give up his own be present for his dad to get a new car. a local dealership made that wish come true the car one that is after many reading his letter. jillian: so beautiful. thank you for watching. have a good weekend. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> we have great confidence in our son. i'm not concerned about i had accusations that were made against him. i think it's kind of foul play. >> i applaud the fact that the bidens are a close knit family but you can't pretend these commercial deals are never discussed. >> do you plan on stepping down from the committee? >> are you really the best we can come up with? a guy who dated a chinese spy. >> on his way to a second covid-19 vaccine. >> the moderna shot whop the backing of the it committee. >> will barstool sports have. the barstool fund we will try to save as many small businesses as we can. >> thank you from the bottom of my heart and my staff with their

mortgages, family. you don't know how many people you are helping. >> going to take it and get it. touchdown, chargers win it. will ♪ jillian: we begin with a fox news alert. president-elect joe biden labeling republican accusations against his son hunter as foul play. brian: i will take it from here, ainsley. stand back. it comes as fox news obtains text messages showing hunter's former associates tried to get the former vp involved in business dealings. steve: wonder if that worked out. let's turn to doug lie lieu it m washington. recall text messages seem to raise more questions than answers. >> it always comes back to text messages, doesn't it and we are seeing more of them come up in this case. you have republicans now calling for a special counsel to continue this investigation into hunter biden. and now joe biden himself is

talking about his son's legal troubles. here he is on the late show with stephen colbert. >> i have -- we have great confidence in our son. it. >> um-huh. >> i'm not concerned about any amortization that's been made against him. it's used to get to me. i think it's kind of foul play. but, look, it is what it is. and he is a grown man. he is the smartest man i know, i mean, pure intellectual capacity. and as long as he's good, we're good. >> now, you heard biden use that phrase foul play. aides later had to step in and clarify. they said that he was not accusing the justice department or the u.s. attorney involved in that investigation of foul play. instead, that was an accusation directed against republicans and others who are trying to make hay of these accusations against hunter biden. meantime, we are learning more about some of the business deals

involving hunter biden. we have obtained and reviewed text messages from 2017 between some of hunter biden's former business associates as they discussed this venture with the chinese energy company. here's one of them. man, you are right. let's get the company set up and then tell h. and family the high stakes and get joe involved. now, some prominent republicans say that it is important to preserve this investigation and make sure it continues even in to the biden presidency, which begins next month. >> this is a cloud over his presidency. there is no way to go forward without having somebody look at this and giving us rational explanation. so if you think that biden administration believes this will suddenly go away you are wrong. this is like political fly paper it's going to stick and stick and stick. >> we will see. as we mentioned there are more calls from republicans to have a special counsel to make sure that this investigation doesn't just go away in a ar biden

administration. he has said before will hunter biden never talks to him about his overseas business deals. will will. brian: okay, case closed. ainsley: on a plane together for 20 hours and didn't talk about business deals? listen to this. >> they are using the tools of the vice presidency to get these deals. i mean hunter flew over to air force 2 on beijing. you don't think on the, what, 20 hour flight that father and son didn't have a conversation about what hunter was doing there and hunter introduced him to his chinese business partner on that trip there were no questions asked? of course they were. it starts to create this picture. i applaud the fact that the bidens are a close knit family, but you can't say you are a close knit family and be a close knit family but then pretend that these commercial deals are never discussed, there is no conversation, there is no

interaction. ainsley: if you read more of those text messages, too, between bobulinski and many the former co-worker of it biden or exassociate. steve: they were all together in on it. ainsley: april 30th, 2017, bobulinski said what is the deal with jim biden as he wasn't part of the discussion but now seems to be a focal point? then gil gilliar responds huntes demons because he had a problem with addiction it's being reported could be good to have a backup. he strengthens our usp to chinese as it looks like a truly family business. i like the guy. i like the dude. they like him and it makes it look like more of a family business. the text messages push to get joe biden more involved. it looks suspicious but, of course joe biden and jill biden are going to tell stephen colbert that they have confidence in their son that they are not concerned because for any parent who has gone through something like that with a child with addiction i'm sure, you know, that pulls at all of

our heart strings we feel sorry for the family. but you want your child to have a better life. and you want your child to resolve these addiction issues. and i'm not saying that's exactly what happened. but i would imagine he is trying to set up his son for a you are better future. brian: i would say this, ainsley, if you know somebody in you are i don't life that has addiction issues the last thing you want to do is put tremendous pressure on them. according to the text messages to his daughter, he talks about the pressure many that his family puts on him to do deals and he promises his daughter i will never do that to you. so i don't know what kind of great parenting that is. but, that's something to think about. the other thing to think about, too, is president trump actually goes with what you are saying. president trump tweeted out on thursday, he says he has nothing to do with the potential prosecution of president-elect joe biden's son calling the fallout surrounding joe biden's confirmation that he is under federal investigation. very sad to watch. many people surprised by. this on saturday he says the same thing. on saturday he said, you know, i don't wish anything bad on

hunter biden because he can relate to it. and i'm just going to say this. all of a sudden stephen colbert who knew the intric intricaciese mueller investigation. not this case. he knows it. very smart guy. he knows this is not about going after his son like going after billy carter or going after roger clinton. he knows it relates to joe biden. he could just turn around and say joe, why did they reference you in this? are you involved in any of that? and if you do want answers, as one investigator told me they do the capone thing. there is millions of dollars somewhere, someone got it and someone declared it. where is it? will 'where is the money and why is joe's compound the size it is? who financed that? will. steve: when you look at the text messages and you know, we think we know what they were trying to do, hunter and tony and mr. gilliar were all trying to get cozy with this chinese energy company. and if, indeed, you are trying

to sell the influence of the biden family, you need to have the head of the biden family show up. and that's why they are going let's get joe involved. so it looks like a real family. so, if they are asking for $10 million. the chinese people are thinking, well, you know what? let's see joe. there is no evidence to support the fact that joe actually materialized. but, nonetheless, you know, you hear the story say we are banking on him. brian: remember that lunch? there was a hole in his schedule where he could have met with one of those officials. think romania, kazakhstan and ukraine and a russian mayor. ainsley: what about the picture of them playing golf together? brian: it happens out in the hamptons. steve: speaking of suspicious, will eric swalwell the embattled now, kind of embattled it seems like fox news is only interested in getting to the both the story where he was target of a chinese influence campaign when he had

that curious relationship with that woman fang fang or christine fang, that's his office. they are closed for business over the holidays. a fox news reporter producer was outside his office in d.c. yesterday. and because nobody else but fox is asking the questions, this reporter does their best to try to get some answers. how do they do? roll the tape. >> congressman swalwell, do you plan on stepping down from the committee or anything like that? or resigning from congress? can you tell us anything about your relationship with ms. fang? anything in general? congressman swalwell? ing. steve: i think he is going to go right on in there and not turn around. brian: you can't hear anything with those air pods. steve: maybe that's what it is. the reporter went after him two days after 17 members of congress on the republican side said that to nancy pelosi she needed to remove him from the

intel committee. the permanent select committee on intel because he poses an unacceptable national security risk. given his exposure. ainsley: trey gowdy was interviewed about it and brings up a good point. he want to know what nancy pelosi knew about swalwell when she put him on the intel committee. listen to this. >> i would love for her to be asked. why did you pick him? what did the fbi tell you? when they did you that? did you really put him on the house intel committee investigating president trump for having contact with russia when you knew that he had the relationship with a chinese spy? i don't keep up with the news as well as you do. i don't think are she has been asked those questions and i haven't heard them answered. it's not the fbi's job to pick her members of the intel committee. that's her job. it's not the bureau's job. they gave him a defensive briefing. i want to know what they said in that defensive briefing. you asked do i trust the fbi? i used to it but the defensive briefing they gave donald trump and it wasn't much.

i want to know what they said to eric swalwell? ainsley: tom cotton was on our show and he said it's time to break th silence and tell the truth. if he is a victim he should come forward. swalwell's office respond he met her 8 years ago hasn't seen her in almost six years. long ago he provided information to the fbi. that's the key phrase long ago. why didn't we know about this. this is a long time ago. nancy pelosi knew about it but they kept it quiet. brian: this is a guy who has never walked away from a camera in his life. that was the first time according to reports. never stopped talking. rumors any trump involvement with russia and now gone totally radio silent. what is kind of scary is this happened in 2015. he gets on the committee and serves on the committee. is he compromised when he is everybody ising on the committee number one and number two is can we possibly come together and understand and just verify that china is our enemy? from the dozen -- thousands of chinese students that come here, we know they don't have to be

young to spy here, from what's going on in the south china sea, from what they are -- they did to the virus that they poisoned the world with. and didn't take responsibility for. can we, as a country, come together cold war style and unify around that threat? that's what i would love to see. i'm going to ask that to kevin mccarthy and unless steve and ainsley wheat me to it. he is coming up shortly after this. ainsley: i do like to steal your questions. brian: i know that's why i never talk to you in the breaks. steve: he we this newt gingrich on the program will a day or two aghe said the reason he she is t taking him off the it committee her majority is so narrow, if she kicked him off, she might actually lose the gavel. that, according to newt, is unwith of the reasons he is still this there, not answering our questions. meanwhile, 6:12 here in new york city and another big story we are following this morning. the fda says it's going to work quickly towards emergency approval of moderna's coronavirus vaccine.

ashley strohmier joins us live with when it could roll out because we are all waiting, ashley. >> yeah, we are and the initial fda panel approval was voted nearly unanimously 20 in favor and one absentee. the vote was the last step before the final fda approval to be given. the fated soon after said it would work rapidly to get the emergency authorization for the vaccine, shipments of the moderna vaccine would then begin within hours of the fda decision which that could come as early as friday. moderna is expected to release a initial shipment of 6 million doses after that decision. one difference between the moderna and pfizer vaccine is moderna can be stored at regular refrigerator temperatures. pfizer is recommended to be storld at minus 7 degrees celsius. vice president mike pence along his with his wife karen are expected to get the vaccine publicly at the white house with cameras rolling today. this is an effort to boost confidence in the it among americans. along with pence dr. jerome

adams will be vaccinated this morning had. keep in mind the vice president was one of the senior officials with a ground level office in the west wing to not catch the coronavirus and all of this comes as the u.s. saw it highest number of covid-19 hospitalizations for a 12th day. bask to you guys. steve: all right, ashley, thank you very much. ainsley: so the vaccine is obviously very important for many reasons, to save lives and also to get us all back to normal. the vice president is going to have the vaccine today during our show. steve: 88:00. ainsley: we are hearing will:00 hour. the beginning of 8:00. it's going to be on camera. his wife is also getting the vaccine as well and joe biden is supposed to get it next week. dave portnoy, we have had him on a lot. he started barstool and created a fund half a million dollars, $500,000. yeah. so he has collected all this money. and he is giving it to people who have continued to stay in business. all these restaurants and gyms, still continuing to pay their employees can but they are at

the very end and they really need this money. here he is announcing the barstool fund to help small businesses. >> how do you expect these people to survive? how are restaurants going to survive? they are already on their last legs pulling the plug on them. no one seems to care in the government. at least they are not cooking anything acting like they care. no plan, no relief, no bailout. we will do what we can to qualify for mope be from us you have to still be paying your employees. your payroll has to be on. if february rolls around a and we are no better, march, each month we will continue to cut you a check for how much you need to stay in business until this thing is over. i don't care how i get the money. if i need to raise more money, if i have to pay it myself, whatever it is, i will get creative, but once you are in our program, we will pay whatever you need, the necessities you need, the money you need to get through this thing and give you a fair chance to run your business. ainsley: so nice of him. we had a guy on frank borelli who owns a pizza shop out on

long island. we had him on in the summer and he was talking about how hard it was for them in the summer. here we are christmas time. and he was a recipient of some of this money and he said you have no idea what it means to me. he said his dad opened the restaurant, he told us this past summer, in 1955, 6 of 5 years in the family with 50 employees. listen to what he said when he found out he was getting some of this money. >> dave, i really want to thank you for starting this fund. it will do you know what it means for us to start in april to have our doors closed made it through the summer. i cu kept my staff. they are all being paid. and i said we'll make it through christmas. january, february, march i was planning on closing. i didn't say anything to my staff. this is going to help so much. you don't know. thank you from the bottom of my

heart. and my staff with their mortgages, families, you don't know how many people you are helping. brian: wow, so obviously getting emotional. i think in many ways dave portnoy, what he goes through, what he has been through and what he has chronicled on social media when he hops on tucker's show is emblematic what the country is going through. i started a small business. thankfully i'm established. if i was starting now i would be destroyed. in the beginning i said i'm all. in i'm going to bend the curve and do what it takes and all of a sudden we bent the curve, we did what it takes and then you didn't let us open again. and then he really feels what the small business person going through also with pizza in particular he does a pizza taste test. he got friendly with all these small business owners, and he also knows what it's like to have employees depend on him. if he goes down, all these other people that believed in him go down. and he sees that in the pizza shop and the restaurant and the gym. steve: you know, speaking of the pizza reviews that he does.

and his favorite, by the way, mass produced pizza is paul newman's four cheese frozen pizza. just fyi. brian: take that tree tavern. ainsley: or amy's. steve: frankie borelli is his cameraman on those. franky borelli is that guy's son. so it comes full circle. one thing we should point out is the coronavirus is not going away. in fact, yesterday was the deadliest day, almost 3700 people died just yesterday. it has impacted 17 million americans. that's about 5% of the total population. brian: before you blame any government or any person, australia, sydney being locked down again, germany being locked down again. sweden they have losing a smaller number of people but not in percentage of their population. their king came out and said i think we failed the people. i have news for you, everyone,

it's impossible. japan and south korea also dealing with outbreaks again. there is one country to blame a. it is china. and they still haven't come clean on how this thing started. that would have helped us fight it by the way. steve: just one other thing regarding the infection rate, it's all about about not overwhelming the hospitals. in southern california, the icu capacity is at zero percent. it is a desperate situation. brian: let's bring the ship back? why is he not requesting the ship no one used last time in new york and california? ainsley: the two ships? brian: get the ships back that's how you aalleviate that. ainsley: people are realizing china is our biggest threat. joe biden facing more tough questions on his son be hunter from late night show stephen colbert. >> the people who want to make hay in washington are going to try to use your adult son as a judge gecudgel against you.

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steve: well president-elect joe biden finally addressed concerns about his son hunter after this round of hard hitting questions from journalist -- i mean late night comedian stephen colber colbertful of. >> people who want to make hay in washington are going to try to use your adult son as a cudgel against you. how do you feel about that and what do you have to say to those people. >> we have great confidence in our son. >> um-huh. >> i am not concerned about any

accusations been made against him. it's used to get to me. i think it's kind of foul play. but, look, it is what it is. steve: and after they said foul play, his team had to brush back on that and clarify. new york columnist and a brand new contributor at fox news channel miranda dewine. miranda, welcome to the family. >> thanks so much, steve, great to be with you. steve: great to have you as well. what do you make of the fact that the first expansive comments we have heard about hunter biden were not to a tv reporter or a print reporter but it was to a late night talk show host? >> well, it doesn't surprise me at all. and neither do the softball questions coming from stephen colbert. it's what joe biden is used to and it's really all he can handle. but, i think what the biggest impression i got out of that interview was how calm and cool and unflappable joe biden was

about these very serious allegations. we're told there are as many as four probes into hunter biden into, you know, charges from money laundering, tax fraud, to deal with these overseas business dealings. these are very serious. i think it's rather telling that joe biden showed zero emotion. but what's more interesting is that we are now seeing the outline of the defense that we know that at some point he is going to have to make after years of denial. he said he didn't know anything. then he said he was confident. then he said my son did nothing wrong. and now he is saying it's just a plot to get at me, which is so preposterous. >> it's interesting you describe his demeanor because i remember when fox news asked joe biden whether or not he had ever spoken to his son about his overseas business dealings. joe biden got really hot. and started yelling at our correspondent, apparently now he is realizing, you know, i won

the job. i can calm down. >> yes. exactly. well, he has all the power, of course. and he has all the power to stop those investigations, appoint his own attorney general. and it's really very concerning. maybe that's why he is so unflappable now. steve: maybe. rasmussen did a poll that came out this week. it's really interesting because, you know, we have been talking about hunter biden for a while. and and now some of the mainstream media are catching up. but, 52% of all-american voters think the media ignored the hunter biden story to help joseph win. 78% of republicans think the media deliberately hid the story until after election day. look at this, 73% of republicans think that biden profited of from hunter's dealings while only 5 of all the voters think it is likely that joe biden was consulted and profited from his son's overseas business

dealings. and so then, miranda, when you see those text messages like we showed with doug luzader at the top of this hour with tony bobulinski and mr. gilliar and hunter biden and jim biden and joe biden, you have got to wonder what was going on there. >> well, that poll shows just how wise the american people are, because they're right. they're absolutely right. the media did bury a legitimate story with new information showing that joe biden knew and possibly was involved intimately in his family's influence peddling business overseas. and they are right. the media did cover it up. not only that, big tech actually censored the "new york post" for our legitimate story. they locked our account, twitter did, for two weeks so that that story couldn't get out. and, you know, we have seen another poll showing that almost 50% of biden voters had no idea

president hunter biden scandal. and 10% of them would have changed their vote if they had known. steve: rit. and jack dorsey said of locking the "new york post" out after two weeks he said you know what? that was a big mistake. but the daniel was done. and eventually joe biden would win. >> that's the point. exactly. that's why they didn't pay any attention to the hunter biden story before the election. and lo and behold, after the election when it doesn't matter, you are seeing a bit of reporting. steve: there you go. all right. but you have been on this from the get go. miranda devine divib, now a fox news contributor. thank you very much. have waterfall weekend and a great holiday week. >> thank you, steve, you too. steve: all right. thank you. all right. it's coming up' on 6:30 in the east. a massive drug smuggling operation uncovered at major universities in north carolina. oh boy. we will talk to one of the d will ea agents coming up on the case next. senate runoffs in georgia and it

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dummy. they say it's a way to make people feel more accepted. i will study that on my own and come up with my own conclusions on monday. ainsley? ainsley: thanks, brian. nearly two dozen graduates elite colleges facing prison time after a major drug trafficking bust involving campus fraternities. >> i want to make it very clear this is not a situation where you have single users, where you have a 19-year-old sipping a beer. where you have someone taking a puff of a joint on the back porch of a crack house. these are 21 hardened drug dealers. ainsley: here with the latest is the man leading the investigation, special agent in charge robert murphy. good morning to you. >> good morning, ainsley. ainsley: good morning. agent murphy this dates back to 2018. how did you find out and what did you learn? >> actually started in 2017. it was brought to our attention the dea's attention in 2018 by

local orange county north carolina sheriff's office. they started an investigation and they realized this is much bigger than they thought it was. and they contacted us. and at first i will be honest, i was a little hesitant. i didn't think it was quite what dea wanted to get involved. in i was surely wrong. i started looking into it and realized we had a major drug that which ties directly to a exin can drug cartel and an individual associated with that in california. >> crution drugs and quantities was shocking to us, ainsley how fast and big this organization was growing. over 200 kilograms of cocaine was being ships from california to north carolina over 1,000 pounds of marijuana. steroids, ecstasy, mollie, lsd they were districting up a of it being shipped from vehicles from california to north carolina. and then through the postal

service and then the proceeds were being sent back the same way through postal but also through venmo, paypal. we have over $1.3 million in transactions over venmo with this organization. ainsley: so they weren't even trying to hide it, right? >> they thought they were safe. they were in the confines of a safe haven of a university and then even more confined into the fraternity system. they thought, you know, a sense of loyalty and i know you were a member of a sorority and i was a member of a fraternity. actually we shared of the same university. this is not the mission of these fraternity and universities. no one sends their parents or no parent sends their kids to learn how to be drug traffickers or actually even worse come out of college addicted to drugs, that's what we have going on here. ainsley: i know. i hate. this because being from the carolinas, it makes me so upset because u.n.c. is extremely hard to get into. such an elite prestigious school duke, gosh, extremely hard to get into duke. these student are so smart. but so stupid to get involved in

something like this because it changes their lives forever and their families are going to be rolled through the mud with all of this as well. and then you bring up the fraternity factor. i had a fabulous it experience in fraternity. i found jesus in my sorority. so i hate that this is tainting that image as well. what are the students saying? they are not kids. what are the student saying that are involved. are they remorseful? >> of course, when they get arrested. everybody is. will this wasn't isolated to any one group. it was a culture that's been developed on these campuses and in this fraternity and university chapters of these organizations are going to have to do something. this is going from being passed from generation to generation. to be honest most of these kids join the fraternities and i think peer pressure got them into this. i don't think they started out this way. it got so big and so much money being made and that urged to fit in. first time being away from home.

it just got out of control. as you said, this really impacts -- this is supposed to be the best and brightest coming out of these elite colleges and program attorneys teach us leadership. we have arrested some people that had bright futures and there are some more to come. believe me there are more universities involved than these three. these are the three we come public with. we have been shocked. ainsley: appalachian state, too. >> shocked in seeing this and how fast it gross. ainsley: thank you for your work. hopefully you are saving more lives because drugs can kill people. we appreciate what you have do. thank you so much. thank you, ainsley and merry christmas. we are saving lives with this getting out there. ainsley: go gamecocks, thank you. brian? brian: nancy pelosi set to reclaim her speakership of the house in just over a month we think. but one of her most outspoken democratic colleagues says it's time for someone new to grab the gavel. >> i do think that we need new leadership in the democratic party. i'm not ready, ha ha.

it can't be me. i know that i couldn't account do that job. >> are you ready to say pelosi and schumer need to go. >> i mean, i, i think. so we need to shift power. we need to make sure we have a transition of power in the leadership of the democratic party. steve: all right, here with reaction former florida congressman and chairman of the texas g.o.p. retired army lieutenant colonel allen west. colonel, good morning to you. >> good morning, how are you doing? steve: we are doing okay. thank you very much. what do you make of aoc talking about it's time for some new broad? >> well, i think that once again you see this mo towards the progressive socialist left in the democratic party and that's what they are looking for. the same thing they talk about in the republican party but establishment you have a democrat establishment. and they are very concerned about them having control and power and they would like to take it more so to a socialist

style of principle and governance. ainsley: let's talk about georgia. these runoffs. we are only three weeks away from them. the vice president and president trump said they are going to keep fighting. when you look at the number of people who have registered to vote, 76 million. steve: 76,000. ainsley: of course. georgians registered to vote and that brings the total registered voters to a record-breaking 7.7 million. why do you think this is? do you think the voter there realize how important this is? >> well, absolutely they do. you know, georgia is my state of birth and i was just there wednesday of this week. and they understand the many election whether or not we allow the green new deal, the death wl military to go back to the it will observe-biden years and decimation of our economy. they don't want to see that happen. the left understands how will schumer is. first we take georgia and change

america. i don't think georgia that i know. the folks i grew up with they are going to allow that to happen. brian: you grew up in georgia. you understand georgia. but georgia has changed. these are two left wing candidates. i'm not saying they are not confident. they are left wing. one has links to china the other one talks about cops thugs. you can't worship, go in the military and worship god. these are things that were just no brainers to not vote for these people in georgia in the past. it's not like doug jones in alabama where you could say he is kind of moderate. maybe i can live with him. what does it say that right now there is only 1 point separate in the polls from all these candidate in these races? why is this even close? >> well, brian, you and i have talked about this before. it's the migration of people leaving these failed blue states. california, illinois, new york, new jersey, they come down it successful red states such as georgia. such as texas, even, and they concentrate on the major mop

labor relation center. i grew up in the old neighborhood that produced dr. martin luther king jr. and that's where ebenezer baptist church is my parents would have never supported a pastor like reverend raphael warnock. four generations men in my family have served the united states military. we also serve god. this shows the infiltration the migration of people coming. [broken audio] and what can end up happening. steve: well, so far, even though we are one week away from christmas, i was reading in the "wall street journal" that apparently 700,000 ballots have already are will been cast in the state of georgia. they were talking in the journal about how while the secretary of state down there is going to do a ballot signature to figure out were there any shenanigans with the last election. we have heard from the president, colonel west, talk about how it was rigged against him and it was stolen.

will they are going to have a problem in georgia, the republicans are. iif trumpsupporters decide it'sd and they are not even going to bother voting. >> well, that was one of the things we encouraged people to get out and vote. that he was the most important thing. but i think all eyes are on georgia and so some of the irregularities that we saw, the ballot signature verifications on these mail-in ballots i'm quite sure we will have enough people watching and hopefully we don't have another pipe burst thing hoax that happens where we see the ballot being pulled out from suitcases. i think there will a lot of eyes going on in georgia. fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me. ainsley: a lot of new yorkers moving down to texas and florida don't have to pay taxes. not happy with the cities up north. then they are taking their democratic agendas with. they you would think if they are not happy with new york are

ocalifornia and being taxed so much and the policies there that they would change their parties, right? >> it you know, you are absolutely right. that's one of the critical things that i look at and informing people about as the chairman of the republican party in texas. you have elon musk coming here and oracle say they are coming here. they need to understand we don't want you to bring those failed philosophies and policies that you are trying to escape. much the same as when god was destroying sodom and gomorrah he told lot and his family don't look back. we don't want people looking back. brian: i was not expecting that reference. you are somebody who is extremely well-red and that's evidenced again. by the way, send a battalion.com will -- send money, i guess, to donate to the guardian fund. steve: right to donate to the guardian fund the website is send a battalion.com. >> we are doing everything we

can to support perdue and loeffler as well. brian: one out of 44,000 vote plus the by 888. thanks, colonel. >> god bless. merry christmas. ainsley: merry christmas. brian: let's go up to janice dean. you have the weather or should i say the aftermath? janice: yes, i mean, incredible snow totals across portions of new york and pennsylvania. almost 4 feet of snow. that means in some cases we saw 3 to 4 inches of snow an hour. so records are shattered for part of these areas of bing hamg hamton and will covington pa. lots of kids have fun in the snow. temperatures below freezing. that means the snow is going to remain in place for the next couple days and refreeze on the roadways unfortunately make things a little treacherous. be extra careful if you are traveling the i-9 the 5 corridor

and all of the road that go up to the nice beautiful mountains and skiing there. satellite radar imagery. that storm is gone. we are going to watch the potential for some light rain and snow for part of the northwest as well as the plain states. this front is going to move through saturday and sunday, all and all not a big deal. certainly not the type of storm that we saw over the last 48 hours. so pretty good-looking forecast for much of the country as we go into the weekend and into next week, my friends. back to you steve, ainsley and brian. steve: if it stays cold we will have a white christmas, j.d. ainsley: i hope so. janice: true. you got it. steve: thank you. let's go upstairs to the mezzanine level and jillian joins us with headlines. jillian: that's right. we begin with this. the president of microsoft warning the wide ranging software hack is ongoing. brad smith call the cyber attack remarkable for, quote: it's scope, sophistication and impact. the breach targeted several u.s. government agencies and believed to be carried out by russian

russians. microsoft says it is working to notify customers of the hack. it president-elect joe biden nominating congresswoman' deb holland. she is anti-fracking and supporter of the green new deal. now, if confirmed, she will be the first native american to serve in the role. biden also nominating north carolina environmental regulator michael reagan to head the epa. a massive winter storm traps a man in his car for 10 hours. a new york state trooper coming to his rescue plowing the snow around his buried car. the man is recovering from hypothermia and frostbite. the trooper visited him at the hospital and doing much better. is he lucky that that trooper was there to come to his rescue. that's scary. steve: do you know how the trooper found him is the trooper -- they were looking around and he was trying to go over to one of the mailboxes and he was going to dust off the mailbox to see the address, he found the car instead. jillian: pretty wild. ainsley: what happened i wonder?

did he fall asleep in the car or something? steve: plow just buried him as it drove by. ainsley: that is so scary. brian: another reason to move to florida. steve: amen to that. ainsley: a michigan business owner goes viral are a writing obituary to his bowling alley. support i pouring in for small business that owner joins us live next. issues. does it worry me? absolutely. sensodyne sensitivity & gum gives us the dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend. to your friends...

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their business was shut down and they were losing money someone would say the first response would be you must want people to die if you want to open your business. that's not the case obviously. and so, you know, i have kind of will used hyperbole and gave the bowling center light which she has already. brian: you stayed open. you have been shut down a couple of times. right now you are shut down. the bills are piling up. you have no choice. you wrote an obituary and here is a little bit of it. she is barely conscious. dying slowly sees the mailbox continue to fill up with bills. bills never stop coming. as unrelenting as a shark that smells blood in the water. the end is near. you are a desperate guy trying to support yourself and through no fault of your own, your business is on a respirator. what's the response been? >> absolutely. overwhelming. overwhelming after i wrote that post i had no idea it would get that kind of response.

a friend of mine and his wife, they started a go fund me account. bobby and doug ellison amazing people great customers here and great friends. they started that and i was shocked and surprised. it was just so overwhelming the response the love that people had for vision lanes and how many good times they had here. brian: people are bowling just driving across state lines to do it. driving a half hour and bowling somewhere else. all you want is an opportunity to show you lived up to the protocols. people have nothing to fear. nothing has been contact traced back to your building. but your governor he is going to hop on television and decide every two weeks whether you live or die. that to me seems intolerable. >> it is intolerable. it's embarrassing to tell you the truth. our it bowlers drive' 45 minutes down 75 to ohio. and richard ken by a good friend of mine is real close to the border. and he has got league bowlers that are going over there because it's just -- ohio has been open since may 288th.

and he has a league bowlers bowling over there across the border. and it's depressing. and you feel forgotten about and abused, actually; brian. brian: just so you know you have so much company especially in our city with the ridiculous leadership we have with a governor and mayor, being hit by two idiots. if you want to help out steven klein, donate to go fund me.com and search vision lanes. his grandfather taught him to bowel. he just wants the opportunity to work 70 hours a week and keep his head above water. steven klein, thanks so much. >> i can't tell you how much i appreciate you, brian. i got a love for these michigan bowlers, that's why i'm here. brian: go get them, steven. thanks. cough in the country, at sea, and downtown. but don't worry, julie... robitussin shuts coughs down.

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try to save as many as we can. >> thank you from the bottom of my heart and my staff with their mortgages, families, you don't know how many people you are helping. herbert going to take it and get it. touchdown, chargers win it. brain brian we gyp with a fox news alert. joe biden labeling accusations against his son hunter biden as foul play listen. >> we have great confidence in our son. i am not concerned about any accusations been made against him. it's used to get to me. i think it's kind of foul play but, look, it is what it is. and he is a grown man. he is the smartest man i know i mean pure intellectual capacity. as long as he is good. we are good. steve: so it's all politically motivated, joe says. this all comes as fox news has

obtained new text messages showing hunter biden's former associate tried to get the former vice president joe involved in their business dealings in one exchange back in 2017, james gilliar said, quote let's get the company set up and then tell h., presumably hunter, and family the high stakes and get joe involved. pretty clear joe means joe biden. ainsley: don't mention joe being involved. they're paranoid. bobulinski replying okay, they should be paranoid about things. joe biden has repeatedly denied about being involved in his son's business dealings. but let's bring in utah g.o.p. senator mike lee member of the senate judiciary committee joined economic chairman. good morning. >> good morning. ainsley: what do you make of this? where does it go from here? >> it will be interesting to see where this goes from here, especially now that we have got some communication that perhaps

there might have been involvement of or awareness involvement of the former vice president in these events. sad everyone has a family member somewhere who makes mistakes and certainly hunter biden is one of those people. to the extent that his father was involved, we're talking about an entirely new type of problem. brian: that's true for people say they are targeting the son. when you see emails about this, when you find out about meetings that could have taken place. when tony bobulinski talks about meeting outside a conference, they were both seen at. how come people are not trying to connect the dots. they just now acknowledge there are dots. >> yeah. are tried to throw at president trump quite unfairly and failed

to be able to substantiate they are also connected in ways that seem somewhat ironic. given all the time they spent through the mueller report. given all the time they spent through the. we have investigation and impeachment trial it should have occurred to some of these people, hey, you know, this is naturally going to lead to other things, including involvement of hunter biden with some of the same people and possibly a connection to his father. steve: senator, let me ask you this. the text message exchange we just talked about was from 201 joe biden was not in office at that point. >> that's right. steve: so the question is what law would be broken or just does this look a little fishy and you worry about the influence playing out to this day? >> that's right. will those text messages. he was not in office so those

wouldn't have necessarily reflected a violation of the law at that time. but, it could perhaps present questions with regard to what might have been play with that same son while he was still in office that remains to be seen. >> we will get kristin fisher to set up next story about eric swalwell and get your reaction when she is finished. another big story we are following this morning. congressman swalwell staying silent, dodging fox news questions about his ties to a suspected chinese spy and kristin fisher joins us from washington with more. kristin? >> it's been weeks since this news broke but still no new response from congressman eric swalwell as questions continue to mount about his relationship with this alleged chinese spy. christine fang. >> congressman swalwell? do you plan on stepping down from the committee? or anything like that? or resigning from congress? can you tell us anything about your relationship with ms. fang? anything in general?

congressman swalwell? >> yeah, can you see no response there swalwell's office is also continuing to decline to comment on the nature of their relationship. remember. fang placed an intern in swalwell's office and helped fund raise for his 2014 re-election. now, many republicans want an ethics investigation into those interactions. many republicans also say that swalwell should step down from the house intelligence committee which, of course, overseas the cia and his access to the highest level of sensitive classified information. democratic congressman adam schiff calls this nothing more than, quote, faux outrage. he says members of congress in both the house and senate have been targeted by china on a bipartisan basis. so are if a, guys, there have been no defections among democrats and their support of congressman swalwell. so, we will see if that changes and see if we get an explanation from him over the come days. guys?

brian: all right, kristin, thanks so much. meanwhile, let's bring in back senator lee. senator lee, it's not surprising that the walked by our reporter and not want to answer those questions. he loves cameras and he can't find a camera these days. it's pretty amazing. this happened in 2015. what strikes you most about this scenario? here we are in 2020. since this time and since everyone knew it. he is still on the intel committee. >> yeah. he did. that's quite significant. especially given the time of involvement they'd with representatives of a foreign power one should be concerned about that. i really would be very interested to have a conversation with house speaker nancy pelosi as to why that still makes sense for him to be on that particular committee that committee receives some of the most sensitive information our federal government has and with reason. it seems odd to me they would

want to continue to have him on that post. steve: the speaker said a couple days ago, senator, that she is not concerned. but then again she is the one that put him on the committee after she heard from the feds yes, he had within exposed to this chinese influence campaign she said republicans knew about it at the time. all the republican wheels heard from said they didn't know anything about it. doesn't that speak to her judgment? >> i would think. so perhaps she has some other wisdom in mind that she is not sharing with us. steve: maybe her keeping her speakership, perhaps? >> well, perhaps. but i don't even understand why her speakership would be preserved or well-served by keeping him in that post after they have this information as to the suggestion that republicans knew about all of this in advance. i don't know the people involved. i'm not on that committee. i have to say not a chance. there is not a chance they knew

that. ainsley: we would have heard about it. let's talk about the stimulus relief money. it effects so many people. i know you all are scrambling to get something done today. could it spill over into the weekend and will something get done before y'all leave for christmas break. >> yes. we are told that it will spill over in through the weekend. we are told that we need to expect to be here through the week not just into it. we are buckling down to be here all weekend and perhaps into early next week. brian: looks like you might be doubling the number of checks. i think senator hawley and believe it or not bernie sanders are pushing to get a bigger stimulus check to people in this. also, senator toomey is making sure that the faucet is shut off should joe biden become president, and they want to make sure that it just doesn't become the fed just giving thing -- a biden administration an endless array of cash. >> and senator toomey has done

fantastic work in this regard to make sure that these 13 will will funds don't become a gigantic bucket of slush funds to be used in whatever manner the biden administration might want to use them for. i think he has done a outstanding job with that and needs to be congratulated. steve: meanwhile, we have heard that it sounds like to the things that each of the parties were very interested in, republicans were interested in protecting small businesses with liability. and democrats were interested in some sort of emergency funding for state and local municipalities sound like those are both out of the way. the "wall street journal" editorial board talks about how the democrats are hijacking the fed to bail out the state. how big a sticking point has this been? because, you know, we have heard before, you know, you never let a good disaster go without trying to use it for your own

benefit. >> yeah. this has been a huge sticking point. and one of the things that we worry about is that states that have been careful, states that have prepared for this sort of thing, could end up effectively being punished relative to those states that haven't prepared well, that don't have good systems in place. you don't necessarily want to reward those states, for example, that have chosen to just shut down everything reflexively. if what that is going to mean is that they just get more money it's not terribly fair to states that are careful about what they shut down and what they don't. ainsley: this is one of the head lanes this morning why senator utah will make lee blocked for history museums in d.c. we wanted to have you on for that and defend your actions. >> yeah, lack. right now, when americans are divided and suffering as much as they are, the very last thing we

want to do is further divide americans and start to have them see themselves in separate historical silos. look, we have already got 19 smithsonian museums. some of them are visited frequently when we are not in a global pandemic. others far less so. others have visitors that can be measured and the low single digital, thousands aer i don't. each one of these new museums would likely cost 6, 7, $800 millional million dollars to build. i don't understand why we need to tell the american history story in separate but equal silos. we don't want americans to see themselves as minorities first and americans second. so, look, if a story of latino americans is not being told accurately or let's tell it in the american history museum. if it's not big enough, let's expand that museum. but i see no reason why we should create more sections of

as theodore roosevelt would have described hyphenated americans that's not who we are. brian: i know where you stand, you would never take abraham lincoln off a high school because he wasn't attuned he didn't do enough for african-americans. the whole notion of that is farcical. but, what is the republican party or conservatives doing to make sure this instead of being rance becomes part of a curriculum. instead of giving up on college campuses work to getting in to college campuses in a strategic way? what is going on there? >> yeah, so what's going on there is that we have had so much federal funding through all of these college campuses throughout america. come through and as they have gotten more funding, through the federal government, they have increased their tuition prices. they have gotten fat, dumb and happy with how they can work and they have continued to silo themselves in to these sort of

liberal think tank type of establishments as a result crafted their own curriculum and started retelling their own story. the pest we can do we can't immediately create our own universities, we with talk about history and do our own reading and research and learn more about american history and learn of it virtues and not just of its misstages. steve: senator mike lee we thank you for joining us on this friday. have a great holiday week next week. >> thank you. steve: you bet. 14 minutes after the top of the hour. jillian joins us and she is not talking news. she is talking news about the weather. >> that's right. good morning. let's begin with your extreme weather. five people are dead after a powerful winter storm hits the northeast. a dozen tractor trailers losing control in pennsylvania. look at that causing a 60-car pileup. city buses stuck in boston as the snow made it nearly impossible to get around. a plane full of passengers sliding off the runway in

baltimore. in upstate new york, some areas seeing more than 3 feet of snow. vice president mike pence promising americans that he and the president will keep fighting while campaigning in georgia. the vp visiting the peach state to will kelly loeffler and david perdue ahead of the state's crucial runoff. lieutenant colonel allen west joined us earlier saying the georgians understand how important the it election is. >> they understand will whether or not we allow the green new deal, the decimation of our military and also foreign policy to go back to the observe-biden years. decimation of our economy. they don't want to see that happen. jillian: former u.n. ambassador nikki haley will also stump for the republicans in georgia sunday. joe biden's inaugural committee is asking for 1-million-dollar donations for preferred viewing for his virtual inauguration. those giving $500,000 are going to get tickets to a futures in

person event. the event on january 20th only issuing 1500 in person tickets compared to the usual 200,000. and then there is this story, a special election teachespecial a facebook post. ashley bennett taught for 47 years outside of fizzle. she says the district accused her of criticizing black lives matter movement in a facebook post earlier this year. >> i was blind sided by north penn. basically calling me a racist. and telling me that my thoughts and my visions did not align with theirs. >> the district says bennett's views expressed, quote: conflict with our work to develop a community that values diversity. that's a look at your headlines. i will send it back to you. ainsley: good deal. thanks, jillian. stocks racing to new highs as congress gets closer it to $900 billion covid relief bill. but, how long will the rally

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$900 billion in principle. no liability insurance and no direct money to the states what's the hold up? >> so many chefs in the kitchen right now. and i think that's the biggest thing. you know, and it's really sad, brian. because here we are now, just days before christmas. we had a $1.8 trillion offer on the table. president trump said he would make sure it got through on the republican side. it was turned down for political reasons and now they are going to this usual charade politics as usual. he always believe when it's all said and done we will get the deal that we probably would have gotten two or three months ago. something in a $1.5 trillion neighborhood where almost everybody gets everything that they want. and then they will, you know, reload for the next battle. brian: you know, it's kind of interesting. pat toomey is trying to restrain wild spending if joe biden becomes president on january 20th. he said the coronavirus aid proposal blocked by the senate democrats in september would

have aaffirmatively prevent the fed from any further lending past early january for the facilities funded by the cares act. he is worried joe biden becomes president this aid package is going to be off the charts janet yellen treasury secretary and they think powell is going to write huge checks. >> well, you know, listen, when steven mnuchin says we need to take back this money, he made a couple of great point. first of all, there wasn't a real demand for it. secondly, we were using it to buy things like apple bonds. you know applebees back around $30 million of its own stock every single day? so, why would the american taxpayer have to buy bonds, apple's bonds? obviously they want these pots around. but i think you bring up a great point and obviously the senator does, too. the federal reserve is going to be an amazing tool under biden administration to flood the zone with money.

there is a speech today that no one is going to pay attention to. i will. i will listen to it, perhaps, over the reeked. braynard. keep that name in mind she will be in charge of the federal reserve. today she is giving a speech on climate change. the economy and climate change. she gave the same exact speech etch on november 8th, 2019. pay attention, folks. right now the fed apparently -- supposedly has two mandates. they have more mandates and things like climate change, which there is no real barometer for will be able to guide their decision-making. that means more money printing. that means low rates forever. and that means you can fund a lot of things from the green new deal to paying off student debt. brian: solyndra revisited and if you want to advocate the throne energy producers behemoth of it that's what you do. small businesses going under by the day because these politicians feeling that's the only safe way to do things. when guys like dave portnoy and other people with go fund me pages are the ones standing up these businesses and keeping

them alive. this -- that's pathetic that the average american has got to help out average americans because these politicians are cutting us off at the knees. >> yeah. we are getting back to our roots, right? helping one another? brian, i had a guest on my show yesterday who runs a new york comedy club, a small comedy club. in the middle of it he had this sort of epiphany. he said i'm a progressive. essentially he said i hate fox. i hate fox business. i don't know why i'm on here other than you are the only people who are reaching out and trying to help me. he was dumb founded by that -- the circumstance and he was on the air asking me what he could do because he is desperate not to be put out of business by bill de blasio. and so, yeah, you know what? it's one person helping another person, forgetting about ideology for the moment. but it's so shocking that we are watching elected officials whether they are mayors like a bill de blasio or congressional leaders allow the small business fabric. you always talk about. they always talk about the

fabric of society. they are the fabric of our economy. they are where dreams are made and to allow them to be crushed. absolutely crushed for political reasons is so heart breaking. and it's so hard to believe we are watching it and allowing it. brian: they could have separated those people. i know some people. they were all set. they showed them. and they were afraid of come forward in the comedy business. they think there is going to be retribution from this vindictive mayor and governor if they go forward. i give that comedy club owner tremendous credit. real quick, you have a town hall, it's hard to think about 2021. but it's come up on january 1st as a virtual town hall. >> obviously i want them to watch it. but i want them to understand that capitalism, american style capitalism he is under assault. we know it's not perfect because there is no perfect system because human beings aren't perfect. but there is a real assault and it's not just the green new deal. you know, a so-called moderate joe biden presidential

administration would dismantle a lot of things that made america the best most amazing country ever to grace the face of the earth. all in the name of social distancing redistribution. i want to focus on those things. i also want to champion to celebrate the success. main street success because even in the midst of all of this, we are seeing people opening up business. we are seeing people try to your point you made earlier. sort of a quasicelebration on capitalism. how do we keep it together knowing it's under assault and there will be changes made? brian: also, viewers can message fox business on facebook or instagram or email questions to invest in you at fox business to the come. so you want some of those messages. you are going to use them in the show, right? >> absolutely. particularly the videos. every time we have done these town halls, the ratings have gone higher and higher. people have participated. i have got to tell you, i have been touched every single time. i love when everyone engages. there is a lot of smart people who see and read between the

lines. they don't just read the newspapers and watch tv. they know more about the details of what's going on. they are more alarmed than you think they are. i can't wait to hear the questions and commentary. brian: the market used to be the thing that decided whether you are a success or failure now it's government. it's pathetic. making money with charles payne at 2:00 on fox business. charles, i look forward to seeing you if you are going to wear the same outfit at 2:00 as you were this, no. please don't give it away. tune in to find out. >> all right. recall thanks, buddy. brian: go get them. joe biden facing more questions on his son hunter from late night host stephen colbert. >> the people who want to make hay in washington are going to try to use your adult son as a cudgel against you. are how do you feel about that? brian: "fox & friends weekend" co-host will cain and pete hegseth are going to be asked that question. are we ever going to get answers? i hope they answer ♪

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a major drug bust ended with 21 former college students in north carolina. a dark cloud olet schools. >> todd piro in the newsroom with more. >> federal authorities breaking up the massive drug trafficking ring that allegedly supplied cocaine and marijuana to college students across north carolina. the two year investigation centering around fraternities at the university of north carolina chapel hill, duke university. and appalachian state

university. >> i wanted to make it very clear this is not a situation where you have single users where you have a 19-year-old sipping a beer or taking a puff of a joint on the back porch of a frac house. these are 21 hardened drug dealers. todd: officials say the primary supplier was a man from california who had traveled to north carolina on a weekly basis. he pleaded guilty last month and will serve six years in prison. the man leading the investigation joined us last hour. and he explained what was going on with that situation. it is quite a story. officials say the drug deals generated, get this, more than $1.5 million in sales. steve, ainsley and brian, back to you. ainsley: involvechapel hill unce it appalachian state. unbelievable. steve: what a mess.

ainsley: let's brings "fox & friends weekend" co-hosts pete hegseth and will cain. >> good morning. >> good morning. ainsley: a i am sure you saw clips of will recall stephen colbert interviewing joe biden and jill biden. i'he asked questions about huntr biden. i am sure joe biden felt that was a safe space. here is a portion of the interview. >> the people who want to make hay in washington are going to try to use your adult son as a cudgel against you. how do you feel about that and what do you have to say to those people? >> we have great confidence in our son. i'm not concerned about any accusations made against him. it's used to get to me. i think it's kind of foul play but, look, it is what it is. ainsley: there is a rasmussen report out saying that the media buried there to help get joe elected. 52% likely voters think media ignored the hunter biden story to help his father's campaign.

78% of republicans think media thrishtly hid the story until after the election. 56% of voters think it's likely that end jo was consulted and profited from his son's overseas business deals. pete, i will start with you. your reaction? >> you know, on our show we do a lot of different types of introduce. interviews. sometimes it's appropriate to ask the guest how do you feel about that. this is not one of those interviews. how do you feel about the fact that your son was running around the world trafficking in your name and do you know what? it took me 10 seconds this morning to do research for this segment. i just googled stephen colbert, don jr. and pops up he loves to talk about donald trump jr. and any angle he can about the president's adult son. of course democrats talking to democrats go this way because they want to cover it all up. and those numbers, that you showed, ainsley, if you go into those that pay close attention to the news it's closer to 75 e 80% of americans. not just republicans who know

78, who know this was covered up by the media before the election. and you had to try really hard to find this story because how heavily it was suppressed. will: if i may, ainsley, you know, why, pete you how that question is so inappropriate how do you feel it applies that the story is still nonsense. implies to the american people there is no truth or concern behind the relationship between hunter biden and foreign government. clean-up is it false. you are a little rosier than me this morning, pete. when i to into the numbers. i find it not surprising but disappointing and it depressing that 32% of americans still think the story is a partisan hit job. when it 100 percent is not. but that's a reflection of the lies they were told. for months by the mainstream corporate institutional media that this was a heinous accusation that was false. and there you hear stephen colbert still at the election perpetrating that same lie. that lie has obviously worked, ainsley, on a third of

americans. it is 100 percent a lie. and it is absolutely concerning about the potential president-elect of the united states' son having influence and connection to not just foreign governments but in the case of china adversarial foreign government. brian: in case you think will and many giving their opinion they are not. recall bobulinski turned over. back and forth of the terms of the company. gilliar in may of 2017 text message to bobulinski, quote, map, you are right. let's get this company set up and tell h. hunter and family the high stakes and get joe involved. okay. how do you feel makes no sense. let's pivot if we can to the 2016 investigation. it turns out that peter strzok was involved in -- knew so much going on with trump campaign before it became the trump presidency early on. september 23rd, 2016. look at the text message we now have. looking at the yahoo article,

which exposed the story, i would definitely say at a minimum steele's report should be viewed as intended to influence as well as to inform, pete. pete: is that the point of the fbi is that what they're attempting to do attempting to influence. what peter strzok knew is that the dossier, that christopher steele, the author of it, using all russian misinformation walls talking to yahoo news and other news outlets create news stories that would be created by the fbi and then put into their report to justify future surveillance on carter page and other trump supporters. they knew it was a feedback loop from the beginning. it's part of the reason why peter strzok eventually got fired. they used the media to manipulate and it will who fell into it? all the trump haters in america for four years who ran with this fake dossier and fake information and the more relearn, the more we know.

which we have already known, brian. steve: will? will: steve, i'm kind of smiling because i almost find it antiquated that the fbi thought they had to manipulate the media. what we know now on the update you don't have to update the will will will media. they will do the job for you. happily go along with your lies. you don't have to plant stories or hope they will plant in the media so you will manipulate them into telling the american public you think something is true that is untrue. that's not needed. they will do your work for you. witness the hunter biden story. steve: pete, listen, we know that you host the tv show battle in bethlehem. we have a clip. would you like to set it up like they would on like the johnny carson show back in the olden days? pete: i'm feel like i should do that. so let's go with it. yes. i filmed this last year. if you have joined fox nation in the last year you may not have seen it yet. it's perfect for the christmas season. steve: it is. pete: what is the status of the birthplace of jesus bethlehem, we went there.

here is part of what we saw. >> millions of christians come here every year to worship. today this site remains contested under palestinian authority control, walled off from jerusalem. we thrive away from the church in bethlehem back towards israel you see this a massive wall with guard towers. a wall separates area a palestinian controlled area and area c the state of israel on the other side. for palestinians and israelis, this wall is at the heart of the battle in bethlehem. steve: the holy lands are absolutely a battle zone. pete: they really are. when you go to bethlehem just 50 years ago it was 60%, 70% christian. even higher than that today many people say not just less than 10%, but less than 5% and maybe even 2%. christians have been forcibly pushed out by the palestinianian

authority there. and, again, you can go there for christmas to see the birthplace of jesus and it's beautiful. mapger square is there. but christians are being systematically persecuted in the birthplace of jesus. the film tells the entire story, guys. steve: check that out on fox nation, ainsley. ainsley: that's right. battle of bethlehem. there is the little promo for it. will, what's come up on the show this weekend. will: i will make sure i get it right. dan crenshaw, steve scalise, two congressman, will smith and raymond of the space force coming up this weekend on "fox & friends." brian: that should be great. and i look forward to will will, you watching the battle of bethlehem and telling pete what you thought of it. will: brian, i think it looks awesome during the entire promo when do i he get sent out to the field and it unshaven and get my manly look going on. that's what i was thinking about. will jealous. seriously it looks like an awesome special. steve: pete just calls that

friday. pete: i call that friday. brian: amazing. pete is constantly changing his look. pete: tomorrow is our monday. diddy shave until saturday morning. brian: don't shower until friday? ainsley: pete, you know that doesn't matter. i saw you yesterday on the channel and you did not shave but you look great. pete: i know. thank you. appreciate it. ainsley: merry christmas to both of you all. pete: merry christmas. bine. brian: bye, phis. meanwhile january i was in dean about join us now to tell us what the aftermath of that storm that wall will you pleased the northeast is like. janice: i mean it was a record breaker. we saw storm totals of almost 4 feet in parts of the interior sections of new york and pennsylvania so that's going to be there for the next several days because the temperatures are not going to go below freezing. so all of that snow is going to remain in place. around the tristate we got it right. close to a foot in connecticut

and new york. look at a story of queens, 8 inches for you. easter, long island didn't get the big snow totals because of that infamous rain, freezing rain sleet line. but, otherwise, forecasters did pretty well with this nor'easter. it's going to remain in place that cold air and the wind chills. i mean, below freezing and into the teens, the single digits, depending on where you live. so very cold. the temperature is going to moderate a little bit as we go into the weekend and into next week. of course, christmas week. in terms it of big storm systems, nothing to report. i mean, we do have some snow moving into the rockies. and then into the plain states. but, otherwise, no big blockbuster storms as we get into the weekend. the forecast looks pretty good for much of the country. and i will show you our white christmas forecast. what will happen? looks like if you live across the rockies, the northern plains, the great lakes, and

interior northeast those are the regions we will see the potential for that white christmas. there is your forecast for christmas day. typically i don't like to go five days out. but you know what? i will for today. we are looking at the potential for maybe a storm to bring some snow to the upper midwest and the great lakes. a little bit too warm for snow across it the new york city area. but we will keep you up to date as the weekend goes and we get into next week. all right. steve, ainsley, and brian, i hope your shopping is done. we will keep you posted. steve: still have a week. brian: going to gerts right after this. steve: john what gertz is. brian: department store has everything including a little diner. ainsley: speaking of diners, there is a new york restaurant, the owner feels left out in the cold by governor cuomo. he decides to put together a freezing feast. >> so this is what we are going to be doing now outdoor dinner or outdoor lunch in new york city from today on. ainsley: that restaurant owner is here with his defiant message

coming up next. steve: during a blizzard.

ainsley: the holiday travel season is upon us as the travel restrictions tighter can the

company deny you the freedom to visit your family? will kristina partsinevelos join us with some of the dilemma. people are facing. >> good morning. tis the season to stay home or the else you could lose your job. we know we are all itching to travel and normally this tunnel behind me is packed with cars heading off before the holiday season but with coronavirus cases rising, travel restrictions across the country, your employer could i will use the word ruin but could stop your high school plans. so over thanksgiving, we know that millions of americans either drove or took planes despite warnings from the cdc. a new study from rowan college of 553 adults shows that 443% of americans still plan to travel over the winter break. that's about 85 million americans if you are wondering should i tell my boss? if i don't tell my boss? what will happen to me? the answer actually may surprise you.

all employers must ensure under the occupational health and safety administration clause, they must ensure a safe environment. and that means no risk or exposure to covid-19. so, yes, they can actually ask you to stop your holiday plans or tell you are not allowed to come into work if you travel and don't tell them. we know many americans, including dr. fauci himself have said they are not traveling, he is not seeing his children. he is urging other americans to make that painful choice no doubt about it, when you head off holiday we could see a lot of disputes in court between employers and employees. i guess when you are wrapping your gifts and packing your car, check with your boss or at least check your travel policy. back to you guys. ainsley: good deal. thank you so much. steve, over to you. steve: all right, ainsley. one new york city restaurant owner issuing a searing rebuke of governor cuomo's incure dining ban by holding a staff

dinner outdoors during the blizzard i would like to thank new york city for this beautiful night here. this is how we are going to be doing now outdoor dinner or outdoor lunch in new york city from today on. we are celebrating our first -- so guys cheers. steve: cheers, indeed. rocco is the owner of the trattoria l'ing. >.>> we have been in business fr approximately 21 years now in this location. steve: fantastic. we saw that item that you posted on social media. what were you trying to say because there you are out in 20-degree weather. you are not wearing a long sleeved shirt. it is blizzarding. there are snowplows going by and you have a glass of red. >> ha ha.

the message is that it's almost impossible to dine out in new york city in the month -- in the winter months that we have here. you know, this is not florida. it's not california that we have beautiful days great evenings that we could dine out. it just doesn't work in new york. that was the message we were trying to get across. steve: just out of curiosity i know you made the food inside. you take it outside, rocco, how long was it still warm? >> about maybe 30 seconds. the pizza had almost icicles. the mozzarella became hard. our wine was almost like on the rocks. steve: i bet. and what did the woman who was filming this, what did she say to you? >> well, let's do another shot she said no, no, no, that's it. i'm done.

i'm cold. steve: i see people walking by as you are trying to serve the food outside. anybody say anything what the heck are you guys doing? >> well, we have a couple of the neighbors actually that were work walking their dog and then they saw us sitting outside. are you guys going to have a table for us now? i said no, no, no. we are just making an instagram video. steve: you guys in the restaurant business are in the pickle because mayor cuomo did at least a two week indoor dining ban. i know you spent a lot of money to purify the air for indoor dining and now you know, you are stuck outside. >> yeah. well we actually got this are filtration system kills the sars, all the viruses. i mean, we went above and beyond. i had a tent outside, also. which i took it down because i know that it was not going to work for the whole -- through

the winter. steve: sure. >> >> we went through a lot of money. sanctify steve absolutely. what is your message i said mayor a moment ago. what is your message for governor cuomo? >> well, the message is let's open up safely. safety comes first. but let's make smart decision before we just shut everything down. and i just got another -- outdoor does not work for us here. >> we are restricted. 25% restriction now we are going to delivery. steve: how is your takeout business? i know you had like 40 or 50 employees now you are down to four or five. you are living by takeout, right? >> we only doing takeout right now, yes. steve: all right. well, he is open for business. rocco sacramone. thank you for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. steve: you bet. you were cold, weren't be you?

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former vp involved in business dealings. >> i'm not concerned about any accusations made against him. i think it's kind of foul play. >> i think it's rather telling that joe biden showed zero emotion. >> do you plan on stepping down from the committee? >> that committee receives some of the most sensitive information, and it seems odd to me they'd want to continue having him on that post. >> we're going to win georgia and we're going to save america. >> [applause] >> first we take georgia, and then we change america, but i don't think the georgians that i know will allow that to happen. ainsley: nearly two dozen graduates facing prison time after a major drug trafficking bust. >> they thought they were safe. they thought they were in the confines of a safe haven of a university. steve: the fda says it's going to work quickly towards emergency approval of moderna's coronavirus vaccine. >> vice president mike pence along with his wife karen are expected to get the vaccine publicly. brian: straight to a fox news

alert now a live look at the white house where vice president pence and the second lady will receive the pfizer vaccine at any moment. steve: we believe 90 seconds from now we will see them come through that door. surgeon general dr. jerome adams will also receive the shot this morning. it's an effort to boost confidence in the vaccine, so more americans get the shot, so they see the leaders are taking it, it's safe for you. ainsley: how far we've come so quickly this is happening just moments before the president tweeted that moderna's vaccine was approved and that distribution will start immediately. let's bring in geraldo fox news correspondent at large. geraldo: hi, ainsley. ainsley: hi they are trying to build public confidence in the vaccine. look at this pence is walking in now let's watch this and kind of see what this looks like before we get your reaction. geraldo: okay. steve: i think they take off their jackets and get ready for this.

all right geraldo how important is it that they do that in public? geraldo: i tell you one thing, steve, i would definitely jump on this line. i am absolutely confident as the vice president and second lady clearly are that these vaccines are safe and willing to show the whole world. it's a wonderful gesture, it is a medical miracle. >> are you pregnant or breast feeding? >> no. >> [laughter] >> are any of you immuno compromised or on immunosuppressants? >> no. >> all right great. good to go. >> great.

>> great job. great job. brian: all right, there you go the vice president just gave a great example along with the second lady, and the surgeon general. they went ahead and said it's okay to take this vaccine. steve: let's hear what she's saying. >> again with any vaccine you could have a pretty sore arm at the injection site maybe redness but if anything else happens make sure contact a medical provider or go see medical care >> okay. >> great. >> thank you. >> thank you.

brian: good strategic move for the vice president to wear a short sleeve shirt even though it's winter. steve: now we believe he's going to make a couple of comments. >> well, good morning, and thank you all for being here. i want to thank my wonderful wife, our second lady, karen pence, the surgeon general, and dr. tony fauci and members of the white house coronavirus task force who are joining us here today. i especially want to thank the fine medical team at walter reed hospital that administered our vaccine today. i didn't feel a thing. well-done, and we appreciate your service to the country. you know, as the christmas holiday approaches this is always a season of hope. we gather here today at the end of a historic week to affirm to the american people that hope is on the way, and karen and i are more than happy to step forward before this week was up, to take

the safe and effective coronavirus vaccine that we have secured and produced for the american people. it's truly inspiring day. as the people of this country witnessed this past week under operation warp speed, the first coronavirus vaccine is literally being administered in states across the country to millions of americans and make no mistake about it. it's a medical miracle. the average vaccine, i'm told by our experts, usually takes between eight and 12 years to develop and then manufacture and distribute, but we're on track, here in the united states, to administer millions of doses to the american people in less than one year. it is a miracle indeed, and i also believe that history will record that this week was the beginning of the end of the coronavirus pandemic, but with cases rising across the country, hospitalizations rising across the country, we

have a ways to go, and i want to assure the american people that we're going to continue to make sure that our healthcare providers have all the support and resources they need to meet this moment, but vigilance and the vaccine is our way through and building confidence in the vaccine is what brings us here this morning. ever since i was asked by president trump to lead the white house coronavirus task force, i have been inspired by the diligence and energy of our researchers in this country. early on the president brought some of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world together in the cabinet room and said that we needed medicines and we needed therapeutics and we needed vaccines and we needed them in record time. i watched the historic pace with which the dedicated men and women at the fda worked, but today, karen and i wanted to step forward and take this

vaccine to assure the american people that while we cut red tape, we cut no corners and thanks to operation warp speed, thanks to incredible research companies, thanks to the great work at the national institute of health and the great and careful work of the fda and the leadership of our president in operation warp speed, the american people can be confident. we have one and perhaps within hours two, safe and effective coronavirus vaccines for you and for your family and now we're in the process of distributing millions of doses of a safe and effective vaccine all across the country, working closely with our nation's governors, we've already seen the vaccine delivered to healthcare workers and seniors across the nation. this week, 2.9 million doses of the pfizer vaccine have been allocated and next week 2 million more doses will be distributed across america, and

as you all know, yesterday, the fda advisory panel recommended approval of the moderna vaccine and when it is approved, we expect later today we'll be in a position to ship 5.9 million doses of vaccines all across the country next week. in fact, under operation warp speed we are poised to have vaccine for 20 million americans before the end of december. it is truly a medical miracle, and an inspiration to people across this country. it's a tribute, as well, to the dedication of all of those working at the federal level and the state level who have implemented this project. from early on, president trump gave the white house coronavirus task force one mission and that was to save lives, and in the midst of one of the most challenging years in the life of this nation, i truly do believe

that despite the heartbreak and hardship that we have endured as a nation, that we've done just that. working with members of the white house coronavirus task force these last 10 months, we scaled testing. now we're doing nearly 2 million tests a day, have performed more than 200 million coronavirus tests across america, and the fda just approved the first over-the-counter coronavirus test for at-home testing for the american people. working with a great team at fema and with the department of defense, we identified and distributed literally billions of medical supplies to our doctors and nurses and hospitals , and we'll continue to ensure that all of the caregiver s in this country have the resources and the support they need to continue to meet this moment. we saw the development of therapeutics, remdesivir, monoclonal antibodies, the good use of steroids and other methods that have literally saved lives across the country,

and as we gather here today and as we celebrate this week, we secured a safe and effective vaccine that's being distributed all across america. i be remiss if i didn't take this moment at the end of this challenging year simply to say thanks to the men and women who served on the white house coronavirus task force. you will hear from several of them in just a few moments, but let me give credit where credit is due. i want to thank dr. tony fauci, dr. deborah birx, dr. robert red field and all the great men and women at the cdc, i want to thank secretary alex azar of hhs and the center for medicaid and medicare services and i also want to thank the great team at fema that has stood up the greatest national mobilization since world war ii, and pete gainer and general san ford, and all those that worked to make sure that the american people and our healthcare workers have the supplies they need made an

extraordinary difference in the life of the nation. i'm also grateful for the steady hand and leadership of dr. ben carson whose been with us every step of the way. i know i speak for every american when i say, and i speak for our president when i say, thank you for your service and this year and in the days to come. the truth is, the american people deserve to know that we've never been more prepared to combat the coronavirus than we are today, and even while we see cases rising and hospitalizations rising, and heartbreaking losses, we'll continue to more shall the resources that we have secured as a nation including a safe and effective vaccine, to meet this moment. with that being said it's important that every american remember that all of us have a role to play. the way through this challenging time is vigilance and a vaccine. the day will come when we put the coronavirus in the past but it will be a combination of all

the efforts that i just described, a vaccine that is safe and effective for the american people, but also the ongoing vigilance of every american, so as we reached this extraordinary and historic moment in the life of our nation let me urge every american to continue to do your part. put the health of your family, your neighbors and your community first. practice good hygiene. wash your hands. practice social distancing or wear a mask, whenever it's indicated or whenever you're unable to practice distance and listen to your local authorities as president trump often says, we are rounding the corner. we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. it is the light of american innovation and creativity. it is the light of life saving medicines and a safe and effective vaccine. after a year of heartbreak and hardship, the american people can be encouraged and karen and

i hope this step today will be a source of confidence, and of comfort, to the american people. thanks to all the men and women who have operated under operation warp speed. we have a safe and effective vaccine and that these days of hardship and heartbreak will, in a day not too far in the distance, will be put in the past. so, with gratitude for the american ingenuity of our research companies, with gratitude for the incredible healthcare workers, who have met this moment and continue to meet this moment in the life of the nation, with gratitude for all the officials at the federal and state level and gratitude to our president for his vision with operation warp speed, i'm confident that we will get through this , we will get through this together, and we will heal our land. so, thank you, all, very much. >> [applause]

brian: there you go, a round of applause for the vice president, the second lady, and the surgeon general, for getting the vaccine we all are looking forward to at least i hope so. geraldo rivera, i'm not for this polio vaccine so elvis went on the ed sullivan show and took it and next thing you know, 900,000 new yorkers were lining up to get it. is this the elvis moment? geraldo: maybe. i love pence. i think that he's such a sincere , straight-shooting man and for he and the second lady to demonstrate their willingness to take the vaccine is of course important, and it comes at a crucial time, brian, as you know my friend gabriel and his family lives in los angeles where the icu's have zero capacity, zero excess capacity, which is kind of frightening so here comes the vaccine, and we're all waiting for it and erica and i have decided not to travel until we get it, and you know, we're waiting patiently, as all americans are and should eagerly

be looking forward to getting this thing and putting this disease behind us. steve: you know, what is happening though right now, geraldo, we are all suffering from coronavirus fatigue. we are sick of this and the worry and i'm sure the surgeon general we've talked to him a number of times is talking about how don't let your guard down over christmas. geraldo: you know, steve, i think that's a good point and i see on our channel, we often, as we did today, profile the small business owners who have been grossly disadvantaged by the shutdowns and so forth, but i just, i get that. i understand that, and i certainly hope they get some federal aid to get them through this period, but we're losing someone every 30 seconds in this country. this disease is raging, even though we have all this great news and all we have to do is just wait, just a little patient , two, three, more months

brian: yeah, but then we have to get in the food lines, so people, you're lining up around the block for the first time trying to feed your family because you have one thing you can have a balance. steve: but 3,700 people died yesterday to geraldo's point. brian: one out of every four teenagers has contemplated suicide over the last three months in california. ainsley: you have to weigh all the factors involved. geraldo: but give them the optimism though, give them optimism and say patience, here it comes, there it is. now it's coming. brian: here is my livelihood, i'm unemployed. geraldo: brian what are you going to do? there's no perfect weapon right now. the social distancing, it seems so awkward, the mask-wearing is sometimes cumbersome, but you know, everyone's got to suffer. i want these restaurant owners to get money from the federal government. they deserve. their livelihood has been taken from them for the public good,

so the public should compensate them. i think that that is fair, but you know, when you see a governor or a mayor striving to do something, you got to support the effort, however clumsy. steve: indeed, geraldo thank you very much for joining us. ainsley: thank you, geraldo merry christmas to you, tell erica hello. brian: thank you. geraldo: thank you. ainsley: lawmakers are working through the weekend hoping to get ppp money for these restaurants. a devastating cyberattack strike s dozens of major companies and the fingers are being pointed at, brian, where? brian: russia. ainsley: russia. retired four star general jack keane a next. ome for christmas ♪ ♪ if only in my dreams ♪ we're portuguese? i thought we were hungarian.

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government agencies compromised by a devastating cyberattack including the department of energy's national nuclear security administration which maintains the nation's nuclear stockpile, let's bring in fox news senior strategic analyst and four star general general jack keane. what should the american people know about what's been reported so far according to your sources that's been compromiseed? >> well, we don't know what's been compromised. they are saying mostly this is an administrative and business as opposed to networks as opposed to operational networks, but this is something that is quite unprecedented. this is on a very massive scale. it's believed to be the russians i take the government at face value, that that's the case, because they can recognize the signature of hackers and they're identifying them as russian. they used a software company, solar winds who managed networks and provides continuous

i-t updates and they wrote up on those i-t updates to close to 20,000 private sector companies and the federal government at-large, multiple agencies and state and local governments as well are all dependent on these software i-t updates. that is significant. the scale of that is something we haven't seen. its been going on since march, brian, and there's also some thoughts by people who have more knowledge about this than i do, that maybe this is a subset of something even larger that has been going on for a number of years. here is what we got to recognize , so our audience understands. cyber warfare, which this is, is now a major element of national power and our adversaries are using it. they are using it here in piece time to do what? to steal information, to steal technology, to influence people in the united states views about their own country, in other

words undermine democracy, create chaos, and also, to use influence operations to put their country in a better light, so this is major theft of information that is taking place here. in war time think about this. if we were in conflict with russia, and they had access to all of these companies and to the government, they could go in there with different tools and corrupt, disrupt and destroy the data and indeed, take control of some of these organizations. that is intimidating to be sure, our government recognizes this , so this is a major event, and i really think the government has got to come forward and talk to us more about it and what we're going to do about it. brian: so general, in general terms, we invented the cyber world. we invented the internet. we think, as americans, we got the best defense. from what you can tell, we don't are we too centralized and how can we be this vulnerable?

>> we've never said we've had the best defense. we got the best offense but because we are monolithic, open democracy, where information is shared on a regular basis, there's nothing closed about americal society, we are very vulnerable and that's a fact, and no one has ever said that we have really the best defense. we don't. what i think we need to learn here, now listen i'm not a cyber expert, but there's some common sense things here. we've got, within our government , we're siloed too much. we got to make sort of there's a collective defense inside government so an had attack on one, everybody sees it. the same thing in the private sector. the private sector can get organized by industry and have a collective defense and then full disclosure i'm the director for a cybersecurity company, so i want to make sure our audience understands that, that's why i have a little bit of knowledge about this , and you can do that, so i think this will be a wakeup call for us.

i think that this is going to be something we're going to study for a long time, but i want to hear from our own government leaders about the extensiveness of this , what we've learned from it, what damage has been done to us as best they can. they probably haven't been able to come close to ascertaining all of that to be frank, but most importantly, what's our response to the russians? we cannot let this stand. we have the capability to attack back and we should. brian: general, so you look to hear from the president on this without giving away what damage was done, and since when is the strongest guy on the playground forced to take all these bloody noses? >> well, in an americal society , we're going to be vulnerable and the issue is strengthening our defense as i said but also our response. when you impose cost, brian, then your adversary is going to think twice before doing something. we have the best offensive

capability. the damage we can do, it's likely that we're already beginning to respond, we're just not going to talk about it. we've done this to iran a number of times in the last couple of years and we did it to them as the director of the nsa said , over the recent election, so i'm confident we're going to get on top of this thing. brian: the american people need to know there's going to be a price to pay for this type of bold offensive action. general jack keane, thanks so much. >> yeah, good talking to you brian have a good weekend. brian: have a great christmas if we don't talk before that. meanwhile, as we forge straight ahead eric swalwell dodging questions about his ties to suspected chinese spy, leader kevin mccarthy sounds off, next, plus mike huckabee on why the media keeps bearing burying the hunter biden story. - hi, i'm steve.

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>> the people who want to make h ay in washington are going to try to use your adult son as a cudule against you. how do you feel about that, and what do you have to say to those people? >> we have great confidence in our son. i am not concerned about any accusations that have been made against him. it's used to get to me. i think it's kind of foul play, but look, it is what it is. ainsley: president-elect joe biden defending his son hunter in an interview with the late show host steven colbert. this come as a survey reveals a majority of voters say the media buried the hunter story to help his father win the election. here to tuesday fox news contributor and host of the new podcast the people's podcast it's available, mike huckabee, good morning to you, governor.

>> good morning and merry christmas, ainsley. ainsley: merry christmas to you too. what did you think of the interview? >> a real hard-hitting interview, right by a comedian. this is what joe biden is able to do. he doesn't sit down with hard hitting journalists because there aren't any that are going to ever ask him the tough questions. he gets stuff like who matches your jackets and ties? do you like your toast light or dark? ginger or marianne? those are the kinds of questions he's getting. i think he needs to realize he should go to yankee stadium and give the speech that lou gerigh gave july 4, 1939 and now brian was in the stadium when that happens so he remembers it well. and he said i'm the luckiest man on the planet earth, because joe biden has become the luckiest man on planet earth somehow, miraculously, he got 16 million more votes than a very popular barack obama. he gets no questions from the press. they don't ask him about his son

, and the issue with his son has nothing to do with hunter. it has to do with what did joe know, what did joe get from these deals, and here is something i never hear get brought up, ainsley. joe biden talks about how he wants to get rid of all fossil fuels but he doesn't talk about the fact that his son made millions of dollars being on the board of a fossil fuel gas company in russia, for heaven sakes or ukraine, so how is it that somebody who hates fossil fuel never calls out his son for making millions of dollars off of fossil fuel? doesn't make sense to me. ainsley: that's a good point let's go to pennsylvania. there is this teacher, she's a special ed teacher, 27 years of experience. she went on her personal facebook page and she reposted a message about not understanding black lives matter rioting in different cities. the school district had a problem with this , they put her on leave, and then she was forced to resign. she was on with tucker last

night. listen to this. >> it certainly was not meant to be in any way offensive, and i woke up one morning and my world and my career and my life was basically turned upside down when i was blindsided by north p enn, basically calling me a racist, and telling me that my thoughts and my visions did not align with there's and after 27 years, i was completely blind sided. ainsley: governor, she's devoted her entire career to teaching special ed students. >> well, the biggest i guess irony in all of this is that the first amendment protects people's free speech and it protects the press. the press enjoys the protection of the first amendment, but they don't defend the first amendment rights of someone like this teacher who simply expressed her opinion and it was not vulgar, it was not nasty. she raised very legitimate questions, and she has a right to do that on her own time.

when president trump made the comment for which he has been viciously vilified that the president has become the enemy of the people, you know, the press was just different about it but the truth is when they fail to protect the first amendment rights of the very people that they ought to be defending because it's also their first amendment rights they have become the enemy of the people. the enemy of the constitution, the enemy of truth, free speech, and the enemy of freedom and i hope that, at some point, there will be some people who will wake up and start shaking off their fog and recognizing our country is in trouble when people can't speak out their own minds and views and if it somehow is not the official establishment line, they're going to get canceled and lose their jobs. this is tragic. ainsley: so there's a statement from north penn school district they said the views expressed conflict with our work to develop a community that values diversity. governor, thanks for being with

us, merry christmas. >> merry christmas, thank you. ainsley: you're welcome. steve? steve: thank you, ainsley, top republicans asking the fbi, brief them on espionage efforts by the chinese communist party as calls grow for congressman eric swalwell, a democrat from california, to step down from the house intel committee. house minority leader kevin mccarthy joins us right now from our nation's capitol with an update. leader mccarthy good morning to you. >> good morning, thanks for having me back. steve: okay, so we want to play for you first. nancy pelosi, last week, because your name came up. >> i do think that it's unfortunate that mr. mccarthy is trying to make an issue of this one his leader. we all found out at the same time. republican and democratic leader s and the leadership of the committee were breached at the same moment. steve: all right, is that true? >> i've never been briefed on this. i learned about this the same

time you did, and in that meantime, i have asked for a briefing and twice the fbi has canceled the briefing that they had scheduled with me in the last week. today, i will get a briefing and what's important to me is it raises so many more questions. what do the communist chinese have on the democrats that so powerful, so powerful that they focused on a person when he was a city council member, bundled money for him to become a member of congress. this person got on to the intel committee. did somebody lobby for him? and in his first year, his committee was overseeing the ci a? and then at the same time, he ran for president. we have nancy pelosi, who just last year said it was a diversion to focus on china. you got the democrat arm service chair who literally sat on the floor of congress, that it was not china's job to warn us about the virus. you got adam schiff, the now- chairman of intel committee, saying it was just escalation, that it was wrong

that we close that consolate of china, it raises so many more questions. there are 200 other democrat members of congress. you're going to tell me one of those other 200 are not better to be on the intel committee than swalwell? i'm asked for this briefing today, because i have a lot of questions. the democrats backed out of the bipartisan task force on china last year, on the day before we are announcing it? why? why can you allow swalwell to stay on this committee and cheat the american public? it is justified that we look at, and save our national security. steve: well it is curious that you had two meetings with the fbi scheduled and then canceled. you'll eventually get it today i'm sure one of them was probably weather-related but will they present -- >> no, no, let me be very clear it's not weather-related when it was going to be a video zoom conference. steve: well then why would they cancel it? >> and why would they cancel on the day of? that is why i will not give up.

that is why i raised this issue from the very beginning. this is our national security. this isn't about a republican and democrat. what happens in the intel committee, they learn our secrets and keep the secrets of this country. eric swalwell attacked our national intel officer john ratcliffe when he told about china's growing spy network. he attacked an american and defended china, and this is just in the last month. why? steve: yeah. >> these are questions they continue to raise that everybody should be concerned about. steve: okay, so are you confident that the fbi, when you finally do have this briefing that they canceled twice, they will tell you exactly the same thing they told speaker pelosi back in the day. >> well we'll find out but there's more information that has to go on now and i will tell you, because i'm a part of gang of eight i'm able to read and have information just as certain people on the intel committee have as well, and what i read in

those reports would raise a lot of questions right now today, and those are the questions i'm going to ask the fbi in this. those are the questions i want the answers to and those are the questions i will not give up on until i have the answers because it means the protection of this nation. why can't the democrats admit that china is our adversary? why can't they stand up to them? and why would they ever allow? think for one moment, hollywood would make this movie that china comes to america, focuses on a city councilman, helps them to run for congress, helps them to get on the intel committee, then run for president. i think we've seen this movie before it's called the manchuria n candidate but if you knew that information, why would you ever allow them to stay on that committee? you have 200 other people to choose from. you are putting the national security of america in doubt but you're also causing the intel committee to not be productive in anything. why would any other member in that committee say anything if

they are afraid it was going and eric swalwell could hear it? steve: i know in that press conference, nancy pelosi talked about you, as she talked to you about this? >> no, she has not talked to me about this. we focused a lot on the covid bill. i mean, think about what's going on today, not just in america, but in the world. we are so proud of this president trump for getting this operation warp speed but where did this virus come from? it came from china. why did nancy pelosi call in the middle of all of this that if we focused on china, it was a diversion? why did the chair of intel, adam schiff, when everybody knew that consolate was used to spy? steve: right. that it was an escalation but it wasn't the right thing to do. steve: leader mccarthy these are such good questions after you get your briefing from the fbi whatever you can tell us on the other side of it, please drop by next week. we'd love to hear. >> i promise you, i will not give up until i get the answers. steve: all right, sir have a great holiday week.

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>> is the media down playing the hunter biden story jim jordan will join us live in moments plus new concerns about an ongoing cyberattack on the u.s. , and the latest on eric swalwell, and his china spy controversy, republican lawmakers are pushing for answers this morning, will they get them, chris wallace here with analysis join us live from america's news room top of the hour. steve: don't have to tell you, 2020 has been a tough year, no doubt, and in addition to the challenges, and all the news, believe it or not, we did have some fun. ainsley: we did. we managed to find some fun and with all of the rollout of the covid-19 vaccine, we have a lot of hope for the new year. brian: it's time to look back. don't turn away. look back at 2020.

steve: we're going to start with what will be the first sound bite in the year-ender at the conclusion of this year. welcome to 2020. ainsley: the roaring 20s are back. brian: right. >> you guys have a 100% approval rating. >> it's mostly sunny with janice dean. >> janice: thank you for wak ing up to fox & friends. steve: the world's number one cable morning news show. ainsley: thanks to you you all wake up and turn us on in the morning we really appreciate it. brian: live from new york it's one of our famous fox & friends live. ainsley: what a good looking crowd we love having you all here. jillian has headlines let's start off with this story. >> janice: let's take a look at the maps real quick. ainsley: she served our nation proudly and today, this army veteran is getting married right here on fox & friends. steve: are you kidding?

>> [applause] steve: fox & friends live from south beach starts now. >> ♪ ♪ brian: nobody does a super bowl better than us. steve: shawn hannity just pulled up for his live interview with us. >> the first touchdown of the super bowl right now. ainsley: nice. >> what's next? nancy pelosi is signing the articles of impeachment. president trump: the impeachment hoax. they have a hoax going on. >> if the truth doesn't matter we're lost. steve: from impeachment to iowa. the caucuses are over. it is such a mess. >> here we are on capitol hill. president trump: the best is yet to come. >> [applause] president trump: thank you. steve: pete you should go and

like nancy pelosi tear up everybody's bill. pete: you can't tear it up. i can't tear it up. steve: no not the menu the bill. >> he is hereby acquitted of the charges in said articles. >> president trump declaring victory the impeachment trial coming to an end. steve: live from new hampshire, welcome to primary day, 2020. >> were you guys worried i wasn't going to wake up on time? brian: yes. >> thank you, new hampshire. steve: bernie sanders is without a doubt the front runner but for the establishment joe biden represents the best chance. >> thank you, south carolina. steve: the diner, drive-ins and delegates we are in three of the super tuesday states. >> [applause] >> it's a good night, they don't call it super tuesday for nothing. >> [applause] steve: could you say momentum because i'm thinking? ainsley: joe-mentum. steve: bernie sanders officially dropped out of the presidential race yesterday. >> today i congratulate joe biden. steve: china issued a massive

quarantine order, five cases confirmed here in the united states. ainsley: the national guard arriving in new rochelle, new york. >> we are all in this together. steve: doctors are struggling to find enough test kits and hospital beds. ainsley: covid-19 is officially declared a pandemic. brian: major cities turned into ghost towns. ainsley: city leaders are shutting down bars, restaurants, sparking full closures all across our country. brian: shoppers are flooding supermarkets in a panic. steve: we are at different locations. ainsley: we're trying to listen to the president and social distance ourselves. steve: this is the new normal right now. >> [chanting] >> chaos breaking out in cities across the country. >> protests are on for an eighth straight day over the death of george floyd. ainsley: newly-released video capturing violence inside seattle's shops. >> [chanting] ainsley: chaos on the streets of kenosha, after video shooted of

police shooting jacob blake. steve: two police officers shut in louisville, kentucky. ainsley: after the grand jury announced its decision of the be on a taylor case. one officer was sent to the hospital after a rock was thrown at their head. president trump: these are not acts of peaceful protest but really domestic terror. >> it is with great honor and humility, i accept this nomination. president trump: i profoundly accept this nomination. ainsley: ruth bader ginsberg passed away on friday. president trump: we have an obligation to do what's right and about as quickly as possible today it is my honor to nominate judge amy coney barrett. in 47 months i've done more than you have done in 47 years. steve: president trump and first lady melania trump have both tested positive for covid-19. ainsley: the president was out of the hospital yesterday afternoon. president trump: i learned so much about coronavirus.

don't let it dominate you. tomorrow you have the power with your vote to save america. >> tomorrow, we can end the presidency that's divided this nation. steve: it's election day 2020 almost 100 million americans have already voted. as we wake up on this wednesday morning it still hangs. >> at the core of our republicans legitimaticy becomes for people's confidence in the elections. steve: as a hand recount begins all across georgia. ainsley: president trump in 18 states throw their support behind a texas lawsuit, challenging the election results brian: we found out late last night that the supreme court would not hear the texas case. is it over? president trump: no it's not over. we keep going. >> i will be president for all americans. brian: coronavirus vaccine will arrive at hospitals in the united states of america. president trump: today we're on the verge of another american medical miracle. >> yesterday, the first dose of the vaccine was given out.

steve: we're getting a little closer to normal. >> ♪ i never thought this is where i'd settle down ♪ >> every rose has its thorn ♪ >> what's up guys good to see you. i love you guys you know that. >> all right, all right, all right ainsley: i'll see you tomorrow. steve: so long, everybody. steve: you know, the beginning of that seemed like it was three years ago. brian: yes. ainsley: the super bowl that was hard to believe. brian: the way it was edited in real life because we started with the fun and we ended with the vaccine and hopefully, this will be the beginning of the end of this all. steve: hope so, jillian? jillian: i just when i think of 2020 obviously there was a lot of bad, but i try really hard to think of the things that happened in my life that i can

turn around into a positive, the self-reflection i've had, the friendships that i've been able to formulate even stronger, spending more time with my family, because those are pretty much the only people i've seen so i'm trying to go into 2021 with that mentality. steve: j. d.? >> janice: its been a tough year. and i got emotional when we started out and i was out in the crowds, because that's what i love to do and i love being with you guys, and its been a tough year, but i can't wait to be with you guys. again i know it's going to happen next year and i can't wait to hug you and see you in person. steve: i know, i know. i know. you know, and today, on the live program, when we saw mike pence and the second lady get the shot and the surgeon general as well, we are at the beginning of the end, and it's good news. ainsley: it is good news because that will save lives janice we're remembering your in-laws this christmas and wish your familial the best i know it's

going to be really hard for you and shawn. brian: i will say this. we started with the super bowl and they are going to have a super bowl they are talking about bringing first responders into the stands and letting them watch the game for free. steve: all right, since we are altogether, we all have a glass to toast the end of 2020. >> janice: i don't have one. >> [laughter] brian: janice has not stopped drinking. steve: that's exactly right. we thought we would put together a brunch before christmas week, and so i've been paying attention, you know, over the last couple of months we've been making so many recipes out of the happy in a hurry cookbook and brian these are the all-star s. you love bret baier's wife, amy artichoke and chicken casserole. brian: and they never invite me over so this is as close as it's going to get. ainsley: we've been eating a little bit of that too, brian. steve: and then come on here and kathy and i invented these

pumpkin swirled mashed potatoes right over here and these are, brian, you love everything. those are absolutely delicious. over here we've got what i think is probably going to be the number one entree for christmas 2020, it is marcus luttrell's momma's prime rib because the clever thing about it is she wraps it in, and you've been eating that the last three minutes, she wraps it in beefy onion soup and puts some garlic in it and it's delicious. brian: you give that to a young child they end up being navy seals. steve: that's right both of her sons were navy seals and then right here we learned this yesterday in the fox & friends cooking school. brian: which i dropped the ball steve: this is the number one thing out of the cookbook the ritz cracker crust peanut butter pie and you learned how to do it yesterday and so did you ainsley. ainsley: you keep bringing it back every day and this is so hard to resist honestly. it's right up there is one of my

top deserts deserts. steve: good news is we've got videos online so you can see how to make prime ribbon line, same thing for the peanut butter pie, go to fox & friends.com, for everybody else who would like to make this stuff, i just looked. you can still order the cookbook , right now, today, today is the last day. they'll get it to you before christmas eve, which is fantastic. brian: i would say this go to the bookstore. they have it out and they have it out in front, so, you'll be able to grab it. grab with two hands it's a little heavy. steve: it is and listen i'd like to thank you all for making it the number one cookbook of thanksgiving 2020 and christmas 2020 so pick it up and you'll be happy in a hurry and i'd like to thank you too. i love working with you. ainsley: we want to thank you at home for watching fox and making us number one we are so grateful and we're going to kickoff another year with you and we're excited. in vegas, they're blowing up the big sign, the 2020 sign. brian: right. ainsley: we're ready to kiss

this year goodbye. brian: and so are the raiders they just blew the game last night in las vegas but thanks so much for watching i believe sandra smith is poised to give you three hours of great viewing , and hopefully you'll be listening to the radio show. ainsley: merry christmas, happy hanukkah we love you.