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mariah carey fan. i like a mix. you have a little bit of classics thrown in. i'm a big "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer." you have to throw in pop, brittany, keep it spicy. pete: i stole greg gutfeld's mug from the green room. jedediah: we should have a montage, pete of all the things you say you have stolen either used or consumed that would be a great montage. pete: i'm just borrowing. in a half hour we have a montage of the year of 2020 on "fox & friends weekend." always fun to look back. quite the year. i think you will enjoy it. start with news this morning as well. moderna is expected to begin shipping doses of its covid-19 vaccine. this is a live look at the distribution center in olive branch, mississippi, aptly named

where millions of doses will soon be loaded on to fedex trucks. will: the vaccines are set to a i rife tomorrow at hospitals and nursing homes nationwide. between moderna and pfizer nearly eight million doses will be delivered this weeks. jedediah: 211,000 shots have been administered thus far. more than 316,000 deaths with covid-19 cases. pete: good to see. live looks, we did it last weekend. first iteration of the vaccine to see all of those there, continues to give hope. the challenge becomes how quickly, how equitable as we talked about yesterday on the pam. i'm sure we'll talk about again today do we actually distribute it? so, but let's go to capitol hill. congress could vote on a covid-19 deal as soon as today. doug luzader is live from

washington as lawmakers appeared to be a deal overnight is that true. reporter: another late night bargaining session but we do appear, at the framework of a deal heading into today. we could in theory see a vote as early as today. we'll see. they have to get it all into writing that takes some time. here are the main parts this is 900 billion-dollar covid relief package. those with unemployment extra $300 a week. another round of stimulus checks, 600 bucks for most americans. there is help for businesses, school, health care providers. now if we get a deal it is really because of these two guys. pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey and senate minority leader chuck schumer. they struck a compromise on toomey's insistence winding down lending programs by the fed. here is what schumer just said. if things continue on this path, and nothing gets in the way

we'll be able to vote tomorrow, tomorrow being today. there is little question that the president will sign off on this. overnight he tweeted why isn't congress giving people a stimulus bill. it wasn't the fault. it was the fault of china. get it done. give them more money in direct payments f everything moves quickly today they would also avert a government shut down heading into monday. if not, congress will have to buy itself more time with a temporary funding deal to do the is, cross ts. bottom line everyone wants to get home for the holidays. they will probably wind up with a bill that thick, as usual, safe to say most people voting on this if it happens today will not have read the legislation. par for the course around here. will: thank you, doug. a couple interesting notes to highlight there. his last point is always one we should remember, when congress passes bills this thick, when most members of congress have

not read be wary. 300 in unemployment and 60,000-dollars direct payments. should we mcdirect payments to people not unemployed. should we make direct payments to people still in the workforce. i don't know the answer to that quite yet. that is a healthy debate to bring up. we're in unprecedented situation in the american con which are the government forced businesses to shut down. businesses like, slap fish. that is a restaurant and the owner and chef, andrew gruel talked about why small businesses which are part of this relief package, why small businesses need help so much. you know this at this point but this is worth repeating over and over. listen. >> we're not asking for handouts. what we're asking for, we're asking forehelp, right? so we can continue to operate and do so in a safe manner. if you are going to shut it down we'll need a financial bridge whereby we get from point a to

point b. our team members, our employees, effectively our families they also need help. they need stimulus. this can't be disillude from one big bloated government agency down to another. they need to think about small businesses. stop thinking about their donors and big businesses with their tax breaks and all those loopholes that are not even helping us during the midst of this pandemic. jedediah: yeah. i think those are all excellent points he is making. these are just extreme circumstances. whoever thought we would be entering a time where the government would be mandating businesses close and that if they opened some of them stay open at 25% capacity which they have come on here and expressed that they can't sustain themselves. i mean many bases said we're better off to shut down wait it out, than to try to staff it. we can't survive on take-out. we can't survive at 25% capacity. i think these are extreme measures. why something like direct payments is something that needs to happen. they have just, these businesses have not had a chose in the

matter, they haven't chosen to stay closed. they have been forced. as a result in order to sustain themselves, sustain their families, have any hope that their businesses will reopen successfully they need the repayments. pete: key word, will, unprecedented. josh hawley, bernie sanders. bernie sanders want pay everybody all the time. josh hawley says right now they deserve it. blue state bailouts are not in there nor the ppp program or the litigation protection which they wanted. a lot of safeguards we were hoping for not there. will: lit goings protection is absolutely necessary for businesses to operate to operate in a environment where they believe they can make money. the interesting thing about josh hawley, bernie sanders, they wanted 1200 direct payments to individuals. you got the government bureaucracy out. it turns out 600-dollar checks

to america. it does not put the administrative state of the federal government in charge to gets money. pete: why bitcoin is 23,000. have i recommended that lately? i should. we'll move on to another topic, joe biden does some press conferences on occasion. the toughest job on the planet peter doocy attempting to get a question answered. he would follow the democratic nominee no matter what. became joe biden, boring inherently. covid hit went to his basement now it is all zoom. peter doocy is doing the best he can to get questions answered about hunter biden connections to joe biden's connections to china, ukraine, prosecutors. here is peter doocy's latest attempt to get joe biden to actually answer a question on it yesterday. watch. reporter: special counsel toe handle the hunter biden investigation? pete: there you have it at end

of the briefing he is reduced to attempting to try to shout out a question, of course will, no one else asked the question. approved list of questions yet again, yesterday joe biden talked about list climate change team facing the biggest threat we face as a nation. will: persistence is very, very vert joyce personality characteristic. good job, peter doocy, showing ones again persistence. when it comes to hunter biden by the way, joe biden will not answer questions. you can't trust that administration will allow a investigation to continue. attorney general's office, doj under joe biden you shouldn't, no rational person, republican or democrat say they will eventually investigate themselves. why trey gowdy says there will be a needed a special prosecutor to look into the issues, listen. >> it needs to be investigated, jesse. there are three groups that do investigations in our culture. law enforcement, fbi, doj if it

is criminal in nature. all bad things are not criminal. why you have congress and the media. the media has not lift ad finker to investigate this. in fact they have done the opposite, even if you don't believe any of what you just said, even if someone is it really skeptical joe was clear, he knows absolutely nothing about anything. sergeant schultz defense, i know nothing. his credibility is an issue. jedediah: as far as joe biden actually answering questions on this i doubt it. i think he will prolong it as much as possible. he feels he doesn't have to. he feels the media will get tired an stop asking. your point, will, this is bigger one, will this get a fair investigation. that remains to be seen. absolutely should. people on both sides of the heil should be joining hands, calling for that. remains to be seen. this is something that needs to be looked into. joe biden will be president of the united states. this is his son. he should be transparent with

the american people. tell people the truth. argue for transparency, you would bring the nation together. this is your moment. do it. will: to gowdy's point, in lieu of a special prosecutor the media should be looking into this. i can name at least one channel, maybe only one channel and talk radio. solid hogan's heroes reference. fallen north carolina police officer will be laid to rest this week. the funeral for officer, jason shuping, set for tuesday. the 25-year-old was shot and killed responding to a attempted carjacking. a growing memorial stands outside the concord police station where he worked for two years. he leaves behind a wife. hundreds of conservative students are locked out of a turning point usa conference in florida because of coronavirus restrictions. >> let us in!

let us in! will: palm beach county reportedly blames turning point for overselling the event. turning point says the county changed the capacity requirement the last minute. once speakers heard they took the event outside. in the nfl the buffalo bills win their division for the first time since 1995. >> allen stepping up, middle of the field. first down and more. josh allen into the end zone. touch down buffalo. will: buffalo trampled the denver broncos 48-19 to clinch the afc east. this formore about the new england pate h patriots first time in forever not winning the east. do, you can catch the games right there on your screen only on fox. pete: i watched some. game. josh allen looks legit.

will: fox news alert. live at distribution center in mississippi where moderna's newly approved vaccine is to be sent out tomorrow. this doctor is on the front lines. she joins us next. ♪ did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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cdc recommends that you should not get that specific vaccine f you have had a severe allergic reaction to other vaccines or injectible therapies you should ask your doctor if you should get a covid-19 vaccine. we have a pulmonologist at nyu langone. thank you for being here. obviously a lot to unpack here. i want to get your take on moderna, the vaccine, the fact many people will soon have access to it. if you can, also give us your take in that same breath perhaps on the reactions and some concerns people have with allergic reactions to the vaccine? >> the moderna like the pfizer vaccine is an incredible technology. if you read really about the molecular biology involved they're injecting proteins that are extremely similar to the spike protein in the coronavirus. that sets our immune system in motion which is so intelligent. within a few weeks we'll have antibodies for this virus which by the way will cover many

variations of the virus we're now encountering. the allergic reactions are expected. put this in perspective. six allergic reactions in 272,000 covid-19 vaccines administered. so it's a very miniscule chance. i think, i actually have food allergies. i'm planning to get the vaccine. minor allergies, latex allergies, aller byes to dyes and so on in terms of food dyes should not prohibit you. if you ever had allergic reaction to the flu vaccine or intravenous contrast for a ct scan this pfizer vaccine you may skip. even though each patient getting the vaccine at nyu getting this is watched for 30 minutes. we know if someone has a reaction there is preparation to treat that immediately. we know how to treat allergic reactions. that is much more reversible than a severe case of covid-19

this is not anything to be alarmed about and it is not surprising. jedediah: you talked about the vaccine and what it can and can't address. on that topic the uk imposed new lockdowns. they're trying to curb a new covid-19 strain that is out there. they're saying it is more contagious. would the vaccine coming out in the united states right now, would that address different strains or would you need a separate vaccine to address each strain of the virus? >> because both the moderna and vaccine work several different places to deter the coronavirus spike protein this new -- we think it's a mutation they're seeing in the southeast of england and now london is addressed by the current vaccine. that is absolutely likely to be treated. we're also seeing even though this thing seems to be very transmissible in london, they detected 23 new letters in the viral code in this new version of the coronavirus which is

spreading very rapidly, even spreading rapidly it is not resulting in more severe disease. i think what will become difficult and already apparent is that this may not be as con takennable as previous versions of the coronavirus vaccine. i'm very worried. my family lives in london. they are in britain. so this is a concern but it is not representing more severe disease. the vaccines will address this. it makes it even more important, americans, british people, the people around the world to be quickly vaccinated. britain is slightly ahead. 350,000 people have been vaccinated in short period of time. they had one week head start above the u.s. i think in that. jedediah: doctor, we're running out of time unfortunately but thank you very much for joining us with your insights. >> jedediah, my pleasure. merry christmas. everybody should be confident. these vaccines are a remarkable solution. jedediah: merry christmas to you as well. coming up a cafe owner and single mother is being fined

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♪. will: one michigan restaurant owner is fighting back against the state's coronavirus restrictions. the single mother of six is refuse towing pay roughly $40,000 in fines for dei tooing orders and keeping her cafe open for indoor dining. she joins me now with more on her battle. amy hecening owner of cafe rosetta in michigan. thanks for getting up, why it is important for you to stay open. tell us about your fight, please. >> yeah. it's about survival at this point.

it has been a long year and we are going to court with mdart, mdhhs. we have legal representation from dick coleman. we plan to fight this to the top. does the constitution exist anymore? that is the question. you know, we need to survive. we need to pay our bills. we need to live. i have 30 employees who are more than willing to do that. will: amy we talk about some of these stories on "fox & friends" from time to time. it is important not just to survive, tell stories of survival for your business but your personal story as well. i find fascinating. you have six kid. we saved it, highlighting, $1000 a day in fines which accumulated to $40,000 in total. single mother of six, divorced in 2013. you were own welfare at that time before you got the job, turned it into owning this restaurant. is that right? >> that's right. yeah. we started pretty small, three

employees. i have always loved baking and wanted to see if i could make my dream come true owning a bakery one day. i had to walk to work sometimes, ride a bike. my kids help the out in the kitchen. slowly, slowly we kept growing and expanded, you know. we have double the seating now. we moved next door. and, so we went from three to 30 employees. it has been wonderful. will: what a story of survival there. now you have to survive this i'm sure the state of michigan bring this up to you, many would question this as well. how are your safety protocols? have some diners gotten sick? have you been able to remain safe being open? >> ironically yes. you know, we do all of the common sense safety measures, with gloves and sanitizing and you know, seating and we clean in between. you know, we had tape on the floor for arrows for traffic flow but you're talking about a

very small area. very small dining area. we live in a very small town. you're talking about minimal risk i brief by serving the community. will: we wish you like in trying to survive these shutdowns. should point out estimated 33% of michigan restaurant owners do not think they will be able to make it, stay in business through the next six months. we hope you there, amy at cafe rosetta are able to do so. as you accumulate these fines and fight with the state of michigan we wish you the best of ruch with that as well. shah for sharing your story with us. >> thank you. take care amy of cafe rosetta. this is challenging year. there are struggles and also some bright spots. we take a look back at 2020 coming up next. ♪. new projects means new project managers.

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will: get to the packing very soon for the live shot. moderna hopefully their vaccine just like pfizer a week or so. 2020 has been a difficult year. we also had some fun moments here on "fox & friends weekend." jedediah: like welcoming our friend will to the team. take a look back at 2020. pete: it is here, 2020. new decade. it will be a huge year. ♪. pete: make the first touchdown of the super bowl right now. jedediah: nice. >> childhood hero of this man. jedediah: asked if you were nervous to play for him. >> if i dropped a pass from brett favre -- jedediah: how did he do? >> he did very well. rick: great day. you get all the expert analysis.

>> you're taking hand off the steering wheel. talking like this is super normal. we're only going 100 miles an hour. >> my fellow race fans. >> say that our president is coming through. honor for us to host him at a nascar race. ♪. jedediah: good music. for my return. hey, everyone, i'm so excited. pete: welcome back. jedediah: did you miss me? pete: missed you very much. >> america missed you. jedediah: my little nugget has grown quite a bit. pete: jed is red to go. >> now, will the thrill! pete: near era of "fox & friends weekend." former host of the will cain show. he is our new co-host. will: i'm excited to be here. >> will is in fact my older

brother. we're not related. pete: movie where one much your newest anchors has to go through initiation routine involves repelling down a 22 story building. that is real life. that is what happened to me. jedediah: fully initiated to the "fox & friends" family. coronavirus cases confirmed in 25 states. >> i'm officially declaring a national emergency. pete: the u.s. surpasses 100,000 cases. difficult and different circumstances. >> we are social distancing. jedediah: very challenging time. calls for a little bit of different measures. we'll pull through together. >> some of the biggest u.s. cities shutting down amid the coronavirus. will: parents are holding rally saying their kids are ready to get back in the classrooms. >> we don't want schools to shut down. we want schools to open. jedediah: are kids coming back? 100% is impressive number.

were people nervous. were people worried. so excited in the and confident in the administration to keep them safe that was my big takeaway. violence and outrage spreading from minneapolis to major cities across the country. >> after the tragic, unacceptable death of george floyd. [shouting] [sirens] >> oh. go, go, go. will: i sat down with an nypd officer to hear his experience from the front lines first-hand. >> i became a police officer many years ago. i never thought that i would have to put this uniform own and be looked at as the enemy and to be hated. >> defund the police. will: morale in the department, how widespread? >> not just nypd. its across the united states. it is sad that that that's where we're at right now.

president trump: my honor to nominate judge amy coney barrett. pete: the pick is in, the third pick of your presidency. president trump: they say it is the most important thing a president can do. i don't know if that is true. i would say military. you might agree with me. pete: i will join the gi go fund a bunch of navy seals, 60, we'll try to swim across the hudson river. how inspiring to be swimming with guys in this river? >> blows me away every time being out here with the statue of liberty about. with all the fellow veterans, seals, army, ma reasons. it is incredible. >> fitting that is ends right here at the south tower and 9/11 memorial. remembering the names of those who lost that day. to be here in the shadow of the freedom tower, dramatic shot as you can, 19 years ago, almost at this moment. >> think about the selflessness and sacrifice they showed that day. selflessness of

first-responders. pete: got plenty of serious news to talk about. we are also a morning show. ♪. just want a little more white snake, white snake, right? here i go again. jedediah: that is the kind of music i like to wake up to. i was hoping for this. >> there you go. pete: i can't get the coffee machine to work. it gives milk. what am i 80 or a cat? will: some unidentified green juice. i understand pete comes to the set every day with announcement of what day it is. pete: national coloring book day. national encouragement day. national chocolate cupcake day. national pepperoni pizza today. will: buddy pete hegseth ordered a pizza from 7-eleven. jedediah: what are you eating? pete: done what no other cooking

segment managed to do. you delivered food on set. pete: made a steak for will cain. we don't do enough covid version of fox. jedediah: there is bull riding. pete: go outside, throw a football. eat a milkshake. will: that is classic "fox & friends." we will get there. jedediah: thank you for sharing your sunday morning with us. we had a blast. hope you did do. will: are you dancing? jedediah: good song. will: have a good sunday. pete: rick, i made one prediction right, that 2020 would be a huge year. we didn't quite see it going this way. rick: could have you ever imagined? no way. i'm so impressed by all the time who puts together our packages. probably megan. pete: megan mcdonald is amazing. rick: six minutes of 2020, not have us being in the fully in

the fetal position after this, that is pretty impressive. pete: this gets repetitive. i can't wait for mechanical bull and start eating on set more than we do. i can't wait for "fox & friends," we're doing, just with our covid adjustments. jedediah: you're going to love it, will. you love all the fun stuff. you know, you watch what we saw the montage, you missed couch. just the couch. i used to hang out, joke around. dancing in the morning. we'll get it back but amazing job. just been such a challenging year. some of that footage so hard to watch. you know we found a way to find those smiles and find those moments and thanks to the audience for being there with us through it all. a tough year. keep your priorities in mind. treshslur what you have. a lot of good lessons as well. pete: thank you for sticking with us. we'll get rid of these pesky boxes hopefully soon, be back in person.

do it up right, will. competitions on the docket. trophy at stake. cooking to do. it will all happen. will: shake rick's hand first time. what is up rick, see you in person, not just through the box, rick. rick: i know. there is never going to be a better thing than probably second half of 2021. we're all going to go crazy. it will be amazing. pete: so true, someone pointed out spanish flu was 1918. there was a reason roaring '20s happened, people wanted to dress up. there is unleashing coming on the other side of this. that will benefit this show. will: not to get too hokey, sorry, jedediah, persistence talking about peter doocy questioning the biden administration. that is virtuous characteristic. so is resilience. everyone home watching, involved in the show, everyone in this country has shown resilience as part of our national character. jedediah.

jedediah: i was saying pete has a good party house. i'm expecting pete to house all the parties, recovery parties. pete on you. pete: right now i party alone. when the bottle gets empty quick, it is only me. will: i did all of this damage. pete: need other people to help me with the damage. will: rick see you a little bit later in the show. we'll take a live look at the loading dock in mississippi. there you can see where trucks will soon be filled with doses of moderna vaccine. it will be distributed to millions of americans this morning. still ahead on "fox & friends" president-elect biden and the president of mexico are discussing a new approach to immigration. former acting i.c.e. director tom homan witnessed the obama administration immigration policies first-hand. his take here next. ♪. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now.

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♪. will: we're back with some headlines for you this morning. president trump suggests that china may behind the massive cyberattack. the president taking to twitter saturday going against what his secretary of state said just 24 hours earlier. mike pompeo revealing on the mark levin show appears russia is behind the attack on solarwinds. it compromised security of several departments of federal government. south carolina democratic congresswoman is indicted on 24 counts of public corruption misusing public funds. including a trip to stalk magic johnson. of dolly myers blew $27,000 an chocolates, trip to greece and "fortnite" on government credit card. explaining, myers allegedly told county officials it was your fault because you were not

monitoring our card. pete: that is a new defense. after repeatedly calling to end president trump's successful remain in mexico asylum policy. joe biden is joining forces with mexico's president in an effort to alter or overhaul america's immigration laws. biden on a phone call and obrador will offer alternatives to undertaking the dangerous journey to the united states. so what this new approach mean to america's border security? here is react is fox news contributor, retired acting i.c.e. director tom homan. tom, good morning. merry christmas. thanks for being here. decode the statement of that new approach? >> mexico saying we want more money, want more of your taxpayer money down here. it has been played before. this game has been played over and over again. president trump did this after he first came in office.

at the time dhs second john kelly hosted a security prosperity summit down in miami. i was there. it lasted several days. we met with the leaders of mexico and central america. we talked about security, how to improve security, my greiges flows make sure not terrorism or criminals through the migration. the other half we talked about prosperity. we had big banks, big businesses there, how to build opportunities in this country. been there, done that. the problem we already send billions of dollars in the countries to the aid, there is no accountability for it. we don't know where it goes. obviously doesn't go to people that need it or they wouldn't keep coming back up here. i wouldn't be against adding as one of the fixes border security has to come first. i will not talk to the president of mexico how to secure our border. president trump has already done that. he had great success. joe biden should take a page oil of president's handbook. how will you decrease illegal

immigration by 80%? president trump has done that. joe biden will have to learn. pete: first thing he wants to do is eliminate the president's immigration policies. not just a conversation, undo work that is done? >> as i said joe biden keeps promise we lose the border. we'll have unprecedented surge we've never seen before. numbers are surging he is talking amnesty, moratorium on deportations, i.c.e. not doing worksite enforcement operations, free health care. when you throw the enticements out people will come. they are coming. biggest celebratetores of the election, criminal cartels are now back in business. they will make millions of more a day. will: legality of citizenship, mexico ambassador to u.s. hope biden offers a pathway to legality for illegal immigrants. will we see more and more of this? >> absolutely. they want more people here in

the united states because last year the people living in united states and mexico, they sent $38 billion back to mexico. they worked here, sent it back to their families in mexico. that is $38 billion. that took care of over 10 million mexican nationals, 1.6 million households. people in mexico doesn't have to take care of. more mexico presses united states to give citizenship some sort of status, they get it better than we get it. they know the united states keep rewarding illegal behavior mexico will get free money and cause more people to come to the united states because they want free giveaways. which will end up sending more money to mexico. this is money banks of mexico. this is not the united states. this is about mexico taking care of mexico. pete: certainly not about america first, that's for sure. tom homan, thank you very much for your time. we appreciate it. keep up the fight. >> merry christmas. pete: merry christmas. fox news alert. a live look at workers continuing to get vaccine doses

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wrap underneath your tree. jedediah: here with more is chief toy sister officer of the toy insider is laurie. what do you have in store today? >> we have amazing toys. we'll start by horsing around a little bit. this is our brier farms stable this is a playset. it is all wood. the doors open, the windows open and the roof opens. seven stalls inside. lots of fun play. it comes with two horses. it comes with fencing. so lots of pretend play. kid will love it. pete: will already playing with his. will: i have my horse farm here. pete: good little farmer. will: rancher. pete: how about the hot wheels city. >> how cool is this. this is the tallest hot wheels set ever. ultimate city garage. there are 100 cars you can fit in here. there is a kid powered elevator. you crank it up, get the cars to

the stop. holds two cars to the elevator. race it down. you have to beat the t-rex who is jumping on the track. will: see that. you can move him. >> really cool. you know the kids will love it. the grown ups will get into that. will: love that. pete: it is entertaining. "star wars" leg goes. legos always a hit. >> legos always a hit this is razor crest. how the child gets around the universe. kids build the iconic spaceship. over 1000 pieces. it has shooters. cockpit, has an escape pod. it comes with "the mandalorian," a scout trooper. tons of fun. kids and grown ups do this together. pete: has 1023 pieces to step on. >> 1023. work on that. [laughter] jedediah: i hear you have a recycling truck, lori?

>> kids are ready to save the earth. will: get on it. >> what better on a recycling truck. pete: kids are ready to save the earth. zoo am i. >> there are 100 different voices, sounder effects. it comes with nine recycling items. so kids get used to recycling. sir, volt recarrable battery. goes one mile-an-hour. pete: carries a 200-pound man. >> it can. it can. will: one more while pete rides by. reindeer carriage, laurie. >> right over here is the reindeer carriage. what i love there is platform, can you see this, this platform goes inside. you have the kids are little inside hold them and take them around. the wheel is 360 degrees. when they're older, take the floor platform out. kids power with their feet. they do the steering. what a great way to get around.

kids love it all year-round. jedediah: laurie, thanks for joining us. nothing beating good presents for kids under the christmas tree at christmas. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. jedediah: more "fox & friends" coming up on the other side. ♪.

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♪ if only in my dreams ♪ ♪. ♪ santa claus is coming to town ♪ will: good morning, welcome to the second hour of "fox & friends." jedediah, pete, i did it again. i went out sledding again. found a great hill. found a steep -- in new york, straight down. only thing that stops you at the bottom of the hill is a chain-link fence. jedediah: love it. will: slight risk to your health. jedediah: love it. different year, i think it was last year i was out on maternity leave. i was very upset because i wanted to do a race, a shred

race between like the three co-hosts. we'll have to do that next year. or maybe even this year, we get enough snow to do it. i have one of those metal disks. i warn you guys. i don't weigh a lot. i go right down. will: weight helps. jedediah: maybe i will be stuck at top. will: the disk is good. i did a lot of testing. pete: do you do any testing. will: i have a snowboard skate looking thing, a piece of plastic. no straps. stand and pray. pete: you did stand going down? will: not on this hill. come on. you have to jump on the shred, ride it down like a surfboard. never end well. will: right into the chain-link fence. jedediah: we'll never take his advice on things. that is number one, don't take pete's advice. after that you will be good. will: i'm already drinking mountain dew. jedediah: oh, no. pete: corruption continues.

jedediah: we'll begin at this hour with fox news alert. covid-19 is in process of being distributed shipped from a distribution center in mississippi. doug luzader is reporting on the stimulus deal today. reporter: or could they be careening towards a steel fence. will we see a deal today? maybe. if they have time. let moo go ahead here, covid-19 relief package and government funding deadline and we'll see partial government shutdown tomorrow morning if they can't get this done. this deal appears to be happening because two guys appear to broken the logjam. republican senator pat toomey wanted to fed spending. schumer later said if things continue on this path and nothing gets in the way we'll be able to vote tomorrow, talking

about voting today. so would they vote on? here is on the table for covid relief. 900 billion-dollar package, just shy after trillion. that includes extra money for the unemployed, $300 extra a week. stimulus checks for most americans of $600. there would be additional resources for businesses, schools, health care providers, vaccines. over at the white house the president appears to be on board. he appears to be very anxious to finish this up to sign it into law. he tweeted, why isn't congress giving our people a stimulus bill? it wasn't their fault t was the fault of china. get it done, give them more money in direct payments. one thing to reach an agreement. something else to get it all in writing and vote on it. congress is not designed to do anything quickly but in this case we see every december law make remembers pretty motivated to wrap this up go home for the holidays. they can buy themselves extra time with a temporary funding deal if they have to. that is not the preferred course

right now. separately president-elect joe biden and jill biden will receive the coronavirus vaccination tomorrow in a very public way. back to you, guys. pete: doug, thank you very much. you're right. they will be up late through the night. congress is like college students. somehow you revert. you have all the time to get it done, you crash at the very end for the term paper. what you pump out at the end you barely recognize. as you mentioned the stack is this high what the bill will look like. look like it won't contain -- that is live look by the way in olive branch be mississippi, as they push out the vaccine. it is early, 6:00 a.m. they're just getting going. i'm sure they will be pumping them out soon. there is anxiety, anxiousness across the country whether this will roll out quickly enough. whether congress will deliver direct payments badly-needed for now for people who have been told because of a virus, policies of not their

responsibility to shut down. will, you did a great interview early in the show a amy a michigan restaurant owner is being fined $1,000 a day. this is the type of person that needs relief quickly as possible. >> does the constitution exist anymore? that is the question. we need to survive. we need to pay our bills. we need to live. i have 30 employees who are more than willing to do that. we do all of the common sense safety measures with gloves and sanitizing and, yes, you know orange seating and clean in between. you know, we had tape on the floor, floor arrows for traffic flow. we live in very small town. you're talking about minimal risk i believe serving our community. will: we heard from doug, you brought this up as well, pete, when it comes to the bill, the size of this bill, the timing of this bill, what i believe you're

getting necessity is the mother of invention. there is nothing more motivating than a deadline. one of the things we learned through this pandemic there is only so much we can do controlling this virus. yes, we can do our best to socially distant, to wear a mask, wash our hands but this virus is uncontrollable. one thing that is controllable is our response to it. how we can help people like amy out. her personal story is as important as the business story. she built this, jedediah with her blood, sweat and tears. she built this from the position of being a single mother of six on welfare. that is not something she will let go of easily because after mandate or racked up fines. there is a lot of pressure, there is a lot of necessity in this society right now. stories like amy's need to be told. these are situations we can do, these are situations we can help. jedediah: yeah. it has been heartbreaking to see some business owners go to such great lengths listen i'm doing everything you told me to do.

i'm doing everything to keep individuals safe who come into my store, my restaurant. if they get a reputation for being a place where covid-19 spreads that doesn't help their business. they have a vested interest financially and for the longevity of their business to keep people safe and they want to. they don't want their families or their workers exposed to anything. so they have gone above and beyond. yet still, have had the restrictions placed on them made it near impossible for some to thrive or continue to exist. the question on minds of many of them, when does it end? what happens, if we look at the uk, what is happening in the uk that offers a interesting angle we need to pay attention to. fresh lockdowns ahead of christmas beginning to form in the uk, to curb a new covid-19 strain. so there has been a lot of talk about will this thing mutate? will there be other strains? this particular strain in the uk is considered significantly more contagious than the others and

as we talk about a vaccine, this is all going to be pertinent information. us did the vaccine that we're creating in the united states, will that apply to different strains and what not? all good questions. all things to keep in mind. but also things to keep in mind when we talk about business shutdowns and lockdowns because that can't be something that goes on in perpetuity. president trump weighed in on the lockdowns happening in the uk, said we don't want to have lockdowns. the cure cannot, worse than the problem itself. on that note i spoke with dr. qanta ahmed about the new strain. i spoke with her earlier about the mutation, about the strain. listen to her. >> this thing seems to be very transmissible in london, they detected 23 new letters in the viral code in this new version of the coronavirus which is spreading very rapidly, even though it is spreading rapidly it is not resulting in more severe disease. what will become difficult and

already apparent this may not be as containable as previous versions of the coronavirus this is a concern. it is not representing more severe disease. the vaccine will actually address it. it makes it even more important, for americans, british people, people around the world, to be quickly vaccinated. pete: xi is a smart lady. we'll continue to follow that. on another story, the "new york post" editorial board had a great article this morning regarding joe biden's what they call beyond puzzling cabinet picks. here is the headline. i just read it. joe biden's i just read it, joe biden's puzzling cabinet picks. here is portion of editorial that lays it out. is joe biden using a dartboard to fill out the cabinet? some strike us awful ideology wise but several make no sense. pete buttigieg mayor of south bend, indiana, whose transit system consists of 66 buses.

california attorney general javier becerra health and human services. he is not a medical professional. he filed 100 lawsuits against the trump administration over the affordable care act. what john kerry is supposed to do as the special presidential envoy on climate change. he will screw it up while claiming victory. feels like identity politics, box checking. another part of the article, ohio representative marcia fudge has little experience on housing issues, she literally said this we'll stop looking only certain agencies that people like me fit in. we have warrant to put the black person in labor or hud. yet she is black and now, nominee at hud. she even recognizes it. will: i have no doubt identity politics will play a massive role in the biden administration. i don't know if it's a dartboard guiding his picks as potential cabinet. i look at two other potential. how many members have been pro

gun control in the past. point out his climate team is extremely radical, looking to capitalize on any situation. that is the point. pete feet that is what schemes do. will: look for opportunities in their minds. emergencies to implement those types of ideologies into whatever situation occurs, whatever happens in the news cycle. one other thing i would say, pete, if i'm looking at these picks like pete buttigieg and xavier becerra, i think, this is joe biden grooming next democratic leaders putting people like buttigieg higher profile so down the road he has a opportunity to be a national political figure. i think that is one of the things i think joe biden is trying to do. jedediah: pete buttigieg is very popular. i think with a great surrogate for him in those moments joe biden was not on the campaign trail, not doing television interviews, pete buttigieg was out and front essentially doing interviews. making a better case for joe

biden administration than joe biden was at time. i think that is a fair point. i think joe biden is trying to make a statement about new leadership saying you know what? it is a time to bring in new faces fresh faces, people that inspire confidence, people that you know have an energy about them that can convey a message. pete buttigieg is perfect example. as far as john considerry i think that is colossal mistake. i have no comment on that one but i think buttigieg pick makes sense actually. will: move on now to a fox news alert. take a live look here. olive branch, mississippi, where the first doses of moderna's covid-19 vaccine will be shipped out this morning. see many workers still waiting on boxes that will roll out along the line. we will bring you the very latest when that happens. plus a newly proposed wealth tax in california would apply to anyone in the state for 10 years, even if they aren't a permanent resident. a look at the controversial proposal coming up. ♪. - hi, i'm steve.

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going on with san bernardino county. they're saying the governor's powers he assumed are unconstitutional. this emergency management act in effect in california either doesn't give him the power to do what he is doing in their county right now, or if it does, it is an unconstitutional law. it violates the california constitution. he simply really doesn't have the authority to make the decisions that he is making but the other piece of the argument is simply that he doesn't know what he is doing. in san bernardino county the policy that he is putting in place to close stores and bars and restaurants and churches and all these other places is actually having a negative effect because it is keeping people from being outdoors where they're safer. driving them back into their homes where we know you see the highest incidents of spread. so it is both constitutional argument and a practical argument and the bottom line is they're saying give the authority back to the county. give the authority back to residents in the county to make smart decisions based on the circumstances on the ground where they live.

jedediah: it is important to note we reached out to governor gavin newsom's office. we did not hear back. brian, do you have any predictions on the outcome of that suit? >> i'm not a lawyer, jed, so i don't know how that will come on but the argument on its face seems pretty logical. the governor has been exercising powers for nine months, emergency powers for for nine months. the county says that is not what emergency powers are for, for nine months. he assumed basically legislative and executive functions of government. that seems like a pretty clear violation of california's constitution, any state constitution, not a lawyer for sure. seems like they have solid ground to stand on. as an economist always makes sense to me to use the best local knowledge on the ground. that is what they're arguing from a economic perspective. jedediah: i'm glad you reminded everyone you're an economist, our next question, our next topic involves something we need your expertise on, the new potential california wealth tax. this is a proposed wealth tax,

brian that would apply, i am reading this i truly can't believe, would apply for a decade for anyone who spends 60 days in the state for a single year? can you talk about what the tax looks like and what the implications would be for the state at large? >> the best name for the tax would be the "hotel california" tax, as long as you spend 60 days in the state you can't get away for taxes from decade. it supposed to apply people with wealth over 30 million. 4% tax on the wealth every year. the bilge kicker here, with bad taxes, with punishing taxes what people say i will leave the state. california knows that is likely to be the case with this tax. so they put in a provision that says even if you leave for 10 years after you still have to pay the tax. now again, from an economic standpoint, look you don't have to be an economist, you just have to have common sense. if you have a tax like this in california you know it its simply will drive people out of the state before the tax ever

happens. it will keep people out of the state because they don't want to get entangled in some kind of a tax that will go after your wealth. we're not discuss talking about your income here. of course we're talking about any big business interests that you own, stock, bonds, real estate. art, any kind of asset here, the cost of compliance, jed, just to comply with the tax could be enormous. if anything will drive people away and out of california, it is something like this. jedediah: yeah. it is so sad. i love california but it is getting less and less likely i will ever going to move there. no one will want to go there thanks for joining us today. unfortunately we're out of time. we appreciate it. >> you bet, jed. jedediah: tunnel to towers is bringing home to america's heroes just in time for the holidays. chairman frank siller is paying off mortgages for our heroes. that is next.

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thank you for being here. how did dallas and his family represented by esther right here get their mortgage paid off. >> it is not something you want to be selected for because you had to pay a big price protecting our community. in this case he is a first responder. he paid a big price. he was out in new york city, june 3rd, 2017. went to work. gave his wife a kiss good-bye. his beautiful daughter a kiss good-bye. what happened was some gang member, with a stolen car rammed into him and dragged him nearly three blocks where he sustained life altering injuries. where he is going to need a caretaker for the next 24/7 for the rest of his life. that being said. he is blessed he has a beautiful wife esther. good morning, esther. she is a nurse. >> morning. >> she is taking care of him. you can imagine the strain on family like that. turn nell to towers foundation

we want to make sure we're there for the great family ofs that pay ad great price. new part of our program wee pay off mortgages for those catastrophically injured for first-responders. we ask everybody once again to join us during the season of hope, donate $11 a month to tunnel to towers. will: we talked about the five officers who got mortgage release through tunnels to towers. frank makes a great point. not that you have to be in need to be selected. i can imagine this is welcome relief to help us with your mortgage. tell us how he is doing and what it means for you and your family. >> good morning, will. i think frank put it well. we know it wasn't going to be easy. so we definitely taking it one day at a time. taking a step forward and two steps back overall we've been

blessed to have him around. he is doing great. will: he is doing great. i understand you're a nurse. you're also a first responder, esther. through the entire process you had to take some time off. tell us who you the relief from tunnel to towers going to change things possibly for your family? >> oh, my god, the peace of mind. i had to be out on leave a couple of times on and off. i actually left my original job i was working at when dalsh was first injured. knowing this is -- being flexible to be there for him and focus on his rehabilitation for sure. will: absolutely. esther, we appreciate what you do. what dalsh done for his community, for the nation. we wish you the best in his recuperation. helping your family through this season of hope. frank, thank you so much for everything you're doing. as we mentioned reiterate tunnel2towers.org how you can

help. so many others are needing help as well. >> will, can i say one more quick thing. six years ago, detectives ramos and liu were assassinated because they were police officers six years ago today. let's remember them and pray for them, their families, detectiveses, liu and ramos. will: thank you very much. take care. >> god bless. merry christmas. will: to a fox news alert. a live look inside of the facility where the moderna vaccine is getting ready to be shipped out this morning. this as congress appears to be nearing another stimulus deal. former congressman sean duffy will jump in here to react with the latest in the negotiations next. ♪. presents under the bed.

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wine opener. i have been there. tried to open a bottle of wine without a bottle opener that is amazing life hack. i will use that. will: exactly. reporter: who would have thought of this on his own, sean duffy. former wisconsin governor. did you see that congressman? did you know that, better question? i bet you knew shawn duffy knew that. >> i implement push cork in, drink wine and cork together out of bottle which is no fun. pete: you're a lumberjack. prone to conventional thinking. i'm right there with that. good morning. merry christmas. we want to get your thoughts you're well aware of how gridlock can take hold in washington, d.c. although it sounds like we're hearing a covid-19 stimulus deal could come today. what is your hope? do you like what they're saying is in it? >> so first off, gridlock works when there is time, pete.

when christmas is what, five days away, members of congress are in their offices, many of them sleeping in their offices, their spouses are begging them to come home. kid wonder when they will come home. they want to get a deal done. they are human beings, just like everybody else. i think you will see a deal. i don't love this, pete. $900 going to individuals. it doesn't look at individuals who lost their jobs, or reduction in income, just as certain dollar threshhold, if you meet the threshold you get a 900-dollar check. that doesn't make sense. with 300 additional in unemployment insurance per week i support that with people who lost their jobs. but i'm concerned the extra money can be a disincentive to go back to work to get back in the workforce. by the way this whole problem was caused by democrats in democrat states who are unwilling to open up the government. i don't love it. this is christmas tree. we'll see a lot of things the

next couple months in this bill we never knew about. members of congress didn't know were in there. it is never pretty. will: a sean i want to ask you about a conversation pete and i have been having off-camara a couple of weeks. the great big question how much of the changes in our society through the coronavirus pandemic are permanent and how many will go back to normal. give you a story from bright "breitbart," it revealed 400,000 students left college because of coronavirus. that is double the number, 200,000 in 2019. here is the question that pete and i are debating. will this represent a fundamental change in higher education? it probably should or will this rebound the minute we're back to normal? will people choose something other than the normal college path? >> i don't know of the answer to that, will, i will tell you i have two kids in college. this is continue all conversation that they have. these are consumers of education, right? they grew up during the great recession. they don't really like debt.

they want an education. they don't like debt but want the college experience. if you look at college campuses across the country, these kids are learning on zoom whether they're in their homes learning on zoom or on college campus doing zoom calls they don't feel like they're getting bang for the buck. we went to college, right? it you is a lot of fun. they're wearing masks, they are social distancing. they can't congregate. they are not getting the experience. they feel like there is better path to get into the workforce to get a job or pursue their careers getting skillsets as opposed to going to college. i think a lot of them will probably come back, study tells us earning potential goes up dramatically with the college education. the most concerning piece of this, the community college enrollment has gone down considerably. we see more minorities and more low income families going to community college. that is really is the pathway to prosperity and greater income growth in your family. so it is concerning. i don't know if we go back to --

will: model, feels, formula feels staid and antiquated, jedediah. jedediah: this trend towards moving away from traditional college started precovid and gotten worse with covid-19. you see college campuses, kids feel like they're not learning anything, feels like indone trick nation camp in many places. what about lower school, middle school? we've seen a massive trend towards homeschooling, abandonment of the whole educational structure as we know it seems to be on the horizon. do you feel that way of kids of younger brackets particularly as well? >> i got to tell you it is hard. we have a lot of kids in our house. it is hard if you're really doing step by step approach with parents with a whaling bunch of kids it is challenging. listen, if you have a good structure in place for online education and a good program i think it is a great pathway forward especially because the schools have become so liberal. when i studied for the bar exam

the best contracts teacher traveled the country and taught contracts. the best tort professor traveled the country and taught torts. why don't the best history professor, giving to 100 thousands of kids in america or best english teachers? we can get on-line with, a program that actually works. we as parents get to see what our kids are learning, not have the leftists indoctrinate our kids, that is happening not just in college but middle school and high school. it gives parents more control. you get the best of the best teaching our kids on online program. pete: would be great if one of the disruptive models showed up. that is how you also bypass a lot of bias clearly exists in our schools right now as well. sean duffy, you're the man. thank you very much. merry christmas. >> pete, buy bitcoin. merry christmas. pete: buy bitcoin. i will convince you and convert you.

sean, thank you very much. jedediah: thanks, sean. going to turn to some headlines for you now. national wreaths across america not letting the pandemic stop them from honoring our fallen heroes. 1.7 million wreaths were put on headstones nationwide. volunteers laying 265,000 at arlington national cemetery alone. the event was originally canceled but back on after backlash from lawmakers and president trump. los angeles county allowing places of worship to hold indoor services again. the county says it will modify the covid-19 restrictions after the supreme court ruled against california governor gavin newsom's restrictions. worshipers will still need to wear face coverings and social distance. professionals recommend holding services outside if possible. anter any davis is los angeles lakers star but shocked fans by becoming a clipper. the six 10 center using down time during the final preseason

game to clip his toenails. oh, boy. with his 17 shoe size. hard to miss and watch for many. he won't have to do it during the team's regular season opener on tuesday. the clippers. oh, boy. those are the headlines. don't see that every day. will: you shouldn't. pete: one of my kids was clipping toenails on the couch, like, get out of here. this is common space. you never want to see it ever. or floss your teeth. will: floss your teeth in the bathroom, rick. telling you not in the green room. telling you not on set. you know what i'm saying? rick: hold on, was he clipping nails or just clipping clippinge nail was poking into his toe or something? pete: don't get your facts involved in the narrative. will: monitor was too far away. i couldn't see exactly. good question. rick: if it is full, i'm getting all ten nails, 10 toes, no way.

but maybe i will give him the benefit of the doubt. will: i think that's fair. rick: gross. here are the temperatures waking up this morning. pretty cool everywhere but not really that bad anywhere. notice 33 in new york city. i just bring it up, haven't been above freezing after all the snow that haven't this week. we haven't had kind of a melt. that will happen couple days but maybe too fast. i will talk about that. rain across southeast. not a ton of moisture. it pulls off towards the east. gloomy day for parts of the southeast. northern side of the storm cold enough for the precipitation to fall as snow. we'll see a quick dusting for snow already in place. take you through temperatures next number of days, show you what ends up happening here. really nice temps across a lot of the south for the next couple days. everything begins to change for us on wednesday. there you go. you see the peak coming in.

that is the first real arctic air mass making its way across parts of the northern plains. by thursday, christmas eve, look at temperature in new york city, 53 degrees, 64 in law re. really warm temperatures that will be a significant amount of rain. we could be watching pretty significant melt, rapid met to a lot of snow that fell. that we could look at flooding for christmas eve across parts of the northeast. don't want to hear that. will: thank you, rick, appreciate it. fox news alert. a live look inside of the facility where the moderna vaccine is being prepared to be loaded into trucks and shipped across the country this morning. and up next promises kept. the president taking action to restore a patriotic education with the 1776 commission. one of the newest members of the group joins us with his mission and their mission, coming up next. to do it up. and keep costs down.

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♪. pete: president trump is making good on a promise to put american values back in the classroom. president trump: today i'm also pleased to announce i will soon sign an executive order establishing a national commission to promote peatry at tick education. it will be called the 1776 commission. [cheers and applause] pete: fantastic. three months after that big announcement, 18 members were appointed to the 1776 commission in a push to promote patriotic education across america. joining me is some one who has given more than four decades to american education. president of the college of the ozarks, otherwise known as hard work u, a new member of the 1776 commission, dr. jerry davis. dr. davis, thanks very much for being here. merry christmas. full disclosure, i've been a big fan of school of the ozarks. you've been doing patriotic a

long time. tell me how you advance it at college of the ozarks as a model. >> college of the ozarks unlike most colleges has a patriotic goal. we define that encourage, understanding of american heritage, civic responsibilities, love of country and a willingness to defend it. unfortunately higher education has not done as good as job as it should have done and teaching that to young people. we have a program here in patriotic education to teach those principles. we have the, the courses that -- [inaudible] we sponsor travel both nationally and internationally and we think our program is very successful. i think people are tired of hearing what's wrong with america. pete: yes. >> i think if you look at the model here that people will feel

like there are other models out there. this is a work college as you know. students don't pay. they work their way. they learn to appreciate hard work and, go on to accomplish great things. so the college itself fits with the patriotic education emphasis. pete: your college itself is precisely the example of what our nation needs. i've been there. i've seen it. you have a director of patriotic advancement i believe. i don't know if that is the exact title but that is the idea. what, if there is one big thing you want to bring to this commission, what would it be? >> i think what we bring to the commission is a perspective of viewing america through the lens after college that advances traditional american values and we're teaching love of country, a willingness to defend it. we're living in a culture now, pete, that you know that we're told that 2/3 of the american

people couldn't pass a citizenship test. those that are 45 years and younger, 81% can't pass. we have young people that don't know the price of freedom. so i think that what we're doing here should be studied as to its applicability to other colleges. should be copied frankly. reporter: 100%. that is the model. college of the ozarks in point lookout, missouri. dr. jerry davis. keep us posted about the commission. we're eager to hear about it. merry christmas. >> thank you. pete: a very special guest is joining us next. find out how you can catch even more of santa claus on "fox nation." coming up next. ♪. ♪

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i decided that i wanted to go for electrical engineering and you need to go to college for that. if i didn't have internet in the home i would have to give up more time with my kids. which is the main reason i left the military. everybody wants more for their kids, but i feel like with my kids, they measurably get more than i ever got. and i get to do that. i get to provide that for them.

♪. jedediah: "fox nation"'s a craze called christmas is following over the top enthusiasts from across the country as they get ready for their favorite holiday including santa claus himself. >> this is my happy place. >> some people say i'm insane. some people say i'm completely devoted. >> i used to kind of hide it but i let my christmas flag fly now. pete: that is from fox news. guess who joins us now? santa claus, live from the north pole. san tax good morning. it is crutch time. what are you working on in your workshop. >> we're doing solace minute toys. some games. you know, of course i don't actually make the toys. the elves make the toys.

we're running three different shifts. we're getting it done. we're ready. we're ready for crunch time. will: i bet. pete and i talking about the elves making toys. you ever get pushback from the elves? i have had enough today? do they ever have a union up there. >> they have a union. union 25 of course. they work three shifts. they have an eight-hour shift. they have the next shift come in, next shift come in. always a cycle. nobody works the same shift if they don't want to. they have their own homes. they're married. it is very comfortable living up here. will: that is good to hear. >> i never had any complaints. will: that's great. jedediah: you know, san tax at one point there was a list online that was naughty and nice. both will and i made the nice list. pete on the other hand found himself on the naughty list. do you have extra details on that one? >> you know, i would have to double-check to make sure but

you know, you do have a couple of days to slide back in if you're still on the naughty list. pete: santa, yeah. >> you need to check the video now. pete: do you monitor social media and video? into the 21st century age easier to modify the naughty and nice list if you have time. >> you guys can't modify it, if that is what you're getting at. you really need to me on video. i see everything. i know when you're sleeping. no when you're awake. you have to put your best foot forward to pull it through. will: they're telling us we have limited time with you, santa. we're about to wrap this up. i have so many questions about the reindeer. get so much done in one night the whole chimney thing. we'll get you back, santa. i have a lot more questions. >> okay. will: good luck this week. big week. big week. jedediah: thanks, santa. >> thanks very much. pete: really strong skype connection from the north pole. will: would you expect anything else?

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♪ if only in my dreams ♪ >> ♪ all i want for christmas is you ♪ jedediah: welcome everyone to the 8:00 a.m. hour of fox & friends weekend look at that beautiful christmas tree it is christmas week we want to wish everyone a merry christmas and nothing like kicking off christmas. we had santa claus on, last hour you can not beat santa claus beings and i held back the temptation to ask him what he's wrapping for me, which took , you know, no small amount of strength, but regardless we had santa and we're off to a good start. pete: absolutely, great booking indeed can we get the shot of fox square back there real quick outside i don't know if we can

because i just ordered uber eats and my guy just arrived and i can't go pick it up because we're on the air. it says he was on a bicycle. i don't think that's true. will do you think anyone is bicycling mcdonald's to the studio in 34 degrees in new york city? i think the app is lying to me, it says he's on a bicycle with my sausage, egg and cheese mc griddle. will: always right there, doubting uber eats. pete: he says he can't leave it in the lobby so he might leave which means my food is 25 feet away from me. will: we'll keep that camera aimed at him outside. pete: the most important thing. i know you're thinking about breakfast at home too. that's all it is. i'm a little hangry, a little fired up so close. will: as you finish your french toast, get your hot coffee warmed up we'll keep the camera trained to keep you updated on uber eats and pete's breakfast and for a little bit of a smaller story, i guess, also delivery though, it's a fox news

alert. moderna is shipping doses of its covid-19 vaccine this is a live look at the distribution center that's olive branch, mississippi where millions of doses are being prepared to be rhodesed on to fedex trucks. jedediah: the vaccines are set to arrive tomorrow at hospitals and nursing homes nationwide between moderna and pfizer nearly 8 million doses will be delivered this week. dr. ahmed joined us earlier and believes this is a major step in ending the pandemic. >> they're injecting proteins that are extremely similar to the potentially in the coronavirus and that sets our immune system in motion which is so intelligent, within a few weeks we'll have antibod ies for this virus. pete: at least 211,000 shots have been reportedly been administered so far. the u.s. reports nearly 17.7 million confirmed covid-19 cases with more than 316,000 reported deaths.

so, it can't come soon enough, will. will: congress, though, might be able to get something done this weekend although that's not soon enough either. pete: true. will: as you look at washington d.c., we are expecting a stimulus deal as soon as today, and keeping an eye on that for us is doug luzader in washington as lawmakers appear to be reaching an agreement perhaps overnight. right, doug? reporter: it does appear that way good morning. we had a late night last night followed by what we think is a pretty long day today. first we'll go over what this deal is really all about. these are the main parts this is a $900 billion covid relief package, among other things it gives those on unemployment an extra $300 a week, there be another round of stimulus checks, less than last time, but $600 for most americans. there's also additional help for business, school, healthcare providers. if we get a deal, it's because two guys in particular broke bread on this , pennsylvania republican senator pat toumey

and senate majority leader chuck schumer. they stuck a compromise over winding down lending programs by the fed and he was concerned he be abused and here is what schumer eventually said. if things continue on this path and nothing gets in the way we'll be able to vote tomorrow. now, there is little question the president would sign this into law overnight. he tweeted why isn't congress giving our people a stimulus bill? it wasn't their fault. it was the fault of china. get it done and give them more money in direct payments and remember, there are two big moving parts here. there is the covid relief package. there's also a government funding deal to make sure there isn't a partial government shutdown heading into tomorrow. a shutdown seems pretty unlikely though because even if they can't wrap this all up today they might just move a temporary spending deal to keep government open while they get this all done, but you know, you combine these two things, these are two massive spending bills. a lot of stuff in there, and as

we've said before, you know, these are really going to be voted on largely sight unseen for most members of congress they aren't reading the thousands of pages that we're talking about here. back to you guys. will: thank, doug. jedediah: so obviously they should read them and know what they're talking about that's their job. looking at the numbers though, i'm honestly hoping that's going to be enough, when you think about the amount of time these businesses have been forced to close or operate and under extreme circumstances 25% capacity, close indoor dining, this can open and it needs to shutdown and a vicious cycle that goes on and on, enough with the temporary stuff at this point. at this point they need to get something done and they need to also have a plan for the future so that businesses sitting out there don't say well this is good for now but how long am i under these measures because this money only stretches so far and they need to feed their families and sustain their businesses, i don't know. i just don't know if it's going to be enough. we talked to shawn duffy on reaching a potential relief bill

earlier on fox & friends and what the likelihood is. listen to what he had to say on that. >> they all want to get a deal done, they're human beings and have families just like everybody else so i think you're going to see a deal. for the $300 additional money in unemployment insurance, per-week , i support that with people who really lost their jobs, but i'm concerned that that extra money can be a disincentive for people to actually go back to work, get back in the workforce and by the way this whole problem has been caused by democrats in democrat states who are unwilling to open up the government, so i don't love it but this is a christmas tree. we're going to see a lot of things the next couple months in this bill we never knew about, members of congress didn't know were in there. pete: they will pass it and we'll find what's in it which is unfortunately how the sausage gets made oftentimes in washington d.c. but on another topic, you know, the questions around hunter biden and his foreign interactions and what joe biden knew about it we learn more and more every day. in fact i love reading the new

york postal morning long on-set and page 10 and 11 is a timeline from june of 2009 to today of how hunter biden started his firm when his father was vice president, created the relationships with the chinese with the ukraines, with others, used and leveraged his father's access to get his own access and then wires are am coming in and then we get the laptop and joe knew all about it and he had plausible deny ability, tony bobulinski, all of that, all of the types of questions you might ask joe biden if you had a fair press, thankfully we have one person in this building who gets that access and asks those questions, even if joe biden wants to ignore him. yesterday, peter doocy, whose on the trail working hard every day , was at a press conference joe biden held. he didn't get called on, but he did the best he could to try to ask a question about hunter. here is how it went. >> do you support a special counsel to hand egg handle the hunter biden investigation?

pete: he didn't answer and here is why. he doesn't feel like he has to. he feels like he has entire media conglomerate to include all of social media in silicon valley not just ignoring but suppressing the story. one of the guys whose done a yo men's work on exposing the agenda behind places like cnn is jameso'keefe. he recorded a lot of the morning calls and editorializing that they do with those calls and here is what james o'keefe said about cnn working hard to make sure the world never hears about hunter biden. listen. >> the president of a news network directing his journalist s not to report facts, david challion, one of the political directors on cnn you just heard saying obviously we shouldn't cover the hunter biden story, so you have this army of yes-men for cnn working for the president. nobody pushing back on the top dog at that corporation basically micro-managing and directing its people not to report facts and it's not surprising just to you and i but

certainly confirmation of what we suspected for a long time at cnn. will: just to recap as you pointed out, pete, the new york post timeline you gave us was the story, potentially, of joe biden's son having a relationship with adversarial foreign governments, a story that could potentially impact a presidential election, and in response to that, you would have heard these types of phrases from mainstream media. an accusation "so heinous" i won't report it. after the presidential debate when president trump brought it up, others on those in which els suggested, well unless you're in the right wing media chambers you might not even know what they're talking about. that's true because other immediate media reporters won't talk about it and finally, dare you bring it up, social media will suppress and disappear the story. that is how the sausage is made. before we lose you this morning in the a block, i'm sorry jedediah go ahead. jedediah: i was just going to say it's a very obvious selective curiosity about when it comes to the investigations,

media is very actively interested in certain investigations, we saw that investigation with respect to russian collusion, long after it was shown and proven there had been no collusion by the trump adminitration. they were talking about it many of these media organizations and hunter biden comes up and suddenly everyone sits back and takes a nap, so and that's the problem really with media. that's why no one trusts them at -large because there is these very obvious decisions they make about what to cover and what to investigate and what to care about and what not to and it always seems to be one-sided and that's an unfortunate reality of 2020 in the news. will: want to share one more story this morning because it is a wonderful symbol of the sign of our times. we talked often about the exodus from california specifically to places like texas. companies moving from california to texas and people moving from california to texas. perhaps, this is the perfect symbol. for the first time since 1942 the rose bowl will move from california to texas. covid restrictions will not allow fans to be there. not allow contact sports in northern california but so many

restrictions in california that it will be moving to dallas. this is what bill hancock, the college football playoff executive director because the rose ball is part of the college football semifinals this year, the game in dallas will still be played on new year s day and we are pleased parents and loved ones will be able to see their students play in the game. pete: there's only two things i think about when i think of the rose bowl. traditionally big 10 championship and pasadena, california. i don't even know where pasadena is, all i know is the rose bowl is there. will: not big 10 championship, big 10 versus pac 12. pete: correct, man, shame on me. will: i'm not trying to slam dungeon you. pete: my sports knowledge and will does slam dunk in my face right on fox & friends and he's right to do so, but just like the orange county, california republicans are right to point this out. yet another california tradition , leaving for texas,

thanks to gavin newsom. games like this , you know, apparently you can get it done in texas, but in california, these kinds of shutdowns, well you got to make a choice and play it somewhere. will: jerry world in dallas. jedediah: obviously they wanted fans in the stands that's just the reality it's two completely different world's and that's what's really interesting about being in the united states right now, because state-by-state the way this all played out has been drastically different in terms of what's been shutdown, what's been allowed to proceed, the way this affected the policies instituted in some places and not others that's the beauty of america but some things worked some haven't some followed the signs some haven't and people should figure out where they want to live and their families to be when it comes to issues of crime everything, really pay attention to what's happening in the state and what that leadership looks like and make that decision for yourself. pete: one of the sad realities i'm coming to is i can't pass off my surface level of sports knowledge anymore on this show

as expertise. will: i just didn't want to correct you. pete: you should correct me. will: oh, i should? pete: yeah, 100%. jedediah: you have to. [laughter] pete: i was wrong. will: big 10 -- pete: and i'm a big 10 guy. will: we'll leave you with a fox news alert take a look live inside the distribution center in olive branch, mississippi where we're waiting for the first doses of the moderna vaccine to ship out this morning. plus, lockdown backlash in that state we were just talking about , california. one doctor calling broad shutdowns "a failure of imagination." his message to leaders in his state, next. >> ♪ ♪

will: despite enacting some of the toughest lockdown rules in the country governor gavin newsom is facing a surge in new covid cases across california. our next guest calling strict lockdowns a "failure of imagination" on behalf of lawmakers. here to explain is dr. jay batac heria, professor of medicine at stanford, university thanks so much for being with us it does seem like lockdown, lockdown, lockdown it's the cure -all and the almost reflexive response from policy makers. tell me why that's a fail you're of imagination? >> i mean, the key thing is it doesn't respect the facts about this epidemic and the virus. the virus spreads in households. it spreads basically in ways that we kind of know where the lockdown sort of suppresses society in places where the virus doesn't necessarily

spread a lot. it also, i mean, it reduces our ability to react to the virus. so for instance we closed our schools. well that means a lot of people who work in frontline settings, they have kids, and they can't go to work because they have to take care of their kids. the lockdown itself, all it ever , even theoretically all it does is it delays when the infections occur. in a sense, what's happened in california, we have bunched them up all right now, and our hospitals are starting to get stressed as a result. i mean, our hospitals are empty for large parts of the spring and the summer, weirdly. will: right, the idea behind lockdowns wasn't to kill the virus, it was to bend the curve. that's what we were told in early spring so what would have been a better policy response, doctor? >> well, we know that older people, people over 70, have a 95% survival rate from the virus 5% mortality is pretty high, whereas under 70, the survival

rate is 99.95%, so those .05% mortality. older people are the ones who are at risk. we should have done everything we could possibly do to protect older population. let me give you one failure where i think it just is so obvious once you say it. there are people who are say 64, 65, they have diabetes, they are actually at my risk of mortality and maybe a clerk in a grocery store or a janitor so we call them essential and expose them to the virus. we should have been protecting them. our policy should have been designed to give them leave. will: more tailored, less blunt that seems pretty obvious. i have to get to two big important stories really quickly you brought up elderly people in our society who are most vulnerable. there is this emerging debate among health experts who should be prioritized when it comes to the vaccine. should it be older americans or should it be used as a chance for racial equity? should we prioritize essential workers who have more minority populations? more represented by minority

populations? should we be taking race into account, doctor? >> i think that the key thing is if we want to minimize mortality from this virus what we need to do is prioritize older people and especially people with chronic conditions. minority populations with chronic conditions should be prioritized, absolutely, especially older people, i mean, i think that's the key question. what do you want, if you want to reduce death from this virus, prioritize older populations. will: seems obvious. really quickly because you're from stanford i have to ask you about the story controversy about stanford prioritizing professors at the higher-level not the frontline workers. what's your response to what happened in stanford in the vaccine distribution there? >> yeah, i think they made a mistake, with people like me, i guess, i haven't had the vaccine as yet, but they should have been prioritizing people who really were he frontline especially those who take care of older people. will: really good information, a lot in a little amount of time,

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switch today. will: social media giants are back in hot water for accusations of censorship. it's instagram this time because they flagged a post criticizing joe biden's 1994 crime bill for "bringing mass incarceration to black americans." instagram is owned by facebook and they labeled the post as false, citing a fact check by usa today, or rather a usa

today reporter. our next guest disagrees. jedediah: joining us now former nypd lt. and u.s. army veteran dr. darrin porcher. welcome to the show, we love having you here as always. so what do you make of the way the post was flagged? was it in fact false? >> it was clearly not false. i was an undercover nypd in 199s plaguing citizens in the united states. joe biden, under a bill sponsor ed by then bill clinton, introduced this "mass incarceration" that we clearly saw thousands of people that were taken into custody as it relates to the crack epidemic. moving forward, in this present day, facebook, which owns instagram has now flagged this post as false. joe biden clearly stood by this agenda and it's problematic because we're not getting out

the accurate information to the public and this is causing people to leave social media platforms such as facebook and go to places like parler that represent conservative agenda and values. pete: that represent the ability to speak freely about issues which are contested. how do you fact check total responsibility for something like a crime bill, you can make the most robust argument possible about whose responsible and why, and then you let viewer s and voters and others decide. well, facebook is trying to decide for you and they gave us a statement on why they fact checked and blocked this. they said the post was fact checked by usa today when a third party fact checker rates content we apply a label to it letting people know its been fact checked so facebook is hiding behind usa today. one reporter in particular to then block an entire set of ideas. >> well, facebook is clearly cherry picking who they want to utilize as a fact-checker and we saw something that was consistent with what happened with twitter.

this is basically the left's agenda that's being driven forward by backing joe biden but we as americans need to understand the direction of the truth, a connection with what joe biden represents, and he was clearly a person that stood behind this bill. moving forward, it's necessary that we have a more comprehensive view on social media platforms such as facebook and they don't use these cherry picked platforms in connection with fact checkers. will: yeah in fact pete to these point it's not contested. dr. porcher so first of all we know joe biden sponsored the 1994 crime bill right? that's a fact. >> that is absolutely a fact. will: there you go you're telling us in your experience also as well you know there was an increase in incarceration after the fact in african americans in this country right? >> it wasn't just african americans, it was latinos and caucasions as well as it relates to the crack epidemic and they didn't really have a plausible strategy, it was incarceration, but when we look back at it and

fast forward to 2021 we clearly saw this was a flawed strategy as a result and this is something that joe biden stood by and it was never introduced in connection with the campaign moving forward against donald trump. will: right and my point in walking through that, jedediah, is that i don't know where the room for the fact check lies you can have a conversation whether you think the bill was useful or good but those are two facts, there's no room for you to call it a lie, unless , you were blatantly manipulating the american public jedediah: yup, that's exactly right. your final thoughts? >> i just think that the criminal justice reform is something that we need to pay specific attention to as opposed to mass incarceration but bigger than that we need to get the truth out as to where joe biden stood back in 1994. pete: there's one guy who did criminal justice reform which is president donald trump. you can fact check that one, dar rin porcher thank you so much appreciate your time. >> always a pleasure. pete: a fox news alert a live

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team vowing to continue to challenge the results of the 2020 election. here with an update on where things stand is assistant to the president and director of the office of trade and manufacturing policy peter navarro. peter thank you very much for being on the program. you went out and aggregated a lot of information from especially six states put it out in a report, 36 pages. what's the big takeaway when you look at it all, in this election >> the takeaway, pete, is very very clear. the democrat party had a conscience coordinated strategy to stuff the ballot box across these six battleground states with absentee and mail-in ballots and they were willing to bend and often break the law, so if you look at arizona, georgia, michigan, nevada, pennsylvania, and wisconsin, what strikes you are a number of things. one is that donald trump had a huge lead in four of those states at midnight on election day, and now we have razor-thin margins in all those

six states and the ballots in question dwarf those , pete, of that margin, so what we really need here is a full investigation of what's going on , because pete, we run the risk of going into inauguration day with an illegal , illegitimate president, that public polls show the american public are skeptical about the fairness and integrity of the election and by the way, the greatest democracy in world history, if we can't run a free and fair election, all hope is lost. pete: that's very true and peter , in another interview you've said it almost raises more questions than it answers, because you're pouring through rulings and affidavits and declarations and testimony. how do you get to the bottom of it? how do we fully investigate it and get the real results, legal count? >> well, i like the idea of a special prosecutor to look at this. i like the idea of postponing

the georgia election on january 5 because georgia, when i looked at that, that is a ses pool of election irregularities including that illegal consent decree that allowed in hundreds and hundreds of thousands of possibly illegal votes, so, we need to come together and have an honest look at what happened and, you know, if joe biden won this legally i'll be the first one to congratulate him but my parsing of the landscape, and i've got a harvard phd in economics with a background in legal scholarship as well, i look at thousands and thousands of documents, and this is something that we really do need to unpack, pete, and there's no silver bullet. it's a death by a thousand cuts of our democracy. pete: well thank you for doing the work and putting it altogether. people can find it called the navarro report, google it out there, 36 pages laying out what we've learned thus far and we'll see if we get that investigation. but peter on your day job side,

as well, the threat of china continues to loom, and the commerce secretary recently raised alarm bells about chinese firms. here is a portion of what secretary wilbur ross said, listen. oh, i'm told we don't have it. what he did say is that a bunch of companies have been added to the black list as far as companies in china who we know are being nefarious are we doing enough to block what china is doing? >> no, we're not. i've referred often to the chinese seven deadly sins, honor , intellectual property, force and technology transfer, killing us with fentanyl. this is a strategic rival, but it's also increasingly a mortal enemy and they are coming at us, pete, from so many different ways and one of the great achievements of donald j. trump was to bring to the floor this concept of china as a significant existential threat to this country.

now, when you're all china hawks and i think it's really important, we come together as a country. don't forget, pete, don't forget , pete, over 200,000 americans have died. why? because of the chinese communist party infected the world with a virus so it's not just that they just tried to destroy our economy and steal our intellectual property. they killed americans and put americans out of work. pete: and not to mention as you include in your report from the first topic a lot of the covid-19 restrictions are what led to relaxed voter id requirements and mass mail-ins so it had consequences on election night as well. how can china be further held to account here? they're holding parties in wuhan right now and lying about the fact there are no more cases what else can be done? >> i'd love to see a presidential commission like the war on commission the kennedy assassination commission that looks at how the virus got out in the world and calculates the cost that it

has imposed on america not just in terms of economic cost but in terms of loss of life and then send them a bill, collect that money. that's kind of what we need to do. that's how we hold them accountable. every day, pete, they are coming at us hitting our computers every day trying to take your personal information, your business information, and our soul. pete: and corrupting our companies as well. peter navarro thank you so much for your insight and time we appreciate it. thank you, pete, you're a patriot. pete: likewise, merry christmas. will, i think you've got a few additional headlines. will: i do thank you, pete. turning now, ohio. >> governor: mike dewine doesn't plan to address the controversial stand your ground bill on his desk until next week the recently-passed measure removes legal requirement to try and retreat for shooting and self-defense. opponents argue it would encourage violence and more than two dozen states passed similar laws and hundreds of conservative students are locked out of the turning point usa conference in florida because of coronavirus restrictions.

>> [chanting] will: palm beach county blames turning point for overselling the event but they say the county changed the capacity requirements at the last minute. speakers then took the event outside, including donald trump jr.. >> and no one is loving this combo. mcdonald's sending social media into a frenzy after its china branch unveils this oreo spam burger. one twitter user writing, this is now number one on the things i didn't need to know existed list. jordan posting on facebook, is that how to ruin your sandwich challenge? and lucas tweeting, and people are judging me for liking pineapple on my pizza. i think we go, now, to our mcdonald's correspondent. pete: [laughter] will: pete hegseth. pete: i'm sipping some mcdonald's orange juice right now number one on my list of

what i must now try. will: so you're in what was it? or young protesters spam. pete: it can't be good. but it's on the menu because somebody somewhere would eat that combo. will: somebody somewhere in a boardroom goes, i've got an idea pete: i've got an idea. what if we put these two things together, rick? what do you think? rick: i actually think i might be in on this one. will: spam and oreo? pete: you probably have that at your house right now. you can just make one and let us know how it works out in the 9:00 hour. rick: that's not true. i wish i did. no, i think that that might be a pretty good idea. i didn't mean to say that i was trying to say spam and i just mixed the two words. will: [laughter] that's your reaction. rick: i apologize about that but i think it could be good. the salty/sweet might actually work i don't know. guys if you're looking for a white christmas a lot of people kind of generally would are not going to get it.

this is where we have snow on the ground as you wake up on christmas morning, central plains, sorry, not going to happen. this is christmas day what it's going to look like. i've got to tell you we have really great weather all the way through about wednesday of this week, aside from the pacific northwest that continues to get pummeled with moisture we're pretty good until thursday. christmas eve, we've got a storm coming through the east coast, and it's going to drop a lot of rain especially in the northeast and take a look at the temperature in north 52, we'll have temps maybe pushing 60 degrees in some spots across the northeast with rain, that means all that snow there will melt really rapidly so we could be talking about a significant flooding event unfortunately christmas eve into christmas day across parts of the north east. aside from that things are looking good. you see the storm here we've got across the east coast not that bad, we've got showers a bit of a gloomy day across coastal areas of the southeast later this afternoon, this will be out of here and things clear up for the next few days are looking really good. towards the northern side of the storm that's where we have snow, again, not that bad but we'll get a fresh coating an

inch or so across the places that have the snow already, before this gettings out of there by tonight and into tomorrow. spam and orey, i think i might do it. will: this seems like a perfect opportunity to use our friends at home. to your point, pete there are people that have oreo and spam in their cabinet. crush them up and jam it together so take a picture, try it and give us your review at friends@foxnews.com. i'd love to see the picture. pete: get it in as quick as you can. i'm also guest hosting tomorrow on the show, and i have spam and oreo at home right now so maybe i'll give it a shot and provide a review tomorrow morning. jedediah: [laughter] amazing. will: you too rick. jedediah: i'm going to skip that guys as you might imagine but if i want salty and sweet i put potato chips in my ice cream. mayor bill deblasio reveals his plans to fix new york city schools and he says it starts with redistributing the wealth, how shocking. new york post columnist and parent carol markowitz calls this a communist agenda.

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>> i'd like to say very bluntly, our mission is to redistribute wealth. we have been doing this work for seven years to more equitable redistribute resources throughout our school system. it means changing school funding formulas. there's so many things that we've tried to do to profoundly rebalance the equation. jedediah: oh, new york city mayor bill deblasio, not mincing words about his goals for public schools but is redistributing the wets really the right message or the right solution for students? here to discuss new york post columnist and parent carol markowitz. welcome. bill deblasio makes my blood boil and i know little to nothing about the education system and what can actually fix it but what are your thoughts on initially hearing the re distribution of wealth is somehow the answer to everything >> so he's been saying this kind of thing all along. when he ran for president, i

know few remember that, but his message of the money is in the wrong hands resonated with a full 0.0% of americans, so, he keeps pushing that very unpopular message, and the thing that's shocking here is that reviews in reference to schools. usually he talks about businesses or taxes or regulations or whatever, and there he says we're going to take the money away from the rich people, but here it's about schools. i really just don't quite get what he means, because a, he's already redistributed money all over the country because so many new yorkers have fled his policies but b, basically still closed in new york. our schools are only open part time despite what he says so we're all sort of at a zero and i guess we've reached equality. jedediah: yeah, he thinks that redistributing these resources, i guess he's talking about more privileged schools taking some resources and shipping them over to less privileged schools and he talked about expanding diversity planning in every district. he talks about a lot of stuff that's not going to work and

what he doesn't talk about, carol, are things like school choice, what would absolutely create a better environment and an environment of competition that would enable kids to do better and parents to be able to determine where their kids can go to school, so why not talk about stuff that we know would actually work? >> right, or let's say achievement or accomplishment or grades or anything that makes schooling parent important to parents. i don't see parents saying well some schools have more resources than others which isn't necessarily true. the thing that he's so hung up about is schools which means that parents have to apply their kids to get in you need good grades and good scores and of course his own kids went to schools but now he wants to get rid of them and what's wrong with that? that doesn't mean those schools get more resources. that just means those schools are more competitive. what's the problem with that? jedediah: yeah, well because he doesn't understand competition and the idea of that if you inject competition into any marketplace, education being one of them, that makes for better

schools for everyone, better opportunities, better choice. that's just not the language he speaks unfortunately, carol thanks for being here as always. thank you so much, thank you. jedediah: christmas is five days away, but there's still time to get the perfect present, skip and allison bedell is here with the best tools and gadgets to keep around the house, i can not wait. >> ♪ ♪ this is rachel from your dad's oncology office. unfortunately, we are still limiting in-person appointments due to the pandemic and we'll need to move your father's visit to a later date. we're sorry.

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pete: christmas is right around the corner but it's not too late to snag a last minute gift. will: here with their favorites is home contractor skip bedell and his wife allison. you have a lot of stuff for us

this morning, guys i hear. we do. we've got great stuff for everybody on your list. starting off with the great stuff from milwaukee as always, this great impact wrench battery -driven super powerful, this is one of my favorite things. the tool lover is going to love to store all their tools in this great pack-out system. it's a modular system that clips together, you can even put on this bluetooth radio and you can see how everything locks together and then you can wheel the whole thing right to your job site. this is unbelievable, ultimate tool storage for the people on your list, and also, keep them warm. i'm wearing a heated vest right now, so this is battery-operated you put a battery in here, three heat settings, men and women this keeps you toasty all winter long, work gloves, fleece-lined hats super awesome hoodies and even these great rechargeable flashlights. great stuff from milwaukee, everybody on the list will love it so this is something really great and this is another awesome tool. this is an anti-microbial tool great for the times right?

this has a stylus on the end to use to touch keypads and buttons at the gas station, an atm machine, a hook to open doors so nope more using a napkin to open up the doors it's really cool with copper alloy and you put the tool back in there and they stick it in their pocket so it's a great little stocking stuffer the gold key, love this and guys this is flipp y, the original flippy, this holds your tablet or smartphone, and you can use this while you're on the couch or in your office, and you put your ipad or your smartphone on it and each time you flip it over it has a different angle to hold your device. it's cool because it has pockets on the side for your chargers and your wires, and again it comes in different sizes and different colors. this is a really nice gift from the kids, everybody is going to love this because they put their device on it while reading or playing games. >> i use it in the kitchen and put my recipes so i don't have to hold it. >> right on the counter top. >> it makes it super easy. scent box, i love this.

scent box is a system where you order every month you get a scent sent to you they have over 850 designer fragrances they have for both men and women and you can get one or two sent to you every month and choose the fragrance you want or there's a fragrance of the month and if you want a different one this is the only brand scent box that has a replacement system. if you don't like the smell you get they will send you another one. >> and perfume every month it's the gift that keeps giving. >> it twists up so you don't lose your cap and take it with you there's one months worth of squirts in here. i love this stuff. >> this is pet-safe. this is the best thing ever. for all of the pet lovers this is a liter box it's an electric liter box and it's wi-fi-enabled that comes with liter and it is the best liter box on the planet. you never change it for a month. the ball thrower up to 30 feet you can change the distance and the angle. >> you drop tennis balls and it

throws it for the dog in the yard. >> it makes a sound before it shoots it off and a motion detector so you don't throw it at the dog and tile, we love tile. we've been using this for a really long time. >> guys do you know about this you stick this on the back of your remote control or put this in your wallet. >> or on your key chain. >> and put an app on your phone and it'll locate anything you have so if you lose your wallet, lose your keys, i lose the remote control all the time. stick this on there, you hit the app on your phone it'll make a noise. >> and on the flip side you can actually use the tile to find your phone, and even if your ringer is turned off you can find a phone when it rings. >> that's a great gift. >> everybody can use one of these. will: i've got some of those i just want you to notice something there, pete. the gift for a cat owner is a toilet and the gift for a dog owner is a ball machine. that says everything. >> exactly, but listen pet owners love this stuff. will: you guys should head to skipbedell.com for more info. >> we got great links on the website. pete: that was a cheap shot and

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>> ♪ ♪ pete: oh, i guess we're on television now, welcome to fox & friends in this 9:00 a.m. eastern time hour, december 20, oh, 2020 december 20 -- will: you like that? pete: yeah i'm learning as the show goes along this morning thank you for being here fourth hour hold them up of fox & friends on this sunday. we're glad that you are here, will, jed, good morning. will: good morning, pete, good morning jedediah, we've had a fun morning so far. we have a good look back a little bit later in the show on

what 2020 has been like on fox & friends weekend. high points and low points, jedediah. jedediah: yeah, that's exactly right. we'll show it all to you, lots of smiles in there though and lots of smiles today we've talked to santa, it's christmas week, we want to wish everyone a merry christmas but before that we want to get to news and begin with a fox news alert this hour. the first shipment of moderna's covid-19 vaccine are preparing to rollout at the distribution center in mississippi. doug luzader joins us live from washington as congress could vote on a stimulus bill as soon as today. reporter: the moderna vaccine pretty much on the way. workers have already begun packing up shipments to send around the country. the vaccine news is nothing short of extraordinary. this is going to be the second- approved coronavirus vaccine in use but it will be well into 2021 before it's available to most americans. so in the meantime, we have congress now, on the verge of another relief deal. this has been on again off again but this time, we're told,

they're pretty close to a vote. the one big hang-up was cleared we think because of talks between pennsylvania republican senator pat toumey and senate majority leader chuck schumer and this was over the concerns about the fed's lending authority being misused and they have come up with some sort of a compromise apparently and in fact schumer later said if things continue on this path, and nothing gets in the way, we'll be able to vote tomorrow, meaning, today. we'll see. so what would they vote on? here is what's on the table for covid relief this is a $900 billion package that includes extra money, $300 a week, for the unemployed, a stimulus check for most americans, and we think this is going to be in the neighborhood of $600, additional resources for businesses, schools and healthcare providers as well. over at the white house the president appears to be on board and pretty anxious to finish things up and sign this into law, and he tweeted this. why isn't congress giving our people a stimulus bill? it wasn't their fault. it was the fault of china.

get it done and give them more money in direct payments. now there are a couple of things happening here. they want to combine covid relief with a government funding bill to prevent a partial government shutdown overnight. all in all, these measures will total $2.3 trillion, and by the way as far as vaccines are concerned, we think president-elect joe biden and jill biden will receive a coronavirus vaccination tomorrow and they will do it in a very public way. back to you guys. pete: doug, thank you very much appreciate it, you know, we've lost all sense of 2 trillion, 4 trillion, 6 trillion as far as fiscal responsibility that's gone but we are living in a moment right now where because of what china unleashed on the world our government owes it to businesses they've been told to shutdown to deliver and hopefully this bill comes through gets to the people that need it. some things were sacrificed like liability protection, the ppp program but you're also not bailing out blue states is what we're hearing now from this bill but we shall see.

there's two parts of this how do you get out of this for business owners? one is a relief bill. the second is are you allowed to be open or not? can you actually conduct business, which is far more consequential for most americans , who don't want a check. they want a job. they want their business open, will. will: i like how you separate it into businesses andville individuals. the biggest stimulus you can give to businesses is the ability to remain open. liability protection be nice to go along with that and when it comes to individuals doug highlighted a couple numbers, $300 unemployment extension and $600 direct payment to individuals. i think in normal times, fiscal responsibility and whether or not these payments are a disincentive to going back to work be a very worthy thing. pete: we talked about it. will: but i think in extreme situations like the one we're in now, people out there need relief, including business owner s, like amy hakkanen, she owns cafe rosetta in michigan and attempted to stay open during this entire lockdown

accumulating $1,000 a day in fines but she told us earlier why it's so important to stay open. >> does the constitution exist anymore? that's the question. we need to survive. we need to pay our bills. we need to live: i have 30 employees who are more than willing to do that. we do all of the common sense safety measures like gloves and sanitizing and we have seating and we clean in between and we have tape on the floor, arrows for traffic flow, we live in a very small town, you're talking about minimal risk, i believe. jedediah: this is the most heartbreaking aspect of all of this and that's just listening to business owners saying we did it, we are doing all of the safety measures and a lot of these small mom and pop shops are having to watch a lot of the larger businesses be told they are allowed to stay open, and they themselves are told they can't, so a lot of the

decisions being made are arbitrary and even though those numbers when you look at these packages that are being debated and hopefully there's a relief package coming today, i mean, in moments, but if you look at the numbers you're right , will. they do sound really big, but for now, think about how many months its been for these businesses. i mean, you think about my family has owned businesses where if you shutdown for a day or two that's a cut. you've got to cut back on something else you're talking about months and months of this so it's absolutely needed and republicans and democrats are getting it done. another topic we're talking about a lot with respect to joe biden is what exactly a biden administration will look like, and part of that is joe biden's cabinet and the individuals he's considering and the individuals that have been chosen already. well the new york post editorial board weighed in on that. check out this headline. joe biden's beyond puzzling cabinet picks and here is a quote from that editorial. is joe biden using a dart board to fill out his cabinet? some of his choices strike us as awful ideology wise but many

make no sense at all, pete buttigieg for transportation his main experience is as mayor of south bend, indiana whose transit system consists of 66 buses and why california attorney general xavier beccera for health and human services, he's filed more than 100 lawsuits against the trump adminitration over the affordable care act and of course whatever john kerry is supposed to do on climate change one thing you can be sure is he will screw it up while claiming victory so pete a lot of people waving in not making a lot of sense to a lot of people but we'll wait and see who those choices are and i don't know, i think pete buttigieg is okay but the rest don't sound so good so far. pete: we'll have to disagree pete buttigieg is qualified precisely how to be the secretary of transportation, other than grooming him, groom ing is not an upside for being a cabinet secretary. it should be do you have knowledge in that area and expertise you can bring to bear to improve that. he has none of that. he underlit bridges in south

bend, fine. but it's a series of handouts and box-checking of identity politics. is this person the first person in this category to be in this department, which again, we knew that would come from a joe biden who said it has to be a black female that is my vice president, rather than i want the best person to complement me whether that's a white male or a black female or anything inbetween, identity politics gets in the way and you don't always get the best people as a result. will: i understand what the new york post is saying when they say it seems like he's throwing names or darts at a dart board. i would say you got a couple different categories here and you point out a couple of them. identity politics, certainly his cabinet picks are servicing that concept. ideologically extreme i'm talking about those who are very very convicted and committed to climate change policies that they would implement when the situation offers itself up. same thing with gun control. there's a lot of cabinet picks who have all been pro-gun control and pete this is also

political payback. pete buttigieg had joe biden's back and now in turn he gets a transportation secretary job. now, turning to it's a christmas gift. christmas grift was the right way to say it. turning to a few additional headlines a follow en north carolina police officer will be laid to rest this week. the funeral for officer jason sh uping is set for tuesday , the 25-year-old was shot and killed responding to an attempted carjacking and growing memorial stands outside the concord police station where he worked for less than two years. he leaves behind a wife. >> turning now to a fox news alert. several european countries are banning flights from the uk over fears of a new coronavirus strain. the netherlands, belgium, and austria, banning flights out of a bud answer of caution. the new strain is said to be 70% more transmissible. and tiger woods outshined his

son at a father-son golf tournament. >> great shot! [applause] will: that's charlie woodlanding just feet from the hole after hitting a 175-yard shot around trees. he sinks it for his first-ever eagle and the two were tied for sixth place at the pnc championship with the second and final round today he swings just like his dad. pete: spitting image. will: see videos of their swing is almost identical those are your morning headlines. pete: that's cool. jedediah: i play a mean mini golf guys that's my contribution for the discussion on golf but i'm good. will: good at mini golf? jedediah: yeah i'm good at it yes and we should have a competition everything requires a competition on this show, so i'm game. i know you guys are game as well straight ahead a landmark win for nevada churches as the circuit court strikes down a cap on religious

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this ruling? >> you know, we're excited. we're just extremely pleased to be able to come together to worship in person because of just how vital and essential it is to families of faith and to the entire community. jedediah: you know, kristin, it's really bizarre what was going on in nevada. when you think about it, that churches weren't allowed to gather but people could go to the kanye west ven/o. i mean, i don't really understand what a lot of their arbitrary measures. >> you're right. the right to practice our faith is written into the constitution and the right to go to an indoor circus or to play blackjack is not, and the governor of nevada was essentially picking and choosing the activities he preferred and shutting down essential activities like worship. jedediah: you know, pastor we've been talking a lot today and we've talked about this before, about how businesses, and in this respect, a church is very similar, have been going to really extensive measures to protect individuals coming in.

you yourself were doing a lot of safety protocol were you not? >> and we still do. we're still going to continue to provide all of the recommended safety social distancing, wearing a mask, the things that would happen anywhere else in order to be able to keep people safe. our goal is for people to be able to come together and to be able to worship in a way not only safe but also encourages and brings back hope into the lives of so many right now who are struggling. jedediah: and kristin just a final word on the legal message here, that it could send out because we've seen a lot of rulings that are bizarre and leave us scratching our heads but what is the message this ruling can send to other states that may be experiencing similar challenges? >> the first amendment is not suspended even during a pandemic , and governors don't get to pick and choose favorites , religious freedom is essential, it's written into the constitution, and churches are serving a vital need in our communities. we believe the courts are going to stand and to protect that. it's not only constitutional but it's harmful to shutdown

churches who are serving so many in need at this time. jedediah: i want to thank you both for being here pastor in particular, congratulate you on this ruling and your ability to get back to doing your job and great on you, good on you, for taking the safety protocol seriously i think that's greatly appreciated as well so thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you, merry christmas. jedediah: merry christmas to you straight ahead, countdown to lift off today marking one year, wow one year since the launch of the space force, now the newest military branch is celebrating leaders of the force on the historic anniversary, that's next. >> ♪ ♪ my nunormal: fewer asthma attacks. less oral steroids. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection

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pete: the newest branch of our nation's military celebrating its first anniversary today as the vice president honored space force with a special announcement on friday. >> it is my honor to announce that henceforth, the men and women of the united states space force will be known as guardians , soldier,, sailors, airmen, marines, and guardians. >> [applause] >> will be defending our nation for generations to come. pete: sounds good joining me now from the u.s. space force chief of space operations, general john jay raymond and senior enlisted advise or chief master sargent roger to wberman.

general let me start with you congratulations on the first birthday of the space force and your guardians. talk to me about what the first year has been like. >> its been a great first year and thank you very much for the opportunity to -- pete: of course. >> join you this morning. we're really excited about our name, guardian links to our history. when we were in the air force we were always known as the guardians of the high frontier and it links to our mission, we guard the ultimate high ground and the first year has been incredible. we built the entire force and reorganized the entire force with 6,400 airmen selected to transfer over to the space force and written our first doctrine, published our first budget but most importantly we continue to operate the capabilities that our nation has come to rely on each and every day. in fact the average american needs that multiple times before they have their first cup of coffee and we've done that under a global pandemic. pete: that's very true. chief master sargent we all know you ended up doing a lot of the heavy lifting. what would have been your priorities as you build this new force? >> well you know the priorities

have been really transferring in we've got a couple thousand no that have transferred over, and as you know, just about eight weeks ago on this network, we went up to baltimore and welcom ed in our first seven enlisted recruits and so they just graduated basic training on december 10 and we're proud of them and kind of a revamped technical training they've already started and they are on their way as members of the space force. pete: general what's the vision of the future here? are we looking at a service academy, can people enlist now to be in this space force? talk about the new branch as it grows. >> yeah, absolutely. so, today we rely very heavily on the air force academy to bring officers into the space force. two years ago we had 13 cadets that came into space. last year the first year, we had 86 directly commissioned into the space force and this year, we're going to have 100. it's very very competitive to

get in. there's lots of excitement and have way more people wanting to come in, so we're being very selective. on the enlisted side people can go today, straight to their recruiters and say they want to be part of the space force, follow those seven that we just graduated this past week. the other thing that was really cool this week, i don't know if you saw but we were able to transfer our first astronaut into the space force, colonel mike hopkins is the commander of the crew up on the international space station, we did a virtual swearing in ceremony friday, and he is now a member of the space force and our first member that's in space. pete: master sargent when you look at the mission of space force right now today if you were to lay it out is it protecting infrastructure in space? is it out-competing our adversary? what's the main focus? >> it's all of the above. we're committed to ensuring freedom of access and freedom of maneuver in space so that's important. not just to the nation but to

the globe, so we'll keep focusing on that. it's important to remember we've got a lead and we're going to keep that lead. we are the best in place and with our coalition partners and the great men and women of the space force, we'll stay right there in front. pete: here we go, general. i'm a major in the army national guard. what are the chances of a transfer of the space for into an 04 slot? do you need any infantrymen? >> absolutely i'll call you, we'd love to have you. pete: i don't know what skills i'd bring but i'm proud you're building this course, congratulations on one very successful year, general raymond , chief master sargent towberman. thank you both. >> thank you. pete: a fox news alert we're waiting for the first moderna vaccine shipments to head out this morning, we're also waiting for lawmakers on capitol hill to officially vote, could be waiting a long time, on a covid-19 relief deal so what can we expect? maria bartiromo here with a preview. >> ♪ ♪

jedediah: we are back with a fox news alert. millions of doses of moderna covid-19 vaccine will soon be shipped. this is a live look from the mississippi distribution center. it's the second vaccine joining the country's arsenal in

fighting the coronavirus. the vaccine's are set to arrive tomorrow at hospitals and nursing homes nationwide. pete: shipping out and an example of the fact that 2020 , its been a unique year, but we've also had some fun moments here on fox & friends weekend, like, welcoming our first will to the team. will: so let's take a look back at the year of 2020. pete: it is here! 2020. a new decade. it's going to be a huge year. >> i'm going to make the first touchdown of the super bowl right now. >> okay. >> [applause] >> childhood hero, this man. >> i just asked if you were nervous to play with him and you said? pete: of course if i dropped a pass from brett favre? >> howed he do? >> he did very well.

>> great day and getting all of the expert analysis. so we're talking this whole time and you're taking a hand off the steering wheel. you're talking like this is super normal. we're only going 100 miles an hour. you can do better than that i think. >> my fellow race fans. >> how neat to say that our president is coming. >> ♪ ♪ jedediah: good music for my return. hey, everyone. i'm so excited. did you miss me? pete: missed you very much. >> i think america missed you. >> this is my little nugget as you may notice he's grown quite a bit. >> ♪ ♪ pete: welcome into saturday morning, jed's ready to go. >> and now, will the thrill! pete: is a new era of fox & friends weekend, look whose here , former host of the will cain show, he is now our new co- host.

jedediah: we're so excited to have you here. will: i'm excited to be here. >> will is in fact my older brother. pete: [laughter] will: a movie where one of your newest anchors has to go through an initiation routine which involves repelling down a 22 story building. oh, no that's real life and that's what happened to me yesterday. jedediah: you've been fully initiated into the fox & friends family. >> a fox news alert today more than 400 coronavirus cases now confirmed in 25 states. president trump: i am officially declaring a national emergency. will: the u.s. surpasses 100,000 cases. pete: difficult and different circumstances. >> we are social distancing. jedediah: it's a very challeng ing time that calls for a little bit different measures. schools in some of the biggest u.s. cities shutting down amid the coronavirus. will: parents are holding rall ies saying their kids are ready to get back in the classroom. president trump: we don't want the schools shutdown. we want the schools to open. jedediah: school is looking a little bit different this year. >> are most of the students coming back? >> 100% of our students are

coming back. jedediah: that's a pretty impressive number. how are the students feeling? were the teachers nervous? were people worried? they were so excited and so confident in the administration to keep them safe, that was my big takeaway. >> [chanting] judge sullivan violence and outrage spreading to major cities across the country. griff: after the tragic unacceptable death of george floyd. >> [shots fired] >> [sirens] will: i sat down with an nypd officer to hear his experience from the frontlines, firsthand. >> i became a police officer many years ago i never thought that i would have to put this uniform on and be looked at as the enemy and to be hated. will: that morale within the department, how widespread? >> it's not just nypd.

it's across the united states. it's sad that that's where we're at right now. president trump: it is my honor to nominate judge amy coney barrett. >> the pick is in and the third pick of your presidency. president trump: they say it's the most important thing a president can do. i don't know if that's true. i mean, i would say military. you might agree with me. pete: i'm going to join the gi go fund and a bunch of navy seals, 60 and we'll try to swim across the hudson river. how inspiring it is to be swimming with guys in this river >> absolutely, it blows me away every time being out here with the statue of liberty with the fellow veteran seals, army, marines it's incredible. >> [applause] >> it is fitting that this ends right here at the south tower of the 9/11 memorial. remembering the names of those we lost that day. >> to be here in the shadow of the freedom tower as dramatic a shot as you can 19 years ago almost at this moment.

>> think about the selflessness and the sacrifice that they showed day and the selflessness of first responders. pete: we got plenty of serious news to talk about, but we are also a morning show. >> a little more whitesnake right? >> right. >> "because here i go again ♪ jedediah: now that's the kind of music i like to wake up to. pete: hold on. rick: there you go. pete: i can't get the coffee machine to work. it just gives me milk. so here i am drinking warm milk what am i 80 or a cat? redbull and some unidentified green juice. rick: [laughter] will: i understand pete comes to the set every day with a little announcement of what day it is. pete: it's national coloring book day. it's national encouragement day. national chocolate cupcake day. national pepperoni pizza day. will: so our buddy pete hegseth has ordered pizza from 7-eleven. pete: and he has pizza.

i am so impressed. you've done what no other cooking segment has managed to do. you've actually delivered your food to us here on set. i made a steak for will cain. i am the grill champ. we don't get a chance to do this jedediah: we get crazy here there's bull riding. >> go outside and throw the football. pete: that be classic fox & friends. we will get there. jedediah: thank you so much for sharing your sunday morning with us. we had a blast. we hope you did too. will: we sure had fun. are you dancing? pete: it's a good song. will: have a good sunday. will: what a year. pete: it's always fun today for the record is national sangr ia day. will: is it? pete: it is. jedediah: yes! pete: it's a good one. jedediah: but you know guys, when you wash that, the year has been so intense. i mean, i feel like the sadness has been intense, the anxiety, the laughter everything has been on a scale of 1-10 we've been at a 10 all year. maybe next year we can balance

it out with fours or fives of just like chill time. [laughter] will: the sangria will help that. rick, today is our friday as we normally call sunday. so almost quitting time here so that means i'm going to be able to take part in national sangria day, rick. rick: yes nicely done. i've done that repel thing like eight years in a row and i was like 2020 no way. you were a brave man, will, to get on a repel down a building in 2020. will: i don't understand why 2020 put any complicating factor s in it when you're 22 stories up you're not worried about covid. the things a risk to your health at that moment, this is just one of the years of what can go wrong will go wrong. so if you're going to bypass the rope breaks, i see it. jedediah: [laughter] rick: i'm not talking covid as your issue just talking everything that has gone wrong this year. everything. will: as brian and i, hey, can you make sure your masaccio is

mask is up. pete: it was also fun to see the multiple hair dos of rick reichmuth throughout the year. lacking in haircuts and things like that. rick: yeah, self-hair cuts, for months. i still haven't got it all figured out. i'm trying to go less frequently jedediah: rick, your dog even made a cameo, which i think we should do more often. i think we should have animal cameos all the time but that was a moment that everyone in the audience was like awww! rick:, i mean, i'm surprised they've been quiet this morning and you haven't seen another one what about cat cameo, pete? isn't there a cat you've got? pete: i think that i've got a photo we'll use later on in the show as well. i was also embarrassingly orange ly tan at a few occasions. will: [laughter] rick: i didn't know you were a self-hair cut man, he's the self -tanner, man. pete: wow. will: i'm kidding. i was a flowbie guy for a while. do you know what that is.

pete: of course i do. i don't know anyone that actually used it. will: well this was years back, convenient, like the weather, rick. rick: my barber for 60 some years just retired so i think that i can give myself a hair cut because my dad was a barber it must be a genetic skill. will: also you're trained in weather which we need to get to now. rick: let's do it guys. all right you want christmas day weather this is what things look like on christmas day. i tell you what we got a really good week for travel if going home to moms or grandmas or wherever, things are good today , tomorrow, tuesday, wednesday. thursday a bit of a problem pops up across parts of the east coast, and it's going to be really warm with that, which is great news, because its been so cold, but we're going to get a big warmup here and also warm and rain and we'll look at the chance of some flooding because of rapid snow melt across parts of the northeast. that's kind of a thursday christmas eve into christmas day , christmas day may be behind it things cooling down with more fresh snow back across parts of

the northeast. today we've got one storm that we're watching and this is kind of our last storm over the next few days down across parts of the southeast bringing just a little bit of a soaker this morning. not going to cause major problems but a gloomy day we clear out pretty quickly behind it though cloud cover will go away and see sunshine and then mid-atlantic rain again same story for you later on today we get a bit of a clearing in the northeast another little shot of very quick snow, so nothings going to cause any major problems. temperature wise we're also looking really good pretty much everywhere in the country obviously it's cool, we're almost at winter a couple days away, 20 degrees in minneapolis, we're fine until wednesday when the bottom drops out across parts of the far northern plains we'll see temperatures dropping below zero overnight lows so cold air coming, guys? back to you. pete: thank you, rick hears to 2021 with you. appreciate it. rick: yes. likewise. pete: we still got 10 more days a lot can happen a fox news alert we're waiting for the first moderna vaccine shipments to head out this morning and we're also

waiting for lawmakers on capitol hill to officially vote on a covid-19 relief deal. what can we expect? let's ask maria bartiromo, when we return. ♪ may your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight. visit your local mercedes-benz dealer today for exceptional lease and financing offers at the mercedes-benz winter event.

pete: we're back with a live look, tomorrow, joe biden and his wife are expected to get the first shot of the covid-19 vaccine. i think that's it right there and on wednesday indoor dining in washington d.c. will official ly be shutdown the new restrictions will stay in place until january 15, and friday, is christmas santa and his reindeer will deliver toys to children across the world in record speed to celebrate the birth of our lord and saviour, jesus christ. that's right. remember the reason for the season. will: that's right. now, let's take a live look at capitol hill where congress is nearing a deal for covid-19 relief. jedediah: but before they take the house floor to vote on the

potential bill, how minority leader kevin mccarthy and congressman devin nunes will join maria bartiromo today on "sunday morning futures." pete: here with what we can expect to see in the relief bill is the host of "sunday morning futures" and our friend, maria bartiromo. maria good morning, thank you so much for being here as always. what are you looking for? you've got a keen eye for the economic impact of these things and what d.c. should be doing. maria: yeah, thank you so much, guys, good morning to you. great to see you all on this kickoff to the holiday week look i've got a couple of details here we're going to talk with kevin mccarthy he's breaking news right at the top of the show, to tell us specifically what's in this package, but one thing that they've been talking about that people have not been talking about out there in the public is money for the restaurant industry. we have seen so much over and over again during this pandemic, restaurants are getting killed. they are being forced to shutdown, they live on cash flow , they really need some aid. one of the things they're talking about in this relief bill is you go to a restaurant and you will be able to

write-off the meal, and that will encourage you to go to restaurants and spend money, so that's what they are talking about in terms of helping restaurantses they are also talking about helping the airlines there's aid in this package for airlines and transportation. you've talked about the elements in this package $300 for unemployment $600 kids and adults, big piece of aid for small business, that's the ppp paycheck protection program. so we're going to get details on this this morning. it looks to me like there's optimism that congress will vote on it today, and then the president signs it into law tomorrow. so this will certainly be a big market-mover tomorrow as well, so you should expect this to really be the driver once markets open tomorrow. we're also talking with devin nunes about that russia hack and of course, who else is compromised in congress, by china. we'll get into the eric swalwell story with peter schweier he wrote an entire book on how china is trying to compromise members of congress, they go all the way down to the mayor level,

really blackmail and bribery there, so we'll talk about china and we also have a very special interview with herschel walker known as georgia's son and he's with his son, christian walker. i don't know if you've seen christian walker on tv. it is a must to see , herschel and christian together, they talk about this election, upcoming election , securing the vote and of course the big race coming up in georgia. what is the gop doing to protect the vote, or are we going to hear stories of oh, the ballot was separated from the element, from the envelope after the georgia senate race. we'll see , we're going to walk up to that race as well this morning. so we got a lot of breaking news coming up, devin nunes is also going to zero in on china as well as russia i mentioned he's also awaiting john durham development so we'll break news on that as well. will: you've got a big show maria we'll be watching thank you so much. pete: thanks again. will: week 15 of the nfl is here and there is a huge slate of

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will: the nfl is making rare in- season rule changes amid the pandemic allowing teams to activate a player within 30 minutes before kickoff to replace another player who tested positive for covid-19. here with an update fox nfl kickoff host, charissa thompson. so, charissa, i think this is

connected to the sad des bryant story from a few weeks ago where he was about to embark on his comeback, a big game with the ravens and he tested positive. by the way i think that was followed up by negative tests but he never got to hit the field and the ravens were down a player? >> exactly in fact it's the second time in five years the nfl has changed a rule, because of des bryant this for much different reasons but is it a catch, is it not a catch but yes, will as you mentioned this week we learned that the nfl is adjusting its game day rules. the league is implementing a new rule to account for any covid-19 designations close to kickoff so what that actually means is if a team loses a player like des, to covid-19 after their inactive list has been turned in the team will be allowed to elevator activate a new player up to 30 minutes before kickoff. the ravens didn't have that luxury with the situation so the nfl is trying to rectify that with the new rule. will: the cowboys didn't have the luxury of a rule change that was quite obviously a catch to

answer a question, if it was that's a year's long debate i won't let go of. >> how much time do we have, will. will: we have a long segment but we'll let it go for now because we have to talk about what's coming up today. it's week 15 with a bunch of big games let's start with seahawks and washington football team. >> let's do it. okay, so the washington football team, the winner of four straight and all in part to their defense. my goodness, in fact their offense didn't even score a touchdown last week, but their defense got them a win over the 49ers and now they welcome in the seattle seahawks who are coming east, you know, seattle does pretty well in the eastern time zone and they do pretty well because they have russel wilson as a quarterback but how about their defense? it was sort of their, you know, a chill sees heel up until week 11 and now since week 11, they've had one of the top defenses in the league, so coming on strong, at the right time, and believe it or not, you know, washington in this nf c east which has been a down-divisional year long is

still playing for that number one seed, so, both seems have a lot to gain today, seattle will clench a playoff berth with a win over the washington football team and then, go ahead, will. will: i was going to ask you about the eagles and cardinals and the reason i'm fascinated or anybody is fascinated right now , well with the cardinals it be kyler murray but with the eagles it's jaylen hertz and carson win is $100 million quarterback a can't-miss in everybody's analysis quarterback now to the bench for the eagles. >> yes, will and you know, look , carson can still play football. he didn't just wake up one day and he doesn't know how to play the position but sometimes a little change does a team good and in this kay, jaylenore hertz coming in last week in incredible performance against the saints and a big deal is he kept being under pressure, under duress and sack ed multiple times a game but jaylenore hertz not sacked once last week very illusive able to

get out of the pocket and move around very similar, to the other quarterback on the field and that game, kyler murray and two former oklahoma quarterbacks squaring off today it'll be exciting, it'll be fun. this is definitely a game to look forward to. will: there's still $100,000 of terry bradshaws money out there what do we need to do to win it? >> as you know every week, will , for those that don't, fox bet super six giving away over $3 million still time left for your chance as you mentioned for $100,000 just in time for the holidays download the free fox six super six app you pick the outcomes of six games for a shot at tb's money and he's ready to give it away, he's santa claus this time of the year. will: i'll bet he is have fun today. take care. more fox & friends just moments away. >> ♪ ♪

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