vaccine as part of nation rollout in the united kingdom. [closing bell rings] u.s. hopefully comes on thursday. that will do it for "the claman countdown." the dow just missing a record up 115 points. we'll see you tomorrow. connell: the promise of a covid vaccine and the hope for more stimulus sending stocks once again to all-time highs. now right now at the white house president trump independence hosting a vaccine summit. they're about to discuss how the vaccine will be administered. any breaking headlines come out of that event throughout the hour we'll be on top of that. at the chose you look at the numbers. the dow hovering below what would have been record territory. closes up by 105 points. it hit an all time high earlier in the trading session today. the s&p 500 looks like it has a record. need as seven-point gain. gets 10. the nasdaq notches the fourth consecutive recovered close.

for the nasdaq this is 5-0. 50th record close for the nasdaq composite in the year 2020. i'm connell mcshane. welcome, everybody, to "after the bell." time for the news happening at this hour. fox team coverage, blake burman at white house, gerri willis in new york and greg palkot on the streets of london for us. blake on vaccine day as it turned out, vaccine summit day. kick it off with you on the north lawn. what is the latest. reporter: cornell, a couple hours into the vaccine summit hosted here at white house meant to inspire confidence for the american public when these vaccines eventually come out, they will be safe and taken. that is part of the message there was a warning at the top of the summit as well and that came to president trump as he said if any company isn't fully on board with distribution he will use his emergency powers to make that happen. president trump: we have worked very well with the companies but

if for any reason we have any problems we will be instituting the defense production act. we'll make sure we don't have any problems for very long. reporter: connell we continue to await the big meeting over at the fda on thursday as they will take up the pfizer candidate and the emergency use authorization application there. dr. peter marks of the fda oversees that process. we heard from him a little while ago. >> we would not allow vaccines to go out there if they weren't safe and effective and when we see safety signals we deal with them. so it's critical here that we all trust in the outcome of this process because we all need to bring this crisis to an end together. reporter: there was also a plea, connell, from the top scientist on wages warp speed, dr. slaoui, if the vaccines roll out upcoming days, upcoming weeks,

they want people to sign up for the trials, more potential vaccine can candidates can come up in the coming months. keep in mind they need data on children and pregnant women as well. connell? connell: blake burman live for us at the white house. as for the virus itself, dr. fauci with a warning that the u.s. is in for a very challenging period ahead as the nation surpasses 15 million covid cases five days after reaching 14 million. that is how fast we're moving. new daily cases, hospitalizations, deaths, they are all consistently breaking records. the numbers prompting officials to implement tougher measures around the country. for example, washington state is extending restrictions through the 4th of january. the state of massachusetts rolling back its reopening starting sunday. for the first time in 100 years the university of michigan and the ohio state university will not play a football game against each other. their rivalry game was called off this year because of

positive tests among student athletes. that is where we are. here is the infectious disease scholar at johns hopkins university. give us perspective, sobering every time you do these numbers, doctor, on a daily basis but still hopeful about the vaccines spoken about at the white house today. what is your level of optimism and or concern? >> i'm very optimistic about these vaccines. these are going to be light at the end of the tunnel. remember we're in a very dark place at the end of this tunnel. a lot of people get infected, hospitalized and die before the vaccine reaches the arms of most americans. hospitals are really worried on a day-to-day basis about their capacity. we basically have uncontrolled outbreak. many states we don't have the ability to test, trace, isolate. there are many failures in the way the pandemic unfolded. vaccines are one way we get out of this but still something we're only going to see in the

future. we should cheer about the vaccines and be very enthusiastic about them but we can't forget we're still in the midst of a very big crisis. connell: we have a big day coming on thursday. the fda going over this pfizer vaccine. any chance we get a no? that would be a shock to the system to just about everybody, reading out the report fda put ahead of the evaluation, it looks promising? >> i expect the fda will issue emergency authorization for the vaccine. we have not seen a safety signal. the uk regulator approved this. that is good signal that the fda will likely follow suit. we'll have emergency use for this vaccine imminently. connell: what we need is people to take it, right? we need people to buy in. we'll talk about it in a few minutes in detail about the doubts and hesitancy about it. gallup did a poll found 63% are willing to take a vaccine.

still needs to be higher. that is going in the right direction. that is up 13% from december. dr. fauci says 75% or more of people have to be vaccinated in order to get rid of the virus. what do you say to people who have their doubts? >> you have to look at we public health crisis and animal data, phase one, phase two, phase three, we have not a safety signal. the benefit of the vaccine outweighs the risk. this is only way we get to semsem plans of normally. we need to get normal population vaccinated because hospitals need breathing room this is the solution to this pandemic. we have to make sure that people are confident about it. we have to be transparent. we have to weigh the risks and benefits to talk to the patients about this. it will be one of the biggest public health detailing efforts we have ever done. we have to be proactive there are groups of anti-vaxers, there

are horn rumors and lies about might be crow ships in the world about the vaccines. we can't let them dictate the terms of this argument. we have to be proactive to say this is a safe effective vaccine we've done a lot of study on, people like doctor fauci, professional associations support the vaccine. i would get vaccinated myself right now if the vaccine was available to me. connell: there you go. that is the kind of endorsement needed for people with medical experts as opposed to celebrities and the like which may be important getting people on board. people have studied this, come out to tell people it is safe. i want to circle back before we wrap it up with you, doctor, to talk about the concerns you brought up a while ago because only the 8th of december, to your point we have a long way to go to see the light at the end of the tunnel, what wail be the next few months look like do you think. >> i think they will fairly bad. hospitals are shifting resources making new icu beds. trying to cover staff, increased

needs for staffing. we know there is basically an unrelenting spread of this virus all over the country. i really don't see the case numbers coming down substantially. i think there is a lot of pandemic fatigue out there and a lot of overworked health care workers, a lot of public health departments that don't have the resources to be able to meet these cases as they come. so i do think we're going to see people get infected and hospitalized and die from this. it will be a dark winter before we see this vaccine. hopefully we'll start to see the vulnerable populations vaccinated quickly so we'll see some break in the number of hospitalizations but again it is going to get worse before it gets better. connell: pandemic fatigue as you mentioned is real, it's a problem. dr. adajli, from johns hopkins. always good to have you on. things got real in the uk, the first day the british health authorities are distributing the highly anticipated and independently reviewed covid-19 vaccine. fox's greg palkot live from

london on the latest what's happening there. greg. reporter: connell, we're wrapping up a very big, historic day in the uk. let me give you a quote from the health minister today. today marks the start of the fight back against coronavirus. we are here at the guy's hospital. that is on the south side of london. it saw some of the first injections. also saw a visit today by uk prime minister boris johnson. all told across the country 70 hospitals today started administering the pfizer biontech vaccine. remember uk is the first country in the world to use widely tested, independently proven coronavirus inoculation. as your viewers know by now i think, connell, it is however, a big logistical challenge. it needs to be stored and transported nearly minus 100 degrees fahrenheit. as we saw today confirmed, efficacy is at 95%. perhaps why the brits really rushed this out.

listen to a top health official here and what he told me. >> i wouldn't presume to say to other nations about exactly how they should prove their vaccines but i'm very clear if it is good enough for the uk, as far as i'm concern of the it is good enough for any other nation on the earth? reporter: including the u.s.? >> including the us u.s. reporter: being vaccinated today on this first day those giving out the injections, front line health workers and a lot of folks in the over 80-year-old category including 90-year-old margaret keenan. take a listen to her take on it all. >> so do, please go for it. that is all i say, you know? if i can do it well, so can you. reporter: let me repeat that so your viewers can hear that, connell. if he can do it so can you. pleased to the point you were discussing with your guest a short time ago. a challenge here as well as in

the united states to get people to take it. now that it seems to work. back to you. connell: that's a powerful example, right? that is a powerful example indeed. thank you, greg palkot live from london. back here to the u.s., the point greg is making the willingness of americans to get the vaccine, it is certainly earnings to ending the pandemic. we still have part of the population feeling hesitant. fox news correspondent david spunt at george washington university hospital with that part of the story, david? reporter: good afternoon to you, connell. scientists say they need 70 to 75% of the population to get herd immunity so the vaccine or covid-19 does not spread as much. i'm at gw hospital here right now this, is one of the sites for the trials, covid-19 vaccine trials, specifically the moderna trial. that is up for an eua vote with the fda next week on the 17th.

pfizer is this thursday but these covid-19 vaccines, no matter which company you look at, they're different than normal vaccines. the traditional vaccine you and i are used to, and our viewers a weakened version of the virus is put into the patient to stimulate the immune system. polio did that way. this is rye bow nucleic acid, or rna. this would be the first time an rna vaccine would be approved for the mass use on humans. take a listen. >> this does something a little bit different. it actually asks the human body to make the protein or virus component ourselves by delivering messenger rna that manufactures the protein to deliver a immunoresponse. the advantage you can make rna quickly. reporter: jennifer was the first person in the united states to

receive a covid-19 vaccine y? she took the moderna axe seen on march 16th, five months before the majority of trial participants. haller took two doses one month apart. she never developed side effects and remained covid free. >> i think to participate in a phase one trial like this, you probably need to be somebody like me who is very positive and, and looking for ways to help. reporter: the reason that scientists were able to develop this vaccine so quickly, almost a year ago, con them, last january they were able to develop to see the genetic sequence to make the vaccine. they knew how to do it but took a year which is record speed to perfect it for the human body. back to you. connell: the scientists are the real heroes in owl of that. thank you, david spunt in washington. the battle over in-person learning in the schools. one teachers union taking action to prevent future reopening

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♪. connell: too the schools now, the battle over in person learning. it is intensifying with the teachers union in chicago challenging that city's plans to reopen schools. we have fox's garrett tenney in chicago with more on the story. garrett. reporter: yeah, connell, the chicago teachers union is taking legal action to try to block those reopening plans. if that fails the union isn't ruling out the possibility of going on strike. this week the union filed an injunction to block chicago public schools from gradually bringing schools back to the

classroom in february, starting with pre-kindergarten, then moving k-8. the union wants a bigger seat at the table with the reopening plans and demanding the city renegotiate the terms. cpu says too many children are falling behind and data can be done safely what protocols are followed. across the country there is growing evidence that students are struggling academically with remote learning. in salt lake city, more than 100 students gaterred for a rally monday urging the school board to let them back in the classroom. >> all i want for christmas to be in class. online school doesn't work. >> the first semester that we had online, all of my grades are fs. there was no, not even a c-minus. >> our education is critical foundation and it is going to be a detriment for years, long beyond the pandemic.

reporter: salt lake city school district is a snapshot of struggles folks are facing across the country. in the first quarter of the school year among the junior high and high school students, they received a failing grade or incomplete grade 2500 more of them did than a year ago. connell? connell: big issue for parents as you say. all around the country. you heard from students. we heard from teachers through their union. what about, what about some of the health officials where do they stand on having students in the classroom? reporter: based on the data available health officials such as doctor fauci as well as the head of the cdc dr. redfield says having children in the classroom doesn't appear to be that big of a factor in terms of spreading the virus. with the proper safety protocols in place the benefits of in-person learning far outweigh the risk. connell? connell: that is what it is, risk/reward. thank you, garrett tenney live from chicago.

let's move to president-elect joe biden made it official today introducing his health team. he outlined the three goals for the first 100 days in office, asking people to wear masks, distributing 100 million vaccines, making it a national priority to garrett's reporting to get the kids back in school and keep them there. now another biden nominee is getting a lot of attention. that would be general lloyd austin. the president-elect just moments ago announced austin will be the pick for secretary of defense. fox news correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon with more on the general and some questions being raised about his nomination. reporter: connell, i would be make history as the first black secretary of defense. just like lloyd austin has broken barriers throughout the years. the choice is raising eyebrows on capitol hill from key democrats on the armed services committees suggesting austin may have trouble getting a waiver. austin retired as a four-star

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he and the biden administration do to address the concerns before i vote for his waiver. some are questioning general austin's handling of isis in 2014 when he prosecuted the war as head of u.s. central command. according to "the atlantic," quote, general lloyd austin told the white house that the islamic state was, quote, a flash in the pan. this analysis led obama to describe the constellation of jihadists groups in iraq and terrorism as the jv team. during a contentious senate armed services hearing that year, when asked about the 500 million-dollar program to train syrian fighters general austin raised eyebrows. >> can you till us what the total number of trained fighters remains? >> it is a small number. and, the ones that are in the fight is, is, we're talking four or five. reporter: senator jim inhofe, republican head of the senate

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with more. grady? reporter: connell if some elected officials here in new york have their way you might get a extra fee to get your packages delivered. they would tax on a tax of buck 25 for packages under 350 pounds. for packages over 50 pounds you can double that. in new york the proposal is $3 per package. in both places food and prescription medicine would be exempt from the tax. those elected officials who support this proposal point out deliveries generate more trash for the city to process. delivery trucks use public streets and they say this would level the playing field with brick-and-mortar stores which of course have seen a huge decline in foot traffic because of the pandemic. in chicago though property taxes going up next year. the city trying to fill a $1.2 billion budget shortfall. in chicago at least one state lawmaker who supports this tax,

rather in new york, says the money should be used for the mta, the subway system which of course was struggling financially before the pandemic and now ridership is way down. the budget shortfall for the mta projected to be $16 billion by 2024. so, connell, the hope they say, those proposing this tax you will think tryings before ordering something on monday. then on wednesday and then on friday of the same week. for those of us who don't think this is a great idea you know, you might want to enjoy your holiday shopping now so you don't have to pay that additional tax this time next year. connell: looks like an empty box by the way, grady. that's fine. we all love props. reporter: it is your christmas present. connell: that is very good. grady trimble. what we need. pay your taxes on that. live from chicago. a bipartisan covid relief bill is facing a make-or-break

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♪. >> we are 10 months into this crisis but for the first time we really can see the end in sight. why? because the vaccine is coming next week. the vaccine will be here in new york city. connell: new york city mayor bill de blasio announcing that yes, the vaccine will be coming to the city next week as cities and states around the country are preparing to roll out their distribution plans. in washington, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle threatening not to vote for a relief bill if it does not include direct payments to individual. from the left, congresswoman rashida tlaib tweeting, i will not vote for a covid-19 relief bill with no stimulus check. it stops being a relief bill

when it stops people being helped from the crisis. from the right, senator josh hawley said it is vital any relief includes direct payments, i will not vote for it if doesn't. i urged the president to veto any bill that doesn't have direct payments in it. tesla, the stock keeps going up, as ceo elon musk made it official. >> for myself, i have moved to the texas. we have the starship development here in south texas where i am right now. we'll do it at later date and got a big factory development just outside of austin. connell: all right. on the headlines with us this afternoon, james freeman. the assistant editor at the editorial page of "the wall street journal." also a fox news contributor. to go through some of those stories, james, the elon musk announcement has been speculated for quite some time. he confirmed it today, i'm

moving from california to texas, one of the richest human beings on planet earth. does it make a statement? what is the statement? >> it makes a huge statement, not that the california politicians will listen to it but for a long time it has been very difficult to live there, if you're a middle class person. housing is very expensive, difficult to find. it is tough if you're poor. they have the largest, by far, largest unsheltered homeless population in the country. but now, if it is not even, if these are not even friendly confines for a tech billionaire who makes green cars which is the sort of the most california job you can think of, i don't know hot state is working for. so yes, it is a big warning, the tax issue has something to do with it. given his wealth, texas has zero tax rate. california has the highest top rate in the nation at over 12%. i would hope they take the latest signal to think about

reform, a more open economy, an easier place to live. connell: big warning, you're probably right about that they don't usually listen to the warnings when they get them in the past in california. talk about the stimulus which is the other story. not only left and right, talib and hawley, hey, we need direct payments to be in this plan but more importantly this afternoon mitch mcconnell said you should set aside the things we're hung up on, liability protections for business, state and local funding which the democrats are pushing for, let's pass something we agree on. what do you think will happen with stimulus as we head into the end of the year? >> i would hope they agree to set aside a lot of things. i think friday jobs report, another 350,000 roughly added in the private sector tells you with 12 million jobs added since the spring shutdowns, if we stop limits on activity, this economy

will revive. as far as individual payments, there is a case, if you're going to write another stimulus bill, i wish they wouldn't, sending money directly to people, especially people whose restaurants and retail jobs have been basically eliminated in places by politicians, i think there is a lot better case for that than what currently seems to be part of package which is checks to state and local government. i would hope they would realize reopening is the best stimulus but if you're going to do a bill like this, there is a case, knock out state and government aid. a lot of state governments the problems are precovid. they have nothing to do with cove vivid. the states in good financial shape pre-covid like georgia are not begging for money. i think this is an argument that might go somewhere and win over some republican votes in the senate. connell: we know that if rashida tlaib and josh hawley are tweeting in support of it, you

can say it truly has support from the left and right. >> pretty broad coalition. connell: that is a broad coalition. the sound bite from mayor de blasio on the vaccine. he says it is coming next week. does that make us believe now, i know the mayor and the governor, new york city, new york state, don't necessarily see eye-to-eye, that maybe the governor will drop his independent review and people of new york will get the vaccine when it is approved and ready? is that where we are, do you think? >> i think you can expect a lot of weirdness with cuomo and de blasio and perhaps some arguments between them who should get it first and when it should be available but as far as the availability, i think the mayor is sketching out an absolutely reasonable time frame. the expectation is pfizer vaccine gets approved within days by the fda. the general leading the "operation warp speed" distribution effort says they're ready to start shipping in 24

hours. they have agreements with ups, fedex, other companies. i think it is very reasonable if the governor, mr. cuomo will allow patients to get this needed vaccine, that it could be happening that quickly. connell: general perna who you're referring to. >> yes. exactly. connell: been at the vaccine summit in washington. james freeman from "the wall street journal" speaking of that summit, "fox business alert." pharmacy executives from cvs and walgreens they just wrapped up comments at the eisenhower executive office building next door to the white house. the two chains are getting set to administer doses of the vaccine to millions of americans. picking up on that story is gerri willis. gerri. reporter: hey, connell that is absolutely right. two companies at the center of the rollout of the covid-19 vaccine begins later this month. pharmacies, cvs and walgreens. now the two will be responsible for vaccinating more than three

million residents of nursing homes, other long-term facilities. the two pharmacists have 20,000 locations nationwide. they're really spread out across the country. of course the challenge, navigating roll out details will no doubt be different state to state, as well as potential reluctance by staffers to get the vaccines. the shot, another complication, vaccines require more than one dose as we talked about. "operation warp speed" coo general gus perna said this to reporters, i'm incredibly confident these public/private partnerships are ready to execute. advisory panel to the cdc today recommending that residents of long term facilities get inoculated against covid at the same time as nurses and other healthky workers. now to get this job done the two companies will have to hire literally thousands of people to administer the vaccines. that's once the fda approves the shots for distribution. experts say, connell, that they

expect this to take months quite literally. huge, massive prospect for these two companies. back to you. connell: yeah. it is temporary. that is something we should watch when reporting on jobs. thank you, gerri willis. an option meantime for travelers nationwide. american airlines will start offering at home covid-19 tests for customers. the airline says that the negative result from the 129-dollar test can help travelers avoid quarantine requirements in the city, state, territory they're flying to. this program, it starts tomorrow for united states leaving on saturday. plus joining forces for a good cause. we'll talk to country music superstar martina mcbride about the effort she is making to help out. there she is. she is coming up next.

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♪. connell: welcome back here on "after the bell." we just had some news come in from the supreme court of the united states and the supreme court has denied a request that was coming in from the pennsylvania republican party to intervene in an election dispute. this was the ted cruz case that you may have heard about over

the last couple days where senator cruz had, said he was willing to argue before the supreme court. they're not going to hear this case which was challenging the certification of pennsylvania's results. of course joe biden the president-elect the winner in pennsylvania. this solidifies that further. the supreme court denying the request from the republican party in the state. let's get to the charitable cause. they're teaming up to help the american red cross, suburban propane and one country singing sensation joining forces to encourage americans to donate blood and plasma during the covid crisis. suburban propane is gifting a propane outdoor living experience to lucky donors during winter months. we're joined by the aforementioned singing sensation martina mcbride and the ceo. michael you will have to take a

back seat to martina as i'm sure you expected. we'll get to you in a moment. martina, tell us what you hope to accomplish with this in terms of raising awareness? would you be willing to do something similar to being saks nated against covid as well? >> the first part of the question is very important to raise awareness of this. when i started digging into brood donations and the need for blood donations especially during the holidays, everybody gets really busy, especially during the covid pandemic. it made perfect sense to get the word out. what happens we all get so busy during the holiday season. even people who regularly schedule to give donations fall through the cracks. it is such a busy time. connell: it is. what about vaccinations real quick before we move on? >> yeah. i mean i obviously vaccinations proven to be safe which is what i'm hearing i think it is very

important. connell: right. just asking i guess because we were talking about this with a doctor earlier in the show sometimes it is important for people well-known in the public eye, listen, i'm willing to do it, maybe you are as well. you're raising awareness no doubt for a good cause today. michael, tell us about your end of it, when i said you're offering a propane powered outdoor living experience, fill us in on that. it may give people extra incentive to get involved, right? >> thank you, connell. thanks for having us. we're honored to be a part of this holiday campaign. certainly i have no problem taking a back seat to martina in her efforts to help get the word out for the need for blood donations, donations of platelets and also certainly with covid-19, the need for convalescent plasma to help treat those that unfortunately come down with covid. that plasma can be available by people out of, that have

recovered from covid-19. so from suburban propane we have our suburban cares corporate pillar. we have a national partnership with the american red cross since 2012 and our part is this, we donated a outdoor propane experience which includes a propane powered pizza oven, fire pit, outdoor heater and money towards the first fill of propane. connell: all right that would be pretty good. looks pretty good right there. pizza, czzk itp u onn the tve e.e.e.g he tyavy done. id earli ear e sencistsrere alreeroerensll a of thihihi mtic mal mor wrske a a l.asl. atheare ablee abo to.o.o. weenonaccineaccissn thehe plasmaplason d d, ifoufefefef ndwoiner igouavavovid woinrk yrrrayoooot, i w w ho yhope hp. h h wh eeeav h you yuy gn,n, rtmaa in qackuiordro yro, y, milch waelprarap up us well, w i

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now, michael. i know your business, propane, we've done so many stories on small businesses buying propane heaters and the like. there is that. that is a big part what you're doing lately. thank you both for what you're doing now. martina, michael, thanks for sharing the story. we hope it helps with people donating blood, donating their plasma. no limits on decorating this holiday season. jeff knock will have the story from a homeowner who, well, went the extra mile, right? reporter: oh, you're not kidding connell. look at this place. it is crazy. everybody is doing it this year. big time christmas decorations. the first person to see inside of this house today. you better believe it. it is a year for decorations. back in a minute. strongly recommended to doctors to treat acute, non-low back muscle and joint pain with topical nsaids first. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. salonpas. it's good medicine.

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started back this april, and the american people have been getting into the spirit at a fevered pace as jeff flock knows all too well in naperville, illinois, checking out the scene there. >> reporter: nobody is more into it than the hen su family of naperville, illinois. even thing dog -- well, the dog is running wild here at the, but even -- at the moment, but even the dog is dressed up. look at this yard. the whole front of the house. if you come up, maybe you see these are like animatronic figures. it's hike a marshall fields window. they've been collecting some of this for years, but i'll tell you, this year they have really done it up. hey, mike, come on upstairs because we want to get inside and look at that. that's not rudolph because he's got a black nose, but that is santa claus. i'll bring you inside real quick, if we can. come on, mike. i've got -- [laughter] i'm out of breath. i've got sam hennessey here. your dad is just crazy about

this stuff. this is a special year, right? >> yeah. this year's definitely been more special than all the other ones, just our whole family being home, being able to help out my dad more than usual. the year's been tough for everyone, so any way we could just put a smile on other people's faces walking by makes us happy. >> reporter: you've kind of done that. i just want to buzz through quickly, everything from life-sized santa clauses, they did the houses. i love the houses, all the hut-up houses, and you come in here, the fireplace is burning. and i leave you, connell, with this one. look at this. we're into television, obviously, but this is incredible. this is an entire -- looks like the old time tv but with a beautiful scene of christmas past there. i tell ya, if you needed something to put a smile on your face, all you've got to do is -- hey, we've got a dog. [laughter] connell: that is put -- pretty cool. don't chase the dog, jeff. >> reporter: chase the dog

can. having fun. [laughter] having fun. connell: jeff flock chasing a dog in a house in illinois. that does it for us "after the bell." we'll see you back here at the same time tomorrow. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. we begin with a major development in the battle for the white house. the u.s. supreme court has rejected the republican effort to have all mail-in ballots in pennsylvania thrown out which, of course, would reverse or the outcome of the election there. the court, without comment or without signature, refused to rule on the constitutionality of pennsylvania's election law leaving in place whatever the circumstances of this extraordinary election. the exp