this chair tomorrow and friday. we will be back on monday. have the best thanksgiving. see you soon. >> happy thanksgiving to you and your family. welcome to "hannity." i am jason in for sean. tonight with cases of covid-19 on the rise democratic governors are in full-on panic mode. this is especially true in new york where infections are spiking. new york is already home to america's second highest covid-19 death rate due to governor cuomo nursing home fiasco. according to hollywood andrew cuomo is a hero. >> to my governor.

congratulations on the founders award. >> governor cuomo you are the man. >> daily briefings live from new york gave us hope, clarity and the truth and something we were not getting from washington state: leadership. >> in the middle of this storm andrew cuomo became the nation's governor. >> what an honor and pleasant surprise during these hard times. i think the international academy for this incredible award. >> jason: talk about kissing buts. cuomo was planning on celebrating this special award with his 89-year-old mother and another families at a thanksgiving bash until he was called out for his hypocrisy. cuomo demanded that new yorkers cancel thanksgiving and stay away from elderly relatives and banned private gatherings of more than 10 people. other pro-locked new york democrats were caught living it

up in a packed indoor birthday party not wearing masks and not social distancing. in los angeles outdoor dining is banned for 3 weeks starting tomorrow. this comes days after california governor gavin newsom was caught on camera dining with a large group of friends including two top medical officials -- are you sensing a theme here? we also have very good news to share. according to the cdc director, the first doses of a covid-19 vaccine william banting -- will be distributed by mid december. joining us now is an author and fox news contributor and the author of make america healthy again, dr. nicole saphier.

thanks for joining us on this great holiday week. doctor, operation warp speed did something we haven't seen done in this country. it will pay off in dividends. you are a medical professional and a mom. tell us what it really means. >> it's hard to stay motivated for everyone to continue doing the right thing in terms of physical distancing and mask wearing when you have policy makers that are not following the science. the good news is through operation warp speed we have true scientific discovery that is happening. it happened in record breaking time. we have two successful vaccine candidates. secretary azar said 20 million

americans will be vaccinated by the end of 2020. this is incredible. we should be celebrating this moment right now. not to mention regeneron the antibodies treatment shipped 35,000 doses under operation warp speed. this is one of the treatments that has proven to keep people out of the hospital. rather than people up and arms right now about other things, we should be celebrating true scientific discovery. >> jason: if donald trump had not put this in motion you can only imagine where we would be at. pete, what has so many people outraged is the blatant hypocrisy. we could go for hours talking about the hypocrisy. from your perspective, what are you seeing? >> it is hypocrisy.

of course it is. at a more fundamental level these leaders know what they are doing is silly. it's disrespectful. it doesn't apply common sense to average people who know the science and understand the stats who know more about covid-19 today than they did 8 months ago when this all started. they will make the best decision for their family and their livelihood. when you disrespect common sense people reject mandates that on their face are silly and their own leader circumvents because they can make the best decision for themselves. like policy makers understand average people can make. it's hypocrisy. it is. and they should set the example. they know what they are mandateing to other people is disconnected from the reality of

people's lives and crushing livelihoods. people will reject these mandates. we saw the revolt of the salon and gym owners and restaurant owners. when it comes to thanksgiving, people will make their own choices and they should. don't listen to these hypocrites. make your own call and follow the protocols as you believe make sense. >> jason: katie, we then is serious. it's deadly for far too many americans. the trump administration started talking about washing your hands and wearing a mask and doing social distancing. these restrictions come with no sense or logic to them. >> yes. look, hypocrisy allows these politicians to get off pretty easy. this is elitism. you have a number of democrats across the country including

governor gavin newsom who was not only eating a dinner breaking all the rules he imposed but with a bunch of medical lobbyists. top brass doctors in california. in a public health crisis the most important thing is public trust. they broke that over and over again. i call it elitism these are the same people who go about their lives and see their families and go to expensive gatherings with friends. they are crushing the hopes and dreams and livelihoods of millions of americans. in california 19,000 businesses have been destroyed result of the lockdowns. when you have politicians breaking their own rules, 2 things happen. if you are dealing with a serious disease people don't believe what they are saying. that results in people not

following the rules to stop the spread. if they don't believe their own rules, why should the people they claim to be keeping safe follow that? it's a double edged sword. cuomo is being celebrateed in hollywood shows what this is about. one set of class rules for one set of people and others having to follow the rules destroying generations of family businesses going forward. >> jason: dr. nicole saphier, a curfew at 10 o'clock? no california in pennsylvania after 5 p.m.? that's something to do with covid. when you look at the

restrictions what makes sense and what doesn't? >> well, jason, you need to follow the science. a glaring example of not following the science in l.a. county shutting outdoor dining. the journalists asked what cases have been traced back to outdoor dining and she said she did not know. she cited a cdc study that said people with covid had eaten at a restaurant. that doesn't mean they caught it at a restaurant. 61% increase in hospitalizations in l.a. county and that's serious. we need to take this virus seriously until we get the vaccines here. use physical distancing and try

not to mix house holds indoors and wear a mask indoors and covering your, nose, mouth and chin and wash your hands and educate yourself and your family. that's how you will lessen the street. -- spread. not these arbitrary rules. americans are calling out policy makers because they are not following the science. >> jason: i wish i had more time with you. have the most wonderful thanksgiving ever with your families. appreciate it. thanks for joining us tonight. today during a big rally on wall street the dow jones topped 30,000 points for the first time. the president celebrated the rally and congratulated americans on what is a historic economic rebound. the white house press corps was not impressed. listen to this. >> i want to congratulate all of

the people within the administration that worked so hard and the people of our country because there are no people like you. thank you very much. >> [shouting questions]. >> [overlapping talking]. >> [bleep]. >> jason: joining us with more our fox news contributors. emily and joe. joe, i don't know what is up with these c-span reporters gone nuts. they blew up a presidential debate and swearing. what is going on with these folks? >> well, the president came out three times and made statements but hasn't taken questions. the implication is that he is

afraid of the press corps. if you look at the last 4 years, he has taken more questions, has been more accessible than any other president in history. we are talking about a president there for 4 years. i would think that the president has likely been told by his legal team he cannot answer any questions regarding the legal process going right now and on-going as far as investigators into voter fraud and so on. he wanted to make a statement around the dow hitting 30,000 and a third company coming up with a vaccine which is the president's legacy. the fact these vaccines have come out so quickly before anybody ever could have predicted. that's something that probably those questions would not be focussed on. they would not be focussed on the economy. it would be mr. president, you have not conceded.

he decided to get out of there. he understands what the press corps is going to do in those situations. >> jason: donald trump should be winning awards for his openness and transparency. the most accessible president we have ever seen. i want to talk about the core message of what happened. it's remarkable. you touched on it, joe. emily, you have new vaccines coming out in warp speed. operation warp speed. the dow hitting 30,000. that helps all americans. >> that's right, jason. we know that the market likes certainty. the gsa announcement today was responsible for that final push across the 30,000 line. but the reason this landscape led up to it is because during this administration, the burden

of taxes and over-regulations in combination with unburdening the free market and operation warp speed that's how the dow reached 30,000. the s&p 500 up 12%. if it goes higher the first time in history it was down 30% and finished higher. this affects all americans positively. the fragillity of this we can't ignore that. we are facing down an administration who backs these over-broad executive orders threatening people with jail and fines and closing small businesses. 1 in 5 business owners are not sure they will make it to the end of the year. these play out in the miracle --

micro-level. hopefully the administration ahead won't back the wrong idea. the reason we are successful now is because of president trump's policies. >> jason: that's right, emily. joe, if biden is sworn in on january 20th, the news corps will just let them do whatever, right? >> i would think that you can count on one hand in terms of the number of press conferences that joe biden will have in his first year. compare to president trump who had press conferences on a daily basis for 90 minutes in terms of taking all questions. very hostile. here you have joe biden who has a friendly press corps and he has a staffer that has to call

on reporters. a pre-determined list. who will call on joe biden? we have to keep him in the safe space. god forbid peter doocy from fox news challenges him. i am sure china and russia are saying, the next leader of the free world can't accept a question from the american press that are friendly? and go ahead with that. that's amazing to me. he can't even call on reporters on his own at this point. i hate to use this word, the next president of the united states is a coward. and kamala harris has barely -- hasn't done actually since she was chosen as joe biden's running mate, she hasn't done one press conference. he is afraid of the press also? what is going on? say what you will about

president trump, he takes questions and takes the fire. joe biden and kamala harris have not done either. that's what you will see for the next 4 years as well as far as 2 candidates and 2 people that will be president and vice-president who are afraid of the press corps that is friendly to them. >> jason: emily, i see peter doocy out there trying to pepper joe biden with a question. he never makes himself available. how do you think america will react to the no news joe biden? that's not who we are. >> hopefully it will be a bipartisan consensus it is unacceptable. hopefully they won't make it acceptable. the reality is that the office

of the presidency deserves respect but also deserves scrutiny and challenges. without it, after the 4 years with the left in the media, the opposite is just as unhealthy. i hope we can look forward to the end of the softball or no questions and insight into the presidential office from day-to-day. >> jason: the lack of curiosity from the media. millions of americans have figured out what that game is. thank you both. have a wonderful thanksgiving. a breaking news report about michael flynn and joe biden introduced his foreign secretary

policy and natural security team. we will get react as this special edition of "hannity" continues.

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a fox news alert. president trump plans to pardon michael flynn. we will follow this story. first joe biden tonight is signaling a return of the washington swamp. picking a wave of establishment figures to staff his administration. for example, national security advisor pick jake sullivan defe defended the steele dossier as perfectly appropriate. and the secretary of state pick blinken opposed a terrorist label for iran's revolutionary guard. and according to new state department documents, after joining a company, hunter biden in a 2015 request wanted a one-on-one meeting with blinken highlighting another potential conflict of interest.

democrats and the media can't help but swoon over the return of the swamp comparing biden's picks to super heroes. >> i was talking to a democrat who said this felt like the avenger. we are being rescued from the adviseness of the last -- craziyness of the last 4 years. >> jason: and biden's department of homeland security pick alejandro mayorkas and john kerry. did the democrat bench that thin

that joe biden has to reach into the recycling bin and pick from the same failed group of establishment leftists to fill out his administration. what is clear is joe biden and company are commited to selling out to the swamp. and abandoning the president's american first foreign policy. perhaps no one sums it up better than senator marco rubio who tweeted: joining me now for reaction fox news legal analyst greg jarrett and the author of countdown to soci socialism devin nunes.

congressman there is a consequence to america not having a debate on foreign policy. it's a strong point for donald trump. there is no better difference or bigger split between joe biden and donald trump than foreign policy. when you see this cast of characters coming into play, how do you look at that? >> a couple of things strike me, jason. i would say these guys really spend too much time watching hollywood movies. the last 4 years it's like a weird star wars freak. now they are calling themselves the avengers. the reality is these are people that are so dirty that they likely were involved in the dirty dossier itself. we interviewed jake sullivan in our committee. we will have to go back and look

at his testimony. i sometimes wonder is this a pick because this is somebody who knows where all of the bodies are buried? or was he picked because he went to the right conferences? either way we are looking at turning back the advances that donald trump made. to the surprise of everyone including myself in terms of getting nato to pay up and moving the embassy to jerusalem and ensuring our troops come home. that was done over the last 4 years. i am not sure what their plans are because joe biden never came out of the basement to answer these questions. >> jason: no, he didn't. you studied it this. -- go through this and what the implications will be? >> well, they are all obama, biden and hillary clinton

retreads. it's america last leading from behind. i expect an apology tour. they want to rely on multi-lateral institutions like the united nations and the dysfunctional nato and alliances as the "wall street journal" says only hurt america and empower our enemies. jake sullivan pedalled the phoney dossier and the trump russian collusion lie invented by his boss hillary clinton. he was knee-deep in the email scandal. he was sending top secret classified documents to hillary clinton's private server. he should have been prosecuted. thanks to the misfits like james comey and peter strzok he was never prosecuted.

blinken meeting with hunter biden and 2 days later joe biden makes a threat to the ukraine. you would i think that joe biden would be smart enough to steer clear of people tainted by scandal, but he stepped right into it. >> jason: i don't think he cares about that. congressman, there are a number of investigations. i look at the report from the inspector general and the investigations you have been involved with. there won't be any justice for those who misused their surveillance powers. what will happen? >> that's the concern we have now. we understood where durham did not do anything before the election. i think he should have. we should have known what happened in the 2016 election before we voted for the 2020

election because it was clinton and the dnc that were involved. a long-term doj official would not want to make that decision and bring indictments before the election. what is concerning me now is i would expect the day after the election, for there to be indictments and a report. the fact this is not coming as me very concerned. i called for a special prosecutor to this. we will need a special prosecutor into hunter biden. i don't think we have a choice because biden is knee-deep in both of these things. you talked about general flynn. biden was in the room. he brought up prosecuting flynn, using the logan act. this was biden who has his own office of president-elect he is talking from in his basement. i believe these people are back

because these are the people that know where the bodies are buried. they will be in these positions to not only protect themselves but protect biden and obama and everybody else. >> jason: that's an interesting take. greg, what is your read on it? >> well, i was interested to hear the report that the president is considering pardoning michael flynn. he should. flynn didn't want a pardon. but this federal judge sullivan was trying to run out the clock opening that biden would win. flynn is innocent. the two fbi agents wrote he didn't lie. this is a tremendous miscarriage

of justice. i wish the case had been dismissed. sullivan disgracefully to the bench tried to run out of the clock and ignored the court that said moved with dispatch. the president should issue a pardon because that is the only way out now for michael flynn. >> jason: it makes sense if the president would pardon him. i think he deserves to be pardoned. thanks. have a wonderful thanksgiving with you and your families. coming up, we will get an update on where things stand with the trump campaign's losses and all eyes on georgia and the key run off races in the state. that's up next. ♪ (children laughing) ♪ (music swells) (dog barking)

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>> ♪ >> jason: welcome back to "hannity." we are just 6 weeks away from the crucial georgia senate race. money is pouring in. control for the senate is on the line. with so much at stake democrats resumed door-to-door canvassingar pausing the practice due to covid concerns. the trump campaign announced that pennsylvania, arizona and michigan will hold public hearings on the 2020 election. joining us now with a conservative matt and michael law president and former chairman of the republican national committee ryan. matt, there is some news coming

out of nevada. tell us what you are hearing and seeing. >> yes, for the first time in this whole tragic story of the 2020 election, a state court granted the trump campaign the ability to present their case of widespread illegal balloting and depose up to 15 people who know what went down in clark county in the state of nevada. this is big news. a lot of people in the national media said if you have evidence of voter fraud. show it. we have thousands and thousands of examples of real people and real life instances of voter illegality. it's a great step we will have a chance to present it in court. i believe the results in nevada should be switched. >> jason: i would like to hear

the clark county clerk explain to people why non-residents of nevada can vote there. i can't wait to have him in a deposition. >> that's right. people voting twice. dead people voting. the biggest thing which is true in all of these states including georgia where a third of the ballots were cast in the mail. in nevada half of the ballots were cast in the mail with no legal signature verification in this nevada. >> jason: you had a massive task as the chairman of the rnc to remake the republican brand and the success was phenomenal not only for president trump but there is not a single republican in the house of representatives running for reelection that lost this year. that's phenomenal. look at the number of women that

gained seats in the house of representatives on the republican side of the aisle. explain what happened. what did you do? >> well, back in 2013 and one of the things we talked about in the party was having a full-time year round operation in communities not representing in congress or in the state senate seats or state assembly seats. the only way to do that is putting full-time people in atlanta and cleveland. hispanic and black communities with leaders from those communities talking about things that the party believes in. we grew that. the rnc and what ronna mcdaniel has done is grow it bigger and do it in a way that is precise. when we talked about weeks before the election, we were telling everyone, this will be a much closer election than you think. when you can see by a person,

when 2 million people are filling in absentee ballots, you can see who is filling them in. who they are voting for based on consumer data that you can look at. that's what happened. the party has grown successfully and grown in hispanic and black communities and the president of all people, donald trump grew our party in faith communities and in black communities and hispanic communities and it was a great team effort. >> jason: the national media ignored it. never ran stories about but it was huge. our time is short. i want you each to tell me about georgia. the swing of the senate rests on the vote in georgia. matt, what is your perspective? >> there is a great push back from what happened on election day. 73.3 million americans people like the election was handled in an improper way.

there are too many illegal ballots in the tally. you will see trump nation push back in georgia like you have never seen. the first test of what the american people think about the election results. i think it will result in 2 republicans being returned to the united states senate and mitch mcconnell and the republicans being the majority there. >> i hope that's the conclusion but this is a very difficult fight here. >> i hope to god matt is right. i think he will be right. this is a 50-50 race. don't think for a second that just because this is georgia, it can go either way. we will either win 2 or lose 2. it won't be a theory we will win one. we will win them both or lose both. this will be a 50-50 shot. everything will count. everything is on the line.

if you are out there and you can help or send in money, we are going to need it. it's going to than close. >> jason: it is going to be a tight race. thank you and have the best possible thanksgiving you can have. thanks for joining us on this wonderful tuesday night. coming up. shannon bream joins us with a live report about how a church in california asked the supreme court to intervene in the state's covid-19 restrictions on houses of worship and one pastor in the golden state took matters into his own way. that and more as this special edition of "hannity" continues. ♪

♪ ocean spray works with nature every day to keep you healthy >> ♪ >> jason: welcome back to "hannity." as california governor gavin newsom tightens restrictions on gatherings due to the covid-19 pandemic. another california church is asking the supreme court for an emergency injunction. blocking an order restricting how many people can gather in houses of worship. here with more is shannon bream. >> shannon: there are 3 emergency petitions before the

u.s. supreme court for churches that say their first amendment rights to be out there worshipping is being trampled by these covid-19 restrictions. the latest from the church in california. asking the justices to block governor's gavin newsom's restrictions make it impossible for them to worship. i will read a little of the filing. they said their church letters from local authorities threatening a year in prison and fans against the pastors and the church and parrishions and includes a threat to close the church. they said emergency relief is needed now. there are 2 other emergency petitions out of new york with

governor cuomo. the catholic diocese of brooklyn and jewish groups said they are left with few options to worship together. days ago justice samuel alito gave a speech that was controversial and talked about religious liberty being a disfavored right. in nevada where casinos can operate at a higher capacity than churches. >> if you go to nevada you can gamble and attend shows. if you want to worship and you are the 51st person in line. you are out of luck. head for the slot machines or a show. >> shannon: the california case they will file a response by saturday. the cases out of new york we

will let you know as soon as there is any action from the supreme court on any of these cases. >> jason: earlier this month a san diego judge said that strip clubs could reopen while churches in the state remain restricted for indoor services. last week on this program former arkansas governor huckabee joked that churches should become strip clubs to get around the restrictions. >> it's ridiculous to say people are safer in a strip club than church. churches across california will announce their pastor will remove his tie during the sermon making it a temporary strip club so people can go to church. >> jason: one california pastor did just that this past sunday. watch this. >> let's go. >> whoo!

>> ♪ >> ♪ >> by the way, governor huckabee said he will bail me out if i get arrested. this is insane! >> jason: joining us now is that senior rob mccaughey and a fox news contributor. pastor, you were getting jiggy with it up there. i don't know if that scares me or i should be impressed. i am sorry you have to deal with this. i think it's insane and ridiculous. explain what you are dealing with there in california. >> well, i was a previous mayor of the city of thousand oklahoma sooners. -- thousand oaks. i resigned when the governor

said the church was nonessential. i can't live with that. i swore to defend the constitution. he is infringing on our rights. i could not do that. i resigned from my office. we held communion even the governor said we were non-essential. we were practiced all of the cdc standards until we realized this virus didn't merit what was happened. we opened up and we have not had a single case of covid contracted at the church. we were givening a restraining order. they are fining us every sunday. every time we are open the health official noting all of

the violations. the health officer got a raise and 60% of restaurants will never reopen and this is insane. and now you have to strip to remain open as a church. >> jason: you have a beautiful family. what are these restrictions doing to your family? everybody says we need to be smart. but some of these ridiculous restrictions are hurting people and families, aren't they? >> pastor rob, congratulations to you. you are a hero. you showed the funny part where he pretended to strip but the sermon is amazing. it harkens back to so many of the most important movements in our country led by pastors. google it. we have the globalists and the

marxists and they are all united against christians and americans seeking freedom. if we don't fight this, this will be a problem. this is so outrageous. you have a strip club where a judge said they have a right to get naked and dance. yet, the freedom to worship which is mentioned in the first amendment. these churches are closed. we lost holy week. they are trying to shut down thanksgiving. right now there is a representative from the w.h.o. who said we should cancel christmas. when will this end? when will we americans say enough is enough with this intollerance against people of faith. >> jason: pastor what is your

message to everybody? >> this is the 400th anniversary of the signing of the mayflower. they were christians seeking religious freedom. a governor that takes people out to dinner and tell "us weekly" we can't have thanksgiving. push back. jason thank you. more of this special edition of "hannity" right after the break.

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barack obama and is working to destroy the trump agenda." thanks for watching, i hope you and your family have the best possible thanksgiving, tammy bruce is filling in for laura ingraham tonight, it's all yours. >> tammy: happy thanksgiving to you and yours and welcome aboard. i am tammy bruce in for laura ingraham and this is a special edition of "the ingraham angle" from new york city tonight. joe biden today introducing his cabinet to the country and while msnbc claims it's like he's assembling the avengers, we'll expose how they are really just a bunch of swamp creatures, not a surprise there. plus corn and cobb are not the only parts handing out this thanksgiving, sources tell fox news michael flynn is next. this show has warned you for months about the dangers of mail-in voting, what lessons can we