i want to thank the president for being a problem solver and willing to be think big and act boldly on behalf of the american patient. his record of success over the last 4 years is a testimony to that mentality. >> thank you. >> [shouting]. >> waiting to see if there are questions in the briefing room. big news on drug prices. two rules to reform prices and the production of a vaccine. continuing coverage on the fox news channel and more on your local news on this fox station. i am bill hemmer on friday. fox news in new york. >> ♪ >> bill: good friday afternoon. i am bill hemmer. president trump saying he won the election and will figure

that out. this hour i talked to dr. fauci as pfizer is ready to have a vaccine ready in weeks. and president trump campaign continues to challenge its election results. president-elect biden moving forward with his transition and will meet with top democrats in congress from his home in wilmington, delaware. in a moment blake will have the latest on a vaccine that moved at an alarming speed over the past 10 months. it's remarkable to think that pfizer is going for fda approval today. [2. and that millions will have that vaccine by the end of december. in 2021 for hundreds of millions of americans waiting for the vaccine. it will be at least april. you are moving beyond easter

sunday and more likely into the spring time before it's available to others. there are at least 2 ready for fda approval. there could be 4 moving into december. a report from battleground michigan and peter doocy but kevin cory booker in the white house now. >> good to be with you. i wanted to take a look at some of the notes, you heard the president talking about following up executive orders from september and july. two actions back then. now the president says he is ready to lower drug prices for all americans. this say major victory not just for this administration but for the american people. i got a note from a senior administration official. they said regardless of what happens over the next several weeks with the challenges and everything else happening, this

is one thing this president can point to as a major win during his time in office. i want to share a part what have he said and other things we have been talking about. the on-going recount in georgia. that state decided they will impact certify the vote there. there is also going to be a challenge by the trump campaign. the deadline is tuesday. we do anticipate that they will make a challenge for a recount then. >> bill: thank you very much. we want to move to battleground michigan with the latest on that state's election results. gary is tracking that. liveing in farmington hills outside of detroit today. >> today the chair woman of the

wayne county board said she has no plans to stop that from happening. she wanted to change her vote. she defended that today saying her concern has been the integrity of the election and ensuring every vote is accounted for. >> i could not in good conscience certsify numbers i know there is no answers to. that's the point of the canvass. it's an on-going problem in wayne county. that's the way it is. that doesn't make it right. >> if the state board of canvass canvassers with 2 democrats or 2 republicans can't certify the election results it moves into

uncharted territory. that's why democrats are outraged over president trump inviting the top 2 republicans in the legislature to the white house this afternoon. congresswoman dingle said the president is trying to cheat his way to victory. . >> to meet with president trump in the white house in clearly an attempt by the president to change the results of the elections. let me be very clear: this goes beyond partisan politics. it's an attempt to subvert our democracy and undermine the will of michigan voters. >> that meeting will take place this next hour. there would be a flood of legal challenges if republicans tried to give president trump michigan's 16 electoral votes. even if that did happen, he would still be short of the 270 he needs to win reelection.

this would have to happen in other states as well. >> bill: back to pfizer now applying for emergency fda approval of the covid-19 vaccine. state and local officials warn they might not have enough money to distribute it quickly. blake has the latest live in d.c. >> the great news here. pfizer submitting a request for emergency use authorization for the covid-19 vaccine. this process will take a few weeks. the fda needs a couple of weeks to evaluate this and make sure it's vetted. we heard from pfizer's ceo earlier. he said they are going to sit back and let the fda handle it from here. watch. >> i don't want to create neither pressure to them. it is in their hands and they should take the time they think

is appropriate for them to take. but i can tell from our side, we would be ready within hours from receiving the mail or the fax of the approval to start distributing. >> so what about the cost going forward? americans won't have to pay for the vaccine and operation warp speed sent money to states and localities. the head of the cdc believes states will need $6 billion and health officials think that number is much higher at 8 8.4-million dollars. this is the letter they wrote saying they need that letter: i am sorry. we asked operation warp speed about all of this today. how much money is needed to go to the states and what they might do about it. they said:

the cdc official acknowledged they will try to get money to the states in 2021 and other times down the road after that. acknowledging that the states will need funds. >> bill: thank you, blake. joe biden set to meet with house speaker nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. the presidential announced new members of his white house staff. peter doocy is live in wilmington, delaware. peter. >> the biden motorcade is on its way here that will be a one of a kind meeting. the president-elect has been conducting all of his business with out of towners via zoom. his sit down with nancy pelosi

and chuck schumer will be social distancing. we got the sense that patience is wearing thin. >> this is not a game who gets to talk to whom. our inability to start a formal agency review process can have impacts on families across the country. >> progressives groups are applying pressure on the biden administration to fill white house jobs with progressives and not friendly to corporate interests. the transition official said they don't think biden is too friendly with wall street. it doesn't sound like they will try to placate them. >> we are listening to people. i would encourage people to wait until he makes even one announcement about a cabinet

member. >> [muffled audio]. >> [inaudible]. >> [sirens wailing]. >> and transition officials are telling us that the president-elect has been in contact by phone with elected republicans back in washington, d.c. and across the country. they told us the ones across the country like the governors, but they have not told us any of the members of congress. i am getting a signal if we can go wider here. this should be the president-elect or the vice-president elect. the speaker and chuck schumer are already inside. i will put on a mask in case anybody wants to come over. based on what we see with the staff, we should have a look at the president-elect joe biden here. >> bill: take your time. we have the camera on you. you have a way of making this happen on friday afternoons. >> yes. we do. if you look at the end of the

shot. you see the press pool that has been covid tested and temperature expected. mr. president-elect! [shouting]. okay. well, a good try. that was short. not time for a whole question. he waved. we will wait until it's time to go. >> bill: peter, you will get another crack. nice to see you. peter doocy in wilmington. joe biden, did you hear this one? >> our next move is to make sure that the biden administration keeps its promise. we are winning. it's working. >> bill: progressives trying to hold joe biden to his promises. a republican woman who flipped

her district and dr. fauci on the race to find a vaccine. coming up. >> we need to put to rest any concept this was rushed in an inappropriate way. this is solid.

>> bill: squad members and progressives democrats keeping up the heat on joe biden to embrace their agenda. they mentioned everything from climate change to healthcare.

>> we have worked with the biden administration to secure a commitment on a 2 trillion dollars climate plan. >> [cheering]. >> but we won't stop there. we will make sure that the biden administration sticks on our timeline. what is more basic than fighting for clean water. >> [cheers and applause]. >> what is more basic than fighting for a breathable planet? what is more basic than making sure we get healthcare for people. >> bill: that was yesterday. today a republican woman flipped house seats. congratulations and welcome to our program. >> thanks, good to be with you. we are excited to get to washington. >> bill: why do you think you won? >> i think it's pretty simple. i was out on the road every day and meeting about kitchen table issues. they mentioned healthcare.

that's important. congress failed to act on that. the issue of small business that are predominant right now in the pandemic. iowa had a 1-2 punch. we have a natural disaster. our people are hurting and congress failed. they were ready for a change. they are sending me to washington. >> bill: you can divide iowa into even parts. 4 districts. you one and a job well done to you. 2 trillion dollars on climate, that was part of joe biden's website. how does he manage that? >> well, i think that's why people sent me to washington because that won't fly in iowa. congress needs to focus on getting the job done for iowa working families and american working families. right now we need aid and relief for small businesses that are shut down. having a hard time because of

the pandemic. they are talking about this long laundry wish list of socialist ideas. that's why republicans were successful this cycle. they are disconnected in talking about the issues that affect our people every day. i think that's why you saw this change and why we were so successful. >> bill: bernie sanders a quote from the associated press. he said it's clear that progressives news need to be expressed in the biden administration. if would be insulting if biden put together a team of rifles which might include republicans and conservative democrats but: where do you think that goes? >> well, i think all voices need to be a part of conversation. it was clear in the election cycle that the people of iowa rejected that agenda. joe biden is aware of how that

played out across the country. speaker pelosi also aware of how that played out across the country. [audio breaking up]. [inaudible]. [muffled audio]. [audio breaking up]. [inaudible]. >> bill: thank you for your time. congratulations again. talk to you in washington. a covid hiccup in the end. thanks for hanging in there. nice to see you. president-elect biden decided on a treasury secretary and will announce that pick around thanksgiving. what we are learning about the short list and president trump legal advisors challenging election results. ken starr weighs in next. >> ♪ ♪ ♪

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>> ♪ >> there are really claims out that the campaign is pursuing. affidavits publicly available in wayne county. they declined to certify. these individuals deserve to be heard. a system never tried in american history. mass mail-in ballots. >> that was the briefing around noon. she mentioned wayne county michigan which include detroit. president trump will meet with 2 republican state lawmakers from michigan. georgia said the hand recount is finished and it will certify its vote at 5 o'clock eastern time with joe biden by 12,000 votes in georgia. ken starr is with me now. how are you doing on a friday. we will see what the weekend brings. you canvassed all of this.

how do you see the legal fight? where does it go next? >> i am reminded of what prosecutors say. there is a difference between what i know and what i can prove. that's where we are now. what can be proved? the flood tide of affidavits are helpful to the president's effort. the charges made in the affidavits are serious. fair minded people would say let's take a look at that. it is getting late. people say it's so late, why is this still going on? here's the key fact: bush versus gore 7 days. we are now in the 17th day. we have a ways to go to see how it sorts out. the certifications are coming in. the president has great lawyers. they are working extraordinarily hard. >> bill: if you are using bush and gore from 20 years ago, that

would give youa time frame of 3 more weeks. does that sound right? >> that's right. you're absolutely right. it's 20 days. everyone goes let's call it quits. why don't we allow for these kind of challengeses especially when the election was so close and it's been said more than once, this flood of mail-in ballots and all of the issues, policy issues and integrity issues raised. as a policy matter apart from the interesting legal issues including the unconstitutional action we talked about before by the pennsylvania supreme court extending the deadline for 3 days. >> bill: did you see the press conference yesterday with rudy giuliani? i assume you did. we watched it carefully here. here's a clip from rudy giuliani

talking about major democratic cities and makes the case the pattern repeats itself. >> the pattern repeats itself in a number of states. almost exactly the same pattern, which to any experienced prosecutor would suggest there was a plan from a centralized place to execute these various act of voter fraud specifically focussed on big cities. >> bill: some people panned him. others said i want more. where are you with that? >> i am in the i want more camp. fair minded people are aware of the history of this country. competition is good. when you have one party control of a large city, so lots of vote, that is a breeding ground for corruption. we talked about this before.

philadelphia is a hot bed of corruption. i am shocked at the way the pennsylvania officials, the officials in the city of brotherly love handled the election. it was wretched and horrible. when you see this pattern, it races the question: why is it that large cities with one party control and without these mechanisms of checks and balances in place, we get to inquire. that's what our system is designed to do. we get to have checks and balances. that's what state law in each of the state requires. >> bill: remember on election night you talked about the problems in philadelphia. you standby that today. you sound like a patient man as the walls of the law are caving in. ken starr, thank you and enjoy your weekend.

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>> ♪ >> bill: the cdc urging americans not to travel for turkey day or get together with people from outside of their household. good luck with that. the u.s. is reporting more than one million new covid cases over the past week and hospitals are struggling. business owners are filing lawsuits as restrictions tighten across the country. here in new york city the mayor is warning that more business

shut downs could be coming. >> as of this hour 253,000 americans have lost their life to the coronavirus. states and local governments are waging a battle to not destroy the economy but save lives. a record number of coronavirus infections there governor gavin newsom is imposing curfew affect the 9%oo 90% of the state. reaction to the street is mixed. >> i am ago with it. i know it's hard for shop owners and bar owners. i see business after business closing.

it hurts our community. >> i think it sucks! i think we should be able to be out at any time. we are adults and this is america. >> in michigan, a federal judge refused to issue a restraining order after a group representing restaurants opposed governor whit mer's ban on indoor dining. in new hampshire the republican governor issued an executive order requiring masks when social distancing is not possible. some residents say it contradicts the state motto, live free or die. and mayor bill de blasio said it's certain that there will be new restrictions imposed here in new york city. affecting likely indoor dining and gyms. in the words of the mayor, it's not if, but when. >> bill: hope not but i think you are right.

governor newsom in california issued new restrictions after apologizing for breaking his own rules at a dinner party. ari fleischer, good day. your tweeter feed a good sense of humor. what do you think about the hypocrisy on behalf of the leaders who tell folks to do one thing and they do another. >> that's why the tucker carlson show is popular. this dives americans crazy when people in positions of authority say you must do x and they go behind-the-scenes and do y. the american people are willing to sacrifice, but if the leaders go in one direction and the public sees them being hypocritical, they won't be followers anymore. they are furious at the leaders. this is something the people in power are bringing on themselves. >> bill: what is your big view

of american politics? joe biden is meeting with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer in delaware. next hour president trump meets with two leading republican lawmakers from michigan. we will see what comes of that. what do you think the state of play is right now you? listened to ken starr. and tucker last night asked sidney powell for evidence and didn't get it. where are we heading into the weekend? >> well, look, i don't like what is going on with the delays in the transition. i don't support the delays to the transition, but i understand the delays to the transition. president obama and former vice president biden and james coney and mccabe, they better understand they are reaping what they sowed. put yourself in donald trump's shoes. the transition they forced him to go under, the briefing they held for him when he was president-elect and went to the dossier that was leaked to cnn

and set off 3 years of turmoil. former vice president biden used the logan act to prosecute michael flynn. do the democrats not understand they have created this with donald trump? they haexpect a shooting transition. i support a smooth transition. but people should be put themselves in president trump's shoes and understand why he might feel this way. they did it to him. >> bill: well stated. i hope to see you next week. ari fleischer. in a moment pfizer is moving closer to sending its vaccine out to millions of americans. and schools are shutting down again. does the science justify that decision? i will talk to dr. anthony fauci and a lot more in a moment as we continue right after this. >> it would be counterproductive

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>> ♪ >> bill: pfizer announced plans to submit its vaccine to the fda today for emergency approval. that's lightning speed and dr. anthony fauci knows that most. thanks for your time today. >> thanks for having me. >> bill: i will start with the vaccine and accentuate the positive. yesterday you said help is on the way. you have been in this job since 1984. did you ever think the production and development of this could be so quick?

>> no, in fact it would have been unimaginable at the time i took the position as director of this institute. vaccines from the time you identified the particular pathogen, generally a virus, to the time you got it approved and ready to put into people would be measured in several years. the technology that has been developed over the past couple of decades to allow you to go just getting the jeanetgenetic sequence of the virus and sticking it in a vaccine platform, to get it into people in phase-1, literally within a few months, and then to get into a phase-3 a couple of months later. and to have enough data to show it's efficacious and safe is unimaginable. it's a testimony to the advances

in bio-medical research and technology and the enormous amount of resources put in operation warp speed to make this possible with this vaccine and other candidates in the pipeline. >> bill: to the trump administration and all of those involved in operation warp speed bravo for the speed by which you moved. the measles vaccine is 98% effective. you have 2 vaccines on the table that are 95% effective. you night have 4. is covid 19 easier to map or the technology is more advanced? >> the technology is the thing that did it and also theinature of the virus. some basic research that went on right here at our institute

dating back years that showed that if you get this molecule that you want the body to recognize and make an immune response to protect you against the virus itself. when your look at the virus under a sensitive microscope, it has these spikes that come out of it. that's the reason they call it a coronavirus because the spikes look like a crown. these spikes are the thing when the body makes an immune response it protects you against infection or disease or serious disease. it gives the body a protective umbrella. the fact is you had to get that molecule in just the right shape to get the bod toe make an optimum immune response. that particular molecule right now is used in 5 out of the 6

vaccines. >> bill: that's amazing stuff. the governor of new york said the only reason it's happening is because of money suggesting greed and president trump's ego. that's disgusting. why would he suggest that after you what just laid out? >> i don't know and i don't want to get into that. bill. my job is to get to the vaccines to the people. >> bill: but, doctor, yesterday, you went to the microphone at the white house. you said all of the people afraid of getting this vaccine, it was not done out of money or speed, correct? >> well, what happened is that the investment that was made if operation warp speed was a very, very smart and important investment. what one does with that, you combine the technology which

allowed to you do it quickly with an investment that in fact makes the process go much more quickly. instead of waiting for one end point to go to the next and the next, you make a risky investment. the risk is not to safety. the risk is not to scientific integri integrity. the risk is to money. if the vaccine works, you are months ahead of the process had you not made that investment. if it doesn't work, you have lost a lot of money. >> bill: you gave those companies a financial back stop. >> we did. >> bill: one question i get asked: when will it be available? where do i sign up. the timeline, within a couple of weeks emergency workers, 40 million of them by the end of december. those with underlying conditions. then we move into 2021. i think we will have this

conversation around christmas time again. it will be easter before hundreds of millions have access to it. does that line up with your time frame as of today? >> it lines up with a couple and a correction, bill. talking about doses be careful. 40 million doses equal 20 million people. it's a prime and a boost. be careful about that. yes, you are correct. by likely the end of december the people who are in the first tier of priority, which hasn't yet been determined. it will be determined by the cdc together with advice from the committee on imunization practices. we will leave the final decision to them. >> bill: okay, noted. we will be in this posture until april. i think that's the thing to emphasize. you talk about schools and thanksgiving.

i know you are doing a zoom dinner with your three daughters on thanksgiving. that's the choice you are making. all of these states are telling people you can't have more than 10 people in a room. i don't know how america will take that. i think americans have been yearning for a holiday to be with the people they love. i don't know if they will be checking cars in the driveway. you assessed your own risk in your family and you would encourage other families to assess theirs? >> right. you have that right. you can't make one determination for everyone. everyone is different. everyone has a different feel to the type of risk they would like to take. the circumstances within families are different. the only thing i called for at the press briefing at the white house yesterday was that each individual family unit do a risk benefit determination that works for you. because there are some families that you want to just have the family unit that lives in the

house. there are a lot of others that want to have visitors come in. you say, do we have a vulnerable or elderly person? >> bill: that's right. >> you have to make your determination as an individual family unit. i don't think this is the rules everyone should do. i am asking: pause for a moment and do a determination of the risk and benefit within your family group. when your make your decision, that's your decision. no one is forcing anything on you. it's worth considering and the reason i say that, is that of late when you look at what the infections are being driven in this country, a lot is innocent, typical family and friends getting together at a dinner or a reception indoors where you let your guard down because you are with people with whom you are familiar. >> bill: that's a great point.

my feeling if that's the case, we need to reassess our policies with restaurants in new york and across the country. two more points here. president trump, my impression publicly is you have a strained relationship. my impression privatelily can you get along quite well. >> we do get along quite well. i have gotten along are with the president from the beginning. occasionally there is a disagreement that gets blown out of proportion. then from are things that are said that taken in one context or other. in general, i have a good relationship with the president. >> bill: do you believe we should rejoin the world health organization without guaranteed reforms? >> in this case it will be at

variance with the president. the president made good points that it's a flawed organization. his approach if that's the case, we are getting out until they fix. it i would say let's try to fix it as we move along. the world does need a w.h.o. we both agree it's flawed. but how you address that flaw might be different. >> bill: to you and your family have a good thanksgiving. all involved on operation warp speed, bravo. >> thanks very having me. when a hailstorm hit, he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa

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>> good afternoon, bill. we just are the president-elect give what sounded like an open door invitation to the two democrats in congress, pelosi and schumer, to the white house. mi casa, su casa. which means my house, your house. how to get covid relief done in a lame duck session but mitch mcconnell issued this statement on covid relief shortly before this face to face meeting, saying it's democrats who are not willing to work with them. mcconnell saying this. "there is an obvious right to use for the hundreds of billions of dollars have already allocated but unused funds. congress should repurpose this money towards the kinds of urgent targeted relief measures the republicans have been trying to pass for months but which democrats have repeatedly blocked with all or nothing demands." also a hot topic that might come up during this meeting between

biden, pelosi, and schumer is who he is going to fill his cabinet with, and who his pick for treasury is because biden has said that he has made up his mind. he's going to make that announcement public around things given, so here's who we believe is on a short list right now. it is stacked with candidates that would make history if appointed to that role. former federal reserve chair roger ferguson would be the first black man to fill that position if appointed, and three others could be one of the first women. former chairman janet yellen and senator elizabeth warren. senator bernie sanders is also gunning for a role in the biden administration and warning them not to pass over progresses, telling the ap this today. "it would be, for example, enormously useful if biden put together a team of rivals which might include republicans and conservative democrats but which i ignored that progressive's community."

he has set openly he would want to fill the role of labor secretary. bill. >> bill: thank you, hillary. more to come on that. maybe even next hour. it's friday. you've made it, so enjoy it with family and some close friends. we will see you next time. set the dvr. never miss a report. >> neil: all right. we are keeping track of a lot of meetings and gatherings. the president of the united states meeting with top michigan republican leadership on that vote count that's going on there. probably resolved and done. not necessarily. then joe biden, the president-elect, powwow with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi about how to proceed immediately and maybe do some lame duck stimulus talks. all of that and the vice president of the united states helping out those two georgia republican candidates, simultaneously up for election on january 5th, and he is doing his best to