>> i want to urge you to set your dvr at 6:00 a.m. eastern time every day. this way we can know at some point you'll -- >> sandra: fox news alert from the white house. fda commissioner dr. steve yeah hahn has been summoned for a briefing on the approval process for covid-19. there is growing concern in president trump's administration that things aren't moving along quickly enough. the meeting we're told is expected to start in about 30 minutes. the cdc also meeting later today to decide who will get the vaccine first once it's approved. we'll bring you any new information from that meeting as we get it. >> the democrats and others were in stealing the election.

that's what they tried to do is steal it. they created a scam and perpetrated upon our country. this is the big one. and -- >> sandra: president trump not backing down saying the election was rigged during the hearing yesterday with arizona lawmakers hours after the republican lawmaker certified joe biden's win there. i'm sandra smith. hello, trace. >> trace: good morning to you. good morning, i'm trace gallagher. the president's legal team said there was widespread voter fraud in arizona. the back and forth is playing out in georgia as well. secretary of state says he is looking into whether third party groups are illegally trying to register out of state voters ahead of next month's senate runoff elections. those races will determine who controls the upper chamber. >> casting an illegal vote in georgia is a felony. casting more than one vote in georgia is a felony. this office will continue to

take steps to protect the voting rights of the legally registered people of this state, republican, democrat, independent and whatever other party you may be a member of. >> sandra: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live from the north lawn this morning. some activity at the white house we're told. is it clear, john, that the president and his campaign are not backing down from claims of election fraud? what is the latest from there? >> if anything, sandra and trace, they are ramping them up. a couple of significant things happening today. first of all in michigan, state lawmakers will be holding another hearing into voting irregularities, potential voter fraud. rudy giuliani will be leading the arguments in that particular case. this falls on the heels of similar hearings, one last week in gettysburg, pennsylvania and the one yesterday in arizona that the president pointed out called into. here is what else the president told that hearing.

>> the 2020 election was rigged. it was a scam and the whole world is watching and they are laughing at us. they know who won and we won by a lot. >> also today the trump campaign will be filing a lawsuit in wisconsin. that follows a recount in two counties that was requested and paid for by the trump campaign. the recount confirmed according to the wisconsin election commission that joe biden won the badger state. the trump campaign says in examining ballots during the recount they found evidence to support their lawsuit. lawyers for the president will contend that thousands of ballots were cast outside the bounds of wisconsin state law. we'll be watching that for you today. the president also tweeting about a development in nevada saying a judge in nevada has ordered clark county officials to allow inspection of the elections equipment and sealed containers used in the 2020 election by 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. where all of this is headed remains unclear. many states continue to certify their vote count while recounts have been going on in some

states. wisconsin and in georgia they have yet to effect the outcome in that election. still, the president's supporters say he needs to put up a fight. here is kayleigh mcenany this morning. >> the president has been unapologetic for the last 10 months in saying that mail-in voting, mass mail-in voting is subject to fraud, a key part what he talked about election integrity. he wants to make sure signatures are matched. mail-in voting is treated with the integrity that every american vote deserves that is actually encapsulating the vote of the american people. >> trace: signatures being matched it put the president into a feud with the governor of george brian kemp. kemp says the integrity of the election is sound but president trump pushing kemp to enact more rigorous signature verification on the mail-in ballots. an interesting scene on saturday when the president goes down to georgia to

campaign for senators perdue and loeffler. >> sandra: the president's battle over the election results is ongoing. what is next for president trump after his term is up? what are you hearing, john? >> we're not sure exactly what is up. certainly some things are floated. i talked to some of the president's closest advisors who say he has told them that if this doesn't work out for him, that he wants to run again in 2024 and toying with the idea maybe you make an announcement sometime between the outcome of the election when the electors vote on december 14th and january 20th inauguration day that you will go for 2024 run. that can do a lot of things. take the wind out of joe biden's sails. it could also really freeze the republican contenders so the president would have the inside track all the way through the next four years. none of this decided yet, sandra. >> sandra: interesting. we'll watch all of this and an update from the white house should be coming shortly as well on that meeting. let's bring in james freeman from the "wall street journal"

editorial board and fox news contributor. good morning to you. first weigh in on what you just heard there. you and i have talked a lot about what's at stake in georgia and now you are hearing about concern about some of the illegal voting activity that is being encouraged. your thoughts. >> that's right. obviously debate about how large it was. the president saying he actually won the state officials there saying they're investigating irregularities but nothing that looks like it would overturn the results. there are some irregularities. you've reported on the affidavit in gwinnett county saying they had more absentee ballots than envelopes and that's a problem. but it's looking like a tough slog for the president as he continues some of these court fights. his legacy is really on the line. you were talking about what he does next. whatever he does next, this more competitive economy that his reforms on taxes and

regulation gave us is really at stake if republicans don't hold those georgia senate seats. >> sandra: jonathan turley last night sounded off on these voting groups that are encouraging illegal votes to happen in that state. listen. >> breathtaking that many of these groups have this rallying cry to protect democracy and all votes should be counted and yet they're actively subverting the essence of democracy. they're trying to bring in false votes, false voters. this would be a matter of georgia criminal law. and it is clear that officials are prepared to prosecute people. >> sandra: interesting him weighing in on democrats essentially being hypocritical over the false votes. at one point in the interview james saying this is all disconnected from the narrative. it is not disconnected from the criminal code. pointing out this would be a crime. >> well, i think that we've

seen with the secretary of state in georgia he is obviously not beholding to the president. he is not afraid to counter his claims. so i think we ought to also all take it seriously when he says here are areas where i am really concerned. we're investigating possible attempts to either create registrations for people who are not people who live in georgia to vote or mess with the election in some other way. it should be taken seriously. you see the stakes here where it is estimated i believe it's already 300 million dollars of media buying on both sides has been reserved. that number is probably going to go north. you see democrats raising money all over the country. republicans raising money all over the country to affect these critical senate races in georgia. so i think it's perhaps sad but not surprising that groups outside of georgia would also be tempted to look for an edge

in other ways. >> sandra: look no further than lindsey graham to tell you what's at stake in that state. listen. >> make sure this nut job doesn't become the director of the budget in charge of the office of management and budget and make sure we win in georgia. that biden can't pick an attorney general that will try to destroy president trump again you need to make sure the republicans win in georgia. >> sandra: tanden, biden's pick for omb who has come under fire and more broadly speaking is the biden team and how he is assembling his economic team. you're writing about that in your "wall street journal" op-ed titled biden's blind spot. economic advisors share a belief in the power of federal regulation and spending. why are you so critical of what you have seen so far as far as the team he is putting together

to hopefully spur economic growth? >> that's the team and administration you hope would be about growth, about ways to enable the economy to grow for job creation to happen, for wages to rise, and so far i don't know if nut job is fair or not but you are seeing across the board with the biden economic team people with lots of ideas to grow government, to expand spending, not particularly concerned about levels of debt which have skyrocketed during this coronavirus pandemic. and what you are not seeing so far is really anyone on the team that is thinking about growth and talking about how do we maintain some of the -- for example, the great job market that has prevailed pre-pandemic and great jobs rebound since then? we certainly don't want that disrupted. >> sandra: there will be a lot

of work to do regardless. you and all the folks at the "wall street journal" are digging into what that looks like in terms of wage growth and will happens with the corporate tax rate. that will have a big impact as well. >> it's big. >> sandra: much more on all this with georgia congressman doug collins. he will join us next hour to discuss the senate runoff and president trump's continued legal fight there. >> trace: dr. scott atlas is resigning as trump's appointment. he praised the president for delivering on vaccines for the american people and wished the incoming administration all the best. atlas's views on the pandemic were criticized during his tenure but he defended his work to tucker carlson last night. >> i think we now saw that science has been politicized,

america and its universities really need to allow, without attack, without rebuke, without intimidation, the free exchange of ideas because it is from the free exchange of ideas that scientific truths follow. >> trace: while he was among those calling for schools to remain open during the pandemic his colleague, dr. fauci, pushed to keep them closed. now fauci is saying kids should be back in school. kentucky senator rand paul joins us on that stunning reversal in just a bit. fox news alert now the cdc is set to meet today on distribution plans for a coronavirus vaccine. it will help determine who gets the shot first. casey stiegel live in dallas. explain what happened at the cdc meeting yesterday, or today. >> later today. the special committee that's independent from the cdc but advises the organization. they will meet to discuss not

only the vaccine candidates, not approval. remember, that's the fda, but they'll discuss primarily distribution as you said and effectively americans are being put into different categories. so that they can be prioritized in terms of who will be eligible for the first initial doses if and when moderna and pfizer formulas are approved. governor newsom saying full stay at home issues could be issued in the coming days. 99% of the state under a curfew. he says the state's icu beds could be full by mid-december because so many are worried about further spread of the virus in the coming weeks after millions of americans traveled for the thanksgiving holiday ignoring warnings from public health officials. >> but if these trends continue we'll have to take much more

dramatic drastic action. >> in new jersey governor phil murphy announcing the suspension of indoor high school and youth sports. that is through at least january. limits are also being placed on the number of people who can gather in outdoor settings. a maximum of 25 people now which is down from the 150 person threshold that has currently been in place. so states all over and communities, trace, implementing their own measures to try to stop the spread. back to you. >> trace: casey stiegel live for us in dallas. thank you. >> sandra: covid restrictions in the country about to go into effect in one blue state. do the rules go too far? democrat turned republican congressman jeff andrew gives us his take. dr. anthony fauci changing course on reopening schools. did he just prove some of his biggest critics right? senator rand paul will tell us

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>> i'm here at governor murphy's street where we're protesting the orders. >> it has nothing to do with biden, by the way. it has to do with unconstitutional emergency orders that have killed our economy. >> sandra: dozens of protestors gathered outside of new jersey governor phil murphy calling for him to end covid-19 restrictions. instead the governor imposed new limits on outdoor gatherings and temporarily suspended most indoor sports with infection and hospitalization rates climbing. let's bring in michael jackson congressman van drew. thank you for being here. do the rules go too far that are in place? >> good morning, good to be with you. they are not the surgical rules that he described. for example, we know that people that are in swimming competition and swimming pools

are 100% safe. yet it applies to that. something else i wanted to mention as well and it comes up. people are so frustrated and tired. our people are trying their very best and when elected officials call them knuckle heads or demean them or diminish them in some way i find it really disturbing. this has been a really difficult time for people where they don't see their family as much and where children and adults are both going through extreme psychological and even psychiatric and medical problems because of the lockdowns. what happens is people become depressed. people become literally hooked on different kinds of medications which obviously is not a good thing. people become unhappy, people become suicidal. this is all structurally fact. we're social beings that like to come together in some way. what we must do is with being careful as we possibly can and

being surgical, which we're not, try to make sure that we make sure that we're as safe as possible. for example, the northern part of the state of new jersey has many more problems than the southern part of the state of new jersey. they're treated exactly the same. alcoholics anonymous, very, very important and good group, they're really being given a tough time as far as meeting. they need to meet in person. so surgical means surgical. i haven't found this to be surgical. >> sandra: it is tough. how long this has gone on. the rise in infections is concerning. the restrictions, people fear what happens with their life from this point on. the governor there is not ruling out a statewide shutdown saying it's still on the table. >> he shouldn't even say that to frighten people. people don't need to be frightened, number one. secondly, yes, people are really concerned about all this but there is a lot that we can

do if we work it out step-by-step and work more with the people who are involved. what we've done to our businesses, what we've done to our small companies, how we've hurt them is unconscionable, it is terrible. not only happened in new jersey but in other places as well. but we could have worked more out. we could have saved the gyms and restaurants. >> sandra: the outdoors. we were told throughout this go outside, the safest place you can be. as long as you aren't inside, go outside as long as you aren't gathering in tight circles. but still these are the new measures. indoor high school and youth sports suspended statewide. that's tough. outdoor gathering limited to 25 people. outdoor dining room. >> not college. >> sandra: here is governor murphy. >> it has to stay on the table. you hate like heck to even consider that. god willing we won't have to. i'll tell you what would really make a difference here.

a big federal stimulus sooner than later with a lifeline to small businesses, restaurants, folks who are unemployed. >> sandra: it has to stay on the table. that could happen i guess. there could be a statewide shutdown. can businesses survive this? >> no, they can't. >> sandra: what about kids in school? >> first of all kids should be in school. dr. fauci has even changed his mind now. socially it is not good for kids to be isolated in their homes or isolated wherever they are isolated. it isn't a good thing. we know that. and i think we're hurting them by what we're doing and we could work out a better system. look how that changed. number of weeks ago dr. fauci was saying they absolutely had to be isolated. we know now that young people don't get sick the way that older people do. so the way we treat older people and people with co-morbidities and people that have certain types of diseases like diabetes is much different than the way we'll treat a

15-year-old or a 10-year-old. they are going to have very, very if any problems whatsoever. that's being surgical. that's the kind of thing i think we need to look at. we have to take care of our society and our future and our businesses. the cure as you hear over and over again cannot be worse than the disease. in some cases it is. >> sandra: we know that meeting is happening at the white house with the fda. talk of a vaccine gets our hopes up. >> two things quickly. one, the vaccine, yes, the president promised it. we're going to get it. it will make the difference and that's what is so very, very important. second, we do need a covid relief bill. we have needed it. the speaker needs to do it. everybody agrees. she needs to get moving. this has taken too long. >> sandra: thank you for your time this morning. >> great to be with you. >> trace: one of joe biden's top candidate picks hyping con

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>> trace: new controversy surrounding biden's pick to head the budget white house office tanden. an article claims she hit a journalist. we bring in charles hurt and marjorie clifton. the story of the new york sometimes this is after the interview. thought it would be an easy interview. asked her about her vote on the iraq war and she punched him. do you care as much about the punch or more about tan den, the fact she wants to increase taxes and go to extreme measures to fight climate change? your thoughts. >> can i pick all of it? it's all tremendous. nothing says unity like slugging a guy you don't agree with. i do think the more important

thing here is the reason for she shrugged the guy was because he asked a question about hillary clinton's support of the iraq war. this is a very important issue within the democrat party. important for all of us but within the democratic party. neera tanden has supported the wing of the democratic party that is pro-war. and in the second thing is the person that she shrugged was a guy that worked for bernie sanders. the fact that joe biden wants to put her in this crucial position reveals that tremendous rift within the democratic party not only between the pro-war wing and maybe the anti-war wing but also between the moderates that joe biden claims to represent and the bernie sanders wing of the party. this is a civil war. it is not going away and joe biden with his unity picks will make it even worse. >> trace: for the record,

marjorie, neera tanden says she didn't punch the journalist but popped him in the chest quickly. >> good luck with that one. >> trace: >> >> sandra: >> i will stay out of the reality aspect. the key things to look at are who in the whole of his economic advisors he is pulling in. neera tanden is a fire brand. she was a senior hillary clinton supporter. so she was not necessarily a biden bus. the thing we've seen joe biden do is a willingness to bring democrats of all stripes just as there are republicans of all stripes into his cabinet and group of advisors. right now he has janet yellen, a very experienced worked under the clinton and obama administration chairman of the fed. she comes in with a lot more institutional experience and we are seeing a very diverse group of interestingly a lot of women

on his economic advisor committee right now. neera does bring a very big focus on the environment and environmental policies and will round it out. i commend any administration that is willing to bring in people of different viewpoints to balance the way you are looking at things like the economy. >> trace: she talks about bringing the people together. the "wall street journal" talks about them because the take is these are just obama economic advisors being brought into the biden white house. the "wall street journal" writes quoting here, this is not 2009. once the covid vaccine is delivered broadly the economy should soar. the job of the biden economists will keep it growing not dump en growth that produced the slowest recovery in decades the last time they held power. >> if you go back through the position papers of the organization that neera tanden comes from it is a very far

left policy-wise organization that supports a lot of the very policies that have led to that, the slowest recovery in history and do things like dampen the economy as opposed to building off of the tremendous successes of the trump administration. >> trump was given one of the strongest economies we had seen in a long time. right now we have a 3.5% weaker economy than we had coming out of covid. look, every administration that maintains a strong economy wins. that's the name of the game. we're hopeful that's what he is picking. >> trace: thank you both. >> you bet. >> sandra: thank you, trace. dr. fauci and others flip-flopping on whether it is safe to send our kids back into the classroom. turns out senator rand paul was right on that quite a while ago. he will join us live next and tells us what he wants from dr. fauci now. plus trouble in the democratic

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>> it has been confirmed that authorities have admitted it, 60 million american children languishing in their rooms since spring sitting in front of spring learning, no isolated from human contact and in many cases driven to mental illness. we can now report there was no reason for any of that. >> sandra: that was tucker carlson on his show last night after dr. anthony fauci who earlier urged schools to remain closed changed his position on the situation. kentucky senator rand paul is calling on fauci to apologize to every single parent and school aged child in america. bring in senator paul.

he joins us now. what do you want to hear from dr. fauci? >> i think this illustrates the danger of centralizing power and decision making in one person or in washington when one person is so wrong as dr. fauci has been, it has grave effects for school children. the evidence is clear for six months. from countries in europe and asia that schools don't lead to a surge. kids are poor transmitters of this. country wide studies were showing this six months ago and he wouldn't listen. i tried to convince him of this and now he flippantly says we'll let kids go to schools, we'll close the bars. do lock downs prevent the spread of this? more mandate and more lockdowns that we've had and the evidence of covid is rising.

it may argue none of the things we're doing is working and be honest and not a biased perspective. >> sandra: you use the words you tried to convince dr. fauci back in june. this is an exchange with him on the schools that again were shut at that time. listen. >> all of this body of evidence about schools around the world shows there is no surge. all of the evidence shows that it's rare. i hear nothing of that coming from you. all i hear, dr. fauci, we can't do this, we can't do that. >> sandra: did you get the sense then that he wasn't listening, that he had some other reason why he wanted the schools to remain closed? what are you suggesting or can you -- can he make the case that more data points were needed to come to this conclusion or months of studying and observing kids in the classroom? >> you know, we went through a two-hour hearing back in june. we went through several of these. not one person brought up from

the so-called experts that the mortality rate among children was about 1 in a million. i brought this up with dr. fauci. immediately his defensive response was what about kawasaki disease? it's a rare, rare complication of viral illness and yes it does exist and it is not to discount it if your child gets it. we shouldn't be closing schools because of it. because we get it every year. it is very, very rare. he wasn't really listening. i think the reason is that with dr. fauci, i think his belief that we should submit, that we're all members of the hive, all members of the collective, that submission is more important than the facts. for example, in the spring he said masks don't matter and don't work. "new england journal of medicine" said in an editorial they're a tall isman. they don't work but changed their course over time but not looking at data. we have mask mandates in dozens of states and countries and every -- without fail, every

time we've instituted a mandate the actual incidence of the disease has risen. so there is no evidence that these mandates are working and we're crippling the economy. maybe we ought to reassess what we're doing. >> sandra: we should be clear here is dr. fauci in his own words announcing that schools should be open. listen. >> we say it -- try as best as possible within reason to keep the children in school and to get them back to school. >> sandra: senator, also to be clear on where you stand on this, you are saying the students are safe in the school as long as they are maintaining social distance, wearing masks and engaging in the safety protocols, correct? >> i think there are reasonable things you can do in school. for the small children i wouldn't have them wearing masks. i don't think it makes any difference. we ought to reassess what we're doing on this. trying to take precautions is reasonable. but there are now people

saying, dr. fauci included, when we have a vaccine you will still have to wear a mask. people do need to push back. i'm one of those who are immune and keep pushing back. 13 million americans have had this. we don't need to tell them they have to wear a mask. immunity is working. it is working as well as a vaccine works. when we get the vaccine hopefully we can all be free of these encumbrances. >> sandra: are you suggesting there should be some sort of accountability when it comes to dr. fauci or others who were advising that schools be shut as long as they have now learning that children really aren't spreading the disease? >> well, it's the same people who predicted millions and millions of people would die. they have been wrong at every turn. their models work when they continue to adjust them with reality. they have never been accurate from a very beginning. it turns out this is a terrible, difficult disease for the elderly and for the kids this is the truth, it actually is less deadly than the seasonable flu for children.

we should acknowledge that this is a disease that is different depending on your age group and in a free society everybody should get to be able to analyze the data and make their own decisions. >> sandra: appreciate your time and like to follow up with you on all of that soon. thanks. >> trace: an undocumented immigrant deported three times now charged in a deadly stabbing spree. critics say sanctuary policies are to blame. former acting ice director tom homan on that next. how soon will you be able to get a covid vaccine? why a key meeting today could decide who gets the shot first. aaaand welcome back to guess the price.

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deadly stabbing spree last month. they learned the suspect fernando lopez is an undocumented immigrant who had previously been deported three times. let's bring in tom homan former acting ice director. listen to the mayor of san jose and get your reaction. >> defendant should not have been out on the street. undocumented offender has a record of violent or serious prior convictions the county should be notifying ice that a person will be released out into the community. >> trace: the police chief and d.a. agree he should not have been in the community, in the country much less on the streets and yet ice they will not cooperate with. tom. >> well look, i agree 100% what he is saying. i've been fighting this for several years. the two murder victims murdered by this alien most likely would be alive today if they wouldn't have the sanctuary policy. he was in and out of jail.

ice put a detainer numerous times and they ignored it and released him. the county executive is saying we're using it as a political weapon. jeff smith needs to be reminded in january of last year there was a person they arrested, illegal alien. booked in their jail seven times. ice dropped a detainer seven times and they released him every time. the last time they released him he stabbed to death a 59-year-old lady named bambi larson. it happened numerous times in this county. my question to the county board and jeff smith. how many rapes and murders have to happen until you work with ice and protect your community from criminals? >> trace: that man, by the way, broke in to bambi larson's home and brutally stabbed her to death and he had been accused of assaulting police officers, had a lengthy record. you mentioned jeff smith. he said following here, the this sort of popped up out of

the blue with them. a horrific double murder trying to promote their political agenda which has been talked about numerous times. it is extremely unprofessional -- unprofessional, he says, to use this double murder as a bludgeon to get rid of sanctuary cities. >> two things. first of all that's a stone called lie. this wasn't a one off. it happened numerous times in that county. second of all, if anybody is unprofessional it is jeff smith. every chief of police in that county except one has asked that policy be overturned. the california state sheriffs association as you know came out against sb54. the sanctuary policy. the only sheriff that hasn't voiced against it was a los angeles county sheriff. every other sheriff in the state has voiced concern about it. jeff smith's refusing to listen to his law enforcement professionals and caving in to the immigration advocates and

open border people. he failed his number one responsibility to protect the community from criminals. that is his failure. he needs to be held accountable. >> trace: we're talking about san jose and santa clara county. across the state there have been multiple incidents just like this. thanks for talking to you. >> sandra: state of georgia looking into a potentially illegal push to register out of state voters. are democrats interfering in the senate runsoffs? congressman doug collins weighs in. a bar owner fighting back against drastic covid restrictions with his own autonomous zone. he will explain here next. ♪ [ thunder rumbles ] [ engine rumbling ] ♪

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>> trace: mac's public house is a coronavirus hot spot. the owner is stealing a page from seattle's anarchist playbook, declare it is an autonomous zone and refuses to go along with the mandate. danny, great to have you on. you are clearly not -- you are open and not charging for drinks or food. people are leaving tips. you aren't out to make money. what is your message and why are you doing this?

>> our message in the autonomous zone was to in a way to get attention and to raise awareness for what's going on with all the businesses. we're not trying to -- we didn't go completely rogue and say no rules whatsoever. we are trying to be safe but we are asking our officials and government to help us. we're sitting back, we were shut erd once before. we went through every regulation and jumped through every hoop just to have agencies constantly come in and threaten to fine us, threaten to shut us down again. we all survived through that. just to be told that we will have another shutdown again. and have taxi and limousine commissions coming in trying to tell us how to operate our business safely when we know how to operate our business safely. >> trace: it's a lot riding on this, danny. the liquor authority has said the following. these rules are designed to

protect new yorkers during a dangerous increase in covid cases and ignoring them after a week we had to open a surge in staten island demonstrates a disregard for new yorker's health and illegal. your liquor license is your business. if you lose that, you are out. what do you do? >> we're taking it day-by-day at this point. again, we're trying to make a stand not just in the defiance but to plead with our mayor, our governor, everybody that if you have to shut us down because of health, there are livelihoods of everybody, not even just the business owners. i'm out here right now getting constant phone calls and people coming by saying they can't afford their rent. it is all the workers in the restaurant. the business owners, it's not just restaurants. it is everyone. and we're saying if it's about

health and it's about this, show us what you mean. show us. we have all of our contact tracing logs. we have everything. we're being safe. but they want to preach science to us but they aren't showing us where the numbers are coming from or whether we're the wo*nz spreading it or not. we haven't had a single case in any of these places. >> trace: they have not shown the science and yet they say over and over again we're following the science. they haven't done it. danny, best of luck to you and your business. we'll check in for updates with you on how it's going. thank you, sir. >> thank you for having me on. >> sandra: fox news alert now. a major investigation underway in georgia looking into hundreds of credible claims of illegal voting. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm sandra smith. trace, it is december 1. can you believe it? good morning. >> trace: good morning, sandra and good morning, i'm trace gallagher. allegations of reports of dead voters, out of state voters,

double voting and other violations. that's not all. georgia's secretary of state is now looking into accusations that several voting organizations are trying to register new out of state voters ahead of next month's senate runoffs. >> let me emphasize this again. casting an illegal vote in georgia is a felony. casting more than one vote in georgia is a felony. this office will continue to take steps to protect the voting rights of the legally registered people of georgia in this state. >> sandra: congressman doug collins will join news a moment but first steve harrigan in atlanta. what are the next steps with the voting machines? >> right now by the order of a district judge sunday night three counties have frozen their voting machines. they cannot be wiped or erased at this point. there are republican allegations of widespread fraud

committed by these voting machines. they have not been proved yet. the next step we'll see is a hearing on friday. the judge could either dismiss the case or allow outside experts to forensicly investigate these voting machines. we're waiting to friday for the next shoe to drop on this. this is a battle of republicans versus republican. republican lawsuit and one of the defendants involved is the republican governor brian kemp. president trump has had a steady drumbeat of attacks against republican governor brian kemp adding a short time ago on twitter do something, brian kemp. you allowed your state to be scammed. we must check signatures and count signed envelopes gets ballots. then call off election. it won't be needed. we will all win. this tweet was flagged by twirt. as you mentioned earlier there are at least 250 open cases of potential fraud. none have been verified. things like a dead person

voting or someone voting twice. the georgia lieutenant governor pushed back against the idea that these claims could somehow change the results of the election which have joe biden ahead by more than 12,000 votes. >> it's important to note that we're almost a month into this and we have yet to see any sort of systemic fraud, any sort of organized effort around fraud. i'm proud of that. as a georgian and lieutenant governor of georgia. >> more elections ahead for georgia. senate runoff elections january 5 which could determine which party controls the senate and election officials are warning there are a number of attempts by third party groups to register people from out of state. they're warning that illegal voting is a felony which will be prosecuted. back to you. >> sandra: thank you. joining us for more on that a georgia congressman doug collins. good morning to you. how do you add to what we all just heard there? >> there have been real issues here in georgia.

for one who helped ask for the recount down here, the hand recount this is the -- it showed there were issues down here. look, for the secretary of state or the lieutenant governor or anybody to minimize the issues found is doing a disservice. they may not at this point added up to what he considers systemic but we have found is that when we ask for the first recount we found almost 10,000 votes that were never counted. 3,000 of those went in different areas went back to the president. decreased joe biden's lead here. we've seen the secretary of state investigating issues that we've been bringing forward and things that were reported to us over the past few weeks. what we're seeing in georgia is a perfection of our election system and every legal votes count. i am glad to see the secretary of state going after texts, emails and all kinds of things encouraging people to register to vote many of which have

nefarious motives and i hope we get those checked out. >> sandra: i will ask you what to see done about that in a moment. when it comes to what's at stake with the runoff elections lindsey graham did not mince words. listen. >> if you want to stop this nonsense, if you want to make sure this nut job tanden doesn't become the director of the budget in charge of the office of management and budget, make sure we win in georgia. if you want to make sure that weissmann doesn't get his way and biden can't pick an attorney general that will try to destroy president trump yet again, then you need to make sure republicans win in georgia. >> sandra: members of your party going after biden's pick for the omb. neera tanden. the "new york post" this morning. fraud sheet hack is the headline here. are you making your views on that pick very clear but how do you get your party to turn out and vote for this incredibly important election in georgia? >> doing exactly what i've been

doing, encouraging people to vote. to look at the election. president trump and the conservative agenda in georgia if they want to continue to see that maintained we have to keep the senate. one of the things that lindsey graham didn't mention and ron johnson, the investigations going on. they need to come to conclusion. john durham's investigation, they will all be pushed aside under a joe biden administration. they'll be pushed aside in the senate. the senate has to be held so we don't see a reversal of the things and the gains we made over the past four years especially legislatively. that's the agenda that has to be taken into account. lindsey graham is dead on. if you want to see a reversal of what we've gained. that is what is at stake in georgia. encourage all my republicans and conservatives in georgia to get out and vote. that's how important this election is. >> sandra: you are also in addition to urging republicans to get out and vote you are issuing republican voters to understand the voting laws.

how big is your concern about the ultimate outcome of the election in that state based on what you are describing is happening there? >> i am what i want to make sure that we have highlighted the issues and i said it before. sunlight is a great disinfect ant. early on when others were saying everything was fine in our election. they need to be more vigilant. when they need to be vigilant in giving county election officials more guidance how to set machines and process paperwork and look at what we feel was a weakening of the signature verification on absentee ballots. that still needs to be looked at. the heightened awareness it is imperative all republicans get out and vote in georgia and make sure that we are as has been said the firewall against a schumer administration in the senate. >> sandra: the president is scheduled to go there december 5th. how important is his visit? final thoughts. >> i think it's important. a reminder he is out looking for the country as a whole.

he is frustrated, and he also understands the vital nature of the senate and i'm glad to see him coming. >> sandra: appreciate it, thank you. >> thank you, take care. >> trace: the cdc meeting to lay out the plan for distributing the covid-19 vaccine this afternoon and vote on who gets it first. laura ingle is live on that. what can we expect from the vote today? >> hey, trace. it is a big day. the outcome of today's meeting with the cdc's advisory board not only will give us a look at who gets the vaccines first but how they'll be distribute d. the cdc's independent vaccine advisory committee is scheduled to vote on distribution priorities in a few hours. a huge step in planning on who will be rolling up their sleeves first with predictions of front line healthcare workers and elderly at the front of the line. distribution will be handled by the federal government but the

decisions on who will get the vaccines will be passed to individual states. health and human services secretary alex azar describing governors as air traffic controllers to determine which hospitals or pharmacies get the vaccine. something that is bound to get tricky. for example, some states may have enough for those prioritized but not enough to cover adults with chronic health disorders. on top of that, some governors will have to figure out how to manage demand for major businesses pushing for access so they can stay open while deciding how to best serve the poor. the director of the cdc says once the two top contenders are green lighted by the federal drug administration there should be enough doses to vaccinate 20 million people by the end of this year. dr. anthony fauci with the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases everyone who wants a vaccine should be able to get it by next summer. >> i believe that will be as we enter into and get to the end of the second quarter of 2021

starting with april and going into may, june, july, by that time if people want to get it, they can get it and hopefully everybody would want to get it. >> while the cdc works on its priority list the commissioner of the fda was summoned to the white house this morning. according to john roberts, there is concern at the white house that the vaccine approval is not moving quickly enough. now, officials with the fda have said their scientists have been working around the clock on a massive amount of data and actually this is a very historic moment for them in terms of the speed of which they are working. trace. >> trace: laura ingle live in new york. thank you. >> sandra: a key member of the biden team could be facing a tough confirmation battle in the senate. neera tanden accused of hyping conspiracy theories and even punching a reporter. mike huckabee will join us with more on that plus joe biden's broken foot putting a sharp focus on the difference between

how the news media covers biden and the way they cover president trump. why did it take so long for this news of his injury to actually get out to the public? >> if this happened for trump and 24 hours was wasted and not even allowing the media to see trump the press would be screaming about freedom. $3000 a year. save yu with newday's va streamline refi there's no income verification, no home appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. it's the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered. call newday now. inflammation in your eye might be to blame.ck,

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>> trace: a live look on capitol hill. treasury secretary steve mnuchin is testifying before the senate banking committee about the cares act, the coronavirus aid relief bill. let's listen to what he said moments ago. watch. >> we'll talk about where we are on the appropriations issue, keeping the government running. that's the first priority. we'll also -- >> does the president want to get a deal done by the end of the year? >> he would like to see money for small businesses especially. >> trace: trying to get this going for two or three months. he said possibly by the end of the year there could be a coronavirus relief package at hand. we shall see. sandra. >> sandra: joe biden and vice

president elect kamala harris introducing their cabinet picks today. their voices include budget chief nominee neera tanden, emerging as a lightning rod for republicans. peter doocy in wilmington, delaware this morning. what can you tell us about her? might not have a good connection with him right now. we'll get back to him as soon as we reestablish connection. >> trace: is he there? apparently not. let's bring in former arkansas governor mike huckabee, fox news contributor. always good to see you. peter doocy pops up we'll let you know. meantime joe biden talks about unity a lot, right? this neera tanden thing. joe biden brings in this woman wants to go higher taxes, wants to do extreme measures when it comes to climate change, she is also punched somebody, a liberal journalist that doesn't seem like both sides of the aisle are very happy with her

nomination. your thoughts on neera tanden, governor. >> well first of all, trace, it's interesting. she didn't get nearly in as much trouble for physically punching a liberal journalist as the president has gotten for responding back in kind when they yell and scream at him. that tells you something. but she has managed to hack off pretty much everybody. a lot of the progressives don't like her she is a whole owe owned subsidiary of big corporations. other people don't like her because of her extreme positions on economic issues, wanting higher taxes, wanting america to take a back seat in the world and sign up from everything with the paris climate accords, those are some of the things that make her let's say less than overwhelmingly popular even in her own party. >> trace: yet bill crystal thinks she is the perfect fit.

he said serious conservatives, responsible moderates and hard headed liberals should want a tough minded omb head. it's where the projects go to die and programs are evaluated and tradeoffs are made. neera tanden is the right person for the job. your thoughts on that, cover nor? >> well bill kristol has disgraced himself as a voice and commentator. his credibility is like asking jeremy domer to give you dietary advice. i don't know that's a ringing compliment that he is singing her praises. the fact is she would be a classic liberal. kind of what we would expect from the biden administration. but it will be economic policies that will hurt a lot of working people in this country. but it will be great for the globalists. if people want to go back to a time when americans were losing jobs to china, to mexico, to canada, to vietnam and other countries of the world, they

will love neera tanden. she will be just what the doctor ordered. >> trace: because she has annoyed both sides. john thune said. i would hope they would consult with us if they send somebody up here it's somebody we can get confirmed. should joe biden have consulted with republican senators before picking neera tanden? >> you know, it could be argued it would be a nice thing to do but not typical. we have to be honest and say that republicans who get elected president don't generally go over and ask chuck schumer what he thinks. they already know without asking. i think republicans have to somewhat allow the president, whoever it is, to pick his or her choice for various positions but they also have an advise and consent rule and role and in that particular function they should ask some really tough questions to make that president who does the

appointment really sure that that person is who he or she wants on the team. >> trace: i want to get your final thoughts on the infighting in the democratic party and put up the picture, a tweet from alexandria ocasio-cortez of her glaring at -- she was let's see, democratic moderate senator joe manchin there. you can see her glaring at him. in response to that manchin says the following. i guess she put the dagger stare i mean. i have not met her. she is more active on twitter than anything else. pretty good swipe by joe manchin against aoc. >> i would say joe is a friend of mine. i like him a lot. he pretty well poured gasoline and tossed a match over on her. to say that essentially she is not really adept at legislating but really good at twitter is the ultimate putdown of somebody who wants to be a voice for the left. so congratulations, joe, you

landed scorched earth on that one. >> trace: always good to see you, sir. thank you so much. >> thank you, trace. >> sandra: president trump still fighting to win 2020. he is already looking ahead to 2024. how his decision will affect other republicans with plans for the white house. plus a politician votes to ban outdoor dining. then goes out for a meal at an outdoor restaurant. the allegations of hypocrisy in one blue state next. >> but if these trends continue we'll have to take much more dramatic, arguably drastic action including taking a look at those purple-tiered counties. ♪ silver bells, it's christmastime in the city no*et

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>> sandra: bottom of the hour. time for top story. china mishandled the coronavirus crisis in the early days of the pandemic. it reveals inconsistencies between what officials knew about infection rates and publicly reported in the province where the virus first surfaced. >> trace: mitch mcconnell telling colleagues there is no reason congress can't pass a coronavirus relief package before the end of the year. the republican lawmaker calling on democratic leaders to work on the terms of a deal before congress ajurns on december 21.

>> sandra: us navy says it will decommission a ship after a fire. the estimated cost of the refair would run over $3 billion. the cause of the fire still under investigation. >> trace: california, another case of do as i say, not as i do. los angeles county supervisor was caught eating outdoors at an italian restaurant hours after voting to ban outdoor dining to stop the spread of covid. her visit to the restaurant came hours before the ban took effect. right after she said doing exactly that was unsafe. meantime california's governor is warning a drastic new stay at home order is possible within days. >> if we see these trends continue the potential for a stay at home order for those

regions in purple, because of hospitalizations and icus, we aren't just now looking at positivity rates. we're not now just looking at case rates. we are now looking in realtime at hospitalization numbers and icu capacity in those regions. >> trace: william la jeunesse live in los angeles. what do we know now about the possibility of more lockdowns? >> california is on the brink of another statewide lockdown of all non-essential workers. we should find out this week. maybe today or tomorrow. what l.a. is talking about is democratic l.a. supervisor who imposed this policy on 10 million county residents and said tuesday that eating outdoors was dangerous. she voted to ban the practice and put thousands out of work. then what did she do? she went out to eat outdoors. here she is speaking at the board meeting. >> the servers are not protected from us and not

protected from their other six tables that they're serving at that particular time plus all of the hours in which they're working. so it is a most dangerous situation. >> 10 hours later restaurant employees see her eating at upscale restaurant in san monica. the local restaurant owners were stunned but not surprised by her hypocrisy. >> wait a minute. restaurants are so dangerous but you'll go eat in a restaurant? it blows me away. >> sends a message we get direction from people that aren't really believing in the decisions they're making. >> they admitted she ate there but promised not to do so until the public health order is lifted. she said the answer is not to have maskless trump flag waving rallies or defying public health orders. if you're not part of the

solution you're part of the problem. remember, trace, some had low positivity rates. because the rest of the county was up they could not put in their own restrictions. now some cities are thinking about putting in their own health department to avoid those restrictions imposed by the state. >> trace: these commissioners don't have the science to close the restaurants but we're doing it anyway. >> sandra: president trump has yet to concede the election but our own john roberts confirming he already told advisors he wants to run in 2024. tom bevan has his ear to the ground with this. what are you hearing, tom? >> well, there are certain indications, right? a report he is planning an event during the inauguration around the same time of the inauguration to announce he is

running. this has been percolating for a while that president trump may look to 2024 as a redemption. and as this process moves forward he will be down in georgia and setting up the idea that if he is failing in the court of law, he is setting it up in the court of public opinion to say this election was stolen from me and you the 75 million people who voted for me and i will run again in 2024 to right that wrong. >> sandra: what does it mean for his fellow republicans? fox news has a headline this morning what a trump 2024 announcement, freeze out gop rivals. >> yeah. completely changes the political landscape. it would have been a real wide open affair but now you will see the people who were sort of just casually thinking about it might be scared off and the people who are still thinking about it will have to be much more discrete about putting a team together and plotting and strategizing if they do want to try to take on trump in 2024. he is still the 800 pound

gorilla in the republican party. he dominates the party and so he would be very, very formidable candidate if he were to run again. >> sandra: this all has to depend on where this battle goes next. what sort of sense are you getting within the party, within the republican party, tom, about how much the party wants the president to push forward with this legal fight? >> yeah, i think there is a difference. rank and file trump supporters around the country want him to push forward on this. continue to fight in all of these states for an audit of this election at the very least. the party members and more of the establishment are sort of hoping that he will move on. and start looking forward. in particular the race in georgia. it's a dicey proposition to say the election we had was a fraud. by the way, we need you to turn around and vote again january 5 for these republican senate

candidates. i'm not sure how the base is going to take that. those mixed messages. >> sandra: as far as what is next for president trump there is a lot of speculation about another potential run. is the field wide open when it comes to republicans for 2024 assuming the president may throw his hat back in the win if he doesn't win another term based on his ongoing legal fight? >> again, i think this is trump's party. he has changed the party. he is the dominant figure in the party. the most popular figure in the party by far. it makes it very, very difficult for other republicans to look at challenging him. that being said four years is a lot of time and a lot can happen. so i think there will be some folks who will be looking at 2024. again, but they will have to be doing it discretely. very discretely in terms of fundraising and looking to put together teams and picking their shots in terms of visiting those early states. they will have to do that in a

very ginger way. president trump if he chooses to run again will be the prohibitive favorite. >> sandra: i'll quote the unh center director. until republicans come up with an obvious person to replace trump he will be seen as the frontrunner going into 24. do you agree with that? >> 100%. >> sandra: tom bevan, great to have you here this morning. thank you. >> trace: breaking news on capitol hill. bipartisan senators and lawmakers announcing a bipartisan covid-19 emergency relief framework. you can see them on the left-hand side of your screen holding a news conference talking about people like joe manchin, susan collins, lisa murcowski, mitt romney, a bunch of other lawmakers trying to get together to work out a framework on putting together a covid relief package. this is the first step. we mentioned earlier that the treasury secretary is on capitol hill testifying about that as well. so there are now a couple of

different efforts underway trying to get some covid relief for americans. the hope is to get it done by the end of the year. again that's the hope. we've been talking about this for 2 1/2 months. we'll give you news as it comes out of this news conference. >> sandra: we'll keep our eye on that. joe biden hurt his foot after playing over the weekend with his dog but why does the news on the president's health take so long to reach reporters and the general public? plus actress felicity huffman out of jail and back in the news. details on her next move and a possible comeback just ahead. ♪ veterans, if you could lower your mortgage payments by $250 a month $3,000 a year, what would you do with the money? save for your retirement, update your home,

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>> sandra: that's felicity huffman and she has landed an acting gig. she will star in her first role since she spent 11 days behind bars for her involvement in the college admissions scandal. >> trace: over the weekend president-elect joe biden hurt his foot while playing with his dog but it took 24 hours to get news to the media, right? is the media that howled over and over again about transparency with president trump taking it easy on biden and is this a preview of what's to come? let's talk to howie kurtz. it took 24 hours for us to get the news and you had networks, not this one, just applauding joe biden. listen to chris cuomo and i'll get your thoughts. >> when biden hurt his foot, i appreciated it, why? i'm a sadist?

no, because we just got the straight truth about it. no lie, no deny. there was no blocking us from the reason that trump was rushed to a hospital. no doctors with absurd lauding statements about biden being super human, the strongest pinky toe in history. just the truth. >> trace: your thoughts. >> the truth was -- i want to wish joe biden a speedy recovery. it is a big deal as biden would put it even a small injury because of that 24-hour delay. the press pool wasn't told until sunday that he was making a couple of medical visits. at one point a van was set up to block pictures of biden going into the building for one of those visits. president trump had done this there would have been howls of protest, cries of cover-up. what nbc's andrea mitchell mildly criticized the biden folks she is facing a fierce

online backlash from the left for even bring it up. >> trace: one says the traditional media shouldn't be giving the biden camp so much praise for transparency for an injured foot. it is easy while injuring a foot injury and mentioning a family pet. good optics. maybe it should have come out early year. >> maybe he didn't think it was that serious. he has to wear a walking boot for several weeks. the president elect of the united states with a broken foot and the press has to be careful not to further break its credibility in terms of the standards they hold biden to particularly after january 20th compared to the way donald trump has been covered. this is a sensitive issue, trace. there is a long history of presidents hiding serious injuries and ailments. woodrow wilson, eisenhower and

i'm not saying that is what happened here. the press pool follows presidents because of the concern something might happen to them. >> trace: how the networks would react fit was president trump. talking about cnn and onto the next topic. the idea cnn thinks maybe some labels should be put on certain accounts like this. this is what their media pundit thinks about twitter labels. nearly every tweet from the president at this point is labeled for misinformation which had me thinking why doesn't twitter take the step of labeling his entire account as a known source of election dysinformation and media research center says be careful what you wish for because they write quoting here, if we label disinformation accounts we would have to hit most traditional media outlets, especially cnn. >> the social media giants have shredded their credibility with

the one-sided approach to censorship slapping warning labels or limiting the distribution of posts by trump and his allies and not doing that to the democrats. i understand that some democrats and liberals have said twitter should delete trump's account. but that's a very dangerous step. now, it is true that trump is tweeting a lot about election fraud. making some unsupported claim. twitter is just labeling those and not evaporating them as they did for the "new york post" on hunter biden. if twitter, facebook or other companies were to take a step of just slapping a label on an entire account by a prominent republican or conservative it would be an assault on free speech and speed up the exodus of people on the right who no longer trust these companies. >> trace: i have to go. have you looked at the

landscape? do you see any indication the media is planning to at some point put joe biden's feet to the fire? >> not a lot. maybe in a couple instances. everything is about the future. appointees. he doesn't have the power to do anything. if after january 20th the media taking this soft approach to this next president as the contrast will be so stark with the incumbent president i think the media will take a lot of heat and deservedly so. >> trace: always good to see you, sir. thank you. >> thanks, trace. >> sandra: thank you. a critical meeting for the cdc on distributing the covid vaccine. you may be surprised who some believe should get the very first doses. and president-elect joe biden officially announcing his economic team today. the impact that group could have on your family's bottom line. ♪ it's beginning to look a lot

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>> trace: investigate ho*rs say they found the body of a 22-year-old mother of two who disappeared thanksgiving. her family reported her missing after she stepped out to go to a nearby gas station and never came back. she was found dead in the woods near her home about 30 miles outside of st. louis. they also said she was five months pregnant with her third child. police have not released any details about her death but they are calling it an apparent homicide. police asking anyone with information about her death to call crimestoppers at the number on your screen. >> sandra: today president-elect joe biden will formally introduce his economic team as his administration

makes plans to undo president trump's tax cuts. hillary vaughn reporting for the fox business network live in wilmington, delaware this morning. president-elect biden is filling out his team. what does it mean about his economic policy and what it means for the average american family. good morning. >> good morning, sandra. you can tell a lot by president-elect joe biden choosing former fed chair janet yellen to be in charge of the treasury. she has a history of backing high taxes and actually opposing tax cuts for average americans. back in 2018 janet yellen spoke out against president trump's tax cuts and jobs act saying quote the economy did not need a boost. so biden's pick signals that hell y*en will carry out a higher tax agenda on high income earners but biden wants to double top capital gains rates to 40%. that's the highest since president jimmy carter.

that applies to investments in 401ks and other holdings when you are cashing out on retirement and assets for your family. more expensive to retire and more expensive for your kids if you leave property to them. yellen is in favor of a carbon tax that would hit all americans at the pump. some conservatives are saying that breaks biden's promise not to hit americans making $400,000 or less with higher taxes. >> janet yellen, who he just wants to put in as treasury is a long-time supporter of a carbon tax which would raise the price of a gallon of gasoline 40 cents or $10 every time you fill up your tank. they don't ask you whether you make $400,000 when you go to the gas station. >> gas tax is one way for yellen to make changes without congress but she also has other options. the irs falls under the

treasury. you're able to tweak tax code for lower income earners without congressional approval. >> sandra: we'll know more later today. hillary vaughn. thank you. >> trace: officials in one city reconsidering sanctuary policies after they learn a man arrested in connection to a stabbing had a violent past and was deported three times. a missing instagram influencers has been found dead. what police are saying as her family mourns her loss. >> it is so painful someone being so bright and having so much to offer to be snuffed out. i don't know why. - [announcer] meet the ninja foodi air fry oven.

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>> sandra: the body of a houston instagram influencer who vanished after thanksgiving was found over the weekend. 26-year-old posted hundreds of pictures of herself to a following of more than 20,000. police say she was found on the side of a road just three miles from where she went missing. the body had no visible wounds but her mother says she is sure her daughter was murdered. >> the two murder victims murdered by this alien most likely would be alive today if they wouldn't have the sanctuary policy. he was in and out of jail. ice put a retainer on numerous time and they ignored it and released him. my question to jeff smith and the county board is how many rapes and murders have to

happen until you work with ice and protect your community from criminals? >> trace: that's former acting ice director tom homan earlier as we learn a man arrested in connection to a deadly stabbing rampage at a church in san jose, california was deported three times and had a violent past. claudia, how are officials responding there? >> the mayor of san jose as well as the police chief are responding with anger and demands for changes to the county's sanctuary policy that they say protects even the most violent illegal immigrants like the suspect in this case, 32-year-old fernando lopez is a multiple deporty with a history of spousal abuse and assault with a deadly weapon. immigration officials wanted to deport him a fourth time. their detainer request was ignored. he was on probation for a

previous felony conviction a judge released him without bail. he allegedly stabbed five people at a church providing shelter to the city's homeless. two died and others injured. the mayor said the attack could have been prevented. >> in this case, i'm told that the county received an ice detainer request but did not notify ice of the defendant's release. he should have been in jail in federal custody in drug treatment or jail in his own country but not on the streets in our community. >> the mayor wants county supervisors to allow ice detainers to be honored in cases where the offender has a record of serious and violent convictions. it is a call he has made before including after a high-profile murder case last year also involving an illegal immigrant. the county officials defend the current sanctuary policy as being aligned with state law and accuse the mayor and the police chief of using this tragedy to advance a political

agenda. meantime lopez now faces two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, and once again domestic violence charges. trace. >> trace: the battle goes on. claudia live in san jose. thank you. >> sandra: majors moves on the vaccine front on where the agency stands on approval ahead of the cdc vote on which americans will get the shots to fight the covid-19 disease first. welcome back to "america's newsroom," tuesday morning, i'm sandra smith. hello, trace. >> trace: hello, good day, everyone. i'm trace gallagher. the cdc will meet less than three hours from now as the feds come up with plan for distributing the vaccine. if you think senior citizens will be at the front of the line that's not the case anyone.

convicted murderers and rapists in some states will get them first. more on the fda briefing at the white house but we begin the casey stiegel live in dallas. what are some states doing in terms of restrictions? >> i have to say the responses do run the gamut. in new jersey, for example, governor phil murphy announced the suspension of indoor high school athletics and also youth and adult sports. that is in effect through at least january. limits are also being placed on the number of people who can gather outdoors. taking that number down to 25 from the 150 person threshold earlier. while in california governor gavin newsom is warning full stay at home orders could be issued in the coming days. 99% of that state is already

under curfew and most indoor dining is closed. nationwide a new record more than 96,000 americans hospitalized with coronavirus. this week 19 states now reporting all-time highs of patients. dr. anthony fauci warns with thanksgiving behind us he expects things to get worse before they get better. >> so because of the travel and people congregating for meals, etc., you don't see any difference for a day, two, three, five days, you see the difference two or three weeks from now, which would put it right at the time that people would be traveling for christmas. >> meanwhile today we've been talking about this, that special committee of the cdc will meet to discuss vaccine distribution plans and prioritizing groups of americans who will be eligible for the first doses. it will then be up to the states to decide how that is

distributed and to whom. if and when the fda, of course, approves moderna and pfizer's vaccine candidates. trace. >> trace: two good steps. casey stiegel live in dallas. >> sandra: to the backlash now over colorado's decision to prioritize prisoners for receiving the covid vaccine first. the state's phased distribution plan puts inmates ahead of senior citizens because of their tight living quarters. which means convicted murderers will get immunized before grandmothers. what's the reaction to this, dan? good morning. >> hi. well, i think the reaction to what they're doing in colorado would be that it's quite nuts. you know, it's ironic to me that liberals and the left such as in colorado have been citing the authority of science to

justify these lockdowns and when science, real science produces deliverance in the form of a vaccine they revert back to politics to decide who will get the vaccine. we had a doctor interviewed by bret bare last evening and he made it clear by the end of december we might have 40 million dose. a double dose vaccine that means 20 million people may have it available by the end of the year. obviously choices have to be made and i assume the cdc is going to make those decisions on the basis of essential workers, healthcare workers and indeed the most vulnerable. but if the states decide on their own to start making these distribution decisions on the basis of politics, then distribution of this vaccine is going to degrade into an awful free for all across the country. >> sandra: i want to put some statistics on the screen so people understand what we have seen as far as federal inmates

and covid-19 how much it has spread there. 4700 inmates have been affected. 145 deaths out of 140,000 total inmates. you then look at the federal prison staff. looking at a staff of 36,000. four deaths, 1400 affected there. here is the american medical association recommending that prisoners get vaccinated. the case they make is because of the high risk of infection among people who are incarcerated and detention center workers. ama is advocating for increased infection control measures, additional ppe and priority access to vaccine to prevent the spread. being incarcerated or detained should not be synonymous with being left totally vulnerable to covid-19. fair point, dan? >> up to a point it's a fair point. certainly they should have more

methods to keep people from getting infected inside the prisons. but sandra, one could as easily make or even more easily more persuasively make an argument the vaccine should be distributed first to essential workers and then perhaps to school teachers, especially school teachers in the middle school and high schools or even colleges. we know that grade school age students aren't strong transmitters of the disease. but we do want to get the schools back open. and they won't be opened again until teachers at the high school level and middle school level feel confident that they won't get infected. there will be some difficult choices here. but again, i'm suggesting that if state governors start making decisions on the basis of politics that prisoners should be prioritized ahead of teachers or the elderly you'll see the day we've all been looking for, the distribution of this vaccine, to degrade into the worst kind of partisan

politics. that would be a real tragedy. >> sandra: i want to get to the university of arizona researchers who are recommending not only a mask mandate but a shelter in place for most of the month of december. i'll put it on the screen here. they are recommending a statewide mask mandate that allows local law enforcement to be some sort of exception there. statewide shelter in place from december 1 to december 22. and give county and municipal leaders greater authority to enact own orders. they're warning if they don't take on these measures, dan, that their hospitals will suffer grave consequences. here is the warning from the health department there to the health department. no matter what actions are taken arizona will experience a hospital crisis in the coming weeks. however, if action is not immediately taken, then it risks the catastrophe on a scale of the worst natural disaster this state has ever experienced akin to facing a

major forest fire without evacuation orders. does that go too far or from your view is this necessary? >> you know, sandra, i could take that same words they use to describe what's going on in the hospitals and apply it to what is happening to small businesses, the private sector, in many of these states. it has been a catastrophe for them. one of the great shortcomings of the whole pandemic experience has been that while we have these daily briefings from governors with public health sthorts describing the effect of cases and hospitalizations, why isn't there somebody on stage describing the effects in terms of personal bankruptcies, lost incomes, people admitted for clinical depression because they've lost their businesses? that side of the equation has not been given equal weight with the medical side of the equation. and i think it's time obviously

after 10 months with bankruptcies continuing, people losing their livelihoods that those people need to be taken into consideration with almost equal weight to what is going on in the hospitals. i'm not minimizing the effects of the coronavirus, but getting covid is not a death sentence. it does mean you get sick. but it also means that we have the continuing crisis of people losing their businesses across america and who is going to help them? >> sandra: so much hope for a vaccine as we await that and final approval. should be news from the white house on that front today. dan, good to see you. thank you. >> trace: speaking of vaccine. commissioner dr. steven hahn was summoned to the white house to conduct a briefing on covid-19 vaccine approval over concerns the process wasn't moving fast enough. chief white house correspondent john roberts live at the white house. john. >> good morning to you.

that meeting probably is wrapped up by now. dr. steven hahn the commissioner of the fda at the white house at 9:30 this morning amid concerns by many white house officials including the big guy, the president, the fda is not moving quickly enough on the emergency use authorizations for the new vaccine candidates. the advisory board hearing for the pfizer vaccine scheduled for december 10. advisory board hearing for the moderna vaccine scheduled for the 17th. the fda insists it is moving as quickly as possible. fda scientists have to review all the raw data and do their own analysis of the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. the fda has massive amounts of data to go through. they're told the fastest the fd hassoun ever gone through this much data previously was 3 1/2 months. in this case they'll do it in 3 1/2 weeks. in a statement provided to fox news it is said, let me be

clear our career scientists have to make the decision and take the time needed to make the right call on this important decision. we want to move quickly because this is a national emergency. but we will make sure that our scientists take the time they need to make an appropriate decision. the co-chair of operation warp speed weighed in on the tensions between the white house and the fda on special report last night. listen here. >> they should be doing a thorough job to make sure the review of the vaccines are complete and in depth and truly scientifically driven. no reason to believe from all my interactions that they either sped up or slowed down the process. my interactions have always been fully embedded and driven by science. >> that was not special report from last night. that was the "washington post". he was on special report with

bret baier last night. the fda is concerned with all the talk and heated political environment and the governor of new york has been saying there is a crisis of confidence surrounding a vaccine and they want to make sure that through this approval process they restore confidence in the vaccine. also here at the white house a member of the president's coronavirus tasks force, a temporary member, is leaving. dr. scott atlas resigned yesterday. he had been a lightning rod for criticism particularly from dr. anthony fauci who told the "washington post" this, he is a smart guy who is talking about things he doesn't have insight or knowledge or experience in. he keeps talking about things that when you dissect it out and parse it out it doesn't make any sense. atlas a radiologist, not infectious disease specialist joined the coronavirus task force in august for a period of 130 days. which comes to an end this week. >> trace: john roberts live in

the white house. thank you. >> sandra: even before the vaccine is ready for distribution some are already saying they will not get it. now some workplaces are considering forcing their employees to get the shots or get the boot. so can you really be fired for refusing the vaccine? and what if the government demanded that everybody get it sf how far can the feds go in a pandemic emergency? we'll have more on that coming up. incoming residents of the white house are getting headline after headline and we do not just mean joe and jill biden. comparing coverage of america's first pets to the year's long coverage of the trump white house. joe concha on that coming up. my because i know so many of you have served our country honorably. one of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is your eligibility for a va loan which lets you buy a home with no down payment. now there's no reason to rent when you can own.

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>> sandra: president-elect joe biden has invited to throw out the first pitch at a washington national game next season. critics say he has been getting only softballs from the press during the campaign and since election day. media treats tumble team like dogs and biden team like puppies. in is joe concha. is that the case? is that what we're seeing so far?

>> oh, i love some of these headlines if you want specific examples. usa today joe and jill biden want to unite america. they'll start by adding a cat to family dogs champ and major. feline will be joining white house pets. look there is a human side to the presidency, of course. the problem is that it seems to come and go during the eight years in the bush administration we saw very few puff pieces. came back with a fury from 2008 to 2016 under president obama. then went on hiatus during the trump administration and during the transition headlines like biden breaks foot engaging in tried and true expression of presidential vigor. then you look back a year ago at the "new york times" where they did a column that read with this headline why president trump hates your dog. so if you're teaching a class in terms of media bias in broad daylight this would be at the top of the syllabus. >> sandra: that headline i read was jerry baker's from the

"wall street journal" talking about biden being treated like puppies. the level of scrutiny critical scrutiny on display so far from the national press corps since he announced the members of his administration and plans to make toto look like the hound of the baskervilles. canine friendship is the only enduring loyalty when things go wrong in washington joe biden and his administration will at least have plenty of other friends to provide comfort as they set out on yet another familiar journey. just like you, joe, sean hannity teed off on this last night. >> they let biden go the entire campaign without answering questions. really? new york toilet paper times after writing nothing but slanderous articles about the president for four years wrote this piece about biden bringing a cat to the white house. >> sandra: is it fair to already conclude the softball

treatment of joe biden's presidency at this point or should we give it more time and see what happens over the next several months? >> i would hope i would be optimistic if we gave it more time over the next few months there would be scrutiny with joe biden. we had a press that seemed to have very little interest in skoout niezing him. we ran for president for 20 months and barely did any interviews during that time. meanwhile you have reporters that were doing end zone dances when president trump took questions for the first time in three weeks. all i know is president trump took more questions in his four years than any other president did in eight years. by a country mile. by the way, people seem to forget during the obama-biden administration, that president obama -- this is with a friendly press, as he took office he went 308 days without a solo press conference while we're at the height of the financial crisis, while he is selling obamacare. 308 days? you could walk across america and back in that time.

i looked this up. things you could do in 300 days. that's one of the things that came up in google. yeah, as far as a preview i have a feeling that we'll see a very homogenized package joe biden not facing the press very often. his campaign proved you really don't want to. by the way. kamala harris pick was chosen 111 days ago to be his running mate and yet to do anything resembling a press conference as well. it is silence from the lambs. >> sandra: we heard when she announced new members of the biden team on a stage but no questions were taken. joe, good to see you this morning. thank you. >> awesome, thanks. have a good one. >> trace: major backlash to one of joe biden's latest picks for his administration while he builds a team that looks a lot like the obama administration. our political panel next. >> they want her to oversee the regulatory and budgetary and economic policy of the

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dell emotion -- elizabeth smart because held as a sex slave for 2002. she never once told her parents about the horrors she survived. it was a decade later during trial testimony that they first heard their daughter talk about the daily sexual torture she endured. >> sandra: u.s. navy ship that caught fire at a san diego dock this summer won't sale again. the repair bill would have topped $3 billion. back in june the flames tore through all 11 of the decks with temperatures reaching 1,000 degrees. investigators are treating it as arson. that investigation does continue today. >> trace: new concerns about any coronavirus vaccine over whether your boss can actually require immunization. a headline in npr reading as covid-19 vaccine nears employers consider making it

mandatory. mercedes colwin, great to see you. that's the question of the day, right? can your employer make it mandatory or at least -- >> there are lots of challenges for employers in dealing with this situation. yes, they can change the policy, they can require vaccinations but it is mired with lots of challenges. there will be employees that say i don't want to be vaccinated. i want an accommodation. in those circumstances the employers have to grapple with a decision to accommodate that individual because in the final analysis employers need to make their workplace safe. midst of a pandemic. require vaccinations is the easy solution but then comes the challenges. there will be requests for accommodations for individuals with co-morbidities and concerned they may have a reaction to the vaccination. then they will have a personal

injury case against their employer so a worker's comp claim. so many changes and issues that employers have to deal with. frankly, i'm doing this type of consultation on a daily basis with employers that are making those decisions as we speak today. we need to make sure that the workplace is safe in the final analysis and balance it against the needs of the individuals who feel they are at risk if they're vaccinated. >> trace: you talk about some of the things that you can use as an employee to get out of it. what can workers do against vaccine mandates? seek a vaccine exemption on medical grounds, a vaccine exemption due to religious beliefs. alternative accommodations use of personal protective equipment. working separately or working from home. the overall theme is that even if your employer says he need to get a vaccine yeah, there are a lot of ways around this and that could -- could that delay the process for quite

some time? >> well that's a great question because you've identified three buckets employers can determine whether or not they can do this with respect to the employees. in the final analysis is this a reasonable accommodation? can you actually as an employer give that accommodation to those individuals? so medical accommodation is a pretty easy one. most employers will exceed and give that accommodation for the individual. religious accommodations as well. where it gets sticky is whether or not employers are going to say in lieu of a vaccination show up with mask and shield every day. there will be a level of discomfort and you have to realize there will be individuals, other employees that will be vaccinated and look to their employer and say i want this in my workplace. why isn't this other co-worker required to do so? in those circumstances the employer may ask the employee

to continue working from home until they are comfortable with a vaccination or a permanent accommodation to that employee and not mandate that vaccination. to answer your question it may delay things pretty much. it could delay things since some employers for a very extended period of time. >> trace: from employers to the government. that's the next question. can the government mandate it? florida governor ron desantis said this and get your reaction on the flip side. >> our goal is to make all safe and effective covid vaccines available to floridians who want them. but the state will not mandate that floridians take these vaccines. that will be the choice of each and every floridian. >> trace: he says he won't floridians to take the vaccine. law professors saying i think there is a compelling argument that can be made and a lot of lawyers could back it up the government can mandate this. your final thoughts, mercedes. >> you're exactly right. trace, there is precedent for

that. back in the 1900s, early 1900s in massachusetts there was couple pull sorry vaccinations for smallpox. challenged it court and the challenged was overruled and state was permitted to do that. public health concerns are of such a huge priority especially in the midst of this pandemic states have wide latitude, can make these requirements, can make these mandates and you will see it state by state. those considerations taken by the governors and local government what they are going to do with their particular states. >> trace: it's why you are the best. great to see you as always. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> sandra: okay, thank you, republicans expressing doubt that neera tanden can be confirmed to head the white house budget office after spending years attacking gop lawmakers on social media and elsewhere. cornyn says she might be

biden's worst pick so far. in light of her insulting and combative comments of many members of the senate on our side of the aisle it creates a problematic path. jessica tarlov is fox news contributor. brian brenberg is from the king's college in manhattan and fox news contributor. good to see you both. thank you for being here. let's debate this. senator john cornyn said this could be his worst pick so far and went as far as to call her radioactive, brian. why is he suggesting this would be such a bad choice? >> well, because she has attacked so many gop republican senators over the years not only on the right. she has been a very harsh critic of many on the right but a harsh critic of many on the left. no love for her in the sanders camp. many people have opposed her appointment to this position on the left as well. so you have a candidate we're talking about biden wanting to promote unity, you have a candidate who doesn't seem to

be able to unify anybody. nobody on the right or the left? it will be very hard for her to get through this especially if republicans hold the senate. even if she does, the pushback from the left can create real problems for biden and real problems for her in that post. >> sandra: is that a fair point? you go back during the presidential primary in 2019. bernie sanders to brian's point wrote this fiery letter to the center for american progress which she led accusing her of -- is anyone cheering on this pick? >> well, everyone in the biden camp is cheering it on. there are many people in the sanders camp who have lauded this selection. there were more afraid that bruce reid, former chief of staff to biden would be picked. that was more concerning to them than things that neera tanden said on twitter. we can all acknowledge on this

panel the ridiculousness of republicans talking about someone not getting through by things they said on twitter when they stood by president trump and tweeting and they do everything from say i haven't seen it yet to that's just who he is. he is brash. yes, is neera tanden a twitter troll? 100%? unqualified for this position? absolutely not. it will be a tough hearing but i don't want to hear any crocodile tears from republicans about what she said about them on twitter when they've stood by trump. >> sandra: here is chuck schumer on the criticism that you are pointing out from the gop so far. >> neera tanden, the first woman of color to run the office of management and budget some on the republican side grasping at straws have taken issue with comments made on issue criticizing the policy positions of republicans in congress. if republicans are concerned about criticism on twitter,

their complaints are better drektd at president trump. >> sandra: it wasn't just policy positions, brian, that she was tweeting about. the "new york post" goes into full detail this morning. pointing out many of the things that she said back in 2016 of which she said trump only won because russian hackers changed votes. she promoted the idea of elect tors going against voters and putting hillary clinton in office among other things, brian. >> look, you know that she knows this is a problem because she has gone back and deleted all sorts of her tweets over the years. she is embarrassed by what she said and wanted to get rid of it. if you want to talk policy we can talk about twitter. let's talk policy. she is problematic from that perspective on climate change policy, regulation, taxation. far to the left. it is funny to see bernie sanders folks critiquing her when she is in their same camp.

a real issue for her beyond the twitter account. >> sandra: let's talk about policy and let's talk about economic policy, right, jessica? the "wall street journal" editorial board on the return of the obama economists. if joe biden is trying to distinguish his administration from barack obama's he hasn't succeeded in the choice of economic advisors he rolled out monday. they're obama veterans who believe in more spending, more regulation, higher taxes, and easier money. what we have seen so far, does it point to a third obama term as many have called it? >> it does to me but i think that we -- yeah, i agree with the assessment it does point to that. i would just say that it's pretty important to name the guy who was number two to barack obama while all this was going on and the new president-elect and that joe biden would want to continue working with people who served him ably for decades starting

in the senate going all the way to the vice president makes complete sense to me. >> sandra: you haven't seen joe biden embrace -- i have to get brian in here. go ahead. >> yeah, you could say it's a third obama term but there is a difference. the context of the democratic party is very different than it was when these folks were back in the obama administration. so people are talking about them as moderates but the fact is this is not a moderate party and nothing in their profile that would prevent them from moving further to the left. you will see these folks in these rolls with a much more progressive bent than you saw 10 years ago. >> sandra: final jessica. >> final final janet yellen noted progressive? come on, brian. that's a little inauthentic. >> you are talking regulation. a total argument to be had there, jessica.

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♪ no more government overreach >> trace: message received loud and clear. van morrison released protesting covid-19 restrictions in the u.k. and now teaming up for eric clapton

to help musicians struggling during the pandemic. i love both of them. i married a brown-eyed girl. the key is they have gotten some pushback for this, carley. >> yes, first of all it was very cute, trace. but this is van morrison's fourth song protesting coronavirus lockdowns. the first three are titled born to be free as i walked out and if you had any doubt where he stands on this issue. the third song as you heard called no more lockdowns. the one written by van morrison and by eric clapton available for download on friday. he is pushing for all music venues to open at full capacity. he does not think the government has any right to continue with these lockdowns. yeah, like you said he is facing criticism from northern ireland's health minister who calls his songs and message

dangerous. the same conversations that we're having in this country are happening all over the world, trace. >> trace: back in september van morrison said the following. i'm not telling people what to do or think. the government is doing a great job. it's freedom of choice. a few days ago eric clapton says we must stand up and be counted. we need to find a way out of this mess. the alternative is not worth thinking about. live music might never recover. you read stories, there are musicians who are dying on the vine because they got nobody to perform for and the revenue from the music industry is not the same as it used to be. you have to perform live to make a living. >> that's right. there is no doubt that we are in the thick of things from the health standpoint with the u.s. reporting a record hospitallations. nine months into the pandemic and business owners are at the

end of their rope. back in march they were more willing to shut down for just a few weeks to flatten the curve. this time around you aren't seeing the same willingness. you have business owners like danny who you spoke to on staten island saying he won't shut down or a restaurant owner outside of chicago who told me he spent thousands of dollars on an air purification system only for the governor to reshut down indoor dining. he said he is staying open because at least he has a chance of his business surviving. if he locks down he is done. so i think it's very easy for government official efs to use that heavy hand of government but would a more precise precision sort of strategy be more beneficial from a health and economic standpoint? that's the question. >> trace: you talked about how the irish health department is giving van morrison pushback and the left is going after these guys on twitter. the social media mobbing after

these guys. ted cruz said dems are destroying many of their core constituencies. hollywood, broadway, pro-sports. bravo for them having the stand up to defend the thousands who work in the arts. your thoughts on this. >> i guess my final thoughts would be i am both stunned and not surprised if you talk about elected leaders at how many of them have broken their own coronavirus restrictions. stunned because how stupid can you really be and the stories are endless but not surprised. they're people, too. they want to go out and eat and see their families for thanksgiving. imagine being the business owner who recognizes the fact that his or her own elected leaders aren't even following the rules while also crippling and making it impossible for them to stay afloat. >> trace: council member who used to be on the doby gillis

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>> sandra: a 22-year-old mother of two who disappeared thanksgiving day has been found dead near her home just outside of st. louis. police are now searching for her killer. mike tobin is live in the midwest bureau. what do we know so far? >> sadly we know that the search for this mother of two ends with the family's worst fears. amethyst killian amy, she left

her house at 1:00 a.m. wednesday night for a run to the kwik trip. the town is st. pete's missouri. she was on foot and did not go to thanksgiving dinner. it triggered a search of a residential block and her body was found. police have said the 22-year-old died of brutal death leaving no doubt it's a homicide. her mother said amy lived a troubled life but loved her kids very much. she lived with her mother, stepfather and boy dprend. she had a 6-year-old girl. 11-month-old boy and five months pregnant. the family says they don't have enough money for a funeral. >> sandra: mike tobin reporting from chicago. thanks. >> trace: after an unsuccessful run for president businessman andrew yang could be exploring a run for another political office. one currently occupied by a former rival. details on that are next. dropped even lower.s have

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when he called for a universal basic income. >> trace: well, the baltimore ravens game is postponed yet again. originally set for thanksgiving day, it was moved to sunday, vented tuesday, not to wednesday afternoon because both teams are dealing with coronavirus infections kickoff now scheduled for three: 40 eastern time tomorrow so as not to conflict with the prime time programming. >> shannon: okay. meanwhile, these are your top stories as we approached the noon hour. about two hours to discuss how a covid-19 vaccine should be distributed and who should get those vaccinations first. >> trace: president-elect joe biden is said to formally introduce the economic team he is bringing to the white house. vice president-elect kamala harris will be there as well. he already announced his picks, including janet yellen for treasury secretary. a >> shannon: and we are

watching the dow this week as we enter were a brand-new month of trading. it has been making gains all day, the stock market heading record highs today. just below that psychological 30,000 mark. their rally has been boosted by new hopes for a stimulus packa package. hopes of a vaccine. markets weighing that in as well. so, what a feat that was to get above that last week, and here we are. december 1st. looks like the rally is going to continue at least for now. >> trace: don't blink because it was above 30,000. it might go back above that by the end of the day. sandra, great to see you. it >> sandra: thank you for joining us, everybody. "outnumbered" starts now. >> harris: let's do this. controversy brewing over one of president-elect joe biden's cabinet choices, which has

republicans and even some democrats quite angry today. biden is expected to announce. that is going to happen today, and a sign of the troubles that progressives have with her, bernie sanders press secretary tweeted this. "everything toxic about the democratic party is embodied in neera tanden. meanwhile, signaling a tough confirmation battle ahead, going after her combative and insulting comments about g.o.p. colleagues. and lindsey graham named her as one person in the g.o.p. you must win the georgia runoff in january and keep control of the senate. watch. >> so, if you want to stop this nonsense, you want to make sure this nut job doesn't become the director of the budget in charge