the list just goes on and on. and we have to fight back. and in particular, we need our republican leadership across the country to do the homework that is necessary to understand what's going on and to handle it. jillian: we have four seconds left in the show. thank you for joining us have. a good day. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> thank you. ♪ >> president trump bringing in $207 million as the legal team continues to fight. >> this is certainly the most fraud length election anyone has ever seen. >> in georgia mysterious suitcases potentially filled, we believe with ballots rolled out from under a table. >> i called early on for a signature audit, especially with what we saw today it, raises more questions. >> in michigan, one cafe owner is defying his state's lock down restrictions. >> i'm really frustrated with the way things are handled. we have got to come out fighting here. >> michael flynn expressing his gratitude to president trump in his post pardon interview. >> a political persecution of

the highest order. that's nothing any american should have to go through. ♪ joy tout world the xavier reigns. >> please join me from your homes as we light our great tree, 3, 2, 1. ♪ we wish you a merry christmas ♪ we wish you a merry christmas ♪ and a happy new year ♪ we wish you a merry christmas every day ♪ ♪ steve: from the national christmas tree in washington, d.c. to the all-american christmas tree right here on fox square, welcome aboard, folks, live from new york city on this, the 4th day of december. it's a friday. we are three weeks from christmas day. ainsley: time to do your shopping if you haven't started. good morning, steve, thanks for

waking up with us. 2020 is almost in the books, check. steve: we have a special picture window today with the all-american tree right behind us. the whole show long. brian: we can all see in the surveillance monitor in case anybody is out there you will pop up on our screen if you are going to go pose with the wooden soldiers. ainsley: there is music out there, too when i was walking in. steve: an attraction. brian: if we sold some of our action wear we would make some money people taking pictures. maybe do like the garage sale things extra stuff. ainsley: buy those t-shirts that aoc is selling tax the rich. steve: they are $58. brian: good news, steve, huge box in our hallway, toys for tots and talking about that later. griff jenkins is live in atlanta. right now he is going to be, as president trump's attorneys take their case to georgia and more whistleblowers are coming northward various states including nevada.

hey, griff. griff: hey, brian, ainsley and steve. good morning, happy friday to you. here in atlanta where i am, the president's legal team led by rudy giuliani bringing their fight straight to the state cap tool asking the legislature to overturn results and recall more witnesses alleging voter fraud, watch. >> 506 felons voted i will leefully georgia. >> voted in person on october 23rd, i was told that there was an absentee ballot already out for me. >> those paper ballots were not secure. i don't care if you are a democrat, a republican. i hope you will take what these people are telling you seriously. >> and they produced what they allege is new evidence of surveillance camera video showing fulton county election workers illegally counting ballots with no supervisors present. affecting potentially some 24,000 ballots. but, georgia's secretary of state's office said they already investigated the claims and found nothing adding that they had their own observers there the entire time. meanwhile, president trump has

has heavily criticized republican governor brian kemp calling him hapless tweeting this saying people in georgia got caught cold bringing in massive numbers of ballots and putting them in voting machines. great job at brian kemp the governor who voted for president trump and supports him is calling now for signature matching. >> we are the red wall to stop socialism, pelosi, aoc and everybody else. i called early on for a signature audit. obviously the secretary of state per the laws and the constitution would have to order that. he has not done that i think it should be done. >> in the peach state getting some visits today. vice president pence will be here centers for disease controd koepfler. bus tour making its way here to the capital in atlanta and tomorrow night down in south georgia valdosta president trump holding a valley.

steve: griff, thank you very much. the president is going to hold a rally on saturday. i understand -- i was reading "the atlanta journal constitution" this morning. and apparently monday is the final day that you can actually register to vote in georgia before the run-off. so far president trump and the republicans since the election -- that's a real pretty shot, isn't it, have raised $207 million, which is a lot. meanwhile, stacey abrams, her group fair fight has raised about 35 million in just one month, ainsley. ainsley: that's a big difference. steve: that's a lot of cash. ainsley: doug collins was interviewed and he was talking about how important it is. if you want republicans to keep those two seats, you have got to go out and vote. so register by monday and go vote he says. listen. >> this is a vote about going forward and not going backward. so we have got to have everybody turn out. there are issues with the election. i respect. other people filing suits going through the process. if georgia republicans and

conservatives don't show up and vote, then there is no way that we keep these seats. that's what's what has got to happen. i don't want to see chuck schumer become the leader in the senate in which we don't have just a change in the senate. we have a reversion. we want to see these legislative victories that the president has made. have you got to elect david perdue and kelly loeffler. for trump voters it's a vote not to keep what trump has done. we have got to make that clear. ainsley: president trump was thanking august of the americans who voted for him. as far as the senate race in georgia, republicans need to hold on to one of those seats. democrats would have to win both of them, brian. brian: so true. and by the way steve schwarzman $15 million to the senate leadership committees. >ceo ofsomething important. he put a lot of money. in republicans, with karl rove at the helm, even though he sells it's hard they are going to outraise democrats unlike what happened in the general election a couple of things. the democratic candidates aren't exactly west virginia senator

joe manchin. these are way out there. you talk about a red state that might be purple in georgia that shocked everybody because it didn't go for the president as of now until other things could be proven, perhaps, some fraud, but these are left wing candidates. i mean, this raphael warnock says basically you can't worship god and the military. he is anti-gun. he also is for the green new deal. that's usually how you spell georgia heavy into the military. ossoff is somebody who perdue beat handily last time. laura incorporate 2k3wr578 did a great job last night. turn into sunday for special coverage of the debate. david perdue is not in the debating but kelly loeffler and raphael warnock is. the reverend and relatively new to this is loeffler who just got assigned there by governor kemp. that's going to be an exciting race january 5th. unless they straighten out what happened november 3rd. january 5th would could be

another carnival of chaos. ainsley: how about those suitcases pulled out from under the table. brian: i watched that hard to dispute something going on that needs some explanation. steve: griff had in his report that they have investigated it and they said it was completely legit. that's what they say. ainsley: then you heard those four or five people who stood up at the podium one lady said i could have rolled out one of those suitcases loading dock thrown it in my car and no one would have known. steve: all about the chain of custody. the reason the election has had problems is because of the vast number of mail in votes because of coronavirus. coronavirus has. brian: can i just say. i didn't hear that it's totally legit. i heard they weren't commenting on it. you said they can explain the cases coming out from underneath the table. steve: in griff's report he said they looked into it and everything was fine. ainsley: i heard that, too. steve: coronavirus we were talking about. yesterday was the most deadly day in history, american

history, 2879 people died. there are 100,000 people in the hospital right now. we got 217,000 new cases just yesterday. because the white house has said okay, rather than a national mandate and yesterday we heard from joe biden he said on his inauguration day he is going to ask americans to mask up for 100 days. wear masks for 100 days. and then he says the numbers are going to go way down. brian: yeah, right. steve: because every state has different rules, the white house said rather than a national mandate, everybody in each state and locality gets to select. in michigan, we have been telling you about a lot of the onerous restrictions they have got there. in particular, regarding in person dining. you can't do it in a lot of place us. it was so frustrating for restaurant owner by the name of dave morris. he was walking down the street in kalamazoo, michigan, saw a live shot reporter talking about covid and interrupted him.

watch this. >> government leaders have abandoned me. >> are you the owner. >> $4 trillion of stimulus money and gave it to, who? special interest groups and campaign donors. wake up, stand up. this is america. be free. give us the money to shut this thing down and calm this virus. but don't take it out on a select few. >> went on to say early on, people thought that the government was going to help people. he said the government had enough money to give everybody in america $20,000 and everybody could take off for two months. he said he would have closed down for 60 days just to get this virus under control. ainsley: it is hard to believe. people do not want the government to tell them what to do after we have been in this pandemic for so many months. people want to know how to stay safe. but whether you have these restaurant owners and governors who say move into our state. open up a business here, hire people, and then you have those same lawmakers that are telling you you have to close down, then you catch them in a restaurant,

you catch them eating outdoors after they just voted to ban outdoor dining, this guy said, look, i will be happy to comply, but give me the money. i can't afford to put food on my table. i can't afford to pay for all of my staff. brian interviewed the lady a few days ago who said the pregnant woman came into her office crying say going i lose my job how am i going to pay my bills. steve: he said they couldn't send everybody that money because special interest was getting the money. the kennedy center is getting my money and i have to shut down? here he was on tucker last night. >> speaking for a whole lot, millions and millions of americans that i'm speaking for here. our so-called leaders that are using our tax money to pay themselves while they are instilling policy upon us to ruin our businesses and our lives does not make much sense to me. after months and months of watching. this they put me in a position where, you know, you can only be backed back in the corner so far. we have got to come out fighting here a little bit. i'm frustrated with the way

things are handled. particularly between, you know, the state legislators and my governor. the suffering of the little people has got to be told. brian: absolutely. people want to go down with a fight. that's the american spirit. number one, the president-elect, if he becomes president of the united states, cannot mandate masks for 50 states. 37 states already have mask mandates. nobody is going to make you put a mask on in your car or sit alone on the beach. or in backyard. good luck with that we are doing almost everything. we are already doing it. ainsley: could go to any grocery store. everyone has a mask on. brian: nobody does. i don't know what he is talking about because the election is over as they try to find out what actually happened. number two, you are shutting down restaurants when this michigan 4% of positive infection rates came from restaurants. and in california, 3% came from restaurants. you leave open malls which i'm for. but 9% positive test vs. come

from malls. you are going to walmart but shutting downtown daily grind. that's not going to fly. target, i'm all for it. i'm glad everybody is working there in their smocks and their outfits and i'm glad they have all those lines and i love looking at the magazines. however, you should be able to have the local store, local hardware store open one home depot. and that's what people are fed up with. and what they are really fed up with, which really, again, income passed by "the new york post." the hypocrisy of these lawmakers and look at this cover. it is so right. the list grows every single day. on the cover is do as they say not as they do. and that's to put it simply. there is a long list of all these lawmakers who are ruining our lives while they go on with their lives. gavin newsom eating out in that elite restaurant. london walter reed the same mayor the governor of san francisco. dianne feinstein 90 years old

walking around without a mask on everywhere. michael hancock the denver colorado mayor who says i'm going to go go visit my mother on thanksgiving but you better not go visit yours. steve adler goes to cabo to meet perhaps a member of van halen and decides to tell everybody else in austin, texas, you better not go anywhere. you should just idle at home that was good enough for him. i actually have to flip the page another nine examples of these lawmakers ruining lives. and guess what else is growing? the lines for food from texas to florida to new york. people for the first time are lining up to be able to eat. so don't act like you are looking out for our best interest while we starve to death and watch our lives grow up in smoke unable to make lease payments and bring our people back in local restaurants or whatever your local business is even the dry cleaner. steve: look, everybody is frustrated. these are extremely challenging times. brian: don't make it worse it.

doesn't give you a right to make it worse. ainsley: the president did say we are close to a stimulus package. nancy pelosi and mitch mcconnell talked yesterday for the first time. hopefully they can come up with some plan to help these businesses. brian: 900 bill. steve: we were going to do 900 million doses we will have to do half that much because of a supply chain problem. we will keep you posted on that. in the meantime it was at the end of november that the president of the united states despite the fact that michael flynn's attorney said don't pardon him because he wants to clear his name on his own but, you know, the judge in the case was dragging his feet and finally mr. flynn and his family, they prayed about what to do and finally decided, you know what? it's now or never and then the president pardoned him. he was on with his first interview since the pardon with lou dobbs last night and says he has no animosity toward this president or this white house. he has got a problem with the

last president, barack obama. watch. >> we came to the conclusion that this was the right moment in time to do this. the justice system that we were facing was just not going to function properly. we also know that this was a political persecution of the highest order and not something that any american should ever have to go through. the outreach by america to my family and i has just extraordinary and really given me the resilience that i have been able to be blessed guy fight through this and get to the point where we got. and i really do appreciate the president for seeing what he and what the white house described as the pardon of innocence. because that's exactly what it is. steve: right. he went on to say that what happened to him was a set-up from the beginning. and where accountability lie is in the previous administration. he blames barack obama's administration, ainsley.

ainsley: they ambushed him. they came to the white house and told him you don't need an attorney. next thing you know he is facing all of this. millions of dollars in fees, attorney fees. couldn't afford his house payment. whole family's life is ruined. he was a general. he is a general. he has fought for our country. brian: three star general michael flynn one of the things that the president is not able to prevail on these recounts the sad thing is i'm sure if he would have brought him back into the white house, what is president obama so afraid about that he warned president trump on two things. look out for north korea and you should really get rid of michael flynn. what is he so worried about with michael flynn. i was looking for will cain should have searched on every. without a rope just with suction cups to go down the side of a building for a great cause. is this true, will? ainsley: fake news it? >> is true. i'm going to go over this side of the building.

ainsley: with suction cups? >> "fox & friends" takes their initiation very seriously. i'm going to go over the top of this 22 story building in about an hour and a half, i believe, someone in the next couple of hours on "fox & friends." annual tradition. santa versus the grinch for tree lighting ceremony. i am going to do it with yankees brian cashman and aaron boone. use suction cups and they will be tied off with ropes they're way more important than i am. you were the one that gave me the suction cups so i feel good about it. brian: they don't work all the time. just lick them first that's usually the key. this is all for a great cause, right? will: right. it is for a great cause. raises money, an annual condition here in stanford, connecticut. light the tree ceremony. it's a beautiful thing and it's an annual tradition on "fox & friends," too. janice dean, rick reichmuth, adam klotz and now will cain will hopefully survive as well. ainsley: raising money for saint luke's children. steve: we are not going to be raising cain we will be lowering

him over the building. steve: that he tuned. that's coming up. a virginia county taking a stand against the governor's coronavirus restrictions declaring itself a first amendment sanctuary. what does that mean, exactly. one business owner in the state who met with president trump months ago who says the future of his business and others like it are at stake. ♪ everyday you're eating acidic foods; you're constantly weakening that enamel structure. pronamel repair allows more minerals to penetrate deep into the enamel layer and it repairs it. it is pretty phenomenal. you can crush ice, make nismoothies, and do even more. chop salsas, spoon thick smoothie bowls, even power through dough, and never stall. the ninja foodi power pitcher.

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a first amendment sanctuary. three different restaurants who joined us back in april after speaking directly to president trump about the positive impact the paycheck protection program had on his business. he has since run out of ppp money. chef and owner of ford's fish shack in virginia tony stafford is with us now. >> good morning. brian: the money is out. you are 50% capacity. worse could be coming because the virus is not going away. what have you decided to do. >> our back's are against the wall. we are fighting every day. i have to support my employees and save my job. we are trying to get the message out to support our restaurants. brian: first amendment sanctuary what does that entail. >> first amendment sanctuary from what i understand is basically we are stepping out and saying that we are not that county that declared sanctuary but i'm very proud of my fellow virginia residents for standing up and doing that and we have

got to stick this out and save our jobs. brian: you know, it's so different. the governor came out and he understood and he stared you in the eye and 500 restaurants in your county and said hey, this is what i'm worried about. this is what we're doing. you showed him the plexiglass and showed him the separation. we wouldn't be here. there is no willingness from this governor to make that effort. >> yeah. we are just very frustrated that jobs, jobs, jobs. we have -- my little three restaurants from 120, 140 jobs. i have got to look these employees in the eye and say i don't know if you will have a job tomorrow in the middle of holiday. our backs are against the wall come and support us. it's very frustrating. brian: are you world the sheriff is going to show up at all 500 restaurants and what they did in staten island and start arresting people if you stay open. >> i would hope it wouldn't come to that. again, we are just small business owners trying to run our businesses and run them safely and practice social distancing and support our local

people that have supported us over these years. it's become a struggle. brian: tony, the other thing is the misinformation. the government makes a statement about assembly. all of a sudden people think in virginia i guess i can't go to a restaurant because there is more than 25 people there. you have a message for the people that want to go out to eat. >> yeah. come and have us. our dining rooms are open. sit in our dining rooms. we are practicing social distancing. support us during this holiday season and support our employees. help get us through. this buy gift cards and takeout. there is ways can you support. gift cards during the holiday season. instead of buying your mom a pair of with a jam mass buy a gift card to a restaurant. brian: how many pajamas does she need. you have a food truck, too. >> we do. three restaurants, ford fish shack. fresh new england seafood and a food truck out there just hitting the ground running. my employees have been great and

supportive of all of this. they just want to keep their jobs and don't want to go through another round of layoffs. come support all your restaurants and small businesses and small business restaurants. brian: when you trace back from restaurants the infection rate is not high. you are taking precautions because you want to stay in business, too. if word gets out that you are not taking precautions nobody is coming. you are and infections staying low. we know there is a virus why kill business along with it. tony, best of luck. we are pulling for you. >> okay, tharchesz, brian. have a great day. brian: okay. meanwhile joe biden's pick for surgeon gun control a health issue. what else the future of second amendment under a biden administration. noir colion here to react next. introducing voltaren arthritis pain gel.

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could be that person right there declaring gun control healthcare issue as other democrats he has considered echo the sentiment. what does this say about the future of the second amendment? joining us is attorney and gun rights a activist let me tell you a little more. hhs. tweeted out in 2012 tired of politicians playing politics with guns, putting lives at risk, because they are scared of nra. guns are a healthcare issue. all right. colion, we have got your back. what do you think of his assessment thaassessguns are a . >> i couldn't disagree further. i have been seeing this tactic before and they have been doing for years. scare tactic to put people in an emotional state.

people are going to be more inclined to give up several liberties and personal rights whenever they think something is a health crisis. that's the state of mind that they want a lot of people in because people are more willing to do things on a more extreme level. at the same time, what they are not accounting for is that gun violence in america is a very particularized issue. and it's not a health issue. it's a socioeconomic issue because the vast majority of the guns in this country, most of the gun deaths in this country happen in very specific areas in this country. and what they don't want to do is face that fact and, thus, make it a global issue so that they don't have to -- so they can punt that political football down the lane. steve: after he tweeted that out in 2012, then a couple of years later, he doubled down on it, speaking to the "the washington post" in 2015 he said the statements i have made in the past about gun violence being a health -- public health issue, i stand by those comments because they are a fact. they are a fact that nearly every medical professional who has ever cared for a patient will attest to. so you may disagree with him but

he is all in on that idea. >> yeah. well then the beautiful thing about making it a health issue is that can you create subject matter experts that really aren't experts on a particular issue. yes, a doctor may be an expert at treating gunshot wounds but that's all is he dealing with respect to firearms. is he already going to have a negative perception about guns in the country anyway. however, that doesn't make him on an expert on gun laws and legislation. but they understand that this is why they do it. steve: we don't know if that person is going to wind up secretary of hhs. we do know that the president-elect joe biden he ran on stricter gun controls. >> yes. no, absolutely. joe biden has a history of actually imposing gun control laws that a lot of us in the gun industry have been fighting against for very long time now. and even if you talk about some of these anti-gun groups, they praise joe biden on his gun control record. so it always baffles me when people don't really take a look at joe biden's history on the

gun issue and realize is he probably one of the most anti-second amendment people to be in the position of president in a very long time. steve: colion, thank you for getting up early and joining us on this friday. >> absolutely. steve: a real pressure. president trump's team arguing there is evidence of dead people arguing in nevada. how does that work exactly? plus, this year, the newest member of the "fox & friends" team taking part in one of our oldest traditions, will is going to go down the side of that 22 story building in the hart of connecticut. stay tuned. this is going to be great. ♪ feliz navidad ♪

>> i want to show you how proud i am to just receive the ward i'm even proud tore receive it from donald trump the greatest president of my lifetime. brian: there you go, it's your shot of the morning legendary football coach lou holtz praising president trump for awarding the medal of freedom to him. ainsley: sea long-time republican and spoke at the rnc back in august. he said he was the greatest president in his lifetime. talking about president trump. just such a neat, neat guy. what a great story. he said he came from poverty a

two bedroom house and look at him now highest love you. brian: bobby knight loves the president mutual. bobby bow continue that whole generation of coaches george steinbrenner. that whole in your face attitude i'm going to tell you what's on my mind it resonates with the football coaches. ainsley: coaches make such difference in our lives. brian: absolutely. ainsley: hand it over to jillian. jillian: for mourns detained for sailing into british virgin island waters from. sailing into the territory's water. officials banning americans from visiting amid the pandemic. the group pleading to the illegal entry with each of them paying a $1,000 fine. today a nevada judge is expected to make a decision on a trump

campaign lawsuit claims nor man 40,000 people voted twice and 14,000 ballots from were from dead voters. the governor certified the elections results last week declaring joe biden the winner. the electoral college plans to finalize the results on decembe. bill de blasio takes notice of the huge protest out of a staten island bar shut down for violating covid-19 restrictions. >> friend of the days, there was a particular bar in question. that bar is now closed because it was violating the rules. jillian: mac's pub continued to serve food and drinks despite the ban on indoor dining. the owner was arrested for defying lock down orders. he joins us live in the next hour. a huge congratulations to "fox & friends weekend" co-host pete hegseth. his new book "modern warriors, real stories from real heroes," is debuting on the "new york times" best seller's list.

the first of the fox news book collection is based on his show also called modern warriors streaming now also on fox nation. of course we are not surprised that it is on the best seller's list. steve: absolutely not. the number one book in the world for the last month or so has been barack obama's book which has sold like 100 billion copies of it. and pete is right there on the list right behind him. excellent. ainsley: that's because of all of you guys. thank you for what you do for fox and supporting us. we appreciate it. brian: next generation of this era's fighters. we had the greatest generation. i get it. but this era of fighters are fantastic and it's all volunteer force and it's highlighted brilliantly on the series on fox nation as well as in the book. steve: jillian thank you very much and pete, congratulations. tradition around the closing of the year as we watch santa and his helpers repel down a 22 story skyscraper we have done it for years. >> in the past over the last

four years, janice dean has done it, rick reichmuth, todd piro adam klotz have been brave enough to attempt that stunt. brian: now, will this be the year that will cain successfully gets down the building because every once in a while we lose an anchor. i am just wondering if this is going to be the year. ainsley: terrible, brian. what is wrong with you. brian: also, will, can you bring the yankees a world series? will you be the anchor that brings luck to this rappeling event and the yankees in the world series again? will: first like that franchise needs any luck winning a world series. one every 10 years. try rooting for a franchise like the texas rangers that have zero world series. i don't know i would rather bring luck to my hometown texas rangers. you keep mentionings anchors who pulled this off. i notice brian, ainsley you don't mention who haven't pulled this off. 122 stories.

stamford, connecticut. tower, annual that dismghts santa and the grinch race to the bottom. we will do a couple trial runs as you point out because of course santa and the grinch got to make sure it's safe. make sure it's tested for them. in order to do that as you do yankees, aaron boone and ryan cashman will go over the side of a 22 story building here about 8:50 eastern time on "fox & friends." steve: you know what, will, what everybody says it's not bad when you are doing it. it's just that first step where you put your legs over the side of the building that's the hard part. ainsley: don't look down. steve: all down hill from there going to do fine. will: i'm harnessed up. my gloves, getting suited up. no suction cups like brian said earlier. truly harnessed. in sun is coming up. i'm going down. ainsley: are you nervous? will: yes, ainsley, of course. yes. steve is right though.

have you ever jumped out of an airplane. it's that initially. i'm sure 5 feet down i hope, at least, i'm going to feel a lot better. brian: we did talk about putting a rope a wire between two buildings and have him walk across we will leave that to the wallendas for now. steve: we will be watching, good luck. go get them. brian: steve, we should be available should something happen on the weekend that we might have to fill in. ainsley: brian. brian: green light to emotional support animals allowed on flight. new report on restrictions. turns out they won't let you bring your pony on anymore. and i'm not kidding. the marine corps is in desperate need of donations for toys for tots. help deliver for kids across the country even during a pandemic where the need is even greater. ♪ ♪

brian: from peacocks to mini horses cracking down on the support animals allowed on commercial planes. carley, put back the pony.

carley: we will have to see what happens in terms of reaction from this one because airlines will no longer be required to accommodate travelers who want to fly with emotional support under a final rule announced by the transportation department from peacocks to turkeys, to monkeys over the years accepted a growing variety of animals at definition of a service animal expanded. last year american airlines allowed a woman to bring mini horse from chicago to omaha. now the dot will no longer consider those emotional support animals as service animals. the new rule define as service animal to be a dog that is quote trained to do work or perform task for the benefit of a person with a disability. it also limits the number of service animals a person can have to travel with it to two service man malls. foot space aircraft and harnessed or leashed at all times. policies will be set at

individual airlines but must conform to dot rules which will go into effect 30 days after it is published in the federal registrar. how about that. brian: we will look forward to the enforcement of that just got to travel with a dog. i'm sure someone is going to sue about that. carley, thanks so much. >> see you. ainsley: our military works hard to serve. now it's our turn to serve them. the marine corps is in desperate need for toys for tots saying the pandemic has hurt the program that brings christmas presents to all these children in need. joining us is toys for tots and ceo jim lassiter. good morning, general. >> good morning and thank you so much for having me on "fox & friends" this morning. ainsley: we are so glad to have you on. yesterday brian came to the set with information about this. we talked about it all morning yesterday. hopefully you saw an uptick in some of the toys. very easy to donate money or toys on your website. tell us why you are in more need this year. i assume it's covid but tell us

what you are going through this year. >> yes, ma'am, if i could take you back a few months, i think everyone realizes we are a christmas time charity. but when the pandemic hit about mid february time frame, i called our staff of volunteers together and i said, you know what? children out there are probably scared right now. they have lost a lot of their social support structure like school and to make matters worse their parents have probably been laid off we need to step up and do something. we have a fairly large carryover inventory at that time. so we distributed about 2 million books and toys through other nonprofit partners one of them being good 360. lessen anxiety and bring normalcy back in their lives. so now we are right in the middle of our christmas campaign. and it's important that we re-stock, so to speak, those toys and books so that we can get those out to our

coordinators nationwide, about 807 campaigns to include guam, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands. ainsley: i know here in new york local reports saying normally at this time 30,000 toys have been donated. it's about half of that amount so far this year. how many do you need total and where are you as far as the country is concerned? >> well, let me give you a metric from last year. we distributed about 18.5 million toys to 7.3 million children. and my goal is to -- through being able to adapt and overcome, is to at least meet that metric. but i would like to exceed it. so, we know that toy collections will be down in some parts of the country due to the pandemic. so we at the foundation are prepared to spend a lot more money than we did last year. we are already programming to spend about $35 million on toys that will then be pushed to our

coordinators. and we have about 30,000 coordinators and volunteers around the nation to include active duty marines that will help us distribute those toys and books. ainsley: toys for tots.org. it's so simple. we were all on the website earlier. scroll down and either donate money and you will take that money and buy present for the kids. or scroll through toys and a baby doll or mini piano some of the items on there thank you so much for joining us. i wish all the best. you made a difference in the military. now you are making a difference in these kids, really impacting our world. god bless you. >> thank you. ainsley: still ahead geraldo, mike rowe, j.d. vance and lawrence jones ♪ ♪

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defying his state's lock down restrictions. >> i'm really frustrated the way things are handled. backed in a corner so far got to come out fighting. >> michael flynn expressing gratitude to president trump in post pardon interview. >> persecution at the highest order nothing any american should have to go through ♪ joy to the world ♪ the savior reigns. >> please join me from your homes as we light our great tree. 3, 2, 1. ♪ we wish you a merry christmas ♪ we wish you a merry christmas ♪ we wish you a merry christmas ♪ and a happy new year ♪ good tidings we bring ♪ jingle bell rock rock. ainsley: that is our all-american christmas tree on fox square beautiful red, white and blue decked out for the

holiday. brian: yes. i would like to confirm that i can see it outside just as i come in. it actually plays music. ainsley: you dance when you walk in. brian: i always dance like no one is watching. and i always hope they aren't. i have some good news i'm getting alerts every 10 seconds i joined parler last night. it seems like people are realizing that. if it works out, i will leave the other social media behind. i think gradually get away from it. ainsley: i have been meaning to. i haven't gotten around to it. brian: see if i can get you a password. steve: i think it's great from what i read. when i was a little boy, in my time. brian: long story. steve: short story and transition. it's called a segue, brian, which is not just that. brian: usually a little boy whole life. steve: that would take a while. when i was a little boy santa arrived in kansas in a helicopter lande landed in a mal parking lot and sat in a big chair and sat in everybody's

lap. santa arrives sunday in stamford, connecticut rappels down the side of a building height and lights. will cain is right up there where santa is going to be in a couple days getting ready to rappel down the building himself. hey, will. will: steve, if you want to give me five minutes i want to tell a story. when i was a little boy i said i would never do. this. [laughter] will: we're going to call it the janice dean trial run because i was told when janice did this it was a small fcc violation. so, to get the nerves out, to get the jitters out i'm going to take a trial run. i don't think that one is going to be on tv. look at this, this is called safety. this is called redundancy. this is what i'm dealing with. they told me there is no way i'm the first anchor to fall on "fox & friends." >> i do remember that fcc violation. ainsley: me too. steve: it was at that moment when she realized that she was on the side of a building.

ainsley: and she didn't realize she had said what she said until later. steve: it happens. will: i'm going to get them all out early before we are on tv. ainsley: you will do great. do it for a good cause for saint luke. griff jenkins is in atlanta on the latest in the legal fights. unbelievable some of these whistleblowers what they are saying. griff: that's right. anxiously, brian and steve. a lot happening down here in the peach state. the president's legal team led by rudy giuliani and jenna ellis bringing their fight here to the state capital calling on the state legislature to overturn the election results. they presented witness alleging voter fraud. watch. >> 506 felons vote you had illegally in georgia. >> voted in person on october 23rd. i was told that there was an absentee ballot already out for me. those paper ballots were not secure. i don't care if you are a democrat, a republican, i hope you will take what these people are telling you seriously.

>> and they produced what they came is new evidence of surveillance video showing fulton county election workers illegally counting ballots with no supervisors present affecting potentially 24,000 ballots. but, georgia's secretary of state, brad raffensperger's office says they already investigated these claims and found nothing wrong, adding that they had their own observers there the entire time. meanwhile, president trump who criticized governor brian kemp tweeted this saying people in georgia got caught cold bringing in massive number of ballots and putting them in voting machines. great job governor kemp. the governor who voted for and supports president trump had this to say last night. >> as i said many times he is a fighter. we have had a few battles. nobody worked harder for donald trump before november 3rd. and i have continued to support his efforts in the campaigns any way that i legally could. post the election i will

continue to do it. one of those was supporting the legal process to play out. griff: a source in the governor's office tells me will be there today in savannah, georgia to greet vice president pence coming down here to rally for senators perdue and loeffler. of course the president will be here tomorrow for the rally. before the president gets here you will have the march for trump bus tour it started some days ago down in florida and will be here at the capitol. a very busy day today in georgia. brian, ainsley, and steve. brian: along with the drama the president speaking for the first time since the november 3rd election came out. all right, thanks so much, griff. appreciate it. you see more and more of these people. instead of affidavits you see more and more of the testimony people saying wait a second. i voted and this was the problem ivetteed this is what i observed. i showed up in georgia and nevada. we noticed doubles and triples on people voting. these discrepancies to be investigated and see what gets

traction as they get closer and closer to putting it in court like in nevada. meanwhile last night laura ingraham went down to georgia. why? because the senate runoff election really has everything to do with the future of our country when you talk about the executive branch being controlled if joe biden holds onto the election. and when you talk about the house even though it's a slim margin belonging to democrats. if they are able to go 50/50 with the vice president. they will have the majority and chairmanship in every single senate committee. they will pretty much have run of the place. having said that when you have a lawyer like linwood come out and say if you don't change the rules in georgia. i think republicans should sit out this run off election. that drove everybody crazy. including the karl roves of the world who wrote a big column about it. including the governor and including people like david perdue and kelly loeffler. here's a look at some of the ground that laura was able to cover last night with the people most affected by the senate race including the people of georgia.

>> we are the red wall to stop socialism, pelosi, aoc and everybody else. i'm certainly going to do everything can i. my family as well to send david and kelly back to the senate. really to preserve the great things that have happened in georgia under the leadership of donald trump. >> everyone who favors what has been happening for the last four years for a better economy, stronger economy and better world presence then they need to get out and vote for david perdue and kelly loeffler. i will local foillogical. this is a last line of defense against radical liberal agenda that once they do this we won't get it back. steve: all right. so some of the voices last night on with laura. now, on our show, we have lawrence jones, fox news analyst. he joins us right now from his location. hey, lawrence. good morning. >> good morning, family. steve: so what do you make of, you know, in the run-up to the january 5th run off election,

both parties are focusing like lasers on georgia? >> well, this is a big race i do agree outside of the presidential race this is the most highly contested race that we have covered in awhile. even fox news we plan on doing coverage on it sunday of the debate. we probably wouldn't have been doing that if it wasn't such a tough race that could define this country. a couple of things. let's start from the top. if you guys remember, when i was on the campaign trail, i had some about georgia not because it's not your traditional red state but because stacey abrams working hard on the ground. i realize she said a lot of ridiculous things on the campaign trail she was really the duly elected governor and stolen from her. that was obviously not true work she put on the ground definitely teed them in to win that state.

republicans are on heels now trying to get a ground game at the last minute. so they will have to work really hard and people like lyn lynn wd aren't helping their cause right now. this is not a partisan thing. how could you win this race by discouraging people not to go and vote. problematic and getting the president involved over the weekend to tell supporters you have still got to vote if they want to win this thing. on the second -- a second thing on this point is a legal process is going through the courts right now. it looks like that the president's attorneys have really honed in on their case is it enough to overturn the election in georgia? i don't know it seems like they are starting to present they have had. i don't know if this is going to be enough to offset these votes, but it seems like they have some

evidence now. so we want to hear that even if it doesn't overturn the election, i think the fact that there may be fraud in georgia is still concerning for a lot of americans. ainsley: a lot of americans. that's why the president wants a new election. and that's why republicans are saying now they want to change the laws you go and vote with a mail-in ballot you have to show an i.d. a picture i.d. let's talk about that interview with joe biden and kamala harris. he had a very bizarre response when asked what will they do? how will they handle the situation if they have a disagreement? listen to this. >> we are full partners in this process. i will be there to support him and support the american people. >> we are simpatico on our philosophy of government and simpatico on how we want to approach these issues. like i told barack. if i read something where there is a fundamental disagreement we have based on a moral principle,

i will -- i will develop some disease and say to identify resign. we don't have -- we haven't -- we discussed at length our views. ainsley: lawrence, what did you make of that? >> first of all, this is why he doesn't do interviews because is he so incoherent. this is why they kept him in the basement for the majority of the campaign. number two, i guess she is going to be resigning day one. she is a progressive. she is the most progressive senator by nonpartisan ranking she is the most progressive liberal senator in the u.s. senate right now. so, again, they are going to be butting heads on day one. he campaigned as a moderate. she is clearly progressive. she disagrees with him on virtually every single issue. so, i'm going to be interested to see how this is going to play out but, again, there is some philosophy issues going in to the white house immediately on day one. so, will she be pretending to

have some illness? by the way that's such a dishonest thing to do to the american people instead of coming out and saying look, i disagree with the president and i'm resigning because of that, you wants to fake some type of illness? ainsley: he was saying he would have to resign he would develop some disease and i will just resign which is interesting because many people called him the trojan horse. >> well, i think they're referring to the senator being the trojan horse because. brian: right. >> he is not going to be running things if you can tell just by the answers that he is giving on the day-to-day basis. he has become this political -- i don't understand how people can take someone that used to be known as the greatest retail politician. they wanted him out there talking with people to now a person that takes the backseat. and as you can see, again, in this interview, this is why he takes the backseat. because he never can have a straight answer. and when he does give an answer, it doesn't make any sense. brian: i know. they want to say well, is he a

stuted error. it has nothing to do with being a stutterer, comparing him to the 1980s or 1990s vice president. >> as you the audience knows i was back on the campaign trail first presidential campaign in 2008. i know who joe biden is they sent him on the road because he was a person that had a way with people. this is not a stutter. this is an inability to effectively get his message across. i'm not a doctor, i don't know if that has anything to do with it. what i'm saying this is a different joe biden. brian: the answer is i do what the president does. i work for the president. he is the president i'm a vice president. it's a very easy answer. let's move on. something else passionate about is defund the police. among the people that think it's a bad idea a lot of democrats like joe manchin and james clyburn and other democrat who used to be president. listen. >> i guess you can use a snappy slogan like defund the police, but you know you have lost a big audience the minute you say it, which makes it a lot less likely that you are going to get the changes you want done.

>> there is a little war now because people like aoc and the squad are saying defund the police is the way to get progress. jamaal bowman won an election. is he congressman elect. he wants to see that decrease in policing. especially in poor communities. listen to this. >> defund the police does not mean abolish the police. it means that you dramatic reduction in the number of police in our poor communities and particularly our poor black and brown communities. historically when our communities have needed jobs, they didn't bring us jobs. they brought us police. and created a system of mass incarceration. brian: what's your reaction to this. it seems like everyone is talking past each other on different issues and the cops are in the middle. what's your take? >> i'm going to try to cut through all these points immediately. first of all, the idea that president obama, who used to be that junior senator from chicago, from illinois, that

really was a thorn in a lot of moderate democrats' side is thought party statesman trying to get people in line. bowman is not going to listen to president obama or any moderate. he unseated a democrat in new york 20 years. engel was there over 20 years and he unseated him. he has an agenda for the people that are there like aoc and the rest of the squad members corey bush that unseated another democrat in missouri. they don't care about president obama or any other moderate democrat, they care about the people that sent them there to do that. by the way, i would also respond to bowman by saying look what happened in new york. they got rid of the anticrime unit. they cut $1 billion from the police department's budget. now, as you guys know i'm a libertarian. i'm always willing to cut more government and give american citizens more attack dollars. the problem is that the number one duty of government is to protect its citizens and new

york is going through a crime fest. the assaults, the violence, the shootings. brian: homelessness. >> the homelessness. when i go outside of my apartment in midtown, they are shooting up with drugs. there is a major problem in this city. it's a lack of leadership and it's the fact that they got rid of the anticrime unit which now my sources have told me i reported this six mopghts ago they want to bring them back. the only thing is they want to change the name. they don't want it to be anticrime. which is ridiculous. just go out there and let the people do their job. now, again, i have been on this program. i have talked about police accountability. i have talked about holding bad actors accountable. but we have a major problem in this city and the fact that the criminals believe they can just get away with anything in this city. most of the cops are saying you know what? i want to go home to my family. i don't want to be on the next footage of doing something wrong or allegedly doing something

wrong. i will sit back. you want the city, have had it. which is problematic. steve: some want to retire and go down to florida and get a job in law enforcement there. >> steve, it's so bad in new york one quick point they are blocking retirements right now. you can't retire in the city. they have reached the maximum amount of retirement. steve: it says a lot about the state of this city right now. lawrence, thank you very much. have a great weekend. >> thanks, family. steve: it is 7:17 now. jillian joins us with some news. jillian: we have a fox news alert. several u.s. marshals shot during a raid in new york. this right here is a live look from the scene in the bronx. three marshals are at the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. they were serving a warrants when the shootout began. the suspect was reportedly wanted for shooting a mass mass trooper in the hand last month. fox five here in new york reports he died at the scene. this is developing now. we will keep you updated with new details. in the meantime we are

following. this michael flynn expressing his gratitude to president trump in post pardon interview with fox business. i. i really do appreciate thepd what the white house described as a pardon of innocence. because that's exactly what it is. we also know that this was a political persecution of the highest order. and not something that any american should ever have to go through. jillian: the former national security adviser announcing his charges were a set up blaming the obama administration. the president pardoning flynn of all charges stemming from the russia probe. the founder of project veritas warns the mainstream media may become more powerful than the government if they team up with facebook and google. o'keefe shared more last night in handle. >> in george orwell's 1984 talks about the last man winston. we need an army of these people reporting on our media. because cnn and places like cnn may have more power than all three branches of government if

they are working with google and facebook to propagandize the masses. jillian: earlier this week project veritas released audio recordings from cnn meetings. o'keefe says it plans to release more today. carrie underwood releases new christmas special. in it the country star gives inside look at recording duet with 5-year-old son isaiah? ♪ then he smiled at me pa rum pump pump me and my drum. >> the two melting hearts with their rendition of little drummer boy. underwood thought isaiah would be perfect for the song because he loves to sing. i'm sure is he fantastic. he has it in his blood. ainsley: he is adorable. thanks so much, jillian. a month for being criticized for white house visit the ceo of goya foods has urgent warning that american economy is losing

its freedom the ceo of that company bob unanue is here with that message after the break.

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steve: months after a visit to the white house brought him fierce backlash on twitter from some on the political left goya foods ceo bob unanue says his company is doing just fine but warns the american economy is losing its freedom and he joins us right now from our nation's capital. bob, good morning to you. >> i'm doing well. how are you. steve: i'm well. a couple months ago you were at the white house and talking about your company's efforts. you had been at the white house before as a guest of barack obama. but for some reason some on the political left saw you at trump's white house and blew a

gasket. >> well, steve, i was there invited to be a commissioner on the white house initiative on hispanic prosperity, which was a great honor and also i was there to give away -- give back 2 million pounds of food because the company in this pandemic has done very good. our workers courageously have worked. we we have worked safely and we have been able to increase the wages of our employees and, you know, the blessings that we have of doing so well we wanted to give back. and we announced that. and we went well beyond the 2 million pounds. this year we will give close to 4 million pounds of food. in announcing that i said that the country was blessed to have a president like president trump. steve: right. >> apparently when you invoke god or blessing, that doesn't sit well with people. there was calls for boycotts. and then a buy cot.

the support has been amazing around the country running to people all over the place we have kept our core business and customers and picked up a new consumers. it's wonderful. steve: some on the political left, including julian castro don't buy goya foots foods and some said let's have a buy cott. in the introduction i know you said last couple days the greatest economy on earth is losing its freedom. what do you mean? >> well, it's not only losing its freedom. it's losing its competitiveness. you know, we are the greatest economy on earth but we have a serious -- we are in danger of becoming the divided states of america. we have a serious identity crisis. we have politicians that want to be scientists. we have scientists that want to be politicians. and, you know, we have the ceos of all these states.

we have 50 states and these ceos, you know, they come to people like us and say come to our state. we want to open business. but now they are closing these businesses down. they say don't come to our state. we want to close down the business. and this hurts the working class. while these people who no matter what, they get paid. and they are in the job for four years. they have got tenure in that job. and if they don't perform, it doesn't matter. so people are heading to states that are open for business like texas, like florida. we are all over the united states. we are all over, we are in the caribbean, we are in europe. but, the people are flocking. thousands of people a day are going to texas. about 2,000 a day into florida. into south dakota. so, we're getting this competition of -- we are getting this competition of people who are flocking to states that are

open for business. steve: right. >> then you have california which is one of the biggest economies in the world. it's bigger than most countries. and they are shutting it down. they are about to shut down california. and you have the ceo of california who are saying we have got to shut down these businesses. and i'm going to get paid no matter. what i'm going to live high on the hog. and while you lose your job, you have got to have a purpose. and i don't mean to invoke george orwell by living high on the hog. but it's disingenuous for these ceos these governors to close down the states, put people out of work while they enjoy a fixed salary without any repercussions. steve: exactly. you are talking about what a lot of people are talking about all these restrictions that are making it impossible for a lot of people to make a living. bob, thank you very much for joining us and thank you for all the food you are giving away to so many people. because there is so -- we see the food lines these days.

a lot of people are hurting and they are hungry and thanks to goya foods. thank you, bob. >> thank you, steve. god bless you. steve: god bless you. meanwhile, we were just talking about this. the owner of mac's public house in staten island who said he would rather go to jail than close his doors during covid, still refusing to back down even inspiring hundreds to show up and protest new york's lockdown. that co-owner is going to join us live after being released from jail coming up next on "fox & friends." ♪ [chanting open up] - we've both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. after about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didn't notice before. - it's still helping me. i still notice a difference. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

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♪ brian: one of the biggest stories of the week the owner of mac's public house in staten island, new york said he would rather go to jail than close his doors it would be for good is still refusing to back down. his story inspired hundreds, thousands i would say to show up and protest for him about the city's lockdown that's coming our way. sending the message they stand with him and all these others fighting to save livelihoods. daniel pressie joins us now. mac's is still closed. how are you going to get it open? what is the game plan for here? >> the next couple days mac's

will be open. we are working on that and right now sitting down with our legal team and trying to at this point work with the city pleaded with them to work with us and other small businesses. as i said in the beginning we are losing faith and lost fate for the city and local governments to help us. the immediate local governments are helping us. those officials. the governor and the mayor seem like they don't want anything. at system point if they don't give us assistance in some way or are working with us to get things back open, again, in a safe manner we will have to take things in our own hands. we have been in contact with ian smith from atilis gym in bell march, new jersey. together we are created a united front. we are setting up the infrastructure. and what we are trying to do is get resources for all businesses that want to stay open to remain

open. and we are going to give them all the information and even other people, not including small businesses, just people that want to show support and help the information will be available for them as well. brian: here is what governor cuomo said. this owner is learning that actions have consequences to put lives at risk in a pandemic is unacceptable. brian: what is he talking about political statement? all he wants to do is earn a living. what political statement are you making? >> that's exactly it. we would like to take politics out of it. but they seem to creep into everything, no matter what. we just need in some way to either be assisted or to get our places open. and these state agencies, and city agencies that come in and threaten to fine us or pull our licenses every single day, it's not right. and these agencies should be coming in assisting us and saying how can we help you and what support do you need and if

you need any information, we are here to help you. instead, we have these -- the state liquor authority and cse and all these agencies kicking open the door and then threatening tens of thousands of dollars of fines every day and i'm getting calls from all these small business owners saying what we can we do? this is what we saying to our governments and governor cuomo and the mayor you have to stop this and assist us. brian: he is not danny, you are forgetting, this governor is an ego maniac. is he an emmy award winner. he loves celebrities. he loves himself. he loves to hear himself talk and he has no interest in your business. sadly. but we do. and i hope you keep fighting. because you are doing things responsibly. they're letting bars open a few blocks away from you but they shut you down because of a zip codes. as if the virus know as zip code. it's ridiculous. >> absolutely. brian: thanks for fighting. >> thanks for having me on, we

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♪ >> our so-called leaders that are using our tax money to pay themselves while they are instilling policy upon us to ruin our businesses and our lives does not make sense to me backed us back in the corner so far we have got to come out fighting a little bit. i'm really frustrated with the way things are handled. suffering of the little people has got to to be told. steve: he was telling it. that restaurant owner went viral. he against state lockdowns in michigan and the devastating

impact on america's small businesses in particular restaurants. ainsley: here to react "fox & friends weekend" co-host will cain, jedediah billa and pete hegseth. good morning to you all. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. ainsley: jedediah, get to you react first. that guy is a restaurant owner. the guy was doing a live shot. a local reporter walked up behind him and he interrupted the live shot and the guy interviewed him and he said i'm tired of them giving money to special interest like the kennedy center and not to restaurant owners. he says the government has abandoned them. jedediah: yeah, you will hear a lot of restaurant owners getting increasingly disgusted with this. compounded by the fact that you see a lot of governors and mayors around the country not following their own orders. so they are telling people do x, y, and z and not doing it themselves. i think this is incredibly challenging. i think, you know, everyone's hearts goes out to these people. they were told initial there was a stop the spread few weeks. going on and on. they see no end in sight. they too have to feed their

families. on the other side of this you have departments of health in some of these cities saying that they feel that indoor dining in some cases leads to the spread of the virus and they are trying to do everything they can to try to stop that spread. prevent more horptio hospitaliz. i don't think enough empathy and financial assistance more than empathy has extended to these businesses. listen, if you are going to tell us we need to shut down and you are telling us there is some justification for that via contact tracing or whatever it may be. you need to provide some funding. restaurants coming out and saying they have gotten $2,400 in the past six months. i mean bharks can you really do with that to not only sustain your family but to sustain your entire business. it's impossible the situation that they aring being put in. someone needs to help them above all else. brian: will, all of these politicians want to shut you down and do their thing. you hear the mayor of los angeles. you have plans? cancel everything. mean while the the screen sus bureau shows 1/3 of adults,

83 million said they are somewhat or have difficult to cover usual expenses such as food, rent or car payments or medical bills. we have canceled everything. you have canceled their businesses. meanwhile, the virus is still here. you could be the most disciplined or undisciplined. it's still back. it's back in 170 countries. and here we are in the winters where they say it's going to get worse. so, tell me who should be telling who what. will: not the mayor of austin. brian, you brought up the mayor of los angeles. i don't know if we are having this sort of hypocrisy olympics. if we are the mayor of austin has to take gold. records ago video from cabo, mexico telling people in austin to stay home. i don't know that it gets any more brazen than that we had this conversation. i was with the three of you or two of you steve and ainsley on monday. i brought this up. this is a real issue. public policymakers are going to have to realize there is a limit. even if it makes sense. and even if people are trying to be reasonable and make the right decisions about public health but they are going to push people to their limits.

shut your business down. stay home, but i don't have to. you are going to have to realize you are pushing people to the brink. brian: don't go to school. will: if you don't follow your own rules. don't go to school. every passionate of our lives have been impacted. it's important because we need to do our best to control this virus. if you don't follow it, how do you make the case we that we should? it's absurd. steve: pete, congratulations, you are the author of the very first fox news book. and there it is right there. modern warriors. it debuted in the top 10 "new york times" best he willer list yesterday. this is fantastic news. not only is it great. it's the first book made such a big wave but it's a great book. pete: i think that's what makes it powerful. i think people are going to love it. very excited to hit number 6 on the "new york times" best seller list. [applause] pete: considering the source we know it would have been much higher than that and we know that because the "wall street journal" had it at number 3 as well. so, it's -- thank you, guys, for

promoting it to the fox news team. 15 area warriors you are going to love them. they're patriots. it's an honor to put this book together. still time to pick it up for christmas. i humbly recommend it. i also say about that restaurant owner. i'm still waiting for someone to jump into my live shot like that at a diner and when they do it's going to be fun. ainsley: that local reporter is loving it. he got a great story and he is all over the press. pete, what's coming up on the show this weekend? pete: we have doug collins from georgia. dr. a alveda king will be on the show famous minnesota viking brett favre played for another team i can't recall will also be on the program this weekend and much, much more. will attempt to rappel down this building. dominant hand, break hand. lean off the edge you can do it, you got it. will: oh, that was the jets

brett favre played for. brian: i remember that that went well. he ended up doing very well with those vikings. so, will, get ready, you are going to be rappeling off one of the tallest buildings that connecticut ever made and that's coming up a little bit later in the show. steve: i think you have some guests up there, don't you? will: i do. first, let me say i'm super proud of our buddy. i know i speak for pete hegseth making the top ten "new york times" best seller's list. g.m. of the new york yankees brian cashman and manager of the new york yankees aaron boone right here. they are doing this with me. we are going over the top. brian has done it like seven or eight times. >> 150 or so. will: is it that many? >> if you count the practice rappels, yes. will: how did you get started? >> back in the day family used to watch it down below. looking at christmas coming down the building with santa and the grinch, et cetera. and i was like, i would love to be a part of that and the person

who runs the show overheard me say the comment if you are really serious i will pit you on the building next year and train you up. now i'm like a 10-year pro. will: we are in stamford, connecticut. this is the landmark tower. every year as brian points out there is a race between santa grinch, elves and others. trial run for that brian has done it 150 times. i have now done it once. way more experience than aaron boone who has never done it. tell me this, aaron, put this in two strikes. your pitcher is on the mound. last pitch to win the world series or you are at bat. what does this rank on most nervous have you been? >> i'm in the dug out right now. i'm okay. once i get up to bat it's going to be a little nerve-racking. will: it's right there, brian. -- i mean, aaron, hitting right on top. pushing that leg over the top. that's what it is. man, aaron boone, brian cashman, will cain, go on the top of this building against every rational instinct of our body we're going

over the top here. back to you guys. steve: will, we are going to show that live coming up in the next hour. it's always a tradition on "fox & friends." meanwhile, it's friday, that means geraldo rivera is coming up. we have our friend mike rowe and j.d. vance from hillbilly elegy. what a great show and book that is every year wwe honors american service members with their tribute to the troops. this year is the 18th annual show and is going to feature some big celebrities. wwe champ drew mcintyre here with a preview next. ♪ i have to praise you ♪ i have to praise you ♪ i have to praise you like i should. ♪ an alternative to pills voltaren is the first full prescription strength non-steroidal anti-inflammatory gel to target pain directly at the source

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♪ ♪ ainsley: time now for news by the numbers. first up, 29,000. that's how many people were laid off by the airlines in october. the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate that travel industry with demand down 60%. next, $207 million. that's how much money is being raised by republicans ahead of georgia's senate run off. the contributions coming from across the country to support kelly loeffler and david perdue. finally $2.5 million. that's how much elvis presley's honeymoon home has hit the market for. that's the amount. the home is famous for being the

newly wed's king and wife priscilla's honeymoon hide away. they flew into the estate after the wedding. lisa marie was born exactly nine months later. they put that on the listing. brian: what happened? steve: it's for sale you can own it now. ainsley: ryan seacrest's house. brian: thank you to everyone who helped me for the down payment it's almost there. janice dean you haven't helped with the sale of the mansion but i forgive you. janice: i'm cheering you on, how about that? emotional support. okay. listen, let's take a look at the weather because we have a couple of things i want to foe kiss on. a nor'easter that's going to develop today across the east coast, bringing rain and wind and measurable snow, my friends. here it is. the temperatures are going to get colder as that cold air is pulled behind the system. let's take a look at the radar. so this is the same system that brought over a foot of snow over the plain states this week.

it is going to continue to move closer to the east coast. and the southeast and that area of low pressure is going to move up towards the northeast over the next 24 to 48 hours. and prescription that very powerful storm, you know, we could see power outages, certainly. heavy, heavy snow. and rough travel conditions across the northeast. there are some of the forecast totals from new england, you are going to see the bulk of the snow. look at boston, anywhere from 3 to 7 inches. the worst of it will be northern main. maine. over a foot for you. other big story we are watching is the santa ana winds event that is ongoing for southern california. we have seen rapid fire spread over this area. that's going to be a concern for today through southern california. the rest of the country is quiet. the weather is pretty good in connecticut for now. i know that will cain will be doing something that i did three years ago and we are going to talk about that coming up. steve: absolutely. famously you did it.

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>> president trump's attorneys take their case to georgia. >> they produce what they allege new evidence of surveillance video fulton county workers counting ballots without supervisors. >> fundamental disagreement, i will develop -- >> instead of coming out and saying i disagree and fake some type of illness. >> it's disingenuous for the governors to put people out of work while they enjoy a fixed salary. >> owner rather go to jail than close his doors. >> we will have to take things in our own hands. >> the marine corps in desperate need for donations. >> we know toy collections will be down in some parts of the country due to the pandemic. we need to step up and do

something. ♪ brian: the song isn't live but the shot is. we are welcoming you to christmas. 21 days away which means steve start shopping in 20. and that's going to be exciting. keep in mind, too, we are now very close to a vaccine and our country's goal is to get 20 million done by january 1st. 20 million, i will take the vaccine and so will george bush, so will bill clinton and so would barack obama and 40% of the country say they want to see anthony fauci take it first. ainsley: joe biden named him as medical adviser. brian: how that would change anything? he would do more podcasts? steve: we are waiting for vaccines. pfizer was going to do

100 million doses. ainsley: hang in there. it's so weird walking around new york city. this is such a tourist time. you can go to wonderful christmas shows, people here at fox, no more. we went ice siting the other day and no one on the ice, barely, barely. brian: you had to sharpen your own skates? ainsley: i did not do that. let's check in with janice and will cain. janice, you did this last year. will is on top of the building. what's your advice for him? janice: prayers. try not to swear. i have to tell you that, oh my gosh, i feel like i'm having a reaction seeing that. brian kashman is amazing, he will tell you when you're about

to swear, he said are you allowed to say that on live television? i didn't -- i didn't realize that i swore until judge jeanine texted me and said you just dropped a big curse word on live television. brian: you know why, there's no cursing in baseball. it jarred brian -- >> ainsley: what's the hardest part? janice: i want to hear will, how are you feeling, my friend? >> will: i did a trial run. they call it janice dean trial run. i will ask brian, janice had fcc

violation and your ears had never heard language like that before. >> i heard quite george with some of the commentary coming out of her mouth. >> will: run a little once in a while. this is the whole part. halfway. steve: we are going to see will do just that. brian: wow. steve: 22-story landmark building. janice, thank you very much, can't wait. janice: good luck, my friend. do me proud. brian: so smart of aaron boone to do this. go to the side of the building with the general manager. steve: griff jenkins live with the latest on election legal

fights and there's going to be a debate this weekend. griff: that's right, good morning to you, the president bringing his fight to the state of georgia. the president's legal team lead by giuliani came to the capitol yesterday because they legislature to overturn results they produced witnesses that said they witnessed voter fraud, take a listen. >> 506 felons voted illegally in georgia. >> voted in person on october 23rd, i was told that there was an absentee ballot already out for me. those paper ballots were not secure. i don't care if you're a democrat or a republican. i hope you tell what these people are telling you seriously griff: produced what they allege fulton county election workers, you see here illegally counting ballots with no supervisors present affecting potentially 24,000 ballots, but i just got off the phone with a senior

source in the secretary of state brad's office, a republican who tells me that they had a designated observer at that spot all night the entire time and they've seen this video and are familiar with the claims, they said that they are simply not true. the suggestion that georgia vote counters were sent home and ballots were brought in in suitcases also not true and what appears to be is reported as suitcases is actually the normal containers that ballots are put in, that is not unusual they say for them. meanwhile president trump who has been critical of the republican governor brian kemp here is tweeting this saying people in georgia got caught cold bringing in massive numbers of ballots and putting them in voting machines, great job governor kemp. the governor that voted and supports president trump is now calling for signature matching, listen here. >> we are the red wall to stop

socialism, pelosi, aoc and everybody else. i called early on for a signature audit, obviously, the secretary of state per the laws and the constitution would have to order that. he has not done that and i think it should be done. griff: we could see the governor today. his office says he will greet vice president pence when he comes down to savannah to rally for governors loeffler and perdue. we will see the march for trump tour bus rally which began a few days ago last week in florida coming here to the state capitol, busy day in the peach state. brian: good job, way to work the phones, appreciate it, griff. no stranger to investigating reporting himself, geraldo rivera, correspondent, don't try to follow him. [laughter] brian: one thing --

>> geraldo: you look like christmas ornaments. princess surrounded by two elves. brian: you saw what is happening to los angeles, california, malls at 9, you go to wal-mart and target, people are fed up and now in staten island, people are standing up and mayor de blasio is responding to the bar that won't close that they closed anyway and arrested the owner, listen. >> even though there was a protest, there was a particular bar in question and that bar is now closed because it was violating the rules. so the clearly the rules are ultimately what matter here and they are being enforced. fatigue is real. of course, it's real, it's

humans but it's not stopping most new yorkers from doing what they have to do and that's what matters. brian: all right. that bar owner danny, he was on 20 minutes ago with us. listen. >> we are losing faith and lost faith in the ability for our local and city governments to help us. we just need in some way to either be assisted or to get our places open and these state agencies and city agencies that come in and threaten to fine us or pull our licenses every single day, it's not right. what we are saying to our governments and governor cuomo and the mayor is you have to stop this and you need to assist us. brian: geraldo, he's right. geraldo: he is right to a certain extent, brian. nobody wants this i logical heavy-handed approach. they had undercover sheriffs pretend to be customers in that

bar, get served food and then say how much sheriff, more uniformed sheriffs came to arrest everybody. it's preposterous the overkill here. yesterday we witnessed almost 3,000 dead. almost one hundred thousand hospitalizations, almost 200,000 new infections. you have a vaccine -- we have a vaccine coming down the road. we need to be patient. i understand businesses are stressed, that's why congress must help this person out, help people like him out, we've got to preserve our small businesses. on the other hand, you can't fault the authorities, if they are not hypocrites, if they are abiding by their own rules, you can't fault them for trying to stop this desperate flow of life -- well, there's plenty of fault to go around but my -- my stress

if i can make one message concerning this is patience, the vaccine is coming, 20 million by the end of the year, we will be inoculated, faster and faster after that. by late spring this would be a bad memory, we have to hold tight. wear a mask and keep your distance. ainsley: patience doesn't pay your mortgage or employees, congress needs to act on this, if they want them to shut down, they need to have money to keep them all alive. geraldo: i absolutely agree, ainsley. i urge the current talks to really happen, mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi, you've got a deal now that's 900 billion-dollar deal, let's get the money to the people, christmas is coming, hanukkah is coming, let's do our best to alleviate, mitigate the misery that this horrific disease is inflicting on us all. steve: absolutely. sounds like they are inching towards some kind of a deal but the hang-ups are liabilities for companies and it sounds like

assistance to state and local governments which the republicans are not crazy about. geraldo, michael flynn, you know, from the get-go he was investigated, wound up quitting, he has been -- he's been in and out of courts for the last 4 years. he was finally pardoned even though his attorney asked the president not to pardon him, he wanted to clear his name on his own, but, you know the judge is taking his time with his case and flynn and his family decided you know what let's ask for a pardon and he got it within the last couple of weeks. he was on last night with lou dobbs and talked about how he has been the target from the get-go by the obama administration. listen to this. >> a political persecution of the highest order and not something that any american should have to go through. the outreach by america to my family and i has just extraordinary and given me the

resilience that i have been able to be blessed by to fight through this and get to the point where we got and i really do appreciate the president for seeing what -- what he and what the white house described as the pardon of innocence because that's exactly what it is. steve: geraldo, general flynn said it was a setup from the beginning. >> i totally agree, the general is a great patriot. in afghanistan and iraq everybody knew reputation. a man who risked everything for his country an ambushed the way he was and set up the way he was and walked into the perjury trap the way he did, shame on what the fbi and the doj did to this man. they -- they persecuted and absolutely right, i wished the judge was a political operative had dropped this thing when attorney general barr requested some months ago. the fact that he did not required the president to do the right thing and this was a pardon of innocence.

brian: all right, geraldo, great talking to you. john ratcliffe says without a doubt, china is the number 1 threat to american security. so how do we handle the potential danger if there is a new president, we will ask retired four-star general jack keane.

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calling china number 1 threat to national security. he writes this beijing is preparing for open-ended period of confrontation with the u.s. and leaders must work apart from partisan divides. let's bring in fox news senior strategic analyst retired four-star general jack keane.

general, if there's a change -- if there's a change in administrations, it looks like joe biden has said not heeding the warning. donald trump's approach to china is all backwards and says now china must play by the international rules. he wants to get europe with us to put pressure on china, will that work? jack: well, we'd have to unpack what he's really talking about here. a couple of points. one what ratcliffe, dni, director of national intelligence, is right on the market. the trump administration and national security strategy in december of 2017 laid out the same case that china is a long-term strategic threat to the united states. it's the most -- most critical country we are dealing with in the 21st century. here is the point. and this takes on the issue that you mentioned about what president elect biden is saying. china intends to change the international order like-minded western democracies, they

consider to be their adversaries and they are about doing that, they intend on doing that by achieving military and economic dominance not only in the pacific but worldwide and replace the united states as the global leader. you have to have that in mind when you're dealing with the chinese. you're not going to be able to talk them into being a responsible country, respecting the international order. they are discarding the international order to achieve their national objectives. brian: right, what are they capable of, admirable davidson near indo-pacific command has said this china has moved well beyond defending territory, modernizing and china has built advanced weapon systems platforms and rockets, it forces altered the strategic environment in ways the united states has not responded to. jack: yeah, davidson, god bless him.

when he took command a couple of plus years in the indo pacific, he said on that day, there's no guaranty we can win a war against china today and he's played the war games and he knows what the results are. the facts are this, simply stated china has achieved military dominance in the pacific at the expense of the united states because our military dominance has eroded. we have got to get back to where we have what an effective deterrence. we do not want to go to war with china but we want them to see what the cost would be when you have an effective deterrence so we don't go to war with china and they have to know the second thing, brian, we have to resolve and the determination to use military capability if it's necessary. we learned this lesson dealing with the soviet union. brian: general, we talked about this. they are going to have to do this while cutting defense budget because it's the first thing democrats always cut but

we never debated foreign policy in the country when we debated. we know about the killing of solamani and we have a president elect if he gets the job who says i'm going to go back and go to the jcpoa, is that going to work? jack: no. he should not go back. what he should do is what actually the iranians would do if president trump was elected -- reelected, excuse me. they could come in and renegotiate a deal with the trump administration. listen, what the biden administration has got to understand and -- and everything that president trump has done is not bad, they have to recognize that -- the trump administration is giving them real leverage because the iranians are crippled by the sanctions that are imposed on them. this is very different in 2014 when obama was negotiating the nuclear deal.

there's real leverage here. iran has never been back on the heels as much as they are right now in 40 years. second, the arab-israeli normalization, peace agreement in the middle east is a huge leverage for the biden administration because iran is feeling isolated. we can go back and get a much better deal. not go back to the deal that was there in the past, that's a huge mistake. what's a better deal? anywhere, any time inspections, no missile ballistic missile development and do away with the sunset clauses, in other words, put in place a complete permanent prohibition of nuclear weapons. that's got to be in the deal and also current their behavior in the region. that are the points that we should putting on the table, not going back to the tenants of the previous deal because that's fundamentally flawed and that's a huge weakness in the part of

the new administration. brian: general, we could talk another 45 minutes and still not cover all. appreciate it. he wants to alleviate the sanctions immediately. the president has been brilliant in the middle east and the history books will write that. thank you so much, general. jack: great talking to you, brian. have a good weekend. brian: best-selling memoir, going from book to screen. >> i know i could have done better, but you got to decide, you want to be somebody or not. brian: despite getting panned by many n -- in the media, it's a huge hit. the man behind is next

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be told. steve: somebody who knows something about fighting best selling author of hillbilly elegy jd vance. >> good morning. steve: they are not getting any help, the only person they can rely on are themselves, what do you make of what we are seeing right now in the face of all these lockdowns and restrictions? >> yeah, i think there are a couple of things going on. first is just the fundamental unfairness of it, right, you have politicians who are are instituting lockdown orders where they are not following themselves. one thing americans are told to follow rules and the people who are creating the rules aren't following them themselves. the other thing i take from listening to guy from michigan, we have done a lot as a society to shut down the businesses to

make them harder to operate and we haven't actually provided relief to the business owners or the workers who rely on those things. this is something, that, of course, the president hammered on about the last couple months of the campaign. we have to provide relief to the american working and middle class. i have no idea what our politicians are actually doing but you can't help but hurt for that guy who is having livelihood destroyed and nobody is really helping them and that's what depresses me. nobody is helping this guy despite causing real damage to him. ainsley: well, let's talk about the movie. we loved your book. we had you on a few times to talk about and you have the movie on netflix and steve and i both watched it and we have been talking about it all morning. folks at home don't know the stories, all the struggles of growing up in the appalachian hills and the struggles of your mother loved you, god bless her but she was addicted to heroin and how you say she got cleaned but your grandmother, she protected you and you came from

this really messed up family and you joined the marines, you go to ohio state and you go to yale law school and you wrote the book and you're so loyal to your family. how did this become a movie? are you shocked -- when i watched this, i'm like this is amazing that you came from that and you have made so much of your life. >> well, i appreciate that and it became a movie because obviously a lot of people identified the story, i didn't initially want to make it into a movie but i became persuaded that it turned into a movie the story would go to more people and consequently it might have a bigger impact and so it's pretty surreal to see your family turn into a movie especially as you mentioned ainsley, my mama, grandmother, it's really the most important and powerful person in my life. she passed away over a decade ago but to see her sort of brought to life on the big screen is really almost impossible to describe, first time my aunt, my mom, my uncle

saw as mamma incredible emotional moment for the family. it's been a pretty positive experience. i know some folks don't like it when their book is turned into a movie. for us it's weird from time to time but certainly been overall pretty fun and pretty positive. steve: well, it is a powerful movie and your grandma is played by glenn close. she's dead on. ainsley: nailed it. steve: here is a clip of glenn close playing your grandma in hillbilly elegy. >> you have to go to school to have a chance. >> what's the point? >> i'm talking about a chance. you might not make it but you sure hell won't if you don't try. you have to decide if you want to be somebody or not.

steve: she told you advice like that and you never forgot it. >> she did, obviously it's emotional even just to listen to those clips. you know, what -- what mamma really embodies and what i hope folks see when they see the movie is incredible resilience that existed in our family. we had real problems. there was addiction, there was family trauma, instability but there was a lot of resilience and strength there. i think mamma made sure that we got through it and no matter what we went through, she got through it. mamma died after i joined the marine corps in 2005 and she just we wanted to get me out of the house, she wanted to make sure i had a chance and then she sort -- >> steve: she gave you a push and you did the rest. ainsley: where we come from is who we are but we choose every day who we become, my family is not perfect but they gave me who i am and they gave me chances

they never had. my future is our shared legacy. you're so sweet to your mom and family and i'm glad she's doing well now. god bless you. >> thanks, guys, good talking to you. steve: check it out, it's on netflix right now. meanwhile, ainsley, we just got the number. ainsley: what is it? steve: new job's number for november, 245,000 jobs were created during the month, that is actually less than was expected. we are going to talk about that and we will talk to mike row about getting americans back to work on the other side of a brief time-out. your journey requires liberty mutual.

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steve: 20 minutes before the top of the hour, fox news alert, november job's report is released and ainsley we had a moment ago. ainsley: 245,000 jobs were added last month. that unfortunately is less than what they predicted, though. brian: unemployment rate fell, 6.9% in october, but it's terrible. let's be honest. if you are in target or amazon, congratulations, if not, you're kind of screwed. on the heels of that job's report one american ceo has a dire warning about the economy and it's freedom. >> not only losing freedom, but

losing competitiveness, we are the greatest economy on earth but we have a serious, we are in danger of becoming the divided states of america. it's disingenuous for ceo's, governors to close down the states, put people out of work while they enjoy a fixed salary without any repercussions. steve: here reaction mike rowe, host of upcoming discovery plus show 6-degrees along with south carolina business owner who credits him for saving her company, dona brin, founder and ceo of b540. good morning to both of you. >> hey, guys. steve: dona, let's start with you, how did he save your business? >> well, mike rowe, mike rowe foundation, we began working fabric face coverings, branded first foundation, he posted and our shop went wild and we did everything we could to keep up

with the demand and it's one of those just dream come true having just an incredible amount of activity at our shop at a time where so many small businesses are struggling. we are doing so much work and we are so incredibly proud of it. ainsley: that is great, congratulations, we want businesses to succeed in our country and i love it when they're from south carolina. mike, what's your reaction that when you hear the one thing that you did changed her life? mike: well, look, it's humbling, i'm not sure what i did personally, i have 6 million people on a facebook page and they support my foundation and when this whole mask thing came out i was right in the midst of trying to raise money. look, i don't know the real science of masks,i just know i can't go anywhere without them and i didn't want to sell them. i didn't want to do them in china. small, female-owned in south

carolina, i just liked their story. i don't know -- dona can tell me if i'm wrong, but i don't know that they were teetering on the edge of oblivion, they were just struggling like small businesses were to figure out who to let go and how long to stay open. there's no real crystal ball with regard to a future, but then the people on my page orders tens of thousands of masks and then my foundation raised like $250,000 and suddenly dona set up an apprenticeship program in south carolina for inspiring seamstresses in conjunction with the local school there and all of a sudden we had a story that didn't have nothing to do with masks but everything to do with people who pivot and figure out a way forward in a very weird time. brian: dona, it's hard manufacturing in this country, isn't it? >> it certainly is. one of the biggest challenges was finding more talent on the sowing side. it's such a lost art.

susan tindell and having them as a, you know, master at their trade and being able to teach other people the apprenticeship carolina program came together beautifully and then, you know, we were off to the races and now here we are, you know, in the midst of this crazy pandemic and -- and we are thriving, we started out just trying to survive and now -- and now here we are. we have a lot -- rejust are so appreciative and grateful to mike rowe foundation for believing us and we are closing the gap too. steve: you can tell mike really appreciates your work. it's plug time now. donna, if people would like to look at your mask, tell us how we find it on the net.

>> land the plane, honey, do it. >> befit504.com. if you find us there, you will find mike rowe and the great styles and designs that we have available for his foundation. steve: which he's modeling right now. mike, tell us about your new shows, 6-degrees on discovery plus. how do we find discovery plus? >> it's a new streaming service that discovery is doing. the show is about history and connections and the surprising ways that we are still connected to each other so it's a timely thing. they'll be puppets and animations and overpriced and a lot of laughs and i think people are going to dig it. but, look, mostly, i just want to thank for putting donna on or putting me on. we are doing annual fundraiser but we are doing it and giving away a million bucks a year to

close skills gap and for ronna who is running a business and actually doing it, you can't scrip that kind of thing. brian: donna, do you like mike rowe as a person? >> he's okay. [laughter] >> it's mind blowing, i have to tell you. the ability to work with him, he's everything that -- it encapsules doing good and we are so proud to be associated with him and do this great work and build our community here in the little river, south carolina area creating jobs and -- and he's driving and fueling this amazingness and, yes, mike rowe. mike rowe, yes. mike: what about brian kilmeade? brian: what about me?

[laughter] steve: all right. ainsley: mike and donna, thank you so much. thanks for employing so many folks in south carolina. mike, thanks for everything that you do to train people so that we can keep jobs in america. >> thank you guys for telling the story. appreciate it. ainsley: sowing is a lost art. steve: she just landed the plane as mike said. ainsley: she did. thanks. coming up our own will cane he's about to repel in one of the tallest buildings in connecticut live, you don't want to miss it. available over the counter. voltaren is powerful arthritis pain relief in a gel. voltaren. the joy of movement.

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jillian: good morning, we are back with quick headline, football player attacks referee in a game in texas. wow. you can watch again as the texas prep school player charges onto the field and plows over the official because he was angry for being ejected. the player us escorted out by police. local media reports say the referee was evaluated for a concussion and no word on punishments against the player. california governor gavin newsom issues new regional stay at home order. >> we are now seeing and introducing a regional stay at home order in the state of california. fundamentally predicated on the

need to stop gathering with people outside of your household. jillian: order comes as supreme court sides with the california church striking down newsom's restrictions on houses of worship, ainsley. ainsley: it's the moment that we've all been waiting for this morning, santa and its helpers repelling down the 22-story skyscraper. brian: let's check back with will kane. the manager of the yankees and the general manager of the yankees. are you getting ready? will: this is the worst part. >> okay, yeah. brian: 22 stories. he's holding on tight. will: my foot out. here we go. here we go. steve: don't look down.

will: all right, booney, how are you feeling down there? what are we 22 stories, how high? >> intense. will: 152nd time down. ainsley: how long does it normally take, will? >> it's spectacular, great christmas show for the kids and families and great bragging rights because most people never have done this and you drive north and south, you realize it's a special spot. will: what's cool about this, this is 100% -- >> right.

will: our lives are in your hands. my first run up there. steve: hey, will, will. ll talk to me, what's up? steve: this is something that brian does every year. you're taking the little -- my first time little repelling movements where you bounce off the building. will: all right, doocy. don't challenge me, doocy. ainsley: ask brian how long does it normally repel to get down

that far? >> seconds if you want. ainsley: we might be able to see it at the end of the show. brian: can you asked brian how he convinced boone into doing this? >> he likes to do things that have never been done. brian: is this the type of thing that you can get extension on his contract? will: is this going to get boone an extension on his contract? >> i've had 3 managers. >> what is this around the corner? what's going on over here? i don't know if you can see. oh, no.

grinch. >> they are worried life insurance isn't paid all the way. i told them not to worry. this is going to be different because of covid. it's going to air in december 10th in the network and tree-lighting ceremony here in stamford. santa and the grinch have a race down the 22-story wall. ainsley: is it real competitive or does the grinch hopefully let santa win. will: i feel competitive, ainsley. i don't know if you noticed here but the grinch is messing with one of the ropes. look at that, he tied a knot.

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