>> when you're aware from the television have the news wherever you go, download the fox news app at your app store. >> sandra: this is a fox news alert. for the second time in 24 hours a county in the state of georgia has discovered more than 2,000 votes that were not counted. good morning, everyone. i'm sandra smith. hello, trace. >> trace: good morning, i'm trace gallagher. workers found more than 2700 ballots on memory cards in fay yet county that weren't found. officials say it's human error. the president's team is claiming there may be more out there. >> the reason you have the audit. you know they'll make mistakes and you find and correct those mistakes as you go. in this case when the margin is

so narrow every little thing matters. >> there is reporting in a third county in georgia in walton county they have found the same issue. a memory card that was not registered with votes and guess what? these votes favor president donald trump. >> sandra: much more on that coming up with georgia senator kelly loeffler in the middle of that hotly contested runoff in georgia. john, when can we know the final result of the audit in georgia? >> good morning. that audit of georgia votes is expected to be completed by 11:59 p.m. tonight just before midnight. here is what we know about discrepancies this recount has found. first of all in floyd county, more than 2600 votes that had not been counted were tabulated. about 800 of those went to

president trump in terms of the difference. there is 1500 that were for trump. because of the breakdown 00 netted for the president. another 499 for the difference for president trump and walton county. we don't know the breakdown of the vote but the way walton county was going was 74% in favor of the president. that could be 165 votes if that percentage continues. not enough to overturn the result in georgia at this point. biden still leads by almost 13,000 but -- here is an election official. >> the weakest link in the whole system and why there are checks and double checks and triple checks we do before we finalize the audit phase of this. why the hand audit is important. >> pennsylvania rudy giuliani

arguing a case in federal district court yesterday. an obama judge looking to -- it could propel the case toward the supreme court of the united states. trump campaign losing a case in the pennsylvania supreme court. they complained election observers weren't allowed close enough proximity to check the vote count. the campaign won the case in lower court. the supreme court of pennsylvania overturned the ruling yesterday. wayne county, michigan. two republican canvas board members refused to certify the results there prompting the president to treat wow, michigan refused to certify election results. having courage is a beautiful thing. shortly after that a second vote did approve certification though the president insists that those two republican canvas board members were forced into doing that. whether the president would allow for a peaceful transition of power if his election

challenges do not overturn the current vote count here is what kayleigh mcenany said earlier today. >> this president has always said he will engage in a peaceful transfer of power if the facts bear out that way. the president believes and so too do many others if every legal vote is counted he will remain president. he is pursuing litigation but this president always wants what's in the best interests of our country. >> another big move last night the president firing his top cybersecurity expert. they certified the 2020 election was secure. the president tweeted that statement was inaccurate. there was fraud. it fits into the narrative, sandra, that the president is creating. even if joe biden does become the president of the united states, the president will make a case to his supporters, president trump at least, he did not lose the election. that it was taken from him

through these voting irregularities. >> sandra: more on that coming up. >> trace: a mayoral hopeful in california is facing 18 counts of felony voter fraud. prosecutors say there were 8,000 fake voter registrations on behalf of homeless people and he was canvassing as part of a nonprofit he set up. authorities say no votes were actually cast. >> sandra: and another fox news alert this morning. pfizer releasing brand-new data from its coronavirus vaccine trial saying that vaccine is 95% effective in preventing covid-19. the company says the shot stopped the spread of infection across multiple age groups including older people most at risk of dying from the virus. pfizer says it plans to apply for emergency approval from the fda within days. >> trace: several governors are

rolling out new restrictions to curtail a widespread surge in covid-19 cases. the new rules ranging from stricter mask mandates to additional limits on social gatherings. already getting pushback from some local officials. garrett tenney is live in lansing, michigan. good morning to you. how are the rules going to be enforced? >> trace, good morning to you. for the most part they aren't being enforced. this is more of an on the honor system. technically punishments could range from a few hundred dollars and several thousand and six months in prison. they vary by state. at least a dozen states are restricting or limiting gagtserings to no more than five people. pennsylvania is requiring folks to wear a mask inside their own homes if they have anyone over

for thanksgiving. upstate new york several sheriffs have said they won't be enforcing the order limiting indoor gatherings to 10 people. push >> the anxiety this rule is causing is unbelievable. the first thing i start with we have three layers of this whole process. we've got the medicine and science, we have the constitution and the law, and we have the politics and hypocrisy. >> here in michigan a new round of restrictions are in effect today. college and high school classes done online. sports canceled except for pros and college games. indoor dining is no longer allowed. a move the restaurant industry said it could cause 40% of restaurants to shut down and casinos and movie theaters and bowling all east closed for the second time this year. the owner of this bowling alley say while they support the state taking action to stop the spread officials need to take action to help businesses.

>> disinfect every night. we wear masks. we do what we can do and we haven't had any. but did anyone come an ask us about that? no. just shut it down. just shut it down and cut out everybody's livelihoods. it has to be dealt with from both sides of the coin. our state deals from one side of the coin. the political side, i believe. >> now these new restrictions will be in place for the next three weeks. most business owners we spoke to say they can likely weather that storm but however judging by the long lines at testing sites like the one behind us that these business owners are seeing they expect the restrictions to be extended. at that point the future becomes much more uncertain. trace. >> trace: garrett tenney live in lansing, michigan. thank you. >> sandra: for more on this let's bring in katie pavlich.

editor for town hall.com. you list to the growing lists of restrictions in very states, local municipalities. it seems that politicians think that they can tell people exactly how to live their lives. there is a lot of reaction to this. and the hypocrisy that is being pointed out by in the case of governor newsom, sitting with a big group, photographed inside of a restaurant. others aren't allowed to do that. outrage is growing over this. >> the number of politicians across the country that you mentioned the california governor who went to a private dinner with multiple people and lobbyists. justification was he is a government official and he has government business to do while he is lecturing the rest of his state about staying inside, shutting down businesses and putting kur fuse on families. the mayor of chicago justifying telling people not to gather with families for thanksgiving dinner while she was in the streets in a crowd.

same thing with chuck schumer in a crowd celebrating in brooklyn. the leadership here has lost credibility. if they want the american people to follow their orders, they have to lead by example. and they haven't done that. when it comes to people who have been in this for nine months a lot of people are saying look, we understand the disease now. we're adults. we can make decisions whether we're willing to take the risk with our families to gather on thanksgiving or go to church. but the government which is being led by these people who are not following the rules that they place on the rest of us have lost all credibility when it comes to what they want everybody else to do while they go about their business and justify it because they're some kind of elite who has some kind of exception. >> sandra: want to make sure we had a moment ago while you were talking pictures that have been obtained of governor newsom sitting there left side of your screen at a table count seven can't go all the way around, 10

people gathered together not wearing masks, close proximity, not social distancing. you see that picture and know this is a person that's pushing for really tough restrictions on the people of his state. he has apologized but many pointing out perhaps it wouldn't have happened if he hadn't been caught. you look at what's happening in oregon with the incoming republican chair slamming these new covid rules. listen to this. >> this is a travesty this happening in our state. how dare governor brown think she is going to come out, send the police into people's homes and arrest them and fine them for having a thanksgiving meal with their family? while at the same time she allows rioters and an arc consists to destroy the downtown city of portland. that's hypocrisy. >> sandra: she is speaking out about that. move on to what is happening with the continued counting

going on. newt gingrich is taking on the fact poll watchers were sent home in georgia. he said this last night. listen. >> in the case of georgia, for example, one of the largest voting centers in fulton county told the republican poll watchers at 10:00 at night that everybody was going home. as soon as the republicans left, they went back and counted ballots for three more hours with nobody there watching them. it denies common sense not to believe that they were stealing. >> sandra: there is that, katie. then, of course, for the second time within 24 hours a georgia recount discovering more than 2700 ballots in this case that were not included in the vote totals from election day. so what does this mean for the president's case about irregularities in the system? >> well look, this is why the trump campaign from the beginning has asked that every legal vote be counted and when you continually as you mentioned in the past 24 hours

have thousands of votes inching close to 10,000 votes that weren't counted, that's why the campaign has filed a number of lawsuits to slow down this process to make sure that those votes do get counted and put in the system. there are serious questions about why republican poll watchers were either not let into the room or let into the room and not able to see what was going on. these are basic questions that should be answered to make sure that things were done in a proper, legal way. the more we see coming out of georgia, the more the trump campaign has been essentially proven right about needing some patience to go forward and make sure this is all done properly and in a legal fashion. >> sandra: meanwhile there is still a lot of looking back at the days leading up to the election and the way that social media giants handled some of the information and what they called some instances misinformation. the labeling of that, the

censoring of that. senator josh hawley has been hot on this and made a big point last night talking to tucker carlson. >> the whistleblower revealed to me they coordinate very closely. i think this warrants antitrust scrutiny and further action by congress. congress is going to have to get off its back side and do something here or these corporations will run america. they are the most powerful companies in the world and time we took them on. >> sandra: what he is trying to bring to light is a whistleblower complaint brought to him about this platform called sen tra, katie. it alleged facebook used that platform to track its users not just on facebook but across the internet. you are talking about everything facebook, twitter, google. katie, this is a continued case that republicans are making and especially in the hearing room yesterday. >> yeah, you had senator hawley

alleging facebook, twitter and other social media networks work together to coordinate snuff out certain story lines they don't politically agree with. mark zuckerberg denied they coordinate on political issues but do on issues of national security. the broader thing yesterday that i found very interesting is congress and these senators were asking a number of questions to go at these tech companies from a different angle whether it's fraud, portraying to your consumers you are providing a product you aren't providing and a publisher question. you had twitter ceo dorsey saying all these things about making policy and determinations and making decisions based on the policies they've implemented which is an editorial decision. these tech companies, if congress actually decides to do something other than hold hearings, may have a number of different issues to deal with in the future. >> sandra: to be clear facebook

confirmed that the platform used -- that facebook used centra to look into complex subjects. senator thom tillis continued to press zuckerberg on the subject asking whether or not their intention was to force certain outcomes like in the case of the presidential election. katie, great to have you this morning. thank you. >> thanks, sandra, good to see you. >> trace: top gop lawmakers sounding off on the treatment of joe biden accusing the media of handling him with kid gloves and thousands of ballots found in georgia. what does it mean for the presidential race and the senate runoffs >> we'll hold the line in georgia. we're a red state and make sure we get everyone out to vote and we won't let california and new york buy this election because georgia is a red state.

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>> sandra: the presidential recount in georgia has now discovered a second bundle of more than 2500 votes that were not tallied on election day. not enough to change the outcome of a race where 5 mill

votes were cast but it is causing concern among republicans ahead of georgia's two senate runoff elections. here to talk about that is one of those candidates, georgia senator kelly loeffler. good morning. what concerns do you have on that based on what we're learning about those lost votes in georgia? >> good morning, sandra. i do have serious concerns. in fact, i have expressed concerns with georgia's election since the primary when over 1,000 people voted twice. i've expressed concerns now with the general election. this is so important because we have a momentous january 5th election coming up that is going to determine so much for the future of our country. so we have to get to the bottom of it. we have to hold people accountable for these elections. georgians have to trust the process that their votes will count. that only legal votes will count. but that every legal vote is counted because so much is at stake in this election, from the general, on into the runoff on january 5th. >> sandra: these races have been billed by your party a

battle for the control of the nation, senator. what would it mean for the country if you were to lose these two senate seats? >> well, obviously everything is on the line. we're the firewall against socialism in this country. chuck schumer said now we take georgia, then we change america. and that's exactly what he means. we know he would abolish the filibuster, pack the court, implement a dramatic tax increase on all hard working families across america and he has his own agent of change in warnock, running against me and my race, the most radically liberal candidate for senate in the country. don't take my word for it. it is in his own words. he is someone that doesn't support the police. he said that you can't serve in the military and serve god. he celebrated fidel castro in his own church. so this is the type of candidate, the type of agenda that democrats want to enact if we don't hold the line in georgia on january 5th. >> sandra: you are running

against socialism. you've made that very clear if you and perdue to win you are saving the country. what are you running on? >> important question, sandra, because what we're running on is the american dream, economic opportunity that lifts all americans up. this isn't about republicans and democrats right now. this is about the american dream or socialism. that's what is at stake. look, i lived the american dream. i was born and raised from a farm. i went from farm to fortune 500 and created hundreds of jobs in georgia and i want for georgia, the opportunity to live their dream and the freedom and opportunities that all americans deserve. and look, i want to reopen our economy as well. i want to make sure we get relief to hard working americans. democrats want to shut down the economy and blocked relief over and over. we'll hold them accountable january 5. >> sandra: you still have the president that is refusing to accept the outcome of the

election. lindsey graham went on about vote by mail and the continued use of it for your party going forward. >> voting by mail will be the end of the republican party if we don't have a system to verify signatures. all i'm asking for is that georgia have a bipartisan group to verify a signature on a mail-in ballot. not leave it up to a single individual. if you had an audit of all these signatures on envelopes in georgia and you had people who knew what they were doing i bet the rejection rate would be more than 0.3%. >> sandra: i ask you to react to that but also in the context of you calling on the republican secretary of state in georgia to resign based on what is happening there and these ballots. >> well sandra, lindsey is exactly right. we have to make sure that every legal vote is counted and i also believe we have to hold

officials accountable. look, i came out of the private sector. people held me accountable as an executive. we have to make sure that people in georgia have confidence in this process. look, we have to make sure that people in georgia can express their vote absentee ballot, early voting that starts december 14th. absentee ballots are starting to get mailed out today in georgia. or they can vote in person on january 5th. we have to hold people accountable, though, so they know their results will be counted at the polls in a legal process. look, we have to make sure that we are driving forward with an election on january 5th so that's my focus is making sure people turn out. >> sandra: are you standing by your call for the georgia secretary of state to resign? >> yes, i am. we have to hold our top election official accountable. thousands of votes were not counted in georgia just on november 3 after a pretty disastrous primary in june. so look, we have to make sure

that people in georgia trust the system. we need everyone to vote. i encourage people to vote early, absentee ballot but we have to trust the system. >> sandra: i want to ask you a lot being made of the out of state funding contributions, campaign contributions to your opponent. you can put it on the screen with warnock 80% out of state campaign contributions to your 35%. are you pointing that out as something of concern? or is that in line perhaps with what we have seen with some of these other hotly contested races? >> well look, we know hundreds of millions of dark liberal money is pouring into our state. that's why it is so important that everyone across the country get involved and visit kelly for senate.com to chip in $5 or $10. volunteer, get involved. we have to make sure people in georgia vote at the polls on january 5th or before because it is our state. this is our election and we aren't going to let them buy it.

not california, not new york. chuck schumer is not going to take ga. it is not available to new york or california. we're a red state and we'll keep it red. >> sandra: announced last night you have accepted the invitation to debate your opponent. what is your strategy? >> look, i'm going to continue to do what i did in our first debate. i asked him to apologize for calling police officers gangsters, thugs, bullies and a threat to our children. he declined to do that. he is someone that would defund the police. he doesn't care about safety and security in our communities. i will always stand up for law enforcement and the for the safety of our families across georgia. >> sandra: we'll hear his response to that on the debait stage. >> trace: governor newsom is having a hard time following his own social distancing guidelines. plus this. >> these are the most powerful

corporations in history and here they are coordinating about how they are going to stop us from speaking. mark zuckerberg admitted to me under oath that yeah, actually facebook censorship teams do talk to google and twitter. >> trace: senator josh hawley blasting tech giants for censorship and accusing facebook of tracking its users way beyond the site.

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withdraw half of its remaining troops from afghanistan. troop levels will be cut in iraq. >> trace: pfizer says data shows it's covid vaccine is 95% effective. it will seek emergency approval within days. >> sandra: in maryland a suspect is dead and a police officer is recovering from gunshot wounds. the shooter opened fire on police when they tried to arrest him. the injured officer is listed in stable condition. >> trace: facebook ceo mark zuckerberg facing tough questions on capitol hill yesterday as new details emerge on the social media giant's use of a program called centra which tracks user profiles not only on facebook but across the entire internet. what can lawmakers do to curb facebook's tracking efforts? james trusty is year. i want to play some of this back and get your reaction. watch. >> it's a tool that facebook

uses to track its users not only on facebook but across the entire internet and behavioral data to monitor users accounts even if they're registered under a different name. do you have a tool that does what i've described and that you can see here over my shoulder? or are you saying it don't exist? >> senator, i am saying that i'm not familiar with it. >> trace: he is not familiar with it. fox business says centra does exist. you track people on facebook across the internet. give me an idea, is it legal, ethical or does it just feel awfully intrusive? >> well, it certainly feels awfully intrusive. you do a search online and 10 minutes later you're in social media and bombarded with commercials about the same topic. there is a lot of spy ware, a lot of ability to track your consumer tastes and interests. i think where congress is starting to tilt when it comes

to the big tech guys is to at least explore the possibility of seeing if it's collusion and conspiracy and antitrust violation. but i have to say i think the better way is to go head on. these guys are slow walking. when they come before congress every few months they're being cross-examined by 85-year-old men that don't know technology like they do. if they land serious questions the tech giants do what happened yesterday, i have to look into that. i'll get back to you. i think they are slow walking. the more direct approach to be go into the federal communication decency act section 230 and say look, you should have free speech platforms. if you aren't willing to do that we won't give you the immunity. the point of the immunity is to encourage free speech on platforms and they're not abiding by it. >> trace: you make a great point. i looked at some of the answers three weeks ago when both jack dorsey and mark zuckerberg were also on the hill and they gave a bunch. let me get back to you.

you check the tech sites. it is not coming to fruition. it is a big tactic. the question here for conservatives, jim, the worry is that content, if it is being censored, it is being censored across multiple platforms. >> right. and look, i think there is starting to be some evidence of that and maybe more comprehensive evidence. look no further than the fact that twitter allows iran mullahs to say death to israel. if the "new york post" has a negative story about hunter biden it gets suppressed. they may be colluding or may have the same political worldview of protecting us from dangerous speech meaning conservative thought, but there is a lot of exploration to do. these congressional appearances aren't really doing it. you aren't getting to bedrock facts about how these social networks are being operated by

these guys. >> trace: the other platform that senator hawley brought up yesterday is called task. it allowsed facebook to monitor banned websites and potential hate speech but it also allows facebook to coordinate, right, with twitter and with google. you talked about this a little bit how you've got this whole -- this in cahoots for lack of a better term for some of these different things they want to do, jim. i'm concerned if, in fact, this is a legal process when you use other companies and you are gathering information and you are using it against people. >> well look, i think an antitrust investigation could answer that question for us more forcefully. look, there is a lot that seems to be legitimate when i comes to information sharing where if you had some sort of terrorist posting that was taking place it would make sense for the tech giants to share the information with each other on just a broad security level.

but when they are sharing information about shutting down political speech and calling everything hate and equating words with violence, that is the slippery slope that makes us realize free speech is imperil and 230 needs a look. >> trace: i feel like i go watching in wal-mart and they are watching me when i go to target. it is intrusive. good to have you as always. thank you, sir. >> sandra: he is not even in office yet but progressives are pushing joe biden farther to the left. just wait until you hear what they are saying about his staff. plus new york governor andrew cuomo's big payday. the huge pay raise he is receiving while his state reels from covid shut downs. reaction from a business owner who has been hit hard by the shutdowns just ahead. >> i think more places will close down and i hope -- i hope

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>> trace: liberal democratic groups going after joe biden's picks for his administration. his list is not progressive enough. let's bring in our panel. guy benson, host of the guy benson show and leslie marshall also a fox news contributor. welcome to you both. at issue here, guy, are two men. one who is a former lobbyist for pharmaceutical industry. does not believe in medicare for all. the other is richmond, the recipient of fossil fuel money. both are getting pushback. justice for democrats writes the following. a biden administration dominated by corporate-friendly insiders won't help usher in

the most progressive democratic administration in generations. we find corporate friendly biden appointments unacceptable. the pressure is now rising, guy. your thoughts. >> well, i don't typically eat popcorn for breakfast. this is already quite entertaining to me and i look forward to hearing from leslie. her party and the mess they've got right now. the whining has already begun. we haven't gotten into cabinet picks yet and you have the justice democrats trying to call the shots in an administration that they fought tooth and nail, the candidate at the top of the ticket during the primary, and they've made all their threats, right? but this is not who got joe biden the nomination or elected. they helped him in the general of course, but look, this person is moderate. imposed medicare for all. it sounds like the campaign joe biden ran. i suspect the justice democrats and left wingers assumed they would have a lot more leverage with big democratic majorities in the house and senate.

looks like that majority will be razor thin in the house and may not exist at all in the senate should republicans get the job done down in georgia. we'll see. >> trace: the key word he used is leverage. how much leverage do progressives have going forward? >> look, there is a lot of thought out there, trace, that the justice democrats and the quote radical leftist faction of my party and the democratic party cost seats and that the majority that was very much enjoyed prior to this election and we won't have going forward is a result of some of these very progressive policies. the reality is that justice democrats actually flipped one seat, one house seat in this election. they don't have the power not just because of the slim majority but really when you have the squad and one it is not the 97 that they would claim that they have on their website. at the end of the day joe biden has always said he is not if favor of medicare for all. the majority of americans want what joe biden wants.

the majority of democrats, to keep the insurance they have. to expand on obamacare and biden has always been very clear that's what he wants to do going forward. i also would say these are two appointments that they don't like, hang on because you never know if warren becomes treasury secretary or bernie sanders becomes labor secretary. it would appease for a little while the progressive left. >> trace: justice democrats echo what she is saying. they believe half the democratic caucus in the house is made up of progressives. 100 members. she said it's not true. justice democrats writes the following, if joe biden continues making corporate-friendly appointments to his white house he will risk quickly frack touring the hard-earned goodwill his team built with progressives to defeat donald trump. sounds like they think they have according to what leslie is saying, they believe they have more influence than they actually have, or do they have more influence? >> well look, if they decide to

make nancy pelosi and joe biden's job a lot harder by voting no on things that the leadership wants them to pass, then they could cause some headaches. they do have some leverage. i think they should keep that going and it would be a good development. >> such a positive note. love you. joe biden has a message of unity for the nation and the people in my party whether you are on the far left in the center or right of center. have to realize that. otherwise we're going to have this same nightmare four years from now. >> trace: leslie marshall and guy benson, thank you both. >> thank you, trace. >> sandra: the surging pandemic forcing americans to change their holiday travel plans but that's not stopping some lawmakers from jetting off to hawaii. and some folks are not happy about it.

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>> trace: trouble in paradise for several lawmakers after traveling to hawaii for a conference on the responsible reopening of their economies no less. william la jeunesse live on the west coast. we hear the california governor now has some additional explaining to do. >> two stories of hypocrisy. first he attended a birthday party that violated rules that he himself laid down for california. no more than three couples from unrelated families six feet apart. he didn't. newsom with a group of 12, no mask. when caught here is what he said. >> it was in napa, in the orange status, relatively loose compared to some other counties. it was to be an outdoor

restaurant. >> not outdoors. this room has three walls, ceiling and sliding door which another guest said was frequently closed and what she told our l.a. a filliate. it got louder and louder. the glass doors were closed. people were shoulder to shoulder. something the governor telling us not to do. staying off the beach, wear a mask, newsom urges people to stay home at thanksgiving and dine alone. >> the spirit of what i'm preaching all the time was contradicted and i got to own that. i want to apologize to you. >> newsom and governor inslee of washington asked residents to avoid out of state travel. but lawmakers went to maui for an all expense paid. california lawmakers are

attending. it is not just bad optics but irresponsible. >> it is just a bad decision. it is an unwise decision. regardless of what it looks like, it is not a good decision to go do this. >> the organizer of this event said everyone had to show a negative covid test 72 hours prior to arriving in hawaii. back to you. >> trace: a lot of do as i say going on. william la jeunesse live in los angeles. >> sandra: new coronavirus restrictions across the country to control the rising number of cases. our next guest is trying to operate a bar here in new york city facing those restrictions. she'll respond to all the new rules going into effect next. wow. that will save me lots of money. this game's boring. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.

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>> sandra: new york city restaurant owners feeling the heat of the latest effects of the latest restrictions put in place by governor andrew cuomo. our next guest is the owner of a bar in manhattan erin bellard. thank you for being here. our heart goes out to everyone affected by this. it is a very difficult time for the restaurant industry here in new york city and all over the country. how difficult and challenging has this been for you? >> it's incredibly challenging. we're having a hard time staying afloat. restrictions keep coming without explanation and at the last minute. it is tying our hands and restricting our ability to make revenue and keep people employed.

>> sandra: we're showing pictures of your bar on the upper west side. clearly in these pictures we can see you have done your own a part to social distance customers. the number of customers you can have inside while you are accommodating outdoor seating as well. do you feel like knowing what we're supposed to do, wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands, do you feel like you can safely accommodate your customers? >> definitely. we put in air filters. we can have 27 people inside right now which is 25% occupancy and our entire place opens up. we have a lot of airflow. >> sandra: how about the new restrictions they'll knock on your door if you don't kick people out by 10:00 p.m. >> really frustrating. at 25% occupancy we can barely make ends meet and opening our doors and we're still in the red. so restricting us to having the last seating for me takes about 10% of my sales.

for some neighbors it goes to 30%. we can't stay afloat with that. >> sandra: our hearts are with you. i hope you can weather this. thanks for joining us. claims of voter fraud pushed aside in michigan. republican members of the election board in wayne county, which includes detroit, reversing course now voting to certify the results just hours after voting against certification because of widespread discrepancies involving absentee ballots. welcome to a new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning, everyone. i'm trace gallagher. it follows a major outcry from state officials and allegations of racism. it began with the county board of canvassers deadlocked after finding 70% of poll books out of balance mostly in detroit. there were differences between the number of ballots cast and the number of recorded voters.

the republican board members finally caving after receiving assurances of an audit. >> the numbers have not improved. it is still 71% out of balance. >> i believe that we have complete and accurate information about the totals. >> trace: griff jenkins is live in washington with more. >> quite a night in michigan. the largest county canvassing board. it got deadlocked because the two republican and two democrat thembers. when the two republicans voted against certifying for the discrepancies. the meeting opened to public comment. many thought it was a tar g*eted attack on a majority black districts and they took to -- the governor said it was

partisan. then after several hours the board voted to pass certification. as you noted they're caving in. the president is tweeting about this this morning saying this. wrong, at first they voted against because there were far more votes than people said. then they were threatened and harassed and refused to sign the documents. don't harass. the two republican members pointed to the ballot discrepancies for their initial rejection. the legal advisor for the president is saying they should not certify results because they were threatened. >> we have reports of 71% of the precincts that the ballot count does not match the voter rolls. that is significant and not a political question. that is something no matter if you are democrat or republican

you should be concerned about. the state of michigan should not certify false results until we get to the bottom of this pervasive fraud. >> the certified results biden won by more than 35%. in the state by 146,000 votes. as you mentioned the reverse of course came, trace, because of an agreement to an audit. it is up to the secretary of state to move forward on that and she was in a twitter war with the president last night. we'll see where it all goes. >> trace: thank you, griff. >> worship at the altar of fauci have no problem reaching into your homes and demanding you behave in a certain way. socializing with people outside of your immediate cohort or family or bubble is not right. if you had thanksgiving plans they want to shame you into cancelling them. >> sandra: that was laura

ingraham talking about a developing story we're following for you with thanksgiving around the corner. democratic governors in several states tightening coronavirus restrictions amid a rise in cases. that includes oregon. governor kate brown has ordered a two week freeze limiting indoor and outdoors gatherings there allows no more than six people from two households. anyone who breaks those rules could face up to 30 days in jail. more than $1200 fines for both. brown said this. i expect local law enforcement to continue to use an education first approach but people in oregon need to understand the rules are enforceible under law. joining us now is chris bedford. i'll preface my question to you, we all want to do the right thing whether wearing masks, to stop the spread of this virus, wash your hands. social distance. when it comes to the restrictions we're seeing piled on in some of these states, how

are people supposed to react? >> i think they have to -- there is a huge amount of symbolism being lost and irony. the 400th anniversary of the pilgrims arriving in the united states, the americas. this is the beginning of self-governance. this is when the country was founded. not the 1619 project stuff we've been being fed. it is when -- what they did that was incredible in the first colony was establish that they could have self-government. they could have a compact. they could be free people in this land. these officials are just trampling over the holiday like it is a cafeteria holiday. family is extremely important. liberty is extremely important and it is really difficult to be a citizen of any of these states like portland, no law and order now for months and months and months and say you are going to come in and

trample on my liberties on the 400th anniversary of the thanksgiving. it's difficult to stomach. >> sandra: there ss an incoming county chair speaking out against the governor's restrictive rules calling the latest freeze a travesty. listen. >> this is a travesty. this happening in our state. how dare governor brown think she is going to come out, send the police into people's homes and arrest them and fine them for having a thanksgiving meal with their family? while at the same time she allows rioters and anarchists to destroy portland. >> sandra: what about that? the protestors over the summer and penalties being put in place for people hosting thanksgiving dinner versus those protestors? >> it is an incredible amount

of hypocrisy. two different visions of what america is. one in which you can gather and have peaceful assembly, that you can celebrate our freedoms with your family and one where it's okay to riot and tear down statues and attack federal courthouses where the federal government is treated as occupiers. what we're seeing in 2020 and seeing across the country is an unbelievable lack of education coming home to roost of people not understanding what makes this country great. what is so important about this thanksgiving. we launched a 1620 project to remind americans why this is so important and means more than just football and turkey. what the pilgrims did, what this country is built on. americans across the country are largely waking up to this. some states are still imposing restrictions like in california where they are locking down over 90% of the population. it is absurd. i feel at least here in washington, d.c. and in the states i've been visiting over the election a growing sention of discontent across the

country. >> sandra: we all want to do the right thing because we don't want to see millions of jobs lost and further shutdowns but at some point we just had a restaurant owner from new york city just a few moments ago leading into you, chris saying look at my restaurant. look how dedistance, look at what we've built outside to accommodate. i feel like i can do the right thing for our customers. their incentive is to remain open so they want to be safe. chris, great to have you here this morning. thank you. >> trace: pfizer is out with the final analysis of its coronavirus vaccine showing the shot is 95% effective. this held up across all age, race, and ethnic demographics. jonathan hunt is live in los angeles with more on this. jonathan. >> trace, this is more good news on the vaccine front. not only did pfizer and its partner reveal that their coronavirus vaccine is 95% effective, but also that it

protects older people who, as we have seen, are tragically among the most at risk from dying. and it is apparently consistently effective across all ages, races, and ethnicities. pfizer plans to ask the fda for emergency use authorization within days and the ceo told the associated press this is an extraordinarily strong protection. initial supplies of the vaccine will be scarce and rationed. set aside for the highest risk groups such as front line medical workers. still likely to be several months before ordinary americans can get the vaccine if they choose to do so. pfizer says they plan to produce 50 million doses globally this year and 1.3 billion next year. along with another vaccine from moderna that is said to be 95% effective u.s. official efs --

officials say they hope to have 20 million doses by next month. we may have good reason to celebrate the new year of 2021. >> sandra: another development, north dakota now has the world's highest coronavirus death rate. 18.2 deaths per 1 million people according to the huff, inc. ton post. south dakota has the third worst rate in the world. last week north dakota issued a mask mandate and limits on social gathering. >> trace: lockdown measures are facing legal challenges from religious group. andrew cuomo is up against a deadline to respond to a lawsuit filed by the catholic diocese of brooklyn asking the supreme court to overturn his order that limits attendance at churches. in any case the county sheriff said the rules are unenforceible.

>> there is no sanctions. i can't go arrest somebody. they don't get fined. he really i believe his intent is to try to slow things but i think it does more damage. lauren green has more on the backlash. good morning. >> good morning, trace. in less than a week two religious groups here in new york filed suit with the u.s. supreme court against governor cuomo alleging violation of religious freedoms and the court has given the governor until 2:00 p.m. this afternoon to respond to the first suit brought by the catholic diocese of brooklyn. last week the brooklyn diocese submitted an emergency filing to u.s. supreme court justice to block governor cuomo's order that blocks to 25 people max. the church is following health guidelines and no cases of covid.

the church called the order discriminatory. jewish groups filed a similar suit on monday saying the restrictions have made it impossible for members to exercise their religious faith. the court filing states in part the governor left no doubt that the targeting orthodox jews was his primary motivation. he saw the problem as predominantly an ultraorthodox cluster. since the shutdown last spring houses of worship in 25 states and the district of columbia have filed lawsuits. last week also supreme court justice alito in a rare expression of opinion outside the court warned of these pandemic restrictions becoming permanent after the court received two applications where he says covid restrictions blatantly discriminated against houses of worship. both religious groups in new york are in hot spots for the virus. the court will have to decide

if the religious institutions are being treated differently than stores and restaurants. back to you. >> trace: lauren green, thank you. >> sandra: critics are calling out the media for handling president-elect biden with kid gloves. will things change in the new year? plus growing concerns about election integrity as more ballots are discovered in georgia. attention veterans, today's all time low mortgage rates just dropped even lower. veterans who refi now can save three thousand dollars a year. with newday's va streamline refi, there's no income verification, no appraisal and no out of pocket costs. one call can save you $3000 a year. $3000! that's a big deal. +gillette proglide and proglides gel. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed

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>> sandra: fox news alert now. 10:00 a.m. on the east coast in the trump campaign has just told our own john roberts from fox news that the trump campaign will be filing for a recount in wisconsin today. so that is word coming from our own john roberts at the white house. we hope to get more information from the trump campaign as the hours go on. we'll be watching that. >> trace: wash dogs of the national news media looking more like lap dogs covering president-elect joe biden. senator john kennedy sees a stark difference between the way they handle biden and the way they treat president trump. >> you would have to be a special kind of stupid not to see the disparate treatment between mr. biden and mr. trump. i think the toughest question that mr. biden has been asked is does he support children and

prosperity? probably the second toughest question is does he like ponies. and this is very dangerous for our democracy. >> trace: richard fowler a fox news contributor. brad blakeman former assistant to george w. bush. thank you both. i want to play you a little sample of what senator john kennedy was talking about and what joe biden was forced to endure. watch. >> what do you see as the biggest threat to your transition right now given president trump's unprecedented attempt to obstruct and delay a smooth transfer of power? >> what is your message to republicans who are backing up the president's refusal to concede? >> what is your message to people considering, for example, getting together with their families and others for thanksgiving. would you urge people to reconsider their plans? >> trace: is that a red stripe or is it red and white? you get the point here. not putting his feet to the fire. >> look, there was a love

affair during the campaign. it continues now. the campaign is over. it is not about donald trump anymore. it's about joe biden. what kind of president are you going to be? i know typically a president-elect enjoys a honeymoon with the press. that continues usually within the first 100 days of his presidency. but that love affair is continuing way beyond the time that it should. remember, george w. bush in the recount experience that he had never had a honeymoon. barack obama enjoyed a long honeymoon, four years' worth. i think the american people will get tired pretty quick in the next administration if their feet are not held to the fire. they'll go elsewhere for news and not going to take state-run media. >> trace: ari fleischer says the following. why isn't biden staff holding daily press briefings and why isn't the biden press corps

demanding them? the game of softball is sfm is playing with biden is ridiculous. what do you say? >> i think brad brings up a good point. the president-elect is still that, the president-elect. we actually do have a president of the united states whose name is donald trump and the president should hold daily press briefings and should answer questions from the press about the coronavirus and spiking in all 50 states and the fact there are 70,000 americans currently being hospitalized because of it. and here is what's real. the vice president -- former vice president, president-elect enjoys a honey mood period. i guarantee journalists will ask him about his plans to revive the economy and ask him what he plans to get done in the first 100 days legislatively and we have to wait to see that. at this point in time the more pressing question is why isn't the white house holding press briefings?

>> i want to move on if i can. this whole georgia recount thing. they had 2600 or 2700 ballots not counted. 7 or 8% of the total voters in those counties. this is significant. if it was a larger county or if a larger county turns up it is one of those things that's a big issue. >> this is an outrage. everyamerican should be outraged by the dysfunction of our national voting system with having 50 different standards. we need a national uniform voting standard for all 50 states. we should be voting the same in california as we do in alabama and in new york and elsewhere. thank god for trump not conceding because we would have never known these things. this would have been swept under the rug. the press wouldn't have focused on it. donald trump is doing a great service exposing the dysfunction and the criminality

and negligent and incompetence of our voting system. it is not the russians or the chinese who are interfering with our elections, it's us. >> trace: last word on this, richard. one county 2600 votes that weren't counted out of 36,000 voters. your thoughts. >> i agree with brad a lot today. we need a national voting standard. i think that's something congress should work on and get it done. i think it's important to pinpoint what is actually happening in georgia. number one, the election is not certified in georgia yet. the reason why the election is not certified is because the process is still taking place. they are still counting votes. the fact that the republican secretary of state there asked for a recount is for this exact reason because there were more votes out there that needed to be counted. the system is working perfectly. we're going over and double-checking and triple checking and making sure every vote is actually counted. we found votes that weren't counted. you know what we did?

we counted them. this is how democracy works. we should be proud that they found this irregularity and pointed it out and counted these votes. this is what america is all about, folks, this should make us proud of our country. >> trace: good conversation, thank you both. >> thank you. >> sandra: good to see all of you. home for the holidays could look a whole lot different this year. states ramping up covid restrictions for your thanksgiving holiday. kayleigh mcenany says it's like something out of 1984. >> in a place like oregon to say if you gather in numbers more than six we might come to your house and arrest you and you get 30 days of jail time? that's not the american way. we don't lose our freedom in this country. we make responsible health decisions as individuals. >> sandra: will your state be telling you and your family how to celebrate. tech giants under fire for censorship but are they working

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>> sandra: fox news alert on some news we brought you a few

moments ago on the trump campaign now announcing this wisconsin recount. the campaign is expected to file for a recount in that state today. they have not said which counties that request -- they would be requesting the recount on. so we're following that breaking news as it comes in. additional information that we get by the way they're calling it a partial recount. not statewide. so when we learn what counties they're calling for a recount in we'll bring that to you. >> trace: bottom of the hour, time for top stories, fda authorized emergency use of the first at home rapid result coronavirus testing kit. it can be self-administered by people 14 and older. results can come back in 30 minutes. >> sandra: confirmation of president trump's nominee to the federal reserve is in trouble after three republican senators opposed her nomination. judy shelton's controversial economic views on the fed's

independence have put her at odds with senators on both sides of the aisle. >> trace: georgia is investigating a democratic counties were vote counting was delayed. georgia continues its statewide recount. >> these are the mostful corporations in history and here they are coordinating how to stop us from speaking, coordinating who they will ban and coordinating what phrases will be allowed to trend and what not. we basically caught them red-handed. >> sandra: senator josh hawley on tucker carlson last night. one of the senators on the judiciary committee who demanded answers from the chiefs of those major companies, twitter and facebook at a hearing yesterday. it focused on how they handled the election-related content. charles payne is the host of making money on fox business. charles, good morning. great to see you. we carried that hearing live

here and we saw some -- several heated moments from ted cruz and others, josh hawley focusing in on a whistleblower complaint about efforts by these technology companies and a coordinated effort to track you and other people on the internet across platforms. so what did you take away from it? >> well, that was really frightening. the whole thing was intriguing because it's one of these times when you saw senators on both sides of the aisle really go at them, blumenthal in fact compared them to the robber barrons of yesteryear. although those folks created more jobs. they were a lot more contrite. they don't want to lose that section 230 shield but they are acting as managers. they are acting as arbiters of truth and acting as political operatives and apologizing about the "new york post" story.

seems like they took it personal even after they acknowledged they should not have taken those sort of draconian actions on hunter biden they were still trying to get the post to sort of take it down and put it back up. pettiness that really is shocking for a major company. and it really sensed it was a more personal situation going on there. but when senator hawley brought up the centra thing, that really is frightening. play the sound. >> sandra: we want people to understand what exactly we're talking about. here is the moment hawley on centra. >> centra is a tool that facebook uses to track its users not just on facebook but across the entire internet. centra also uses behavior y'all data to monitor users accounts even if they're registered under a different name. >> i'm sure we have tools that help us with our platform and community integrity work. but i am not familiar with that

name. >> do you have a tool that doex actly what i've described that you can see here over my shoulder or are you saying that doesn't exist? >> senator, i am saying that i'm not familiar with it. >> sandra: do you find that hard to believe, charles? he knows about it, he is aware of it but not familiar with it? mark zuckerberg founder of facebook. >> the central value for these companies and the reason why they are worth so much money is because they know everything about us. what we don't give them voluntarily they are on a mission to get one way or the other. this one program that senator hawley was talking about is used to gather behavioral data, personal information, take your photos and of course they can also some people worried can take action. it does it two ways. one, all of our smartphones have an imei number.

an identification number. they zero in on that once you use your cell phone. they drop the cookies. by the way, these cookies in the industries are known as persistent cookies. they last for two years gathering all this data. if you are not a facebook user but open a facebook post they have four cookies to attach to your information. they gather everything about us. what we don't give them voluntarily as we share information with our family and friends on their platform, they are taking from us and many should question when will they use it against us? >> sandra: senator ted cruz taking on his democratic colleagues for not sharing concern about big tech censorship. >> there was a time when democrats embraced and defended the principles of free speech. a time when democrats embraced and defended the principles of a free press. and yet there is an absolute

silence from democrats speaking up for the press outlets censored by big tech. >> sandra: quick thoughts. >> it is hurtful, it really is. in a woke world where the folks who always complained about tolerance are so intolerant when it comes to others. it is the height of hypocrisy but it is also very dangerous when there is something as obvious as this that both sides can't just say it's awful, it has to stop. even though, you know, you think it may help one person or another there are certain common threads and themes that all americans should believe in. >> sandra: you are a great american. thanks for being here this morning. >> trace: many states announcing new restrictions. some limit indoor gatherings in private homes and bars and restaurants. tucker carlson blasting the new holiday measures. >> politicians have now decided they have total power over you. they can literally decide who comes to thanksgiving dinner at your house and where they can

stand. that's never happened in american history before. >> trace: in new york some local sheriffs say they will refuse to enforce any limits on thanksgiving. >> sandra: and a new push for a black list targeting trump officials. this time at harvard university. is there a push to censor conservative viewpoints? thousands of troops heading home from iran and afghanistan. what this means for national security. that's how much veteran homeowners can save every year by using their va benefits to refinance at newday. record low rates have dropped to new all time lows. with the va streamline refi there's no appraisal, no income verification, and no money out of pocket. one call can save you $3000 a year.

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>> trace: cancel culture taking aim at the trump administration circulating a petition at harvard to block anyone who worked for the president from attending, speaking or teaching at the university. the letter the students wrote say in actively undermining faith in the electoral process and in refusing to concede the 2020 election, the trump

administration has trampled norms of free and fair elections and transfer of power that defined our republic for over two centuries. they leave out the president has every right to take a second look at the election paying dividends in georgia and as for the peaceful transfer of power, we aren't there yet. your thoughts. >> well look, this petition would be a stain on harvard. i hope that university officials know how progressive they are will recognize it for what it is. a brutal assault on free speech. we've have colleges -- this is a dangerous wiggle. if urn associated with president trump you are radioactive and essentially banned from cambridge. i don't expect trump to be offered a professorship at the kennedy school to teach fake news 101. is this the message harvard wants to send to its students and the world? >> the message is.

you are good at this. you love the censorship issue. the message is what happened to diverse opinions and alternate ideas on campus leading to this robust debate? >> that's what the academic world is supposed to be devoted to. look, it goes broerd than this. we see a trend where a few democrats are trying to create a black list to make sure anybody with the trump world would be unemployable. you have to ask, didn't their candidate joe biden just win the election? why are they so angry? this is law political payback that many people criticize from the trump administration. they are consumed by trump hatred. >> trace: great minds think alike. my next question, they won the election, right? on the left they won the election. you would think they would want the president and his administration to give context and percent pebtive about their thoughts on the way they believe the country is going.

half the country just under voted for the president and you would think they would want equal representation there. >> great university, free exchange of ideas. we're also seeing liberal pundits and celebrities now lashing out at the trump voters calling them racist and morons. one person expressed regret for comparing the trump administration against -- alec baldwin made a good living on snl and says trump should be buried in a grave with a swastika. i don't know why they're so angry. contrary to biden's message of unity and healing. >> trace: the university itself. no statement so far. maybe they agree or disagree with this. shouldn't there be acknowledgement this is out there and maybe some thought on

how they believe? >> i suppose it's possible that the people who run harvard just want to have this quietly go away. i can't imagine they would actually embrace it as official university policy but yeah, when you have significant petition like this you would think that somebody in academic affairs or president of the university would speak out and say this is contrary to our principles. we believe, as you were saying earlier, we believe in enlightening debate. let's hear from the other side. you can disagree in the context of academia but to ban it strikes me as a dangerous trend. >> trace: howie, always good to see you. thank you, sir. >> sandra: some american troops will be coming home soon. the pentagon announcing a drawdown in iraq and afghanistan. so is the move long overdue or does this pose a threat to our national security?

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>> i am formally announcing that we will implement president trump's orders by january 15th, 2001 -- excuse me, i clearly am thinking where this started in 2001. by january 15th, 2021, our forces, their size in afghanistan, will be 2,500 troops. >> sandra: that was acting secretary of defense christopher miller after the pentagon announced it will be reducing the number of u.s.

troops in iraq and afghanistan by mid-january. k.t. mcfarland joins us now. great to see you. so is this the right move at this time, k.t. >> oh yeah, it should have happened earlier. for a couple of reasons. iraq and afghanistan are two very different things. iraq, because america is now energy independent thanks to president's trump's fracking policies we don't need to be in the middle of their fight and we've given it our all. with iraq we can't want democracy more than they want it for themselves. and so it's the right thing to pull out. our job is done, leave. with afghanistan it's a little bit different because no matter how long we stayed, eventually we would love and afghanistan -- look, we lost that war years ago. >> sandra: k.t., mitch mcconnell we played the sound heading into break does not agree with this or tammy

duckworth. they both oppose the troop drawdown, watch. >> i think a drawdown in either afghanistan or iraq would be a mistake. >> we want our troops home but let's not bring them home in body bags. that's potentially what will happen if this president gets his way and puts his own political timeline ahead of our national security. >> sandra: respond to that, k.t. mitch mcconnell said a rapid drawdown of our troops would hurt our allies and delight the people who wish us harm. >> you know, i'm not buying it because with afghanistan, you know, let me just give you this example. i was in afghanistan more than a decade ago. and the argument at that time was american forces had to stay because we had to prevent terrorists from coming back. the afghan tribal leader i met tapped on his wrist which did not have a watch on it and said you americans, you have the watches. but we've got the time.

in other words, we would eventually leave and no matter what kind of technology, we were going to be gone and they were going to be there. it was just inevitably a matter of time. >> sandra: with the president-elect joe biden having to lay out his plans for when and if he takes office, i'll put a tweet from 2012 up on the screen. october 11th dated 2012. here he is on afghanistan, quote, we will leave in 2014. so when you look at what this administration is doing now, the trump administration and you look back to that comment and the previous administration, why wasn't this done before? >> well, it's because joe biden has a perfect record on foreign policy. according to his own secretary of defense he never got anything right. and he may have wanted to get out of afghanistan when he was vice president but they never did. and why? here is why they don't want to do it. it's really hard for generals

and politicians especially politicians who supported the iraq and afghanistan war for decades. it is hard for them to admit defeat. but for the sake of our military, these wars were lost long ago, bring the american troops home. right now the only reason they're there, sandra, is as a trip wire so that if we have enough american losses potentially we go back in. american people are tired of this. 20 years? it's enough already. >> sandra: k.t. always good to talk to you. thank you for being here this morning. appreciate your time. trace. >> trace: the latest on georgia's ballot recount as officials say they have found thousands of votes that have not been counted and we're now hearing another state is headed for a partial recount. no down payment. and with mortgage rates at all-time lows, your payments will be low, too. now's the time to buy.

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disappeared sunday after what his foster parents say had been an argument over something local, state, federal investigators were searching anywhere the boy could hide. the central tennessee terrain is west of nashville. it means cold at night. especially for a little kid last seen wearing blue jeans and short sleeved t-shirt, no coat. for the past two nights temperatures have been in the 30s. this is the tarp underwhich they found the boy. jordan told them he built himself the makeshift shelter with tree limbs. he was also barefoot in the woods near his house. as of yesterday morning jordan's foster family had not issued any public statements. his biological dad very relieved. told investigators jordan is autistic. >> he is talking about -- it is remarkable that he had the fortitude to find this tarp and create for himself a mack shift

shelter. >> jordan was found roughly a mile from his home and yesterday's news conference in the afternoon when they have announced he had been found and found alive, not only did his biological dad and his wife break into tears, so did several of the searchers. >> sandra: phil keating. thank you. fox news alert as we have just learned that the trump campaign is expected to file for a partial recount in wisconsin, just one of the president's challenges to the election. that recount in wisconsin coming after another ballot blunder in georgia where a second batch of uncounted ballots turned up in just 24 hours. welcome back to "america's newsroom" on this wednesday morning. good morning, trace, i'm sandra smith. >> trace: good morning. i'm trace gallagher. the newly found votes add several hundred to the president's total. not enough to change the outcome in georgia, but it does raise some concerns as the

state gets ready to finalize the votes in just two days. those in charge of georgia's hand recount say human error was to blame. >> the reason you have the audit human beings will make mistakes and you correct those mistakes as you go. when the margin is so narrow every little thing matters. >> sandra: martha maccallum will join us in moments. john roberts, good morning. >> that's the breaking news of the hour, the trump campaign will shortly be filing for a recount in two counties in the state of wisconsin. it will be milwaukee county and dane county. joe biden won both of those counties by significant margins, all totaled together the total vote in both of those counties was about 800,000 so if the trump campaign can find significant irregularities in those two counties in a recount it could affect the current margin of victory for joe biden which stands at 20,000 votes.

again, recounts in milwaukee and dane county. the trump campaign has to pay for that $2.50 per vote. about $2 million it will cost the trump campaign. to the state of georgia where the recount there has found some interesting developments in terms of votes that were either not counted because of a machine problem or not uploaded from a memory card. let's give you the tally now. in floyd county they found more than 2600 votes. that is a net gain of 800 for president trump. in fayette county a net gain of 449. walton county discovered 224 votes. no idea what the count is at this point. that count was 74% for president trump. the extra ballots not enough to overturn in georgia but it certainly makes the president

claims seem like there are irregularities in the vote counting process and the president not happy with the recount. the georgia recount is a joke and done under protest even though fraudulent votes have been found. the governor must open the consent decree and call in the legislature. that consent decree signed in march lays out the process for verifying signatures an mail why and absentee ballots. despite all of this the senators in georgia, david perdue and kelly loeffler are calling for the secretary of state, a republican, to resign. here is what he said about that. >> i felt they were coming under pressure from the trump campaign and they sent that out there. i don't know if it was a per -- i'm not going anywhere. i was hired by the voters of georgia and i will be up for

reelection and voters will decide that issue. >> in pennsylvania rudy giuliani arguing a case in federal district court. a judge considering the state motion to dismiss the trump campaign lawsuit there. giuliani suggesting that if the campaign loses in district court it could kick it to the supreme court. the trump campaign losing in supreme court. the campaign had won the case in a lower court but the pennsylvania supreme court overturned that ruling and wayne county, michigan, two republican canvas board members initially refused to certain file the results in that county and then reversed course. the president tweeting at first they voted against because there were far more votes than people. sad. threatened, screamed at and harassed and forced to change their vote and refuse.

71% mess, don't harass. the president taking action firing his top cybersecurity expert. the agency had issued a statement saying the 2020 election was secure. the president tweeting last night the recent statement by the security of the 2020 election was highly inaccurate in that there were massive improprieties and fraud including dead people voting. effective immediately he has been terminated as director of cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency. many statements of support former colleagues and others last night but his firing really fits in, sandra and trace, to the whole narrative the president is pushing in that there were so many vote irregularities that there was no way that he could have won the election. the president insisting he did win trying to convince his most ardent supporters that was the case but the election was taken from him. got a note from the campaign

the reason why they're going in milwaukee and dane counties is because according to the campaign those were the counties with the most irregularities. we'll see what the recount brings. >> sandra: john roberts on the breaking news. thank you. >> trace: joe biden is taking incoming from progressives in his party who say his staffing choices betray their ideals. peter doocy is live for us in wilmington, delaware. good morning. >> trace, good morning. with eyes on getting biden nominees confirmed by a potentially republican senate the president-elect's team is bringing aboard the senate democratic whip dick durbin's floor director to help with confirmations and hiring staffers who previously worked against him this cycle for pete buttigieg and el izeth warren. they're aware of pressure coming from the left now that senior white house advisors include a former pharmaceutical lobbyist and the congressman whose campaign received tens of thousands from fossil fuel

company executives richmond. the justice democrats specifically warned if joe biden continues making corporate friendly appointments to his white house he will risk frack touring the hard earned goodwill his team built with progressives to defeat donald trump. the president elect is determined to insure that public servants serve all americans or narrow specialists. talent will be evaluated carefully to make sure important perspectives will not excluded. the vice president elect has a lot of influence over this process as well. >> how involved in cabinet positions and appointments have you been with president-elect biden? >> very. >> the president-elect remains here in wilmington today. we don't expect to see him go too far away from home. he is expected the transition teams tells us to host a town hall meeting or a round table meeting with front line

healthcare workers. that will be virtual. we don't expect to see him have an opportunity to lob questions at him today, either. >> trace: thank you. >> sandra: a new election lawsuit in nevada brought by the state's republican party. former nevada attorney general laying out some of those claims. >> many of these votes were improperly cast. we are presenting today in our formal contest that there are north of 15,000 people who voted in nevada and another state. >> sandra: the current attorney general blasting the lawsuit saying nevada held fair, safe and secure elections and no widespread voter fraud found. thousands of uncounted ballots found in georgia for the second day. while they aren't enough to change the outcome of the presidential election they raise serious concerns that some problems may be more

widespread and that may help when it comes to public perception of the president's legal challenges of the election. joining us now martha maccallum, anchor of "the story". we had kelly loeffler on facing this fierce runoff election in georgia in january. on earlier. she is calling on the secretary of state, the republican secretary of state in georgia to resign over all this. we asked her about it and here is how she responded. >> we have to get to the bottom of it. we have to hold people accountable for these elections. people in georgia have to trust the process that their votes will count. >> sandra: you heard a moment ago where he said i'm not going anywhere. where does all this go next? >> they have a very short time frame to figure this out in georgia. they have really the most important election after the presidential election probably happening there on january 5th with perdue and loeffler, the two senators trying to hold onto those seats. when you look at the fact that

you've had these two counties that have combined around 6,000 votes that they found that were human error that they didn't pick up on, there are 159 counties in georgia. and the spread between joe biden and president trump was about 14,000 votes. so i just think all of this raises so many questions in people's minds. if these are seen as rounding errors and no big deal and we listen to the secretary of state saying everything is fine. people are tired are being told everything is fine when they hear all this. we need a national voting system that is much better suited to 2020 and beyond. our phones know more about us than our ballot does that's for sure. i had a guest on last night for the las vegas national journal and he said that he figured out a way to send in all of these ballots. he had nine volunteers who received extra ballots at their house. he wrote their name in his own signature and they copied the way he would have written their name. it is no signature match.

eight of the nine got through. these are the things that undermine confidence in our electoral system and we can't keep sweeping it under the rug. we need a national solution to the problem. >> sandra: monmouth university asking serious questions in their latest polling of the american people on their confidence in the election whether or not it was conducted fairly. those who said very or somewhat 60%, 20% not at all. then you look at it this way, this is mon mount university on the election among republicans and their confidence that the election was conducted fairly and compared where they stand today after election day to before election day. and look at that drop. those that are very confident in the system has dropped to 22% from 55% before election day. not at all has skyrocketed to 61%. does it show us perhaps the

impact that all of this is having on confidence in our system. >> i think there is a lot of layers to that. it is very clear that people who supported president trump feel that there was unfairness in the election. the fact that he hasn't conceded yet and that they still strongly support the fact that he hasn't conceded yet is something that i think a lot of people are trying to brush under the rug. i don't think it will go away any time soon. their feelings on this are real. obviously it comes down to a whole cold, hard numbers across the states and what they can do. the lawsuits haven't been successful in a lot of places. a new one in nevada that you just reported on. the issue has to be made very clear to the american people on what -- which of these are succeeding and which aren't. i just want to emphasize if people think that all the people they saw at these rallies are just going to go away because they are told by everybody that president trump lost and that may indeed be the outcome, people need to

understand the way that what those polls are telling us. that they don't think the system is fair and we need to go a long way to make sure we rebuild confidence in this system for the coming elections. >> sandra: final thoughts with the minute or so we have left on the foxnews.com headline i'll put it up on the biden transition. progressive groups slam two of biden's white house appointees as corporate-friendly insiders and the piece highlights as we learn key staffing roles that biden is naming how they aren't the far left names that many had predicted we would see from a biden administration. it says if joe biden continues making corporate-friendly appointments to his white house he will risk quickly frack touring the hard-earned goodwill his team built to defeat donald trump. what are we seeing so far. >> what you're seeing the establishment won in this election. bernie sanders made valiant efforts at gaining the democrat

nomination. he lost. the winning team gets to pick who is working with the president. you have ron klain, donelan and others who are long time biden supporters and advisors. it reflects this is the team that was elected. make no doubt bit, it is a return to the old way of doing things and a very insular washington crowd. they are thrilled to be back in power. there is no doubt about it. look at the people who president trump surrounded himself with. jared kushner, no political experience. steve mnuchin, wall street guy. rotating chief of staff from steve bannon and others who were close supporters but not from the inner circle of washington at all. that produced a big backlash among washington establishment and even many in the media. but that deal has changed in a big way with this election, sandra. >> sandra: great to have you here this morning. we'll see you tonight on "the

story" 7:00 p.m. eastern. thank you. >> trace: protests over covid restrictions leading to this. police bringing out the water cannons to deal with the backlash over lock downs. promising vaccine news from pfizer. is it enough to save your turkey day? how some states are telling you what you can and cannot do in your own home and big tech under fire. how facebook and twitter are coordinating to shut down certain stories and opinions. congressman steve scalise ahead on that. >> you do realize that by taking down that story you probably gave it more prominence and more visibility than it ever would have gotten had you left it alone. >> we realize that and we recognize it as a mistake. ime l. veterans can refinance their loans with

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>> big tech clearly acted as a protective shield just like the media mob, big tech mob for the biden campaign. remember, the entire campaign a weak, frail, cognitively struggling joe biden hiding in his basement bunker. >> sandra: big tech back in the spotlight yesterday after

lawmakers on capitol hill grilled the ceos of major companies facebook and twitter on claims of coordinated censorship of conservative viewpoints saying jack dorsey is starting to admit twitter's censorship problem. here is steve scalise. good morning to you. welcome. this whole thing sort of took on another chapter yesterday when you had josh hawley talking about this whistleblower complaint of this coordinated effort between the technology giants across the internet to monitor our activity in hopes of directing what we can and cannot see. >> sandra, good to be with you, by the way. big tech's coordination, collusion and censorship against conservatives was on full display. not only some things pointed out they blocked conservatives on just opinions and yet the ayatollah in iran can say

anti-semitic things that aren't flagged and they won't commit. senator cruz asked would you commit to giving us the numbers on how many conservatives have you blocked versus how many liberals have you blocked? they have that data. they just wouldn't commit to showing it. they sit there and say they want to be transparent. of course they don't want to be transparent. they want to continue to censor conservatives. the bulk of their employees are liberal. they should run the liberal social media platform. it is begging the question. >> sandra: the "new york post" reacting this morning to jack dorsey admitting what he said was a mistake and the sensoring of the hunter biden story. the "new york post" is quick to point out this morning the mistakes always seem to be against conservatives in favor of democrats. ceo jack dorsey admits that twitter made a mistake in censoring the post reporting on hunter biden's business dealings. he was still playing games

saying the move was corrected within 24 hours when twitter actually kept the post's account locked for two full weeks. it was the case, congressman. >> right. sandra, twitter's bias against conservative is not a mistake, it's a bias. they have a large majority somewhere around over 90% of all of their employees who donate to campaigns donate to democrats. and so everybody has political views. you are supposed to check those at the door if you act as a publisher. they aren't just letting content out there. the idea they should have the section 230 protections against being sued shouldn't apply if you are starting to pick and choose whose views you put out in the public square. that's what they are doing. their bias was on full display. they need to fix it or there will be a conservative alternative to social media sites if they continue to be biased against conservatives. >> sandra: more from jack dorsey in the hearing yesterday.

>> we made a quick interpretation using no other evidence that the materials in the article were obtained through hacking. according to our policy we blocked them from being spread. upon further consideration, we admitted this action was wrong and corrected it within 24 hours. >> sandra: so i will point out that based on that sort of admission of a mistake that was made, that not only did that story stay up for two full weeks or blocked from seeing that story, the "new york post" account was blocked but this morning the president is actively tweeting, very actively tweeting on election results and some of the challenges in various states and twitter is actively flagging the president's tweets. there was no committal from twitter yesterday they would discontinue any of that. >> right. if you do something accidentally it can be a mistake. time and time again it's intentional. the real question is where is

the transparency, sandra? what has happened to those employees that continue to block conservatives, to discriminate against conservatives? clearly those employees have a bias that are in that ring that circle, star chamber that are the ones blocking all this stuff. shouldn't you at least have an equal group of conservatives and liberals in the group that makes the decisions? if you don't, you ought to hold people accountable. some of thoefs people should be fired or removed from their positions. that needs to happen. >> sandra: as we see the president continue to challenge the results on some of these states now a partial recount we're hearing from the trump campaign will be requested in the state of wisconsin. some republicans are urging the president to work with the biden team on transitioning. where do you stand on all this? what do you want to see the president do? >> the fact the president is exposing you have major discrepancies in how states run

election. it undermines public confidence the coast. you can take large states like texas and florida. both had results within a matter of hours on election night. a lot of people turned out. a lot of mail-in ballots. states like pennsylvania and michigan that are smaller than texas and florida and they still haven't certified. they still haven't finished counting in some cases and major discrepancies are showing up in some large cities and it's days for them to come up with an initial count. trump was ahead for days and then he is behind. why can some large states get it right and tell us by 10:00 that night and some states four days later you are seeing the lead change dramatically? it looks very fishy. that's the stuff that president trump is raising. >> sandra: the question is do you want the president to work with biden on the transition as that goes on? >> i would like to see president trump raise awareness. there will be a time when the electors are certified.

that time hasn't come and coming soon. in the meantime let's try to normalize our laws so people can find out on election night and you don't start looking like a third world country where weird things are happening. kicking out poll watchers, what is going on if you're kicking out people that are supposed to legally watch what you are doing. >> sandra: appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> trace: senator chuck grassley tweengt he is feeling good after announcing he has covid-19. at 87 he is in a group in high risk for serious problems but senator grassley says he will continue working in quarantine. grassley spoke on the senate florimon and attended a meeting with majority leader mitch mcconnell and others, everybody wore masks. meantime pfizer says its vaccine is 95% effective in preventing coronavirus. the promising news coming out of the company's vaccine trial. pfizer says the first dose of the vaccine stopped the spread

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>> sandra: top stories making headlines at the bottom of the hour. biden transition team moving forward despite election disputes announcing picks for top staffers in the west wing. president trump saying the election was rigged. >> trace: 737 maxx cleared for take-off after a pair of deadly crashes revealed problems with the plane's software. it cost boeing some $20 billion. >> sandra: a pair of republican super pacs. those races will determine in republicans hold control of the senate in georgia. now live to atlanta where

jonathan serrie is watching those campaigns. hello. >> hi. georgia secretary of state is defending the integrity of his state's elections despite attacks from fellow republicans. in fact, kelly loeffler, one of georgia's two republican senators, said today that she stands by her calls for him to step down. take a listen. >> yes, i am. we have to hold our top election official accountable. thousands of votes were not counted in georgia just on november 3 after a pretty disastrous primary in june. >> tonight is the deadline for the 159 counties to finish hand tallies of all ballots in georgia's presidential race. the statewide audit revealed two counties failed to count more than 5,000 votes. once those ballots are added to the statewide tally joe biden's lead in georgia will shrink but not enough to change the outcome of the race. loeffler's opponent warnock and

the democrat in georgia's other senate race ossoff are criticizing the republican incumbents for indulging president trump's effort to undermine the election. here is what ossoff said. >> well, in the midst of this public health and economic emergency the last thing that georgia voters want senator perdue and senator loeffler to be focused on is indulging the president's temper tantrum that he has been defeated. we have work to do. >> he is challenging david perdue in the january 5th runoff. on friday vice president mike pence will be in state holding rallies, two separate rallies for both of georgia's republican senators. sandra. >> sandra: we'll watch closely. jonathan serrie live in atlanta. thank you. >> liberals who worship at the altar of fauci have no problems reaching into your home and

demanding you behave in a certain way. socializing the people outside of your immediate cohort or family or bubble is not right. if you have thanksgiving plans, they want to shame you into canceling them. >> trace: laura ingraham, growing calls to -- the cdc but out guidelines. enjoy your feast outside. if you hosting tell guests to bring their own food and forks. cdc putting out a sketch of what it might look like. a bunch of people in the cold huddled around a fire all wearing masks and standing far apart. hardly the image that comes to mind for a happy thanksgiving. dave rubin is the host of the rubin report. i want to put the rest of the guidelines. bring your own food, drinks, plates, cups and utensils. wear a mask and safely store your mask while eating and drinking.

avoid going in and out of the areas where food is being prepared. use single use options and disposable items like packets and plates. your thoughts on families showing up with three turkeys? >> thanksgiving which is literally the most american holiday there is, which is about being thankful for the freedom that we have and all of the goodness that this country has given to us is about exercising your freedom. that's the purpose of the holiday. and the idea that the cdc wants people that you are living in the northeast in the winter to stand outside and you should have masks inside and people are bringing their own cutlery and utensils and all these things. they know no one will do it. it is this ever-encroaching move to see what they can force us or trick us into doing in our own homes. that's the most anti-american thing possible. that's not to diminish covid but covid is a disease with a

97 to 99.5% recovery rate and now we have these vaccines that will say and take care of 95% of people on top of that. so in this case i'm one of the people that is just more on the freedom side of this. you should do what you think is right. whitmer, the governor of michigan and newsom my governor in california and cuomo in new york won't be doing any of these things at their parties, i guarantee you they won't. >> newsom might be in the french laundry. i think it's 39 degrees in the northeast. interesting. some of the regulation we put on the screen from the cdc are tougher in new york state by governor cuomo and one of the sheriffs in fulton county, new york had this to say about enforcement, watch. >> in this particular case when we go into -- when you try to authorize by executive order that we can come into somebody's house, count the people and take action, that

remedy is greater than the wrong having people gather. >> trace: remedy greater than the wrong, your thoughts. >> god bless that's quie. that's the way we fight back against the rules. good people who are in law enforcement, private citizens saying enough is enough. just because the powers that be tell us we can't have family in our homes during thanksgiving and we have to do all of these things doesn't mean that they have some god-given right to make it be. when we step up and say hey, we'll take care of our families accordingly and if you are a store owner and you want to say hey, you have to have a mask in my store but you can do what you want outside it is called personal responsibility. that's the building block of america which is exactly what we're supposed to be celebrating on thanksgiving. >> trace: what i found fascinating "wall street journal" had a story talking about the fact we still don't know where people are getting

six. 5% from restaurants, 10% travel. up to 50 to 75%, they have no idea how people are getting the disease and yet we have all these various mandates that are just kind of throwing spaghetti against the wall. final thoughts, dave. >> that's an absolutely great point. what a responsible government would be doing is saying when we've done these specific things, then we see certain numbers change. we don't really see that. they basically say we go from one crisis and one set of rules to another crisis. let's not forget march. two weeks to flatten the curve and we're at the end of 2020 now. nine months. do you sense they'll let this thing end? doesn't seem like it. >> florida has none of these mandates or very few. they aren't doing well as far as covid goes. illinois, wisconsin, other states that have severe mandates doing worse than florida. dave rubin, good to see you. appreciate it. >> sandra: thank you, trace.

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>> sandra: senate republicans are not dropping invest gietions into hunter biden. members of the homeland security committee telling "the washington examiner" they'll continue looking into hunter biden's overseas business dealings. allegations he used the biden name for profit. >> trace: michigan conscious woman tlaib known a part of the squad makes a case for defunding the police saying she won't be silent as people's rights are being trampled. josh is the politics editor at the national journal. she never uses the word defund. she says quoting here the current practice of throwing money at the broken system is not the answer either.

all of this is what folks are demanding in the streets and many of my constituents have shared the same sentiment with me except now we know, josh, that this whole idea of defunding the police harmed down ballot democrats across the country. >> that's right, trace. and look, tlaib is a member of the squad. don't expect the squad to tone down their rhetoric. they are true blue believers. they actually believe in a lot of the progressive rhetoric that is politically damaging for the democratic party. in the op-ed a disconnect wen the op-ed and reality in her district there are a lot of african-american members and voters in her districts that don't support getting rid of bail or violent criminals or defunding the police. but there is a slice of the democratic party that does believe that. she seems to think it is a bigger part of the democratic party than it actually does. >> trace: now you have some democrats coming on this show

saying look, democrats never said that, never said defund police as if videotape was never invented, josh. >> yeah, you can look at the policy positions that she endorses and look at the public polling at how unpopular those positions are to the broader public. it is not just among general election voters but among democratic primary voters. the reason joe biden became the nominee and not sanders or warren is a lot of the progressive ideas just don't have a broad constituency even with the democratic party. she has a narrow base of support within her district but it doesn't sell even in the democratic party at all. >> trace: she talks about protestors. comparing them with protestors of the 1960s even using the underground railroad quoting here, is it at disturbing as it is heartbreaking that in 2020 in a city where every corner is reminder of those fights for

racial, economic and social justice speaking of detroit, city and police leaders are meeting protestors with violence and intimidating rhetoric meant to turn the public against our own young people demanding a better future for us all? is she thumbing her nose at democratic leaders coming out against this? clearly that's a misinterpretation of what was going on in the streets around the country. >> certainly there is broad support for civil rights and for racial justice. but the specific positions she endorses in the column and including the bail issue which is very controversial in a lot of congressional races, it doesn't have the same degree of support. so the problem is that democrats want the energy from that base but they learned from this election those positions are toxic for so many of their members in swing and competitive districts. the dill emma is they don't

want to -- they can't win elections in middle america with that type of rhetoric. >> trace: josh, good to see you as always. thank you. >> thanks, trace. >> sandra: some lawmakers telling people to stay home during the pandemic. how do they explain why they are living it up in hawaii? that's next. ♪ ♪ how the other half lives when i started cobra kai, the lack of control over my business made me a little intense. but now quickbooks helps me get paid, manage cash flow, and run payroll. and now i'm back on top... with koala kai.

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>> sandra: hypocrisy in what what. california lawmakers taking a trip to paradise while telling people in their home state to stay home. we obtain brand-new photos of governor newsom violating his

own rules. william la jeunesse is following it all from los angeles for us. >> you might wonder how newsom was outed. he attended a private birthday party in napa. readers leaked it to the san francisco chronicle after seeing tweets from his friend, kinney, who said my birthday plan, i'll stay home and watch election coverage while his wife in a separate post told people to wear a mask and distance when meeting friends. yet that night here they are at jason's birthday. six unrelated couples, no mask, no distance, forcing newsom to apologize. he also claimed to be dining outdoors. >> it was in napa, in the orange status, relatively loose compared to some other counties. it was to be an outdoor restaurant. >> but it wasn't. this room has three walls, a ceiling and sliding door which another guest said was frequently closed.

>> it got louder and louder and so they had some sliding glass doors that they were able to close so then they were able to have a closed off room. >> another backlash as these california lawmakers joined officials from texas and washington and lobbyists in maui for a week long all expense paid conference. critics say it is not just bad optics but irresponsible. the event organizer claims that all those attending did show a negative test at least 72 hours prior to arrival per state regulations. >> sandra: william la jeunesse live from los angeles for us. thank you. >> trace: we have breaking news. house speaker nancy pelosi has just been reelected again for another term as the speaker of the house. she has not issued a comment on this yet but republicans believe they are well positioned in 2022 to take back the house. house speaker nancy pelosi keeps her job. more as we go.

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>> china's rising influence around the world rising hopes around the world. jennifer griffin live for us at the pentagon. what the do we know about how the biden administration will deal with beijing a new report from the state department coincides with a recent pentagon report warning china now has the largest navy

in the world and will double the nuclear stockpile in the next eight years. rising questions on whether biden's views have evolved. will he reverse president trump's trade war? $360 billion in tariffs? he will be operating amidst a new understanding that china poses a threat to u.s. security we need to be aligned with other december mock kra sis so we can set the rules of the road instead of having china and others dictate the outcomes because they are the only deal in town. makes no sense to me. biden's topic for his defense secretary michelle flornoy has warned the u.s. needs to have a large enough deterrent power to

sink the navy in 24 hours. >> great to see you. >> that does it for us. thanks for joining us. outnumbered starts right now. [ music playing ] >> harris: fox news alert today a short time ago the trump campaign announced it will file a petition for a partial rethe count in two wisconsin counties today. the campaign is claiming there were absentee ballots which were illegally altered and issues and government officials allowed the state's voter id laws to be circumvented. president trump and joe biden are separated by more than 20500 votes in wisconsin. let's check on georgia. the election audit there. more than 300 additional uncounted ballots have turned up. the ballots in fayette and walton counsel it's are added on to the 2600