they will inspire you and you will learn a great deal and motivate you. we all need motivation right now. >> thank you very much the day after thanksgiving we have a lot to be thankful for. i love all of you on the show and everybody watching. >> leland: fox news alert. president trump saying the first coronavirus vaccines could be delivered as early as next week. the promising news comes as one drug maker prepares to go before the fda and another one goes back to the drawing board after an error in its clinical trials. good morning, i'm jon scott. >> i'm julie banderas in for sandra smith. president trump making the announcement yesterday to u.s. troops overseas. the president reiterating hope is on the horizon. watch. >> president trump: during a pandemic, the whole world is suffering this tremendous pandemic, not just us, the world. and you wouldn't know that to listen to the news reports but

the whole world is suffering. and we're rounding the curve. the vaccines are being delivered next week and the week after. >> as fda regulators will review pfizer's request for an emergency use authorization for its vaccine december 10. astrazeneca has a dosing error and will likely force another clinical trial. >> casey stiegel is live in arlington, texas. what's the issue with the astrazeneca vaccine? >> good morning. apparently scientists in the u.k. that were working on the astrazeneca vaccine reporting that it was 90% effective but as it turns out, the study participants were only given half doses of the vaccine and when they were given full doses, its efficacy dropped to

62%. more studies likely. pfizer getting ready for approval and wide distribution of its vaccine if it is approved. doctors say this is all excellent excellent for the american public. >> i think for the general public this is so great news. those vaccines are still on track and hopefully people should start getting these doses relatively soon. at least get offered. i think we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. >> meantime new york governor andrew cuomo responding to the security's decision this week striking down his order restricting the size of religious gatherings in certain parts of the state. cuomo saying the court was partisan in making that decision and said the outcome was based simply on three conservative judges. judges that were nominated by president trump. julie and jon. >> leland: casey stiegel reporting from texas.

a new report claims north korean hackers are suspected of targeting astrazeneca. the hackers posed as recruiters and contacted astrazeneca staff through networking sites. they then sent documents laced with mall issues code trying to get access to the victim computers. some of the attempts at those working on coronavirus research. sources say they don't think any of the cyberattacks succeeded. >> yesterday marks the first time president trump took questions from reporters for an extended period of time since election day. while he did insist the fight for reelection is not over he did say he would leave the white house if the electoral college certifies joe biden to win. kristin fisher is live at the white house. what's the likelihood we'll hear from the president today? >> he is heading to camp david

this afternoon. there is always a chance. he spent a solid 25 minutes last night answering questions from reporters. the first time he has done that since the election. while he is still refusing to concede, he also said that he would leave the white house on january 20th if the electoral college does indeed vote for joe biden. it was a testy exchange with reuters reporter jeff mason. watch it in full. >> if the electoral college votes for joe biden on december 14th, will you concede the election? >> are you not going to leave this building? >> but the president would not say if he will attend joe biden's inauguration. he knows the answer but he doesn't want to say it yet. he doesn't want his successor to take credit for operation warp speed. >> president trump: the vaccines -- don't let joe biden

take credit for the vaccines. joe biden failed with the swine flu, totally failed with the swine flu. don't let him take credit for the vaccines because the vaccines were me and i pushed people harder than they've ever been pushed before. >> last night during the q and a we learned president trump is planning to head to georgia next saturday to campaign for the two republicans in the runoff race which is going to be determining control of the u.s. senate. julie. >> all right, kristin fisher, thank you very much. jon. >> for more on this let's bring in byron york, from "the washington examiner" and fox news contributor. new york's governor cuomo calling the supreme court's decision that blocks his covid restrictions irrelevant.

>> not surprising he would take a shot at president trump who did nominate and confirm three of the judges on the supreme court right now. but the decision in the case, if you look at what justice gorsuch wrote he said we have a pandemic, it requires emergency measures but you can't throw out the constitution. you can't -- >> we seem -- >> and at the same time leave liquor stores and other places open. >> we lost you for a second and we pointed out we have one of the bits of the opinion that justice gorsuch wrote. it is his concurring opinion, a supplement to the actual supreme court opinion. i wanted to just read it to you. we may not shelter in place, he writes, when the constitution is under attack things never go well when we do.

the majority finds new york governor cuomo's opinion unconstitutional. i want the read a couple more elements from that supreme court decision. we apparently have lost our link to byron york but i want to read a couple more opinions from that supreme court decision. you see the governor had said designated certain zones in new york city orange zones or red zones. red zones are where the virus was truly raging or is truly raging. he says in a red zone while a synagogue or church may not admit more than 10 persons, businesses may admit as many people as they wish. the list of essential businesses includes such things as acupuncture facilities, campgrounds, garages, as well as many whose services are not limited to those that can be

regarded as essentials. that's from the supreme court ruling. what they're saying is that it's perfectly fine for big box stores and even pet stores to open in some of these so-called red zones or orange zones but the governor wanted to limit churches and synagogues to very, very small numbers of attendants. byron, the governor called the ruling irrelevant and, you know, one has to believe that when you get smacked down by the supreme court like that you ought to pay a little more attention to it. >> he said it was irrelevant because the classification, the red zone classification that applied to some religious institutions had been changed to a more liberal zoning. but the fact is he lost on this clear issue because again as i was saying earlier, what

justice gorsuch said was we have emergency measures for the pandemic. we have to have some of those but we cannot throw out the constitution and its rights of free speech and assembly and religious worship is a constitutionally protected right. remember when we had all these protests and defenders of the protests said there is a constitutional right to peaceably assembly and free speech. there is one for religious worship as well. balance the rights of keeping a liquor store open and keeping religious institutions open as well. >> leland: the synagogues could hold up to 10,000 people and it

doesn't make sense you'll spread coronavirus with 10 people in a religious facility that can hold that many. it was -- as supreme court opinions go it was practically written. >> it was. it was also one of the things that clearly made governor cuomo angry. it was a very different decision than would have been rendered were justice ruth bader ginsburg still on the court. similar issues came before the court earlier this year in nevada and california when she was still on the court and it went 5-4 the other way. in favor of the restrictions. so you saw in a very clear way the changes that the addition of amy coney barrett has made on the supreme court in this decision. >> we don't know who the author is according to the supreme court shannon bream and bill mears. we don't know who the author of the opinion is but it very well

could be amy coney barrett, justice amy coney barrett. interesting. byron york, thank you. >> fox news alert. reporter taking a fellow journalist to task predicting the mainstream media will go easy an biden during his administration. why the double standard? as biden chooses his foreign policy team some critics are depending president trump's america first stance saying it is time to give credit where credit is due. former arkansas governor mike huckabee is on deck next. >> president trump: look at what is going on. no wars, they're saying wow, the president, four years, no wars. we stopped wars and we won, as you know, 100% of the isis caliphate. books. got to hand it to you, jamie. your knowledge of victorian architecture really paid off this time.

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>> jon: four people shot, one man killed after random shootings in nevada on thanksgiving day. the suspects were driving around shooting people with no apparent motive. police arrested three people in arizona believed linked to the nevada shootings. shots were fired during the arrest, the four victims are

expected to survive. >> the president -- president trump has changed the landscape. it has become america first, it's been america alone. we find ourselves in a position where our alliances are being frayed. >> julie: joe biden criticizing president trump's america first policy. biden saying he will return america to its global and moral leadership. but now some of president trump's critics are actually giving him credit for his foreign policy including a tougher stance on china and breakthroughs in the middle east. joining me now is former arkansas governor mike huckabee. also a fox news contributor. great to see you. what did you make of the usa today saying -- i'll quote this because you probably won't believe it if you didn't see it. i know you read it. even trump's fiercest critics say he may have some world

affairs right. why the change in heart now among some trump critics? >> i think because they will realize that what president trump has done in foreign policy over the past four years has been unbelievably helpful and good for the world, not just america. how could anybody think it's inappropriate for an american president to say america first? we don't elect a president of europe or asia or the middle east. we elect a president to be our president, to put america's interests first and foremost. that's what we're paying for with our taxes. if you look at what this president has done and i jotted some things down. usmca, oil and gas initiatives that made us energy independent for the first time in 100 years. we have a thawed relationship with north korea. look what we've done with taiwan. the pushback on china where this president has had the guts to do what no one else has done

and that's say we aren't going to just roll over for these communists and let them push us around. middle east realignment. middle east countries having diplomatic relationships with israel. the recognition of the golan heights and jerusalem. moving the embassy. joe biden voted for that but it never happened until donald trump was president. add to that nato. finally these european nations paying their fair share. the paris climate accords which did nothing for the u.s. but did a lot to give china an excuse and india an excuse. then the iran policy which put a cramp on their desire to fund terrorism. those are a few of the things, julie. >> julie: the former acting ambassador to the u.k. in certain areas i think his instincts were right. getting tougher on china and address the trade practices and military expansion in the south china sea needed to be done.

is it a sign that maybe america first wasn't so bad after all? >> america first was great. it truly was a brilliant approach. the approach we should have been taking all along. our approach was driven by globalists who were more interested in profits for multi-national corporations. big political donors at the expense of a lot of american workers. when the president got usmca it gave american workers protection. i thought that's what we were supposed to be doing. i hope joe biden doesn't mess it all up. >> julie: here is the president yesterday on his foreign policy record. let's watch. >> president trump: peace through strength. that's what we have now, peace through strength. you look at what's going on. no wars. they're saying wow, president, four years, no wars. we stopped wars and we won as you know 100% of the isis caliphate.

>> julie: as the president leaves office many are fearing that he is ordering a precipitous withdrawal of u.s. forces from iraq and afghanistan that could come back and haunt the next administration. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, you know, the president would have been criticized if he would have upped the number of troops that we had. instead he did what he promised we would do and why people elected him. to get us unentangled from afghanistan. longer than any war we've ever been in. he is trying to get us out of it and he has done exactly what he said. the president got in trouble not because he failed to keep his promises. he messed up a lot of people because he kept his promises. promises that did put america first. i think we'll miss him a lot if he doesn't stay in office the next four years. >> julie: okay. the president did have a complicated record in some regard. a former u.s. diplomat and on

the council of foreign relationships think-tank. the president got more wrong than right. he threatened war with north korea and iran. picked trade fights with canada and publicly attacked american allies and praised dictators. what is your reaction to all that? >> that is typical from the council of foreign relations. they've gotten it wrong. they were the ones who pushed us into neoconservative wars that ended up getting us nothing. the fact is that the president did a lot of pushing, he did. he did all the big talking. but the result was that nato is now stronger than it was, not weaker. the other nations are paying their way. canada, mexico, are part of a much better trade deal for the united states than we were in before. so when people talk like that you've got to remember these are globalists talking. they honestly think america last, everybody else first. let's surrender to everybody. thank god this president thought america ought to be first. that's what we pay for when we pay our taxes and as i said

before, julie, i think a lot of folks are going to miss him. >> julie: i am going to miss hearing words like rocket man when he is referring to kim jong-un and the back and forth jabs that those two and other world leaders with the president and kept us on the edge of our seats and was certainly fun to watch at many moments. despite the seriousness behind all these issues. mike huckabee. always great to see you, appreciate it. >> thank you. >> jon: supporters of the defund the police movement are calling out joe biden accusing him of not doing enough for their cause. so will biden bow to pressure from the far left wing of his party? astrazeneca taking a step back after its covid-19 vaccine after giving part is nantz a smaller dose than was prescribed. could it hinder public trust in the process. >> the problem here is why was

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>> we shouldn't be defunding cops. we should be mandating the things that we should be doing within police departments and make sure there is total transparency. >> jon: president-elect joe biden at a town hall in october but under pressure from the defund the police movement despite embracing calls for the national police oversight commission. some say it doesn't go far enough. advocate andrea ritchie saying what we've heard so far from the democratic party is what they aren't going to do. the demand is still to defund the police and it will get louder and louder. joining us now matt gorman, a former nrcc communications director and former tennessee congressman harold ford junior. congressman, when you look at the results of the last election particularly with regard to house races, a lot of republicans are saying the

demand to defund the police is what cost democrats seats in congress. do you see it that way? >> first, happy thanksgiving and thank you for having me on. i think that analysis might be rooted in some truth. no doubt republicans made some gains. vice president biden, now president-elect biden, his position around policing and transparency and oversight and changes to how offices can be held accountable for bad behavior i think mirrored a lot of what the leadership in the house wants. your larger question i accept. the defund the police movement i'm against it. i think that president-elect biden in as well. what we're for are for ways to again increase transparency, increase accountability. i believe make training uniform. i don't mind those on the outside or those on the sidelines pushing politicians to change policy, to try to influence policy. it is how you influence and change policy. i don't expect or suspect this

administration to give into the notion of defunding the police. nothing could make communities less safe and less likely to have jobs and investments and keep kids safe. >> jon: when you look, joe biden is getting direct criticism from members of the squad, aoc and tlaib are saying you have to defund the police and they'll keep pushing on him to try to come up with a way to do that. how does he respond? >> well here is the fact. tlaib and aoc have never needed a single republican vote in their life. it's easy to say that coming from an 80% democratic district. down ballot in the senate and especially the house, republicans won because they painted their democratic opponents as either associated with and giving power to the folks that would want to defund the police. and so look, though democrats still have the house, nancy

pelosi has her smallest house -- has the smallest democratic majority in the house since world war ii. keeping the squad in line and keeping the moderate vulnerable members in line is no easy task because the squad ones are vocal about defunding the police. >> jon: they get a lot of attention. some democrats are saying no, defunding the police is a good way to lose more seats. i want to play you some of those opinions. listen. >> that phrase, defund the police, cost jamie harrison tremendously. >> some of the things we're hearing of the more extreme elements of the democratic party. it wasn't helpful. >> defund the police. i don't know any democrats for defunding the police. >> jon: senator joe manchin from west virginia there at the end. harold ford junior you don't

personally support it but it has become a catch phrase among many in the democratic party. what is joe biden supposed to do? >> what i do know is the president-elect does not support it. joe manchin, who is a personification of seriousness and leadership in the senate on the democrat side and nancy pelosi doesn't support the defunding of police. we need reforms. the kind of reforms that many reasonable people want with police officers and police departments around the country, transparency and training. president-elect biden supports that and even president trump tried to advance a piece of legislation through the house and senate wiwith the help of scott. i'm hopeful they can find agreement. i think that senator scott's bill didn't go as far as ats wanted. maybe them find a middle there and compromise that will make police officers safer, make communities feel more confident and this issue to get the resolution it so desperately

deserves. >> jon: we heard from congressman jim clyburn. he doesn't believe in defunding the police but is upset with the biden administration over this issue. listen. it's not a quote. let me read it. from all i hear, he says, black people have been given fair consideration but there is only one black woman so far, talking about the incoming biden administration. i want to see where the process leads to, what it produces. but so far it's not good. now, i believe he is referring to linda thomas-greenfield designated to be u.n. ambassador not kamala harris, the first black vice president and black female vice president. does he have a point, matt? should there be more people of color in the incoming biden administration? >> well, the interesting thing he isn't some nobody, right?

his endorsement of joe biden for the south carolina primary swung the nomination to biden and in my opinion one of the most defining times or moments of the entire 2020 race but he has put joe biden in a tough spot because if he goes along with clyburn which hes going to do anyway. there will be more black voices in the administration. or if he doesn't nominate someone right away, it is in a way a slap in the face to jim clyburn or positioned that way. the tough part is a lot of these divisions were papered over because they were you united about beating trump. democrats are like the dog that caught the car and these will all be laid bare now whether defunding the police or what jim clyburn is talking about. >> jon: he said he didn't want anything from joe biden after giving him the big endorsement that helped him lead the race. it does seem like he wants something after all.

>> it's very early in the process and we should all acknowledge this is generally what happens when you have a new administration jockeying for position. i would remind you not only is the ambassador to the u.n. designate and african-american woman but made one of his senior advisor richmond from new orleans a senior advisor to his team. if we were at the end of the process and the numbers did not measure up, i think you would probably hear more voices including jim clyburn. i would add one other scenario to what my friend matt said. either the president agreeing with and allowing jim clyburn to make decisions or not agreeing with him. this is so early you have to let the process work itself out. >> jon: they're doing a little strong arming during the process obviously. appreciate it. thank you both. >> julie: astrazeneca going back to the drawing board after an error in dosage during a vaccine clinical trial. could this cause people to

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the reason for the new trials. we explain for those at home. due to an error in the dosage provided to trial patients. on monday we were talking how the drug maker said its vaccine was up to 90% effective. now we find out the company gave about 2700 participants 1 1/2 vaccine doses instead of the intended 2. my question now and maybe many at home are wondering the same thing, why wasn't this mistake discovered earlier? >> well, that mistake was discovered when they went to compile the data. and they determined as they were doing that that those that got a half dose right away, that they actually did better. but julie, we don't actually know how long they knew it before they reported it. the manufacturer has done this before with side effects. someone got side effects and they didn't report it right away. it was reported by news. i think the issue here is inspiring confidence in the public. i want to make a couple comments that may make people

feel a little easier about this. one, this is not about the vaccine itself. remember, the vaccine itself, the effectiveness looks quite good and the safety looks quite good. we keep calling this is astrazeneca vaccine but the oxford universities. the vaccine itself is based on technology they've used fiori bola and other viruses and looks good, effective and safe. they're trying to determine the correct dose here. my last point here in the united states, julie, we have been going slower with this vaccine and we look good with that. we aren't ready to approve it. we're studying it on our own people here in the u.s. the head of operation warp speed has said we want to see the lower dose in more elderly people than we've seen. it is one of our target groups.

>> julie: could these conflicting messages from the company cause people, you think, to maybe second guess getting a vaccine once they're available? >> i certainly hope not. look, we've seen none of this with the pfizer vaccine and none of it with the vaccine moderna. those are the ones out of the starting gate. i think people are seeing what goes on behind the scenes more than they usually do. please, viewers out there, these vaccines are so crucial, so important. i and my practice are worried about the 70-year-old who comes to me short of breath and think they might have a side effect from covid-19 itself. these vaccines appear to be safe and very effective. i don't want public confidence to be shut down by this, no. >> julie: that's good news. we want to wait until the best version of this vaccine comes out. it has not yet. dr. marc siegel, thank you very much. great to see you.

>> this may delay it by weeks or a month or so. that's it. thank you. >> julie: okay. not too bad. thank you, marc. >> jon: you might have noticed president-elect biden repeatedly has been thrown softball questions both before and after the election while president trump takes hit after hit from the mainstream media. one journalist is blasting her colleagues accusing them of a double standard. howie kurtz on that next. and this pup is quite fetching. how her win at the national dog show made history. ♪ who let the dogs out ♪ who let the dogs out

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association has no spine even in the trump era. they absolutely suck at what they do. they are terrified of pissing off the administration. if that's what they're like when the president is calling us the enemy of the people what will they be like in a biden administration? i'm genuinely scared. >> jon: howard kurtz is the host of "media buzz" and fox news media analyst. she said a lot of these reporters who get high profile jobs covering the white house come from ivy league institutions and want to be invited to all the best parties and don't want to make their bosses angry or make their friends angry. she predicts fawning coverage for the biden administration. how do you see it? >> well, we certainly haven't seen that for the last four years. i don't think most reporters want to be patted on the head. they like to be respected and not attacked as enemies of the american people and all of that. i also think that they want

access and leaks and sometimes there is a certain suck-up factor the question that most of the news business for the last four years has treated president trump as a dangerous liar and used it to justify a blatant double standard in the coverage. most reporters happen to like joe biden personally. he has been around forever. everybody knows him in washington he is a nice guy but almost a sense of gratitude in the tone of the questions to biden for bringing back a sense of normalcy after years of what they would call trump chaos. >> jon: she said that it is -- it doesn't mean you can't be critical of things that the trump administration has done or is still doing. you can do that and still say that joe biden ought to be facing some tougher questions. >> yeah. she is right when she talks about how journalists have

exaggerated every mini controversy involving trump, white house and administration. everything is cramped up to an 11 especially during the russia investigation and she is right there is a backlash from more left wing journalists against any working reporter who dares to proper tray anybody from trump wormed and treating them as humans beings. that is a dangerous trend and i think we will not see that during the biden administration. >> jon: the roll-out of his cabinet has already brought a lot of fawning coverage from media big wiggs. >> yeah. let's talk about the thanksgiving presser, jon. the questions to president trump were absolutely aggressive. that's to be expected because the first time after three weeks of silence he has actually addressed what he calls the stolen election. a pent-up desire among the press corps to challenge the

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>> jon: black friday shopping is underway despite the pandemic. what's usually the biggest shopping day of the year will be much different this year. garrett tenney live in chicago. what are shoppers expecting this year, garrett? >> well, jon, you have that right. like so many aspects of life black friday is looking a whole lot different this year. normally these sidewalks would be walked with thousands of people running from store to store to snag the latest deals starting last night and going throughout the day. instead it's pretty empty here. most stores didn't open up until between 5:00 and 7:00 this morning. some still have not opened their doors. for venturing outs. limiting store capacity and requiring masks. holiday shopping could still break records this year in large part thanks to a huge increase in online shopping.

adobe is projecting online sales to increase by $40 billion. holiday sales as a whole will increase between 3% and 5% compared to 2019. that's in part because of major retailers kicking off black friday early. today while different it's still expected to be one if not the busiest shopping days of the year. >> jon: surprising numbers there. garrett tenney from chicago. thanks, garrett. >> julie: this is a fox news alert as coronavirus cases rise nationwide, the supreme court sides with religious groups who challenged new york's limit on just how many people can attend houses of worship. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm julie banderas. >> jon: i'm jon scott. the justices dealing a blow to new york governor cuomo's covid-19 restrictions ruling 5-4 the state's orders violate the constitution protections

for freedom of religion. >> it's irrelevant from any practical impact because the zone that they were talking about has already been mute. i think this was really just an opportunity for the court to express its philosophy and politics. >> julie: let's bring in jason chaffetz former house oversight committee chairman and fox news contributor. always great to see you. governor cuomo is not too pleased with the supreme court ruling saying that i would agree with those people who say it's a different court and they wanted to make a statement that it's a different court. that's the at the same time they're making. it is really more than that. since when do church and state mix? >> well, look, i think it's fairly pretensionous of the governor to suggest the supreme court is making a political

statement. i think they understand that more than the governor does that our first amendment is very crystal clear here and what the governor has done is very arbitrary. the difference in how they are treating religious services, religious gatherings and making it different than how they are dealing with other so-called essential services is something that i think the court understands cannot be dealt with. you can't just take this excuse as the governor has of covid-19 and then make the suppression on your first amendment rights in your ability to worship. now, we have to be safe, we have to be smart, but you can't just treat these churches and these religious gatherings different than you would everything else. >> julie: and meanwhile in pittsburgh a new task force apparently has been created to conduct random compliance checks on businesses. so what does this mean for the

fate of other restrictions in places across the country and could the supreme court strike more down? >> i think they could strike more down and i think what america is understanding is you are going after legal, lawful people. people that have businesses, people engaged in church services. the law enforcement in these democratic-run states and cities, they are being much more aggressive against the law-abiding people trying to make a living or go to a religious service than they are looting or rioting or these celebrations that they just don't pay attention to. i think hypocrisy is the key word when they see governor newsom doing something totally different than what he is insisting every other person in california do. when you see the mayor of denver, colorado saying don't travel and then he travels themselves. people are fed up with that. they're tired of the pandemic but the pandemic is real and we've got to be careful.

you have to be vigilant and you do need to wear a mask and be socially distanced but when the political leaders won't do the same and then they go after businesses and religious services, come on. people have had enough of that. >> julie: yeah, absolutely. i want to move over to another topic here about employees that are apparently in tears. this is printed in the "new york post" today over a controversial decision for publishers to decide to print or publish jordan peterson's controversial book and this is obviously the backlash over abigail sh wryer's book. >> you have a lot of snowflakes there that haven't lived in the real world. don't understand in the united states of america, an array of opinion is a good thing.

that as adults you can figure out and understand and make adult-type decisions on what you believe and what you don't believe. in order to make those types of decisions, the diversity of thought is good to think about. that's what's amazing to me. these people who preach and think they're so -- they're -- we're very diverse and we'll celebrate diversity. the moment somebody else comes up with something they don't agree with they're there in tears. they can't live with themselves. and then they just want to suppress what they don't agrees with. >> julie: i mean, that is a good point how free speech seems to have two sides. free speech is okay if you like what you are hearing but not okay if it's against your personal beliefs. nonetheless free speech is free speech. people were crying in the meeting how jordan peterson has affected their lives. then don't read the book. >> i haven't read it.

i can't tell you exactly what's in it. the idea that you'll be able to publish something and allow other people to read it, really? is your life that -- i don't know, maybe that person needs to see a psychologist. i probably shouldn't judge them but come on. >> julie: all right. jason chaffetz great to see you. have a great weekend and happy post thanksgiving to you. >> thank you. you as well. >> jon: president-elect joe biden spending thanksgiving weekend at his beach house in delaware preparing to reveal more of his cabinet picks and he is facing pressure from a crucial ally to put more african-americans in his administration. fox team coverage. david spunt is at the justice department on biden's potential attorney general nominee. first to kevin cork in delaware. we hear that biden wants former fed chair janet yellen to be his treasury secretary. >> you're right on the money on that. good to be with you. listen, as far as this goes i

think it is easy to say you could justify a selection of janet yellen when you think about her history she has all the requisite experience in the nation's capital. she was not over a fed chair in san francisco, she did other important positions and jobs during her time in washington she was on the fed board, council of economic advisors. president of the san francisco fed reserve bank and helped guide the economy after the fiscal crisis. there are concerns she supports an internationalist economic view and pro-china in some circles. there are lawmakers who are also concerned about the idea that she may be very supportive of a biden tax and spend posture. further hamper the post covid recovery. >> she comes with a lot of experience and qualifications but will confront a fiscal challenge as we come out of this pandemic. how do we pay back the debt

we've incurred in fighting covid-19 and how do we get the economy growing again? and she will have to navigate that as treasury secretary. >> while the former vp has made a few cabinet picks already there is a concern at least among some of his strongest supporters that the team is lacking in african-american representation. south carolina congressman james clyburn is urging his friend to consider a host of other candidates for senior posts including marsha fudge for ag secretary and alvin brown at hud. we expect to learn more about the biden economic team next week including yellen, as for the day, nothing on the schedule, at least not yet. if that changes i will let you know. now back to you. >> jon: kevin corke covering the president-elect. >> julie: as for the

president-elect's potential attorney general. some of the names be floated around include sally yates, new york governor andrew cuomo, former homeland security secretary jay johnson and former georgia house minority leader stacey abrams. david spunt is live at the justice department. whoever it is, what will some of their first major cases be? >> there will be a lot of different cases. it brings back this news this week, julie, when president trump pardoned former national security advisor michael flynn the reason the attorney general spot in the department justice back in the spotlight it was attorney general bill barr who actually was behind dropping the case. wanted to drop the case against michael flynn. it will be interesting to see what cases we'll be talking about. barr made this decision to drop this case specifically back in

the spring and barr down played that he would say he would be a personal attorney for the president. now the president-elect joe biden will work out of the oval office january 20 he will run his department differently. this week he was asked if he will use the department to go after what will be former president trump in the future. listen here. ? >> i will not do what this president does and use the justice department as my vehicle to insist that something happen. there are a number of investigations that i have read about that are at a state level. there is nothing at all i can or cannot do about that. >> in addition to the names you mentioned fox news has learned president-elect biden looking at senator doug jones from alabama. he lost his race. california attorney general,

senator sheldon whitehouse and lisa monaco. there is a john durham investigation. mr. durham, the u.s. attorney in connecticut hasn't issued a report yet. interesting to see what happens if he issues this report after biden takes office. of course, that's always possible. we'll continue to follow it. no official pick yet on the attorney general but biden spokes people say stay tuned, it is coming soon. julie. >> julie: all right, david spunt. thank you. >> jon: former casino guard arrested in a million dollar heist. why prosecutors say it was like a 1930s gangster movie come to life. astrazeneca and the way it released info on its trials. what it could mean for the vaccine getting approval in the united states. >> the problem here is why was this not disclosed earlier or discovered earlier? the problem is more related to

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atlantic city earlier this month. he faces burglary, theft and conspiracy charges. two other suspects are on the run at this hour. one prosecutor says they stole the money on a public street in broad daylight adding of all the crimes i've seen in atlantic city during my tenure this incident is like something out of the 1930s. >> jon: setback for astrazeneca in its race for a covid vaccine. the company now admitting it made a mistake in the dosage levels on some volunteers in its trials. but only after first announcing the vaccine appeared to be up to 90% effective. the company's ceo telling bloomberg news is likely will need a new global trial to validate the data. let's bring in fox news contributor dr. janet. how serious a mistake is this in your judgment?

>> this is the reason why we conduct trials. this is the reason why we conduct studies to find these discrepancies. right now astrazeneca are looking at the dosing regimen. they found a discrepancy and they'll conduct another trial. this is exactly what we want. the fda will not approve them unless they find the vaccine is safe and effective. it's part of a trial. yes, they had a dosing error but what they found during the error, part of a normal trial if you give a half dose followed by a full dose then there is more safety and efficacy with the vaccine than giving two full doses. so part of a regular trial. i'm happy to see they're moving forward in conducting another international trial. remember, this is one out of hundreds of vaccines under development right now. globally we have over 200 vaccines in development and we want more than one to be put on the market. this is actually a step in the right direction in my opinion.

>> jon: to my non-doctor's mind it sounds like good news that they underdosed and still had a 90% effective vaccine. why does that require that they start all over again and redo the trial? >> this is just part of the testing. looking for safety. part of the trials you will come up with this sort of information whether you're looking for it or not. just like medications. there are so many medications that have been put on the market for one issue, for example a heart medicine was found to be therapeutic for a different type of body part and different type of body disease. so sometimes you come up with this new information whether you are looking for it or not and that's the purpose and reason why we conduct trials. >> jon: it is also the vaccine that was developed in conjunction with oxford university, right? the fact that oxford university, with its sterling reputation, is i guess partly

responsible for a screw-up of this magnitude is notable. >> jon, trial and error occur. that's part of medicine and why we call medicine a practice. they are going to conduct another large international trial. i'm looking forward to seeing those results. if they came up with 90% efficacy with this dosing error that's good news in my opinion. >> jon: it is not just this one vaccine that's available out there. we talk about and even people up to the president talk about a vaccine is coming but there are really what, three or four that are already very close to approval or approved? >> pfizer is just around the corner. then he have moderna, johnson & johnson. astrazeneca. over 200 under development now. we don't want to rush it and push it. let's see what the data shows.

let's go from there. once the data is available the fda will review and put forth their recommendations of approval or not. >> jon: what are you hearing about side effects? a story a couple of days ago doctors are being told to prepare people for the side effects can be brutal. it will be a two-dose vaccine and if people wind up sore or feeling poorly after the first one they may not come back and get the second shot. what are you hearing about that? >> sure, jon. i would call it more of informing and education, not warning. some patients have experienced maybe headache, body aches, chills, pain at the site of the injection, a low-grade people. educating your patients. you can have side effects from any vaccine. some patients will have no side effects. these symptoms fever, body aches is your body's immune system preparing you for if you come into contact with covid

one day. maybe it will last a day, maybe two days. i think the benefit of the vaccine will far outweigh having covid itself because symptoms of covid can be long-lasting and already taken the lives of over 250,000 americans. so i think the key is educating patients when they go and get their vaccine. you might have some side effects that last a day or two but it will go away. >> jon: there are a lot of people watching you right now before they go out and do their black friday shopping. how do you stay safe in this environment? >> well, if it's possible, try to do shopping online. if you are going to go out, maybe consider if the store has what we call curbside pickup so you don't have to go into the store. if you are going to go out shopping be careful, please wear your mask. you have to practice social distancing. you want to avoid crowds and congregation and confined spaces. remember, this is an opportunistic virus that will jump from person to person.

social distance and wear your mask. if you feel like you got exposed get tested and take common sense precautions. we don't want to increase our numbers coming into christmas and the new year's. >> jon: carry that bottle of hand sanitizer. >> keep your hands nice and clean. >> jon: thank you, doctor. >> have a good one. >> jon: you, too. >> julie: pandemic restrictions are likely to make this black friday different. quite a bit different from any other. ahead of cyber monday shoppers can help struggling local retailers on small business saturday. we'll explain how. gop control of the senate hangs in the ballot and president trump says he will go to georgia to campaign for the two republican candidates there. >> president trump: we're looking for a site. we'll have a tremendous turnout. we seem to always have a good turnout.

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the number of covid-19 patients hospitalized in the u.s. hit a record high for the 17th straight day yesterday with many medical centers warning they're running out of capacity. >> jon: authorities say the man arrested for stabbing and killing two people at a california church over the weekend had been deported three times. 32-year-old fernando garcia also has an extensive criminal record including domestic violence convictions and assault with a deadly weapon. >> julie: venezuela six american oil executives have been sentenced to prison after being found guilty of corruption charges. their families say the men are innocent and they are calling on u.s. leaders to help set them free. >> jon: president trump says he will go to georgia to campaign for two incumbent republicans in runoff elections that will determine the balance of power in the u.s. senate. the gop is doubling its efforts

on those two critical races with campaign spending from both sides likely to top $300 million. steve harrigan is live in atlanta for us. when does the president head to georgia, steve? >> jon, we expect president trump to come to georgia to campaign for those two senate republican runoff candidates next saturday, december 5th. he will have an evening rally. the president will be the latest in a series of high-profile republican visitors. a lot of senators coming to georgia to campaign to try to hold onto the firewall against democratic socialism. one question is whether the president's focus will be more on his own presidential campaign or whether he will focus on those two runoff candidates. yesterday we heard the president make a number of comments contending there is still major fraud in georgia's presidential vote. >> president trump: the people are very disappointed that we were robbed. we were robbed. i won that by hundreds of thousands of votes. everybody knows it.

you go down the streets trump/pence signs all over the place. they're disappointed. >> right now the presidential recount is underway in georgia. five million ballots being recounted by machine. the third time those votes have been counted. the first two resulted in more than a 12,000 vote lead for joe biden. that vote was certified by the republican governor. jon, back to you. >> jon: steve, thank you. >> julie: black friday and cyber monday may be getting most of the holiday gifting focus. small business saturday takes on a whole new importance. many businesses struggle to stay afloat. cheryl casone from fox business joins us now. it has been a difficult year, the most difficult year in many of these small business's history. they are oef about to have a

hopeful -- maybe hopeful more upbeat moment in the spotlight. we would like good news. >> the more we talk about it the better it will be for small businesses. 64% of small business owners say tomorrow is make or break for them. they really are depending on the revenue to come in. shoppers across the country need to support the small businesses tomorrow. i hope it happens because last year americans spent nearly $20 billion on small business saturday. this is the 11th year that we've had small business saturday and at this point that ppp money that these guys got, the small mom and pop shops didn't last very long. we know that. we also know that small businesses are a huge driver of growth for jobs in this country. it is not just about the business owners, it is about the people that work for the small businesses and this year more than ever it is crucial we do that. i will say one thing to encourage folks to go to a small business tomorrow. if you are worried about going to a mall because of the

coronavirus and getting exposed. small businesses, many across the country have safety measures in place that limit capacity but in a small store that can be a good thing and maybe people will feel more safe to walk into that shop. >> julie: i want to put the numbers into perspective for our viewers. if you look at small business closures from march 1 when the pandemic essentially started here in the united states to august 31 nearly 164,000 small businesses have closed due to the pandemic. and also to give you an idea of how critical small businesses are to americans. of the 31.7 million small businesses nationwide, they employ 47.1% of the private sector creating 1.6 million jobs in 2019. as we look ahead, what do you believe 2021 will look like for small business? >> it depends on vaccine distribution. it depends on the economy and jobs coming back whether it's

small or large businesses. if you work for a larger corporation you have money to spend on the small business. the biggest question mark is going to be how severe these new rounds of lockdowns will be across the country. it is still state by state. that's tough for economists and analysts to quantify. i can say that if these lockdowns continue into january, that puts them at a disadvantage in the beginning of the year. having said that i will say we're seeing a lot of pent-up demand up there for folks anxious to go out and spend. anxious to get back to the restaurant and their gym and their friends and family and having a social life. we're seeing that in new york. i was looking at unemployment in the city. it is 14 1/2% right now. there are stores across the city, julie, as you know, you live here, too, that are shuttered and out of business. first let's get this vaccine distributed and get it out there, which probably march or april before it will be more rampant. also let's encourage folks to get back out and support these

small businesses. there is a lot of steps we have to get to. i will say another round of ppp would be great. that could really make a difference. give these guys a lifeline to hang on until 2021. >> julie: the 11th annual small business saturday is tomorrow. give back to your local businesses. they need it more now more than ever. thank you, cheryl. >> jon: the "washington post" facing backlash for an article criticizing americans for thanksgiving travel during the pandemic. why many are accusing the newspaper of a double standard. plus florida deputies chase a car driving on the wrong side of the road. how this ended next. ♪ ♪ breaking the law - [announcer] welcome to intelligent indoor grilling

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>> jon: deputies in central florida chasing down a suspect driving on the wrong side of the road. that's the suspect on the left of your screen. you can see his taillights. the deputy is on the right side. the suspect ran a stop sign and turned onto the wrong side of the road driving against oncoming traffic. deputies used stop sticks and pit maneuver to spin the car and get it stopped. the driver charged with driving under the influence, fleeing and attempting to allude. >> julie: the "washington post" is under fire after publishing a story with the headline as americans prepare to gather for thanksgiving, the world watches with dread and disbelief. critics point out the post's lighter tone when covering crowds celebrating joe biden's election victory just weeks ago. let's bring in fox news

headlines 24/7 anchor carley shimkus. the post headline basically is a completely different story regarding thanksgiving and the world watching and all of that. is there a double standard here? >> yeah, of course there is a double standard. you know, it is so sad that on the day where americans are all giving thanks the "washington post" comes out with a story about how we should all be embarrassed about who we are as americans. considering the millions of people who one daydream about becoming an american citizen, i doubt that the rest of the world is really looking at the united states in dread and disbelief as they put it. with that in mind, julie, the "washington post" could have written a story about the 850,000 people who became american citizens last year and celebrated their first thanksgiving as an american or story about giving thanks for the coronavirus vaccine made possible by american companies

because our healthcare system incentivizes medical advancements. the post chose to go the opposite direction and chose to paint america in a very negative and nasty light. >> julie: people on social media have been quick to point out the post's lighter tone when covering the crowds weeks ago celebrating biden's victory. drew holden, called out the "washington post". interesting how only one of these gets a disdainful commentary. i'm wondering of things to come. we've got biden's inauguration coming up in january. and people have been very critical of crowds during the pandemic. i wonder how that will be covered? >> wow, julie, you bring up such a good point. i hadn't even considered what is to come.

in january hopefully we will have this vaccine already given to our most vulnerable but the virus will still be present. so it will be interesting to see how the inauguration, if president trump loses his legal battles, will be handled. but that tweet that you showed is really spot on. i was talking to a doctor earlier on "fox & friends" how the medical community is worried about a spike in cases because of thanksgiving and how it can bleed into christmas and the new year and we could have a big problem on our hands. that is undeniable. that's not the issue. it's the fact there is such a hypocrisy in coverage where getting together for thanksgiving and going to church is bad but celebrating the election and black lives matter protests is good. and if you want to talk about outdoors, even the outdoor trump rallies were considered bad. so a clear level of hypocrisy. you can't tell me of the 15

million travelers traveling over this holiday week and into the weekend that they are all conservative. i'm sure it was a bipartisan group of travelers. >> julie: "washington post" op-ed reads that international news outlets and foreign journalists are covering thanksgiving in the united states. why so much interest first of all in the united states and the way we travel? covid is not just a thing here as we are reminded. this is a global pandemic, not a national one. >> no disrespect. the article quoted an epidemiologist from cameroon and sojourn allists from i believe london and germany. i don't think that americans really care what they have to say. we have our own sets of freedoms and we'll do things the way that we do things. but to your point i guess you

could sort of see it as a compliment that everybody is watching america because we are the most powerful nation in the world typically that's the nation that people might want to tear down. i think that has to play a little part in this as well. >> julie: all right, carley shimkus, great to see you. thank you. >> jon: the boeing 737 max jet has been recertified to take to the skies. but families of those who died in the two horrific crashes in recent years have something to say about that. grim evidence of the pandemic's economic impact at our nation's food banks this thanksgiving. >> people asking for assistance for the first time. they lost their job because of covid. they can't get out of their house because of covid. if you need the key to fresh laundry

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>> julie: a gym in oregon has been fined $90,000 for violating the covid-19 order to close down for a new two-week freeze before the governor ordered the restriction, the owner of courthouse club fitness issued a statement that any further shutdowns would put him out of business adding this is a horrible position i find myself in and it leaves me with only one choice. courthouse club fitness will remain open november 18th and the days to follow. >> jon: boeing's 737 max jet is back certified to fly since being grounded since march of 2019 following two crashes that killed nearly 350 people. family members of some of those victims say they have major reservations about the aircraft

flying once again. here to discuss former boeing engineer peter lemy. i want our audience to know you worked at boeing for a long time but not with the company -- you are not with the company anymore and you were not with the company at the time of the lion air crash, the first one that went down, correct? >> yes. i left almost 20 years before that. >> jon: you were also one of the first to analyze the data from that crash and ascribe blame to something called the m-cast system. the system that is supposed to -- was supposed to help keep that plane in the air. >> that's true. it was exactly two years ago, the friday after thanksgiving when the first data came to light which showed that m-cast had fired repeated lid on lion air, prevailed and the airplane crashed. >> jon: i know boeing has spent a lot longer than they thought

get the that system repaired and other issues in the 737 max. how confident are you now that they've gotten to the bottom of the problems and the airplane is safe to fly? >> very confident. i think there are six good reasons to draw from. the first three, when m-cast malfunctioned on both of those flights it responded to a single angle attack vane that malfunctioned. one of the changes is that it won't respond to that. in the accident it fired over and over again. now it will only fire one time. thirdly, when it fired in some cases it overwhelmed the pilot. the pilot couldn't fly the airplane. now it won't fire if it has been overrun by the pilot. three things that are corrected that we saw in the accident. in addition to that they may a change. a second computer monitoring the system. if the first computer goes

crazy the second computer will stop it from acting. fifth, they did make a wiring change. obscure failure they were concerned about. three wires that would cause the failure. over concern from that they've been separated. finally, they've revised the procedures and emphasized training around those things that happened during this accident. six very good measures that have been put into place and this, of course, comes from a very long review done by a number of organizations that joint aviation review, 10 different countries got together and reviewed it and the technical advisory board that the fda convened that involved people from nasa and the air force and such. >> jon: hundreds of planes sitting there waiting to fly again. given the demands of retraining the pilots and the software fixes in all of them you are confident those planes will be back in the air fairly shortly?

>> in fact, the brazilian authority has cleared the airplane to fly. we're expecting american airlines to fly one the end of december. >> jon: southwest airlines is eager to get them in the air. they save 15% in fuel costs. for the airlines it is very economical. >> the good news is we're not done. we've decided as a community to fix these things there are other things we've learned. so the study goes on and we'll continue to make these airplanes better. i think also we'll be looking at some of the things that could be applicable to other airplanes like the 737s that aren't a max and 747 and 757.

things we saw in the max that can benefit all the airplanes. we'll start to see some of those changes coming in too in the coming years. >> jon: thank you. >> julie: thousands in southern california bracing for the possibility of new wildfires. how the infamous santa ana winds are making the threat worse. a live report straight ahead. it's time for the ultimate sleep number event on the sleep number 360 smart bed. can it help with snoring? i've never heard snoring. exactly. no problem... and done. save 50% on the sleep number 360 limited edition smart bed. plus 0% interest for 60 months. ends cyber monday.

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>> julie: this unprecedented fire season wreaking more havoc in california. nearly 8,000 people in the southern part of the state had their power shut off yesterday over the rising wildfire threat in the region there. we're live there. >> increased of wildfires today. windy and dry. just this morning crews had to put out a brush fire. it was small and they were able to put it out quickly. they are concerned about other flames sparking up in this incredibly dry area. there is elevated risk of wildfires in southern california now because of hurricane-force winds in some areas and low humidity. red flag warnings are in effect for much of the region. utility companies shut off electricity to 8600 customers to avoid power lines sparking

wildfires. 100,000 customers have been put on notice they could lose power, too. cal edison monitoring the situation. >> after the wegt -- weather we have to have our crews inspect the line up to 6 to 8 hours. >> we want to point out a strike team is here. you have a lot of firefighters meeting in this area to discuss how they could better position themselves throughout the day so that they could put out any potential fires that spark in these very windy conditions. these gusty winds are expected to last through at least tomorrow evening. julie. >> julie: all right, christina coleman, thank you for watching it for us. thank you. >> julie: president trump is heading to camp david after an

impromptu thanksgiving news conference where he said he would leave the white house if the electoral college certifies joe biden as the 46th president. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm julie banderas. >> jon: i'm jon scott. the first time the president has taken questions from reporter since the election signaling he is not ready to concede yet and plans to campaign in georgia for those two republicans in the january runoffs that will determine control of the senate. >> president trump: you'll see it all. we'll see. speaking of georgia i'll be going there. i spoke with the two great senators, great senators, kelly and david. we're looking for a site and have a tremendous turnout. >> julie: kristin fisher is at the white house. >> one of the first questions president trump was asked during the 25 minute q & a was if he had any big plans for

what could be his last thanksgiving in the white house. president trump responded by saying it may not be his last thanksgiving in the white house. although he did say he will leave the building come january 20th if the electoral college votes for joe biden and he got into a little bit of a testy exchange with one of the reporters in the room but the bottom line was essentially that he said if the electoral college does vote for joe biden, then they would have made a mistake citing what he continues to allege to be electoral fraud. but then that reporter pressed him again and said if the electoral college does elect joe biden will you leave this building and the president responded by saying certainly i will. you know that. now today president trump is heading to camp david and then next saturday he just announced last night he will be heading to georgia to campaign for the two republicans in the important runoff race which will control or determine control who controls the senate.

>> president trump: we'll have a tremendous crowd. they are looking for the right site. we would love to take one of the big stadiums but you can't cause of the covid so we'll have an outdoor form of probably an airport. most likely an airport. they are looking for the biggest space. we'll have tens of thousands of people show up. >> one of the big outstanding questions is how many people will show up or how many people will be allowed to show up on inauguration today given the pandemic that we're in the middle of? the president said yesterday that -- he would not say if he would attend a joe biden inauguration. the president said that he knows the answer but he doesn't want to share it just yet. julie. >> julie: kristin fisher, thank you. >> jon: will president trump help the republicans running for the senate in georgia even though he lost the state to joe biden? here with his thoughts national

journal politics editor. i want to read part of this piece to you. his trip, meaning the president's, will test how they balance his unsubstantiated claims for voter fraud as they push supporters to return to the polls, trump has continued to falsely insist that the elections are rigged stoking worries from republicans that the narratives will discourage voter participation. at the same time his appearance in georgia is really going to excite republicans. his rallies are always hugely attended. seems like it is worth the risk to bring the president down there. >> oh yeah, jon. runoffs are all about turnout. donald trump is a turnout

machine for republicans and help get the base rallied for the runoff elections. the challenge is what he will say. will he promote the -- will he talk about them or talk about him and voter fraud and will he divide the republican party by making that argument? he has the potential to unite the party to get republicans on the same page energized to help maintain republican majority of the senate. if he starts talking about himself and his own election it could divide the party in damaging ways. >> jon: the "wall street journal" had a headline that reads gop sees georgia senate races as firewall after trump's loss. we know this president cares a great deal about winning but he also cares about his legacy. if he can be seen as having

helped push one or both candidates over the top he will go down as a beloved figure if he can help save the senate for republicans, right? >> this is about his political legacy. a lot of analysts did not expect republicans to have a good chance to maintain their majority in the senate. if they win one of these two races they've locked down the majority. ultimately you have to acknowledge that joe biden is the president-elect because the argument that's most effective for republicans is mitch mcconnell in charge of the senate is the best check on that democratic presidency and the democratic house. if the president doesn't acknowledge that, it will be a little harder to really energize the republican base. he has to take one for the team. he had to acknowledge he turned out a lot of voters but the election is about checking the democratic control of the united states senate. >> jon: are the fears overblown that republicans would stay home just because president trump says the election was

stolen from him? it would seem that republicans in georgia would really want to get out there and make sure their votes count. >> you would think so. though there are some pretty hard line voices in the republican party trying to encourage republicans not to turn out or to vote for trump on the ballot instead of the two republican senators. the party -- the number one rule of politics is that the party that is divided is usually the party that's losing a campaign. i think republicans have an advantage that georgia is a pretty traditionally republican state even though joe biden carried it very narrowly. the two republican senators on the ballot out performed their democratic opponents on the november ballot. so there is a lot of reasons why republicans should be favored to hold the big senate race in georgia. the only way they lose it is if the party is divided. if these conspiracy theories allow themselves to metastasize and divide the party in the

run-up to the january election. >> jon: a little more than five weeks to go. the folks in georgia will be bombarded with ad spending ahead of that election. $100 million worth of radio and tv ads booked through this week and $192 million booked starting next week through early january. so you won't be able to escape politics in georgia, at least for the next five weeks. josh, final thought? >> message is as important as money, too. the fact that you did have biden republican voters in suburban atlanta will be the key area to look at in that runoff election. >> jon: josh, thanks very much. >> julie: president trump saying his administration is nearly ready to begin rolling out the first delivery of coronavirus vaccines. the president predicting it could happen as early as next week. casey stiegel is live in arlington, texas for us.

>> good to see you. he said next week or potentially the week after and he added that front line workers would get top priority and would be vaccinated first. that includes medical professionals out there on the front lines and also nursing home residents since they are such at high risk for developing complications with the virus. and the news comes, by the way, as astrazeneca announced a discrepancy in their clinical trial after touting a 90% efficacy rate. that was only when someone was given a half dose. a full dose the efficacy dropped to 62%. so more trials may now be needed. drug maker pfizer meantime is gearing up for fda consideration for approval on december 11th of its vaccine candidate which also reports a 90% efficacy rate, julie. >> julie: there is concern, casey, about millions of

americans traveling for thanksgiving. not heeding a lot of the warnings out there regarding covid, the pandemic, the spread and staying home. >> that's right. it also comes at a time by the way when covid hospitalizations across the country hitting a record high for the 16th day in a row. more than 90,000 americans are hospitalized with coronavirus, which is what prompted the cdc and infectious disease doctors to issue warnings about traveling for thanksgiving and gathering in large groups to celebrate. millions of americans still pushed forward with their plans and that has doctors worried. >> so if you have two weeks where suddenly people are starting to develop symptoms you can see a surge then but they may have come in contact with other people. you see another surge upon a surge. >> the cdc is now projecting, in fact, that the u.s. death

toll for coronavirus could reach -- ready for this? 321,000 people before christmas if the trend continues. julie. >> julie: wow, all right. casey stiegel arlington, texas, thank you. >> jon: fallout from a chilling terror plot targeting and event attended by rudy giuliani, bill richardson and others. the reported assassination of an iranian nuclear scientist. president trump has been successful bringing american hostages home. one family is hoping their son austin thais will be next. we'll speak with his parents. restaurants and bars in los angeles county are down to take-out and delivery only after a new order halts outdoor and indoor dining amid a surging pandemic. the shocking number of jobs that could be lost ahead. >> when you can't feed your family, if you lost your job you would think that was cruel

and you couldn't provide food for your family for christmas or presents and christmas tree. it's just cruel.

>> this will affect me and my family. i'm the bread winner of my

family working here is going to be a very big drastic change because we're not employed anymore. >> jon: she is one worker at a california restaurant on the hardship she will face after losing her job. l.a. county is ordering restaurants and bars to shut down outdoor dining for at least three weeks after indoor dining was banned statewide in july because of a spike in coronavirus cases. mitch rochelle is the founding partner of a trend advisor firm. we're looking at the at estimated number of jobs loss. 700,000 jobs lost just in the los angeles area because of this outdoor dining ban. that's a serious when hit to a state that has tremendous financial problems. >> that's right, jon. the weather is nice in california for the most part and they can't operate exclusively outdoor.

that's not the way those businesses were designed. so they are running at limited capacity to begin with, which is a strain on the business. and then if you take away dining in or out and you go to take-out only, that is a body blow to the restaurant industry that has been struggling for almost nine months now. >> jon: it is my understanding the health department made this decision without any clear evidence that outdoor dining is in any way responsible for the spike in covid cases that they're seeing in california. >> and we hear that across the country, jon, where there is bureaucrats making decisions without necessarily scientific evidence. and not thinking about the long-term implications on public health as a result of a bad economy. that's exactly what's happening. these businesses go out of business, the businesses that supply them go out of businesses, the business next door goes out of business because there is no foot traffic and digs a hole in our economy which will have an

impact on people's psyche and perhaps their health. >> jon: the worst time of year, not just closing for thanksgiving which is a time when a lot of people might go out with their family but the whole end of the year season people are out shopping, they might stop and grab a bite to eat and take their family and friends out as kind of a treat, a holiday thank you. this is the worst time of year to be closing down restaurants for three weeks. >> and if you just look at our coast, the east coast. the shots i've seen on the news channel of what 6th avenue looks like. normally this time of year 6th avenue, 5th avenue are wall-to-wall with people shopping, consuming. even if they aren't going to the stores they're going to restaurants. they're buying from street vendors, whatever it is. when that doesn't exist those are sales and revenue for those businesses that they'll never be able to reclaim. >> jon: we have a shot on our screen now a live look outside our building on 6th avenue.

normally as you say the sidewalks would be jammed and the streets as well. it looks like a ghost town in new york city right now. so as you say, it is not just california and los angeles that is hurting right now. the whole country is really struggling. you mention bureaucrats making these rules. are they just trying to do something that makes it look like they're doing something even though they don't necessarily have the best science behind their pronouncements? >> you know, i've wrestled my entire life trying to get into the psyche of a bureaucrat. i think a lot of it is they worry about criticism so they make the most extreme rules. what i've learned over time the easiest answer is no. the harder answer is yes figuring out the pathway forward. there has to be a way to strike the right balance so we can preserve businesses. i worry about those folks who work in restaurants or in any retail trade that has lost their job and what health

implications it could have on them and their families. there has to be a way to yes. i know it's hard and may not be what bureaucrats like to do. there has to be a way to yes. >> jon: especially when the coronavirus aid coming out of washington is being held up at least for now. like that gal that we played her sound bite of at the top of this segment. she is the breadwinner in her family and doesn't know what she'll do now she is out of a job. >> it's hard to square that with earlier in the programming we talked about retail sales doing well. there are folks still employed working remotely and thriving but you have to focus on the broader implications of the economy. to provide for those out of work and not finding a way to get to yes.

congress has to find a way to get to yes. >> jon: support those businesses on small business saturday and beyond. mitch, good to have you on. >> julie: food banks across the nation seeing a surge in demand. the pandemic has caused many people to lose jobs and seek food assistance for the first time ever. u.s. census data showing 26 million americans went hungry this past week. alex hogan is live in new york city. alex. >> according to feeding america more than 50 million people could struggle getting food by the end of this year and while people this morning are opening their refrigerators full of thanksgiving leftovers more people went hungry this year and more people are struggling and the stress of having to go to food banks for the very first time. and furloughs, mass layoffs, dried up savings are creating longer lines this holiday.

>> there are a lot of folks who were already on the margins at the beginning of the pandemic and has only pushed them further to the margins. people are very isolated this year and in need of care. >> in four hours the mission in new york served 1200 hot thanksgiving meals closing an entire street to set up socially distanced tables. in new mexico massive lines formed a giveaway drive through. one in three children in the state at risk of hunger this year. the crisis felt around the country. >> hit very hard. with the pandemic and the loss of jobs and finances and stuff like that has made it very hard this year for people to be able to go out and afford to buy these groceries for this day themselves. >> the rhode island community food bank finding 25% of people cannot put enough food on the table for their families

compared to 9% last year. in the california bay area food banks that served 1400 households now help 4400 homes get food. what we're seeing according to feeding america is that 80% of food banks around the country are seeing more people. that is leading to food crisiss. some shelters worrying they won't have enough food to stay open next year. >> julie: alex hogan. thank you very much. >> jon: a vaccine still months away for most americans. the debate is already on get one or not? ahead why the government's top health official says a covid vaccine will be safe for everyone. plus one u.s. hospital developing a vaccine that could be a game changer in third world nations. a doctor involved in the research joins us. plus the world's largest online retailer giving its front line workers a holiday bonus.

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the online giant was accused of not being transparent about covid-19 infections at its workplaces. we now know at least 20,000 amazon workers have contracted coronavirus. >> julie: my next guest leads a team of baylor university scientists behind a coronavirus vaccine in development created at the texas children center for vaccine development currently undergoing clinical trials right now in india. dr. peter hotez, professor and dean of tropical medicine at baylor and co-director of texas children's is joining me now. tell us about the covid-19 vaccine your hospital has developed. >> thanks, julie. operation warp speed is going really well. we think there will be four different vaccines available to the american people by the early part of next year but there is also a big global ecosystem out there beyond the united states and so we're

trying to develop a low-cost, easily accessible, affordable protein vaccine to 2 billion doses, one of the big pharma producers in india. it's exciting for us to make a big contribution. so many countries may not have access to some of the operation warp speed vaccines even though there are efforts in place there, too. we're starting to hear about deals between some of the latin american countries and russians and chinese. we want to come in and be able to help out and make a contribution. >> julie: this was created the texas children's center for vaccine development that brings up an interesting point about a vaccine for kids. operation warp speed the vaccine is going to first be available to senior citizens and to those of high risk. what about kids? is a vaccine currently in the works for children as well? i would assume it's a different

vaccine administered to kids, right? >> well, i think what will happen is we'll be looking at some of the operation warp speed vaccines in children. what is usually done are stepdown studies. they're tested in adolescents. because we see them getting sick and then move to younger kids. there is a plan for a series of clinical trials to move toward adolescents and younger children and pregnant women. they will need vaccine as well. that's being built into the operation warp speed program. >> julie: the kids are not part of this phase one roll-out, right? we won't see kids getting vaccinated any time soon. how soon do you think a vaccine will be out for children? >> hard to say. it's clearly going to roll out for adults initially. the idea is to get a high percentage of adults vaccinated as possible. but remember, we did some studies with a group at the university of new york that finds about -- two things we want a vaccine to do. one to prevent people from

getting sick and going to the intensive care unit. if enough get vaccinated we can stop the virus. that's 75% of the population. we have to get the kids if we want to do the second part but it will take a little longer. >> julie: the health and human secretary speaking earlier this week. let's watch. >> they're working on a public service announcement campaign that would work to educate the broad population regarding the need to be vaccinated, the safety of the vaccine, efficacy of the vaccine, the importance of getting vaccinated. hopefully there is a positive experience for individuals and that by word of mouth in addition, of course, to all the education efforts we continue to reduce vaccine hesitancy. >> julie: how do you think operation warp speed is going? what do you want to tell people regarding the stigma about getting a coronavirus vaccine and its safety? >> i'm glad you asked. i think the scientific rigor of

operation warp speed program is terrific and integrity of the clinical trials have done an amazing job in terms of science. not a lot of public communication. that's the part that secretary azar is talking about trying to fix. too often the communications have been left to the pharma ceos and gone with varying degrees of success. it is important we build in a communication strategy. we have three surveys, one from associated press, reuters, pew center that finds up to half of americans will refuse to take the vaccines even if they're made available. we have an aggressive anti-vaccine lobby out there. they go after me and others quite a bit. it will be important to step up communications and explain to the american people that the warp speed part doesn't mean that the clinical trials were rushed. they weren't. these are large, robust clinical trials. it was all about getting the manufacturing in place while the clinical trials were

underway so there is no delay. >> julie: all right, dr. hotez, thank you for talking us to and clearing up some confusion, concern and so forth for our viewers. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> julie: the head of a major healthcare system is stepping down after sending a controversial email out to its employees saying that he would not wear a mask. he served as ceo of sanford health system. the company runs more than 40 hospitals in the dakotas, minnesota and iowa. he wrote to workers about his recovery from covid-19. he did suffer from the virus. he said this i'm quoting. for me to wear a mask defies the efficacy and purpose of a mask and sends an untruthful message that i am susceptible to infection or could transmit it. i have no interest in using masks as a symbolic gesture. the company responding in a follow-up message saying we

know that words matter and words have power and we regret that the message left many frustrated and disappointed. >> jon: developing this morning iranian state television reporting the assassination of a scientist identified by israel as leading iran's nuclear program in the early 2000s. that attack unfolding just east of tehran. jeff paul is following the story with us from london. >> this is not any iranian scientist. it is the head of the iranian nuclear program and known as the father of the iranian bomb. it is a huge blow to the iranian nuclear program. he was killed on the outskirts of tehran after armed attackers fired on his car. already the iranian foreign minister is blaming israel. the latest in a series of attacks that have struck at the heart of iran's nuclear program

amid fresh concerned about the amount of enriched oour ainian iran is producing. israeli defense forces were told to get ready for the u.s. ordering a strike against iran before the end of president trump's term. the assassination comes on the same day an iranian diplomat goes on trial. the target was an iranian opposition rally and giuliani and gingrich were attending. he carried a bomb in a commercial flight. iran very much in the focus at the moment not only because of their nefarious activities and president-elect biden says he wants to join the iran deal. >> jon: they sound like something out of spy novels.

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>> jon: many families whose loved ones are held hostage overseas are hoping the trump administration can negotiate their release. that includes the parents of austin tice, a marine veteran and freelance journalist kidnapped in syria while covering the civil war. they are pleading with president trump to try to free their son. debra and mark tice join us now. our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family during a time like this. you are asking the white house to get involved and try to bring austin home. how has the reception been? >> we don't really know because it is so difficult to know

exactly what the president is briefed on and how he is reacting to it. but we know that he has the best record for bringing hostages home. we know that he has a deep commitment to austin to work hard to bring austin home. and so we're counting on him to be able to do this and to get him home. it was really devastating to have our ninth thanksgiving without austin but we hope we can have our arms around him by christmas. >> jon: the group free austin tice now put out this facebook post. president trump has been most effective in bringing american hostages home. he can do this. he can give the orders and we can have austin home for the holidays. we're prayerfully and hopefully waiting. the president's national security advisor robert o'brien said this about austin's case. it is front and center.

>> it's been something i've thought about every day as the hostage envoy and every day as national security advisor how we get their son back to them. we are doing everything we can to get austin back. i know the president would like to see him back before he leaves office. >> jon: who is holding him is one of the questions? >> the important thing is that united states government has initiated contact directly with the syrian government because austin was taken hostage in syria. we know that's where he is and the syrian government can help us. president trump specifically asked in a letter and on a television broadcast for the help of the syrian government and we are just looking for that to happen and we're looking for president trump to take the lead, to give the orders and to stay on top of the effort to bring austin home on a daily basis. >> jon: given the fact that the russian government has such

sway in syria, doesn't that work against you trying to get austin out? >> we focused on what works best to get austin out. we believe with president trump's leadership, if he will step in and work on this diligently now, that we will see austin walk free before christmas. but we definitely need to stay focused on what needs to be done and what can be done. and the president can take -- have his hands all over this and he can get it done. >> jon: have you had any communication from austin in these eight, nine years? >> we have not, no. we have not. we are absolutely certain that he is alive and waiting to come home. we just need everything possible to be done especially by president trump to make that happen and make it happen soon. we believe there is time for the president to do this and that he has the ability to make

it happen. >> the syrians are willing to work with us. now we've started the process in september when the white house delegation went to damascus. so the back and forth has begun and it needs to be carried all the way to the end until we see austin walk free. >> jon: it would be a terrific eye light -- highlight to the trump administration if they can bring your son home. we hope they can do that. our best wishes to you and austin especially. >> thank you, jon. >> julie: new reaction to the supreme court blocking new york governor andrew cuomo's attendance limit for houses of worship plus black friday shopping is a little different this year. so how to get the most for your money.

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>> julie: black friday is here and looking very different this year due to the pandemic. still shoppers are hoping to snag great deals. if you don't know how to navigate the sales it may cost you more in the long run. we have a consumer and money saving expert. this will be helpful for everyone. according to a new survey statistics out that mobile shopping has hit record spending in the billions which leaves room for scammers. you will share your top five

black friday traps and how to avoid them. i want to start with the -- door busters. >> thank you for having me on. >> julie: tell us about derivative door busters. >> if you see a door buster that's really cheap there is a reason for that. some manufacturers make products for black friday and may be missing features that you are expecting from a model you had been looking at all year long. they have different model numbers. do your research so you don't buy something cheap that you have to replace down the road. better to spend more for the better quality item. another way around this is to look at certified refurbish. you get the top quality items for less on sites like declutter they sell tech and everything from smartphones and mac books and whereables at a major discount. you get as good as new and comes with a 12-year limited

warranty. >> julie: what about mail-in rebates and deal and coupon restrictions? >> mail-in rebates are sometimes added for your deal. you might have to send in the bar code to get money back to get the low advertised deal. considering that 500 million rebates go unredeemed every year, a lot of people miss out on the savings. instead get instant cash back by use an app like rewards. upload pictures of your receipts after done shopping and get cash back to redeem for gift cards and you get instant savings. some coupons may be restricted on the deals you wanted to take advantage of or on the products you wanted to buy. don't let that trap you into buying items that you didn't need in the first place. and if you are looking at a black friday price don't assume it's the final price. you could sometimes apply a coupon to get a deeper discount and you can download a tool called sent me to your browser and add those for you

automatically. >> julie: okay. before i let you go how about fluctuating prices. is there anything wrong with free shipping minimums? >> yes. so prices are constantly fluctuating. we've seen retailers like amazon fluctuate prices multiple times in a single day and online shopping at a high now don't get duped into an overpriced products. check price histories. use camel camel camel. it will give you historical pricing data to make a better decision. there is an app to track purchases online and request money back if they notice it drops in price. a great offer there. free shipping minimums is not free if you have to spend $150 to get free shipping. if you order online, pick up in store and don't add extra items to your cart. >> julie: i don't believe in paying for shipping these days, i'm sorry. it is too competitive.

when you go to buy anything do a google search of the website you are purchasing from and check and see if it has a history of fraud. that's a good way to protect yourself. all the time we have. andrea, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> jon: coronavirus pandemic is dealing a blow to black friday shopping this year. we're talking to shoppers out there. christina. >> that's exactly it. black friday the biggest shopping day of the year. foot traffic is down. i'm in deer park, new york, coming up. how the pandemic is shifting the way we shop. that's coming up. (soft chimes)

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>> jon: fox news alert, it's official in ohio. ohio is certifying the presidential election results. something different in ohio this time around though, the state has a 160 record of siding with the eventual winner in the presidential race. only two times in those 160 years has ohio not voted for the eventual winner. ohio voted for president trump this time around but it appears he will not. >> kennedy: the annual crush of shoppers looking to score at door buster deals on black friday reduced to more about trickle amid strict pandemic rules. a kristina partsinevelos is live at the tender outlets in deer park new york.

how big of a crowd are you seeing there today where you are? >> we been here since 6:00 a.m., and i will tell you there is no stampede to get that toy or electronic. most of the lines that have formed outside of stores are because they're heavy capacity restrictions. despite that and despite a lack of foot traffic many people are still expected to by the black friday deals when we talk about in terms of discounts, it's an average of 22% of discounts on apparel, handbags and close versus 16% last year and the national retail federation believes that we will see growth this year. roughly $755 billion in sales on black friday alone. but for those that may be resting at home and watching tv, it may be browsing on your phone, the vast majority of those sales, 40% could come from

online and that could shift how we shop in the future. back to you guys. >> kennedy: kristina partsinevelos, thank you very much. it was a pleasure working with you jon scott, i missed you. >> youtube, julie banderas. "outnumbered" starts right now. >> fox news alert, president trump weighing in on the fight against covid as cases keep searching across the country. we await data from thanksgiving but the u.s. reported more than 181,000 new infections on wednesday, the third day in a row that infections arose. the nation cases neared 13 million. president trump still insisting we are rounding the corner as he talks up progress on a coronavirus vaccine sing the first shots will be delivered as early as next week for frontline medical workers and seniors. the president also telling reporters joe biden deserves no credit for the vaccine