and tuesday november 20 fourth. donald trump signaling it is time for the biden transition to begin, acting in the best interests of the country but that doesn't mean his legal fight is over. the latest on the election battle as biden is set to name or cabinet picks. >> thanksgiving dinner is not the only thing under the

chopping block. under new coronavirus restrictions, states are cracking down. >> tomorrow morning at 8 am santa is coming to town. >> i know him. shannon: dream job alert, how you can win thousands watching your favorite christmas movies. >> "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪ >> isn't she pretty? this is what you are missing when you're in dc, that beautiful tree in new york. >> i like holding down the fort in washington. that shot from fox square so

awesome in our gorgeous tree. i'm trying to get you set for your news. >> donald trump getting the green light to joe biden as transition process to begin as his legal team faust to carry on with election lawsuits. >> lauren blanchard in washington as biden announces key pics for his administration. >> donald trump may not have conceded the election yet but the formal transition has begun in washington. last night the president tweeted our case strongly continues. we will keep up the good fight and i believe we will prevail nevertheless in the best interests of our country i'm recommending the gsa administrator, emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to additional protocols and told my team to do the same. the announcement came after michigan and philadelphia certified their election results

for joe biden. despite numerous lawsuits dismissed or thrown out the trump team's legal fight won't end there. a third circuit court revealed the lower court decision to throw out a lawsuit asking to delay pennsylvania's certification. pennsylvania does not have a clear date by which it needs to certified results but with this link states do. arizona hasn't on november 30th while wisconsin and nevada have until december 1st. the electors meet december fourteenth 2 formally certify the election. from wilmington, delaware the incoming administration will introduce key foreign policy and national security cabinet members and appointees. yesterday president-elect joe biden and vice president elect kamala harris called their choices unmatched and the best america has to offer. the include anthony lincoln for secretary of state, john kerry will be appointed climate czar and admiral haynes will be the first woman to serve as director of national intelligence. former president obama said he

was confident in the names. >> there has been some damage done that is going to take some time to dig ourselves out of. but there is no doubt that joe has the right people to do it and it may not happen instantaneously. >> reporter: sources close to president-elect biden say janet yellen will likely be nominated treasury secretary. that announcement will come next week. >> fox news contributor charlie hurt says biden may not be thinking far outside the box and the way with his cabinet picks. >> now we know why joe biden didn't campaign before the election. turns out he really is going to just draw on his 50 years in washington and bring back the whole band. it is a little bit alarming because when you look at these

pics in particular john kerry it raises a lot of questions whether or not is joe biden going to get back into bed with iran, are we going to revisit the climate deals that were so destructive to the us economy while did nothing for china? are we going to revisit the obama economic policies? it sure looks like that. >> with the move forward, the biden campaign will have access to federal resources they need to that their staff and cabinet picks. jillian: several states ramping up covid-19 restrictions just days ahead of thanksgiving. griff: some families believe continuing holiday traditions are worth the risk. >> reporter: one third of parents say spending thanksgiving with family is worth the risk despite the pandemic according to a poll by

children's hospital, 1500 parents took part in that survey. pennsylvania is banning alcohol sales in bars and restaurants starting at 5:00 pm tomorrow through 8 am thursday and in los angeles starting tomorrow in person dining will be manned as the county sees its highest spike yet. >> never reported 6000 cases in one day. this acceleration will require us to once again make what is for many people devastating sacrifices. >> reporter: new restrictions begin in parts of new york city including upper manhattan, long island and staten island where a field hospital reopened due to the number of hospitalizations, the restrictions include limits on dining, gatherings and capacity, calling out county sheriff's for refusing to carry out instructions. >> you have sheriff's in the state who have said i am not going to enforce the law.

i don't consider them a law enforcement officer. you don't have the right to pick laws that you think you will enforce and you don't enforce laws that you don't agree with him. that is not a law enforcement officer. that is a dictator. >> reporter: governor cuomo's plans are changing after major back lash, the government canceling thanksgiving plans with his own 89-year-old mother and daughter despite telling the state they need to stay home but there is good news, the us will begin distributing covid-19 antibody therapy, the cdc believes the first 20 million people to be vaccinated in the us should be healthcare workers. jillian: thank you. griff: governor cuomo got a list of leaders wanting to have their own team of experts review and approve vaccines before disturbing it but doctor anthony fauci says it is a necessary. >> hopefully i can appeal to

them to say yes, you can look at the data but everybody should be looking at the data, there is nothing wrong with that but trust the process because it is a sound process. griff: doctor anthony fauci says he will be vaccinated as soon as it is available. in michigan county, a resolution supporting governor gretchen witmer's impeachment, the board of commissioners voting member-numtwo calling the democrat's executive orders issued throughout the pandemic unconstitutional. state restrictions for three weeks include no indoor dining at restaurants or bars, closing high schools, colleges and nonessential workplaces along with private gatherings limited to two households only. later this hour, what the status restaurant industry is experiencing. jillian: 760,000 absentee ballots have been requested for the senate runoff elections in georgia.

election officials extending the use of ballot drop boxes amid the search, the use of the boxes will expire in late december. rafael warnot is facing kelly (john ohssf facing david purdue. we will talk about the balance of power in the senate. amid those high-stakes runoff elections senator kelly left returning to the campaign trail, her second consecutive covid-19 test came back negative monday. left the remains in quarantine over the weekend following contradictory test results. the campaign said she didn't experience any symptoms. lindsey graham weighed in on the runoff and what it could mean for your wallet. >> of democrats take over the senate and we lose both georgia seats bernie sanders will be chairman of the budget committee

of the united states senate and socialists writing the nation's budget in the senate. if we keep control of the senate by winning votes in georgia i am going to be the budget chairman was i may not be your cup of tea but let me tell you i am a hell of a lot better than bernie sanders when it comes to your money. jillian: the georgia runoff set for january 5th. todd: it is beginning to look a lot like christmas. milania trump welcoming the white house christmas tree as the military band plays christmas carols. jillian: the 18 foot fraser for led by two clydesdales, the tree will be placed in the blue room of the white house, no word on what the scene will be. she does a lovely job with declarations so i'm sure it is beautiful. it is 10 minutes after the hour. three vaccines a few steps from approval. is one better than the other, michael burgess, member of the

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>> three major back seen breakthroughs now that astrazeneca, announcing results. what should americans know? on member of the gop doctors caucus, michael burgess. such good news. one of the three we mentioned? the effectiveness of

astrazeneca, 70%, 90% moderna. >> tremendous news, 10 months since the virus was under study. if everything goes perfectly, you have one pending emergency use authorization and another one seems to follow and astrazeneca has come forward. the differences between the three, the easiest differences to take out are the storage requirements, the pfizer faxing requires all for cold storage, negative 93 fahrenheit, a significant investment to place those units and maintain some, the moderna vaccine has cold storage requirements but not as

strong as the pfizer vaccine and astrazeneca normal refrigeration process will suffice. astrazeneca seems to come in at a lower price tag although donald trump said many times the vaccine will be paid for. how that is structured. price hasn't been an issue before now but may need to be considered but three vaccines, each affective, the astrazeneca vaccine apparently if the dosage regimen has changed a little bit, pushes out the rate, absolutely fantastic results, thank goodness we are here because that is the answer to this problem. griff: people are less worried about the price and more about

the safety of taking the vaccine. how safe is it and how concerned are you as a doctor that people may be hesitant to take the vaccine once it is available? >> i believe the vaccine will be safe. the companies have done their research on significant numbers of clinical trials, 30,000 people, massive clinical trials undertaken for these vaccines. the fda doing its normal usual job of evaluating the safety profile of the pfizer vaccine and i hope they expedite that because losing 1000 people a day we need this soon. as far as vaccine hesitancy, going to people who are vaccine hesitant, the worst thing we could do is policies of the makers would be to mandate a vaccine, that is never going to be a good idea. voluntarily people should have

it available. if i am not accused, i could be one of the first to roll up my sleeve to demonstrate my confidence in the process. todd: the political reporter when i'm not filling in for todd piro, when you have some time all of the relief programs are expiring on december 30 first. where do we stand with a deal with nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell so far apart? >> house leadership needs to move on this. let's get done what can get done. even providing a little flexibility in the payroll protection plan could free up $130 billion already appropriated. there should be no argument over

it but flexibility, there are other things that could be done. it could be wrapped up relatively quickly. people are waiting to see what the senate race turns out, still a republican-controlled senate or the democrats take over, that is to be determined but right now relief is necessary and it could be done. nancy pelosi would just come to the table and be reasonable for 15 minutes this deal is done. griff: thanks for joining us and happy thanksgiving. shannon: hundreds of caregivers walking the picket line in the cold, the strike for more money and better conditions as they work through the pandemic. seattle police are being defunded. a sharp cut approved. ♪ we can create a kinder,

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todd: jillian: tom brady and that have a big buccaneers are no match for the defense. >> over and outstretched hand, intercepted, jordan fuller. >> two minutes to play, jordan fuller picks off tom brady solidifying their win over the bucks, making history with the nfl's first all-black officiating crew with nfl experience, coming up on "fox and friends," joe namath will break down the game and players to watch on thanksgiving.

jillian: hundreds of nursing workers in chicago walk off the job demanding better working conditions amid the pandemic. griff: cheryl casone has their demands. >> reporter: 700 chicago area nurses, nursing home facilities. they are asking $15 an hour, hazard pay and personal protective equipment, one mask her day, $7 million for the federal government. are we closer to reaching a deal to get kids back to school in new york city? >> reporter: mayor bill diblasio facing intense criticism over his decision to shut down public rules, details and here is what we know. reopened schools for students

with disabilities, early childhood programs for kids from pre-k, elementary school and high school students and critics saying didn't get a lot of specifics and a lot of testing involved. griff: i could get paid thousands of dollars to sit around watching jingle all the way. >> reporter: if you want to hide out in your home and watch christmas movies. ♪ you are a rude one mister grinch ♪ you really are ♪ >> reporter: reviews.org, $2,500 in 25 days, you have to fill a short survey, and hallmark channel ready to roll.

>> you do start with the hallmark taylor. >> you might get a surprise visit from dean cain. still ahead, can biden's new best friend be a republican senate? gop control would allow the democrats to return to his moderate roots. economist peter morici explains next. ♪ sofi made it so easy to pay off my student loan debt. ♪ they were able to give me a personal loan so i could pay off all of my credit cards. i got my mortgage through sofi and the whole process was so easy. ♪ choosing sofi was literally one of the best decisions i could have ever made because it gave me peace of mind. ♪

b-with the ninja foodito intellismart xl grill.illing eliminate the guesswork with the smart cook system. just pick your protein, select your doneness and let the grill monitor your food so you don't have to. and because it's a ninja foodi, it also turns into an air fryer. bring outdoor grilling flavors indoors with the ninja foodi smart xl grill, the grill that sears, sizzles and air fry crisps. jillian: good morning. the senate balance of power hanging on the two georgia runoffs. our next guest says president-elect biden should be praying for a republican majority. griff: former economist peter morici joins us to explain why. >> reporter: good morning.

griff: please explain. >> reporter: moderate joe biden won the primary, got co-opted by bernie sanders and aoc of the rest and ran on a radical platform. if the republicans hold the senate with the gains they made in the house that is a clear mandate to compromise and move away from things like terribly high taxes and nationalizing health insurance and the rest of that nonsense in the platform. jillian: let's look at president-elect biden's tax plan that includes increasing top income tax rate to 29%, payroll tax for those earning 400,$000 a year, raise capital gains tax, increase corporate taxes to 28%. with all that being said you talk about why joe biden should hope the city remains republican but why should the rest of america especially those on the far left, how is it going to benefit them? >> we all benefit from a growing

economy and we rely on high technology, research and development and fund that with venture capital by opposing a 57% tax on capital gains for angel investors and so forth, we are seeing don't invest in my technology. in ireland it is more than 50%, guys and gals never take the money out, reinvesting and so forth. as a consequence it ends in their estate. we could be paying 57% and another 45% estate tax reforms on top of what is left, getting a nickel on a dollar or something, nobody is going to invest in that. joe biden's left-wing friends seem to think some people want to give their money away for no good purposes. do you know anybody who would invest in an effective return of

0? griff: let me flip the script, you talk about republicans being in control, doing things you don't want to do, mom and dad said i can't do it. lindsey graham earlier in the show talking about you have bernie sanders or the senate budget committee, what would that look like? >> the guy who would take over the finance committee would tax capital gains every year, for an angel investor puts money in 10 different enterprises and somebody decides this is worth a little more because they got another investor he has to pay taxes before he can cash out. most situations have served. with a bunch of radicals with crazy ideas ready to take over

the financial committee ships in the senate, we need some grow up pills for radical democratic senators, get out and get in the garden and stop wishing for free ice cream. jillian: still the same fired up peter morici, have a good thanksgiving. >> thank you very much. griff: alexandria ocasio cortez leads the outcry against ronnie manual joining the biden administration. the new york congresswoman tweeting in part the former chicago mayor helped cover up the murder of laquan mcdonald, covering up and murder is disqualifying. it is shameful he is even being considered. other progressive democrats chiming in after reports that he is being considered instead of a cabinet position. newly elected congressman jamal bowman saying he should not be considered for the biden administration. rashida tlaib says a less visible role doesn't sound good either.

jillian: seattle city council cutting its police budget by 20% approving the cut as part of the city at $6.5 billion spending plan for 2021. only one councilmember voted against the plan and that was because she wanted a bigger cut. mayor jenny durkin will sign the budget into law next week as the city faces in exodus of offices with 144 leaving this year. griff: time to check in with janice dean. i am in washington. feel like i might have my turkey outside on thanksgiving. >> we could get some rain on the east coast but nothing significant which is good news, we are not talking about dick outbreak over the country so another piece of good news. let's look at temperatures, so cool but mild for much of the country the next couple days.

we are not going to see any of that arctic air which can happen this time of year and sometimes we can get some severe weather across the country, we are not talking severe weather at all just nuisance rain, nuisance snow, depending what the temperature is and dealing with the system across the central us over the next couple days across the east coast, thursday into friday. your forecast radar, the northwest, and settled coastal rain and mountain snow, travel delays, you're not traveling this year. the potential for some travel delays in the northwest, otherwise fairly quiet and no major cold outbreak so that is good news.

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>> michigan's restaurant industry sending a dire warning about coronavirus restrictions predicting thousands will close their doors for good and hundreds of pounds of workers out of a job. joining me is founder and ceo of airland hospitality group. tell me the reality of the situation for restaurant owners right now. >> i will sum it up in the fact

the last 8 or 9 months we have two catastrophic layoffs of employees from 350 employees to 15, rehired to 300 and eight employees in my organization at this moment in time. jillian: more devastating's in michigan, indoor dining at restaurants and high schools and colleges, private gatherings limited to two households only. is this effectively three weeks? do you see this ending in 3 weeks? >> we won't solve the problem in three weeks, we are 8 or 9 months into this. there is no crystal ball, we are taking a day by day. jillian: how are your employees doing? >> this time around, no economic stimulus to support them, most

of my employees make $350 a week available in michigan, many on economic stimulus or call it unemployment for 20 weeks during the first shutdown so not a lot of time left for the unemployment money. during the holiday season, with no jobs, to each and every one. jillian: tell me why this affect the entire restaurant industry for a long time to come? >> the hit -- the hidden issue is a lot of employees are going to be forced to look for other jobs. the only industry that has been singled out twice this entire year, a few shutdowns not especially tied to restaurants. i can't blame them for not bidding on restaurants for their livelihood and this will create

a larger existing gap in the hospitality profession when they feel the industry is on a tax. >> not just restaurant owners and your employees at suppliers as well, the whole chain of events here, people who were impacted by decisions like this. keep us updated on progress at your restaurant when you have an open. thank you for joining us. griff: still ahead governor cuomo compares officers refusing to enforce his covid-19 was to dictators. that story next. jillian: let's check in with steve doocy with what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> good morning to you. we are 18 minutes from now, georgia senator david perdue fighting to keep his seat, he will stop by today with the latest on the highly anticipated

twin runoffs in georgia. you know all about it, he knows plenty and former governor mike huckabee and miranda divine sound off on more of today's top stories for this holiday weekend surgeon general doctor jerome adams with an update on the nation's battle against covid-19 with tips on how you can stay safe while celebrating thanksgiving with however many people are at your house if you're even at your house. speaking of thanksgiving, my tips for the perfect turkey dinner, part of -- i'm going to do a plug, there is the book. a very busy three hours 17 minutes from now on the channel you transfer your morning news. back in just a couple. (groans) hmph...

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the change you don't have the right to pick laws that you think you will enforce and you don't enforce laws that you don't agree with. that is not a law enforcement officer. that is a dictator. jillian: andrew cuomo sending a strong message to one sheriff who says he won't and forth a mask mandate. todd: carley shimkus has the latest reaction. carley: your governor cuomo accusing sheriffs who say they are not going to enforce coronavirus thanksgiving restrictions as acting like dictators. at least four sheriffs in separate counties said they are not going to enforce the rules limiting thanksgiving

celebrations to 10 people. they are questioning the constitutionality evidence that it is a poor use of police resources. police union in new york city responded to cuomo's comments saying cuomo is wrong, law enforcement doesn't have the right to enter private homes on his authority. law enforcement has the right to use discretion. what is next? do you want cops to weigh turkeys, then step on the scale? sounds like these police officers who don't want to enforce the rules are standing their ground. jillian: you want dinner and a drink in pennsylvania, can't do it. carley: a hope your family stalked up. i would be too. pennsylvania governor tom wolfe has added a, he says you cannot buy alcohol the day before thanksgiving. sales of alcohol at bars and

restaurants wednesday, starting at 5:00 pm wednesday and 8 am thursday, bars are now fighting back, pennsylvania's licensed beverage and tavern association released a statement saying we get the importance of keeping patrons safe and industry works hard to do so every day but what we don't get is why there has been no significant financial help to assist our small businesses, license restaurants to survive. they make a good point. shutting down bars and restaurants on the busiest day for kids to get together and go out. obviously that presents health challenges but those businesses that are already struggling in pennsylvania should expect to be struggling a little more given the new mandate. jillian: i rarely offer opinions on much but i feel like restaurants have struggled so much this entire year, let people have dinner and a drink.

we have been doing a little little later, have a limit, there are other things you could do besides shutting down at 5:00 pm. so fired up about this. carley: bars and restaurants make less money on alcohol. cutting that out of the equation. jillian: i understand why you don't want the party crowd. griff: i think your case is strong, thank you very much, we shall see. obama administration repeats many of biden's hits, blast from the past. jillian: lara logan says it will undo progress next. ♪ how do you like me now ♪ how do you like me now ♪ an create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org.

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>> i know tony, he was my deputy national security adviser, he was joe's foreign policy adviser when joey was vice president. he was part of our inner circle in all our key meetings throughout my presidency. griff: president-elect's biden and staff picks giving some sense of day have a view. >> nearly all of his picks so far worked in the obama white house is a flashback to that administration what measures want or need. joining us to discuss is fox nation host lara logan. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. jillian: of course. let's go ahead and pull up the

picks that have been announced so far. as we just referenced in that sound bite a couple seconds ago. let's start off talking about lincoln. obviously hlynn blinken that has with biden announced in this show and in that clip. what do you know about him and what do you think the next four years looks like with him on the national stage? >> >> well, if trump was the ultimate outsider, right? then blinken and the rest of joe biden's picks are the ultimate insiders. washington, d.c. insiders. so for those people who wanted a return to the swamp, who want -- who didn't want it drained in the first place, and for those people who stood by silently when intelligence agencies were used to spy on personal citizens illegally, and when illegal application us were made to the fisa court which have now been determined to be illegal, and who stood silent, while the -- one of the greatest lies in history was perpetuated on the

american people, which was that the president that they had elected and chosen was an asset for vladimir putin, if you are one of the people who want you had to bury all of that, who doesn't want accountability, who wants a return to the iran deal. who wants to spend trillions of u.s. taxpayer money getting back into the paris climate accord, and going back to the policies of the obama ear remarks then you will be a big fan of these picks which, of course, is most of the media, right? because they didn't say much when these deals were being done in the first place and when trump pulled out of them, you heard, you know, every complaint you could possibly think of about how he didn't have a right to change policy and he didn't have a right to exercise any of the functions of his office or do any of the things that he was actually elected to do by the people who voted for him. so, i mean, blinken is one of those who was close to john brennan and he is one of those who was silent when all of these people knew that there wasn't any evidence that trump was colluding with vladimir putin or that he had stolen the election.

so, really what you have a group of people so far who are not going to impress for accountability and probably going to double down on many of those policies, some of which were really harmful to the u.s. people. griff: talking about those policies and return to them us have covered the border so well for us at fox news. one of the people there was the number two at dhs, instrumental in creating daca. we are now seeing at this very moment october numbers a surge. the border apprehensions are rising again. how concerned are you that putting someone like miorkison could return to the problems that president trump tackled when he came into office? >> the thing is my concern doesn't really matter in the sense of what i think is an important. it's when you look at things, for example, mexico's ambassador to the united states, immediately after the election, made a big speech saying that

the u.s. now has to embrace immigration on a global scale and open its doors to people and also embrace culturally and politically the concept of immigration as being, you know, globally something that needs to be embraced by all countries. and so, what you are seeing already and what you are hearing down on the border during the election is that there was a build up of people that were waiting to poo pour across the border if biden should get elected. elect biden pulls back like putting the national guard on the border and not letting the people to cross that could change the dynamic significantly. one thing people haven't talking about customs and border protection; they have been testing everybody that they can been catching illegally. extraordinarily high number of them are testing positive for

covid. one of the reasons driving the rise in covid cases in el paso and the border areas of texas and beyond is covid coming across the border from mexico. people have been coming illegally. and border patrol has been tracking groupings of 30, 40, 50 people who have crossed illegally and returning them. so, this is all going to change with a new administration. and the signs are the indications are certainly from one governor in mexico was urging people to head for the u.s. border. so, those signs would indicate that there is going to be a significant increase in cross border immigration. you can expect all the policies that the trump administration put in place to be rolled back. jillian: yeah, okay. lara logan, thank you very much for joining us as always. don't forget you can watch lara logan has no agenda on fox nation. again, thank you for your time and insight. we will talk soon. griff: thank you, lara.

ainsley: nascar driving haley is helping drivers behind the wheel. partnering with ford to make more than 3,000 pounds of turkeys to detroit area foot fod banks. here is "fox & friends" now. go. ♪ ♪ >> two days away from a pandemic era thanksgiving. and the virus restrictions are ramping up. >> going to be a long visit. >> what is most super critical is that governor cuomo today said is he spending his thanksgiving with his 89-year-old mom rules apply for thee but thought for me. >> will will president biden's cabinet filling up with familiar faces. >> oldies but goodies. >> shoveled out the door. >> the mob is back and better than ever. >> it will be decided by two run-off elections in georgia. >> if we lose t