and insight from your working the front lines and no the people on the front lines. in thank you for watching, i am elizabeth mcdonald, you've been watching the evening edit on foxbusiness. we hope you have a good evening, join us again tomorrow night. ♪♪ kennedy: the whole world once again on the brink of shutting down but thanks to vaccines, a new treatment poll showing americans are no longer quite as worried about covid so why can't the government let us live our lives like we want to? the last few days universities have once again, sports leagues are canceling and postponing games. broadway on the verge of darkness. concerts could be kaput. cities are bringing back mask mandate but americans fear of covid is plummeting according to a new whole, most people are

more worried about things like cancer and heart disease been coronavirus, that is good news. a number of people didn't go to the doctors for serious conditions during the pandemic and we are not idiots. after two years, most of us understand the risks. we can't walk ourselves back in our closets and even the airline industry is ready to turn the page. this could be great news. the ceo of southwest airlines is questioning the need to wear masks on planes. >> the statistics from a 99.97% of airborne pathogens are captured by the filtering system but turns over ever two or three minutes. i think the case is strong that masks don't add much, if anything in the air cabin environment. it's very safe and high-quality compared to any other indoor setting.

kennedy: let's go gary. [applause] i am a fan. we been through the cover theater and it appears people have not yet internalized the lessons, we cannot live in fear and we have to court follow the actual science but is history doomed to repeat itself? let's get into it with tonight's panel. ceo and former writer for george w. bush, ned ryun. welcome back. democrat strategist and former biden campaign surrogate, my of muscle tone, kevin walling. [laughter] and hannah cox and foundation for economic education content manager, hannah cox is back. all right, let's get into it. we want people not to get sick and we want people to be safe but i have to say, it's really tough wearing a mask on a plane

for more than three hours, almost impossible so if you've got the ceo of the company's and many airlines have done a phenomenal job cleaning the planes, improving filtration and getting the message out to customers so if they are the ones saying it's and safer to fly doing just about any other thing, why are we still wearing masks on planes? >> i think we should probably at least examine the idea we are governed by idiots, i think that's a reasonable conversation to have but on one side, you've got common sense and the american people, you have facts and statistics, as the ceo pointed out, 99.97% of the pathogens collected by the filtration system and there is a study done in august by the university of waterloo that showed basically the stupid blue masks rebut is handed when they hop on an airplane only has 10% efficacy. the american people with common sense backlist statistics are think it's absurd and ridiculous, master mccormick

completely ridiculous. we have an amazing filtration system, why are we still doing this? then you have weak political leaders and basically a credential idiotic receipt personified with doctor fauci who literally is the human face of a magic eight ball. every day you shake him, you get a different answer and the american people have said we understand what taking place in the risks and even the new bearing it, the omicron parent is not that serious, let's move on and focus and realize it's the end and we have to continue to live our lives and you would think the political leaders wake up and understand they might try to do something else but the american people are rejecting and the site is on the side of the american people. kennedy: why are you yelling at me? i'm on your side. [laughter] >> take a chill. kennedy: kevin, if you have the choice, to airlines, united and american interamerican says you

can go mask us on our airlines and another says it keeps our passengers and crew safer, which one would you choose? >> i'm with the science on this and i completely agree with where the ceo of southwest where's, we are not going to mask our way out of the pandemic, pointed vaccinate and test our way out which i think is where the american people are we are two years into this pandemic, a year into having the vaccine and we know there's such a thing as natural immunity so we need to do that and when the antibodies run out, get them vaccinated that's how we get out of this pandemic, it's not with mask politics. it's not from wearing their mask into the restaurant and taking it off when you're seated these things don't make sense, vaccination and testing is the way out. kennedy: so which airline would you choose? >> and with the airline that

vaccinates and test and drop the mask. kennedy: vaccinates, i don't know. i don't think airlines are making record profit because they are mandating vaccines. if airlines are making so much, they need to give the money back that the government gave them. >> fifty-four billing dollars. kennedy: they are making plenty of cash and they still charge for checked bags. hannah, you are a fan of southwest, you think this is the future of flights? is this the best philosophy have? i don't have a problem to leaving it up to individual airlines, if they want different policies, if some want to be more conservative and others are anything goes, i think it's fine. >> i think it sounds great. i want to be the first to say southwest is pretty based these days and i knew it, i am not

surprised at all because i've been saying for years southwest is the only airline who seems to care about the consumers at all. basic human rights from the minute you buy a ticket, imagine that. you don't have to have status for them to care about you and don't charge for bags and you can chart your flights when you need to. i've been in there cap a long time. making these statements makes me even more and consumers will pick and i think they will pick airlines that give freedom and you will also see employees will pick, we see across the airlines people are traveling into ropes and we don't have enough pilots, attendance and i hear from these people all the time because i'm on the road a good bit, they are fed up with it and sick of the mast and having to police skies and getting augmentative and aggressive over policies, they hate the vaccine so united can fire as many as i want, i know where they're going to go, southwest airlines. but the market speak. kennedy: and you are right,

airport are crowded. anyone who traveled for thanksgiving and will travel next week for christmas, you will see, get there early because people are definitely back in the skies and i feel for the flight attendants because they are verbally assaulted, sometimes physically assaulted because they have to uphold this federal policy and it's tough on them. that's why you see a shortage in airline crew, it's hard to get people to do their jobs right now so let's have a look at that. look who has come crawling back, ceos of two dozen retail businesses including target, i am classy. nordstrom, alter, home depot have signed asking congress to help stop organized retail theft but you get what you pay for. what the companies paid for, massive crime rates. fox news reporting corporations donated to left-wing politics in

2020 like blm and aclu who use the money to wage war on police so should congress help them now or is it a local issue for mayors and city council to tackle without corporations dictating the terms? >> absolutely, it is ironic nordstrom funding to the tune of six figures, blm and aclu and other local groups who wanted to defund police, i would probably think if we dug into it, we are supporting local das that have helped increase the crime wave are now actually facing reality of these idiotic decisions and as i always say, we often get in life what we deserve and i hope they get good and hard because they didn't have the courage to stand up last year end say we

are not going to go along with this, they helped fonda and now they are actually experiencing the result of it and i hope it continues and i hope they understand the implications of their weakness and lack of courage and it continues until they get to where they don't make these decisions anymore but corporations have never been filled with courage and so i don't expect them to learn much from this but this is what happens when you make stupid decisions based off emotions and set of facts and reality. kennedy: and you have a lot of corporations, they do donate money to seemed like they care, they don't actually care. they care about making money, they are businesses with boards and publicly traded stocks. they want to appease shareholders. >> they were trying to buy the groups off. they were trying to buy the groups off and say pay them off in six figures thinking nothing would happen to them.

kennedy: kevin, you go ahead and start talking now. >> the corporations, all they care about his optics. i love going on your shall because i believe in funding the police, that's why i supported joe biden in the primary and general election and last month the department of justice has been asked on $50 million in grants to aid local police. it supporting more cops on the street. 1000 new crops hired and again last month by the biden department, police dude need for resources and power local communities to take charge and fight back against smash and grabs we are seeing across the board. it's also assault and sexual assault and violence and homicide across the board and we need to come back that democrats supporting this president and funding police and providing more resources. kennedy: blm, this was pretty vocal about taking 90% of funding away from lapd which is not necessarily the best way

because pretty much every night the pendulum is going to swing the other way. is it a job for congress or should we leave it up to mayor city councils and governors to tackle organized retail theft? >> i'm always going to say local jurisdictions to tackle these crimes and i want to be the one person to push back because i have to question things when i see two groups of people unionized telling me something and we seek police pushing this narrative that crime is up, you defunded us, which shouldn't happen across the country, that was the slogan but we haven't seen the policies come to fruition and another group of businesses. kennedy: they cut funding in portland and nypd. they cut funding in minneapolis, they actually did and now they have to take the money because they have so many officers retire, the mayor is begging for people to drink the force, they are having a difficult time

recruiting people. i feel you about police unions and i think that is one of the entities that stands in the way of meaningful terminal justice reform but i also don't trust progressives to reform anything because i think their agenda to let society completely fall apart. not sure for what final aim but go ahead and finish your thought. >> i don't think progressives have the solution to the issues but what we saw, police unions across the country got higher wage increases because of this narrative. my problem is you see business owners pushing the narrative that they need congress to act but if you look at the legislation, they want them to pass, it something that will hurt their competitors something about online being sure they know who is selling what because the brick-and-mortar's have to compete and businesses don't like competition, they want favoritism and congress to come in and give them a special favor so we have to question motives behind police unions and

business leaders and i did some digging, shoplifting is up but only marginally. we see good data from the national retail federation representing 25% of revenue retail in the country and it shows 2015 to 2020, they saw shrink an increase from 1.4% to 1.6% in a represent not just theft but internal theft and error as well so it is climbing but is a massive explosion? no, a lot more people are being videoed and attention on it. in certain jurisdictions, you do see things out of control. kennedy: but also if you have people who don't want to go out and shop at brick-and-mortar places because they are scared they're going to get caught up in a heist so it does have a ripple effect you have to prosecute people equally. you don't get to pick and choose in a civilized society so we'll see, we have to solve everything.

the big dumb dumb in congress and corporations, they are a bunch of losers. we have a panel full of winners and that's why we are playing a fantastic game and they will go head-to-head to see supreme. democrat senator joe manchin might think biden's agenda after all. moderate done appears to be ducking out of the deal on the president build back better spending bill it has to do with the child tax credit, apparently melting down faster than ice cream and how. the hopes of passing social spending and climate bills this year seem to be out the window which is fine. south carolina lindsay graham says the biden agenda swimming. >> i think build back better is forever. joe manchin has said he's not going to vote for a bill to add to the deficit. if you do away with budget gimmicks, build back better ads

$3 trillion to the deficit. he doesn't want to vote for a bill that makes inflation more. kennedy: i don't blame him. his build back better about to go on the shredder? here to discuss, juan williams. welcome back. >> is my fruitcake on the way for christmas? [laughter] kennedy: i just pulled out of the oven, it has to call. be ready and i hope your tummy is not to fall. let's talk about this, how do you solve a problem like joe manchin? he is not wrong, his "issue is" not with child tax credit that expires after year and he knows when to give something like that to working families, you have to keep giving it to them which means the cost of the bill goes way up so he's not wrong about but he's vilifying as if he hates children.

>> that is not fair to joe manchin, i don't see any indication of that. i think the "issue is" that manchin pledged to go along with a child tax credit previously and right now, as we are talking, the current child tax credit is going to expire so it will impact american families so their argument to joe manchin is it's a popular item with the american people as well as pre-k universal pre-k as well as middle-class tax cuts as well as dealing with climate change. the proposals are popular but right now, and i think this is what you are hearing from lindsey graham, being successful thing forget about the individual parts of the bill, look at the ultimate price tag and the idea that some of these programs may remain in place even once the bill is done and accrue even higher type price tags. joe manchin is reluctant to sign

on right now. i don't think the bill is dead but right now you can anticipate it's going to be, i don't even know if january is a realistic juncture. kennedy: how do they negotiate? is not just the child tax credit, that's very narrow, the legislative tax is not finalized, they don't have proper cbo score and there are elements that can be problematic for senators and purple state. >> that's right, play along with our youth fruitcake, you got to make sure the people are willing to eat there fruitcake and build back better. manchin said he's in up next 1.75 trillion. so the question is, what is in that? that's where you have to start scripting things out, get rid of

it burn in the toilet and so far joe in the democrat are reluctant to go along because they've got to go back to the house and deal with the progressives with a thin margin of support their. this is a tricky thing but it is negotiable because ultimately the democrats are going to say something beat nothing. we want something for christmas. kennedy: yes but when you have people saying if you get rid of the child tax credit, it is a nonstarter, nonnegotiable. if you don't have a bill to pass, you don't have a negotiating position so they have to do something. i hope they take it, it's way too expensive and he's right, disingenuous to say we are going to fund something for a year, cruel to give something for a year end take it away which is what they will be forced to do but they don't even know what the bill says so we are not going to read it after we passed it, no more of that. thank you for your time. fruitcake is on the way.

>> happy holidays. kennedy: you, too. coming up, defense of alleged ghislaine maxwell, we are beginning to get a look at their strategy. is there any chance her team can scrape together a winning case? randy has all the answers and advice, next. ♪♪

how do you defend the trial of ghislaine maxwell by calling everyone else on wire? jeffrey epstein's alleged accomplice, ghislaine began making their case today calling one of her former assistant who testified she highly respected her and even called jeffrey epstein who didn't kill himself, a giver. barf. the fund called psychologist doctor elizabeth speak on misinformation of memory suggesting the accusers may not be reliable witnesses of the truth so well this strategy get ghislaine off the hook or will it backfire? running me now, former prosecutor, he knows both sides. randy. you have sirens, are the police after you? >> not even a fire in my

building would get me off of your show so it's either a fire or fire drill but it is quiet now so let me get to title of i. i will tell you the first witness, mr. epstein's former assistant, i can understand her singing praises of mix miss maxwell and i can run with that until she sang the praises of mr. epstein. he's clearly beyond redemption, i think that was the end of her credibility but for me, you put miss maxwell understand? does she get to look the jury in the eye and say i did not do

these things, i did not i did not, i did not. i'm the only one left standing because epstein is dead so blame someone, blame me. no. kennedy: you think they will? she really could melt under cross and she has a lot to answer for including the emotional testimony of four women talked about explicit sexual abuse on her part in addition to the staff you mentioned, transporting them not only across state lines but to another country. >> i was once told the jury wants to hear a defendant say i did not do it or i have an explanation the prosecution from of the government has it wrong. i almost want to go out on a limb and say what does miss maxwell really have to lose? you just said it, the testimony of four women who were corrupt

at the time, they testified in stunning detail. i don't think elizabeth, her dissertation on memory and how memory can be corrupt and somewhere between when we retain our memory and go back to acquire, it could be corrupted because of media, or because of what people tell us so i almost think if she has any prior of a hung jury, she's gotta get up there. kennedy: i don't disagree with you, i would like to see her go down and the memory expert thesis could be used against ghislaine maxwell because whatever she says, you could make the argument that she has landed these horrible things she's done with this grand rationalization but she somehow is innocent but none of it is an excuse for her behavior and what

we have heard over and over again from not only these witnesses but others who have talked about the same abuse, young women, as young as 14 years old, there are things society we cannot and should not get past ghislaine maxwell's behavior belongs in that category. we have to let you go fight the fire but thank you for being here. >> thank you, let me get my fire hat on. [laughter] kennedy: prosecutor, defense attorney and a fireman. that's why we love him. it is game night, got a good one for you, lifestyles of the rich and shameless. a wealthy quack up with something crazy they've bought or done you get to play along. are you the big winner? find out next. ♪♪

welcome to televisions unchallenged authority on decadence and depravity. time for lifestyles of the shameless, the game will relearn how stars of show business and big business low their fortunes squander their lives. i'm going to read true stories from the lives of the rich shameless. our panelists will get to guess who i'm talking about. whoever gets the most right windsor lifetime diamond encrusted. it is pretty to look at. are you ready? >> ready. kennedy: you guys are going down to chinatown. i feel bad for all of you. good, i love snack top, it makes it better. ned, which of these were charged with two felonies after throwing a phone and a hotel clerk space? russell brand, russell simmons or russell crowe?

>> russell crowe. kennedy: you would be correct. ned is on the board with one. >> i am in the lead. [laughter] kennedy: do the phone, i'm good at this. kevin, which of these rich and shameless brought a one 30,000 dollars range rover just for dogs to write and so they wouldn't shed and her main car? mckenzie basis, miley cyrus or longoria? >> i think that was miley. kennedy: miley it is. kevin is on the board. try to tided up. hannah, which of these rich and shameless spent $200,000 on a sonogram machine so they wouldn't have to go to the doctor to monitor their unborn baby? scarlett johansson, tom cruise or ashton kutcher? >> it's got to be tom cruise. kennedy: tom cruise was

extensively little baby theory get me scientology. ned, quick pull into the lead with this, which of these rich and shameless spent $33000 on a 24 karat gold iphone? lady gaga, williams or victoria beckham? >> victoria beckham. kennedy: you are such a pop-culture aficionado, you will love riches and shamelessness. kevin, let's see if you can maintain your edge with ned. which of these rich and shameless recently bought a got so big and must travel with its own support yacht? was at donald trump, jeff basis or captain morgan? >> jfet jeff basis when he's not in space. kennedy: that is absolutely right. >> that was too easy a question. kennedy: blah blah blah. fudge the numbers next time make it harder for you.

all right hannah. this is too easy for hannah, which of these rich and shameless want to spend $100,000 on a 9-foot portrait of himself? donald trump, mark zuckerberg or the rock? >> i don't know this once but i will say i'm embarrassed for us we are doing so well on this trivia so i am okay if i lose, donald trump. kennedy: you are still tied with the two gentlemen here. no one has got a question wrong. we've gone to soft in our old age. next run for ned, which of these rich and shameless was paid $1.5 million to sing happy birthday to a brutal repressive dictator? jennifer lopez, selena gomez or scott? >> jennifer lopez? kennedy: that is making you still very much in the lead.

kevin -- >> it puts him on the map. kennedy: which of these rich and shameless once but her fiancé a $200,000 to get to space? scarlett johansson, katy perry or paris hilton? >> that's a tough one. katy perry? kennedy: it is katy perry. i don't know who she wanted to send, i hope it wasn't an adorable -- i love orlando bloom when he has long blonde hair and a quiver. we are so good at this. which of these rich and shameless had a las vegas theater installing two million-dollar mid fire to protect her vocal cords? very precious vocal cords. celine dion, britney spears or joan rivers? >> i don't think britney or joan

has that much of a voice to protect so i will go a celine dion. kennedy: yes. o holy night ♪ ♪ >> you also need something installed to protect your voice. >> i think we need strength or something to figure this out. kennedy: i don't know what's going on with you guys but you are so good, it hurts. last one, this is worth to a piece. which of these rich and shameless spent $100,000 on a single pair of leggings? mckenzie basis, oprah or beyoncé? >> beyoncé? kennedy: all my god, you now have five points. if they blow it, you're getting the diamond encrusted one. last question. which of these rich and shameless revealed habit of spending 30,000 dollars a month on wine? courtney cox, johnny depp or bernie gumbel?

>> johnny depp. kennedy: he is. un ned. you know, i'll talk to our esteemed writers and see if i can't get to the bottom of it because this collective is failing. >> i support your writers, i don't know what ned is doing here. kennedy: which of these rich and shameless product town in georgia for $20 million? kevin spacey, or steve jobs? >> i'm telling you, i know who it was, it was kim basinger. kennedy: you guys all tied. where's the beef? you guys can share beef custody? a couple weeks here and there, split amongst yourself -- >> it can start with hannah and then ned. kennedy: you become the power trouble. i would appreciate your nuptial so congrats to all of you.

[laughter] ned, kevin, hannah, great job. thank you. >> thanks, kennedy. kennedy: coming up, then aflac reminding the world is a slime, drinking on his long-suffering ex-wife garner. she spills the beans on some of her wst relationships. i live for this. [laughter]

♪♪ kennedy: after decades of moping from one movie to the next, then aflac find a way to be interesting. unfortunately, it by trashing the poor mother of his children. this week he claimed his ex-wife

jennifer garner drove him to alcoholism because he felt trapped in their marriage and said they had to split, he probably still be drinking. the comments are getting backlash on social media. jennifer lopez, also upset because now she's getting dragged into it. we all have an x who is a real jerk. what's the best way to put him in his place? with me in studio, cohost of gutfeld and fox nation host, kat timpf. welcome back. >> it's so good to be careful. kennedy: what did you think when you read these comments? >> first of all, i was confused. she made him drink? were you pledging her paternity? just sitting there saying chug, chug, chug? otherwise, it does not apply. your marriage didn't work clearly because your unable to accept responsibility for your own behavior. this is a grown man.

kennedy: and a grown man had problems not only with substance abuse, he's also had gambling problems in these are well documented even before jennifer garner era but after they broke up, she did a heartbreaking interview, callahan highlighted where she said he was the love of my life, it's truly sad and for him to blame her now, why? >> she is being so nice, i wouldn't be that nice. she was with him in his ugliest, fattest, disgusting, horrible behavior. not a good decision for years. [laughter] he says this is because of you. shut up. you would think would learn about accountability, you sit and talk about why you drink with your therapist. the therapist is never like have you had any contact with jennifer garner? because we see that a lot here.

people just touch shoulders with her, full blown alcoholic, nine times out of ten. it's not a thing and the worst part is, jennifer lopez shouldn't be mad about being dragged into the story, she should be mad about being dragged into the relationship, that's why you don't take your ex back because of he's doing this, he clearly doesn't have any accountability and i doubt he has big accountability with jennifer lopez and she is far too hot to be with someone like that. kennedy: and no capacity for change. come on. i don't think jail open aflac relationship withstands this because of this. >> he's going to come out and do something horrible and say it's because of jennifer lopez. [laughter] if he can blame jennifer, make me ruin my life. the name jennifer, the next thing you know, my 19th to go

back. no, buddy. it's you. if you can't say that, i prefer somebody who's a constant train wreck thing like i'm a train wreck guy. i dated a 90s guy. i look at myself in the mirror and being like it's you dating train wreck guy. it's not like i who fake a foot injury and wouldn't leave my apartment, that was a little on him but he did give me bedbugs. kennedy: i'm sorry. that's too far. that is unforgivable. >> he said i can't go back to my apartment because of these bedbugs. by the way, no proof he had an apartment. [laughter] thank you for letting me share. [laughter] kennedy: love you so much. tropical storm is not. ♪♪

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seen but the science is settled and you are wrong. the cdc says infuser. 90% of americans enjoy the song according to cnn training services people are overwhelmed, dying to hear it. the latest look, out, my ear is bleeding, that's how bad it was. all songs banned from social media, many of her favorite songs never even existed. if you think they did, it means you are listening to too much alex jones and qanon racist. dominoes selling a new three-course pizza in south korea, it contains appetizer. the main course and dessert all on one pipe. meanwhile, people of north korea are combining all of their courses into a single dish called price. the triple course pizza is topped with ricotta cheese, shrimp squid, barbecues, tiny cute cheesecake just like my

italian mom used to make. congrats, you found a way to make olive garden look like traditional high and italian food. this is what mario and luigi would eat if they were played by ms. pratt and charlie die. it sells for $30 but if you buy it now, you will get free music video to download. ♪♪ viewer mail. fatcat says kennedy nation, you are extremely annoying. you know what? me out. it is not annoying? cats are annoying, you are dumb. you are a terrible actress. is that why i play the lead role

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