>> oh, we're just a couple of hours away from president trump heading down to georgia. he's going to be out campaigning for the republican senate runoff candidate kelly loeffler and david perdue in the peach state. this will be the president's first trip out on the road since the election. there's video from him on thursday at the white house. from the headquarters, i'm leland vittert. gillian, the crowds lining up in georgia starting at 7 a.m. this morning. gillian: i know, these are folks who have been supporting the president for years. they want to be there now for what some of worried may be his

last rally as president. leland: i think he might dispute that, but we'll see. gillian: he would definitely dispute that, but regardless we're going to bring you the rally live as it happens, that's at 7 p.m. eastern. until then we have got new breaking details on what president trump is planning to say. charles is standing by at the site in valdosta. he's got a preview now, hi, charles. >> hey, gillian, the president is expected to arrive in valdosta in a matter of hours and the republican senators david perdue and kelly loeffler in the all important senate runoffs. the stage has been set across the road at the regional airport. right now, as you've mentioned we've got hundreds of the president's supporters out here, some since 7:00 this morning waiting to hear and see what the president has to say in his first rally since last

month in november. you can imagine that this rally is incredibly important and excited to incumbent senators loeffler and perdue who are banking on the president to energize his base to support them in the january runoff elections. and all eyes will be on the president and what he has to say and the president has continued to levy the claims of widespread voter fraud in georgia and across the country. and we've got the stop the steal shirts and signs along the roadway, so it will be interesting to see what the president says tonight and if his voters are interested in coming in the january 5th election and we'll see tonight. gillian: we'll check with you the next hour. stay with us. leland: and georgia's secretary

of state had this to say. >> and the cold hard facts. senator perdue was able to message to a broader coalition of voters and he had great success. leland: few if any reporters know more about georgia politics in this senate race than greg bluestein. i want to read a quote. i don't want think that we shou quote until we fix the system. it's tough, but i don't think that any voting until it's safe. that the voters should skip. that's ga. is this something that the two candidates are worried about?

>> this strikes fear into their hearts is that the mixed messages from president trump talking about a rigged election and trying to urge them to go back out and vote on january 5th will send a conflicting message to voters on the ground. i've seen evidence of it not widespread. most republican rank and file voters are going to come out and vote, but there's a certainly amount of the electorate that's confused by the mixed messages and that's a big concern from republicans here right now. leland: interesting to note, getting back to what the secretary of state said, david perdue in particular did better than president trump did by about 100,000 votes around the state and in particular in the atlanta metro area, did a little better than him. yet, it's the president coming to rally for perdue and loeffler. who has the bigger coattails, the senate candidates or the president? >> and david perdue has more votes than any republican candidate in georgia history.

and joe biden has the most as a presidential candidate in georgia history. no one can rally the republican base better than president trump. leland: what do you make of the pick of valdosta where to show up. i can't imagine valdosta georgia being the site of undecided voters? >> that's why he's going there, trying to turn out the hard core base and volume valdosta, he had more man 10,000 people. leland: there's right now more than $300 million worth of advertising booked coming up for these two races so conceivably you could have two senate races that could well stretch into half a billion dollars just for the runoff election. here is one of the ads running for kelly loeffler, take a listen. >> no wonder, he defended this, not bless america, god (bleep)

america, and raphael warnock, the radicals radical. leland: is this about turning out your base or is this election about trying to convince undecideds? >> it's all about base turnout. and what they're doing is mining his sermons the last two decades or so for any sort of sentences, any context that could energize republican voters. leland: we want to be clear, that ad had the sound bite of reverend wright, the famous one that even president obama had to answer for back in 2008 and the charges that raphael warnock who is also a pastor defended reverend wright. that was not warnock preaching, but as you point out there's a lot of things in his sermons that have become pretty controversial. tell us about this, you've got the debate coming up that you're going to be moderating over the next couple of days and you've got also david perdue not showing up for his

debate. what do you make of all that? >> yeah, i mean, we hope he changes his mind and shows up for the debate tomorrow. he did two debates in the first cycle against jon ossoff, but really, he's been almost exclusively been speaking to conservative media outlets because of the dynamic of this election. now, kelly loeffler the other republican senator is participating in the debate against raphael warnock. they are both basically running on-- . >> give me a little about your reporting, because you say just not talking to-- only talking to conservative media outlets. we've asked repeatedly for folks either from the ossoff or the warnock campaign to come on this program and they won't come on as well. is that sort of the idea of the base versus base and it's only worth talking to the people who conceivably you think are on your side? >> i think that's broadly accurate. both realize they have a pool of about 2.5 million voters

each. that's the race here is so close between biden and trump. if they can get out as many as 2.5 million as they can, it's over. leland: all right. greg blustein of the atlanta journal confusion. we'll be watching and reading your reporting the next couple of weeks. anyone interested in the georgia senate race put on a twitter alert for greg. it's worth reading your report and appreciate it, sir, thank you. >> thank you. leland: check back in before the race. fox news is going to have coverage of the president's rally in georgia tonight. it's 7 p.m. eastern and martha mccallum is going to anchor our coverage of the georgia debate tomorrow night. 6:45 eastern, raphael warnock versus kelly loeffler and you can download it by scanning the qr code supposed to be showing up on your screen right now. there is the code. scan it now, tweet it and download the app.

gillian: more than a month out now after the election, two house races remain unsolved due to the razor thin margins of the races, critical to democrats, as they're going to hold a slim majority in the congress. and david spunt has more on that, also. what president-elect biden is up to this weekend? >> hi, gillian. the president-elect is meeting with transition advisors here in wilmington, delaware. when he heads to the white house and moves in on january 20th after he's inaugurated. 's going to see somewhat of a different house and potentially different senate. it's a potential possibility, gillian that he could see a democratic-led senate. now, that just depends what happens with that runoff that leland and they were talking about in georgia.

the spread is not that far apart, that means republicans in some cases are picking up seats. the election a month behind us, there are races and out close within a few votes. the in new york, he's trailing claudia tenet and several dozen ballots were found. it's not clear if they were previously counted. stay tuned to that one. and meaks in iowa the winner by six votes although her challenger rita hart is signaling a legal challenge. that means two house seats when we begin the 117th congress in january maybe vacated. now back to what president-elect biden is doing. he's meeting with advisors and obviously the vaccine is top of mind and how to distribute that. talking about filling some cabinet positions sup as the attorney general, the defense second and the health and human services secretary. all of those are important cabinet positions, especially

health and human services because that's going to dictate how that vaccine on a large scale will go to millions of americans in the coming months. one week from today, gillian, one week from today, health care workers and nursing home residents will be receiving that assuming it's approved. the president-elect with quite a task ahead to get as many vaccinated as possible. he said he will not make a vaccine mandatory, though his focus is the distribution plan. listen. >> there is no detailed plan that we've seen anywhere, as to how you get the vaccine out of a container into an injection syringe, into somebody's arm and it's going to be very difficult for that to be done. >> so it's going to move from the federal government down to the state government to actually distribute that.

the states can decide how they want to distribute x amount of vaccines and right now, health care workers and those living in nursing homes will get that first round and that's several million that should be going out the next week, week and a half, gillian. gillian: just a week to go before the first folks potentially could get the vaccine. some light at the end of the tunnel, something to feel hopeful about on this saturday. david spunt. thank you. >> ahead of the vaccine we're learning about new lockdowns around the country. literally hour by hour. the rapid increase of coronavirus cases is threatening to overwelcome hospitals throughout the country. christina coleman live in santa monica, california talking new lockdowns and also there are businesses pushing back against the lockdowns, hi, christina. >> that's right, governor gavin

newsom is facing pushback that closes playground and a lot of people questioning the decisions, make many restaurants owners who says there needs to be more science to justify these orders. parents are having a hard time making sense of the new lockdown rules, too. many wondering why malls can stay open with kids walking around and going to toy stores and wandering around the mall and playground have to close further impacting their childs' lives during this. the new stay-at-home order breaks the state into five regions and when one of them falls below 15%, and the shutdown is triggered for that region, and every reach is close to that threshold, but yesterday, the bay area went ahead and implemented the restrictions. health officials saying that the aggressive action is necessary to slow the surge in cases. >> we know that if we wait we are just delaying the

inevitab inevitable. if we wait one or two more weeks to have these restricti restrictions placed on us, it will just mean our numbers will be higher and harder to bring down. >> under the new lockdown, retail is capped at 20% capacity and playgrounds, museums, campgrounds, zoos, theaters and live sports are closed down. a bunch of restrictions in l.a. county you gocle the controversial outdoor dining ban. a judge asked for evidence to support that ban. leland: you have to imagine there will be lawsuits go that scientific evidence if it does ever come out. christina, thank you. ♪ >> across the country, teachers, parents and students are now dealing with the challenges of online learning,

but also a whole lot of unintended consequences after months of students learning remotely, mental health and suffering from learning nationwide. and they're looking at how to bring the students back into the classroom. joining us is the unified school superintendent. and also joined by a superintendent art jarvis, thank you for joining us today. we appreciate it. dan, i'm going to come to you first, your district is the first, as i understand it, in l.a. county bringing students back for in-person learning. tell me, does it fill you with hope or dread or both? >> we are over the moon excited about this. we've had our kindergarten through second grade back, and teachers are excited and

parents are excited and kids are ready. kristin: kids are ready. are teachers feeling ready? how are they doing? have you had to provide extra reassurance that they're going to be safe and stay healthy? >> teachers deserve all the red. this is a tough and challenging time, anxiety and stress are high. we've spent 1.6 million on ppe and procedures and protocols. but the teachers are doing a phenomenal job. they are stressed, of course, but we so appreciate their hard work. gillian: art, your district is staying largely closed in terms of students in person and the hope you'll help flatten the curve as you're seeing a slight surge in coronavirus cases. do you feel strongly, that's the right thing for your students and your teachers? >> oh, i do. i think. kristin: go ahead. >> i think that we may look back on 2020 and feel like we should have never closed

elementary schools. i think it's-- we are going to look back and see it's one of the mistakes that we've made. schools are structured, easy to implement the protocols and the impact on students and their learning is usage. kristin: art, how do you feel about this? >> we have the k-1 students that have been attending since september 28th so we've had a fairly long run with our youngest students and our special needs students and they are thriving. and it's been wonderful. we have installed with this new wave, so we've not been able to add to that, but we did something that started last week, we're one of the few districts that's doing testing. we're doing rapid testing and we've added that element really to keep that margin of safety and quick response to enable us to go to the next step, to add the second great and through the district. it's actually working quite

well for us. my comment would be on the remote side of our dual platform. we have both in-person and remote, we're seeing more students that-- it's a bifurcated outcome. we're seeing some kid that are thriving and doing very well and we're seeing some kids that are falling away and that's what i think i'm going to concentrate on mostly, we need to figure out this next spring and summer and this year and next year. what are we going to do with the kid that suffered as a result of this pandemic. kristin: mentally, physically, academically. we're just starting to get to the tip of the iceberg now in terms of how students are suffering as a result of not being in classrooms for the last nine months. we don't fully know the effects. we have based on every year the kid is out of the classroom, it will cost them 30 years down the line on career development.

a lot to worry about. dan, before i get both of you go-- before i let both of you go, your personal experience, i understand that you and your daughter were part of the pfizer vaccines trials? >> feeling good. happy to be a part of it and i had the first shot in august and my daughter the first shot in october. gillian: did you have any side effects? >> i did not. my daughter did, chills and muscle aches for five days. gillian: how old is she? >> 16. gillian: would you recommend widely that americans take this vaccine based on your experience? >> absolutely. trust the scientists and absolutely. gillian: we appreciate your time, love to have you back. >> thank you. leland: on to the fight against the restrictions in colorado, a church is asking the supreme court to strike down covid

restrictions it says unfairly targets religious congregations. supreme court justice gorsuch should decide whether to take up the case. we'll talk about the arguments next. it's down to the wire,

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the u.s. supreme court for relief from covid restrictions imposed by the state's governor. lucas tomlinson joins us with where the justices stand on this case. hi, lucas. >> hi, it's latest appeal from around the country, some americans begging the supreme court to help their churches, with coronavirus restrictions around the country from spanning from california, new york, louisiana and now colorado. high plains harvest church an hour north of denver is wanting an injunction against the 50 person in place. the linchpin of the state's attempted justification for discriminating in church in favor of secular uses is somehow the churches are risky environments for the spread of covid-19. the data profoundly at odds with the state's petition. it will go to justice neil gorsuch who can elect to rule

or have the others join. and gorsuch strongly defended freedom undered first amendment. while the pandemic poses great challenges there's no word where there are color coded edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops, but shutters synagogues and mosques, and they call for this by wednesday. gillian: lucas in washington. thank you so much. leland. leland: more on this, we bring in colorado talk radio host, ross comiskey who has dutifully been obeying coronavirus restrictions for months now due to his beard and hair. you've talked to the pastor recently. is this more about worship for him or politics? >> absolutely, the former. this is completely about worship for him. he's a truly devout gentleman.

his congregation and people who aren't normally in his congregation, but put it to me, wouldn't to worship god and there's nothing political in it for him. i spoke to him this morning. leland: and governor pollis, you have deep blue parts of the state and dark red parts of the state. how much support is this pastor getting from outside of his church, perhaps people who not necessarily attend or are all that religious, but support his ability to worship or right to? >> i think like a lot of the rest of the issues in the rest of the country. you tend to find people lining up on this issue, really, on a partisan basis, regardless of the underlining matter. he'll have republican support and won't have democratic support even from his

perspective this isn't about politics. he just -- there's -- the other thing that's interesting, leland, you know the state well. you were here. up there in wells county where the town of alt is, the county commissioners said they would not enforce any of these state restrictions so it's happening in the context of that location as well. leland: yeah, reminds me of missouri you had county commissioners in the county where restaurants were supposed to be locked down, eating at restaurants that were defying the ban. this is an article that was published by one of the congress women-elect from colorado. while corporations like lowe's and walmart operate almost unimpeded, i am a note asking for more restrictions, the low margin shall a -- placed arbitrarily and said that pot shops and liquor

stores, without credible science backing up the discrepancies in policy treatment. question, how strong is the blow-back here against the governor and is he showing any willingness to cave or mitigate some of these restrictions? >> well, i'm not seeing any willingness by the governor to move on any of this stuff. i think that from the church's perspective, what the pastor, his name is mark holting, he told the church capacity is just under 300 people and being a limit of 50 people, he says it's like a ghost town. he says through this they have distancing and masks and hand sanitizers. they're not a bunch of rebels stand close to each other with no masks on. they're observing the c.d.c. guidelines and they think it's

massively unfair when they could have everybody in there six feet apart and maybe double or triple the amount that the state is allowing while observing those guidelines. leland: what a fascinating story to watch this. the county commissioner says they're not going to enforce the rules, the pastor suing the state, and the potential of a real showdown in weld county. ross will be following on his show, the voice of colorado and you can listen worldwide on the interwebs i hear. >> thanks for having me. gillian: and that the election was rigged, corrupt and stolen from him despite a series of losses in court and multiple recounts. mark meredith is live at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> gillian, a president trump rally in early december, it's going to happen. we are going to take a look at what's at stake when america's news headquarters comes back right after this break.

>> as president trump prepares to rally in valdosta georgia. they're claiming tens of thousands of votes now were cast illegally. mark meredith, he's got details about the legal strategy, hi, mark. >> the president's legal team says he wants the results in georgia thrown out even though the state certified the results, and the republican secretary of state repeated and said today there was no widespread fraud when they voted and there will be plenty to say about his challenge in

georgia and elsewhere when he takes the stage in valdosta tonight. and vice-president mike pence stopped in savannah. he urged people to get out to vote in january. and the republican chairman ronna mcdonnell, she had the same pitch. >> and you want to have a check on chuck schumer and with the finl filibuster, from destroying the country we love we need to make sure that the republicans keep the senate majority. >> there's a race to get out voters. a race on capitol hill for a new coronavirus relief bill to continue. house speaker pelosi says there is a $900 billion aid package

and there's a look that it could be later this month. >> we feel excited about the prospect that there's a bipartisan bill. i told members i'm not bringing any more bills that are not bipartisan. it's a good product, it's not everything we want, don't get me wrong. i don't want the republicans to think that we're-- that this is a dream come true. >> president trump has repeatedly said that he is interested in a new coronavirus relief bill package. he would support a bill if congress were to reach one and there are talks whether this is going to be lumped in together with another government funding package, but there are so many people eager to see what congress may be able to agree to when it comes to stimulus. gillian: mark meredith from the white house. thanks so much. leland. leland: governors across the country are taking very different approaches to spiking covid numbers. republican governor pete rickets continues to leave most

of the decisions up to the citizens and their businesses. he joins us from omaha. thank you, sir, we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. leland: look at the unemployment rate now because so much of this is economic and the balance between health and economic health. nebraska unemployment rate 3%, nationally 6.9%. how much of that is due to the fact that you've allowed businesses to continue to stay open and make their own decisions? >> well, i think a lot of it, credit goes to nebraskans who are working hard and that's part of who we are, we have a great work ethic here. our key industries are agriculture and manufacturing and those haven't been as impacted by the pandemic as much as say the service or entertainment economy. and slowing down the spread of the virus and letting people live a normal life. leland: i remember we had you

on at the beginning of the pandemic and worried about the supply chains and we know that numbers are spiking in nebraska and around the country. are we going back to the situation where we might have a supply issue for meat and other products produced in nebraska? >> no, know the at all. we took steps in the spring to work with our food processing plants to change the way they operate. we've published a covid-19 meat processors handbook, for example, handling and masks and spacing, and training and all of that and what we've seen we've been able to manage this in our food processing plants. frankly, it looks better than the population at all. in nebraska our cases are down 25% in the last couple of weeks and hospitalizations are down 17%. we're hopeful we're over the hump now. we still have to manage it, but

things are getting better. leland: things are getting better perhaps in nebraska, but issues around the country. a number of governors aren't taking the approach that you are especially relates to what businesses they allow to be open. listen to the exchange on cnbc, big box stores, places like lowe's and home depot as opposed to restaurants. >> a lot of restaurants fought back and they don't have problems and they're open. >> you don't have to believe it, but let me say this you're doing a disservice to the viewer because the viewers need to understand. >> you're doing a disservice to the viewer, you are! you are! >> i'm sorry, i'm sorry, if -- i would like to keep our viewers as healthy as humanly possible. the idea of packing people into restaurants. >> i think our viewers are smart enough to make the bests on their own. >> it's completely different things. leland: it brings up a philosophical difference and

point. and why is it that you view that nebraskans are able to make decisions on their own that perhaps in california the governor there doesn't seem to believe that his citizens are either smart enough or careful enough or responsible enough to make decisions on their own? >> well, i mean, one of the great things about our country is that we have the state that can make decisions and they're closing to their people than the federal government would be. so, you get leaders that are going to be more responsive to their people and make decisions based upon what's right. leland: president trump has largely allowed governors to make their own decisions without putting his hand on the scale very much. did a little in the beginning. since then has not. are you worried that a biden administration may take a different approach and you're going to be forced with making tough decisions if federal aid dollars are died to certain covid restrictions? well, i think that's one of the things that the future biden administration could choose to

do. thing that would be a mistake for the biden administration. one of the things that the trump administration understood when it comes to managing the emergencies it's up to the states not the federal government. leland: real quickly, does it worry you that the biden administration might do something like that? have you thought about how you would respond in a situation of a national mask mandate or some kind of a, you know, power of the purse move by the biden administration? >> well, we would certainly work to convince the new administration that that is not in their best interest, that it's not in the best interest of the country or the state to be able to do that. i mean, again, i'll point out under the obama administration, they crossed a line with regard to their authority numerous times and we took them to court and we're very successful in suing them to prevent overstep of their authority and you know, if we had to do the same thing, we will do that again. leland: stay tuned, perhaps the best way to sum that up. governor, we appreciate you taking the time on a saturday. our best to you and your

family, sir. >> great, thanks very much. gillian: and looking at the iran nuclear agreement. this as tensions between the u.s. and iran, after the killing of one of iran's nuclear scientists. we'll talk to one of the national security team.

>> there's some breaking news now. there is new reporting out of iran that the supreme court leader there is transferring power to his son because his health is failing. this is according to local news outlets and social media reporting by iranian journalists. joining us us to break it down is former nfc chief of staff, for the center of security policy, and ceo fred, thanks for joining us. >> good to be here. >> tell us if this news about this succession, for lack of a

better word, impact or, you know, will impact president-elect biden's plan to rejoin this deal? >> i don't think it will affect america's relationship with iran. his health has been, he'll have someone with the second in power. who led the iranian revolution. he wants the position to be set up, to be staffed by heredity rule and that would be a setback for iranian democracy and accountability. gillian: see we know from the biden national security team that they are figuring out how and when they can get the united states to rejoin the jcpoa, the iran nuclear deal.

take a listen to israel's prime minister netanyahu this week and i want your response on the other side. >> what the jcpoa did was 0 open the gate of the cage and open the door and let the tiger loose to plunder, and for the states to go back to the jcpoa, shouldn't go back to-- >> this kind of asks, this warning from netanyahu begs a bigger question here, what is biden's relationship going to be with israel, and biden is not even in office yet. >> it's going to be a difficult relationship, the democratic party is angry with netanyahu for his close relationship with president trump. which is unfortunate. the biden administration is looking to back to the deal,

and they would negotiate with a better deal. iran was never in compliance with the deal in the first place and i think the deal is fatally flawed. i hope that biden would not rejoin this agreement. gillian: here is it what biden said,'s making the case, you guys don't think that we, the obama-biden administration did a good job, but iran is continuing to enrich uranium anyway even though president trump pulled out of the deal. >> the bottom line, we can't allow iran to get nuclear weapons and look how damaging this policy is for the president, he's pulled out to get tougher and what have they done, they've increased the ability for them to have nuclear material and close to the ability to have enough material for a nuclear weapon. gillian: essentially obama had us into the deal and trump out of the deal and it doesn't matter iran has been doing.

>> iran has been cheating on this agreement. the and cheating so badly. israel stole documents from iran in 2018 that documented massive cheating, a massive covert program and this chief nuclear scientist who was recently assassinated he was heading a covert program. what biden is saying is just false. iran's covert nuclear weapons program never stopped with this nuclear deal. the problem with the deal, it legitimized iran's nuclear program and put it on a glide path to an industrial scale nuclear weapons program in the future. gillian: fred, we've got to leave it there. we always enjoy talking to you. >> thank you. gillian: you bet. leland: check out the video from spain. yes, that's a human and no, he's not supposed to be there climbing this tower. we are going to tell you what police had to say about that rogue climber when we come back. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah!

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qr code at the bottom of the screen. leland: the qr code to come. and the president will be on the campaign trail again. in valdosta georgia, people have been lining up, griff. >> they sure have. the first rally since the november election, this crowd is fired up. we've got that coming up.

gillian: the lines are growing ahead of rally, stomping for the gop senate runoff candidates, kelly loeffler and david perdue. lots of anticipation among trump supporters, also, leland as you know the trump campaign is billing this as victory rally. he believes he won the general election. leland: that might come up possibly and no surprise in georgia where he got crowd of 10,000 people in past rallies. i'm leland vittert, the rally and live coverage of the president's remarks as it happens, griff jenkins outside the rally. what's on the play list, griff? griff: hey, leland and gillian, good afternoon to you. let me tell you this crowd very excited to hear the president and the first lady coming down and, of course, he will, indeed, talk about the election as he believes was rigged but the folks here are totally aware of

what is at stake. the control of the senate hanging in the balance and that's why vice president pence was rallying in savannah yesterday with senators perdue and loeffler trying to get people to turn out and vote, watch. >> so between now and when the polls close on january 5, we need you to vote, georgia. we need to you tell everybody to get it done. i know we've all got our doubts about our last election, and i actually hear some people saying, just don't vote. my fellow americans, if you don't vote, they win. griff: look how lose the races are. dead even in the real clear politics average, perdue and ossoff separated by two tenths of a point. 315 million combined between the

campaigns and outside groups, democrats have left nothing to chance as former president obama did virtual rally yesterday, listen here. >> a promise of the biden presidency and the harris vice presidency rest in parton their ability to have a cooperative posture with congress. raphael warnock and jon ossof to run the agenda forward. griff: you can see, stop the steal, that's a big one. the president's legal team by the way, you hear stop the steal, the president's legal team piling a new lawsuit yesterday, came after the secretary of state, rejected the viral video reporting to show illegal ballot counting and another lawsuit brought by conservative lynn wood, the judge there, nominated by

president trump rejected lynn wood's standing. leland: wouldn't be the first time a trump judge knocked down one or his supporters claims. i want to get back to this issue about the folks chanting stop the steal. greg of the atlanta journal constitution with article out today, face shaking system, trump's georgia supporters consider skipping u.s. senate runoffs, he said that's the real fear among the campaigns and the folks you talk to back there, they may just not vote or they're willing to vote even if they don't necessarily agree with what happened in november. griff: great question, leland. yesterday when i was covering the trump for bus tour in several states, ultimately headed to washington, they were outside the capitol and governor's mansion, a gentleman said he doesn't know. folks from georgia, kelly

loeffler, perdue. i believe the gentleman is going to vote because ultimately many of the georgians realize what's at stake and even though there's been mixed messaging, we will find out from the folks how many are going to turn out. one thing is for sure, a big effort to get people to go out and vote because if you turn on the radio or a tv, you are inundated here in the peach state with ads. leland. leland: 300 plus million dollars in advertising already booked and we are a month away from the election, the number will go up. griff, thank you. gillian. gillian: joining us communication's director for the kelly loeffler campaign steven, thank you so much for joining us today. president trump is going to be talking in just a few hours. he's holding the victory rally as his campaign calls it, so the real reason his team says he's heading to the peach state is to talk about your candidate. do you kind of wish he would

stay from stop the steal stuff, stay away from the fact that he believes the general election was stolen from him and stick to doing the mission which is to really endorse your candidate? >> well, gill ape, great to be with you. and the president has said multiple times we need every georgia republican to get out and vote for kelly loeffler and david perdue. look, the president is frustrated as is kelly, you know, and david. we've got to the get to the bottom of what happened. here is what's at stake on january 5th, chuck schumer said it best, first we take georgia and then we change america, and we know exactly what he means, he wants to eliminate the filibuster, he wants to pack the united states supreme court, he wants to raise taxes, he wants to pass the green new deal, he wants to defund the police, and he wants to socialize our health care, that's what's at stake, that's why the president has said repeatedly every georgia republican needs to get out and vote for kelly loeffler and

david perdue and that's the message you will hear from the president. gillian: someone touting the same message is the vice president. >> we need georgia to send two great senators to washington. we need to send them back because of who they are. we need to send them back because of all that we have accomplished together. we need to send them back because the republican senate majority could be the last line of defense preserving all that we've done. gillian: here is the thing, steven, the republican senate majority is only aspens says the last line of defense if there's a biden administration. so lots of democrats piling on the vice president now saying, this was an admission that trump lost the general election. steven: well, look, senator loeffler and perdue are behind the president in legal recourse. we have to get to the bottom of

irregularities we had in november election and they are fighting with the president to do that but the vice president was clear what's at stake, the senate majority is at stake, we are the fire wall here in georgia, to making sure the american dream lives on in georgia and across our country and in senator perdue and loeffler, you have two business people just like the president. they come from the private sector, they've created jobs, they've helped this president reignite our economy and that's our sole focus, protecting for generations to come. gillian: take a look at president obama talking about your candidate the other day. >> you have two candidates in warnock and jon ossoff who have shown repeatedly to operate in highest levels of integrity and let's face it, you know, you've got two incumbent senators who

in the midst to have worst public health crisis that any of us have seen in our lifetimes, we know were first and foremost worried about their stock portfolio. gillian: your candidate has been dogged by this criticism, this concern on the part of lots of georgians that she's not taking the coronavirus threat seriously, she's not as concerned for georgians who have contracted the virus, who have become very ill with the virus as she should be. >> well, look, senator loeffler and senator perdue have delivered billions to the state of georgia in relief. i agree with president obama, jon ossoff and raphael warnock have shown exactly who they are, they have shown to be the most radically liberal candidates running anywhere in the country. jon ossoff is a trust fund socialist and warnock is je

jeremiah's defender. he's welcomed fidel castro to his church. i don't think those are georgia values and that's why on january 5th, georgia voters are going to send kelly loeffler and david perdue back to the united states senate. gillian: thanks so much for taking time out of a very busy, important weekend for your campaign, we appreciate it, we wish you all the best for the debates. >> gillian, thanks so much. gillian: you bet. leland. leland: in california businesses are getting ready to shut down again, folks are hunkering down for lockdown there and businesses that are pushing back on the new restrictions, christina coleman in santa monica on what they are doing about it there, hi, christina. christina: california governor newsom tweeted a light is at the end of the tunnel and vaccine is coming, on thursday he issued

the strictest restrictions from covid, this is going to impact lots of businesses. >> this is the most challenging moment since the beginning of this pandemic. i'm not naive of what's being asked of you and i'm not naive of the pressure and stress that you're under, i'm not naive on what the impact this has on your dreams, particularly small businessmen and women. christina: this is a regional stay at home order, breaks the state in 5 regions, one falls below 15% icu capacity the shutdown is triggered for that particular area. every region is close to reaching the threshold but yesterday the bay area went ahead and announced that they are going to implement the state's new restrictions starting tomorrow. health officials saying the aggressive action is necessary right now to slow the surge in cases. >> the dark covid winter that we

feared would come has arrived in the bay area. i and other county health officers in the bay area don't think we can wait for the state's new restrictions to go into effect later this month. we must act swiftly to save as many lives as we can. this is an emergency. christina: as for residents lock down means retail capped at 20% capacity. give yourself if you plan on doing holiday shopping, you may have to wait in lines, playgroundsness museum, campgrounds, all closed. the same goes for indoor and outdoor dining, it's prohibited. many restaurant owners are upset over this. they said they already spent a lot of money during tough economic times for safe outdoor seating only to be shut down yet again. >> we've invested in changing and adapting our business to be pandemic friendly and then, you know, the changes come again.

>> it's really hard to keep a business going when the changes are happening constantly. christina: and once a lockdown is triggered for a third region, it would last 3 weeks. this could go beyond new year's in some places and really impact retailers who need the money and the extra income during the holiday shopping during this holiday season, leland. leland: christina coleman santa monica where it is still saturday morning and now to east coast where miami-dade has been epicenter of coronavirus in florida. the county seeing more than 236,000 covid cases, more than 3,000 deaths that as of thursday, joining us mayor suárez, we appreciate you joining us, thank you. there's the human cost in terms of what's happening to folks who have gotten covid, there's also the human cost in terms of the economic devastation that has occurred in miami as well. this video caught our eyes from

wednesday but you had people lining up quite literally in the middle of the night for a chance for 250-dollar food cards that your city was giving out. here is the question. the money runs out and is going to run out long before the need will run out. what are y'all going to do for these folks? >> well, one of the things that we are doing is urging our congress in a bipartisan fashion to pass a new cares act. we did not get direct funding from the federal government because our population was slightly below an arbitrary figure of 500,000 which meant that instead of us gaining $80 million which is what we should have gotten, we ended up getting $8 million. those lines that you're seeing are us putting our funds to work immediately for the most needy people. leland: mr. mayor, these are funds coming out from the city coffers, in a city of miami so

much revenue comes from tourism that you guys are in the red as well. >> it's been incredibly tough year. we were running a surplus prior to the pandemic and then we projected a 20 million-dollar deficit, we are thankful to finish the year with only a 2 million-dollar deficit, we didn't have to lay off police officers, we didn't have to lay off fire fighters which we unfortunately facing potentially having to do. leland: mike allen at axios put this out, america's hidden depression he wrote, continues big businesses, investors are thriving but restaurants and bar employees, hotel and airline staff and other service workers are in a pretty hopeless situation right now specific to miami, unemployment rate there is 8.8% nationally, 6.9%, the unemployment rate is people who are actively looking at jobs. i can only imagine there's folks in the tourism business and those related that have given up looking for jobs so the

unemployment in miami might be a lot higher. >> yeah, probably is and the truth of the matter is that the hospitale industry and the entertainment industry which is a huge part of how we succeed has been decimated, obviously people aren't traveling as much as they used to, they are not able to congregate in the ways that they are used to, a big part of the economy was based on the sort of socialization and -- and congregation economy, so we've definitely taken a hit but the city is resilient, the governor's executive order allows businesses to be open so bars and nightclubs are open now. leland: so interesting than what is happening in california and the republican governor of florida ron desantis despite overwhelming pressure in the summer and still today is faced a lot of criticism for his rules that have allowed decisions to be made at the local level for bars an restaurants and the life blood of florida's tourism to

stay alive. tell me what it would mean if ron desantis have taken california approach, i can only imagine miami wouldn't exist as it is today. >> at the beginning he gave us the opportunity, the ability to basically implement our own rules. now we have an ongoing conversation with the governor. as we see the cases increasing. but the truth of the matter is that our economy is doing a lot better than would have been doing than if we had a lockdown which is something that we we ae not contemplating in the city of the city of miami because -- >> leland: i remember the beginning, you talked about closing beaches and you didn't want people getting together on their boats, et cetera, i'm assuming that anybody books a hotel and people enjoy the sun? >> no, we don't. we love for people to come down and people enjoy our sun and our beaches and our weather and our -- and our entire town and our

city. leland: easy to do outdoors in florida sun, 80-degrees is pretty nice as we have a nor'easter going down, snow coming to washington, d.c., thank you, mayor. >> you got it. leland: good to see you. gillian: small businesses have been gutted by forced closures during the pandemic, coming up we will talk with a small business owner in portland oregon who has been hurt not just by closures but also wild fires there and also on going protests. stay with us. this is us talkingt investing, managing risk, and all the ways schwab can help me invest.

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leland: welcome back, small business owners across the country say they face an awful choice because obeying the law often means destroying their businesses. alex hogan joins us from new york where bar owners are pushing back against covid lockdowns. hi, alex. alex: hi, leland, report finding that in the first 6 months of the pandemic about 800

businesses closed every day. in michigan indoor dine asking banned while the state is on pause but some restaurants there are pushing back still opening despite the guidelines to try to stay afloat, in staten island new york the back and forth continues over pub that considers its autonomous zone and matt reopened last night against state's orders and police arrested one of the coowners this week. in new jersey indoor gatherings are limited to 10 people and photos sparking outrage capturing dozens of members of new york republican club without masks, among them matt gates, phil murphy blasting the florida congressman for breaking the state's regulations. >> what a fool. he and they should be ashamed of themselves. he's not welcomed. i hope you're not welcome in new jersey and frankly i don't ever want you back in the state.

alex: lifeline to the country small business owners, two competing proposals. this week house speaker nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer backing 908 billion-dollar and mitch mcconnell supporting 50 billion-dollar plan. this past week in november we saw that the new jobs report added about 235,000 jobs but that's the fewest since april after we have seen the months and months of people struggling to get by. well a vaccine could be around the corner it's still a bleak outlook for businesses that are trying to stay afloat until then, leland. leland: check out matt gates for his response, governor of new jersey, alex hogan in new york, thank you. gillian: coowner mike, he and wife have been running the stores as i understand it for 45 years. so mike, thanks for joining us today, looking forward to

hearing the story of the store, but before we get into it, i understand that you say the business has been hurt by the pandemic, by forced closures as well as coupled with the threat of wild fires nearby in the state, is that right? mike: yes, that's correct, the wild fires, the smoke from the wild fires that was so thick, people were advised to not leave their homes because it was too dangerous to breathe the smoke. so, yeah, we had customer brave it and probably hold their breath from the car to our store to get into the store and do shopping, so we did some business during the wild fires, the covid, the pandemic certainly has had a very difficult, you know, very negative impact on our foot traffic but we are grateful that we are open and grateful that we have loyal customers who are still coming into our store. gillian: have you made any covid-era adjustments that some other small businesses

especially retailers are making like trying to put more merchandise online, on your website, that kind of a thing in mike: yes, in fact, our staff -- our staff within a week of the shutdown back in march, our back combined with our daughter isabel actually built us online store within 10 days, tracee there is the manager just shown there and she whipped the staff and created an online store which helped us through the shutdown in march and april and into may. so we have done that, we do a lot of curb-side pickup, now coming to curb-side and pick them up. gillian: do you feel that paloma is sort of singled out for a back of a -- lack of a better word, do you feel that you're being hit hard by the pandemic and other clothing retailers

that are comparable in size are kind of doing better, do you feel like you're all in the tank together? mike: well, i think all the brick and mortar retailers big or small are in the same boat, we are all up against amazon. you know, right now i have to say amazon doesn't need your holiday gift shopping but small retailers, brick and mortar retailers really do need gift purchases through this month to make it through the next few months. gillian: i was just going to ask you about the holidays so obviously christmas tends to be the biggest shopping time of the year, it started last week with black friday and then cybermonday, obviously all kind of paired down a bit this year, does the upcoming holiday season give you some optimism that you might be able to -- to mount a bit of a comeback? mike: well, it's always critical, covid or no covid, holiday is a big deal. we are hopeful that our customers will do -- go out of their way to do as much gift

shopping as they can. they are in the store and online store. you know, in terms of what gives me hope for the holidays honestly is that -- that, you know, retailers, small businesses and restaurants really need comprehensive relief right now, right now with particularly attention to small retailers and independent restaurants and we are encouraged by what we hear from the -- about the current bipartisan stimulus bill but we need that relief and we need it now or we are not going to make it. so many small businesses will not make it through the next few months with their doors open unless we get that relief. gillian: mike, before i let you go, what's the website for your shore? >> shoppalomaclotheing.com. gillian: thanks so much and best of luck going forward. >> thanks so much, gillian.

gillian: you bet. leland: the nfl is also struggling or perhaps scrambling as covid lockdowns are making harder and harder to play if you believe on sunday so will there be a super bowl next?

gillian: powerful winter storm is expected to hammer the northeast, heavy rains, wind and snow, really a trifecta this weekend. adam klotz with the forecast. hi, adam. adam: hey, this thing is underway with the worst of it still probably going to hit in the next couple of hours, pretty much all of new england. some of the places will get a whole lot of snow by the time we get through sunday. where we are currently sitting, nor'easter the first of the season, off the coast of new england. it's been all rain from dc to new york, now pushing out of new york area but that's when you're running into colder air and

becomes more of a snow event. still right along the coast it's been a rain event, further inland, more elevation. interior new england, that's where the snow has really been falling and will continue to fall. if you were hoping for snow right along the coast, temperatures closer to lower 40's, that just isn't enough even in boston, not enough to see snowfall just yet. i do think the numbers fall a little bit in the next couple of hours, how much snow could we potentially see, gillian? particularly when we get in them, a foot of snow or more, right along the coast in portland, maybe 6 to 8-inches of snow. this is going to be our first big snowstorm here on the east coast, back out to you. gillian: adam, thanks so much for that, we appreciate it. leland: nfl still at it with new coronavirus guidelines after infections and quarantines disrupted recent games and some prohibition of in-person game

and stricter mask mandate, fox sports news analyst and author of the new book talking to goats, appreciate you being with us. let's start at the top which there may be the bottom. is there going to be a super bowl? >> absolutely, for sure. leland: how many teams would compete. you had denver broncos that had to play last week without even a quarterback? >> well, there's going to be two teams that are going to compete, we will see which two qualify, but the denver broncos weren't going to the super bowl anyway, it's the normal playoff schedule. it may have to take place or get postponed, they have moved several games as we have seen in the last couple of weeks and throughout the season and they still have that extra week to play with and they made provisions for it. but you can bet on one thing, the national football league has barreled forward since draft and barreled forward and get the

games played. leland: clearly a lot of money at stake and a lot of money also in terms of what the informal -- nfl is trying to use as a stick, if you will, with the teams and covid restrictions, here is a list of teams that have been fined for violating covid protocols, the patriots, the saints, the giants, the raiders, titans, steelers, seahawks, broncos, 49ers, the list goes on. do you just seem to not care or was it the fines need to be put in place to get a little bit more compliance, where are we on this? jim it's not natural for people competing in the game to be wearing masks and it's not natural for these guys to be doing this. they are tested every day so they probably felt that they were pretty safe with the protocols and guidelines and coming to work, but we've seen a lot of guys on television, they have their masks, particularly a

lot of the coaches and we have seen, for example, the denver broncos, they were photographed, their quarterback not wearing masks and one of the guys came down with covid and the others had to go away then because they were concerned that they might test positive. so they just got to follow the protocols and the guidelines and the guys have had all of these all season. it's been a difficult adjustment but you've got to do it and if you don't do it, you will get fined and the league is coming down hard on them because they want the games played. there's so much revenue at stake and so much going on here -- >> leland: you make a good point -- >> jim: you better follow the rules otherwise it's going to cost your pocket boom. leland: you make a good point in terms of revenue the nfl gets per game that ends up on tv. almost all of the games are being played without fans and we are now hearing that there's a number of teams that aren't going to be able to play in home stadiums without fans. the question would be this, how

are the -- how is these teams and the league in general keeping their fans engaged and the fans staying engaged in a way they have in the past? >> well, it's a television game and now these fields are acting as the studios and there's only one that i'm aware of and that's the san francisco 49ers, santa clara told them they can't play there they will play buffalo bills outside of arizona, possibly going forward, possibly, nothing has been determined. the raiders and the chargers may have to move out of california for them to possibly have to do that if that's what the governor and that's what the city say they have to do, but it is what it is here. these cities and the municipalities are making the rules as they go and whatever the rules are, the nfl will have to comply with. leland: as you point out they have jumped through hoops to be able to do it and make sure

their teams can still play, jim, we appreciate the time. >> jim: good to talk to you, stay safe. gillian: clashes erupting in paris, protestors are demonstrating against police brutality. we will have more on this developing story next. keeping your oysters business growing has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates

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leland: fox news alert, in paris protestors and rioters clashing with police setting fires to car as well as breaking to stores, kitty logan following for this for us. hi, kitty. kitty: hi, leland, protests across france but the demonstration in paris has turned particularly ugly as you can see. the march started peacefully, enough people protesting against a controversial new security bill, but as the day past, several vehicles have been set on fire. police say a hard-core joined

the demonstration and several of those have clashed with police officers, more than 20 people have already been arrested. some protestors burnt barricades and smashed windows, the crowds are angry over security bill which would allow more government surveillance. the bill also prevents publications of images of police which the government says it's to prevent online abuse but critics say this bill would restrict civil liberties and tensions are heightened over black producer being beaten by police and also a challenge for french president emmanuel macron as he tries to toughen up on law and order, earlier this week he backed down agreeing to review part of the controversial but clash is continuing and there were, of course, similar violent scenes last week as people

marched over france in protest of this controversial new security bill. leland. leland: kitty, thank you, seems paris has been rocked but long before that orange vest protests, people were trying to loot stores and same kind of images we are seeing out of paris and mirrors what is happening in the united states, large groups of peaceful protestors who have a light meat grievance and want to talk about it and you have the small groups of folks clad in all black who come out as night falls looking to either just create violence and/or loot and riot. gillian: i was just going to say familiar scenes there. really look at this, this could be footage from the united states over the summer. this could be any number of u.s. cities from portland, oregon to here in washington, d.c. it's a very real issue, people, you know, trying to take a stand

against police brutality only to have their movement taken over by rioters and looters and all kinds of thugs, it's really terrible and disturbance of people with -- >> leland: where antifa has taken over the protests. gillian: yeah, coming up next millions of americans have been without -- who have been without homes have been slammed especially hard by the pandemic. there is one organization they're coming up next and offering a help hand and we will be able to tell you how you can get directly involved. stick with us.

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>> it's because wild fires araging across southern california. it's the bonfire and started 50 miles from los angeles and so far has burned through 7,000 acres. you can see the winds blowing and the smoke, the flames, firefighters who have been working around the clock have contained 40% of the blaze. gillian: well, americans without homes are one of the most vulnerable populations during the pandemic. this is where the community of hope is stepping in trying to

help bridge the gap. the organization is offering gift cards for families for food and gifts during holiday season while bringing america together in the process. joining us now the president and ceo of community of hope kelly mcshane, kelly, thanks so much for joining us today. tell us about the program and then tell us about the special effort you're undertaking for the holiday. >> so for 40 years community of hope has worked to end family homelessness and improve health in washington, d.c. and in 2020 we will serves 1 families who have experiencing homelessness and we know that our work is more important than ever before especially during this pandemic. so for this holiday, we are launching a-day cheer campaign where we are providing gift cards of $50 for each family, so parents can pick the exact right gift or present that their child might need to help bring some joy during this time. gillian: why is it, kelly, that homeless people, homeless

families have been so especially hurt by the pandemic, not just in terms of spreading the spread of the rate of transmission of covid but in terms of, you know, the tangible effects on people's average daily lives? >> well, people often fall into homelessness because of a specific instant, someone gets sick, they lose a job, reduced hours and during the pandemic is more true than ever before and we are especially concerned when loss of job and loss of income that more families will become homeless during this time. gillian: has there been much discussion in your community, people who work actively on this issue, much discussion and planning about how to get americans without homes vaccinated in a timely manner? have you heard any talk from public health officials and homeless americans being part of

particularly vulnerable groups that may get considered for vaccination earlier rather than later? >> so people experiencing homelessness are more at risk, people experiencing have chronic disease and the district of colombia is working of prioritization of vaccines and i know that that will be part of the conversation. >> well, that's good to hear obviously. tell us about how our viewers who are watching that are interested in helping can get involved. >> it would be great to support holiday campaign, you can learn about it, samantha with 3 loved boys in motel as well as living in her car while experiencing homeless and after she came to community of hope through us and perseverance an dedication she now has her own apartment and working a great job in health care and has started to

bachelor's degree in administration with focus on health care and she just shared with me how really important and vital it was to have that extra money for the holidays to make possible during this time. gillian: communityofhope dc. you can donate money and time, we really hope that you'll pay attention to this and get involved any way you can. kelly, thank you very much for joining us today. happy holidays. >> you too. leland: little did you know there was going to be a pop quiz in this show, what is black and white and learning a new skill, here is the video, we will show you what that new skill -- wrong video. no, there is it is. it's a baby panda at the national zoo. cute little guy, we will show you what he's been up to next.

leland: headlines right now for you, parts of the northeast will deal with powerful storm this weekend. forecasters are expecting 18-inches of snow. looking a lot like christmas, i say, in washington we might get flurries and heavy rain and strong winds as well. >> oh, my gosh. leland: that was not a recording of gillian turner, shocked tourists capturing video of dust and rocks falling in the grand canyon, the horseshoe bend area

of the canyon, no one is believed to have been in the area. now for a collecting awe, big milestone for baby panda, taken his first steps right there. and you can see mom trying to snap while the baby takes first steps. the little guy is growing well and now weighs a little over 12 pounds and mom is exhausted. gillian: mom is definitely exhausted. we are going to have live coverage of the pandas, no, i'm just kidding, fox news will have live coverage of the president and tomorrow georgia senate runoff debate, 6:45 p.m. eastern, but quick back to the pandas before we leave for the afternoon, because -- leland: you had a lot of thoughts. gillian: that's news we could all use. that's the first happy thing i have seen in a long time and i

can stare at the web cam -- leland: you can stare at the web cam for a long time. go to smithsonian. gillian: if that's not the cutest damn thing you have ever seen, then i don't know what else. a miracle every time a baby panda is born. it's difficult for the creatures to procreate for whatever god-giving reason. it's verging on a miracle. despite the fact that they are cute, it's good for biodiversity and good for really -- leland: you know a lot about this. it's an interesting topic. gillian: it's an interesting topic. leland: from now on, we will put gillian, gillian turner, sometimes it has your title, gillian turner, panda enthusiasts. gillian: i would do that. leland: continue watching for panda updates as well as the news because the lines of trump supporters are continuing to grow down in georgia, we have

griff jenkins on the ground there. you can see live pictures there. camping out since 7:00 o'clock this morning. so they've got a full 12 hours. it looks a little chilly down there. it's not that warm. ♪ ♪ arthel: all eyes on georgia ahead of crucial runoff to determine which party controls the senate. president trump heads there today for a rally with the state's two republican senators, it'll take place just hours from now. the president looking to rev up the gop base as both parties pump money into resources there in georgia. hello, everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters, i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, arthel, hello, everyone, thank you for joining us, i'm eric sean. the president's trip to georgia comets as he continues to push forward with legal challenges in several ke