jillian: thursday november 19th. a stunning reversal in michigan's largest county, republican election officials rescinding their vote to certify election results, a brand-new legal fight in the battleground state. >> reporter: we are going to override. >> i am confused. >> parents are confused as well. >> they are not confused, you are confused. >> governor andrew cuomo snapped at reporters over closures in the big apple, another chapter of coronavirus confusion.

>> governor matthew mcconaughey? >> all right, all right, all right. >> what he had to say about rumors of a run in the lone star state. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ from a hands up and shout ♪ come on now ♪ don't forget to say yay yay ♪ >> don't forget the wedding ring. >> that is what i was going to say, i want to go to a wedding. >> if i were at a wedding in ohio i could not dance. you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. thank you for joining us, we begin with a fox news alert. gop members in wayne county, michigan rescinding their decision to certify the results of the 2020 election claiming they were bullied into approval during this meeting.

>> griff jenkins live in washington. >> another twist in michigan, the two republican candidates board members in wayne county which includes detroit deadlock the certification vote because of a 70% discrepancy in absentee ballots but reversed and capitulated under pressure are now seeking to recant that vote. monica palmer, one of the two says comments of racism threatened me and members of my family, hartman says i voted not to certify it still believe this vote should not be certified until these questions are addressed which i remain opposed to certification of wayne county result was what does this mean? it is unclear. wayne county has resulted in those michigan's other counties go to secretary of state jocelyn benson, a democrat to present to

the state canvassing board scheduled to meet monday, that board is made of four members, two democrats, two republicans so we will see what happens. in georgia we should soon know the results of the hand recount. we already know thousands of uncounted votes were uncovered. in floyd county 2600 ballots, 800 votes for donald trump, in fayette county 2700 ballots, 449 votes and in douglas and walton counties the most recent, 577 ballots total, 108 votes for trump. all of that, the overall margin deficit but georgia's director of election operations says if the shoe were on the other for the biden campaign would be pursuing this. >> 14,000 votes the other way i believe biden supporters would be screaming this was inappropriate and not done correctly. >> the gop chairman david shafer claims biden's vote was overcome the by 9600 votes but sterling

dismissing that saying there are was discovered and corrected before entering the official ballot count. biden legal advisor expected georgia to me today's deadline and certify election results in all 159 counties very soon. jillian: keep us updated. thank you. let's talk about money, the president's campaign spending $3 million to file for recounts in two wisconsin counties, recounts will start tomorrow in milwaukee and dade county, in pennsylvania the state supreme court is taking up trump campaign challenges to 8000 ballots in philadelphia. the court will decide whether mail in ballots will county of the voter did not have the name, address or date on the envelope. republicans demanding an investigation into the alleged errors and misconduct in the 2020 presidential election, jim jordan sounding off after calling for hearings

immediately. >> why don't democrats wants to get to the bottom of all the irregularities and problems we saw, ranking member and i call for an investigation sending a letter to nadler and chairwoman maloney. that is the fundamental question. >> they argue democrats owe it to americans after, quote, four years baselessly calling into question the legitimacy of the 2016 election was debunked allegations of russia collusion. a milestone is the us surpasses 250,000 coronavirus deaths. city and state leaders beating of restrictions as americans prepared to celebrate thanksgiving. for some people they will celebrate thanksgiving, for others they won't. >> that number of coronavirus cases has increased by 100,000 every day since the november election. experts say the worst is yet to come. according to johns hopkins, 267,000 people have died of

covid-19 in the us. as of this when he was city schools, the largest school system in the country are shutdown and moving remotely, governor andrew cuomo and reporters i got hostile about the topping in a news conference. >> what are you talking about? >> we are not going to override. >> you did it already. that is the law, orange zone and red zone. follow the fact. >> so confused. >> the you are confused. >> parents are confused as well. >> you are confused. >> more states are adopting shutdowns. friday night minnesota bars, restaurants, entertainment venues and gyms will shut down for four weeks ending kansas a mask mandate for thanksgiving, democrats and republicans agree a second lockdown is out of the question. >> we are not going that route

as we learned a lot in a 9-month of this pandemic. we took some pretty drastic action at the beginning because we didn't know anything else to do but now we do know. >> you are going to push back against that. i'm glad to hear republican and democrats across the country agree that is not the right approach. >> a warning ahead for the holidays, hhs secretary azar sending thank you friends and families a high risk activity but good news on the vaccine front. >> by the end of december we expect to have 40 million doses of these two vaccines available for distribution pending fda authorization, vaccinating 20 million of the most vulnerable americans, and production would ramp up after that. >> later this hour doctor mark siegel will join us to answer your questions about the coronavirus vaccine. >> thank you. ohio senator rob portman is blasting democrats for

politicizing the issue, giving the president credit for getting promising vaccines ready so quickly. >> it's not about money and ego. it is about science and data and safety and saving lives and operation warp speed has worked miraculously, a private public partnership that allows us to do two things, one, encourage the development of these new vaccines as quickly as possible and congress provided $27 billion in the cares acts to do that but second what was brilliant by the trump administration was to say there will be a dual track, we will be manufacturing this faxing, you had the development of the vaccine, the manufacturing going on on two tracks at the same time. >> johnson & johnson expected vaccine to be ready for approval by february. >> california governor declaring a state of emergency as the new

mountain view wildfire grew to the nevada state line. it will at least one person has died. the flames torching 20,000 acres. at least 400 people have been told to evacuate. no word yet what caused that fire. >> lori laughlin beginning present sentence for the college admission scandal, serving 5 months behind bars for paying 500,$000 to get daughters into university of southern california. laughlin serving her to month sentence in a san francisco prison. >> keep fighting is the message behind the second trump rally planned to protest the election results. this one is scheduled on saturday december 12th in washington dc. it follows last weekend's march for trump rally that broke out in violence between trump supporters and counter protesters. >> 9 minutes after the hour, silhouetted report claims new findings in the hunter biden

probe revealing family links to china and russia. congressman ralph lorman will join us on what happens to the investigation once the president-elect takes office. >> i never thought it was such a bad little tree. >> it's not bad at all really. >> just needs a little love. >> charlie brown tree or rockefeller christmas tree? hilarious comparisons on social media. ♪ rocking around

>> reporter: new revelations from the senate investigation into hunter biden's alleged business dealings appearing to show links to china and russia according to the republicans at the forefront of this investigation, joining us to react to the latest report house oversight committee member congressman ralph harmon. good morning.

chuck grassley, ron johnson released an update to the hunter biden investigation, tell us what the latest is. >> we are requesting they do their job and investigate. i serve on the oversight committee with jim jordan and ranking member comeer and we asked chairman maloney to hold hearings. it goes with a pattern they had of no curiosity, to at least ask questions. they could investigate the president for four years and when this evidence comes up on hunter biden which started with his receiving payments of 50,$000 every 30 days with his role on the burisma boards which he had no knowledge of they stonewalled, the press fails to ask questions to biden when he was a candidate and i assume they would like it to go away if he ultimately comes president.

>> a portion of the report that was just released, grassley and johnson say the records confirm connection between the biden family and the communist chinese government as well as the link between under biden's business associates and the russian government and further support the committee's up to the 20 third 2020 report finding the relationship creates counterintelligence and extortion concerns was the last part is very important because if members of joe biden's family accepted family from a company tied to the chinese government how does that affect joe biden's ability as commander-in-chief? >> it is illegal. look at how, if they would uncover, at least have some curiosity to follow the trail it is a very serious charge with a country that is a communist run country and the fact that they are stonewalling this and

hearing crickets from the investigations that should go on but it is serious concerns because look at the damage china has done on the coronavirus, accepting money and it is not fair for joe biden to get by and say he didn't know anything about it when it is clear he did. they have the computer, hard drive from hunter biden. where's the curiosity to questions that? it is a travesty of justice and the american people see through it and that is part of the frustration that the country has with what is going on, lack of any type of question is a travesty for the american people and justices. >> you mentioned coronavirus and i want to talk about this because people are reaching if they haven't already the frustration point with this. so much arguing back and forth, we've seen months of stalemate

when it comes to relief program set to expire at the end of this year. we are getting close to the deadlines, ending december 3, '01, emergency unemployment compensation, eviction, moratorium, student loan cost, funding for required sick leave, a lot set to expire at the end of this year and according to labor department statistics 13.5 million americans currently benefiting from some of this unemployment relief, people need to know they are going to get help. do you see help coming their way anytime soon? what will it take to get that done for the american people? >> you see mitch mcconnell in the senate, what they offered to put out for relief including liability protection for those businesses. nancy pelosi continue to ask for $2.2 trillion as a part of that,

$417 billion for unrestricted aid to cities she deems necessary. the devil is in the details, the dollars that she wants, defunding the police, $600 million that she's asking for has nothing to do with coronavirus and we have 12 days left in this session, to take it up. i have no confidence that she is going to come to the table and negotiate in good faith. shannon: you don't think it will get done? >> i do not. we are not having any debate. we've heard talk about it but ms. pelosi continues to play politics and the american people are suffering and it is not right. >> extremely disappointing. i'm sure a lot of people who are hurting are equally upset about that. >> along with setting businesses down, different studies, it is a critical situation and they are tone deaf to do anything about it.

jillian: keep trying to reach across the aisle. it is 18 after the hour. the california governor breaking his own covid-19 rules. >> quite obviously, how do you have to be? >> the back lash in the golden state to his dinner party faux pas. >> governor matthew mcconaughey? what he said when asked if he would run for political office. mac this game's boring. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. - [announcer] meet the make family-sized meals fast. and because it's a ninja foodi, it can do things no other oven can, like flip away. the ninja foodi air fry oven,

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jillian: new york governor's office blaming religious gatherings is superspreaders,

governor andrew cuomo responding to a petition by the roman catholic diocese claiming a lockdown restrictions are discriminatory saying essential and nonessential businesses were allowed to operate without capacity restrictions warehouses abortion were subjected to limit. republicans in california ripped governor gavin newsom after learning top medical officials attend a controversial dinner party. the ceo and a lobbyist for the california medical association were seen with a group of a dozen sitting closely without masks. new some has been fending off critics after violating his own coronavirus restrictions to celebrate a friend's birthday. he has apologized saying he needs to practice what he preaches. >> the founder sounds off the governor's hypocrisy. take a look. >> the most amazing thing, quite

obviously break your own rules, how dumb do you have to be if you're going to be that of noxious about it? i don't think there are inherently bad people going around but i truly believe the government officials making these decisions if they had a brother or sister there is livelihoods were on the line, the decisions wouldn't be the same. jillian: 60% of businesses closed during the pandemic won't reopen. meantime matthew mcconaughey says a future in politics might be, should i do it? all right, all right, all right. a potential run for governor. >> are you going to run for anything? >> i don't know.

that would be up to the people more than me. politics seems to be a broken business, politics redefines purpose, a lot more interesting. >> the actor clarifying his remarks saying he has no political plans right now. stay out of politics, your life is great. remember this, the chop zone in seattle. new communication showing how it spiraled out of control. >> doctor mark siegel answers your questions about coronavirus vaccine coming your way next. let's be honest. quitting smoking is hard.

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michigan rescinding their decision to certify the result of the 2020 election claiming they were bullied into approval, in their affidavits, the chairwoman explained the pressure saying, quote, comments made accusations of racism and threatened me and members of my family. hartman says i voted not to step aside and this vote should not be certified until these questions are addressed. i remain opposed to certification of the wayne county results. the secretary of state is expected to present allstate votes to the canvassing board on monday. jillian: hope on the horizon with pfizer and modern is a, 90% effective. lots of questions about both. joining us to answer some of them is author of covid-19, the politics of fear and the power of science, medical contributor doctor mark siegel. good to see you again. let's start with a tweet from

suzanne. if i have antibodies do i need to take the vaccine? >> the answer is we don't know how protective those antibodies are. somewhat but don't know if it gives you full immunity or how long it lasts and looks like the vaccine may give you more immunity than having gotten over covid-19. in addition to having recovered. >> adrian asks will the vaccine be safe for young children and adults over 65? >> great question. it has been studied extensively, the pfizer trial included that group so yes for over 65. that is one of our target groups. for children cincinnati children's hospital studied from 12 up. under the age of 12 we haven't

studied it yet but the truth is kids under 12 haven't been getting very sick from covid-19 and as we rollout these vaccines we will test the more in younger people. right now over the age of 12, over 65, yes. jillian: adding to that is a comment on instagram that asks will be safe for children and adults with disabilities for preexisting conditions? >> preexisting conditions is who we want to get the vaccine. when people ask about disabilities they are worried, that somehow there is a virus in these vaccines, there isn't. it is just a protein completely safe for those with disabilities. that is the group we want to protect. jillian: you touched on this instagram person, once you receive the vaccine, how long is immunity? will we receive it in cvs, walgreens, etc. or will it require a doctor's visit?

>> the pfizer vaccine has to be kept 80 degrees below 0, it will not be found in pharmacies, you have to find it in major medical centers or temporary clinics set up in hospitals. the answer is no but the moderna vaccine can be kept warm, round freezer temperature, we will see that at cvs, walgreens, taking the two together it will be of everywhere. in terms of how long immunity last we don't know yet but a recent study showed promising that this immunity may last longer than we thought. i wouldn't be surprised if it lasts more than a year. jillian: an email from jerry, if the vaccine was only studied for the last eight month how do we know what the long-term side effects would be? this is a vital question at this time where people are wondering it is coming along at such rapid speed which on the one hand is fantastic but on the other hand people want to ensure if they

take it is safe. >> another great question. throughout history when we study vaccines we look most extensively at the early side effects the first several months. these vaccines are very safe except for some headaches. we are not seeing any severe side effects. that bodes well, we are going to be following them over a long time just to make sure. we are not seeing the short-term side effects, the longer the vaccines are around the longer we will be aware of that. one more bit of reassurance. the vaccine itself the active ingredient, the messenger rna is out of your body in a couple days. the immune response is promoted but you get it out of your body so it is not hanging around. and a good thing. chances are very high if you have no short-term side effects he will not have longer-term either. jillian: how long does it

normally take to study vaccines to determine the long-term effects? a couple years? >> absolutely. we will study it over a year or two just to make sure but it is not going to be available on the market if we had any concerns about that. the vast majority of vaccines we don't have a problem down the line, we've not seen anything like that. i'm not expecting that at all. jillian: appreciate it. carley: new messages reveal how seattle's chop zone spiraled out of control this summer, days before the takeover city leaders insisted they would not abandon the property but the mayor ordered police lines and barriers to be removed from the precinct, fire officials asking for help after security pulled back saying they disabled doorlock so they can't be locked. other texts reveal city councilmembers doubting there was a threat at all.

the members say it is a threat to precincts. it took three weeks. a harvard graduate student speaking out against a petition that calls to ban trump officials from attending or teaching at the university. it would only hurt those who wants to learn about his perspective. >> reporter: the same views of the president but unfair to students. >> harvard is unaware of the petition. >> did you notice it was quite fool yesterday. >> don't know why i am surprised. >> you ladies are delicate. the puppy coats are coming out. >> we love you.

>> janice: it is coming. winter is coming, 30s and 40s, 31 in new york, bringing temperatures up a little bit, no snow in the forecast, it has been pretty quiet, some moisture making its way from the pacific to the northwest and the rockies, towards the planes as well which are above average. if you watch the warm temperatures, the planes, the midwest are the place to be in some of that was to will work across the ohio, tennessee, mississippi river valley to the great lakes, we are not talking about big weather systems, into next week, thanksgiving week things will be into a more zonal pattern which means not a lot of storms on the horizon which is great news. the northwest, a little bit of uncertainty, and mountain snow

on the east coast and quiet and that is good news. >> just a little bit cold. >> still ahead drones delivering rapid covid-19 tests. >> cheryl casone on the pilot program next. ♪

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>> good morning to both of you. apple paying $13 million to settle another case, deliberately slow down those phones. apple acknowledged the software update in 2017 did not down the performance of the older iphones following the previous 500 million, apple said was protecting older phones, sales of the newer iphones. >> drone covid-19 test delivery system. >> more wide open spaces in new york city. teaming up to deliver covid-19 test kits. and in a walmart location just one for now, in el paso. one.5 miles of this, if visible enough in the skies the test

program starts monday. those tests kits are interesting. >> what goes on with the nfl and coronavirus? >> the nfl is set to impose intensive coronavirus protocols starting saturday. roger goodell said you've got to plan to reduce the risk of covid-19 among players and employees, more positive test that continued to plague the league. the nfl trying to protect the teams involved in it. jillian: thank you so much. 2020 strikes yet again, new york city giving and underwhelming impression, lost a number of branches when placed outside a landmark building.

a scrappy appearance, an adorable owl named rockefeller was rescued from the branches. social media lighting on the tree of lackluster books. rockefeller center, and in 2024 christmas tree looks like that. rockefeller center did respond tweeting we all must look great after a 2 day drive. wait until i get my lights on, see you on december 2nd, clever response whoever runs that account. >> for a moment everyone had a chuckle. >> the founder of a new rapid test awaiting fda approval shows how his test works next. carley: time to check with brian

kilmeade. it is never underwhelming or lackluster. >> i will realize it is a compliment. what kind of city are we and when the mayor or governor can't pick out a good christmas tree, to make sure they don't get looted. let me tell you what is coming up the next 3 hours, will check with senator lindsey graham who was called out by the entire squad, he considers it an honor. joey jones sounded off on the georgia senate candidate rafael warknox saying he will always fight for reproductive justice and for once claiming nobody concerned god and the military. a left-wing group linked to aoc pressuring joe biden to remake the economy through executive orders. preacher democracy doesn't work that way. i will check in with stuart

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>> the coronavirus test, they -- it is 100% accurate and awaiting fda approval. doctor jonathan rothenberg, hitting the research, he joins

me. this is said it was news, congratulations on the success so far. >> the first to do at home, it is rapid and based on the laboratory tests, the pcr tests and bringing it home, protecting the sun for many election. it does change your life to have the ability to do that. jillian: what do people need to know? >> it is simple and you swipe the inside of the nose, put it in the collection and through

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test is easy to use than mass-produced to get it to those who need it most. jillian: you are awaiting fda approval handling tests. >> our goal is to have fda approval before the end of the year, we are mass-producing now to shift immediately. jillian: any conversations about how much it will cost? >> the quality of the $130 laboratory test closer to the cost of any other low-cost, wanted to cost tens of dollars, not hundreds of dollars. jillian: the fda approval process, thank you for explaining that.

>> it has changed my family's life. jillian: thank you for explaining it. >> a fox news alert, in michigan at largest county, republicans refused to certify the votes. that is next. . . - [announcer] your typical vacuum has bristles

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be certified until irregularities in detroit are resolved. joining us live with his reaction, chair of the national republican congressional committee minnesota congressman tom emmert. good morning. >> good morning, jillian and carley. carley: this is a big mess in wayne county you have two republicans on this board of canvassers voting to certify and then overnight say we take it back. we were bullied and mislead. will these results ultimately be certified? how does that work? >> you mean the existing results? carley: yeah. >> one thing we can agree on regardless of what our political or candidate every legitimate vote should be counted and everier rig greater should be resolved. i have to believe we all believe they shouldn't be bullied into accepting something was wrong. we are going to take a look at

it and make sure every legitimate vote was counted. jillian: set to have the smallest majority in the house since world war ii. what does that say to you about what the people of america want? >> listen, nancy pelosi on election day was bragging she was going to expand majority by 10 to 15 seat. that did not happen. we have already flipped 12 seats in the house hopefully flip a few more. they are poised to have the smallest majority. we had a great night. came up a little short. poised to have the smallest majority since world war ii. i have to tell you both, the thing i'm most proud of every seat we have flipped so far on the republican side has either been with a woman candidate, a minority candidate or with a veteran. jillian: that's under reported part of this election process there has been a lot of talk about the divide within the democratic party. you have say they are united. but, in a very liberal direction, right? >> actually, i mean, with the -- what we have seen over the last two years, there are no

moderates left in the democrat party. this is now the ultra liberals, which used to be nancy pelosi. but she has even moved farther to the radical left. it's the ultra liberals vs. the socialists. >> literally the self-avowed socialists. they are for defunding the police. government-it will run healthcare. raising your taxes $4 trillion. the green new deal. these are not moderate ideas. these are radical left wing ideas and frankly. this is what the american public saw and this is why they lost so many seats in this election. this is why they bad place going into 2022. jillian: nancy pelosi was asked whether this would be her last term as speaker of the house. take a listen to this exchange. >> i'm curious if you anticipate that this coming congress would be your last as speaker? >> well, let me just say that when when that conversation took place there was a move to put limits on the leadership and the chairs of committees. what i said then is whether it

passes or not, i will abide by those limits that are there. jillian: what do you think? what's your reaction? will this be her last term? >> i don't think she quite answered it. but i will put it this way. we are going to make sure it's her last term because we will win the majority in two years. it's just this radical left socialist agenda that they are pushing that main street america will not agree with. carley: do you think she is making that decision herself if this is her last term or does she feel is unlike the writing is on the wall. >> again we will make sure it's her last term when we win the majority back for the republicans in 2022. carley: you are well on your way to that sir, with flipping all those house seats. thank you so much for joining us today. we appreciate it. >> thank you both. jillian: have a good day. carley: thank you so much. jillian: it's been a busy morning. "fox & friends" has you covered for the next three hours with all of the news you need to follow. carley: that's right. set your dvrs to 4:00 a.m.

eastern time so you never miss a minute of "fox & friends first." jillian: that's right see you back here tomorrow 6:00 a.m. where it will finally be friday. carley: oh my gosh, one more alarm clock. that's all we have left. jillian: have a good morning, everyone. ♪ >> in a dramatic reversal wayne county election board republicans have resingsded their votes, certifying the results in michigan last night. >> democrats want to get to the bottom of all the irregularities all the problems we saw in the 2020 election. >> these photos showing gavin newsom no mask, no social distancing. >> so easy to tell other people what to do with their lives when you are not directly affected by it. >> are the schools going to open tomorrow in new york city. >> first of all, let's try not to be obnoxious. >> parents are confused. >> no. they are not confused. you are confused. the schools are open. >> unfortunately we do need to close our schools. >> we now have two states in