Hello, everyone. I'm Dana Perino along with Kaylee McInney, Jessica Tarlov, Jesse Waters, and Greg Gutfeld.

It's 5 o'clock in New York City, and this is the 5.

And happy new year, everyone.

We're very excited to kick off 2026 with you.

Now, get ready.

We have a very fun-packed show for you.

We have predictions for the year ahead.

And a look back at the best moments on the five.

Let's start with the biggest stories that happened in 2025.

Five devastating wildfires ravage Los Angeles for a fourth day. Officials somehow finding

new ways to make the situation worse after a laundry list of blunders. From L.A. Mayor, Karen

Bass, skipping town to Africa, despite knowing her town would burn, to Greece to Gavin Newsom, faking a phone call with Biden when confronted over why fire hydrants were running out of water.

45 is now 47. Donald Trump getting sworn into office as president of the United States completing a political comeback unparalleled in history.

This was a man who's met his destiny. He said he was saved by God in order to make America

great again and usher in a new golden age. It felt bigger than a typical inauguration.

And Trump took it out, took it away from the left versus right dichotomy by using two words

that everyone needed to hear, common sense.

The two economies we have where people who are doing really well have done much better and

people who are not doing as well are still living check to check or month by month.

That's the group that elected president, Trump president.

This quote unquote peace deal that he's offering means that Zelensky essentially cedes his

country to Russia.

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