro regime, which, of course, is the dictator's main source of cash, a heavy US Naval presence that's in the Caribbean. It's been there for a while. It's part of a strategy to cut off the oil money, choke narco terror operations and suffocate the regime. That's pretty clear. Joining us now is Jonathan Gilliam, former FBI special agent and Navy SEAL and a great patriot to our country. Jonathan, thanks for being here. So how much Runway does Maduro have left? I mean, is regime change inevitable here? How do you see it? Good morning. Good morning. And Merry Christmas to y'. All. Merry Christmas. I would. I'm not exactly sure what's gonna happen next because, you know, Maduro, he's a snake in the grass and he's gonna try to play like a lot of these people do, that are in world power. When it comes to dealing with President Trump, I think he's going to try to play his cards, and he's going to. His cards are China and Russia, and he believes that, like every world leader out there, that he's much more powerful than he really is. I was in Venezuela about nine years ago, I believe it was with Vice Media. I was on a protection detail, and it was probably one of the most dangerous things feeling places I've ever been, it just, there was no hope in that, in that country. We went through barrios where on average 25 murders a week happen and they go unsolved. 25, over 25,000 murders a year. So it's a very dangerous place. It's a very poor place. You have very rich and you have very poor, no middle class. And what allows the rich to be rich is oil. And they really do praise themselves and pat themselves on the back for that oil. So he believes he's in a better position than he's actually in and he's going to play cards that he has with China and Russia who provide a lot of their infrastructure. It was like being on a Chinese military base when you go into the cities in Venezuela. So they have a strong hand down there, China does and Russia does with their defense. So, so that's, I believe that's what's going to happen first. Now where it goes from there is it's, we haven't seen anything like this recently outside of the Middle east, so it's going to be interesting. But I will tell you this. Having served in central South America as a Navy seal, I know the presence that our Navy has down there and the strength that they have. And this is just a wake up yawn in the morning. This is not a flex that's happening right now. If Maduro wants to see the flex, it will not be pretty. Wow. Jonathan. Israel signaling a new phase with Iran. Netanyahu set to brief President Trump. Iran moving to rebuild its missile program and damaged defenses. From a military strategy standpoint though, Jonathan, do you let Iran rebuild or do you move now before the window closes? You have to think of Hamas and Hezbollah as good examples of how to deal with Iran. I think Israel, despite what Candace Owens may say, Israel is a powerhouse in the Middle east and they're free. And they have been bullied by Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah, which you got to remember, Hamas and Hezbollah are Iran. And how was that effectively dealt with? Israel pretty much eliminated Hamas and to some extent they pushed Hezbollah completely back and crippled them. And then they went directly to the head of the snake and started attacking Iran. And what we found was that Iran is a paper tiger when it comes to conventional warfare. They're a snake definitely when it comes to. Or a tiger when it comes to terrorism. When it comes to propaganda, as you can see with all these leftist protesters in the United States being influenced by the Palestinian cause, that is all Iranian propaganda and intelligence services, they're very Good at that. But if you, if, if we allow Israel to build back up, what we're going to do is see the same thing that happened with Israel and dealing with Hamas and Hezbollah over the years, where they would pound them and then back up, they would build back up and they would pound them. And this was a series of things that they went through. That's the way the regime works in Iran. And if you want to eliminate them, if you want to hurt them, you got to eliminate them really quickly. Before we let you go, I want to talk a bit about Russia. Poland has scrambled fighter jets again after Russia attacked near its border. How is all of this ultimately going to play out? And do you see this as posturing from Russia, or is Russia signaling that it might try to take its fight a little bit further west? Well, I don't think, based on what I've seen, that Vladimir Putin is interested in going into much too much further into the West. I don't believe he wants to cross over into that area. I think he's using, such as I was talking about Venezuela a minute ago. I think that Putin is a trained KGB agent and he knows, and you can see the signs. You can go back now and look at all the maneuvers he's been doing throughout this entire event or campaign for him. And he's thinking tactically, and so he's trying to put himself in a position. When they finally come to the table, he's going to get what he wants. And one of the ways he can do that is by consistently keeping NATO in a heightened state of alert. And so when they finally are able to come to the table and he says, okay, this is where it stops, then everyone else will relax and he'll probably get a lot of what he wants. And so that's my opinion. That's what I see him doing, is he's playing a game. While everybody else is using the Ukraine to move monies around or to get on the campaign trail, Vladimir Putin is slowly and consistently playing tactics to get what he wants. That's the way I see it. And I think if you look back, you'll see the proof of that. Jonathan Gilead, great to have you here. And a real, very merry Christmas to you, sir. Thank you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Hopefully one day I'll come on and talk about bunnies and sunshine and not death and destruction, but Merry Christmas. That's right. Good point. All right, Jonathan, appreciate it. Coming up, faith and Art, Redemption and remembering Charlie Kirk. It's a story behind One Nation under God. Wait till you hear this? We're back in. Mom. I'm PFC Charles Harper, currently deployed in Poland. Want to give a special shout out to my family back home. Happy Holidays. Go Detroit Lions. Thank you patriots. Because of you. Anthem of the free by the J6 Prison Choir and Real America's Music hit number one on iTunes to say thank you. We're giving One Patriot the chance to win an incredible war room. Rebels, Rogues and Outlaws poster signed by the one and only Steve Bannon. 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You better watch out, you better not, better not cry, better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town he's making a list, checking it twice Gonna find out who's naughty and nice Santa Claus is coming all right, everybody. Merry Christmas. Welcome back to American sunrise. I'm Dr. G. Thanks for joining us. It is time now for today's health news, sponsored by the wellness company under the Microscope. Today, a breaking development for weight loss drugs. The FDA has approved a new pill that will help treat obesity. The drug is made by Novo Nordisk and uses the same medicine found in popular weight loss shots we all know about, like Wegovy, Ozempic, Mounjaro, those guys. But this version is taken as a daily pillow, so no injections. For those of you who are a little needle squeamish. Studies show patients lost significant weight over time, with some also seeing heart health benefits. The company plans to release the pill in the US Next year as early as January and says it could be more affordable than some of the others too. So for many, that in and of itself is a Christmas gift. Doctors have warned this year's flu season was going to be a rough one. And now even mainstream media outlets reporting that a new, more virulent severe flu strain is spreading fast here in the US here's the kicker though. The already ineffective flu vaccine even less effective against this new strain. What the mainstream media will not tell you though is that Dr. Peter McCollo warned about this weeks ago. And that's why we all trust the wellness company's two step approach. Step one, prevention through immune defense. Nasal and throat sprays used daily to help support support your body's first line of defense right where viruses enter. And step two, early treatment through the contagion emergency kit. These are physician prescribed antiviral options so treatment can start early. 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For more, let's bring in the woman behind these works, Christian artist and the founder of Believer Christian Art, Julia Rose. Also joining us, the founder of Townsend Consulting and regenerative lifestyle architect David Townsend. Julia, very inspirational that you decided to do this. How did you get the attention of the Turning Point people to be able to present these? Well, we have another painting in studio called One Nation Under God and Charlie Kirk is in that painting. They received one of the limited edition Giclee's a couple of months ago and one of the board members purchased that for Turning Point. He already had that and he commissioned me to do the first painting called Turning Point which I presented at the SAS meeting in July where Charlie was able to see that and read the inspiration story behind it, which turned out to be a prophetic word about him as a defender of the faith and how turning point represents repentance, turning away from sin and towards God. And David, tell us about your involvement. Yeah. So Julia is a dear friend of mine and I'm very passionate about what she's doing here. And from what I understand, this is actually the first or one of the first paintings that Charlie ever saw of him being depicted as a believer of faith and a believer of God. So I'm a strong believer of God. And I think what she's doing here is turning people towards that faith and that background. And working as well with biohack Yourself Media has been a huge honor of mine to be able to restore faith in our country during America's health crisis. As you were just sharing about before. Yeah. And Julia, what do you make of this sort of rebirth of faith for a lot of people after Charlie? How has that inspired your art? Well, first, I was just saved. I. And my first political rally I ever attended was a Charlie Kirk rally. I'm from Illinois, originally escaped to Florida, land of the free, grateful to be here. Midwest. Yes. So my awakening started during the pandemic, and Charlie and President Trump played a role in that, strangely. And I saw evil at work and it turned me towards God. And I think that happened with a lot of people and including what happened to Charlie. I've spoke to many young people and I'm inspired by stories. I had a young man wait over an hour at a bookstore event I was doing to speak with me and share that he had fallen away from his faith, but that Charlie Kirk inspired him to be a better man. He was only 24 years old and had two construction related businesses. So an entrepreneurial spirit and a patriot. But had fallen away from faith. And Charlie's story of martyrdom and the way he lived his life and the fact that Charlie used every opportunity to glorify the name of Jesus Christ was and is inspiring. And that young man, I'm basically twice his age. Almost exactly. And I learned so much from him. I literally, I have my little tent and I speak in the public square as well. I express my faith through poetry and paint. And I'm attacked, often kicked out of national jury of dart shows, ostracized by the community. Yes. And Charlie taught me how to deal with those with that hatred, with love and truth. Not backing off from truth, but also respecting them with love. I Have a story if you like, I can share about that most recently. Well, we have about 30 seconds left, so I just wanted to ask you if you want to tell us what's next for you. Well, I do have a painting I think I'm going to start working on in terms of for the Turning Point organization, where it's going to be Charlie Entering Heaven. And just like this painting, One Nation Earned, God is interactive and each person in there tells a story through a website. This painting will be Charlie being welcomed to heaven with the saints before him. From Adam and Eve to Noah and King David, and then people like Rush Limbaugh and Billy Graham, who, Charlie, I believe, is a combination of the best of the both of them. Both a patriot and an evangelist. Oh, and this painting that we're showing right now, my producer is telling me, has the Zen master in it that is very cool, very special. And LJ and I can't see that far. I need Julio Gonzalez, Duke Tanner. We've got the founders of Biohack Yourself. Beautiful couple who also defend faith and health and wellness. Okay, well, wonderful. Well, we will look for more great things from you. I hope that you both have a beautiful Christmas and I hope that you can come back soon and tell us more about what you're doing. Thank you so much. It's an honor to be here and thank you for bringing Christ back to Christmas. Yeah. Well, thank you. Thank you very much. All right, you guys. Still ahead on American Sunrise. Santa Claus picked up another job this holiday season. Find out what it is. That's next as the special Christmas Eve edition of American Sunrise. Carrie's ride. Hey, specialist. No see your neighbors. I'm currently deployed in Poland. Right now I just want to give a special shout out to my family back at home and happy holidays. He was made of snow, but the children know that he came to life one day. There must have been some magic in that old sil. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10 upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop? Voted PCMag's reader's choice. Top laptop brand for 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere. And Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit LGUSA.com iHeart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PCMag Reader's Choice. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. 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From renewable energy companies with high free cash flow to semiconductor suppliers growing revenue over 20% year over year, you can literally type any prompt and put the AI to work. It screens thousands of stocks, builds a one of a kind index and lets you back test it against the S&P 500. Then you can invest in a few clicks. Generated assets are like EFTs with infinite possibilities, completely customizable and based on your thesis, not someone else's. Go to Public and earn an uncapped 1% bonus when you transfer your portfolio. That's public.com podcast paid for by Public Investing Brokerage Services by Open to the Public Investing Inc. Member finra SIPC Advisory Services by Public Advisors, llc. SEC Registered Advisor Generated Assets is an interactive analysis tool. Output is for informational purposes only and is not investment recommendation or advice. Complete disclosures available@public.com Disclosures A new year is on the horizon and your 2026 savings start here. Right now. You can access the Washington post for just $2 every four weeks. Head into the new year with six months of savings at this special intro rate. After that, it'll cost $12 every four weeks. Cancel anytime. You'll get unlimited access to trusted journalism that helps you understand the year ahead and the world around you. Now's the perfect time to subscribe because great habits and great savings start together. Go to washingtonpost.com iheart that's washingtonpost.com iheart and start your year informed with the Post. Welcome back to this special Christmas Eve edition of American Sunrise. I'm Terrence Bates. We appreciate you starting your morning with us. Coffee pods are really easy, but most of them, well, they're just caffeine and not much else. Rejuvenate Pods are built differently though. They are clean pods that are infused with caakg. It's a compound linked to longevity metabolism and deep cellular energy. 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And it urges them to self deport using the CBP home app. It comes as Homeland Security, Treasury, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi NOEM announced a three thousand dollar home for the holidays incentive for voluntary departure by December 31st. Here's some of the video. All right, let's bring in Dr. Gina and David for their thoughts on this. David, Iceair. Go. Iceair. Right, the new airline. By the way, a lot of people naughty on that list that Santa is checking out for. Sure. Look, I was doing some research before the show. In 2025, since Trump has taken office, 1.9 million people have self deported. Just saying, you know what, Trump's president, I'm out. So that's 1.9, 600,000 have been rounded up by ICE in 2025. So that comes to about two and a half million people have been deported out of this country. That's about 7,000 a day. By the way, under the Biden administration, 600,000 people were deported by ICE in four years. So think about that. 600,000 in one year deported by ICE with the Trump administration. 600,000 in four years by the Biden administration. And that's high. By the way Gina, the first year under Biden, only 25,000 people were deported compared to 600,000 by the Trump administration. Yeah, it's such mental gymnastics to even get your head around what goes through these people's minds. I was thinking about this the other day, you know how they Always say, oh, well, you know, they're deporting families and people that have been here and established careers, they still came illegally. Terrence, I have a feeling that if someone took up residence in your home this afternoon and it was not okay with you, they were uninvited. If they were really nice in a couple of years and still eating your food and you're still paying your bills and they're not supposed to be there, and they're not part of your family and they didn't earn being there, I have a feeling no matter how lovely they were, you would still want them out of your house. That is the right of the American citizen. And thank God we are righting that ship. And, Terrence, just to pick up on what you always say, we have got to find a way to make sure that all of this is going to carry over into whatever horrible administrations might occur in our future. That has to be a big, big priority. We don't hear a lot about. No, absolutely. You made it really personal, though. Like, I had PTSD there for a minute. I was. I was twitching just thinking about somebody taking over, taking over my house. I was like. But I mean, is it logical? No, absolutely. It makes sense. I fully get where you were going. It absolutely makes sense. And it makes it real for many people, because for some people, I think. And this is the point that you were trying to make, Dr. Gina. Oh, it's a bigger thing. It's. Yeah. It's not necessarily my neighborhood. Oh. They're just here. They're talking, taking up our resources. But it doesn't really impact me. Well, it does. And if you really kind of break it down to the micro scale and think of it as this is your home and someone is invaded, and that's the term that obviously we hear use a lot. Invaded your home. How would you feel about that? And what kind of pushback would you present? So I think that's the point that you were trying to make, Dr. Gina and Savannah. Yeah. And maybe that's why we call it the home of the brave, is because it is really only the brave who are going to do anything about protecting their home. Wow. Absolutely. That was deep. Like, that was a little too deep. Dr. G. Is Christmas Eve we're supposed to have fun there? Supposed to have fun. Today you got all deep on us, Dr. G. Coming up, as I just mentioned, today is Christmas Eve. So how can people show their faith and celebrate the birth of our Lord and savior? We'll ask a faith leader next here on American Sunrise. My name is Stefan Jamel Franklin, currently deployed here in Poland. I would like to give a special Happy Holidays message to my wife and kids back home. Go Cowboys. Thank you Patriots. Because of you. Anthem of the free by the J6 Prison Choir and Real America's Music hit number one on iTunes to say thank you. We're giving One Patriot the chance to win an incredible war room. Rebels, Rogues and Outlaws poster signed by the one and only Steve Bannon. How to enter 10 Text J6PC to 75802 to opt in Download Anthem of the Free on itunes. Be ready to show proof of purchase. Already downloaded. You're in. Haven't yet. Now's your chance to join the mission and still be eligible to win. 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Welcome back to our special Christmas Eve edition of American Sunrise. It's now time for our moment of faith, which is brought to us by Lee Greenwood and the God Bless the USA Bible in focus today, a Christmas Eve message On a night that's filled with light, the Christmas Eve story reminds us that hope was born in humility. Truth arrived without fanfare, and faith changed the world not through power, but through promise. As we prepare our hearts for Christmas morning, the question is very simple. How do we carry that message of hope, courage and conviction into the days ahead? Joining Me now is C.L. bryant. He is a pastor, filmmaker and author. Pastor Brian Always good to see you. Let's start here. What does Christmas Eve still call us to remember as we move even into the new year? It recalls us to remember Terrence. And thank you so much for having us on. Merry Christmas to you all. It calls us to remember the life that God has given to us and the life that we must, must choose in this life. We all have that choice. And that's what Christmas Eve is all about, is re examining our choices. And it actually comes to mind a passage from the old Testament, Deuteronomy 30 and 19, where God commands Moses to write these words to the people so that they will never forget that he lays out before them their lives, and he lays out before them the choices that come in those lives. And. And he says to them in that passage, choose life. And it is so good and invigorating, hopeful even, to see young people that I've seen on the show today who are choosing life. And I see America turning back toward choosing life. Charlie was a friend of mine, knew him since he was 18 years of age and lost contact with him. But we knew that Charlie would certainly become something that would be magnificent. And God has raised him up and he chose life. And that's what Christmas Eve is all about. And this particular Christmas Eve is one, I think, Terence, is even more prominent and pronounced than the last one because then Charlie was with us. And I do believe that the President had not been been shot at at that point in time. And America had a chance to choose life. And that's what we're doing. And I thank God that our young people are turning back toward choosing that, as the scripture says, so that our seed may be blessed. Amen. Pastor Bryant, it is always good to see you, sir. I wish you and your family a very merry Christmas and look forward to talking to you in the new year. Merry Christmas to you and Happy New Year to all. Thank you so much. We're back with the second hour of our Christmas edition, Christmas Eve edition of American sunrise in two minutes. Hey, it's Sergeant Pittman of 3rd Infantry Division, currently deployed here in Poland. I want to give a special shout out to all my friends and family back home. Go, Commanders. Merry Christmas. Raise hell. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10? Upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop. Voted PCMag's Reader's Choice top laptop brand for 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere. And Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit LGUSA.com iheart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11 PCMag Reader's Choice. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract worth $250,000. This is where mindset comes in. Someone will be eliminated. Pressure is coming down. Trainer Games on Prime Video January 8th. Watch the trailer on trainergames.com Season 2 of Unrivaled Basketball is here and the talent is unreal. The best women's players on the planet are running it back with even bigger moments and bigger stakes. Don't miss as Paige Beckers, Nafiza Collier, Kelsey Plumb, Brianna Stewart and more take the court and redefine the game. This isn't your regular season. This is unrivaled, where the pace is faster, the energy is higher and every athlete shines. Unrivaled Basketball Season 2, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy, tips off January 5 on TNT, TruTV and HBO Max support for the show comes from Public, the investing platform for those who take it seriously. On public, you can build a multi asset portfolio of stocks, bonds, options, crypto and now generated assets which allow you to turn any idea into an investable index with AI. It all starts with your prompt. From renewable energy companies with high free cash flow to semiconductor suppliers growing revenue over 20% 20% year over year, you can literally type any prompt and put the AI to work. It screens thousands of stocks, builds a one of a kind index and lets you back test it against the S&P 500. Then you can invest in a few clicks. Generated assets are like EFTs with infinite possibilities, completely customizable and based on your thesis, not someone else's. Go to public.com podcast and earn an uncapped 1% bonus when you transfer your portfolio. That's public.com podcast paid for by Public Investing Brokerage Services by Open to the Public Investing Inc. Member FINRA SIPC Advisory Services by Public Advisors, llc. SEC Registered Advisor Generated Assets is an interactive analysis tool. Output is for informational purposes only and is not investment recommendation or advice. Complete disclosures available@public.com Disclosures A new year is on the horizon and your 2026 savings start here. Right now you can access the Washington post for just $2 every four weeks weeks head into the new year with six months of savings at this special intro rate. 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The disgraced former first son openly rebukes his father's key policy decisions during a recent podcast interview. We're going to show you what he had to say later in the hour. Those stories especially so much more as the second hour of this special Christmas Eve edition of American Sunrise starts right now. Good morning America. Welcome to American sunrise. Whether it's culture, we have breaking news to share with you. Politics. President Trump is joining us live now from Florida. We've got you covered. This is what it looks like to be a patriot. We have to protect the American family. The American dream is still alive. I'm David Brody. I'm terrence. And I'm Dr. Gina. Welcome back, Everybody, to the second hour of American Sunrise. I'm David Brody coming to you from D.C. let's bring in Dr. G and Wes Palm and T. Bates in our Denver newsroom. Good morning to both of you. Gene, I'm not quite sure where Santa is at this hour, but he's working. He's working hard. You know, Terrence brought up, oh, I can't say this cause I'll ruin a Christmas present. Never mind. He brought up, I wanted to talk about what he was getting his wife for Christmas. But that would be a clue because she's probably watching. But I just have to say, Tamara, if you are watching, your husband is getting you one of my favorite things in the whole entire world. And you're gonna love it. Cole. Cole. Yeah. No, it's a lovely gift and it's very useful and our viewers can find out after Christma Christmas when we talk about it. Yes. Because I'm not gonna ruin it. But no, we love the no red. You're hilarious. I Can't believe I almost blew that. Wow. But the. No. Rad Christmas with my kids when they were little, that was a whole thing. I mean, I had to sit and watch that. Do you guys even know what I'm talking about? You all. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You know, big thing. And my Sammy, he's still. He's all in. You guys, when you adopt a child with down syndrome, you have Santa in your life forever. It's kind of cool. Yes. Yeah. That's neat. Yeah, that's cool. Yeah. And there's Santa on the screen. Hey, quickly, guys. Traditions. Christmas traditions. Christmas Eve traditions. David, go. Well, you know, this year is gonna be a little bit different. We're actually celebrating Christmas a day or two after Christmas. Do not say the word enchiladas, David. If you. Empanadas. Empanadas. Empanadas. Enchiladas. No, we're gonna. Chili cheese burritos. No, we won't. No. Just playing around. No, we have a. It's a whole big two day, wonderful celebration. Breakfast and brunch and games and movies and more food. And then, you know, it's a great, great time. What about you guys? That's awesome, Dr. G. Yeah. You know, I'm gonna be honest. I'm adjusting to adulthood with my children. So I have one son who's already gone to Ohio to be with his fiance. I have another son who has a. Yeah. You know, and I'm adjusting and I don't like it. I'm not gonna lie. Like, I. I guess being an only child of two, only children, I only ever had anywhere to go. And so I was always with my parents, always with my grandparents. There was no division there. It's really hard for me. And so I'm learning to share my children. But our traditions are really a lot like yours, David. Aside from the empanadas, we do a lot of games and I've tried to come up with some creative games. I think I told you guys we're doing a Polaroid party this year. So I'm especially excited about that. That's awesome. Well, I'm excited for both of you. What's yours? My parents are in town. Our traditions kind of change from year to year. As the kids get older, the traditions, I guess, kind of shift a little bit. A little bit. And so since last year, our tradition was to just like have, like, binge watch Christmas movies. And my youngest started last night. She watched, I think, all of the Home alones. And then we picked up my parents from the airport. And so it's just good to have them in. I was telling you guys earlier that even in my own house, my dad is still bossing me around and still being dad. It was like 10:30 last night and we were just up chit chatting. He was like, go to bed. You got to go to work tomorrow morning. Go to bed. Bed. I was like, really? You going to do me like that in my house? Anyway, let's get a quick check of your forecast really quickly. Our friends over at Weather Nation keeping an eye on the skies for us particularly out west. Tracy Anthony joining us. Tracy, I'm here. Tracy, good morning. You're there. I'm sorry, I was seeing you on the screen. I was like, I see her making her way to the screen. Hey, Tracy, good morning. Merry Christmas to you. Hey, good morning. Merry Christmas. You know, most of us across the country, pretty quiet weather, waking up to some fog across the Central Plains. But Terence, the real big story is out west areas like California, we have an atmospheric river that's coming on shore and it's just a surge of moisture. So from the Bay Area all the way down through LA, we are expecting 4 to 7 inches of rain over the next day, day and a half. And that has caused a high risk day for excessive rain. And basically what that means is we could have flash flooding, river flooding, but this area in particular has been impacted very hard with the wildfires earlier this year. So those burn scarred areas become extremely susceptible to that flooding. And with landscape slides, mudslides and flooding being a big concern, it's just a big travel day. So prolonged periods of rain over the next three days and that's going to include Christmas is going to cause some major issues. So evacuation warnings around sun, the sunset and Palisades burn scars already in place today. So if you know anyone in this area, this could be the wettest Christmas for Los Angeles on record. All we have to do is get over about three and a half inches of rain. So definitely a lot going on. The other big story across the country is the warm temperatures. We will have a big cool down though before 2026 starts. But over a dozen states could have record high temperatures. And then thought this was kind of fun. Hey, did you know there's a Christmas Florida or a Rudolph Wisconsin, that's where they're going to have the cooler air. The rest of us going to be nice and toasty. Terrence, by the way, Santa Claus, Indiana, I've been there. There's an amusement park there. Guess what it's called North Pole. No, Holiday World. Okay. I've never heard of it close called Holiday World. Go fact check me. Go look it up. Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana. I've been there. Some pretty good roller coaster coasters there. Tracy, good to see you. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Appreciate you. You as well. I'm gonna go check it out right now. Okay. All right. You fact check me, I'm telling you. All right, folks, once again, we appreciate you watching us, particularly watching our friends over on Weather Nation on Samsung tv. Make sure you stay tuned. And thanks again for all of those of you who are watching us, click that QR code there at the bottom and always stay connected with our friends over at Weather Nation. All right, let's get you over to David now. David, good morning. Good morning. I've been to the North Pole, by the way. North Pole, Alaska. That is true. Not that actual North Pole, but there you go. Yeah. All right. There you go. Trivia. We're a well traveled group, aren't we? Oh, that's right, that New Jersey. That's where I've been. All right. The U.S. supreme Court has refused to lift a lower court order that blocked President Trump from deploying National Guard troops to the Chicago area. It's a move sought by the Justice Department as the case plays out. Illinois officials and local leaders had sued to stop the federalization of the Guard, arguing that the troops should not be used to back up immigration enforcement in Democrat led jurisdictions. Well, joining us now with analysis is rav White House chief correspondent Brian Glenn. Brian, obviously Merry Christmas to you. First of all. Merry Christmas. Yeah. Hey, look, this is a significant setback for the administration. I mean, essentially the Supreme Court is saying that the White House didn't meet the legal burden to prove that they couldn't execute the laws of the land without federal military intervention. I'm curious to get your take on it and what the White House might be saying this morning. Well, this is a temporary setback. But you know, if you talk to many in the MAGA base and I think we all think we have a kind of a pulse on what the base feels about this and maybe people in Chicago feel about this, they want the National Guard troops in their community cleaning up crime and getting rid of some of the worst of the worst in our society that causes most of the problems. And of course, we've seen what it's done in Memphis. We've seen what it's done in D.C. national Guard on the ground cleaning up the streets, maybe being a big deterrence of anyone else coming around and wanting to break the law. But let's see, I know that White House is certainly doesn't agree with this decision, but I think that we could see these troops moving in anyway as you got a governor there that just refuses to acknowledge that he's got some cities that are out of control in some of the highest murder rates in the country. So from a common sense standpoint, David, this makes zero sense. But I guess in the law, the letter of the law, I guess they have to follow it. But even though we don't necessarily agree with it, Brian, President Trump is putting the New York Times on his naughty list. This following their reports on Jeffrey Epstein this week. Here's some of a truth social post from 47. He writes the failing New York Times and their lies and purposeful misrepresentations is a serious threat to the national security of our nation. Their radical left unhinged behavior, writing fake articles and opinions in a never ending way must be dealt with and stopped. They are a true enemy of the people. Thank you for your attention to this matter. He writes. What do you think this is going to ultimately or how do you think this will ultimately end? Will there be another lawsuit against the New York Times? Yeah. Will they be on the outside looking in? How will the administration handle the New York Times and it's reporting? Yeah, this is an ongoing battle. If you remember terence back in 2016 when he kind of took on the fake news as he likes to call it, New York Times has been front and center often featured on the new website that the White House has put out. As far as some of the media outlets that refuse to tell the whole entire story or quite frankly make up their own story, I do anticipate the Trump administration refiling this again. It was kicked out first, it was too lengthy, needed to be shortened a little bit, a little bit more precise on what they were claiming. But President Trump often calling out the New York Times for inaccurately reporting on issues that could potentially drive this country into some type of chaos. So I understand where he's coming from and he does describe the fake news media as being the enemy of the state. This, this is just laundry list of media outlets that have not accurately reported on the president. And I think worse is reported stuff that's completely false. It's one thing to leave the second half of the story out, it's another thing just to make up stuff. And I think apparently that's what President Trump is claiming the New York Times does absolutely bah humbug to the New York Times. Brian and Glenn, Merry Christmas to you and thank you for everything you've done for real America's Voice this year and our show specifically. No, I. I was sitting here. Well, I was here sitting. I know we're running short on time. I was here thinking about listening to crosstalk here and I'm just very appreciative to call you guys a friend and a co worker. And sincerely, Merry Christmas to you and your entire family and to our RAV viewers. I pray for peace within your family within coming up next year with everyone. Thanks, Brian. Thank you. You too. Thank you. Love you guys. Love you back. We do. And how's this for a transition? Let's talk about Greta Thunberg. Oh, Greta Thunberg on Christmas Eve. Really? What doesn't go together in that equation? Oh, I know her. She's been arrested in London. The professional protester detained after publicly supporting a banned group under the UK's terrorism laws. Her and her story and the flotilla and the tortilla and all that. Back in a moment. ASR Pippin of 3rd Infantry Division, currently deployed here in Poland. I want to give a special shout out to all my friends and family back home. Go commanders. Merry Christmas. He could laugh and play just the same. Did you know? Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10 upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop. Voted PCMag's Reader's Choice top laptop brand for 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere. And Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit LGUSA.com iheartra for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11 PC Mag. Reader's Choice. Used with permission. All rights reserved. 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We'll take it to New York for the opening bell here in short order. I can tell you that it will be an abbreviated day of trading. The markets will close at 1pm on this Christmas Eve. But still there's money to be gotten. Here's a look at pre market trading. Pretty good, top to bottom, all green, just like my commute into work. All green. Hopefully it stays that way through one o' clock this afternoon. When the markets close again, we'll take it to New York for the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange here in short order. First though, let's get you out to David Brody. David, good morning. Good morning, T. Bates. All right, let's do our daily dose of dollars and common sense this morning and on this Christmas Eve. There's a lot for Americans to unwrap when it comes to the economy. For that, let's bring in Michael Wilkerson, founder of Stormwall Advisors. Michael, merry Christmas. Thanks for being here. Well, first up, gold and silver. I mean, they've just wrapped up one of their strongest years in decades. Both metals hitting record highs in 2025. What do you think driving that surge? And you wonder if everyday investors should be paying attention. Clearly they should. I think they absolutely should. A couple big factors driving it. Probably the most important is that central banks around the world are buying massive amounts of gold. That's been true for several years now. But as countries have started to think about whether they have faith and confidence in the US Dollar instead of using dollars and Treasuries as foreign reserves they're accumulating gold that has a massive, massive impact on the price overall. And that sentiment is, has extended to investors around the world who see gold as a safe haven in times of inflation. And we've seen over the last few years that there's a lot of concern around governments, including our own, running large deficits, accumulating debt. And they look at silver. Investors look at silver and gold as a way to hedge the risk that their dollar will continue to be war worth less and less in purchasing power. Yeah, Michael, those last minute shopping deals and at least the shopping at the malls. I say the malls. What is in 1987? But anyhow, the point is it's continuing ahead of Christmas. Consumers are spending, but they are spending very carefully. They're hunting for deals stretching every dollar. What do you think? I mean, does this look like a healthy consumer market or one feeling the pressure? What's your sense of that? Obviously we'll get the numbers after Christmas, but what's your sense going in? My sense is that consumers are trend treading water. You know, we've seen credit card reports that sales are up around 4% year to date. When you factor in inflation that's been running at least officially at 3%, in reality, probably higher, that basically says that there's been no real growth in consumer spending. What I'm concerned about is the credit card debt is up almost 6% from a year ago. So what spending is going on, on, unfortunately, consumers are putting on more debt to credit cards and that's probably not healthy over the long run. For sure. Yeah. By the way, we saw those numbers yesterday. 4.3 GDP growth better than expected. And everybody's, you know, the Trump administration is making a big deal about it, but that's obviously going to affect interest rates. I'm assuming so much for interest rate cuts. Right. I mean, how does that balance out? I'm trying to understand a little bit of that very strong growth figure. You know, we had mixed signals coming out of the labor market. Some, some good signals, some bad. Bad. I think the Fed is on track to reduce rates at least one more time through this cycle, maybe more. But you're right, the fact that the economy is growing pretty strongly raises concern that if they lower rates too much, too fast, inflation will return. On the other hand, the government has so much debt that it needs to get that cost of borrowing down so that it can continue to, to, to borrow and continue to move forward. All right, so Michael, let me ask you about this White House idea. They're floating the idea of these $2,000 checks funded by tariff revenue. We've heard different sorts of figures, but 2000 is one of them. It's going to require congressional approval. How realistic is this and what does it mean for the economy if it happens? Well, this is simply a transfer from one form to another. You know, the other way to do this would be to reduce taxes. Who doesn't like free money? So this is something that everybody would be on board for. It's politically very easy to do. View the challenge becomes this is going to cost, even if you assume $100,000 cap, about $450 billion according to some estimates. Now this past fiscal year for the government that just ended, the government brought in about 195 billion in, in tariff revenue. Sec. Treasury Secretary Bessant says that that number could go up to 500 billion over the course of this year. So the question is, are we using all of the tariff revenue revenue in order to give this rebate, or can we find a way to get to the real heart of the problem, which is to reduce government spending, lower taxes and cut regulation? That's the real solution over the long run. Yeah. Let me ask you a straight up question about. It's a bit political because it has to do with the midterms coming up. And you know, the Trump administration wants to, wants to make sure people out there are feeling better about prices. That affordability question, what is your sense going into not just the new year, but as we get into to Q1 and Q2, especially after Q2, around June 30, is there a sense that, that this can pick up? What are the chances of that? Because let's be honest, the White House is relying on strong economic numbers after Q2 regarding the big beautiful bill that's now the big beautiful law. I mean, how realistic of an expectation is that? We got about 30 seconds or so. So government statistics are one thing. Good GDP numbers, good employment numbers, numbers. Consumers don't measure statistics, they measure their pocketbook. And we need to get to a place where purchasing power is restored. In other words, we need to have real wages catch up. And they're starting to with the inflation that's run for the past three or four years, if consumers actually start earning more, if the economy strengthens and we've got some, some, some headwinds because of AI and other things that are putting pressure on employment. So I think it's a challenge. It is. Is one of the major issues that the Trump administration faces is to get people feeling good again about their Purchasing power and affordability. No doubt about it. Michael Wilkerson. Have a great Christmas. Thanks for being here on nc. Appreciate it. All right, heading back to Terrence Towens. Did I just say to in Denver? It's like mauij Anyhow, the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Sponsored by amac, the association of Mature American Citizens is the conservative voice for Americans 50 and older. AMAC is fighting for the values that you hold dear. Join today. Together we can write the course of America. All right, we are getting ready for the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Again. Today is going to be an abbreviated day of trading as the markets are set to close at 1 o'. Clock. Since it is Christmas Eve, the applause is underway which means we are moments away from from hearing the opening bell and then the scurry on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as those first trades of the day get in. This is the New York Stock Exchange trading floor operations team that is giving us the applause and at the podium today. Thanks to them for all they do in terms of keeping the markets open. You just heard it ladies and gentlemen. The markets are now officially open. And here's how things are looking at the moment. We may see some change as we refresh this board here, but the top of the board at the moment is in the red. And you may remember literally about 7 minutes ago in pre market trading, everything was looking positive. Not so much at the moment, but we'll of course continue to monitor it all for you throughout the day. And when I say throughout the day, I mean till 1pm Eastern because that is when the markets will ultimately close today. Well, here's something to consider folks. Gold is up around 40% this year year. It's not speculation, that's reality. And if a portion of your savings isn't diversified into gold, well, you may be missing the boat. Here are the facts. Inflation is still way too high, the US Dollar is still too weak and the government debt is insurmountable. That's why central banks are flocking to gold these days. In fact, they are the ones that are driving prices up to record highs like what we're seeing today. It's not too late to buy gold from the Birch Gold Group though. You can get in the floor and get in the door. Excuse me. Now the Birch Gold Group will help you convert an existing IRA or 401k into a tax sheltered IRA. In gold you don't pay a dime out of pocket. All you have to do is text the word America to the number 989-898 and claim your free information kit. There's no obligation here, just useful information. The best indicator of the future is the past, and gold has historically been a safe haven for millennia, so there's really not much else to say other than to text the word America to the number 989-898 right now and claim your free information kit on gold. Text America to the number 989898 right now and protect your future today. With the Birch Gold Group still to come here on American Sunrise, the J6 choir has released its new single and it's getting quite the reaction. We're talking all about it after the break. First though, a special holiday shout out from one of our service members. Hi, I'm Lieutenant Donnelly from 112CAV down here in Lithuania. Want to wish you all a Merry Christmas. I love you Mom. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10 upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop, voted PCMag's reader's choice top laptop for brand for 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive Anywhere and Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit LGUSA.com iHeart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PCMag reader's choice used with permission. All rights reserved. Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. 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Even beat Mariah Carey for a couple of days. The track is part of a larger project launched by Real America's Voice and it's a new platform that is aimed at promoting patriotic America. First Voices Through Music. This is the coolest thing ever. The release comes as the group made up of January 6th prisoners and friends continues to make headlines years after the Capitol attack. Building on earlier efforts to reframe their story through music, here's a special offer we have for RAV viewers to support this incredible moment. Take a look. Thank you Patriots because of you. Anthem of the free by the J6 Prison Choir and Real America's Music hit number one on iTunes to say thank you. We're giving One Patriot the chance to win an incredible war. War Room Rebels, Rogues and Outlaws poster signed by the one and only Steve Bannon. How to enter text J6PC to 75802 to opt in Download Anthem of The free on itunes. Be ready to show proof of purchase. Already downloaded. You're in. Haven't yet. Now's your chance to join the mission and still be eligible to win. All net proceeds from this song go to the Stand in the Gap foundation, proudly supporting J6 prisoners facing mental and physical. Physical trauma and financial crisis caused by this political attack. Yes, we hit number one. But we can't stop there. Keep the pressure on. Keep downloading. Let's turn the woke music and entertainment industry upside down. A song not only for January 6th, but for all Americans. This is bigger than a song. It's a movement. And J6PC stands for J6 Prison Choir. Not politically correct. I just wanted to make sure I clarified. But for more, let's welcome two of the people largely responsible for the beautiful day that we recorded this song. The largest, by the way, gathering of the J6ers, I believe, ever. If I'm not mistaken, that is the host of the illustrious Cowboy Logic right here at Rav Donna Fiducia. Don Nguyen, Good morning to both of you. Has to wear his mascot. Parents, you have influenced me with your ass caught, but you do it better, Don. I must admit, I'm. I'm almost going to take mine off because you made it look much better. No, actually, that's a shop rag. That's actually a shop rag. It's the only thing that I could find. Oh, that's. Oh, my goodness. Should we actually have an interview or are we just gonna. No. Okay, well, we're gonna do whatever you wanna do. Yes. All right, well, listen, first of all, Merry Christmas to you guys. Yes. Merry Christmas. This is to you all. This is such a special day. We recorded this. And Don and Donna, it wouldn't have happened without you. Rob had everyone to the studio. We were down at another studio recording. It was just a beautiful day. You were so sweet, Donna. I would say you invited me to be part of it. You more loved, like, dragged me. You're going. I was so honored. I was like, yes. You are a J6er. Yeah, you were there. I will never accept that title, but I was blessed. And, Donna, I just noticed the special relationship that you and Don have with each and every one of them. And what a beautiful day. Talk about how these relationships have affected your faith, your life, and especially this Christmas, you know? Now you start. Don, really, he has been speechless. Well, I am, because he has watched, probably, except for some of the Jan Sixers that were incarcerated, so much of this video, and it's an absolute 180, you know, all the body cam footage, everything. It's an absolute 180 from what the mainstream media has been feeding us for the last five years. And I call it the five year plan. It's J6, it's Covid, it's the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax. Well, that took actually 10 years almost to come out, but. And then it's like, oops, sorry we ruined your life, but you know, just move on. Well, we can't do that. And our show actually this weekend is going to show how this horrible thing that happened, an attack of the American government on common citizens that were just, just doing their patriotic duty, really has affected all of them still. Their lives are, are just ruined in most cases. And it's not funny, but it is a situation that needs to be exposed. You guys want me to answer your question now? Sure. All right. To answer your question, Dr. Gina, over the last four and a half, almost five years, years, we have gone from strangers with these J6ers to having so many phone conversations, so many emails back and forth on either the jail email up in D.C. or COR links that right there is in D.C. that's just outside the main room. That's the telephones where they would call and sing the national anthem, them to Mickey out on the corner or to our show where they would call in and, and sing the national anthem. What we have learned specifically about faith is this. Any of the men that. And women that went into that were Incarcerated because of J6, their faith is what got them through it, period, Full stop. They appreciated the mail, they appreciated the support they got from Cowboy Logic and RAB viewers, but faith is what got them through it. When they were in the hole for weeks and weeks and weeks and months and months on end, that's all they had. Yeah. Everything was stripped from them. Yeah. And what's amazing is that in these conversations, and we've had hundreds and hundreds of interviews and, and more conversations, Christ, God, their faith is always what they talk about. It's what they got. It's what got them through it, period. And they all still 100% back Donald Trump. They still say the 2020 election was stolen and we're starting to see that it was finally coming out. And the bigger thing is, though, is we're learning the difference between a full pardon and a commutation. And if you're only commuted because the Oath keepers and the proud boys were targeted still, and they've only for the most part been just commuted, you're still a felon. You still can't own A gun. You still can't vote. You still can't get your military benefits. Military benefits? Joe Biggs. Yeah. He's got two Purple Hearts and can't. He still can't have his military benefits, which means his daughter doesn't have benefits as well. Yeah. The media is just not going to report any of this. No, they're not. No, they're not. I'm curious about the musical aspect to this because music is so powerful and the launch of real America's music just goes hand in hand on all this. So I'm curious to get your take on that. And of course, do you think, what are the chances of Liz Cheney downloading this for Christmas? Zilch. Zero, Nada. Pay it forward. I wonder if our viewers can buy Liz a copy of this musically. Well, they started singing the national anthem, victim in prison in D.C. way early in the. In. In the game. Okay. And they did it for morale themselves, but also in defiance of the jail because the D.C. jail was giving them a bunch of crap about doing it. And so they said, said, hey, you can give us crap all day long. We're going to sing this national anthem. And we decided that. I don't even remember the year of this, ladies and gentlemen. I'm sorry, but over three years, we probably. Early 20. Yeah. Late 22, early 23. We were, we were covering a Trump rally in Georgia. Georgia. And we tried to get the Trump rally, our coverage with Rav to open up with them singing the national anthem. So we're on the phone to the jail. They're trying to communicate back and forth with Denver and. And it wasn't working out because the jail actually shut off the phones because they listen. Yeah, they listen to the call. One of the jan Sixers, James McGrew, his mom, Leslie, and, and we talked with her back and forth. And he got the phone and he said right at 3 o' clock, when the Trump rally was gonna start, that they were gonna all get together and sing. Well, the jail found that out and turned off their phones. So we recorded it later on. And that's the rough thing that we used first. And then we got them to record it again by actually going to various places inside the jail that sounded the best. And Don put that all together and that's what you see at the end of our show with the cowboys riding into the sunset. Is that J6 prison choir. And yeah, here's a little. Here's a little inside baseball on, on the first national anthem. I. I can't hear, so. Oh, okay. Well, you got 30 seconds. Oh, it was recorded in Kelly Meg's cell. That's where the first national anthem was recorded. Supported. And then we were able to get everybody down to Florida and all these different people that couldn't participate in that one could participate, including our beautiful Dr. G. And we have a special. It's going to be on from 8 to 10 tonight and tomorrow night. So we hope you watch our J6 special. Donna's giving time cues. Donna's. Guys. I know. That's adorable. Goes back. I didn't hear it. Goes back to my 30 years in the business. Yeah, yeah, exactly. I'm used to a time clock. I want to know what happened to the snow in the background. But you're going to have to tell them that at the barn party because we are. It's 70 degrees here today. Oh, I loved the snow. Oh, but I love your decorations. And I love you guys. I'll tell you a life changing. This song is life changing on so many levels. And a lot of that is because of you guys. Zinn Master and so many who've been involved for so long. And of course, our amazing. The spirit of our J6ers, those living and those that aren't with us anymore. Download the song. We love it. They are so many wonderful people that have been wronged. Merry Christmas to you all. We love you guys. Love you. Love you, John and Donna. Anthem of the free. You can scan the QR code right there. Download it right now. Makes such a difference. Coming up, Hunter Biden just revealed what he really thinks about his father's legacy in the White House. And it's not. Not what you might think. Let's just say that that story next right after the break. Don't go anywhere. Hi, I'm Specialist David Osuna, currently deployed in Poland. I want to say happy holidays to my wife, family and friends. Go cowboy. The radical left knows exactly what they're doing. They want to steal the election. We're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard. Events in Washington have taken a violent. Violent and tumultuous turf. January 6th wasn't just a moment in history. For thousands of Americans, it was the moment their voices were taken. It's insurrection. They were persecuted, hunted, seditious conspiracy. But behind prison walls, something unexpected happened. They found their voice again, started singing the national anthem. We took it up to him at Mar a Lago. He goes, I'll put my voice on it. Our supporters made this go platinum. Real America's voice is telling the real story of January 6th like like you've never seen it before. Everybody this must be peaceful. This is not the story you were shown. I take responsibility. This is the story they lived government entrapment scheme that this actually was. The J6 Patriots are no longer staying silent. They are speaking, they are standing and they are telling the truth. You can't kill us, you can't beat us. They tried to silence them. Instead they were up an entire nation. The sleeping giant coming did you know Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10 upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop voted PCMag's Reader's Choice top laptop brand for 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere and Windows 11 gives you access to free free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit LGUSA.com iHeart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PCMag reader's choice used with permission. All rights reserved. Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract worth $250,000. This is where mindset comes in. Someone will be eliminated. Pressure is coming down. Trainer Games on Prime Video January 8th Watch the trailer on trainergames.com Season 2 of Unrivaled Basketball is here and the talent is unreal. 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I think it was an obvious failure. I think 13 Marines are dead. I think that there was a better way to do it and I think that and I can blame it on his generals. I can blame it on the people the way way in which we did it. But my dad always knew. This also is that the buck stops with with him. Cocaine is a hell of a drug. The former President's own son there saying the quiet part out loud. That's more than just spilling some tea right there. He let it all out as a family feud. Apparently now going public. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on all of this. Let us know on get a rumble YouTube. I'm gonna hop in the chat momentarily to see what each and every one of you has to say. Looking forward to your thoughts. Still to come here on American Sunrise, though, bakers from across the country came together for a sweet, record breaking attempt. And nearly 74,000 cookies later, they may have done it. That's next after this break. First though, another holiday shout out from one of our many service members serving near and abroad. Hi, I'm Sergeant Andrew Kent with U.S. army NATO and Senboc, Germany. I'd like to wish a Merry Christmas and and a happy holiday to my family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Happy Holidays. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10? Upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop? Voted PCMag's Reader's Choice top laptop brand for 2025. Thin and ultra low lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere and Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and ongoing feature upgrades. Visit LGUSA.com iHeart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11 PC Mag Reader's Choice used with permission. All rights reserved. Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. Points. You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract worth $250,000. 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No. Your Christmas gift to us. This is the ascot. Thank you for that. That is true. That is true. And I don't think I'll ever unsee Don's Shop Rag ascot. That was pretty fantastic. All right you guys, it is time for our Sunny side up in the pan. Today, the world's largest cookie exchange. Nothing says Christmas quite like cookies. And this year the holiday spirit was baked into history. The Washington County Fairgrounds turned into a cookie lover's dream as bakers from across the the country came together for an attempt at the world's largest cookie exchange. The event was organized by Laura Magony and the Wedding Cookie Table community. This is a group no stranger to record breaking in all the name of fun and friendly competition and holiday cheer by the end of the day. Get this David, you're going to get hungry. Nearly 74,000 cookies were exchanged and one sweet new record may just have been set. But Mantjonie says she isn't done yet. Take a look. So we have to wait and see if anybody decides to challenge this record and whether someone else does or does not. My group wants to do this again next year. They told me they want to do it every year, so we have to see. So do you guys make Christmas cookies? Because that's a big tradition in a lot of families. We have family members that do, but we personally don't. No. So we make Christmas cookies, but not, you know, to be decorative and all that, just because we all have sweet tooths. Sweet teeth, I guess, in my household. And most of our Christmas cookies end up being chocolate chip, which I'm not so sure actually is a Christmas cookie. So. No, that's not a Christmas cookie. It's okay, Terrence. I don't think there are rules on that. Yeah, no, I always wanted to do that. You did, Dr. Gina. Yeah. David Bahumbug. No chocolate cookies. Really, David? That's how you gonna play me on Christmas Eve? I always wanted to be one of those moms that made Christmas cookies. Thing was, it wasn't a tradition in my mother or my grandmother's household, so we just never did it. But I have aspired to, and there have been years where I have. And we are pretty good about doing the gingerbread village thing. We usually make like 10,000, and it's like a gingerbread neighborhood. And my whole table becomes frosting, and no one eats them. I don't really know why anyone does that, but we do it. That's awesome. Hey, just a quick reminder about Christmas. Well, let's start with the bad news, which is we're going to be around a lot of sinners, as in, every single one of us is a sinner. Yeah. And we're saved by grace, those that believe in Jesus Christ. But we celebrate the sinless one. And so as we gather with family, let's remember that, you know, that we're surrounded by a bunch of sinners. But the most important thing is to remember the reason for the season, and that is to celebrate the sinless one. Jesus Christ. 100%. That is so important, you know, and I think there can be a lot of stress and pressure put on people around Christmas to perform certain activities, whether it's the gift buying or the wrapping or the cooking or the whatever. And just to give ourselves the grace that Christ died for, I think is so important. And to remember that he really is the reason for the season and that all battles are spiritual. They are spiritual. They are not flesh and blood. He that is in us is greater than he that is in the world. Merry Christmas everybody. We love you guys. War Room is up next. Go boldly now. Live the truth. We'll see after Christmas and we'll see you Christmas. See you folks. Merry Christmas everyone. Merry Christmas. Merry next year. Did you know Microsoft has officially ended Support for Windows 10? Upgrade to Windows 11 with an LG Gram laptop, voted PCMag's Reader's Choice top laptop brand for 2025. Thin and ultra lightweight, the LG Gram keeps you productive anywhere and Windows 11 gives you access to free security updates and on ongoing feature upgrades. Visit lgusa.com iheart for great seasonal savings on LG Gram laptops with Windows 11. PCMag reader's choice used with permission. All rights reserved. Ten athletes will face the toughest job interview in fitness that will push past physical and mental breaking points. You are the fittest of the fit. Only one of you will leave here with an IFIT contract worth $250,000. This is where mindset comes in. Someone will be eliminated. Pressure is coming down. Trainer Games on Prime Video January 8th Watch the trailer on trainergames.com Season 2 of Unrivaled Basketball is here and the talent is unreal. Paige Beckers, Nafiza Collier, Kelsey Plumb, Brianna Stewart and more are back to redefine the game. Unrivaled basketball Season 2, sponsored by Samsung Galaxy tips off January 5th on TNT, TruTV and HBO Max. 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