you can go to callofdutyendowment.org. leland: couple seconds. happy hanukkah to you and yours and to everybody else. arthel: it's a turning point in the deadly pandemic that has caused months of heart break and suffering, a virus that has killed more than 296,000 americans. now, the fda granting emergency approval for pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, giving hope to millions of americans. hello, everyone. this is america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, arthel. i'm eric shawn. hello, everyone. welcome. it is being called an historic event for humanity, the green light for the vaccine paving the way for the first vaccinations in the u.s. at the beginning of this coming week. president trump making the announcement about this last night, calling operation warp speed a success of monumental

proportions. >> this is one of the greatest scientific accomplishments in history. it will save millions of lives and soon end the pandemic once and for all. through our partnership with fed ex and ups, we have already begun shipping the vaccine to every state and zip code in the country. eric: meanwhile, the federal government is doubling down on its order of the moderna vaccine. that one has not been given the full approval just yet, buying an additional 100 million doses of that. we have live team fox news coverage up to the he very minute. mike toebin is standing by with trucks that are ready to roll out nationwide to start delivering the vaccine to those who need it. dr. marc siegel will take a closer look at the vaccine's impact on the virus. first let's go to mark meredith, standing by on the north lawn of the white house where this all began last night. hi, mark. >> reporter: good afternoon. the trump administration calls pfizer's vaccine a major step forward in battling the pandemic

and while it's going to be a few months before every american who wants access to the vaccine will get it, the president said last night that this is a major step forward and that this vaccine will also be getting to people that need it most right now. >> the first vaccine will be administered in less taken 24 hours. the governors decide where the vaccines will go in their state and who will get them first. we want our senior citizens, healthcare workers and first responders to be first in line. this will quickly and dramatically reduce deaths and hospitalizations. >> reporter: the president is calling pfizer's vaccine one of the greatest scientific accomplishments in history, the white house of also ensuring americans will have access to it at no charge to make sure there's no barrier to prevent people from getting it. today, the head of the fda defended his staff's work amid concerns from some people that this was rushed to market. >> our scientists and staff have been working around the

clock, including holidays, weekends, and late nights to swiftly do this evaluation that meets our globally recognized, high standards for review. >> reporter: this is not a cheap process with $10 billion you appropriated for operation warp speed. the vaccine will move from the company out to ups and fed ex hubs as the president was talking about, 145 sites nationwide receiving the vaccine on monday. it those be kept at extremely cold temperatures as the logistical challenge to all of this. next week the fda will review a second vaccine candidate from moderna. on friday the add administration announced they purchased 100 million doses from the company. and like pfizer's vaccine, officials insist it appears to be a very safe drug. alex azar says, quote, this new federal purchase can give americans even greater confidence we will have enough vaccines for all americans that want it by the second quarter of

2021. the federal government working with governors to decide how this can best be split up and who can yawl phi for it right a-- qualify for it right away. officials are still insisting people cannot let their guard down. there is a fear that people will be complacent. a lot of people are happy to see the vaccine, but making it clear we are still in this pandemic. eric. eric: yeah, but still it's beginning to have a light at the end of the tunnel. it is what we have been waiting for. mark meredith at the white house. mark, thank you. arthel: eric and mark, pfizer could begin rolling out the first batches of the coronavirus vaccine as early as tomorrow after the fda granted an emergency use authorization. trucks now lined up and ready to leave its manufacturing plant in kalamazoo, michigan, to begin distribution across the u.s. mike tobin is live near the pfizer facility with more. mike. >> reporter: and arthel, with that last hurdle cleared, the

eua approved, tomorrow is the day when trucks are supposed to start picking up shipments of the vaccine at the docks in kalamazoo, michigan, just shy of 3 million doses are ready to be shipped across the nation. half the vaccine needs to stay behind in cold storage for the follow-up shot that makes the vaccine 95% effective. phi c biontech and the fda stress despite the remarkable speed with which the vaccine became available to the public, corners were not cut. they stress the vaccine has a good safety protocol and with 100 million doses expected to be able by the end of february, the founder of biontech told greg gg palkot the world can get control of the virus before the fall. >> we can roll out the vaccine very fast, reaching many millions of people in the next few weeks. we should be confident that we will be able to control this disease and the pandemic by the end of next summer.

>> reporter: and you heard the president mention the private sector shippers, fed ex will deliver the vaccine to one half of the country, ups the other. fed ex says the process to move the vaccine has already begun. it's very complicated process which requires keeping the vaccine at negative 94 degrees fahrenheit. it created a run on dry ice and sensors will tell you where they are and the condition and temperature of the shipment. theft is a concern. u.s. marshals willing accompany some -- will accompany some of the shipments. six states have enlifted the national guard -- enlisted the national guard. some of the shipment locations are kept secret out of concern for safety. arthel: mike, thank you. eric. eric: could this be the beginning of the end of this nightmarish pandemic? dr. marc siegel is here, a fox news contributor, professor of medicine at the nyu langone medical center. doctor, it's an amazing

achievement, the warp speeding of this vaccine, so fast, has the day we've been waiting for finally come? >> i think it has, eric. eric, this virus was first identified online at the end of january and that's when the race began. and that's when vaccine manufacturers began to try to figure out a way to get the spike protein to be made to cause the immune response we need. messenger rna vaccines have been around since the ' '90s. it's only recently we figured out how to get the ja genetic messenger into the body and useful. this is unprecedented many so many ways. 11 months to make a vaccine, this is the future of vaccines you're seeing here. the body gets rid of the messenger rna within two days and for the people out there who worry about this, it does not get into the new clear us, -- ne-newus,-nucleus.

if you get both doses, we're seeing 95% effectiveness which is up there with the live virus vaccines which are the most effective ones we have. this is the future of vaccine technology. eric: that is fantastic. describe how it works. you have to get one vaccination first and two or three weeks later there's a second one. why that? >> i think that that's really important because we didn't study just one vaccine. if you give the one dose, the body is primed and the body starts making that spiked protein and there's an immune response and it's 53% effective. here's the problem with that, eric. we need the second dose because in my experience and everyone else who gives vaccines, oftentimes if you don't give the number of vaccines that you need to make sure the response is etched in stone, that the immune memory is there, it can wear off. so that first dose may give you 53% protection now but three or four months from now it may wane. so the two doses work together

and they need to both be given. over time, we're going to see you how long this immunity lasts. eric: i was going to ask that. is this like the flu shot, you have to get it every year or just like a one timer and that will protect you forever or you have different mutations of coronavirus? >> well, we don't know any of that yet. let me tell you promising things. this coronavirus has been very stable so far. we looked at it very carefully and it has not done major mutations. number two, recent studies seem to show that t cell immunity, the really powerful kind, may last years against this virus so in fact there's hope that you won't need another shot a year from now. or even two years from now. what remains on the table, eric, is it going to cut down -- if you had this vaccine, can you still spread the virus to other people? that's called trans miss ability. that's being studied by the fda right now. i predict and others predict it will show that so if we can get most of the population

vaccinated, we can get towards herd immunity and stamp this out by the spring, by the summer, by the fall. eric: that would be great. here's stephen hahn, i'm going to ask you if you think it's safe, here's what he said, the head of the cdc. >> i know the meticulousness of the reviews the fda has done. i you will absolutely take this covid-19 vaccine pending availability and distribution because i have complete trust and confidence in the fda's career staff's evaluation. eric: head of the fda, my apologies. doctor, would you take this vaccine? >> i would take this vac seen i'm going to take this vaccine. i want to point out something to the viewers, eric. 23 scientists outside the fda, an advisory committee, just looked this over last week and i know one of them very well. he's an unbelievable scientist from the university of pennsylvania, one of 23. all of them came to the conclusion that this is an extremely safe, effective vaccine.

i'm going to take this as soon as they offer it to me. and as a healthcare worker who sees covid patients, it's going to be soon. and i'll let you know how it goes. i'm really excited about it. eric: please do. give us an update on that. we want to know. especially the frontline workers, thank god for them, they are the heroes. they will be getting it. finally, doctor, observers, they're giving president trump a lot of credit. it was funded privately by pfizer at first. but now they just signed a $2 billion contract with the government. here's what the wall street journal said about all this recently. trump can take credit for vaccine progress. one of the most effective aspects of the trump administration's response to covid-19 has been operation warp speed, the effort to move a vaccine to market, the white house should defend this process and take credit for it. who do you give props to? what will happen? >> well, first of all, eric, i want to make a quick point that nursing homes are going to see a dramatic impact right away

because there's 1.4 million residents. if we get it to nursing homes we'll see the death right drop right away. you know who isn't getting enough credit for this? the private, public partnership that president trump set up is hugely important here. we heard of fed ex and pfizer. but the united states military, and i talked to an admiral about this yesterday, all eight divisions have been involved. the joint chiefs have been involved. general gus perna is overseeing this. this is a military deployment going on. our military is better at this than anything else. maybe they'll be part of the vaccine distribution process from now on. that's the key to this. and they need to get a lot of congratulations for it. eric: that we do. it is the american spirit, american ingenuity behind all this. we will beat the coronavirus. dr. marc siegel, always good to see you. thank you. >> great to see you, eric. arthel: eric, thank you. with the pfizer vaccine set to roll out of hours from now,

here's where the other drug makers stand on their respective vaccines. moderna applied for emergency use authorization with the fda on november 30th. the agency is expected to give the green light to that vaccine on thursday. astrazeneca announced its trial results on november 23rd and they will file for fda approval since. say knoglaxosmithkline and sanoy their vaccine will be ready late next year because they need to improve their shot's effectiveness in older people. johnson & johnson is in the third phase of their clinical trial and novavax is approaching phase three trial. meanwhile, several thousands of president trump's supporters are taking to the streets at the nation's capital right now over the lawsuit looking to overturn the election. we'll take you there. plus, a decision that could spell the end to restaurants in

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arthel: the supreme court has denied a texas-led effort to challenge election results in four battleground states. the high court ruling 7-2 against even hearing the case. the justices writing, quote, texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another state conducts its election. texas filed the suit against pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin and georgia, claiming unconstitutional changes to the state's election laws ahead of november 3rd. all four of those states went to president-elect biden in last month's election. eric: to the coronavirus now, a second ban on indoor dining going into effect monday in new york city, amid rising covid related hospitalizations there. this as a new report shows that as many as half of the city's restaurants and bars could close for good because of the pandemic. brian llenas live in new york

city with the very latest where even the famed 21 club for 90 years the watering hole for presidents, ceos and celebrities, they say they're hanging it up, at least for now. hi, brian. >> reporter: hey, eric, good afternoon. it's an incredibly difficult position for so many restaurants here in new york city. indoor dining was shut down for six months this year because of the pandemic. it reopened just two months ago at just 25% capacity. new york governor andrew cuomo announcing he is shutting down indoor dining again on monday for a few reasons, the infection rate is up, hospitalizations are up, new york city is a dense population and the cdc had recommended last week that people avoid nonessential indoor spots. >> we're going to watch the indoor dining data, the numbers are down in the chart. but we're going to watch over this weekend and we'll make any adjustments next week if the data suggests. federal government must provide relief to these bars and

restaurants in this next package. >> reporter: this morning the new york post blasted governor cuomo, depicting him as the grinch on their cover, calling his decision another startling blow to businesses, trying to survive the pandemic during the holiday season right now. the biggest criticism is the governor is choosing to shut down indoor dining monday, despite the fact that the state's own contact tracing data shows that restaurants and bars accounted for just 1.4% of the 46,000 recent tracked coronavirus cases across the state. meanwhile, private household gatherings are linked to 74% of recent covid infections. a recent survey by the national restaurant association also showing that new york restaurants are faring worse than the national average, 54% of new york restaurants said they would likely not survive the next six months without federal relief, compared to the 37% of restaurants nationwide. here's a restaurant owner from

an italian restaurant in queens, new york. >> i mean, it's becoming to the point where it's really hurting people. you've taken the five boroughs, there's 24,000 restaurants within the five boroughs. they employ close to 320,000 people. and look at what it's doing to all of them right now right before the holidays when they need the money the most. >> reporter: restaurants are pleading for federal relief now, eric, especially given the fact that roughly one in six restaurants nationwide have closed during this pandemic. eric. eric: wherever you live, please patronize your local restaurants. brian, thank you. arthel. arthel: well, some big name republicans are in georgia today to support incumbent gop senators kelly loeffler and david perdue. georgia is in the national pot spotlight with less than a month to go for senate runoffs to

determine the balance of you power in the upper chamber. let's go to charles watson, live in canton, georgia with more. hi, charles. >> reporter: hi, arthel. as you know, republicans are ushering out big names all across georgia ahead of the january 5th senate runoff elections, big names like former vice presidential candidate sarah palin who took the stage at the save america rally a short time ago and encouraged conservatives out here to vote in droves. we'll also hear from representative jim jordan in a short time. democrats on the other hand are scrutinizing their message aing ahead of president-elect biden's visit on tuesday to campaign for democrats john ossoff and reverend raphael warnock. the president-elect expressed concerns as relates to large-scale plans for police reform, the thought of talking about it could turn democrats in the runoff election if they're

associated with defund the police. at least 25 black ministers on friday signed a letter urging ug reverend warnock to reconsider his pro choice stance on abortion as the two democratic candidates continued their message of fighting for the working class. >> the working women and men of georgia have the power to determine control of the united states senate. i know it's dark right now, but can the preacher tell you that morning will come? >> reporter: this follows a visit earlier this week from vice president mike pence who told supporters they would be saving america if they helped to reelect the incumbent republican senators, david perdue and kelly loeffler. >> we're on them this time. we're watching them. we're going to secure the polls. we're going to secure the drop boxes, so get an absentee ballot in today and vote. don't wait. get it done.

>> reporter: arthel, you heard the vice president, get out and vote. early voting begins here in georgia on monday. arthel. arthel: it does, december 14th. we're already there. charles watson, thank you. eric. eric: well, arthel, the first coronavirus vaccine set to arrive in your state also on december 14th, on monday. what sort of logistical hurdles exist between delivering it and getting you the shot? what plans are in place to make sure that no one jumps in the line. an expert on vaccine pes and how they're given out joins us coming up and how the expected rollout will work. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪

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eric: here's some headlines we're following at this hour. a louisiana man convicted of brutally killing his 2-year-old daughter in the0002 has been -- 2002 has been put to death by lethal injection, the second

federal execution in two days and the tenth since july when president trump resumed the program following a 17-year hiatus. the wisconsin supreme court rejecting the president's latest effort to overturn the election in that state. judges in the state's high court previously refused to hear the case before it went through the lower courts. many americans including president-elect joe biden want all kids to the return the to the classroom but the centers for disease control says it will come at a huge financial cost. they say it could cost school districts as much as $22 million or anywhere between 55 bucks and $444 each student depending on how many precautions the school has put in place, like sanitizing all products, erecting physical barriers and adding more options for student trans pour otransportation. arthel: the u.s. reaching a pivotal moment in the

coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 300,000 americans and sickened almost 16 million people nationwide. all happening in less than a year. the fda yo approving pfizer's vaccine for emergency use. officials are trying to work out the logistics of distribution throughout the country. so dr. weiner, as we all understand it at this point, there is a limited time from the deep freezers to someone's arm. are you more confident or concerned about logistics and delivery? >> so arthel, thank you so much for inviting me. i think this is a very important question. so there's been a lot of work by pfizer to how to practice their delivery of their vaccine and have health systems ready to

administer, take it. they have produced videos that have been shared with facilities and health officials at those differents facilities that are going to get them have been viewing those videos and they've also enlisted different groups, including for distribution and stepping them out because as you mentioned there's a lot of logistical steps, getting the vials diluted and put it into each person's arm in a few minutes as they go from ultra cold temperature to room temperature. arthel: are you feeling that the states and local municipalities and the healthcare workers, nurses especially who will be giving the shots, do you think they're all kind of ready? it's a big undertaking. we get it. and we don't -- there's human error and everybody's going to do their best so we're not trying to denigrate their efforts or downplay their efforts, i should say. are you confident that the

logistics will work out from the beginning? >> so we're talking about healthcare facilities that take care of our -- the first rollout will be of course to long-term care facilities and the workers, patients and healthcare workers. as well as major medical centers in order to stabilize those centers. and so these are highly skilled, highly trained individuals who will be administering them. they perform all kinds of procedures. we go there and we're really talking about particularly the large ever medical centers -- larger medical centers, emergency room staff, physicians, people like that. those people are highly trained and extremely well qualified and make enormously quick, highly effective decisions that save people's lives. i think they're going to be able to be up-to-speed on the videos and administer them quite effectively. so i think that the way this rollout is, at first that should go even though i do think it's complex, just as you said, i

think for the most part we should see some bumps but not a lot of them. i think for the most part they will be rolled out and that's what i expect. arthel: we're all pulling for success, of course. after the 20 million healthcare workers that you mentioned and the nursing home residents, they're going to be vaccinated this month. the department of health and human services projecting that next month, january, 30 million non-healthcare essential workers will get vaccinated. so how do states coordinate this with these workers, making sure the patients show up at the right place and on time and how do you make sure no one skips the line? >> these are important questions and i think that people are going to follow the initial rollout and we'll learn from those experiences at these very highly trained facilities and also guidance will likely continue to develop and come out and so while it seems like we're going to be a little unsure

right now as far as the guidance that has come out for what's going to happen in january, i believe over the next two weeks and two and-a-half weeks or so, those plans are really solidified and we will have a really good plan and the idea of jumping the lining will be at first hard because right now as we're shipping vaccines and we're sending them, so for example if we use just temple university and philadelphia as an example, they're going to receive 245 doses at first. they sent out e-mails to about 3,000 of their 11,000 or so staff and --of who are on the high list and within 24 hours, all 24 spots were filled. so we still have more people that are going to be signing up and going through and so i think we're going to have a plan solidified for the january rollout closer to january and i believe it will be continually updated. arthel: it seems like you're optimistic about the rollout.

very good. dr. david weiner, thank you very much. do we have time for another question? is that what you're telling me, guys? or we have to go. i do have time. i would like to ask you this, dr. weiner. once these vaccines are given, are we going to get some sort of like kind of proof of insurance card that says that we got the vaccine, the date we got it, and then maybe the batch number, details like that? will that happen? >> so i'm not sure about a national plan for how to at this point validate who has been vaccinated and who has not been vaccinated. the first rollout -- this is an emergency use authorization rollout and is focused on getting vaccines to the most at-risk people and to try to stabilize our medical systems first and the people most at need and i think all those kind of decisions and plans are going to be taking place over the next few weeks to months. and this is a dynamic situation.

as you know, we're in kind of a 9/11, every day, 3,000 deaths every day. and so it is really incredible the effort that was put together to try to roll these out, get them effective, get them to people and while learning how to do it is. it's like building an airplane while flying it. it's quite an exceptional task at this time. our healthcare workers and the vaccine developers really deserve a real lot of credit for this. arthel: absolutely. absolutely. dr. david weiner, thank you very much for joining us, sir. take care. ♪ eric: well, it's a big day up in the stadium, president trump attending the 121st army, navy game in west point, new york. it's one of our nation's biggest football rivalries. it will be played on neutral ground this year because of the coronavirus. also means no fans in the

stands. up at west point, live, waiting for the president and the gridiron action to start is our alex hogan. hey, alex. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, as you can see behind me, it look like a lot of people in the stands but these are just the cadets and the mid shipmen, they're the only people who are allowed to be here. we saw moments ago the president's motorcade arriving, just like last year, president donald trump will participate in the coin toss and also of course the pledge of allegiance. so many things have changed this year because of the pandemic, when it comes to this game. normally, this game would have been played in philadelphia. but it's not the first time a global crisis changed the course. usually it's played on neutral ground. the last time these two teams played here was in 1943, that was during world war ii. to keep the cadets and mid-shipmen safe there are plenty of precautions in place, from social distancing to rapid covid-19 on-site and of course

mandatory masks. only 8,000 cadets and mid-shipmen got bussed here to see the historic game in person. today will be president trump's third attendance at an army, navy football game as a sitting president. during his time in office, he made a strengthening call for the military, that was one of his clear goals during his presidency and earlier this year president trump came here to speak to the cadets as part of the graduation ceremony for the class of 2020. back here today, as you can see and hear behind me, there is music. they've been doing pregame games on the field, celebrating all of these cadets, saying after a difficult year in 2020, this is finally something that they've been very excited for and kickoff is about 3 30 minutes away. eric. eric: all right, alex. we'll be waiting for that. alex hogan in the foggy banks of the hudson river. president-elect joe biden facing questions about the

investigation into his son hunter's tax affairs. what he is saying about the probe and his potential picks for attorney general. we'll have a report, coming up. into a smaller life?

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tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection, or your asthma worsens. headache and sore throat may occur. could you be living a bigger life? ask an asthma specialist about fasenra. arthel: for the first time, president-elect joe biden has addressed the investigation into his son hunter biden, mr. biden's comments coming after the introduction of key members of his staff yesterday. the president-elect has yet to announce his pick for attorney general which is now drawing added scrutiny after word this week of an ongoing federal investigation into some of his son hunter's tax filings. hillary vaughn is live in wilmington, delaware with more. and so what is the president-elect saying about the investigation into his son, hillary? >> reporter: arthel, the president-elect is saying he is proud of his son but he's really not saying much else. when news of the investigation broke, the biden transition

issued a statement on his behalf but nothing from him directly until yesterday when he was asked by fox news. >> did hunter biden commit a crime? have you spoken tour son, mr. president-elect? >> i'm proud of my son. >> reporter: biden has long said he does not talk to hunter biden about his overseas business but foxnews.com does have an. mail from hunter biden in 2017 calling his dad and two chinese businessmen office mates. he writes please have keys made available for new office mates. joe biden, jim biden, jill biden. the. maie-mail also lists a chineseb. here he is just standing a few feet from president xi of china. a senate report looking into hunter biden's business in china found that hunter's connection

to these two commi -- chinese nationals helped generate cash he flow for hunter. according to tony bobulinski, he was in the know when it came to hunter biden's business overseas. >> i remember looking at jim biden and saying how are you guys getting away with this, like aren't you concerned and he sort of -- he looked at me and laughed a little bit and said plausible deniability. >> he said that out loud? >> he said it directly to me, one on one in a cabana in the peninsula hotel after an hour and-a-half, two hour meeting. >> reporter: more of tucker carlson's exclusive interview with tony bobulinski will air on fox news at 5:00 p.m. today. arthel: has mr. biden indicated if once he takes office he will interfere in an investigation into his son or leave it alone

and let the doj do its job? >> reporter: arthel, he has promised not to politicize the doj as president and keep his hands off any investigation, that would include the one that is open on his son, hunter biden. whoever he appoints for attorney general could have a huge impact on how this investigation plays of out. so here is who is reportedly on biden's short list right now. obama's former ag, sally yates, former massachusetts governor, duvall patrick, doug jones, obama supreme court nominee, merrick garland and one new name that popped up on the list, according to the associated press, new york governor andrew cuomo. arthel. arthel: hillary vaughn, thank you very much. eric. eric: arthel, countless families forced to tighten their belts under covid lockdowns this year, they're finding the holiday gift list doesn't fit into their budgets this year. charities that collect and distribute donations say they have received more request for

help now more than ever. we have more. >> reporter: box that's are usually filled with donated toys are sitting empty. >> the need is ten times what it was last year. >> reporter: sheri carnegie with the atlanta toys for tots says the coronavirus has affected them in every area. >> from the volunteers, from the number of events that we have, from the number of toys that have been donated. >> reporter: toys for tots has 816 campaigns across the country and the atlanta campaign is the largest. >> last year we distributed almost 850,000 toys. this year, our campaign has distributed about 225,000 toys. so far. >> reporter: she says volunteers are down too. >> to get the toys in is one thing. we have to bag them and get them out the door. >> reporter: sergeant dominique jones is a marine who helps during toy donation events. but those are down two-thirds

from last year. >> for the most part, we've seen a decline in a lot of the giving from different organizations. >> reporter: local organizations like lift up atlanta are struggling too. >> some families have never asked for assistance and they are actually asking for donations. >> reporter: garner says they're going to do their best to help every child that they can. >> you don't want one child to go without of. and other kids have. >> reporter: but if organizations don't receive more toy donations, some kids may be out of luck. >> unfortunately, unless we get the donations in, there will be some children who go without christmas this year. >> reporter: the pandemic has forced toys for tots to get creative. you can now buy a toy online and get it sent direct throw the distribution site of your chance. in atlanta, jayla whitfield, fox news. arthel: very important story.

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eric: another vote of confidence, wewe're told a panel of cdc experts is recommending the pfizer biontech vaccine for americans older than 16 years old. the cdc vote 11-0. two members recusing themselves we're told because of prior conflicts. this comes after the fda panel approved the vaccine on an emergency use basis yesterday. the first batches we're told expected to be rolled out and ready to be administered starting on monday. health workers, doctors, nurses, first responders, those on the front line as well as nursing home residents and those most susceptible to covid-19 among the first americans who we are told will get the vaccine. again, the cdc joining the fda in backing this vaccine, so maybe the light at the end of the tunnel, we are now seeing. arthel. arthel: all right, eric.

thank you very much. well, thousands of people now gathering in the nation's capital, supporters of president trump rallying. the district is on edge as it braces for counter demonstrations. griff jenkins is live in d.c. with more. griff. >> reporter: hey, arthel. it's a loud and rowdy day out here, several thousand peaceful trump supporters have turned out. you can see them behind me here on freedom plaza, stop the steal is the message. you've got a sign right here. these folks, 77% of president trump supporters in a recent fox poll say the election was stolen. 100% of these folks do. mike lynndel, one of the organizers speaking to the crowd. we want to talk with jennifer lawrence, one of the organizers with women for america first. what is the message here and how is this day going? >> the message is is that we as americans are tired of politics

interfering with our lives. and the fact is that this election was stolen from president trump and he fought for us for four years and now we as patriots and lovers of america are going to stand up and fight for our president and fight for justice and this battle is something that's going to continue on. it doesn't stop here. we're going to keep going until the truth prevails. >> reporter: i understand you're going to take this crowd and go to the supreme court. what are you going to do and why are you doing that? >> we have a lot more speakers up at the supreme court. we have a program up there. i mean, the supreme court is going to be the open by center of what's going -- epicenter of what's going on going forward as we try to uncover what went on in this election. it's the supreme court that will ultimately make the decision. >> reporter: we're almost out of time. you didn't get a court ruling going your way last night. >> yeah, you know, mike lidnell said there are other lawsuits that will be going to the

supreme court. honestly it's up to god and god is going to tell us what's going to happen with this country because we're all soldiers of god and we are going to fight until freedom and truth prevail in this situation. >> reporter: deborah lawrence, thanks very much. there you go, arthel. this crowd will go down to the supreme court, let their voices be heard. we know there are some counter protesters, some black lives matter and some antifa groups but so far mostly peaceful from everything we've seen out here. arthel. arthel: thank you very much for that live report and we will be right back. i'm erin. -and i'm margo.

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eric: there's the president on the field at west point. the president attending the army-navy football game. we'll have updates throughout the day here on the fox news channel on the game. you know, the army black knights are facing the navy mud shipmen. -- midshipmen. the army has a better record, 7-2 over the navy, they have a 3-6 record. it is quite a special day up in west point. as you can hear the chants and the cheers, the midshipmen and cadets are in the stands. the general public not allowed. usually the game is played in philadelphia. this is the first time since 1943, world war ii, that the game has been played up at wes point. if not only -- west point. not only a chance for the president to greet and be with and see the game with many of the young