his legal team. we're live in washington with where the race stands. griff: travelers flocking to u.s. airports despite warnings not to leave home this thanksgiving and we just learned california's governor is now in quarantine as protests erupt over of lockdown orders he violated himself. jillian: plus, this business owner is done waiting for congress, finding a creative way to give his business a brighter future. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ griff: good morning. you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm griff jenkins filling in for todd piro this morning. jillian: i'm jillian mele. good to see you this morning, griff. how are you? griff: thank you. getting ready for thanksgiving. i can't believe it's coming so soon and the fact that a lot of

people are very restless too, don't want to sit still. jillian: i'm ready for thanksgiving and i'm also ready for christmas because my house is entirely decorated and i'm okay with that. griff: i love it. jillian: starting with this, the trump campaign firing back after a judge nixs their lawsuit to block pennsylvania's vote certification, as president trump's legal team distances itself from attorney sidney powell. griff: doug luzader is live in washington with reaction from the ongoing lawsuits from president-elect joe biden's team. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the trump legal battles will continue to play out in a number of states, georgia, nevada, pennsylvania and michigan. and there may be some additional drama in michigan today which is coming up in a deadline to certify the election results there. one republican member of the state canvassing board may vote against certification. and the courts could ultimately be involved. here's michigan democratic secretary of state. >> i can say this.

the law is very clear. and the role of the state canvassers under the law is very clear. it's to certify the election. there's no legal authority under state law to do anything other than confirm the election results. >> reporter: the trump team meantime is distancing itself from attorney and former federal prosecutor who has made some of the most explosive claims about the election and that's sidney powell. here's a statement from the campaign. sidney powell is practicing law on her own. she is not a member of the trump legal team. she is also not a lawyer for the president in his personal capacity. among other allegations, powell says that dominion voting systems which provides election software for a number of states tampered with the results, altered them, something the company vehemently denies. >> if someone tried to alter the electronic record, the printed paper ballot wouldn't match. it's not possible and there are no connections between our company and venezuela, germany,

barcelona, whatever the latest conspiracy theory is. >> reporter: and a senior advisor to the biden team says they have, quote, absolutely no concern that these legal challenges, griff and jillian, will change the outcome of the election. jillian: doug luzader, live for us. thank you. griff: thanks, doug. well, famed attorney alan dershowitz says the trump team's legal path is difficult but possible. >> let me give you my completely objective, not wishful thinking constitutional analysis. they have two or three legal constitutional paths. for example, in pennsylvania, they have two very strong legal arguments. one, that the courts changed what the legislature did about counting ballots after the end of election day. that's a winning issue with the supreme court. they also have a winning issue in the supreme court on equal protection, that some counties allowed floored ballots to be cured while others didn't.

the other legal theory they have which is a potentially strong one is that the computers either fraudulently or by glitches changed hundreds of thousands of votes. there, there are enough votes to make a difference but i haven't seen the evidence to support that. so in one case they don't have the numbers and another case they don't seem yet to have the evidence, maybe they do, i haven't seen it. but the legal theory is there to support them if they have the numbers and they have the evidence. jillian: tomorrow, president-elect joe biden is expected to announce his first cabinet picks. democratic sources telling fox news tony blankin is the pick for secretary of state. he served as deputy national security advisor under the obama administration. two democratic sources telling fox news linda thomas greenfield is expected to be picked for un ambassador and jake sullivan is likely the pick for national security advisor. griff: overnight we learned

california's governor and his family are in quarantine after being exposed to covid-19. it comes as new restrictions are placed in los angeles. jillian: ashley strohmier joins us live with thanksgiving week among us as the u.s. records 20 straight days of 100,000 new cases. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom said three of his kids were exposed to a california highway patrolman who tested positive for covid-19. he said the family tested negative sunday but will warn quarantine for 14 days, this as los angeles shuts down in-person dining for three weeks. the ban on dine-in restaurants goes into effect at 10:00 p.m. on wednesday. also in california over the weekend, protesters in huntington beach took to the streets in defiance of newsom's curfew. some say it will only hurt small business. in new york, governor cuomo said more restrictions are on the way. >> we have several communities that are in the warning track,

staten island is a serious problem. staten island is also a problem in terms of over-burdening hospitals. upper manhattan will go into a yellow zone, parts of nassau will go into a yellow zone, parts of suffolk will go into a yellow zone. >> reporter: we've the surge of cases and a warning from the government just days before, it's not stopping people from traveling for thanksgiving. tsa screened more than 2 million people friday and saturday. the overall number of travelers is down. there's good news on the horizon out of operation warp speed. >> on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the first people will be immunized across the united states. 70% or so of the population being immunized would allow for true herd immunity to take place. that is likely to happen somewhere in the month of may. >> reporter: operation warp speed will take direction from state health departments to try

and figure out where the vaccines should go first. griff: thanks, ashley. jillian: fox news medical contributor dr. jeanette nesheiwat joined us in the last hour. she says news of effective vaccines is good for everyone. >> this is really a miraculous blessing. this is what we need. this is really the light at the end of the tunnel. like he said, probably about 70% of americans need to be vaccinated so we can reach herd immunity. what does this mean for us? this means no more social distancing, no more wearing of masks, no more lockdowns, we can get back to normal lives. hopefully december 11th the first batch of vaccines will be shipped out and people will be able to get vaccinated. jillian: the vaccine by oxford and astrazeneca was found to be on average 70% effective. griff: at least two people are killed in a church stabbing, police responding overnight to grace ban sift i -- ban sift ban

jose, california. homeless people were brought inside to get them out of the cold. police have not confirmed an arrest. also overnight, in new york city, at least one person is killed and six injured in a shooting in an apartment building. police say the victims range in age from 14 to 20 and were at a party when the shots rang out. this is the latest in a long list of violent crime putting residents on edge including a man using a flame thrower on top of a city bus and a woman being pushed onto subway tracks. she survived after rolling between the tracks. congresswoman-elect nicole malliotakis will join us coming up to weigh in on all of that. jillian: support is growing to oust michigan governor gretchen whitmer. more than 7600 people signed an online participate calling the democrat incompetent and deadly while accusing her of inadequate

leadership during the pan he demick and un-- pan he demick anpandemic andunnecessary govert overreach. articles of impeachment were filed against her, claiming she violated the state's constitution. week 11 of the nfl. , the kansas city chiefs reminded people why they're super bowl champs. >> protection again, mahomes to the end zone, wide open, touchdown. jillian: that looked too easy. the chiefs scored with 28 sends left to top the raiders, 35-31. the colts got their own dramatic finish, beating the packers in overtime, 34-31. new orleans had a 24-9 win over the falcons. the cowboys ended the four game losing streak, beating the vikings. they're tied for the division

lead after the eagles fell to the browns, 22-17 and the washington football team beat the bengals, 20-9. the quarterback, alan smith, got his first win since a 2018 leg injury. bengals rookie qb joe borough, you see it, going down on this play, tearing his acl. he will be out for the season. griff: it was tough to watch but as a fan of washington football team i was glad they won. alex smith, by the way, was wearing the retro uniform yesterday, the same he was wearing two years ago when he was injured. it was a good day for alex smith. jillian: yeah. griff: still ahead, hollywood and mainstream media inspiring outsiders to influence the georgia senate runoffs. joe concha says actual residents should decide the race. the media opinion columnist joins us coming up. jillian: pan he demick -- pandemic panic shopping. we have details on items in

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griff: welcome back. 14 minutes after the hour. a 15-year-old boy is arrested in connection to a wisconsin mall shooting that sent eight to the hospital. the teen allegedly opened fire inside the mall and then ran out with panicked crowds friday. police say the shooting was due to ani an altercation. several others were taken into custody but no other details were given. all eight victims suffered non--life-threatening injuries. a florida sheriff's office releasing body cam footage of a high speed chase that led to a deadly shootout.

florida deputies were pursuing suspect matthew thomas after he drove off during a traffic stop. he was cornered at a storage facility where he shot one officer in the leg. officers returned fire, shooting and killing thomas. the injured officer, corporal ralph honeyfeld is now thankfully recovering. jillian: georgia senator kelly loeffler will stay in quarantine until she gets another negative covid-19 result. her campaign said she tested negative sunday after she had a positive test and an inconclusive test over the week med she campaigned with vice president mike pence on friday. her campaign said she doesn't have symptoms. president-elect joe biden is expected to visit georgia to help campaign for senatorial candidates john ossoff and raphael warnock. ron klain said on abc's this week they're doing all they can to help the two democratic candidates win the runoff.

>> we've already moved people who were working on the biden campaign on the recounts down there, over to be supportive in the field work for our two candidates down there. jillian: warnock is running against republican senator kelly loeffler, while ossoff is trying to unseat republican senator david perdue. the runoff election is on january 5th. fifth. jillian: a new report says the u.k. could be days away from aof proving pfizer's covid-19 vaccine. griff: cheryl casone joins us with more on how the u.k. could get the approval before the u.s. cheryl, good morning. cheryl: good morning to both of you. regulators in the u.k. may give pfizer and biontech's covid-19 vaccine the green light as early as this week amid a second round of lockdowns in the country. government officials are telling the national health service be ready to administer doses by

december 1st. the u.k. ordered 40 million doses and could vaccinate 10 million people. it's different than the story back at home where the fda is scheduled to meet december 10th to discuss approving the vaccine. they're ahead of us at this point. jillian: are we going to be able to get toilet paper or whatever else we need, cheryl? cheryl: i hope so. there are reports of panic buying you across the country in places like washington state, california, here in new york. walmart said it's seeing pockets of lower than normal availability of toilet paper and cleaning supplies as well. walmart's subsidiary sam's club tweeted they're working to replenish the items as fast as humanly possible. they're getting a lot of questions about where the supply is. jillian: i love this story -- griff: i love this story. i'm a beer drinker and a fan of rudolph and they go together. cheryl: rudolph to the rescue.

brecbreckenenrich brewer plans o deliver beer by reindeer. they're going to deliver reinbeer. you get a mini keg of the christmas ale. you can pet and feed the reindeer when they arrive. it's an online contest for each city. 10 homes are going to get reinbeer. jillian: i love that. it's h hilarious. cheryl: i heard you say you decorated for christmas. i'm done. i have photographic proof. jillian: me too. griff, pressure's on. griff: i feel really pressured. the only thing i have done is i took out aloha santa. he's ready to go. that's all i've done. jillian: you have work to do. oregon's governor is telling res cents to call the cops on covid rule breakers.

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jillian: good morning. welcome back. oregon governor kaye brown encourages residents to call police on neighbors who violate covid-19 restrictions. brown's executive order limits indoor and outdoor gatherings to no more than six people. in a recent interview, the democratic governor says, quote, this is no different than what happens if there's a party down the street and it's keeping people awake, they call law enforcement because it's too noisy. this is like that, a violation of annoys ordinance. -- a noise ordinance. griff: a michigan restaurant owner making it clear he's not

happy with governor gretchen whitmer's virus restrictions, jeremy surakite putting up this inflatable with a sign, gretch, the grinch, after she banned all indoor dining. here's why he did it. >> frustration that there's nothing that says, boom, you're shut down and have a goods day. i wasn't trying to start a huge controversy. i was trying to get gretchen whitmer's attention. griff: she made the order last week due to rising covid numbers. democrats targeting the teach state ahead of the january runoffs, with some going as far as pushing for people to move. >> i hope everybody moves to georgia, you know, in the next month or two, registers to vote an votes for these two democratic senators. jillian: fox news contributor and media opinion columnist for the hill, joe concha, is calling them out with a new op-ed and he joins us now. good morning, joe.

good to see you. >> good morning from powerless, new jersey. i join you by skype. so my apologies for that. jillian: you're here so that's all that matters. let's talk about folks moving to georgia, specifically andrew yang was one of the first that publicly came out saying that this is what he was doing. he tweeted this on november 7th, great news, evelyn and i are moving to georgia to help john ossoff and warnock win. more details to come. but let's go. what do you think about the democratic party really trying to rile up people out there and get the vote out? >> i don't have too much of a problem with the party actually doing it. when you think about what's at stake in georgia, jillian, if those two senate runoffs on january 5th go to the democrats, it's a 50/50 tie in the senate, with kamala harris casting the tying vote. as we've seen with so many senate votes, everybody votes

pretty much by party line these days so it would be a majority basically in the senate, in the house, and all this legislation as far as the far left wing of the party starting in the house in terms of abolishing i.c.e., in terms of abolishing the electoral college, in terms of abolishing a whole bunch of things like the filibuster or expanding the senate or expanding the supreme court or defunding the police or banning fracking, all those things with a democratic senate it gets right to joe biden and he'll be at the mercy quite frankly of the side of the party that he probably doesn't recognize at this point in his 47 years in politics. my issue is, when tom freedman who you just played in that sound bite i'm mores people to -- imlores people to pick up your stuff, move to georgia, vote in this election. that's voter fraud. you can't move to a state just to vote in an election and leave after the fact and unfortunately we may see that and in such a

tight race at this point, you see the polls, it's a 1 point difference here or there in terms of republican, democrat in those senate runoffs. i'm sorry, the media should not be engaging in activeism, they should be engaging in journali journalism. griff: georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger, put out a warning, saying if you illegally participate in our of elections, you may spend more time in georgia than you planned. do you think we might actually see celebrities or others follow freedman's advice and actually move there and then run afoul with the law? >> i have literally seen tweets from celebrities saying they're moving there, that they'll work out of tyler perry's studio which is in atlanta, that they'll attend john ossoff's bar mitzvah for their kids if they have to, whatever they have to do to get the vote out. if you say i'm moving to a state and the state has very lax laws

like georgia does in terms of when you can vote in their tickle exes, look, you -- particular elections, you should have to establish residency in terms of a utility bill or something, apparently in georgia it's a lax thing. the secretary of state did say that, he did say he will prosecute people that do that sort of thing in terms of moving to the state to vote in the election. i don't know how you track that, right. how do you prosecute people if they vote and they leave after the election, you're telling me you're going to track every resident in the state if they left after they voted. it's impossible. jillian: you get an a forester in terms of not -- for effort in terms of not having power but still appearing this morning. griff: thanks, joe. time now is 27 minutes after the hour. and incoming congressman warning the president-elect not to mess with texas oil of.

he says the democrats' plans are extremely alarming. the congressman-elect joins us next. >>

>> would you close down the -- >> which transition from the oil industry, yes. the oil industry pollutes significantly. it has to be replaced by renewable energy over time and i'd stop giving to the oil industry, i'd stop giving them federal subsidies. griff: after months of flip-flopping, president-elect joe biden appeased the far left by announcing plans to phase out the fossil fuel industry. our next guest campaigned against biden's energy policies. this morning, august fluger joins me with his plans to fight for the millions of american oil and gas workers. congratulations, congressman-elect. >> thanks for having me this morning. griff: let us show you what we

believe to be biden's oil and gas industry plan. he would ban new fracking on federal land, ban subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, enforce aggressive methane limits. what kind of impact would such a plan have? >> in the last 10 years, the revolution from the shale play, a lot of that in texas and the permian basin, has revolutionized the energy industry. it's an instrument of national power. we're the number one producer of oil and gas, allows our country and economy to operate smoothly. it's alarming to hear joe biden and the administration using this rhetoric for something that is so important to our country. griff: let's talk about the economic numbers here. when you talk about it, we'll put this up, the u.s. oil and gas industry, 10 of .3 million u.s. jobs supported by the oil of and gas industry there. when you go to the fracking ban impact on texas alone, by 2025

estimated 3.2 million jobs lost. august, how are you going to fight against this? >> well, it's just simply unacceptable. i think when you look at the energy demand that we're going to see over the next 15 to 20 years, with an increase in our population from 7.8 billion people to 9 billion people by 2037, our energy demand is going to increase by 50%. those 3.2 million jobs not only are they important to texas but they're important to the world. we're producing affordable, reliable energy for this country and beyond. griff: let me ask you, though, as you come into this next congress there was clearly a shift in the view of some voters. they want to be more conservationist, if you will. they want to move away ultimately from fossil fuels. you talk to many millennials, they certainly lean that way. what can you offer to perhaps placate them while trying to defend against what you say is

job loss? >> well, you know, when you look at the period from 2005 to 2017, we reduced harmful emissions by 13 to 15%. and in doing that, providing that clean energy, we've raised a billion people out of poverty. that's clean water, that's electricity, that's healthcare. people that previously did not have access to that energy sources like lpg, lng, all of those things are being produced in the country, right here in the united states and in texas and so we don't need a crisis of not being able to produce affordable, reliable energy just because we think the government should have an over-regulated posture. griff: congressman-elect august fluger. thank you for coming on. we hope you will be a regular guest here with us. thank you, sir, for your service, air force hero indeed in your own right. thank you, sir. >> thank you, griff. griff: jillian. jillian: like many other big

cities, los angeles is seeing a spike in violence. the police department tweeting, quote, a number we have not seen in over a decade, 300 homicides in a year. that includes four murders over the weekend. the department is asking for help from residents to curb the violence, saying names can remain anonymous. the seattle police department is seeing more officers leaving their jobs, sources say 34 cops recently quit, bringing the total to 144 officers leaving just this year. the city council is set to meet today where they are expected to cut the department's budget by 17%. it comes as crime and homelessness surge in the city. time now to get to the forecast, all eyes on the forecast, janice. thanksgiving week, a lot of people might not be traveling but some may be. what's it looking like? >> well, we have a few things we're watching. the temperatures are going to be okay, relatively mild for much of the country. we have a couple systems to watch and one of them is moving through the northeast right now.

you can see the temperature difference here across portions of the upper midwest and the great lakes, along the coast, that's where we have the warmer air so that front is interacting with some warmer air. we're getting heavy rain as well as some thunderstorms so we have this first front that moves through and then this next system is going to affect us tuesday and wednesday for the central u.s. the northwest is also going to get its act together again, bringing more rain and a mountain snow and possible travel delays. forecast precipitation for the next couple days, also watching the gulf coast for some measurable rainfall. portions of the central rockies will get some snow. and then the east coast is going to be kind of unsettled for the next couple days. as we head into the weekend, things will calm down. wednesday is going to be where we'll have the worst travel delays, not a big, big storm being certainly something that can cause nuisance travel. thursday, things start to calm down, a little bit of rain across the northeast, back through the tennessee river valley. otherwise, temperatures are not too bad.

we'll take that and i'll certainly keep you up-to-date throughout the workweek. griff and jillian, back to you you, my friends. griff: thanks, janice. i love the turkey up in canada. bring that down south, if you will. jillian: thanks, janice. >> i will. jillian: it is 37 minutes after the hour. raphael warnock's past words on the military coming back to haunt him. the group of veterans pressuring the georgia runoff candidate to drop out of the race. griff: and the grinch gives a little girl a real scare. the parental prank going viral, next. get out of there! ♪ run, run, rudolph. ♪

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you will serve. jillian: dozens of georgia veterans are calling on reverend raphael warnock to drop out of his senate runoff race over past comments he made from the pulpit. griff: carley shimkus is here with the latest. good morning to you, carley. carley: good morning. raphael warnock facing backlash from veterans over comments he made in a 2011 sermon where he said you can't serve both the military and god at the same time. about four dozen georgia veterans releasing a statement saying raphael warnock's comments about military men and women are flat-out wrong. in georgia, true leaders recognize the sacrifice of all who defended the nation's freedom. senators tom cotton and marsha blackburn calling for him to drop out of the race with tom cotton saying this is an insult to everyone who served.

marsha blackburn saying raphael warnock's radical anti-american views are disqualifying. he should withdraw from the georgia senate race. he's locked in a tight battle with kelly loeffler, heading to the january 5th runoff. jillian: you want to talk to this one, griff? griff: i want to. this is my favorite video ever as a father of two daughters, i can never imagine doing this but somebody put a child in a setting and had a green man come up behind him, called the grinch. carley: her reaction, pretty understandable when you see how this unfolded. this video of course going viral on social media. this little toddler in georgia got the fright of her life. i'm sure the pictures before and after this moment were very cute. and mother who posted this on facebook said that her daughter is going to laugh at a this when she gets older. it's pretty funny, right. i want to see the still pictures to see if they captured

hilarious ones. she looks pretty scared. poor thing. griff: all we're missing is max, the grinch's dog. >> maybe she'll find that under the tree this year as a little i'm sorry for scaring you. griff: a consolation prize for being terrorized by the mean one, mr. grinch. still ahead, a restaurant channeling the christmas spirit to survive covid restrictions. the owner and chef, his creative strategy, next. jillian: first, time to check in with brian kilmeade. >> griff just signed off on our run down. house speaker nancy pelosi claims democrats won in 2020 despite losing seats in the house. kind of weird, isn't it. we'll get reaction from somebody who did actually win in 2020, out in california, over in san diego, congressman darrell issa

will be here live as several states are under new you restrictions over a rise in coronavirus cases. there are protests across the country, from buffalo to los angeles. governor greg abbott, he vows the lone star state will stay open and fight through it. what impact with lockdowns and recent crime surges have on businesses. i'studentstuart varney predictss exodus from major cities. dr. marc siegel will join us live to tell us when life will get back to normal. rachel campos duffy will be here live commenting on this, rob smith, ben domenech will weigh in on the top stories and the queen of southern cuisine, paula deen is hear with a thanksgiving feast. turns out she loves to cook.

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jillian: welcome back. a philadelphia restaurant owner getting creative amid the city's indoor dining ban, hoping a christmas takeover will attract customers. joining us now the owner and chef, tim spinner. thanks for being here. good to see you. >> great to be with you. jillian: i know it's been a lot for restaurant owners the last few months to have to figure things out as you go and now you're having to figure out yet another indoor dining ban and i know you can only seat tables of four people that live in the same household. so we all understand this has been tough. why did you decide to do what you're doing which is this christmas wonderland theme, if

you will? >> you know, we wanted to do something for the community and bring attention to manioc itself. so by adorning the outside of the building with tens of thousands of lights, we wanted to create a new christmas tradition. we figure with -- to boost our outdoor dining, you know, the lights would bring people down and people won't mind sitting outside. we thought it would be like cutting down a christmas tree or visiting rockefeller center or something like that, people won't mind being out in the cold as long as they having beautiful to look at. so we did it for our guests and for our staff as well to enjoy during the christmas time. jillian: absolutely. we were talking in the break, i grew up not far away from there, spent many nights on main street where your restaurant is located. for those at home who are watching and aren't familiar with this area, it's a main street, it's restaurants, shops, on any given night there's people out and about all over

the place. i'm curious, how hard has that area been hit? is it pretty decembe desolate. >> during the beginning of the people it's quiet. people are starting to feel comfortable. it's shop to shop, so you're outside. i think we have sort of isolated ourselves where a lot of people don't feel comfortable going into the city but people are coming down to main street to walk around, to shop, to eat outside. there's just more of a comfort level right now. jillian: what's been your biggest challenge and what's your message to elected officials. you say the country is built on the backbone of small business and you feel as though you guys are being pushed to the side. >> the last week, they've taken the rug out from underneath us. as i said, this country was built on the backbone of small business. there have been so many bailouts for big businesses. but what about the small businesses? there is just no plan. when the philadelphia health

minister or of whatever his position was, he said -- he made the statement, i know this will be tough for a lot of people, i know people will be out of work, i know businesses are going to go under and there was a lack of empathy in his statement. if businesses are going to go under and people will be out of work, shouldn't you do something about that? shouldn't you help in some sort of way? and so we're just challenging them right now to go back to work and to figure out how they're going to help us instead of letting people fail. jillian: real quick, because we've got to go, how long can you sustain your business with no indoor dining? >> it's going to be tough. we'll make it through the winter. i don't want to lay off any staff. i'm going to keep them all on. we'll push through. it's going to cost us a ton of money. we'll keep it going for them. i have no choice. jillian: tim spinner, it looks fantastic. we wish you nothing but the best. keep us updated. we will continue to follow that and wish you the best. thanks for joining us. >> thanks. good to be with you. jillian: congresswoman-elect

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around. congresswoman elect congratulations. what is going on in new york? >> well, you know, you summarized it perfectly. unfortunately, under one party democratic rule we have had seen crime skyrocket. murders, shootings. car thefts, burglaries are all up. the cost of living has gotten out of control. we need to reverse. this we do that by dismantling the policies that mayor de blasio and governor cuomo one party democratic rule in albany have put in place that have made us less safe and put the criminals before the victims. and secondly, we need a property tax cap for new york city because homeowners can't afford it and are leaving in droves. 50% increase at least over the last five years since mayor de blasio has been in office. jillian: let's take a look at some of these numbers the rise in violence since november 15th the shootings are up almost 95% increase from just one year ago. homicides as you can see a 37.3%

increase from one year ago. you know, the question is what is the threat, do you think, that we are up against if this situation isn't handled now? what is the threat long term for new york city because people are leaving. >> look, this has a lot to do with the bail laws that were put in place that allow individuals, criminal sale of a weapon or criminal possession of a weapon to be released back onto the street. that is part of the problem. we have to fight for seven months to get homicide and manslaughter and felony drug charges added back onto the list in which a judge can use discretion and thankfully we are able to do it. the problem is you have people like alexandria ocasio-cortez who will never be satisfied and the democrats have to recognize that they will never satisfy the radical left in our city or in our nation and more they try to cater to them, they are going to destroy our nation as a result. so, billion dollars cut to the nypd by mayor de blasio and

nyc said that's not defunding. it's not enough. griff: congresswoman elect you are joining a record class of g.o.p. freshmen that will be in wowble ocasio-cortez and other democrats. what are your priorities going to be as you come to washington? you. >> well, look, right now we are still struggling with the coronavirus. here in new york the mayor and governor are looking to continue to shut down our schools and our economy. so we need to try to find some common ground with them. look, we want, obviously public safety and public health is a priority. we also have to ensure that our economy survives this. so there needs to be a balanced approach. we know more about this virus than we did six months ago there are therapeutics and hopefully a vaccine is coming soon. we need to work that get that vaccine districted to the front line and our most vulnerable. we also need to ensure that our economy remains open or else we are going to see a lot of our mom and pop businesses and the restaurants like the one that spoke before me close for good

that is a concern of mine. we do need a covid relief package it needs to be tailored. nancy pelosi can't put in ideological like releasing prisoners. and certainly we shouldn't have election law changes in a covid relief package that doesn't make much sense. jillian: do you think that we see a covid relief package? do you think we see anything that needs done? there are people concerned and need help. >> you know it, really should be done under this congress, not waiting for us to come in january. i believe that nancy pelosi is going to continue to play political games, unfortunately. we need to get the ppp money particularly. that has already been allocated and approved for some businesses and they have been waiting for that funding. all they need is a simple language bill just release those funds. i hope something gets done now. griff: well, we shall see. congresswoman elect nicole malliotakis, thank you very much. happy early thanksgiving to you.

thank you for being with us. jillian: thank you. >> thank you. jillian: griff, it was good to anchor with you this morning, good to see you. griff: thank you for having me. normally the reporter. now i'm filling in for todd piro who will be back tomorrow. set your dvr, "fox & friends" starts right now. bye, jillian. griff: covid 19 restrictions are not stopping millions of thanksgiving travelers despite the cdc's warning. >> do not travel right now. it's not worth the risk. stay home. stay within your bubble. >> vice president president-elect joe biden cabinet picks. >> putting america first will be over. >> winning the state of georgia is important and i expect you see the president-elect travel down there. >> georgians need to realize the reason the democrats flood they want to fundamentally change the senate. >> be able to ship vaccine on the 11th or on