>> set your dvr at 6:00 a.m. every morning. >> open up, open up. >> sandra: outrage on stan ten island. hundred protesting in support of bar owners shut down for violating covid-19 restrictions. the bar's general manager was arrested earlier this week for serving people indoors in defiance of those new restrictions. we'll have a live report from staten island and speak to that general manager moments from now. >> if we're right about the fraud, joe biden can't be president. we're talking about hundreds of thousands of votes. what a disaster this election

was. a total catastrophe. but we're going to show it. and hopefully the courts in particular the supreme court of the united states will see it and respectfully, hopefully they will do what's right for our country. >> sandra: another alert now. president trump blasting alleged election irregularities. it was posted on social media. the president said it could be the most important speech he has ever delivered as his legal team pushes forward with more court challenges to the november election. i'm sandra smith. hi, trace. >> trace: good morning, everyone. ifm owe trace gallagher. in his speech the president said mail-in voting opened up the floodgates for voter fraud. more whistleblowers come forward to testify in the michigan legislature saying they witnessed voter fraud.

>> any time i tried to look at the ballot i would get two or three of the poll workers literally screaming at me to get back six feet. at no time were we able actually to physically see the ballot. the ballot had a straight party ticket vote for both a democrat and republican. the poll worker said i think i'll give it to the democrat. >> trace: louisiana senator john kennedy is standing by with his take in a moment. we begin with griff jenkins. the president continues to fight in several battleground states today. where are they? >> good morning, trace. that's right. they filed a new lawsuit in wisconsin last night. in just a few hours in nevada they will be presenting some 15 witnesses before a judge claiming voter fraud. this in the wake of attorney general bill barr finding no evidence of a fraud that could change the outcome of the

election results. and it is after that 46 minute video the white house released to social media without any members of the press present where the president repeated many claims of fraud that he has made before. none of which have held up in court so far. >> president trump: this colossal of mail-in voting opened the floodgates to massive fraud. it's a widely known fact that the voting rolls are packed with people who are not lawfully eligible to vote. this is not disputed. it has never been disputed. >> meanwhile in michigan the president's legal team led by giuliani presented more witnesses with allegations of fraud at a hearing before the michigan house oversight committee. watch. >> i was standing behind the tabulateor machines and i could tell that most of those people did not know what to do when a ballot gets jammed. >> at the table i saw double

counting. i saw that several times on the jams. they would take the ballots just scanned and just rescan them again. >> but trace, as the legal battles continue even some of the president's staunch allies are growing weary. >> to the trump legal team you are making all these claims. you have to prove it. doing a video is not proof. you need to take these claims into a court of law and get relief. >> in arizona a hearing as well today. the president has several events today including presenting the medal of freedom to coach lou holtz. we'll see if the president has more to say. right now he is continuing to fight. >> trace: griff jenkins live in washington thank you. >> sandra: for more on this let's bring in louisiana senator john kennedy. member of the judiciary and appropriations committees. senator, good morning and

welcome. i want to start off first by listening to this pennsylvania whistleblower. he spoke on hannity last night. gregory stren strom. he describes irregularities and said he witnessed them himself. listen. >> they are used in the voting machines, they come out of the scanners and upload into computers at a counting center and how the precincts report in and the counts go up. so those usb sticks are all supposed to come back with the ballots, cartridge and paper tapes by the election judges. they are supposed to come into the voting center. what we found is a bunch of baggies that came in. usb six and paper tapes and the cartridges were all taken apart and co-mingled. a forensicly destructive process. >> sandra: he also told sean as a certified poll watcher in

delaware county, senator, he witnessed at least 24 instances of usb drives being uploaded to computers in a chester canvassing building without any outside oversight. what should be done with whistleblower complaints like his? >> they should be investigated. let me make a couple points, sandra. first let me state the obvious. many democrats, some republicans, a lot of members of the media, have their bowels in an uproar because the president refuses to concede and he has gone to court. everybody is entitled to their opinion, this is america. here is my opinion. the president has every right to say -- to offer his opinion about the election. number two, he has every right to go to court and contest the

results of the election. and you have every right to disagree. but that doesn't degrade democracy. it elevates it. during the coronavirus the world has become more authoritarian. look at other countries. in other countries, many, when folks disagree with an election they riot, most of us don't. we don't try to stage a coup. we go to court. at some point these court cases will be over and we'll have a declared winner. and i'll congratulate the winner. number two, there is nothing inherently fraudulent about mail voting. but there is a lot more that can go wrong with mail voting than in-person voting. and that's one of the reasons people are skeptical about this

election. we didn't have an election day like we are used to. we had an election month and they are still counting in some places. and let me put it this way. i think this is how lots of americans look at it. they think to themselves if i won the powerball, would i mail in my ticket to collect the money or would i go in person? and i think the answer is obvious. they would go in person. and i think we have to face that. >> sandra: so i hear you saying that the president has got the constitutional right to continue with this battle and he made that case in 45 minute facebook video he posted yesterday. he suggested it may be the most important speech of his presidency. how far do you want him to go with this? we're already looking at december 3, 2020. how far do you want him to push? >> it's up to the president. i will add this, since i'm

offering my opinion. mayor giuliani would not be my first choice to lead this fight. i'm not saying he is not a good lawyer. he obviously is. but this is an area of the law that is very -- election law. i would get attorneys involved who understand election codes in various states. the president is trying not just to demonstrate fraud but he is trying to say that it's so prevalent it affected the results of the election. but to answer that's all a long winded answer. to answer your original question should fraud be investigated? the short answer is yes. the long answer is hell yes. >> sandra: as we say this as you know people in your state, people across this country right now are struggling. small businesses are fighting to survive. covid relief. is it on the way?

we know chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have decided to back this bipartisan plan. where do things stand now? >> number one, i think my colleagues who put together what the press is calling the bipartisan plan, we haven't seen a bill yet. i want to see the bill. around here it is about the details. i don't think my colleagues. they are not near 60 votes. number three, speaker pelosi has not signed off on the bipartisan plan. she said it's a good point to start negotiations. and she has privately communicated she wants 1.3 trillion. >> sandra: can i read this and get you to respond so we aren't playing with words? the joint statement on those stimulus talks in the spirit of compromise we believe the bipartisan framework should be used as the basis for immediate

bipartisan negotiations. of course, others will offer improvement. we believe with good faith negotiations we could come to an agreement. senator. >> i think that's what i said. privately she has told us that she wants 1.3 trillion. but the bottom line, if you put a bill on the floor of the senate that helps small business people, that provides additional employment benefits, that provides more money for distributing the vaccine. that provides for money for testing, that provides some money for schools that want to open. some of our schools don't want to open. i think most senators, well over 60 members of the senate will pounce on that bill like a ninja, i will. but when the extra issues are added as the speaker has insisted on doing and when she wants to bail out california,

for example, "wall street journal" is reporting that this fiscal year income in the state of california this fiscal year is up 19%. now, i don't know if the "wall street journal" is right or wrong but they're pretty reputable. if that's true, why do they need a bail-out? >> sandra: it includes funding for small businesses, $300 weekly unemployment insurance. >> i'm for it. >> sandra: really appreciate your time this morning. thank you, sir. trace. >> trace: meantime hundreds of protestors gathered outside mac's public house on staten island last night in a show of support for the owner arrested by new york city sheriffs. the owner refused to stop serving people indoors despite being in the state designated orange zone where cases are spiking and indoor dining is banned. laura ingle live outside the bar on staten island with more on this. good morning. >> good morning, trace. as you might be able to see

behind me mac's public house is plastered with signs declaring itself an autonomous zone informing the public of that so they could stay open, serve customers and get around the coronavirus restrictions. after the bar was closed down on tuesday the locals not too happy about it. check out what happened here last night. man, it was a scene. hundreds swarmed this staten island street to show their support for the owners of mac's pub after new york city sheriff's deputies made a last call for all and shut it all down and placed one of the co-owners under arrest for defying covid restrictions, including serving food and booze for free in exchange for donations after the pub's liquor license was suspended and staying open after the state imposed 10:00 p.m. curfew. he said the idea was to get livelihoods back and operating it and doing it in a safe way. >> we've been preaching safety

from day one. we know how to be safe in our own places. so if we know how to be safe in our places and these big chain places like wal-mart, target, home depot, if they can open, we know how to do things in a safe way. we need to be able to provide for our families. >> he was here last night and said this is how we make the change as people were demanding the bar be reopened. as you mentioned this particular area on staten island has been designated an orange zone which is why there has been so much concern from local officials here. but another point to note that a few blocks from here is the yellow zone where bars and restaurants are allowed to not only stay open but to also serve indoors as well. so that's a big point of contention out here for some of the folks on staten island. >> trace: the owners have said the coronavirus doesn't stop at the train tracks.

laura ingle live. we'll talk to the co-owner and general manager who was arrested danny. >> sandra: stunning allegations of voter fraud ahead of the critical georgia senate run office. registering out of state and dead voters and a rising star in the democratic party is linked to it all. plus this. >> we need to stay home if you can. do everything you can to try to keep the numbers down. this is not the time to relax. >> sandra: and yet another case of covid restriction hypocrisy. a democratic mayor telling the people of his city to hunker down, stay home while he was vacationing in mexico. ♪ before discovering nexium 24hr

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>> sandra: cdc is once again warning americans not to travel over the christmas holidays but people who do we side to travel to take a coronavirus test before and after their trips. the recommendations come as infections surge across the country with hospitalizations

and deaths from covid-19 at record highs. the cdc strongly advising against travel for thanksgiving as we know. millions of americans did ignore those warnings. >> trace: georgia launching investigations into several voter registration groups including one founded by former democratic governor candidate stacy abrams. the secretary of state accusing her group of trying to register out of state or deceased voters ahead of next month's senate runoff elections. >> something that came to our house yesterday. we got three of them all from the same organization. it's to my son who passed away two years ago. >> dan henninger is the deputy editor for the "wall street journal" and fox news contributor. good morning. always great to see you. there are four or five liberal groups being investigated by the secretary of state of georgia.

i want to focus on the new georgia project founded by stacey abrams. run for three years by now senate democratic candidate warnock and i want to put these on the screen. some of the complaints against them. soliciting registration from a dead person. soliciting registration from a person ineligible to vote. soliciting registration from a person who moved away five years ago and soliciting registration from a person who lives in new york city. there are about 10 of these in all the groups involved. what is your take on this? >> well, i think you have to think about this in two ways, trace. one we are talking about stacy abrams, not just anybody in georgia. she was a candidate for governor and ran a very close race against brian kemp. a significant democrat. secondly, there is nothing particularly wrong with generating voter turnout. that's how you win elections. that said, we do have to understand that the democrats have over the years not just

this election, but in recent years tried to make it as easy as possible for people to qualify for vote, or they have extended the vote to say felons and tried to extend the vote to felons in prison. it sounds to me as though what is happening here is that these operations, like the one stacy abrams is running, are sending out the equivalent of junk mail. you can buy lists like this, send it out. they have names on them. you just shotgun it out across the state whether people are still living there, whether or not they're dead. but it is reassuring that the secretary of state is on top of this. the rubber is going to hit the road when these people actually vote and show up. that is when they'll have to be able to prove who they are or who they claim to be. but indeed it is a problem if they're trying to extend or shoot out these junk mails to people who don't live in the

state who are already dead. but it looks like the secretary of state is on to that. >> trace: that's a good point. you bring up the idea it's reassuring because the secretary of state is all over this thing. but on the same hand do you see, dan, how republicans are skeptical, how they look at the election results and look at these accusations and think you know, this whole thing is not proper. you see where the skepticism comes in there. >> i certainly see where the skepticism comes in and it is in my mind a huge incentive for republican voters down there to make sure that they themselves do show up to vote and as well there is a lot of evidence that the republican party is intending to fireproof this election. they have squads of lawyers down there already on the ground, not just a handful. but they will be monitoring this election very closely. they have canvassers going

door-to-door, which is shoe leather campaigning. that's what are you supposed to do. and they're running the election and monitoring the election the way they should and doing it ahead of time rather than worrying about it post fact tow which is what happened in the presidential election. so far it looks to me as though the republican party, despite the concerns of base voters, is doing exactly what they should to insure this election is run with integrity. >> trace: karl rove is a bit concerned as well that some of the trump loyalists may not turn out in the "wall street journal." rather than simply vent his grievances mr. trump must remind supporters no matter how frustrated they are with november's results they must turn out for mr. perdue or miss loeffler otherwise it would advance agenda and look into the trump's actions with

endless subpoenas. >> that's exactly right. the senate will try to reverse much of the trump legacy and bear in mind if they hold the senate this time, trace, you have the mid-term elections where on the basis of this the republicans should be able to increase their hold in the senate and maybe take back control of the house. that is the basis on which president trump should want to go forward towards over the next four years. that strong base. >> trace: we have about a month to go until the runoff election. it will be fascinating. dan henninger, always good to see you, sir. thank you. >> see you, trace. >> trace: tune into fox news for special coverage of the georgia runoff debate. kelly loeffler will square off with the reverend raphael warnock. martha maccallum will have special coverage beginning 6:45 eastern time right here. >> sandra: thank you, trace.

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>> sandra: it is the bottom of the hour. time for top stories. president trump making his case for voter fraud as the president's legal team strikes out with its lawsuits in several key battlegrounds. >> trace: covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths hitting new records in the u.s. more than 3100 people died from the virus yesterday. hospitalizations also topped 100,000 for the first time. >> sandra: more than three dozen states led by new york are gearing up to sue facebook over alleged antitrust violations. the second major case against a big tech company this year. the justice department filed a suit against google back in october. >> we need to stay home if you can. do everything we can to try to keep numbers down.

this is not the time to relax. we may have to close things down if we're not careful. >> trace: not the time. the mayor of austin, texas called out for hypocrisy after he urged folks to follow coronavirus restrictions while vacationing in mexico. casey stiegel live in dallas. what does the mayor say for himself now? >> he has apologized. it happened in early november. story broke yesterday. his office never called or wrote back for a response on it. last night this was posted on social media. >> i'm sorry i took that trip. it was a lapse in judgment. i want you to know that i apologize. i want you to know that i regret that travel. i wouldn't travel now. i didn't over thanksgiving. and i won't over christmas. and no one should. >> he flew to cabo with eight

guests following his daughter's wedding staying at a mexican time share when he posted the video urging his residents to stay at home and now wasn't the time to relax. the wedding with 20 invited guests at a hotel in austin happened at a time when the city was under a stage three advisory. that meant gatherings of 10 or more were highly discouraged. mayor adler contends everyone had to be tested before attending that wedding and he claims that he consulted his local health authorities beforehand. trace. >> trace: he was at the resort when he recorded the video telling people to stay home? >> he was at the resort one day into the trip. you can see from the angle of the camera it is tilted up and you see the ceiling and the ceiling fan but he was at that time share asking people to stay at home and it wasn't the time to relax. >> trace: like gavin newsom going to the french laundry saying don't eat out. it is unbelieve *bl. >> sandra: for more on that let's bring the our panel juan

williams and josh holmes. juan, how do you explain this? how do you sit in a hotel room in mexico and tell people back in your city stay home, don't go anywhere, live by different rules than me? >> it was rank hypocrisy by politicians. there isn't any getd getting around it. bad behavior by politicians especially since it's human nature to follow the leader's example. you have bad behavior. it is not a matter of bad policies. the policies are good policies. i wish the leaders had exhibited good practices by exhibiting that they in fact were faithful to their own policies. >> sandra: juan says leaders. we aren't just talking about the mayor of austin, texas. put up on the screen. remember the stories with gavin newsom at the fancy restaurant

french laundry. london breed kind at the same restaurant a day later pushing for more restrictions for people there. los angeles county superviseor. we know these stories, josh, why do they keep happening? >> this is the marie antoinette stale of government. let them eat cake. we have governors and mayors that have engaged in rank hypocrisy at the highest level. the question is how is that working out? their lifestyle is the same as it was before this crisis started. and if you look at where things are now, they have no problem locking down their communities, bankrupting their businesses, turning their cities basically into burnt out trash cans but yet they continue to live these amazing lifestyles. this is a real problem. i think if they got outside their bubble and looked around and realized americans can make decisions for themselves that they would be a lot better

place than governing from abroad. >> sandra: there is a much bigger picture here, too, the small businesses struggling to survive, if they've even been able to hang on this long. dr. fauci was on with martha and suggested that perhaps the shutdowns are being misinterpreted. listen to this. >> it's doing some fundamental basic public health measures that is certainly short of locking down. i think there is kind of a misunderstanding of people thinking that when you ask people to do some simple public health measures that -- >> they are not allowed to open. the schools, many of them are closed. college kids who have been prisoners in their dorm rooms, they can't leave and little kids whose mothers have had to quit their jobs. tell them there is no lockdown, doctor. >> sandra: it's tough out there, juan. people are struggling and now they are acting out in some

cases and trying to fight back. >> they should. i think people feel trapped. this has been going on for a long time, sandra. it is not as if you said take this step for a few weeks and we'll be okay. at the moment we're talking about well into the spring because of what we've heard from the cdc director that he thinks that january and february will be so hard. >> sandra: josh, final thought? >> i think people can make a decision for themselves honestly. i think most americans understand who the vulnerable populations are within their family and make decisions accordingly. >> sandra: we wish all the small businesses trying to get through this the very best. great to see both of you. thank you. >> trace: kayleigh mcenany saying we have only seen the tip of the iceberg on voter fraud allegations. >> experts dug into this. we found 103,709 ballots that we believe were illegal ballots. >> trace: as we hear from

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>> in every city, in every town in america, this is how we make the change. >> open up, open up. >> trace: hundreds of outraged protestors gathering last night outside a pub on staten island. one of the bar's co-owners was arrested earlier this week for staying open in defiance of new york coronavirus rules. joining me now is presti,

co-owner of mac's public house. we had you on a couple days ago pre-arrest. you got arrested a short time later. can you tell us now why you were arrested and did they have an arrest warrant when they came in? >> thanks for having me on. no, they did not have an arrest warrant. they didn't have a warrant to come in. before all of this i thought there were serious rights being infringed on and every day that passes now even hour to hour it seems as though this city and state have no regard for any of the rules or systems in place at this point. >> trace: we know they came in as a sting operation and under cover guys and came in and they arrested you and took you out. we're showing the pictures now. you have a lot of support going into this. saw the protestors coming out. it looks like support and momentum are going your way. on the other side you have lost your liquor license. they have imposed thousands of dollars in fines. what is your next move?

what do you do now? >> it's become a complicated process. again they are just -- they have no disregard for any of the rules or laws in place. the last couple days they formed a barricade of sheriffs, a literal wall in front of our establishment and will not let anybody in, even though there is an order on the door that says that we're allowed to have the public in. they are saying we're not allowed to have service. and they had the state senator put in handcuffs for trying to come in after we said he was our legal co-counsel and they are not even giving any answers. so the situation has now escalated into all of this and we do have a team of not only people supporting us but a legal team trying to sort through all this mess because there is a complete disregard for any of the rights or laws that we are supposed to have. >> trace: it has to be

frustrating when you see these cases of political hypocrisy across the country. i want to see if you stand by this. we have pleaded with mayor deblasio and governor to work with us and they haven't. they kept kicking the can down the line trying to blame the federal government. you know what? the federal government didn't shut us down. new york was shut down by the governor and his mayor, it is on them. do you stand by it? do you think maybe if i opened a high-end french restaurant we would have politicians lined up out the door? what is your last thought on this? >> yeah, it's exactly what i said there is exactly how we feel. and i think that everybody can see that. that there is hypocrisy all over the place when these governors such as in california can go and eat at these fancy restaurants and do these things and even last night after our rally, which was tremendous, we went three blocks away and we went into an establishment and actually sat down and had

something to eat because it was before 10:00. and none of these things make sense. the sheriffs parked outside don't make any sense and that's exactly why we're here doing this. i needed to bring attention to this situation and we have to fight. and we have to do it together. >> trace: you are in orange zone. across the tracks is a yellow zone and the rules are different. best of you can to you, danny. we'll bring you back on as the news breaks in this. but we are watching. thank you, danny. >> thanks for having me on and hope to keep you updated. >> sandra: a christian school in kentucky taking its case to the supreme court to stay open. so are covid rules keeping the schools closed unconstitutional? and all eyes on georgia ahead of a pivotal debate in the senate runoff races. what will we see in sunday night's big face-off? the moderator of that debate will join us live next.

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>> sandra: all right, this will be a pivotal weekend in the georgia runoff races that will determine control of the senate. senator kelly loeffler and her challenger warnock are set to debate in the only face-off before the january 5th election. russ spencer, waga is the moderator of that debate. russ, welcome. >> thank you, good to be with you. appreciate it. >> sandra: great to have you here. what is your strategy as the moderator of that debate going into it? >> i should tell you going into this my role in this will be

relatively modest compared to some of the moderators that we've seen this fall in debates. i'll be the traffic cop. i have two very excellent journalists in atlanta asking the questions, greg and lisa. i'll be keeping time, making sure the candidates play by the rules, get equal time and a chance to respond to the attacks against each other. they'll get a chance to ask each other questions, too. >> sandra: kelly loeffler went off on warnock on sunday morning futures on the fox news channel on sunday. >> in my race, he hass spouseed radical views from the pulpit. attacked our police officers calling them gangsters, thugs, bullies, a threat to our children. he would defund the police. he said we should empty our prisons. he would turn violent criminals into our streets. he has said you can't serve in the military and serve god. >> sandra: how do you plan to approach those issues in the debate?

>> that's a really good question. we are being bombarded, sandra, by advertising. tens of millions of dollars every commercial break all day long. and that is one of them that kelly loeffler is using against raphael warnock taking snippets who he has said from the church of martin luther king junior. we'll give them a chance to flesh it out. warnock will probably say what he said serving god in the military is an echo of matthew 6:24 and put it into context. on the other hand she has been accused of insider trading. she says it is not true. we'll give them more than 30 seconds that you get in the commercials to explain their position and try to tell a fuller truth. >> sandra: you've seen both sides lay out the stakes of these runoffs. it's pivotal. the weight of the world on your shoulders. >> this is the only debate between now and january 5th.

the democrats have a big hill to climb. they have to win both to have control of the senate if joe biden is named the winner on december 14th. and they haven't won a statewide runoff since 1988. but this state is changing, sandra. president trump won by 200,000 votes two years ago and now behind by 12,000 and two recounts. >> sandra: we'll be watching. it will all go down sunday night. we'll be watching. thanks, russ. >> thank you. >> sandra: good luck. reminder our martha maccallum will host special coverage starting 6:45 eastern time on the fox news channel. >> trace: president trump lays out his case with voter irregularities in the november election saying it opened the floodgates to fraud. molly hemingway senior editor of the federalist is on deck. plus boeing 737 max cleared for take-off and we're about to give you a firsthand look at its return to the skies.

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have a round-trip flight on the 737 max between laguardia and miami and offering demo flights to employees and offered one to us. fox business was on board the boeing 737 max. its first flight with members of the public on it since the plane was grounded in march of 2019. in the air, it feels like any other commercial plane. that's exactly how american airlines wants it to feel on this demo flight and every flight after. we landed in tulsa, oklahoma where it has been doing maintenance on its two dozen airliners. preparing for the day they could fly again. >> i tell my friends, family, i tell anybody it is a safe airplane to fly. >> they updated the flight control system that was partially to blame for two crashes in 2018 and 2019. >> in addition to the changes, every pilot will receive hours

of training, including simulated failures before they can fly passengers on the 737 max again. this plane also has advancements in fuel efficiency and more environmentally friendly. american is adding more to its fleet and soon enough they hope the max is so common place customers won't care they're on one. if customers don't feel comfortable flying on the max yet every airline that flies this plane will let them rebook. >> trace: grady, thank you. >> sandra: top of the hour, brand-new evidence of liberal groups trying to stack the deck in the georgia runoff election sending ballot applications to out of state and in some cases even dead voters as control of the power in the senate hangs in the balance. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." thursday morning, i'm sandra smith. hello, trace. >> trace: good morning. i'm trace gallagher. one of those activist groups

was founded by georgia democrat stacy abrams and chaired by one of the candidates warnock. the aggressive registration efforts aimed at defeating the republicans david perdue and kelly loeffler. the secretary of state is looking into hundreds of allegations of election law violations. >> here is something that came to our house yesterday. we got three of them all from the same organization. it's to my son, who passed away two years ago. what they say can't be supported by the facts on the ground and we have proof in our own home. >> sandra: jonathan serrie in atlanta with claims of state law violations. what are the groups saying about those allegations this morning, jonathan? >> hi there. the new georgia project, the organization that was named in those post cards that arrived

at the secretary of state's house for his deceased son, that organization has yet to respond to my request for comment. however it's ceo told atlanta public radio station we haven't been contacted by the secretary of state or investigators and so this is nothing more than a press conference and an attempt to traffic in disinformation and spread republican fan fiction. georgia state officials have until friday to respond to a group of republican electors who are asking the 11th circuit court of appeals for a temporary injunction. the group wants to de-certify the results of the presidential election in the state and preserve all data on georgia's new voting machines until the electors can examine the devices for 10 georgia counties. two pro-trump attorneys behind that lawsuit held a rally in suburban atlanta. they called on georgia's republican senators who both face tough runoffs to publicly

demand the governor call a special session of the legislature to overturn joe biden's win in the peach state. >> if kelly loeffler and david perdue do not do it. they haven't earned your vote. don't you give it to them. >> i find it interesting somebody who has had a democrat voting record since 2004 1 telling republicans not to vote in an election. we encourage all voters to vote in an election. >> absentee ballots have begun arriving in voters' homes in advance of the january 5th senate runoff. >> sandra: thank you. tune in this sunday for a special coverage of the georgia senate runoff debate. martha maccallum hosts the coverage starting at 6:45 eastern time. tune in. >> trace: the president's legal team continues its election fight in several key states. rudy giuliani testified before the michigan house oversight

committee yesterday. he urged lawmakers to intervene to uncover fraud he says threw the state to biden saying the stakes could not be higher. >> you are the final arbiter of how honest or not your election is in your state. it is your responsibility to stand up to that and all i can tell you is we let them get away with this, i don't know what happens after this. >> trace: mark meredith live in east lansing, michigan, with more on giuliani's claims about election fraud and the response he got. good morning, mark. >> trace, good morning to you. it was quite the hearing for roughly four hours rudy giuliani and other invited guests laid out what they saw was widespread fraud when michigan voted last month. the state has already certified its results giving biden the win here. the timing of this hearing seemed a bit odd. for a few hours giuliani also had a chance to talk about what he saw was a mishandling of

absentee ballots and poll watchers being kept from being able to do their jobs. he implored the stay lawmakers to consider all of their options before the state officially sends off its electoral votes later on this month. >> this is a swindle, it is a con job, the theft of an election. and it was carried out by the same method in the city of detroit and with all due respect to detroit, several analyses of corrupt cities my city of new york comes ahead of detroit. >> witnesses laid out accusations and how absentee ballots weren't verified property or voting machines gave out incorrect data. some witnesses told the committee they faced harassment for speaking out and coming forward but also told lawmakers they felt compelled to speak up. >> ballots, signatures were all alike, no date stamp.

it was like empty after zero no third or second or first or nothing and none of them were coming up in the system. >> i personally eyewitnessed employees taking their pen and filling in the democrat straight ticket when it's not. >> this was not a one-sided hearing. democrats were also in the room. they criticized some of those speaking out saying why are they focusing only on detroit, an area that went heavily for joe biden? democrats blasted republicans saying the focus should be on pandemic relief, not last month's election. republicans said if the issues aren't addressed now it can only plague the state going forward. >> trace: mark, thank you. >> when i would try to challenge things that were clearly inaccurate. like a mismatched ballot. i saw it as well they would laugh and say you can't do that and immediately a democrat operative standing in the background would come in and start trying to agitate you and

get you really worked up. >> sandra: that was a whistleblower speaking out on hannity last night describe irregularities he saw in pennsylvania as a poll watcher. molly hemmingway joins us now. what are we to make of a whistleblower complaint like that? >> it's been interesting to see some of this testimony and whistleblowers in states like pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, georgia. people really trying to sound the alarm about how mail-in balloting was conducted this year. this is an issue that goes back decades for republicans. an issue that divides republicans and democrats. republicans have spent decades saying there needs to be greater election integrity. this year, of course, you had not just the greater election integrity but a move to massive mail-in balloting and less scrutiny. whether that's having these drop-off ballot locations where you don't know who is dropping off a ballot or whether it has been harvested which may or may not be legal in the state where

it is happening and frequently is not legal or ballots arriving without appropriate ballot control or election observers not being allowed in or being bullied away from contesting ballots that they think are questionable. these stories if you've been watching the hearings is person after person talking about their eyewitness experience on election day or in the days thereafter about all the troubling concerns. this is partially about what is happening now but much more for the republican party about preserving election integrity in the days to come. >> sandra: why when the president made that 45 minute social media message that he put on facebook yesterday that he also called perhaps one of the most important speeches of his presidency, he laid out specifically how he plans to continue this fight. i had senator kennedy from louisiana on top of the last hour, molly. i asked him about the challenges the president faces with this battle. listen. >> the president has every

right to say -- to offer his opinion about the election. he has every right to go to court and contest the results of the election. and you have every right to disagree. but that doesn't degrade democracy. that elevates it. >> sandra: molly? >> right. this is another example of how donald trump is saying things that republican voters care about. there are a lot of elected republican officials but few take this issue of election integrity as seriously as donald trump has been taking it not just right now in the last 30 days but in the months leading up to this election and the years leading up to it. this issue unites republican voters like nothing else. they want to make sure that people who vote are citizens. have appropriate identification and these things are checked. people have known for decades that mail-in balloting is ripe for fraud. "the new york times" said in 2012 it was ripe for fraud.

jerry nadler used to talk about that. we need secure elections. everybody agrees to have faith in the system. and when you decrease the scrutiny it -- and you have a close election like this one, razor thin, it is not a good situation for the republic. so people who are on the down side of this the end to care about it more in any given moment but the republican party for decades has cared about this and looking for a really strong, unified push from all their leaders, not just president trump as they make sure that this doesn't continue into the future. >> sandra: the president making clear he will continue that fight in the speech yesterday. last question on the hypocrisy we continue to see, molly, on some of these leaders, democratic leaders in california, now the mayor of austin, texas off on a vacation in mexico telling people back home to stay home. now is not the time to relax while he vacations after his daughter's wedding. what are we seeing here with

case after case of this? i think we've put together a growing list of lawmakers that are pushing for tougher restrictions while not following their own rules. >> right. it is unclear if they just think that the rules don't apply to them but only the little people or whether they don't think the rules actually matter at all in terms of public health. either way it is a disastrous scenario and an example of people who are in power, whether in governmental power or whether they are large corporations seem to be doing just fine during that global pandemic and people suffering through government-enforced mandates banning children from school and other things don't seem to have a voice here. this is another dangerous situation and tyrannical to see leaders behaving this way. they need to care about this. public health is very important and they need to not be hypocrites on this. >> sandra: i should say the mayor of austin said it was a lapse in judgment that he regrets doing that. but it still happened. molly, good of you to be here this morning. thank you.

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>> sandra: hawaii police arrested a couple after police say they boarded a plane after testing positive for covid-19. officials at san francisco airport reportedly told them to isolate there but instead they boarded their united flight to hawaii with a 4-year-old child. police arrested the couple for reckless endangerment and posted bail of $1,000 each and the child was reportedly released to a family member.

>> two runoff senate races. georgia, the world, the weight of the world is on your shoulders. we need you. balance of power in the u.s. senate is at stake. make no mistake, critical two senate runoffs. democrats up to their usual tricks. a group founded by stacy abrams under investigation tonight for trying to register out of state voters, ineligible voters, apparently dead voters. >> trace: hannity sounding off on the georgia senate runoffs at georgia's secretary of state investigates claims of liberal groups possibly breaking the law in order to beat the incumbent republicans. steven law is president of the senate leadership fund. we have four progressive groups being investigated for maybe nine or 10 different violations. as you look at these violations do you see common denominators or am i drawing conclusions too

quickly and these are all different situations? >> this is of great concern. when chuck schumer went out and said when we take georgia we'll change the country, that was a dog whistle to every group in georgia on the left that they should do whatever it takes to win these races, whether by fair means or foul. stacy abrams basically made a career of saying there was voter suppression going on in georgia with scant evidence. yet here we see that there is very credible evidence that these groups are breaking georgia election law by trying to add more people to the rolls who aren't eligible to vote. that's a great concern for anybody who cares about fair and honest elections in georgia and across the country. >> trace: you talk about stacy abrams. they issued a statement. she founded that project. the candidate warnock was the ceo of that project for the better part of three years. they responded by saying this. as georgians are turning out to

have their voices heard at the polls the secretary of state is resorting to desperate attempts to smear law-abiding organizations and scare eligible georgians are registering to vote in critical upcoming elections. we will not be deterred. what do you think? >> well look, i think that's kind of boilerplate press release language. i think what the secretary of state is doing here he should be commended for. he is making sure that if you are eligible to vote, you can register. if you're not, you shouldn't be on the rolls. not only should republicans be praising that, which they are, so should democrats and the rest of the media. i think it is really important people have a high level of confidence in these elections and to turn out vote. the most important message from all of this if you are in georgia and you care about freedom and the rule of law and the military and are you opposed to socialism. if you're eligible to vote you need to register and turn out on vote on january 5th.

all of those issues are on the ballot. the left clearly understands it and clearly they don't care what the rules are. them owe try to get everybody to try to vote and we need by lawful means to make sure our people turn out and vote as well. >> trace: the left is very concerned as you heard from the statement i just read about organizations scaring eligible georgian voters. on the other hand, karl rove was concerned by having these fraud accusations about atlanta and the presidential race, this race that maybe republicans will be skeptical and not turn out to vote. he writes the following in the "wall street journal." the president's trip to georgia on saturday is key. rather than simply vent grievances mr. trump must remind supporters no matter how frustrated they are with november's results they must turn out for mr. perdue or mr. loeffler otherwise a democratic senate would undo many of the president's accomplishment and spend years investigating the trump administration's every action with endless subpoenas. what do you think of karl

rove's take? >> it's absolutely right and to his credit the president has been completely on message on that. even though he has been critical of the election results he has steadfastly supported both senators perdue and loeffler and made the case they need to be elected. the future of the country is at stake. i expect he will do that. our voters are very fired up. there is a lot of evidence of great enthusiasm of them. we'll show we raised 104 million between october 15th and november 23. the most amazing part, 71 million dollars came in after election day. 71 million raised in 19 days. money isn't everything. but fundraising is an early leading indicator of enthusiasm. we're seeing it in fundraising numbers and polling numbers that republican voters in georgia understand that everything is at stake. the trump legacy, the future of freedom and socialism and right

now they seem very energized to vote. i hope that the president will communicate that as well. >> trace: if anybody can fire up the voters it is the president. he will be there saturday at 7:00 p.m. in atlanta. steven law, thank you. >> thanks for having me. >> sandra: the mother of an instagram influencer saying the death of her daughter was no accident. what we're learning about reported threats against the woman's husband. plus a fight between the squad and former president obama. how can president-elect biden promise unity when his own party isn't getting along?

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>> trace: bottom of the hour. time for top stories. joe biden warning another 250,000 americans could die from coronavirus between now and january. the president-elect is urging americans not to travel for the holidays. >> sandra: nancy pelosi and chuck schumer backing a bipartisan coronavirus relief package costing $908 billion. all this coming after months of a stalemate on capitol hill. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has rejected the package in favor of his own cheaper proposal. >> trace: the white house coronavirus task force telling the nation's governors that americans who celebrated thanksgiving with people outside their household should assume they have been infected with coronavirus. >> i guess you can use a snappy

slogan like defund the police but you know you lost a big audience the minute you say it. which makes it a loss less likely you'll get the changes you want done. >> sandra: president obama slamming the defund the police movement. the slogan is a losing one because it alien aits many voters. progressive democrats firing back at the former president. lawrence jones is fox news contributor and fox nation host. good of you to be here this morning. ilhan omar fired back with a tweet that looked like this. we lose people in the hands of police. it is not a slogan but policy demand. centering the demand for equitable investments and budgets for communities across the country gets us progress and safety. he seems to have ruffled some feathers with comments that he made. >> he did but it just shows you where the progressives are right now. look, you know, people shouldn't be surprised that they are making these demands and honestly, they have the energy of the party.

when you look at for example the legacy civil rights organizations like the naacp or the national urban league. they've been complaining to joe biden they haven't been getting those meetings. where groups like color for change and other progressive groups have gotten a seat at the table. president obama is not so much defund the police. he is upset that it could possibly make them lose seats in the house or in the senate and the fact there is a lot of moderates in this country believe there should be criminal justice reform but the motion of defunding the police will get surging crime like you see in new york, baltimore, philly and other more progressive cities. >> sandra: is this a suggestion that perhaps many on the left could actually use or find useful? to go back to his point about your defund the police slogan says it is a snappy one but you lose your audience the minute you say it. which makes it a lot less

likely you'll get the changes you want done. what's his message? >> he didn't say anything groundbreaking. most people in america would agree. the problem that the president is making right now is that he says audience. they have different audiences. these progressive members aren't looking for common ground. they want a revolution and if they have to take out their own party to get those changes they are willing to do that. these are people that were activists that ran on the ground. when you look at corey bush that just unseated lacey clay. she is an activist and been ton ground and has an obligation to give the people what she promised on the campaign trail. so i don't think these are people that are looking for this moderate approach that president obama is trying to give them. again, they have a lot of support on the ground. the problem is when you try to run a general election in swings districts the voters don't want that. i see a lot of support on the

ground for these type of movements when you look at those progressive areas. when you look in the moderate areas, they aren't looking for it. this is a turn-off message for them. >> sandra: you mentioned corey bush among those that fired right back to the former president obama with all due respect mr. president, let's talk about losing people. we lost michael brown junior, breonna taylor and losing loved ones to police violence. it's not a slogan but a mandate for keeping our people alive. defund the police. she says it is not a slogan but a mandate. if i could ask you final thoughts and expand on what you were about to say. you spent so much time in the middle of that growing call to defund the police in communities across america. and you saw firsthand the impact that that has on our police force and their ability to do their jobs when they see and hear that. >> yeah. so i've had this interesting

position here at fox news. i'm going out there having these conversations. i have my own experience as a black man. i've seen abuses of the state. but i've also seen where kids have been shot in these neighborhoods that they need the police in the neighborhoods to keep the community safe. and it is an interesting balance. if you would ask me ilhan omar makes the point that communities need more money. that's a tax issue. that's a matter of local politics of saying that citizens should keep more of their money. but if you are asking me to get rid of anti-crime unit that is out there to help police neighborhoods and harlem or the bronx and they can no longer do their job, i think that's problematic. again there is a balance approach to this. as a libertarian you'll hear me say get the citizens more money. if government has one responsibility. i know they like to fund all these different programs. that's to keep communities safe.

i think what you are seeing now for a lot of cops and there are some bad ones and when i find the bad ones i speak up against them. but what you are seeing from these cops they're saying look, i don't want to do this anymore. we'll be demonized, we're all being put in the same basket of all these bad apples. do you know what? i'll go home to my family and find something else to development it doesn't pay that well to begin with. >> sandra: great to have you here this morning. good to see you. trace. >> trace: instagram star found dead in texas, her body was found naked but no signs of injuries. now her mother is speaking out saying her daughter was the victim of foul play. christina coleman is live in los angeles. what did she say about the last time she spoke with her daughter? >> hi, trace. her mother says the last time she talked to her daughter was thanksgiving day. she says she sounded light

hearted. her mother is desperate for answers. >> it is just so painful for seeing someone so bright and having so much to offer just to be snuffed out. i don't know why. >> a dump trunk driver spotted her body on saturday morning. a car near the ditch, the video is part of the investigation. also a big question right now. did her job as a social media influencer play a role in her death? she shared a lot of details about herself from her personal life to her skincare routine to pictures of her husband on social media. >> 20,000 plus followers. they could have some sort of, i don't know, axe to grind or something with this person. >> as for her husband, his marriage was strong with her

and when she was stressed he would comfort her. now he is receiving death threats. the friends say their marriage was on the rocks. one said her boyfriend spoke with sharkey's husband before her body was found. >> 11 p.m. is when my boyfriend called and he said we got in an argument, she left. i don't know where she went. he just please let me know if you know anything. >> a lot of unanswered questions here. police have not identified a person of interest at this time. they continue to speak with sharkey's family and friends as part of this investigation. trace. >> trace: christina coleman live in los angeles. thank you. >> sandra: a religious school goes to the supreme court to stay open after a democratic governor shut schools down because of covid. will they be able to keep the kids in the classroom? we'll talk to the school's attorney. the search for an infamous bank

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it keeps the mandate by california in place but again this will put it at the top of the to do list on the lower courts to get this ruling out in short order. we'll have more on this as it comes in to "america's newsroom." >> sandra: kentucky's attorney general and private christian school filed an emergency request with the supreme court trying to overturn the democratic governor's executive order to shut all schools down. joining us now is roger byron, the attorney for danville christian school. thank you for being here this morning, sir. so the kentucky attorney general is arguing that private religious schools should be allowed to be open under the governor's current orders. why? >> the first amendment generally requires a government to treat religious gatherings of people as well as it treats other gatherings. in a covid-19 context this

means that a government can almost never apply restrictions to religious gatherings that doesn't also apply to other gatherings. things like going to the movies, shopping at a retail center or a shopping mall, going to work in an office or factory. almost everything is allowed in person. but private religious k-12 schools have been closed. >> sandra: i are read the lawsuit. in kentucky one can catch a matinee at the movie theater. work out at the gym. go to a gambling party and attend a wedding. a parent can send his or her child to daycare and pre-school and college students can attend classes but all of kentucky's religious schools are shuttered there has been a response from the u.s. court of appeals.

it said the governor's ruling can stand. the statement from the governor. while we all want to get our kids back to in-person instruction, the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit recognized it would endanger the lives of kentucky children, educators and families. do you further challenge what notion based on the fact you have dr. anthony fauci saying we have to get the kids back in schools? there is no evidence that kids are spreading this when they're in the classroom? >> certainly. in kentucky right now under the governor's orders the same group of people could attend a friend's wedding and then head to the gym together for a work-out. afterwards they could catch a matinee at the movie, they could attend a concert or as you said they could attend a u.k. basketball game with thousands of other people if the arena and swing by the liquor store. if they wanted they could get a tattoo. they could finish off their night at the indoor gambling slot machines down at the horse

tracks. what can they not do? they cannot attend a bible class at a private religious school. that is not what the first amendment requires. >> sandra: we know that justice brett kavanaugh who will consider the filing asked the governor to file a response by friday. has there been one yet? >> not to our knowledge. we're expecting a response by tomorrow. >> sandra: kavanaugh can act alone or refer the case to the full supreme court. we'll be watching this closely. sir. appreciate you coming on and we'll follow up with you. thank you. >> thank you. >> trace: shenanigans from hollywood ahead of the georgia senate runoffs. what some celebrities are telling voters to do and why it could raise questions about voter fraud. and a really rare sight in the night sky. while you might think you have double vision next. ♪

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>> sandra: you can experience this rare out of this world site. it will happen this month as the orbits of jupiter and saturn align closer than usual creating the effect of a double planet. what is called the great conjunction. it happens once every 20 years. the last time it was visible from earth was nearly 400 years ago. the planets will be getting closer from now until december 21st. >> trace: fairly spectacular. is it just a fake-out or fraud? some hollywood democrats say they're reaching out to republican voters but not all it's cracked up to be. carley shimkus is here with more. welcome. the theme here is you have some

of these hollywood types coming out and trying to get voters in georgia, gop voters in georgia, to vote or write in the president's name on the senate instead of kelly loeffler or david perdue. it is a walking dead actor daniel tweets the following here. vote trump for georgia senate runoff. all my republicans. let's stand with him. don't abandon him. write in his name. trump on runoff's election ballot. is this nothing but silly satire or is there something more nefarious at play here? >> okay, so daniel newman is actually from georgia. one of the tweets that he included also came with a video. he is pretending to be a georgia republican and he is using this ridiculous southern accent saying he is going to write in president trump's name and encouraging everyone else to do the same thing. it is clear that he is just trying to make his fans laugh and he doesn't think i'm sure

that he could actually pull the wool over any republican's eyes but there is a left wing super pac that is planning on putting up billboards in rural georgia counties and they will say perdue and loeffler didn't deliver for trump. don't deliver for them. i think this idea of democrats trying to get republicans not to vote for kelly loeffler and david perdue came from lynn wood, the pro-trump attorney who has been casting doubt in the georgia senate runoff and president trump is saying don't listen to that. you have to vote for these two. he is also going down to georgia on saturday to campaign for them. >> trace: you have 16 former gop former georgia leaders who got together and wrote the letter. they're clearly concerned about some of these tactics that are being employed here. they write the following quoting here. we have watched with increasing concern as the debate surrounding the state's electoral system has made some within our party consider whether voting in the coming

runoff election matters without every vote cast for president trump and all our republican candidates on november 3 also being cast in the u.s. senate runoffs. the trajectory of our state and nation will be altered on january 5. there is this legitimate concern that people are either going to stay home because of all these allegations of fraud out there, or they are going to vote for somebody other than loeffler and perdue. >> if you're a republican and president trump this whole idea must infuriate you. to be clear, president trump's first term legacy if he does not win his legal challenges, if democrats take control of the senate, his first term legacy is on the line. if democrats take control they'll quickly overturn a lot of what president trump just accomplished. these two elections are extremely important to president trump and his supporters. >> trace: we talk about

dreyfuss and john legend got involved to help the democrats. does it really help when celebrities come out? nobody is bigger than taylor swift and she came out in favor. didn't help at all. >> you know, it's been proven time and time again celebrities endorsing candidates doesn't really help to be honest. nobody really cares. but what does help is their money. and raphael warnock and john ossoff have had a majority of their donations come in from out of state. but on the flip side republicans really can use all this flood of hollywood coming into georgia saying listen, are you going to let hollywood decide the elections or will we decide the election? it's a mixed bag. >> trace: the republicans can use it to their advantage as well. carley, always good to see you. >> sandra: the covid vaccine allocations are it is just

around the corner but what if you don't want to take it? can your boss force you to? widespread election fraud in nevada going before the judge today. how strong is the trump team's case. they will make it. live to nevada next. >> the first lawsuit where you'll hear from these voters under oath in a courtroom we're allowed to bring cameras into this. at 12:00 p.m. tomorrow in a nevada courtroom you'll hear from these witnesses under oath. and because it's a ninja foodi, it can do things no other oven can, like flip away. the ninja foodi air fry oven, the oven that crisps and flips away. new projects means you need to hire.gers. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home.

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>> trace: preparations underway across america for the first mass shipments of coronavirus vaccine. the moment they get approved. what happens if your boss requires you to get the vaccine to go to work? we have more on that. good morning. >> trace, good morning to you. a lot of people talking about this right now and unfortunately according to one legal expert he says yes, people could get fired if they say no. a lot of folks are talking and thinking about saying no. recent gallup poll reveals 42% of americans say they would not get a covid-19 vaccine but employers may be able to require it. in the past osha actually gave employers the authority to mandate that h1n1 vaccine. the only way to file a medical exception. there is practically no federal guidance for a covid vaccine. labor department isn't

commenting and equal employment opportunity commission says it is still evaluating the whole situation. the idea that your boss could fire you for refusing to get a covid shot not sitting well with some. employment attorney thinks companies should get ahead of this. avoid a vaccine mandate all together and start working on a plan to educate their workforce right now. >> companies will have to determine how to get creative in order to encourage people to take the vaccine and to meet any kind of objections that they may face. ultimately there will be a number of legal challenges throughout the united states and it will be very difficult for employees and employers. >> trace, all of this has medical experts wondering what is the point of even creating a vaccine if people don't get vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity in the united states we would have to

immuneize 60 to 70% of the population. quite a feat. >> sandra: this is a fox news alert. at the top of a new hour the trump team's election fight heads to nevada and what could be a major turning point. the difference in today's hearing attorneys supporting the president say they have evidence. and the witnesses to make their case. the judge set to review it all just hours from now. more than a dozen witnesses set to testify and trump's team says they will not just prove widespread voter fraud. they will also have enough evidence to overturn the state's election results. welcome back to "america's newsroom." here we go. hour three. i'm sandra smith. good morning, trace. >> trace: hello everyone. i'm trace gallagher. today's hearing in nevada won't be like the others according to kayleigh mcenany. she explains why to sean hannity. >> this is the first lawsuit where you are going to hear from these voters under oath in a courtroom. we're allowed to bring cameras

into this. you'll hear from these witnesses under oath. more than that, even these witnesses saying someone voted in my name you will hear from experts who have been deposed and the leftist attack dogs, survived those depositions and will say we found 103,709 ballots that we believe were illegal ballots. >> sandra: jeff paul is live in carson city, nevada ahead of this going down. good morning. >> good morning, so far state and federal judges have yet to side with republicans on challenging the election process. now they are seeking to overturn the results of the election which were already certified here in the state of nevada. but that's what today is about. the trump campaign and team will go before a judge to present their argument to try to persuade the judge in carson city to either declare trump the winner or vacate the

election. the trump campaign asserts the election in nevada had substantial irregularities, and fraud. they say the election in nevada was illegitimate. trump campaign believes one of the major issues deals with how clark county processed the mail-in ballots. they contest it wasn't a fair process and that the machines used to verify signatures were problematic. >> we're quite confident in the fact that when the law and the facts are clearly adjudicated in this matter that it will be very clear that once all the voting happened, once everything occurred, the results were unreliable because of the irregularities and the fraud. >> however, democrats say this filing is too broad and utterly lacking the required specifics or any credible evidence. they say the trump campaign

has, quote, attempted to shoe horn tall tales of fraud and misconduct and it has been round lerejected. they say it's a desperate campaign work tongue overturn the will of the people and that the machines used, democrats say, those systems have already been ruled lawful to use and there is simply no evidence of widespread fraud. the hearing in carson city gets underway later this afternoon. each side will get an hour. sandra. >> sandra: jeff paul live in nevada for us. thank you. >> trace: today's hearing is just one day after president trump released a 46 minute long video on social media alleging widespread voter fraud in the november election. griff jenkins live in washington what is the reaction to the video? >> good morning, trace. it is getting some bipartisan criticism. democrats weary of the president's legal battle say put up or shut up. even some of the president's

most staunch allies are saying enough is enough. this video comes a day after attorney general barr says he found in evidence that would change to date the outcome of the election. the president fights on repeating many of the same claims of widespread voter fraud ultimately claiming the election was stolen. watch. >> president trump: if we are right about the fraud, joe biden can't be president. we're talking about hundreds of thousands of votes. we're talking about numbers like nobody has ever seen before. just as an example in certain states. >> the video was made without any members of the press present and the claims have not held up in court. lawsuit after lawsuit has been rejected as the president is hopeful the supreme court will take it up. >> president trump: what a disaster this election was, a

total catastrophe. but we're going to show it and hopefully the courts in particular the supreme court of the united states will see it and respectfully, hopefully they will do what's right for our country. >> as the legal fight continues even one of the president's biggest defenders says this video falls short. >> to the trump legal team you are making all these claims, you have to prove it. doing a video is not proof. you need to take these claims into a court of law and get relief. >> the president has several events at the white house today. perhaps we'll see more and hear more from him. if not, we certainly will by saturday night when he has a rally in georgia. trace. >> trace: griff jenkins live in washington >> sandra: for more on today's nevada hearing let's bring in miranda devine from the "new york post." we're about to see it go down. a nevada judge will review

evidence, we're told by the trump team, showing widespread election fraud occurred in clark county. enough that would overturn the results of the election in that state. your thoughts on that this morning. >> well, this is good news because at last we'll see the claims tested in a court of law. witness less have to speak under oath and put their money where their mouth is. up to now really it is pointless as lindsey graham just said having these sort of videos and public hearings in which people make these allegations. there is no point to that. it's not going to make any difference to overturning the election result. it gets people riled up and upset. there is a lot of misinformation that's being put out. so you have to go to court and you have to prove it. now, nevada is only six electoral votes and the president is much behind that.

the big hurdle to get over. this will have to happen in multiple states. it is a good thing because at the moment you have almost half of americans, 47% according to a rasmussen poll, who think that there is something dodgy about this election, something fishy about joe biden's win. among those you have 75% of republican voters, 30% of democrats. so this is a widespread suspicion in the populous about whether or not that election was legitimate. and the reason for that is because of widespread mail-in ballots which most countries do not use because they're so vulnerable to fraud. whether or not fraud existed and can be proven, widespread fraud, who knows? >> sandra: that's why we're waiting to see what happens in nevada. but to go back to attorney general bill barr and that a.p. interview saying to date we

have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election. kayleigh mcenany was pressed on this yesterday. she said it has misconstrued what bill barr said. to date on what has come over his desk he hasn't been able to confirm that this happened. so they are still investigating. but if this does exist, why isn't the d.o.j. able to find it? >> well look, bill barr is someone who has been an impeccable public servant. he has been loyal to donald trump. everything he has done has turned out to be correct in the four years that he has been beaten up by everybody about his association with donald trump. so i believe him when he says that they have not found to date. they are still investigating, enough widespread voter fraud to overturn the election result. that's something a lot of people don't want to hear.

if it's the truth and i believe bill barr, it is something that people have to accept and maybe work harder to uncover it. >> sandra: i want to squeeze this in. the nevada gop senior advisor, he was involved in the lawsuit in the state alleging improper voting. let's listen to his case. >> we had over 42,000 duplicate address voters who actually voted more than once. we actually have evidence, i have actual numerous incidents of fraud. when we're match up the address and voter registration number there are numerous different cases of numbers that have transpired. >> sandra: that hearing will be happening this afternoon. we have to leave it there. your final thoughts. >> let's hope that they do uncover something that is concrete and that can be translated to other states. time is running out. >> sandra: miranda devine. "new york post" columnist.

>> trace: chicago's mayor is in hot water after her staff placed bets on the teacher's strike in 2019 and wait until you hear what they were betting on. new york making it last call at a bar in staten island for defying covid-19 restrictions. how the owners plant to reopen. their attorney will join us next. >> in every city, in every town in america, this is how we make the change. >> open up, open up. veterans who refi now can save three thousand dollars a year. with newday's va streamline refi, there's no income verification, no appraisal and no out of pocket costs. one call can save you $3000 a year. $3000! that's a big deal.

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>> sandra: staffers for mayor light foot accused of betting on the outcome of the teacher's strike. they lay out the following wager. it reads the bet, three cigars and a bottle of scotch of the winner's choosing. strike ends before next wednesday, over strike extends past wednesday: now no one can back out. the last part references light foot's chief of staff and the acronym stands for mayor lori light foot. according to lightfoot's office neither of them responded to the email.

>> before all this i thought there were serious rights being infringed on. every day that passes now, even hour to hour, it seems as though this city and state have no regard for any of the rules or systems in place. >> sandra: that is the co-owner of mac's public house slamming new york state after hundreds protested in support of the bar's owners, shut down for covid restrictions. one of the protestors who has been out of a job since march was quoted saying to me this is a revolution. cuomo and his legislators are collecting our paychecks and putting us out of work. laura ingle outside the bar with the latest from there. >> well, the doors here at mac's will remain closed to the public for now. the new york city sheriff's department taping up those orders on the windows and the door here behind me. you can see the door is opening

and closing because the owner is here cleaning up after last night's protest and demonstration. we want to show you a little bit of that tape we got for you last night. it was quite a scene here on staten island. many in the community not happy about what has taken place here. as you take a look at what went down last night hundreds swarmed the street to show their support for mac's pub. they were shouting and singing and waving flags demanding this establishment be allowed to operate just like all the other bars a few blocks over which are allowed to serve customers inside their establishment because of the area they're in and that business and what is happening with the covid cases there. now one of the co-owners presti who you talked to and here behind me now was placed under arrest tuesday night tore defying restrictions after the pub's liquor license was suspended and staying open after the 10:00 p.m. curfew. he said it doesn't seem right

that his place is locked up and he can go down the street to eat and drink. >> none of these things make sense. the sheriffs parked outside don't make any sense and why we're here doing this. i needed to bring attention to this situation and we have to fight and we have to do it together. >> this particular area has one of the highest positivity rates for covid in the city and why there is concern from local officials and sheriffs deputies maintain it is about keeping people safe. as we stand here right now this hour and we watch them clean up outside of mac's i said what happens next? more protests tonight? they aren't sure. right now they're trying to get back open. >> sandra: thanks for the update, laura. >> trace: for more on this let's bring in the attorney for mac's public house. we talked with presti a short

time ago and he said this, watch and i'll get your response on the other side. >> the situation has now escalated into all of this and we do have a team of not only people supporting us but a legal team trying to sort through all of this mess because there is a complete disregard for any of the rights or laws that we are supposed to have. >> trace: you are the legal team that he is talking about trying to sort through this thing. what is the next move that he should make or what are you planning to do next? >> trace, thanks for having us. i'm part of the legal team, i have a partner at the forefront of legal actions. we have to two-pronged legal problem. we have the criminal problem. danny was hauled out in handcuffs for being in his own place. he was charged with disorderly conduct when the sheriff's department came storming in wednesday night.

i can assure your viewers and assure you that he was not disorderly. i was there the whole entire time. nobody, myself, he or anyone wasdiscourteous or uncooperative. they took him out of their in handcuffs. we have that legal problem to deal with. the criminal problem. >> trace: is it a fair assessment he got arrested for trespassing on his own property? that's what we're hearing. >> he got charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing. he wasn't disorderly nor trespassing. i personally got charged with four criminal sum ons for being his attorney and standing next to him. they never asked me to leave. at one point one of the sheriffs got very aggressive when i started filming in. got into my nose and demanded to see my i.d. a half hour later i was given four criminal summons to appear

in criminal court and charged with criminal violations for doing absolutely nothing. being respectful, courtous and calm the whole entire time. >> what is what the mayor's office. covid-19 doesn't respect autonomous zone and neither does the sheriff. there are consequences for endangering your neighbors in a pandemic. also he never pointed out that the virus also does not respect train tracks and just down the street bars are under totally separate rules. >> obviously. nobody wants to be disrespectful to the mayor nor the governor but the hypocrisy of seeing people rioting, looting, and destroying new york city without a summons or an arrest and then seeing a legitimate tax paying polite citizen get hauled out of his own place is a lot to deal with. and to see somebody -- to see other restaurants right up the

block there able to serve food is a lot to deal with. you know, trace, i hate to say this and i hate to consider this, but the demarcation point on staten island for the orange zone was drive right across from a strong republican area to a strong democrat area. staten island where we're in the orange zone is the strongest republican county in the whole city and one of the strongest in the country. and sadly the line was drawn right there. literally a block and half away you can enjoy a cheeseburger and beer. i enjoyed doing many times. >> trace: we want to point out in california l.a. county has to close the restaurant, the judge has ruled they have to come up with scientific evidence. they said they don't have scientific evidence to close the restaurants. maybe the legal avenue has some more. i have to go. lou gelomino, thank you for coming on. we appreciate it. >> we appreciate all you do over there at fox. >> sandra: thank you, fox news

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>> trace: stories making headlines at the bottom of the hour. president trump's legal team is preparing for a hearing in nevada today saying they'll present evidence of voter fraud in the state. evidence they say will be enough to overturn the election results in nevada. >> sandra: an update on long island's battle with the ms-13 gang as a judge sentences one of its members to life in prison for murdering a rival and shooting an innocent woman. president trump has gone to long island twice to put ms-13

on notice his administration would bring them down. >> trace: search crews looking for victims after flooding brought walls of mud that wiped out parts of alaska. six people missing after what meteorologists say was the most rainy day alaska has ever reported. the mayor of los angeles ramping up the warnings amid a surge in covid cases calling on folks in his city to hunker down and cancel everything. william la jeunesse live in los angeles with more. >> trace, walking with others, no bicycling or hanging out with anyone outside your immediate family with mayor garcetti saying the city faced a valley of death. >> it's time to hunker down. it's time to cancel everything and if it isn't essential, don't do it. don't meet up with others outside your household. don't host a gathering, don't attend a gathering.

>> california already has a mask mandate. no indoor or outdoor dining. no high school sports, 10:00 curfew for all non-essential businesses and retail cash with as few as two customers per store. many expects governor newsom to impose a new stay at home order for all non-essential workers. no going to work in march. past new year's day. record hospitalizations and icu beds are up 75% from two weeks ago. some at 90% capacity. in some counties. that's without the surge expected from thanksgiving. l.a.'s positivity rate 13%. 1 in every 200 people affected. yet 60% of fatalities are over age 80 and 90% of victims have other health problems. >> we do have a choice to make, each one of us. do we want to be part of the solution to this horrifying surge or do we want to be the problem? >> so a little good news for

restaurants. l.a. is offering a one-time $800 stipend for restaurant workers and in court yesterday attorneys reveal the county failed to admit a study it used to close outdoor dining including indoor transmission rates. in fact, only 4% of all cases have related to dining at all, trace. so the judge is basically ordered the city and county to go to court and say prove it in terms of banning outdoor dining. back to you. >> trace: many of those county supervisors acknowledge they don't have the science to back up the studies that they are closing these restaurants on. >> which is why beverly hills and some cities in the south are saying we'll start our own health department. we don't believe your stuff. back to you. >> trace: live in los angeles. thank you. >> sandra: thank you, trace. the fight for control of the u.s. senate hinging on those two runoff races in georgia where the secretary of state there is investigating claims of election fraud by some

liberal voting groups including one founded by democrat stacey abrams who ran for governor. one person said they received five registration post cards for the same dead person and a man received a voter application for his spouse who is ineligible. a third person was mailed a voter registration card for his daughter who has been living out of state for five years. byron york is chief political correspondent for "the washington examiner" and a fox news contributor. good morning. thanks for being here. so what does this amount to? >> well, it's coming at a time of enormous tension in georgia among republicans because just yesterday we had a rally outside of atlanta in which two lawyers who filed lawsuits on behalf of president trump sidney powell and lynn wood strongly criticized the secretary of state, brad

raffensperger and the governor, brian kemp. said lock him up for allegedly not investigating voter fraud in the presidential election which they claim that president trump won in georgia. so this is happening amid all of this. and we have seen calls to interfere in this race. early on a "new york times" columnist, thomas friedman, advocated people moving to georgia for the purpose of voting for democrats. yesterday we saw a report about the florida lawyer who was allegedly recruiting people to move to georgia to vote for or use a georgia address to vote for republicans. so there is a lot of this going on. it's a very tense time. with vice president pence and president trump heading to the state to campaign. >> sandra: the georgia secretary of state has a lot on his plate. here is a recent statement.

i have issued clear warnings. several times to groups and individuals working to undermine the integrity of elections in georgia through false and fraudulent registrations. the security of georgia's election is of the utmost importance. here is a woman from the washington free beacon on questions about the new georgia project. an investigative report. >> this new georgia project were under investigation previously back in 2014 for filing over 200 fraudulent ballots. so this is not the first time that the group has had these issues and warnock has been involved with this group since 2014. so i think that he does have to answer for this with georgian voters. >> sandra: there is a lot at stake as we continue to talk about when we look at the runoff elections in georgia. based on all this and everything we're learning and seeing, what is the risk of the

integrity of this election? what is at stake? >> well, we haven't seen any concrete proven allegations of widespread fraud in georgia in the presidential election. there has been a hand recount and a machine recount. the race was very, very tight. joe biden winning by about 12,000 votes out of 5 million cast. extremely tight. we haven't seen any concrete allegations of actual fraud. now, the reason the january 5th runoff is attracting such intense attention is the fate of the senate, the leadership of the senate hangs in the balance. if democrats were able to win both of those seats, the balance of the senate would be 50/50 and a democratic vice president kamala harris would break the tie. the senate would be in democratic control. if republicans can win even one but certainly two of those

races, then republicans will control the senate and they will be able to stop president biden's agenda if they choose. the stakes could not be higher in this race. >> sandra: absolutely. byron york, great to have you here this morning. thank you. >> thank you, sandra. >> trace: as the senate runoff elections get closer media outlets report georgia is going more left every year. while senate candidate john ossoff probably would have played down an endorsement from bernie sanders three years ago he is welcoming the socialist senator's support now. let's bring in guy benson. fox news contributor and host of the guy benson show. great to see you. what do you make of the political analysts saying listen, john ossoff three years ago would have run from bernie sanders and now he is embracing him. >> for the democrats to win these races on january 5th and

then control the senate, they need a massive turnout again from their base. that's the way they will be able to compete and potentially win. they need a depressed republican base not to turn out. that is sort of the equation that gets them to the ballpark at least of victory. so if you are john ossoff, one of these candidates on the democratic side you can't really afford to tick off the bernie sanders wing of the party. it is not terribly strong in the state of georgia but it exists. it is a lot of people and if races come down to a few thousand votes you need those folks to turn out. i thought it was pretty striking, trace, to see the interview that ossoff gave on another network last weekend when he was asked about bernie sanders said he welcomed his support. went out of his way to mention bernie sanders' work on healthcare. sanders, of course, wrote the bill as he would point out on single payer healthcare, a complete government takeover of

healthcare outlawing the private health plans of 177 million americans. that's bernie's plan that ossoff went out of his way to praise. i would note to the point that byron york made a moment ago, if democrats control the senate, a co-sponsor of bernie's single pay erbil, kamala harris is now vice president elect and the tiebreaking vote in the senate. we keep talking about the stakes being so high and the importance of this election being profound. sometimes you hear that in discussions around an election and it is overblown. in this case the stakes really are that high. the math is what it is. >> i find it fascinating john ossoff was talking about bernie sanders for labor secretary. he said i'm not making recommendations to the administration on cabinet picks. he wants bernie's endorsement. doesn't want to give bernie a boost over there. there it is. my last question is because karl rove is not buying this guy. he says the following here.

mr. perdue and ms. loeffler's are running against the democrats are left of center in a state that's not. mr. ossoff has allowed himself senator bern' sanders complimenting him for his views on healthcare and oppositions to corporations. karl rove thinks it will benefit republicans. fine at thoughts. >> warnock and ossoff are referred to as running mates. they called him running mates. warnock is more radical based on things he has said and done in the past. acolyte of the anti-american preacher jeremiah wright. they're tied at the hip. if republicans do what they need to do in the state of georgia january 5th, they should win those races but if you have republicans not participating for whatever reason, not believing that their votes will count. we've seen some discussion of that. that's the path to victory for democrats and from the

republican perspective there is an all hands on deck effort to insure that that won't happen including the vice president going down there on friday. the president traveling to georgia saturday. >> trace: all hands on deck. the stakes could not be higher. tune in to fox news this sunday for special coverage of the debate. senator kelly loeffler will square off with reverend raphael warnock. martha maccallum will have special coverage at 6:45 eastern time right here on fox news. >> sandra: we'll be watching. meanwhile new warnings of a doomsday scenario for los angeles as covid cases skyrocket, what the mayor of the city of angels is now telling people to do. plus another big city mayor under fire after taking pandemic hypocrisy to a whole new level where he was caught on a vacation while urging city residents to stay home. what he is saying about that

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>> trace: the cdc out with new guidance for the holiday season urging americans to stay at home. if folks travel they should get tested for covid both before and after their trips. it comes as coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths in the u.s. hit a record high yesterday. >> sandra: add this to the hypocrisy hit list. here is what the mayor of austin, texas told residents of his last month. >> we need to stay home if you can. do everything you can to try to keep numbers down. this is not the time to relax. we may have to close things down if we're not careful. >> sandra: what viewers of that video did not know until now is that he recorded it from his time share in mexico. he had flown to the mexican resort town of cabo after hosting his daughter's wedding in austin that had more guests

than his city recommended. he is now apologizing for that. >> know that i regret that travel. i wouldn't travel now. i didn't over thanksgiving. and i won't over christmas. and no one should. >> sandra: the federalist has compiled a list of public figures, all democrats, who have not followed their own strict covid restrictions in a story head lined rules for thee but not for me. a rundown of lockdown leftists ignoring their own rules. joining us now is matt gorman, and a formy surrogate for bernie sanders. mickey what's going on? >> instead of focusing on the facts of what people need to do to make sure that their families are safe that their loved ones are safe and communities are safe you have the federalist preoccupied with making it a partisan issue. >> sandra: whoa, whoa.

partisan issue as somebody who pushed rules and chose not to follow them himself, right matt? >> he should have followed the rules. everyone should. bottom line the story shouldn't be about partisanship but about records, yesterday 2700 deaths in one day in the united states because we are making it an issue. >> sandra: it's a horrible thing and practicing safe measures to get ourselves through this. but you have the hypocrisy of leaders like the mayor of austin telling people to stay home while he films himself in a time share in mexico enjoying a lovely vacation telling others not to do just that, matt. >> and that is wrong. >> sandra: let matt get in here. >> if you want to keep your family safe maybe cuomo and mayor adler and broo*ed should worry about keeping their families safe and not flouting theed ikts and rules and shaming others for things

they're doing themselves. you had cuomo do it over thanksgiving as well in new york. it is par for the course with the cuomos and their arrogance. you have all democrats across the country. those are just the ones we know of flouting the same edicts and rules they are prescribing for others. >> sandra: we can't say all democrats but a growing list of democrats doing that. mickey i feel if somebody is listening to your remark we should be focusing on the seriousness of the situation. these folks are drawing attention to themselves for the hypocrisy aren't they to blame for not focusing on what is happening with the actual pandemic right now? now the mayor of los angeles eric garcetti, his message to people now is hunker down, cancel everything. at some point people can't get through this. small businesses can't survive some of these strict measures implemented and sometimes getting piled on in some areas where it's already tough to survive.

>> if the president had taken this seriously and not gutted the cdc. if he had taken this seriously in december and january and february and if we had lockdowns we would not be in a situation now where small businesses are hurting. he didn't take it seriously he was more concerned with his public image of appearing strong as a leader and the election and didn't care that hundreds of thousands of people could die. >> sandra: some of the leaders themselves have chosen to not follow their own rules. the federalist talking about the rundown of the lockdown leftists ignoring their own rules. at the expense of the poor have become then political leaders freely disregarding their own guidelines to enjoy the elite lifestyle. matt, final thoughts. >> what the hell will a lockdown matter if the leaders aren't following it? it's all democrats the federalist listed. they need to practice what they

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>> trace: former president barack obama taking a swipe at americans who won't stop driving big cars that many argue hurt the environment. saying in his book. at the end of the day we americans loved our cheap gas and big cars more than we cared about the environment except when a complete disaster was staring us in the face. the national transportation and automotive expert joins us now. >> i hope you are well. special for you, i'm here at

the ford f-150 assembly plant in michigan. i asked ford based on president obama assessment and memoirs about big vehicles. they sold more than 700,000 f-series this year and this is the f-150 here. 44 years running as america's number one selling truck. now, there is some cool credibility in what the president did say or was alluding to. we're looking at hybrid and electric vehicles. this f-150 here happens to be ford's first hybrid powered truck and introduce an electric vehicle next year. i wanted to show this one to you, trace. back in your days in san diego playing football down there this would have been the cool ride in town. a ford mustang fully electrified with 300 miles of pure electric range and cost you $43,000 with a tax credit taking it down to $36,000. i understand what the president

is saying, trace. at the end of the day americans still love their big trucks. >> trace: they do indeed. i played small town college football in san diego. he played big time football at berkeley. always great to see you. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> sandra: right now legendary football coach lou holtz is in the oval office getting the honor of a lifetime. payment. and with mortgage rates at all-time lows, your payments will be low, too. now's the time to buy.

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♪ speak of the story we've been waiting for, the nation's highest civilian honor, president trump will be rewarding the medal of freedom to lou holtz, the legendary football coach spoke out on what it means to him. >> i am humbled, there are many more people more ready than me but i can assure you nobody is more appreciative than me. i'm excited to have this opportunity but at the same time i'm excited to receive it from president trump. >> kosher more than three decades, leading notre dame to the national championship in the 1988 season. i understand you are a former quarterback yourself, and i should have said, it's happening any moment now, in fact the pool has been called in at the white house. and, his wife passed away a few months ago and he said his wife is looking down from heaven with incredible pride, the president is praising the football coach.

>> he is recovering from coronavirus, he's fantastic. just truly inspiring. >> we will have that here on the fox news channel in a moment. thanks for joining us, "outnumbered" starts now. >> harris: and this is where we begin, hours from now the trump campaign is set to officially contest the election results in nevada. at a court hearing today, we are expecting to hear from about 15 witnesses on alleged voting irregularity. ththe trump and biden teams both inspected about counting station in carson city yesterday. kayleigh mcenany signals this will be a new level in the election fight. >> you will hear from experts who say i've dug into this, expert witness