>> it is thursday december 10th a huge day in america's fight against covid-19. the fda said to review pfizer's vaccine, when the first dose will likely be administered. >> he spent years downplaying the china threat playing into exactly what the chinese want people to do. we need to figure out are there others? todd: eric swalwell to be removed over the house intel committee over a chinese spy, democrats response to the

scandal. carley: hunter biden under federal investigation. todd: "fox and friends first" on thursday continues right now. ♪ checking it twice ♪ going to find out who's naughty and nice ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ todd: i love what we can do in the last couple days, a smooth version of a christmas song, a country version of a christmas song. carley: you are not with us on the giant piano. you could bring your daughter. >> you are watching "fox and friends first" on thursday morning. carley: it is the day we have all been waiting for, the fda will discuss emergency approval of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine.

>> 3000 deaths in a single day. when can we expect the vaccine to be distributed? that is the question. >> reporter: as soon as the fda give the all clear to distribute the vaccine the feds are ready to investor 2.9 million doses, the approval might not come for another couple days or even next week. >> based on current production schedules we expect to have enough doses to vaccinate 20 million americans by the end of this year, 50 million total by the end of january and at least 100 million total by the end of the first quarter. >> reporter: the us and canada, the second western nation to approve the pfizer vaccine as they investigate whether it causes allergic reactions. >> patients are subject to severe allergic reaction have been excused from the trials. which is classic.

my expectation is this is new news and i would assume the fda will make those decisions, tomorrow this will be part of the consideration. >> meantime the us had another grim milestone. more than 3000 daily deaths. doctor anthony fauci says he will take the vaccine if deemed safe. >> if the united states fda says that a vaccine is safe and effective, i can promise you that i will take that vaccine myself and i will recommend that my family does that. >> reporter: the department of defense is sending 45 u.s. army medical personnel to take the strain off of wisconsin hospitals and pennsylvania governor tom wolf tested positive for covid-19 saying in part, quote, as the virus rages on my positive test is a

reminder no one is immune from covid-19. following all precautions as i have done is not a guarantee but it is what we know to be a vital part of stopping the spread of the disease. dr. nicole saphier will discuss everything along with the vaccine. todd: the trump campaign, 20 additional states joining texas challenging the results in battleground states. >> calls for a special counsel to investigate the election. what is going on? >> reporter: the lone star state is anything but lonely this morning after 17 other states are joining the ever challenging the results of the presidential election. texas attorney general kim paxton filing a suit in these four states, in the 52 electoral votes in georgia, michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin

should be invalidated claiming they acted unconstitutionally when they moved to massively expand mail in voting adding only state legislatures can govern election laws. >> this case for those who read it it goes state-by-state and shows how what happened, the unconstitutional enactment by democrats secretary of state in contravention of legislature how it could be outcome determinative. >> reporter: the president welcoming the support tweeting at least 17 states a joint texas in the extraordinary case of the greatest election fraud in the history of the united states, thank you. these are the states backing the suit, you see here one of the first, missouri whose attorney general eric schmidt is fighting for election integrity. watch. >> free and fair elections are the cornerstone of this republic and it is important every legal vote is counted in every illegal vote is not counted. >> next week the senate homeland security committee is holding a hearing on election irregularities as house republicans are calling on

attorney general william barr to appoint a special counsel to probe all this and fox news has learned 4000 poll watchers during next month's georgia senate runoff races. back to the texas case, it is not clear, 62 electoral votes would be enough to swing the election. the four states being said, georgia, michigan, mentally and wisconsin have until 3:00 pm to file a response. >> it all comes down to that texas case. >> the next big date december 14th next monday when he lectures vote in their state and one of the 17 states is arkansas. leslie will join us live. >> a federal investigation is underway into hunter biden's taxes, the president-elect's son confirming a probe in delaware saying i takes matter seriously

but i am confident a professional and objective review of these matters, illegally and appropriately. telling fox news the probe stems from funds he received from foreign countries including china. todd: congressman eric swalwell denied the report he shared sensitive information with suspected chinese spy. >> i know that i didn't. at the same time the story was leaked out is the time i want -- working on impeachment on the house intelligence and judiciary committee and if this is a country where people who criticize the president have law enforcement information weapon ice against them that is not a country any of us wants to live in. todd: the democrat was one of the targets of chinese national who stopped together political intel from politicians. her suspicious activities prompting the fbi to launch a probe. florida senator rick scott announced -- and house minority leader kevin mccarthy calling

for small well -- swalwell to be booted from the intel committee. former acting director of national intelligence say our leaders need to get to the bottom of what swalwell new and what he may have shared. >> russia is a problem in china is a crisis. we've known it has been a crisis for a very long time. i think there needs to be a gain of 8, this intelligence group investigation. they should get a confidential classified briefing on what eric birx -- swalwell new and how much he gave away because the reality is he spent years downplaying the china threat and overtyping the russian threat. this is playing exactly into what the chinese want people to do, they wants to be under the radar. eric swalwell did with the chinese wanted. we need to figure out are there

others. >> marco rubio pointing of hypocrisy saying he pushed the narrative of donald trump and russia collusion all while he was interacting with a suspected chinese spy. >> unless of migrant caravan is on its way to the us, reuters reported that is of migrants traveling from honduras after two hurricanes better the country last month. one of them saying they have no choice but to flee to the united states. tom homan will join us later this hour with more on the caravan. >> one person is dead and 3 others injured in the massive chemical plant explosion in west virginia. john dylanwater died when the facility burst into flames. the 42-year-old leaves behind a wife and two kids. a pulmonary investigation shows a metal dryer became over pressurized during a chemical drying operation. >> rudy giuliani is back home after being released from the hospital for coronavirus, the president's personal attorney and former new york city mayor spending 3 nights in the

hospital in washington. he was given the same treatment as the president, this as we learn 30 staffers including members of michigan's legislature tested positive for the virus a week after giuliani testified in the statehouse chamber. >> house majority leader steny hoyer stating concern is the democrat majority shrinks and it chamber telling reporters i have indicated to the administration very early on that i want to be careful in terms of members they appointed from congress given the closeness of our majority. house republicans switched 12 seats so far and concerns growing the dems as joe biden taps two house members for his administration. those members will leave vacancies to be filled by special election. >> ron burgundy of this place. i read it. shannon: 10 minutes after the hour. republicans outraged over a top democrat's relationship with a

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>> don't think there should be any comfort to the biden family that this is only attacks case. this gives them an opportunity to gain access to foreign bank accounts, foreign transactions etc. and we start to unravel the full extent of the biden relationship with the chinese government. todd: hunter biden headlines as the president elect's son acknowledges the doj investigation. carley: the probe was launched partly because of suspicious overseas business transactions with countries like china.

neil: sean duffy joins us. i like what peter schweitzer said. it is only a tax investigation. i believe the last tax investigation was but i digress. how concern to the bidens to be about the digging that is about to go on into hunter's china deals? >> should be very concerned because this will open up a whole can of worms. the fbi is looking into the financial dealings of hunter biden with foreign countries, how much did he make, what work was he doing, who was helping him in the us to accomplish that work, was his dad's rollout is vice president, joe biden get any money from hunter biden? it will be incredibly embarrassing for the bidens, what kind of financial welfare gain, but not only that, you can't forget this is important

what happens in georgia because of republicans keep the senate the senate is also going to investigate what happened with hunter and joe biden and as you mentioned china. all roads lead to china. they are apologists for china, make money from china and sold america out to china. carley: hunter biden released a statement saying i'm confident a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that i handled my affairs legally and appropriately including with the benefit of professional tax advisers but i wonder, this investigation has been going on since 2018 why nothing was mentioned during the presidential election and would it have changed things? >> the 2016 fbi public announcement that hillary clinton investigation, donald trump investigation is out of the norm for the fbi.

they don't want to influence elections so they went back to tradition, they were not going to bring up these cases that could influence the presidential election. the race is over and they announced the work they have been doing. what is important is the department of justice going up a special investigator to do the work to protect them from the biden administration that might try to kill the investigation should they take over january 20th, during and his investigation in regard to the trump investigation and the false claims going with special counsel. will hunter biden go too? yet to be determined. todd: will other media pressure anybody into doing anything or not doing anything? >> will they report it? todd: joe biden mom on eric swalwell's links to a chinese spy, wants him removed from the intel committee. you get how all this works.

i don't get how swalwell can remain on the intel committee regardless what party you are in. >> that he was on the intel committee when nancy pelosi had to know about the chinese spy working in his office, this claims there might have been a romantic relationship between swalwell and the chinese spy. the way committee assignments are made, who goes on what committee, swalwell decide for himself the nancy pelosi is the ultimate authority to say he should be off the intelligence committee. when swalwell is compromised by the chinese he shouldn't -- the most important committee with sensitive information, he should be at a minimum. todd: it sends another signal if pelosi keeps him on their. we appreciate your time as always.

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connecticut bar owner, to keep his business alive, legal fight with the governor to the state supreme court. the owner of casey's irish pub,

christine khazei, this is more than just a public. you are literally fighting for your life. what message do you want to get through to the connecticut state supreme court? >> thank you for having me. i'm averaging 14,$000. in federal aid. 47% of us in the next 6 months, i am one of them. received no funds. i called him twice a week every week, they are processing and requesting. i am backed into a wall, fighting my way out.

todd: when you hear reports of big business getting huge, 500,$000 checks, stimulus, and you are struggling just to keep your place alive how does it make you feel? >> makes me want to scream. when i have to call my father to borrow money, all these big companies are getting all of this money, what about the little guy, we need it. we feed so much of the economy and the trickle-down effect is terrible to the food distributors, the people we use on an everyday basis. even my daycare, can't go to school anymore. the trickle-down effect with 3 small business is affected one after the next and we need help. todd: the pandemic impact on the restaurant industry 110,000 restaurants permanently closing

nationwide, 600 plus in connecticut since the start of march was a pretty pointed question. how long before last call at casey's without more help? >> we are getting close. i don't like to think about that but we are getting close. >> has the community come together to help you out? >> i have a lot of support behind me. i've been doing this almost 25 years. we've grown up together. they check on me daily. i know they have my back and are always worried and concern and they want to come back to casey's. the holidays are coming, we have big christmas parties, we will miss that. >> critics say we are in a second wave, we need to shut everything down. what do you tell his critics? >> we want to come back to work. we understand the risks and we are willing to work in a safe manner so we can pay our bills.

we need to pay our bills, we need to survive. todd: next time i am in town i will stop by and grab a drink because i have confident you will be open. hoping and praying for you. >> the time is 25 after the hour. dozens of house republicans pushing for special counsel to look at election irregularities as the gop descends on georgia bringing in 4000 poll watchers. jody high's joins us on the election latest next.

have had unfair investigations and here's the ultimate hypocrisy, democrats have something in their own house that needs to be investigated and are stonewalling. >> david perdue facing a

high-stakes election siding with 27 house republicans who say a special counsel should be appointed to investigate the presidential race. todd: jody high's joins us live. >> we have tremendous problems with allegations from every direction. if we lose the integrity of the elections in the country we lose our republic. that is where people have their voice. there are very serious concerns and in our case the secretary of state is not coming forward to make sure the question marks,

concerns be legitimately looked into. we are calling on attorney general william barr to appoint a special counsel, we have to make sure the elections stay. >> 17 states signed on to the texas lawsuit, suing four swing states to delay the certification of election results. how do you feel about that lawsuits described as a longshot? >> it may be a longshot, maybe not. the statement get on board show the seriousness of the problems we are facing with the elections, as i understand it, what texas is saying to states like georgia, this makes perfect sense. wherever there is an illegal vote cast, diminishes our legal vote. taking away the influence of illegal, in place.

towards the, evidently a lot of problems, illegal votes that were cast are disenfranchising and taking away the influence of voters in texas. it is a legitimate argument, hoping the supreme court will look at. todd: recruiting 4000 poll watchers for the most aggressive balance security the january 20 fifth runoff. a lot of disaffected reporters don't feel their voice was heard. should georgia voters trust the process? >> that's what we are trying to make sure. we've got to turn out the vote. as we know, all the activity in the country, politically and for good reason, hangs on the

outcome of this election. it is important voters feel secure, that their votes are going to count. only legal votes will be cast. any attempt at fraud is going to be investigated and prosecuted. those types of things must be in place for voters to be secure, i am looking for more, a positive step in the right direction. todd: the question remains will those individuals get a chance to do their job unlike as reported in other states. appreciate your insights. thank you for getting up with us. carley: the latest space x test flight ends in a massive fireball. watch this.

the prototype starship bursting into flames during touchdown in south texas after flying eight miles into the stratosphere. no one was on board and no one was hurt. the test flight was still a success despite the explosion tweeting we've got all the data we needed. congratulations space x team. todd: you've got enough money to make that a success. renaming two school named after george mason and thomas jefferson. those changes will cost 110,$000. after community raised concern. 56% of students, parents and staffers didn't want the name change. carley: a new migrant caravan on the move overnight. todd: ice releasing detainees

over covid-19 concerns, some accused of new crimes. he is next.

>> hundreds of migrants in a newly for caravan heading towards the us border from honduras, the first major movement since the electing. joining us is tom homan, good morning. what is going to happen? will they have to wait in mexico? >> as joe biden becomes president they won't have to. he made promises to end trump policies on the border which includes remain in mexico. he promised a moratorium on deportations.

he said he wouldn't allow ice to do any work in operations, end detention. you make promises you enter the country illegally you won't be detained or deported and get to work here illegally because ice won't find you and on top of that give you free medical care why wouldn't you come. we lose control of the border and the progress donald trump has made. carley: a judge in california ordered an ice facility to release 250 illegal immigrants because of the coronavirus, to lessen the number of people in the facility. now we are learning several of them have been rearrested for serious crimes like child sex, violating restraining orders, grand theft and drug possession. what is your reaction to this? >> it was a ridiculous ruling, this judge had numerous cases

with base, always ruled against ice. political beliefs and personal biases take over real interpretation of the law but i was on an airplane the other day, people wear a mask, you can go to walmart, certain restaurants but criminals in prison can't wear a mask and stay socially distant? he wanted inmates social distance from the guards. how do you do that? these facilities follow cdc guidelines, serve meals separately, sanitation crews in their constantly. this made no sense. looking for recidivism rates,

44% committed in the first year, 77% within five years. why would you release a public safety threat back to the public when you know they are well taken care of. carley: joe biden wants to stop deportations, why does he want to do that? >> no idea. it is a ridiculous proposal. 90% of everybody ice arrests are criminals, convicted criminals. why would you say you are not going to remove them? that send a message to the rest of the world, you can enter the country illegally, commit a crime against us citizen, not be removed. he made a commitment he will remove those convicted of serious felonies so send a message, you can commit multiple misdemeanors, commit a nonviolent felony and i'm not going to remove you. he says that the entire time.

carley: thank you for coming on with breaking news, appreciate it. todd: the fda meets to review pfizer's vaccine. dr. nicole saphier on that. carley: let's look at what is coming up on "fox and friends". >> the chinese spy scandal around congressman eric swalwell escalating, to get booted from the house intel committee. kevin mccarthy and congressman matt gates of florida share why this cannot be swept under the carpet. on the report says socialists had their best election yet but that did not help democrats gain ground, we talked to two congresswomen elect, their plans to stop the far left policies. charlie kirk calls out youtube

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to the proposed timeline, dr. nicole saphier, the big meeting happens today. what do you think will happen? >> they will debate whether they believe the data shows the pfizer vaccine -- has a proven it is safe and the efficacy, the fda gives insight this week showing their systemic review shows the vaccine is great, they should give full approval by the end of the day which means the fda will convene, put forward their official recommendation by this weekend and the vaccine will be shipped out by the end of the weekend, early monday and people will be vaccinated early next week the same timeline as canada. the canadians will not be vaccinating until next week as well.

todd: let's drill down a little bit, 50 million by january, as a doctor how frustrating is it to you to know that if we had moved a little faster, more like the uk and gotten the vaccine this week we could have hit the second wave a little harder and looks like we are going to. >> first of all we are lightning speed. no one would have expected a successful vaccine with 90% efficacy in ten months by 2020. i was a doubter. what happened in the uk? two people who received the vaccine had anaphylaxis reactions, those are life-threatening. this was in the hospital setting and they carried epipens with them. if you review the pfizer vaccine trial, those with a history of severe allergies were excluded from the trials. i wouldn't think i would give someone with a known history of

severe allergic reactions a round of the vaccine because they were excluded from the trial. we don't have information that it is safe. the fda scrutinizes the data. could they have met sooner? possibly but not like they have been sitting around doing nothing. they are reviewing the safety data and i have every trust in the process that the fda will do what they can to keep us safe. carley: what those allergic reactions affect the approval here? >> absolutely not. it is hard to determine. allergic reactions to medication are not uncommon. it can be seen from 3% to 10%, whether they are true allergic reactions are another story. trial participants, the pfizer vaccine, 40,000 people in the trial. if you have a one in 1 million risk you might not be in the 40,000.

people with known severe allergies, they have to be careful because there can be some stabilizing agents in the vaccines so they have to scrutinize if they can take certain things because there are known ingredient that can cause any magic reaction that severe allergic reaction participants, they weren't excluded from the trial so having them be in the first round to receive the vaccine i wouldn't have done that. the fda process will tell us not to do it. carley: such great news that folks in the uk got the vaccine and just two people had a serious allergic reaction to it and that will make other people nervous and questions like if you have allergic reactions your self should you take the vaccine?

>> the media coverage will put more fear into people. bottom line there will always be allergic reactions to everything being taken. i personally believe people with a known severe allergy, not people who say sometimes i get a little itchy or my stomach is upset, those are not necessarily allergic reactions, but carrying those epipens around, talk to your physicians before you take any new medication including a vaccine. carley: thanks for answering our questions, we appreciate it. arkansas and 16 other states join texas and the president in a supreme court challenge of the 2020 election results. todd: leslie says this is about safeguarding liberty next.

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♪ carley: welcome back seven states file a lawsuit. todd: accusing the pandemic to mike unconstitutional election changes. arkansas attorney general leslie rutted ledge is among those supporting it. she joining us now. a.g. rutledge thanks for getting up with us. >> good morning. todd: deriding the suit saying it has no chance. does it. >> absolutely it does. that's why 17 states are supporting the state of texas because we need to ask the supreme court and the supreme

court needs to be the one to decide whether or not this case should be taken up. those states have to respond today. yesterday we announced that we were joining with the state of missouri in an amicus brief joining the state of texas. what we can't have for states illegal votes to be cast in states and essentially diluting the votes of our own states. the votes of are a cans sans should not be diluted because of illegal votes in other states. carley: this has more support than could have imagined 17 other states. decide you had not to take up the case in pennsylvania also about mail-in votes. does that present a challenge with texas case? >> because the state of texas is suing other states that's called original jurisdiction. the supreme court has original jurisdiction when a state is pitted against another state here in the state of texas sued those states and the 17 states

are supporting that whether it's louisiana, missouri, alabama. all of us believe that the votes in our own states have been diluted. article 2 states that the legislature should be the one to set the elections, unfortunately in these states that did not happen and that's why the state of texas has asked the supreme court to take this case up. todd: you just helped everyone get one out of 300 multiple choice questions right on the bar exam. so thank you for that quickly on this last top pick go you see this affecting changing elections going forward. let's face it 2020 hasn't been a banter year for electoral integrity. >> it has not been a banner year at all. it is pair mounted to the success of the united states. americans particularly my state of arkansas wants to know that every legal vote is counted. when your vote is cast that it's counted. what we don't want to see happen is that it is diluted that's why it's important that the u.s.

supreme court take this up and decide this issue. if they don't decide it in 2020, they will eventually have to decide it. let's go ahead and put all of 2020 in the hindsight. carley: when do you think you will hear back from the supreme court. >> we are hopeful over the next day or two. time is of the essence in this lawsuit and in this election. and so, therefore, i know the state of texas, ken paxton the attorney general there is anxious. all of us are. we believe that once the supreme court hears from those defendant states today that hopefully they will take this up and move forward with this lawsuit and perhaps others should they be joining. todd: meanwhile in the time we have remaining, attorney generals file lawsuit instagram. they want to break up facebook so that facebook doesn't own instagram and what's app. anymore. who is going to win this battle. >> this is antitrust lawsuit against a behemoth in facebook. some people use facebook to connect with friends and family.

unfortunately facebook uses all of those connections to marketed you and push other competitors out of market. that's why you see such a large conglomerate of states coming together to sue facebook to hold them accountable. when we want when you go and use the platform of facebook to know that your data is not being used against you and that you are getting the best product. not the only product available but, rather, the best product. todd: quickly facebook responds the most important fact in this case which the commission does not mention in this 53 page shall. do over sending chilling word to business no sale is every final. your response? >> we want businesses to be successful but we also want americans to have the opportunity to have the best products and services on the market asking that facebook not violate antitrust laws and they offer all americans the opportunity to have the best products. carley: all right a.g. rutledge

appreciate it. todd: great stuff. set your dvr so you never miss a minute. carley: that is so early but it is worth it, is it not, todd? will "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ election battle heating up. >> 17 states joining this effort to challenge results in the presidential election. >> this case shows the unconstitutional enactment by democrat secretaries of state. >> swalwell pushing back against his removal. >> this story only leaked as political retribution. >> they may think they are going to silence me. they are not going to silence me. >> hunter biden being questioned by prosecutors. >> questions whether there were hunter deals in china. >> fda will discuss emergency approval of pfizer's coronavirus vaccine. >> if all goes well we can make our first shipment of the vaccine this month.