call healthmarkets now. call the number on your screen call this number now. last week we found out eric swalwell was infiltrated by knowledge chinese spy. the georgia got on abc, nbc, cbs, 0. >> the white house press secretary ripping the media for ignoring a democrat lawmaker's ties to a suspected chinese spy. house republicans demanding his removal from the intel committee. jillian: joe biden's campaign in georgia. >> your next united states senator john ossoff.

jillian: the all-out push across the peach state. todd: the tri-state bracing for monster winter storm, some areas could get two feet of snow in what could be the biggest east coast storm years. jillian: "fox and friends first" starts now. ♪ let it snow let it snow let it snow ♪ it doesn't show signs of stopping ♪ carley: this is the calm before the storm. looking at the weather maps, the predicted totals, upstate new york could get, i am not a meteorologist and we will check in, this is crazy. todd: typically we introduce ourselves to the audience, today i need to introduce myself to you. jillian: it is december, not that crazy to get snow but we've

not seen this much in a wild. you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. todd: congressional leaders, coronavirus stimulus bill, both sides meeting twice on tuesday just before midnight, and nancy pelosi telling reporters they will get the job done as unemployment runs out for 10 million americans in 10 days. jillian: mitch mcconnell is willing to drop a shield for businesses from lawsuits if democrats agreed to cut $160 billion in aid to state and local governments. the other story, more than a dozen house republicans sending a letter to nancy pelosi demanding removal of congressman eric swalwell from the intelligence committee. todd: richardson has that in washington. >> reporter: 17 house republicans urging nancy pelosi

to immediately remove congressman eric swalwell from the house intelligence committee saying because of representative swalwell's position, his close interactions with chinese intelligence services however unintentional they may be are unacceptable national security risk. we urge you to immediately remove representative swalwell from his position on the house intelligently. last week ask he is reported suspected chinese intelligence agent christine fong targeted him as a city councilman, interacted with him at multiple events over several years, fundraising for his 2014 congressional reelection campaign and helping place at least one intern in his office. republicans charged he withheld that information from the intelligence committee for 5 years, to have an undisclosed relationship with a foreign asset as described, they say, is dangerous and unacceptable. steve scalise and liz cheney are among those who signed the letter. the report claimed the alleged

spy targeted other politicians hoping to cultivate relationships early in political careers. >> it shows this is an effort by the chinese that has been undertaken for more than a decade. eric swalwell wasn't targeted because he was a member of congress, he was a city councilmember. that tells us about china more than it does about congressman swalwell, how determined they are to compromise the leaders that should be acting in the best interests of our country. >> the fbi thanked him for his help in their investigation. and his political retribution for work on impeachment. >> the intrigue grows. live in washington, thanks. >> donald trump considering pushing for a special counsel to advance the federal tax investigation into hunter biden.

sources told the associated press the president is angry william barr did not publicly announce the probe into president-elect joe biden's son and may pressure jeffrey rosen to appoint a special prosecutor. rosen will take over the role after william barr resigned next week. it comes as fox news obtained a letter showing house republicans demanding a hearing on censorship of stories related to hunter biden before the election. senate judiciary chairman lindsey graham said the biden plans need to be investigated like the trumps were over the last four years. >> china and the ukraine need to be looked at, we can't live in a country where you take a wrecking ball to the trump family based on nothing and ignore business relationships on the biden side that could compromise our ability to push back against sign and maybe russia itself. now is the time to have a special counsel to look at the

bidens boiler mueller looked at trump. todd: slamming kelly (david perdue during a campaign rally for democratic challengers in georgia. >> two republican senators fully embrace what texas is telling the supreme court. maybe your senators are just confused. maybe if they think they represent texas. john ossoff, rafael wornknock representing georgia, georgia. todd: the trip not gas free, he tried to rally the crowd for the guy named john. >> your next united senator john ossoff. todd: i don't know if your vote will count but join us january 5th. jillian: a second coronavirus vaccine could soon be on the way. the of the announcing modern's

vaccine is safe and effective. laura: todd: when could the vexing get the official go-ahead? >> reporter: the fda is set to meet tomorrow to decide on emergency approval for modern's vexing, that is wondering which vaccine is better there are a few notable differences as far as effectiveness, close with moderna at 94.one%, pfizer at 95%. another difference is temperature, the moderna vexing can be stored at minus 4 degrees fahrenheit for 6 months, pfizer at minus 94 degrees. the vaccines require two doses, the first doses of the pfizer vaccine were given to frontline healthcare workers this week including icu nurse sandra lindsay who was the first recipient in the us, she has some advice for americans who are leery about getting the shot. >> my message to them is not to be afraid because the

alternative is far worse. i have things too much pain and suffering, too many people that passed away as a result of covid-19. >> reporter: the us is making sure doses will be available for frontline healthcare workers and long-term care facilities and eventually everyone. >> we signed an additional 100 million does contract with modernand we are in productive discussions at this time. we expect to have enough supplies to vaccinate every american by the end of the second 1:45 thousand 21. >> reporter: even if promising vaccines are rolled out hospitalizations are hitting record highs. the latest count just shy of 113,000 people. icu capacity orange county, california alone is an 94% prompted the state to order 5000 body bags and refrigeration trucks on standby. >> we are going through the most intense and urgent moment since

the beginning of this pandemic. it is not the flu. not something to be trifled with. this is a deadly disease. >> reporter: the fda announced the first at home rapid test for covid-19. we will hear from doctor mark siegel later this morning. jillian: thank you. todd: a babysitter charged in the murder of a 2-year-old girl in georgia. first responder says christie told him the child hit her head on a slide and did not wake up. she died at the hospital but what does it mean to have a sudden urge to beat a child that is not yours? she's behind bars without bail. jillian: snow on the southern plains making the dangerous road conditions, four inches following in parts of oklahoma as the state sees one of its worst forms in years, it will hit the northeast today pounding

the region with heavy snow. >> this is a serious storm. we are waiting for more information is always but we can say this will be a serious storm and people need to take it seriously, be ready for disruptive storm and start to make adjustments right now. jillian: a state of emergency is declared in pennsylvania has some parts could see two feet of snow. todd: subpoena powers in allegations of election irregularities, in both the house and senate. subpoenas demand access to all, quote, information and communication related to the november 3rd election including hard drives, scanners and voting machines, officials say their intention is not to overturn the election results that restore faith in the election process. jillian: the first lady visit the washington children's hospital, she read the book all over the ornament to kids after sharing a holiday message with them.

>> thinking of you, stay strong and well and merry christmas and happy holidays. jillian: she also played bingo during her visit. her fourth holiday visits and becoming first lady. todd: a restaurant owner pleading to get back to work. [chanting] todd: two owners who rallied in new york join us with their message to leaders. jillian: santa claus bringing back up, the crime stopping saint nick took down the drug dealer. todd: more pictures how you are submitting the holidays, the family from georgia saying wipe away 2020 with toilet paper. jillian: a lot of people ago that sentiment. grandkids with cookie cutters and candy. we are coming right back. ♪ santa claus is coming to town

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[chanting] jillian: hundreds of new york city restaurant owners flooding times square to oppose the indoor dining band. todd: our guest participated saying recent shutdowns are distraught. jillian: debra garcia and owner of harlem public, the honeywell and lauren lynch. appreciate your time. a lot of people feeling your pain. jeffrey, i know you were at this event. tell us what it was like to be there surrounded by all the people sharing in that same pain is you wanting to get your message heard.

>> in addition to owning the restaurant i am president of the latina restaurant bar and lounge association which put this together. this is a difficult time for everyone in the industry. as governor cuomo said, only one.4% of the infection rate. in westchester, have been open at 50%. why can we not, in new york city, restaurants like mine were closed, very unfortunate, in new york city. >> 4500 new york city restaurants have shut down due to the pandemic, a staggering number, only expected to rise. what do you need to survive?

>> at this point the biggest thing that will save the restaurant industry across the entire country would be the restaurant relief act which we are asking for on the federal level. many don't have the money to bail out restaurants and it is not a bail out. we are talking about a quarter of $1 billion in lost sales, people need to get back to work, the restaurant industry call lapsing and subsequent industries on the same a food chain as the restaurant industry across the nation. jillian: one of the things you

think about is say you are able, in another month or whatever the case may be, not just as simple as that. what are the long-term effects you are going to be dealing with this. >> not only financially, we need that raleigh fact but there is a mental worry because what you do with your employees are you going to bring them back? it is very difficult. we need the relief act to pass, we need congress and the senate to get together and give us those funds, what we want more than anything else is to go back to work. we want to reopen safely. we have all the tools that were put in place that have worked was that is white is only one.4%.

let's continue to do them, open us up. that is what we would like. todd: the mainstream media not covering your place as much as they should be. our elected leaders getting the message you are trying to send or are they choosing to ignore it? >> i don't think it matters, in missouri, montana, michigan, mississippi, across the entire nation, these government shutdowns in different restrictions being put upon us, everyone is struggling across the country and who is acting bipartisan at this point? this does not address on a federal level talking about

december 18th being a timeline that they need to come together, congress needs to come together, the senate and pass this bill for restaurant relief, with all the conditions already down with conditions of indoor dining and we need something nationwide to pass or it will go under. jillian: how to outdoor dine safely, and it is a nightmare for a lot of people. keep us updated. >> 2000 and made in orange county, california because of covid-19. jillian: the sheriff is fighting back, next.

>> district attorney planning to drop special charges against the accused cop killer. the slain officers family is fighting back. >> we are here to fight it, we will talk to the judge and see if we can get the sentencing back where it should be. shock about the whole thing. i don't understand who this is a what it is about. >> former chair of the republican party, tom, thanks for being here. he wants to do away with sentence enhancement. it is not eligible for parole

under the exchange for the da 40 years in prison with eligibility for parole. why would someone whose job is to push for and negotiate the highest sense possible, to argue the opposite, to the defense job for them? >> this is what liberal justice looks like. he doesn't believe his job is to do that. it is about recidivism about the person even if they got out would do things again. these are serious murderers. the beheading of children, they want to lower the sentencing,

and prosecute these things, liberality gone crazy. >> if convicted there is a possibility decades from now the parole board could determine he has been rehabilitated eliminating the remote possibility today may not be in the public interest. he is literally making the argument to defend her makes, the reason we have federal prosecutors, state prosecutors to represent the victims, represent the will of the people, jillian and i can't go out to put somebody in jail, that is the job of the da. >> they don't think like you, in my own county, he won't prosecute if that person needed to commit the crime.

this is the wave of da donor arrests in california, leading to more crime, the prison asked what the guy is about, he co-authored prop 47 which reduced crime again and resulted in a huge increase of car break ins throughout the state. this is what crazy california does and keep in mind we just rejected catholic's bail, he says there will be cashless bail which doesn't have the legal right to do and 800 district attorney is band together to the state bar. >> more prisoners could be released to covid-19. one defiant sheriffs is not on my watch, he was on laura last night. >> he will appeal the order. in orange county jail release

all them. what they are looking at. >> these high-level offenders will offend again? >> i have a friend who is in a county 50 miles away forced to release someone who immediately went home and killed his ex-wife, this is really dangerous. if masks and social distancing work why can't they do it in jails? this is part and parcel of the same liberality making california -- san francisco is dying, rents are down 35%. the whole problem of california, later in the show, this whole problem out here is bad news. todd: we got to run but we know you will keep us posted. jillian: conservative radio host rush limbaugh giving an

emotional update on his battle with stage iv lung cancer. >> every day remains a gift. i wake up every morning and thank god that i did. you strive to make every day the best it can be. that is exactly what i am doing. jillian: he recently revealed he faced medical challenges but it is a blessing to speak to his listeners. he announced his diagnosis in february. todd: a major storm on the northeast. meteorologist janice dean tracks it live next. jillian: donate big to the pot biden campaign, from the independent women's forum, the evidence is stacking up to show a major bias problem next. ♪ robinhood believes now is the time to do money.

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jillian: heavy snow slams oklahoma millions of minorities bracing for impact. the powerful winter storm is expected hit the region today potentially piling up to two feet of snow in parts of pennsylvania and new york. todd: janice dean joins us with the latest. >> janice: will we get a big snowstorm? it is december. a lot of folks are excited about this. we will definitely see at least two feet of snow for someone. interior sections of pennsylvania and new york will be the ball i, some of the big cities will get quite a bit of snow. the cold temperatures, one a main ingredients is making sure we have those cold temperatures in place, 20s and 30s, air is

there, there's the difference between all snow or a changeover from rain to sleet and freezing rain as the storm is happening so it is going to come later on into the overnight and we will see the snowfall totals tomorrow morning. winter storm warnings in this area here, measurable snow, pretty good snowfall, plow all snow. here are the forecasts from later afternoon, snow and rain, freezing rain sleet line will be in the long island area, the big cities with exception to dc are going to get good measurable snow. the euro model, reliable model forecasts are agreeing on some good amount of snow for new york to boston and especially areas

west of new york where we will get some two footers by tomorrow. we will keep you up to date. todd: i talked to a lot of parents of young kids who haven't necessarily seen snow because we didn't have much of a storm last year, they are excited. a big headache. jillian: trying to figure out how we are going to work. >> janice: i can't help you with that. todd: big tech exec, came up empty-handed when it came to donald trump. jillian: we break it all down, what is the latest? >> reporter: top executives at facebook and twitter donated tens of thousands of dollars to president-elect joe biden's campaign according to federal election commission records i reviewed this week. nearly a dozen social media

executives gave the legal maximum of $2,800 to biden's campaign. fox news did not find any twitter or facebook executives who donated to donald trump's campaign. ftc records revealed dozens of managers or directors and twitter and facebook donated at least $1,000 to buy them. fox only found two facebook employees with those titles donated to donald trump. republican senator josh holly warning what may be to come under a biden administration. >> of joe biden is sworn in as president in january big tech will run this administration just like they did in the obama biden administration. companies, joe biden will do what he they tell him to. >> reporter: social media companies have come under fire for censoring reports about hunter biden's business dealings before the election. the platforms prevented users from sharing links to the

reports and twitter suspended accounts of several top republicans who tried to share them. facebook has not responded to the request for comment about employee donations but twitter told me the company enforces its rules, quote, judiciously and impartially for all users and said political ideology especially that of our employees paid no part in this process. hunter biden has been under federal investigation since 2018. jillian: thank you. here with the take on big tech, policy analyst at the independent women's forum, good to see you this morning, thanks for being here. good morning. let's pull this up, 90% facebook and twitter employees give 90% of political donations to democrats. that is the amount of donations they give. you are allowed to support whoever you want, donate to whoever you want to donate to

the problem lies when that starts to spill over into your work especially when you are working at one of these companies, do you see this happening? >> reporter: the way certain tech companies suppress the biden controversy may be an example of suppression going on. i caution that every single facebook employee is a biden supporter, certainly those records don't capture small dollar donors, there could have been some trump supporters there but those social media companies have a problem about perception and probably do have a problem when it comes to how they enforce the rules around certain types of content, certain stories and suppression of the hunter biden story may have had some impact on the election cycle. conservatives, look at this, there is something going on here, does that raise to the level of breaking up big tech

and raising antitrust questions, that is the big run. todd: i will follow up on the breakup concept, scroll on the screen the big tech execs that maxed out or did max out donations to the biden campaign. this is exhibit c. jillian's full-screen, are these evidence that section 230 protections which illuminate liability for content on these sites does need to be evaluated? >> reporter: i'm hesitant to say this is the time to do it because people making the rules may be the ones who are not necessarily going to benefit conservatives for example. i think we need to be careful about jumping to saying let's regulate big tech.

it is very difficult, they are going to make it from those issues, the content moderation, it can backfire on conservatives, they are censored by big tech. jillian: you know the media in large part has not been fair to milania trump, they criticized her at every opportunity, how are they handling joe biden? >> an attack on joe biden's doctorate that managed to be petty, elitist and misogynistic. >> the next first lady of the united states, be respectful to milania and jill. >> lots of questions about this and that.

jillian: what is your opinion on this? >> this is an example of progressive privilege, they are celebrated, protected but conservative women and trump supporting women are demeaned, belittled and overlooked and it is wrong and as an immigrant myself when i heard the jokes, people laughing at milania trump's accent, this is from the left, they are shameless, it is hypocrisy and it is wrong and why so many conservative women are fearful of coming out and serving in public office. we need to push back on his progressive privilege when it comes out and the kid glove treatment of joe biden is not going to stand. if she's going to be in the public eye she should be prepared for the same treatment milania trump received. jillian: milania has showed so much grace and class, thank you

for joining us. todd: new york city shutting down indoor dining, preparing for total lockdown after christmas. why is the mayor telling new yorkers it is okay to take us away? jillian: carley shimkus joins us with that story next. carley: sending pictures to celebrate the season, robert martin donning a red hat with his protective gear, thank you for your work. jillian: their 18 - ♪ ♪ frosty the snowman no make is a fairytale they say

>> more lockdowns, once deposit everything after christmas. jillian: restaurant owners continue.

jillian: new york city restaurant owners not going down without a fight. bill diblasio warned the city could be heading back towards fool lockdown amid an up tick in covid-19 hospitalizations. >> we are going to need to do some kind of shutdown in the weeks ahead. something that resembled a pause we were in and for spring and it would be overwhelmingly what we saw than. essential work only. if we implement that, my nomination would be right after christmas. >> reporter: new york city rules include an indoor dining bannon the 10:00 pm curfew on outdoor dining but with more restrictions potentially on the way business owners are fighting back. hundreds of restaurant workers held a rally in times square yesterday protesting the lockdown many saying without government support they will be forced to shut their doors for good. >> what you do with your

employees, are you going to feed their family or bring all of them back? will you be able to do that? >> reporter: the lawyer representing staten island's bar max public house saying he will file a suit in federal court over the dining ban. eating inside is a no-no, new york city mayor bill diblasio encouraging packing the subways saying he will ride one himself to prove that it is safe. puzzling. jillian: dave for toy is sounding off over restrictions on small businesses that have been complying up until now. >> people not being given the chance in restaurants, bars, to earn a living. i don't know what government officials, politicians expect people to do. my heart breaks for them. they want the chance to work. they have done everything

government officials have asked. i get corona, i get all but to destroy livelihood that is taken decades to build, i do not understand. jillian: trying to call out leaders for their hypocrisy as they continue to travel. todd: going after someone on their naughty list. we showed a jokey one like this, this is no joke, officers in peru, disguises santa and his helper capture suspected cocaine dealer as part of an anti-drug operation. officers say they use the a lot of surprise to help in raids like this. an effort to remove california's governor from office gaining momentum. jillian: senior advisor for the recall campaign says it is time to stand up and he joins us after the break. ♪ urance

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jillian: welcome back. the petition to put a recall of governor gavin newsom on the ballot gaining steam with half the signatures needed already. the petition sites, quote, unaffordable housing, record homelessness, rising crime, failing schools and a locked down population while the prisons are empty do. the senior advisor of recall gavin newsom joins me, thank you for joining me. >> thank you for having me. jillian: tell me why you decided to do this. what was the breaking point? >> the breaking point was gavin newsom himself. he has been a disaster of the governor. when he started putting california on lockdown eight

nine months ago he did one thing in public but acted completely different behind-the-scenes and the things that really got everybody in california outraged this past month was when he was caught with a group of lobbyists and multimillionaires at a private upscale one of the most expensive restaurants in america and he was having the greatest time without a mask or anything and got caught because the woman was sitting across from him at another table and took out her phone and start doing a videocam having a grand time. that was emblematic of how he has acted as governor. jillian: the pictures on your screen, very exclusive, expensive restaurant. how many signatures do you need? where you know it how many do you have and what happens next? >> we need 1.49 million

signatures. we are at 840,000 signatures. we have until march 17th which is st. patrick's day so we have until then to gather the rest of the signatures but we will not stop at 1.49 million signatures as required by the california secretary of state to force a special election. we would like to go for 2 million and i think we are well on the way, we made it as simple as possible for every voter in california to participate in this grassroots movement. we are not fueled by millionaires and billionaires. just regular people in california, we are sick and tired of gavin newsom and the way he has done his dictator ways for so many from the day he

came into office. we have had it. we created a website, www. recallgavin 2020. you can download the petition, take a look at it and pass it on to your friends and neighbors and family since you're on lockdown the next 6 months. jillian: it seems like people across the country are tired of the hypocrisy they are seeing play out especially in california that a lot of people had enough. keep us updated on your efforts. have a good day, thanks for joining us. todd: coming up, legal wings for people of faith. the latest supreme court decision favoring religious freedom over covid-19 restriction plus doctor mark siegel, pete hegseth, in the next hour. history

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jillian: it is wednesday december 16th. house republicans putting pressure on pelosi, their demand she removed eric swalwell over the bombshell chinese spy report being rushed off by the press. >> baseless attacks were false yet covered breathlessly by the media. there was no coverage of swalwell being implicated but not russia but china. jillian: live in washington with the fallout.

todd: a second weapon in the fight against covid-19 with promising news about modern's vaccine with promise of more lockdowns. >> you make those decisions? >> i never did that. jillian: like many he is fighting for his right to make a living. california business owner going viral for taking a stand. "fox and friends first" continues. ♪ have a nice day ♪ have a nice day ♪ todd: we certainly hope this beautiful view of the tree in fox square allows you to have a nice day. jillian: it will look much different later today. todd: you have just seen white. you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. jillian: