be taken until tomorrow. put in place for the ball drop. this year's event is virtual. todd: they should take the 2020 one, auction it off to charity and everybody destroy the lights. get rid of this year. jillian: we have got to go and get rid of the show now. "fox & friends" starts right now. bye. ♪ brian: let's get started with a fox news alert. congress passes a covid relief packages after months of stale stalemate. millions of struggling americans await direct checks that could come as soon as next week, katie. katie: griff jenkins is live in washington with more on the 5,000 page bill. griff? griff: good morning, katie. yeah, better late than never, right? six months of inaction they did get it done. $900 billion covid package. 1.4 trillion-dollar government funding plan. take a look what's inside these 559 pages. $600 per person direct payment.

total of 2400 for a family of four. there is an extra hundred dollars a week in unemployment benefits it. revives the paycheck protection program with a cash infusion and it extends the eviction moratorium and also provides funding for vaccine distribution. now, it does not provide liability shield for businesses. it does not provide money for state and local governments and it does not provide direct aid to the restaurant industry which has been so hard-hit already. many lawmakers are complaining the bill doesn't go far enough. but, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says it hits the mark but he blames speaker pelosi for holding it up for so long. >> well, so it's noteworthy that at the end they finally gave us what we could have agreed to back in july. i think what held it up was they did not want to do anything before the presidential election. i think they felt that that would disadvantage the

president. griff: it's a far cry from where speaker pelosi began negotiating this summer a nearly $2 trillion. as she notes in her weekly press conference, a few weeks ago, some things have changed. >> what was then before was not more of this. this is -- has simplicity. it's what we have had in our bills. it's for a shorter period of time. but that's okay now because we have a new president. will. griff: the house passed i passet senate passed it. all nays were republican. it goes to the president's desk for a signature. here is the best part, guys, treasury secretary steven mnuchin said the $600 checks could go out as soon as next week. katie, pete, brian? pete: all right, griff. thank you very much. appreciate it. and good morning, brian. sorry to step on you abdicatey. great to have you this morning as well. katie: good morning, pete. pete: good morning.

nancy pelosi says this bill has simplicity. this bill which is by two times. it blew me away this morning when i read it. it this is a 55 93 page bill, which is twice the size of the previous record are, which was in 1986 reagan's tax reform bill was 2847 pages. they have six hours to read nearly 6,000 pages and vote on it and nancy pelosi has the gull to say that, brian, this is simplicity. brian: oh, okay. i will take it from here, pete. my bad. i wanted to compensate for cutting you off to start the show. pete: okay. brian: it's simplicity because she doesn't have to count up to 1.8 trillion. doesn't have to count up to 2.4 trillion. tried to pass even higher than that over in july. the ensign sater of it all is paid back in the election results that we saw. sto the surprise of just about

everyone, her terrible year resulted in about a 9 seat advantage in the house slimmest majority really since world war i and talked about the year the speaker is having. everyone would like to crownel her as the queen but, man, she has been totally ineffective. >> the track record is very clear a lot of what is in this bill is what republicans had put forward going back to july. and nancy pelosi did make a political calculation that it would serve her party's interest to delay the passage of this bill past the presidential election. if the country ends up in recession in a couple weeks or months or whatnot, there is a lot that will not look good about how nancy pelosi handled this. in general, this had been a bad year for nancy pelosi. brian: if you look what's in the bill, keep in mind, too. there is bad guys and good guys and guys that are left out. i'm glad renters are getting some help. i'm glad that people are going

to get some direct payments that make under $75,000 a year. that's fine. keep in mind landlords aren't bad people. they take out loans to buy buildings to rent to other people. it's called free market capitalism. they are now told they are not getting rent because the people have no money. restaurants have been shut down in many cases. gyms have been brought to their knees. so, okay. relief maybe from renters of people paying their bills. but who is going to stop the banks from foreclosing on them, katie. and not everybody was on board with this $900 billion bill. will many. katie: that's a great question. commercial real estate may have a big problem when it comes to people not paying their rent because people are not using office space. there is a lot of junk in this bill in addition to some covid relief. congress never loses an opportunity to use a crisis to push through a bunch of spending that we cannot afford. senator rand paul was on the senate floor yesterday talking

about this very issue. >> if free money were the answer, if money really grew on trees, why not give more free money. why not give it out all the time? why stop at $600 a person? why not a thousand dollars? why not $2,000? maybe these new free money republicans should join the everybody gets a guaranteed income caucus. why not 20,000 a year for everybody? why not 30,000? if we can print up money with impunity? why not do it? when you vote to pass out free money, you lose your soul and you abandon forever any semblance of moral or fiscal integrity. katie: yeah, pete. we all know that that money is not free. one of the other point that senator rand paul made yesterday which was very important was pointing out that congress is just enabling bad behavior from democrats who continue to push

through serious, you know, and overwhelm tyrannical lock down measures which don't allow anybody to make a living. of hundred dollars a week, great. but people really want to go back to work. pete: that's the best bill you could give is allowing people to make their own best common sense decisions. rand paul, one counter to it here is the government told everybody to shut down. government tells everyone to shut down because of the virus the that china gave us. there is a responsibility for the government temporarily and in narrowed fashion to do this. of course what washington does is takes advantage of it to make a christmas tree of it and throw everything else on it. which is why you see $10 million for gender programs in pakistan and $24 million for the kennedy art center. this is precisely what they do. one of our guests pointed out yesterday. i have think it was the speaker. speaker gingrich when you have six hours to reach 6,000 page bill all the power is with the leadership on capito capital hi. members who want to be responsible.

there is no chance they can review the bill properly. so this is d.c. at its worst. and it's nancy pelosi taking advantage of it, katie, as you said instead of actually, you know, delivering covid relief which we should be doing right now. katie: brian, i think it's a slap in the face for people who are seeing the $600 checking account bump; however, when they see millions of dollars going to foreign countries for programs. you start to think that congress doesn't have their best interest in mind rather other people who don't live here in mind. brian: not everybody voted for it. six didn't. including senator rick scott and including senator rand paul. they did not vote for this. and we will see where it goes. i do know this, somebody has got to fund the horse racing integrity and safety act. if it took this $900 billion program to do it and i have been talking about this in the break for years as you know, pete. finally we got that thing fully funded. when you talk about working your way out of this, i rf these editorials that take governor

ron desantis to task. because he is telling people these are the rules. these are the mandates. if you open up the restaurant i want to see the plexiglass and distancing and waiters wearing masks. go do it. if you do that stay open. having said that, there is obviously cases in florida. guess what? there is cases all across the country even though they are dipping in the midwest, thankfully. they're flooded and total lock down until the middle of december for california. they have no right to work. in california they have been told just lay down, don't say a word. you are out of business for your own good. and for one person in particular, angela martin, she is the owner of the pineapple hill saloon and grill. remember that famous walk that she took talking about how she shut down but her production was allowed to open up? she is suing the governor to be able to open up and here's a little of the lawsuit that is going to get governor newsom's attention when he's not worried about not getting a new chief of staff who just resigned or

worried about if he is going to be recalled. he said defendants say there is a imros abuse of their power have seized the coronavirus pandemic to expand their authority by unprecedented links depriving plaintiffs in all similarly situated small business owners in california of fundamental rights protected by the u.s. and california constitution. this is an interesting battle. known want to get sick. everyone understand the lethality in some cases of the virus, katie. but, these people. i looked at it. they have eyed it. they stared it down and after nine month, they want a fight. katie: brian, they have asked the government in california and new york and these places where they are being shut down to provide hard scientific data proving that their business is a source. brian: they can't. katie: a source of the spread. they can't do that. so they are only asking for the government to back up their decisions which impacts their lives, their children's lives. their family businesses that mane have been in the family for generations. they are only asking for some

evidence to proof that what they are doing with all the steps they have taken, spending thousands of dollars to make their restaurants safe that there is a real reason behind eliminating their ability to provide for themselves and their families. pete: it's so cynical, guys. remember when nancy pelosi said we feed people. she was challenged about -- there is a deal on the table what do you do? do you feed people? it's cynical because what they could do is allow people to feed themselves by allowing businesses to be open responsibly which all of them want to do and can do safely. as you point out, the data just isn't there. instead, from coast to coast, from new york city where "fox & friends" is to california, businesses remain shut counsel. here's a headline from the hollywood reporter in that spot out there in california. hollywood boulevard struggles ahead pandemic 75% is boarded up. and that is emblematic, brian, of across the country community that have faced these democrat-driven, nonscience driven at this point lockdowns arbitrary forcing people to

close. yet, would he are supposed to applaud nancy and her $600 in crumbs that will be arrive next week at some sort of a solution. it is exactly how democrats want top down relief to work and it doesn't work. brian: pete, you know i worry about more than anybody else, their intention is not to keep people safe. their intention is not to beat the pandemic. pete: exactly. brian: their intention is to gain legitimate control and force the remake of these states and the country little by little. i just don't understand the wisdom of governing a state and not letting people work through it, provide the freedoms to be able to survive and make their own decisions. i was out in lay three weeks ago through that jim gray special. i had to find around 40 minutes to find a place to have breakfast. it was in the parking lot and a sense going to get shut down any minute between two hotels. unbelievable what's happening there. and then they are going to be shut down through new year's eve, it looks like.

meanwhile talk a little bit more in just a second. follow jillian mele following breaking news after doing her two hour show. jillian: that's right. let's begin with this. manhunt continues for the suspect accused of shooting a pennsylvania he police officer. dramatic moment shows the moment he escapes. the author opens the door. frap sis shoots him three times with a gun, a hitting gun. athens returns fire as he runs away in handcuffs. 22-year-old was checked for weapons during his arrest for violating a protection from abuse order. athens is expected to be out of the hospital soon. president trump's daughter ivanka and vice president-elect kamala harris stumping in georgia ahead of the crucial senate runoff elections. >> i am cft that senators david perdue and kelly loeffler will keep the senate republican and win historic victory. >> everything is at stake. when it comes to the need to

elect reverend raphael warnock. to elect jon ossoff. >> voters will head to the polls on january 5th. meanwhile georgia secretary of state rod rafnsberger sends 8,000 letters for absentee ballots. penalties cloud up to $100,000 fine and 10 years behind bars. new york governor andrew governor is getting slammed on social media for this comment. >> santa is going to be very good to me. i can tell. i worked hard this year. ing. jillian: the criticism pouring in because of his controversial nursing home mandate in the early stages of the pandemic, which is blamed for more than of thousand deaths. and the football world mourning today after th the passing of nl hall of famer kevin green. over his 15 year career the linebacker racked up 160 sacks the most in nfl history. green was the offensive line

coach for the green bay packers. no cause of death is given. he is survived by his wife and two children. greene was 58. that's a look at your headlines. i will send it back to you. brian: kevin greene outstanding player for the rams. people thought he was a fantastic quotes. one of his coach pretty cool that talked about him. i wasn't the biggest or fasters as long as you have a motor a heart overcome all physical limitations third in all time in sacks. here is what stood out to kevin greene as he went into the hall of fame back in 2016. >> in closing, i think probably most importantly, i want to thank all those brave people that have served and continue to serve our country from the firefighters to the paramedics to the men and women in law enforcement. [cheers and applause] those on the line every day for all of us. [cheers and applause]

and to our combined armed forces, all the soldiers out of there and all the many skids and fly boys and. all those that stand tall for our beloved country anywhere across god's green earth. let me tell you this. [cheers and applause] let me tell you this. that my family and i rest easy at night underneath the canopy of freedom that you deploy. i am eternally grateful and i salute you. thank you. brian: wow. he is an overacheefer. he played with a viciousness and tenacity not often seen. remind you of almost dick butkus but more speed, guys. that got a standing ovation then. i'm not sure that speech gets a standing ovation now but it's worthy of one. pete: you are exactly right, brian. that's why it's so powerful. i got chills listening to it that last line let me say this

my family and i rest easy at night underneath the canopy of freedom that you deploy. that's perspective for a man who knew he played a game. he was a beast and ferocious, i remember watching him. you always accounted for where he was on the field. as a fan, as somebody who is watching you, it's always heartening to know that that person has that sense of perspective that it's just a game. there are men that strap on different uniforms and carry rifles that defend our ability to play that game. kevin greene had that perspective and said it very well. and it does, brian, as you mentioned, feels like a by gone era. it shouldn't be, doesn't have to be. a speech like that reminds us, katie. katie: yeah. definitely a good example of someone who understands what it really means to lay it on the line and being grateful for the sacrifices people give for this country. kevin greene was 58 years old. we'll be right back.

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pete: "the washington post" under fire accused of plusing a cartoon straight from anti-semitic nazi propaganda. depicting lawmakers as rats for siding with president trump to challenge election results. here to react if fox media contributor media opinion columnist for the hill joe concha. thanks for being here. it had the named names of members of congress states attorneys genin supportive of, i don't know, finding out whether the election results were legitimate. you do the side by side with prop gap da we have seen in the past, it looks very familiar. why do they think this is okay. >> it shouldn't be okay and marty bearn is the editor of "the washington post." he has been revered in this business going back to his days

at the boston globe. for him to allow this sort of propaganda as you said going back to nazi germany it was used to describe the jews back then is just unconscionable. and, look, i didn't see too many cartoon editorials around, say, when, for instance, the 2016 track nominee in hillary clinton called the president a multiple occasions publicly illegitimate when you had members, top members of the democratic party from the house intel committee in adam schiff and eric swalwell saying that the president is an agent of russia. those are also things that hurt democracy and, of course, we didn't see that sort of outrage here. so here you have the leading paper, pete, for the establishment in d.c. and "the washington post" printing this stuff. and, again, it shows you why gallup found that 84% of the american people feels that the american media bears the blame for divide in this country be tri because editorial cartoons like that are aimed to divide and nothing more. pete: yeah, they can see how the media actually feels about them

and it's revealed in moments like this. do they ever -- does the left because it is the left that controls this so-called establishment newspaper. is there ever a sense, hey, you know, we are taking this a bit far. let's reel it back or do they see supporter ares of the president as more or less subhuman? >> and, pete, to back up your assertion you say okay, the left controls "the washington post," you just got to look at the scoreboard. in its entire history it has never once endorsed republican presidential candidate. can you imagine that? go back all these years mondale over reagan, dukakis over bush. i can go down the line. that's where you see the final result. we saw last week the biden deputy chief of staff call republicans a bunch of you know what that we kind of can't say on the air. again, i bought up all those examples as far as the last four years in terms of not just so much president trump and not so much members of the administration but his

supporters being called the worst possible things you can and then you have a joe biden saying weave to turn the page and band together in unity. i don't think people are going to forget those comments over the last four years and then they see a media that is going to continue to write and plush stuff like this and say wait a minute, i don't think that this is really the goal here. it's the controlled thought and drive home an agenda. pete: you're so smart to point out the past. president trump has revealed unmavericked their outright leftism but it's been that way for years. by the way we reached out to the "the washington post." they declined to respond to fox news request for comment. i have got to get your comment on one more topic as well. it's been pointed out that nine members of biden's transition team used to work for big tech. silicon valley. and i think we have a scroll of those nine members. here is a statement. >> so they have been asked about the fact that hey, big tech is just moving in to -- with joe biden. here's what the biden camp said to rioters in response. they said each member of the

biden-harris transition and incoming administration will have values that align with the president and vice president-elect on a host of issues including the tech sync tore. don't we already know that silicon valley has values that align with democrats considering they do their work for them in censorship every single day? >> oh, pete. it's not just values. it's money, right? there is a report last week that showed that facebook and twitter executives all donated to the biden campaign and, boy, they also really did well outside money as well. you remember that hunter biden story in october that the media dismissed that if you each shared it or spoke about it you were a conspiracy thirst and you were pushing russian disinformation and then social media came in and delivered the final blow in terms of censoring and suppressing that hunter biden story from the "new york post." the country's oldest newspaper. fourth largest newspaper. turns out they were right in their reporting, weren't they? hey, they got their guy over the finish line, it appears. a means toen a end.

now sort of reporting it but not really. that's the marriage between traditional media and social media, pete. it is insidious. pete: it an unholy marriage for sure. joe, what's on the docket for you today? you get to tell us real quick. >> oh yes, of course. very easy. since it is tuesday. it's peloton tuesday that means my girl kendall who even a girl like you former navy see you will be begging for mercy when she gets through with you 90's rock today, pete. pete: i was just an army infantry man it will smoke me anyway. thank you very much. >> all right, man. will i raised your leg. pete: you did, i will take it. one of the hardest hit industries during the lockdowns and yet restaurants won't be getting targeted relief in the next stimulus deal. we speak with a chef outraged at washington. plus, democrats infighting erupts as so-called squad members squabble who should get

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plain brian you probably heard congress passing $900 billion relief bill after negotiations, feeblely got on track and they signed something. they agreed to something. supposed to be targeted direct

aid to restaurants supposed to be in the deal. it's not in the deal 110,000 restaurants closed permanently since mash while 2.1 million restaurant workers lost their jobs. our next guest owns six restaurants, two bars before this pandemic and have since had to close two of his restaurants and one of his bars. he is here now is restaurateur himself robert st. john. robert, what were you hoping was in the $900 billion deal and what is in it that will help you? >> well, i'm talking to you from hattiesburg, mississippi and our senator, senator roger wicker took the lead on this thing back in may and introduced the restaurants act congressman bliewrm hour in the house introduced the house version, it passed. the senate version had 53 people on on both sides of the aisle. when you got chuck schumer on one side and lindsey graham on the other side. dick durbin, john poorman, 53

senators signed on but we didn't get it in this new legislation. holding out little hope that when congress comes back this next congress in january the restaurants act will be a part of that. because what people don't understand 500,000 independent restaurants in the america. number two industry right behind healthcare. you have got is 1 million people who work in independent restaurants. also 5 million people in ancillary businesses like farmers, fishermen, people like that that are just, you know, desperate right now. it's rough out here. brian: and i agree with you 100 percent. robert, so this thing happens. it hits in the winter. they tell to you suck i through the spring. what did you do in order to reopen? give us an idea of the investment you put in to be responsible bar/restaurant owner

my first restaurant was in 1987 flagship restaurant. in march served last meal before the shut down not knowing it would be the last meal we ever served of the business model there wasn't going to work going forward as you said six restaurant and are bars. sittin -- everybody is in diffet states. i'm talking to you from our kind of breakfast community cafe. and, you know, it closed four month. and other restaurants were shut down for a few weeks. i have friends in colorado who did great when you had outdoor dining, right now it's snowing there. it's different all over the country. i think restaurateurs we aren't really used to asking for help and we are a little ill equipped to do it. we are in a brutal business. we have low margins. you know, we deal with a lot of

controversy already. but we aren't used to asking for help. and 2008 came and went and the financial crisis you didn't hear a word from us. i lived about an hour north of the gulf of mexico. there were six hurricanes that came through the area. this year when that happened we our britches and get back to work. this is. brian: this is unbelievable. robert, the numbers do not say that you guys are a super spreader. in their home. what is your message to lawmakers keep shutting you down and limiting your capacity? >> well, my message would be sign the restaurants act sign the independent restaurant group i'm a part of in march took the lead and worked with senator wicker in the senate. i saw the study you are talking about in new york from september to november. and like 74% of the spread came from households and gathering

event and 1.4% came from restaurants and bars. and so, you know, we're used to dealing with the health department. we're used to health issues when it came time to put on masks and put on gloves and have sanitizer, we deal with that kind of thing all the time. brian: it's unbelievable. i just think that if some of these politicians worked in the restaurant business, they understand what you guys do on a regular basis. because you have the free market. if you're not safe, if it is not clean, if it is not a place, you will go out of business. all you want is the opportunity to be successful and these politicians have robbed you of that. because they say they want to look out for you. and to me that is so insulting. >> yeah, brian, 20% of the jobs already lost in this pandemic of all jobs came straight out of the food and beverage business.

and it's estimated that 85% may close permanently. and we are talking about -- i'm not talking about franchise restaurants or big chains or anything like that. i'm talking about mom and pop restaurants, independent businesses, like the one -- i was 26 years old when i started this thing and worked 90 hours a week for the first four years in a hot kitchen and loved it. and i love this business. and i'm going to stay in this business. you have got people all over the country just like this that are just fighting to survive right now. brian: even if you are great at it is so intense it brings that family atmosphere because have you got to turn the tables over, seat the people and clean up and at the end of the night exhausted and go out and get a drink together after. that's why it's hard for an owner like you to teleworkers i can't pay you anymore, they closed me up. it's like family. more than almost any other business that i was able to work. in robert st. john, i can't thank you enough for joining us. and hopefully this restaurant

act we will keep talking about it and get it passed in 2021. >> all right. brian: thank you. robert. straight ahead, this morning health and human services secretary alex azar and dr. fauci will be the first to receive moderna's coronavirus vaccine, pete. patty pete it's an effort to boost the public's confidence to get vaccinated. katie: jackie ibañez joins us live as gives credit to the white house for will operation warp speed. >> good morning, secretary azar and fauci will join other trump administration workers officials and workers national institute of health. over 500,000 vaccines have been given with nearly 40,000 in new york alone. president-elect joe biden praising the trump administration for getting operation warp speed off the ground after getting his first dose of the pfizer vaccine. >> the administration deserves some credit, getting this off

the ground with operation warp speed. and i also think that it's worth saying that this is great hope. i'm doing this to demonstrate that people should be prepared when it's available to take the vaccine. >> but most americans will have to wait months before getting their vaccine as these cases continue to climb. nearly 320,000 americans have died from covid-19. with over 150,000 hospitalized with the virus. according to a "u.s.a. today" and suffolk university poll, the number of americans who say they will take the vaccine as soon as possible has now doubled with 46%. back to you guys. brian: all right. thanks, jackie, appreciate it. katie: thank you very much. all right congresswoman ilhan omar blasting her own squad calling it shameful for politicians to get priority when it comes to the vaccine. pete: not good when the squad is shooting each other. this when fellow congresswoman

ayanna pressley say priority should go to those behind bars. >> i'm going to continue to fight for our most vulnerable, communities who have been disproportion nativitily impacted by the virus for our healthcare workers, for our essential workers, for incarcerated men and women to be prioritized in the distribution of the vaccine. brian: fox news contributor david webb joins us right now. david, do you think they didn't synchronize their message? what's going on here? while the 30-year-old gets her shot, another squad member says you are too young to get it. >> look, brian, this is really just all of them playing to some base or some point or some ideology. they are hypocrites. they are not thinking of prioritization based on the virus and stopping the spread of vaccinating the people who need to interact with the population. you know. this a fireman, a policeman, hospital workers, front line,

they deal with people at a moment's call and notice, they are prioritized so these are basically squad squabbles that we should not pay attention. to say unfortunately, they do have a lot of influence with a lot of the american population. katie: squad squabbles i like that, david. speaking of squabbles, there is a lot of pork in this bill. we obviously want to help people who have been forced by the government not to go to work. $900 billion bill has things like $10 million for gender programs in pakistan. money for the committee to regulate performance on enhancing drugs in horse racing. money for the dolly lom dalai l. $26 million for the kennedy center. here we are with big government going all out on taxpayer money that we actually don't have. >> look, if this all plays out as it looks right now and go into next year with a biden and harris and pelosi-led congress,

take them at their word, this is just the beginning. we have a christmas tree project that is no gift to the american people. what a what do gender studies in pakistan have to do with that restaurateur who was just on whose businesses are dying or new yorkers who are told or new york restaurant owners who are told you can have outdoor dining in a snow storm but your patrons can't use the bathroom while the structures you put up collapse. >> this is the beginning and reason why americans need to stand up. we need to reopen this country safely. we open america so businesses can function. $300, $600 maxed out even at $2,400 a household is a pittance. it's your money and debt being added on to your future debt. here's the question americans should be asking their representatives. where does the replacement come from? where does the growth come from to replace the money that we're wasting instead of getting america reopened when the science supports waste to

responsibly open so many sectors, if not most of this country? delegate. pete: you print more of it and redistribute it. you mentioned new york city. over the weekend we covered something mayor bill de blasio said. he was talking about education, lowering standards in light of covid-19, and all these other things. he said something we thought was maybe a slip up. he talked about redistribution of wealth. well, when called out about using that marxist phraseology, well, he doubled down yesterday, actually referring to fox news as well. take a listen. >> so here's the quote from fox news summarizing they said nyc mayor seized the redistribution of wealth as an important factor toward ending structural racism in education. exactly right. i don't get to say it very often. but fox news got it exactly right. amen. we are going to fight structural racism through redistribution.

will. pete: so there you have it, david, amen he wants to redistribute your wealth your taxpayer dollars in the name of education, equity, is he -- he is exactly who we knew he was. >> yeah. pete, look, first of all, would somebody please tell me what structural racism is? is it structural? is it systemic? we have no codified law. we have no cultural support for racists in this country. but this is a sandinista socialist which is what warren wilhelm is he might change his name to bill de blasio but he went to nicaragua and brought back those ideas sandinistas new yorkers i will give you tough love here. you voted for your own destruction when you supported this socialist for mayor. your businesses are dying. police are under attack daily from this administration. i talk to the precinct level guys. i talk to the guys on the street. i talk to the men and women who actually worked to keep this

city alive. and at all levels they are really starting to see what's happening to this city. and you are paying the price. it you are paying the price while they tell you we will determine what the price is. brian: just amazing how he came up with the name bill de blasio. why would that be your second choice? by the way, jamaal bowman the newest member of the squad calls will capitalism slavery by another name. so, the mayor is in good company as we have another representative of new york in washington. appreciate it. will thank you, david webb. pete: thank you, david. >> thank you guys. brian: katie, do you have something to say to david? [laughter] katie: oh, thanks, david. brian: all right. bye guys. katie: good to see you, david. pete: are you going to reveal what your second name would be? brian: in the next hour. i'm thinking muhammed ali. we seal how that works. his second name ended up better

than cassius clay. jillian: you are relentless, brian. good morning, guys. let's begin with this. president trump isn't done trying to overturn the election results. white house chief of staff mark meadows tweeting, quote: several members of congress finished a meeting in the oval office with president trump preparing to fight back against mounting evidence of voter fraud. stay tuned. in the meantime dozens of email accounts at the u.s. treasury department have been hacked. officials believe it's the same work who infiltrated government networks and the software company solar wind. attorney general bill barr agrees with secretary of state mike pompeo that russia is likely behind the massive breach. so to the nfl the cincinnati bengals stunning the pittsburgh steelers on monday night football. watch. >> second and 2. ing he will keep it right up the middle. ryan findlay having himself a good old time.

jillian: yeah, i would say so how about it cincinnati winning 27-17 for their first victory against pittsburgh since 2015. the steelers by the way have lost three straight games after starting the season 11-0. ouch. send it back to you. ing. pete: watching the steelers when they were 11-0 it didn't feel like they were that good and it turns out somehow i was right. i'm not right on sports often but there you go. straight ahead as crime surges in chicago, the county's ag is seeking to wipe crimes ranging from heroin to cocaine possession. seriously? well, a live report coming up on that. and as states are track cracking down on indoor dining south dakota governor criminals city nome says her state is open for business. tomi loirn on the antilock down revolution coming up ♪ na na na na na ♪ hey this is my town ♪ i was born and raised

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want to wipe clean record of drug dealers. carley: kim foxx revealing bold new vision for drug enforcement. the top prosecutor wants to legal the record of those caught selling large amounts of marijuana and is open to expunging more serious offenses like heroin and cocaine possession as part of a progressive approach to handling addiction. in an exclusive interview with the "chicago sun times," foxx says drug dealing is the only economy some people have, adding if we recognize substance abuse disorder as a health condition, then we must modify our justice system to treat it as such. criminalizing health is not in the interest of public safety. foxx's office has already expunged about 2,200 low level pot convictions as having up to 30 grams of weed is now legal in the state. but she now supports lien yent treatment for those caught selling larger amounts of weed

as well. currently those convict wanted of dealing 30 to 500 grams of pot must petition the court to have their records expunged. foxx previously said expunging records for more serious drug offenses should be taken on a case-by-case basis. a spokeswoman for the states attorney says foxx does not have any immediate plans to clear records. pete? pete: thank you, carley. all right, katie, over to you. katie: all right. well, minnesota's attorney general suing restaurants and defying governor tim waltz's band. in neighboring south dakota however governor kristi noem welcomes them to her state come to south dakota we will many are your rights. we won't shut you down. our next guest is from the great state of south dakota fox nation host tomi lahren. good morning, tomi. here we are with this cob contrast between blue states and red states and blue state governors welcoming people who g shut down be where they live.

>> i'm so proud of my home state and proud of my governor of my home state. my will family used to live in south dakota. we ask south dakota and including the red state i'm in now tennessee. please come if you are tired of being treated like a common criminal or a deviant because you want to run a business or go to work, then please come to a great free red state. we just ask if you are a liberal, please leave your liberal policies and those failed liberal states. but if you want to come and enjoy freedom and you want to run a business and add to our economy in these great red states, come on, we will welcome you with open arms. katie: well, speaking of liberals, someone that you are familiar with, alec baldwin, fantasized about president trump being beaten by rodney king style if he refuses to concede the election. this is what he tweeted he said who arrests trump if he refuses to concede? who drags him out? pepper spray, cut, cutting off his oxygen? does he would he see i can't breathe just whale away on him like a piñata.

rodney king style. the thug who has destroyed the country. what does he deserve? tomi, this tweet is still up. according to twitter it hasn't violated their policies yet. >> isn't that interesting? this is another thing i like to call liberal privilege. meaning a liberal can really tweet, say or do anything that they want with very little to no consequences as you see over and over again. you know what katie do you know what i thought we spent four or five years dealing with these celebrities and their trump derangement syndrome you would think after they won the election that this would stop, but it's only just beginning so that makes me think maybe the liberals are the ones that don't think this thing is over because they seem to be pretty upset about everything going on and every investigation into voter fraud it seems to asp them up even more. and their disgusting comments continue and continue on. and though conservatives don't believe in cancel culture, i certainly don't, i do think that conservatives should see folks like alec baldwin and others that clearly have despicable and disgusting things to say about

our president and conservatives in general many times. maybe we should stop watching them and supporting them. because at this point, it's just plain despicable what they are saying and doing. they shouldn't get away with it. katie: there is certainly a double standard. that's for sure. tomi, thank you some for your time this morning. >> thank you. are will. katie: charles payne joins us at the top of the hour and alex azar senator lindsey graham, lara trump, herschel walker and many more. stick with us. ♪ ♪ wake me up before you go go ♪ because i'm not planning on going so low ♪ wake potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge your best with emergen-c.

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brian: we begin with a fox news alert. coming passing a $900 billion covid relief package overnight, pete. pete: yep. the measure heads to president trump's desk as millions of struggling americans who have been told to shut down await direct payments. katie: griff jenkins is live in washington as those checks could come as early as next week. griff? griff: yeah. that's the best news, katie, griff and brian good morning to you. signed it last month. we are told six months overdo you they did get it done hundred billion in code relief plus $1.4 trillion to fund the government. now, let's look inside these 5593 pages first $600 will direct payment and 2400 for a family of four.

$300 a week in unemployment benefits. revives the will will paycheck protection program with cash. extends eviction moratorium and provides funding for vaccine distribution. now, what's not in it? it does not provide a liability shield for businesses. it does not provide money for state and local governments. and it does not provide direct aid to the restaurant industry, which has been hit so very hard that guest you had the last hour illustrated that. a lot of guests complaining it doesn't go far enough. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says this hits the mark but he blames speaker pelosi for holding it up are are it's noteworthy in the end they could have gave us what we in july. what held it up they did not want to do anything before the presidential election. i think they felt that would disadvantage the president. griff: it is a far cry from where speaker pelosi began negotiating this summer.

it easily passed the house 359-53. in the senate it passed 92-6 with all nays being republican. one of them senator rand paul. >> if free money were the answer, if money really grew on trees. why not give more free money? why not give it out all the time? why stop at $600 a person? why not a thousand dollars? why not $2,000? maybe these new free money republicans should join the everybody gets a guaranteed income caucus. griff: the best news is that treasury secretary mnuchin says $600 checks could should go as early as next week. in the next week we will find out more what's in this 5500 pages. we are told it has an entire section on tibet including a statement on u.s. policy how to determine the country's next spiritual leader the dalai lama. pete, katie, brian? brian: i can't wait to read that

portion of the 9,000 pages. good to see you, griff. among the people who voted know, rick scott, rand paul, mike lee, marsha blackburn, ted cruz and ron johnson. when we put out a call business expert charles payne. the same charles payne who hosts making money at fox business at 2:00. charles? it's a lot of money, it's more that's in your savings account. i looked at your passbook before i came on air. going to make america a better place? is. >> it will provide a bridge so that america itself can become a better place. a large part of america becoming a better place is allowing the nation to be the nation. reopening this country thrill and letting us earn money that we prefer to do rather than, you know, waiting for any sort of government assistance. so, you know, i'm hoping that this will be the bridge, but, you know, the most important thing after, this obviously, the vaccine distribution, but, let americans work. let americans go out there and do what we did to become the number one country in the world, this tiny little small country

upstart if you will that was able to surpass every nation on the planet with our own style of pull yourself up by the boot straps, you know, capitalism, free enterprise, and just self-determination. the kind when tocqueville came to this country, of course he came here to study our prison system he laughed scratching his head. everybody think thinks they can be rich. yeah they do. everyone thinks they can make it. let's get back to that. pete: boy, you are right. it doesn't feel like we are getting back to that it stunned me this morning, charles, when you find out this is by two times the single largest piece of legislation ever passed in washington, d.c. they had six hours to read almost 6,000 pages. the next largest one was reagan's tax cut in 1986. now, speaking of tax cuts, nancy pelosi loves to give us soundbites that we then get to play later. this is a great example of that. remember, she is talking about how significant these $600

checks are. but, remember in 2018 when president trump delivered the tax cut? those were just crumbs. remember this? >> we also have in the legislation direct payments, which were not in the republican bill, to america's working families. i would like them to have been bigger but they are significant. and they will be going out soon. >> the -- in terms of the bonus that corporate america received vert success the crumbs that they are giving to workers to kind of put the schmooze on is so pathetic. it's so pathetic. >> i think it's insignificant. pete: insignificant. so letting people keep their money versus giving them $600 of tax money back insignificant. you can't make that up. charles: yeah, $1,000 is more than $600 any way you slice it. all right.

so, if 1,000 is insignificant what the hell is 600 bucks? even back then when she made that comment i thought it was strange because she had advocated higher welfare payments saying they had a multiplier effect. so that they weren't crumbs because that they would be spent over and over again. essentially suggesting anyone who was on welfare for every dollar they got would somehow spend 1.50. you know, listen, nancy pelosi blew it. she is by far the biggest political loser in all of this without a doubt. president trump laid out $1.8 trillion. he laid it out -- this could have been done in september. $1.8 trillion. i was really shocked because, you know, we were having reports president trump wanted to go as high as 2,000 per household. i know a lot of -- several republicans have expressed dismay or frustration at this. i consider this a once in a generation emergency. i mean, we have never faced anything like this. well, i hope it is. but i also hope we can live for

the next one. you know, and it's a lot easier for folks who are getting a check to look down on those who aren't. and unfortunately there are 20 million americans, most of them who had a job, love to work, will work, want to work, that can't work. and i don't want to -- i don't think we should be punishing those folks. katie: speaking of politicians that have completely money it this year and things that are hard to believe. take a listen to andrew cuomo's pat on his own back. >> there's going to be a time when people turn around and say why did 57 people i do and why did we have more people die than anywhere else? you don't want to have to answer that question. and the answer can't be because we play politics. so, healthy holiday and i'm going to have a great one. santa is going to be very good to me, i can tell. i worked hard this year.

katie: charles, isn't that just nauseating to listen to him say that over and over? >> it really is. katie: what a great job he did. charles: the ego maniac that governor cuomo has either become or finally displaying is so will sickening. yeah, he worked hard. well new york state, a lot of other folks didn't work hard. they got one of the highest unemployment rate at 10%. new york state number two and covid-19 related bankruptcies number two in death rate. not number of deaths, death rates from covid-19, 185 out of every 100,000. where on this list does he have -- is he allowed to pat himself on his back? where is he allowed to suggest that somehow he is done a superlative job. he doesn't get anything from santa. he should get a bunch of coal and some hue middle. brian: right. from here on in. santa, we presented our case. governor cuomo gave his case,

santa. it's your call so you take it from there. we will change gears now and talk about one of the newest congress people, congressman elect to enter into congress. is he jamaal bowman. he is going to be a member of the squad, the newest member. and we know exactly what he thinks. he told the room i believe our current system of capitalism is slavery by another name. we have moved from physical chattel enslavement and physical racial segregation to a plantation economic system. one that keeps the majority of americans unemployed or under employed and struggling just to survive while the power elite continue to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few and allow large corporations to pretty much run the world as multinational corporations. he is not loving free market capitalism. he doesn't call 1-800-adam smith to find out how he is going to approach the workplace. how do you feel about that charles? >> bowman is part of that whole squad apparatus. and these are really socialists. these are folks who bought into this progressive you taupe oi

can't that was first original nateed in the late 1800s as an idea of you who mankind should live. brian: how does it work? >> well, it hasn't worked. and the idea is shared misery. and where all the wealth will be concentrated in government and they make the decisions on everything because somehow they would be wiser and more elite than the rest of us. but, you know, i want to say one thing about bowman and the squad. they often use the miseries or the history, for instance, of black people and they talk about black and brown people around the world. a lot of the things they propose actually doesn't did -- hurts black and brown people. the student loan debacle that they are trying to push. that would overwhelmingly help white folks with master's degrees who eventually earn millions of dollars more over their lifetime than anyone else. getting rid of oil? let me tell what you oil does. black and brown, it's 83 billion for iraq. 133 billion for saudi arabia. it's $41 billion for nigeria. it's $32 billion for angola.

in fact, the congo, the democratic republic of congo is 50% of their revenue. they are talking about he disseminating millions of black and brown people for the socialist utopian idea that they bought into in college and they hide behind things like ugly police brutality or the notion that corporations control everything. and then stupid comments like the majority of americans are not working. entering this year, black poverty was at an all-time low. at an all-time low. the gap between black and white unemployment rates was at the narrowest it had ever been. capitalism is working. there will tweets to it. i'm not someone that thinks that everything is perfect. everything that they espouse. everything that they believe in is a lie. and i'm sick of them using black and brown people as an excuse for something else. this is an ideological -- an ideology that has nothing to do

with race and everything to do with control. pete: well said, charles. brian, as it turns out when you dial 1-800 charles smith cell phone rings. he had it on silence for this segment. steve: give it a try. you no he this stuff better than anybody. hosting the future of capitalism virtual down hall on january 13th at 2:00 p.m. tell the folks about it. charles: you know, just part of what we were just talking about. this is it. this is the battle that's going on. you know, a moderate joe biden is still a serious threat to real american capitalism. you know, and just even in this plan we are talking about. looking at solar stocks yesterday. they were the biggest winners. they are going to get billion dollars of dollars. just the idea of dismantling this nation and we're looking at that. we are looking at that right in the face and it's going to be very dangerous.

i can see how anyone who may be drawn to that if you have had a spat of bad luck or if you come from generational poverty there are ways out of that and it certainly isn't to dismantle capitalism. it's a real threat. we will take it head on. town hall on january 13th. everyone is invited to send in questions. it's going to be a huge show. it's going to be an honest show and huge show. consequential battle going on in this country particularly over the next four years. katie: most certainly viewers can message fox business on. invested in you at fox business.com and be sure to watch making money with charles payne at 2:00 p.m. eastern at fox business today, monday through friday. thank you, charles. >> absolutely. thanks a lot. see you all. merry christmas. brian: you too. pete: merry christmas. katie: merry christmas. all right, jillian mele, over to you. jillian: good morning. okay. let's begin your headlines with this. a manhunt intensifies for the suspect of accused of shooting a

pennsylvania police officer. dramatic moment kobe francis escapes. watch this as mckeesport officer athens opens the door. frap sis shoots him three times with a hidden gun. athens returns fire as francis runs away in handcuffs. the 22-year-old was apparently checked for weapons during his arrest for violating a protection from abuse order. athens is expected to be out of the hospital soon. house majority whip james clyburn just questions on congressman eric swalwell's ties to a suspected chinese spy. listen to this. >> eric swalwell had alleged ties with a chinese spy until verified one be way or the other you say he should stay on the house intelligence committee. i just want to be clear. >> i have -- allegations are allegations. i have he no idea what you are talking about. and so i'm not going to pass judgment on what swalwell should or should not do when i have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

jillian: it was rather interesting interview. swalwell reportedly cut ties with christine fang shortly after investigators briefed him on her in 2015. dr. deborah birx is defending a holiday trip with several family members after warning americans to limit gatherings and travel. in a statement to fox news, she says, in part, quote: like many americans i am the sole caregiver for my parents. did i not hold a thanksgiving celebration. my trip to delaware after the thanksgiving holiday solely focused on preparing the property for a potential sale. birx says she and her family follow and practice cdc guidelines. a robert e. lee statue is removed from the u.s. capitol statuary hall collection overnight. the statue of the confederate general has stood there as the state of virginia's contribution to the hall for more than 100 years. democratic governor ralph northam praising the removal saying it will be replaced with a statue of civil rights icon barbara johns.

that's a look at your headlines. send it back to you. brian: governor northam continuing to make news. thank you so much. jillian. american college student jailed in the cayman islands because she broke the quarantine rules. her grandmother joins us with a plea to president trump. and still ahead, georgia republicans getting an early win ahead the critical run off there. will heisman winner herschel walker joins us with brand new endorsement and what georgia means to america ♪ i'm the man, i'm the man, i'm the man ♪ you can tell everybody ♪ you can tell everybody ♪ yo go ahead and tell everybody ♪ i'm the man, i'm the man, i'm the man ♪

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islands for failing to follow covid-19 orders. the 18-year-old student from georgia serving a four month sentence for allegedly flipping out of the government's wristband monitor and sneaking out of quarantine to watch her boyfriend compete in a jet ski competition. jeanne mack is speaking out requesting help from the white house. she joins me now. jeanie, thank you so much for being with us today. i want to read what the judge said about your grand daughter's case. judge chapelle said the gravity the breach to the only appropriate sentence could have been one of immediate imprisonment. this was a flagrant breach as could be imagined it would be born of selfness and arrogance this was entirely deliberate and planned by her desire to switch her wristband to the day before looser one as she was able to remove. your granddaughter has released an apology. she said i made a mistake that words cannot express how sorry i

am for this. i was afforded the opportunity to enter the islands during these trying times and abused it. i'm humbling asking for forgiveness from the community. you have contacted the white house to try to talk to the president about her case. give us an update on where you are. >> well, i haven't heard directly from them. i have heard from worry reporters that the state department is on this. and because my response from trump was from his staff and they said we turned it over to a federal agency. i wasn't really sure what that meant. but i do believe that they are working on it. skylar has her appeal at 10:00 today. so we are kind of on pins and needles right now waiting to see what is going to happen. but, you know, i disagree with the judge. i don't think it was flagrant. i think it was an 18-year-old thinking i'm negative. i will go and stay away from everybody and i will go and everything will be okay. i'm not making excuses for her, but i think we have to keep in mind she is a teenager.

you know, she is only 18. it doesn't matter where she is in college or anything else. she is 18 years old. and as smart as she is, i think at 18 you still make bad decisions. sometimes. and that's what she did. so, you know, we are really hoping that today's appeal turns out good and that she can come home. you know, unfortunately, her flight was at 10:00 this morning and if she doesn't make that, i'm not sure if we will get her home for christmas. if they release her we will try to get her out there asap. katie: from you talked to her and how she is feeling? >> i have talked to her. katie: she has a four month sentence. >> oh, she is devastated. she is terrified. i mean, she is -- has anxiety attacks. skyler has never been confined to anything and i think in fairness, you know, at her aim

she shouldn't have to be confined to anything. she is not eating. she is not sleeping. and and she says every time she just gets sick. i'm hoping she was able to rest some last night. i doubt it because she knows this is the make or break day. and short of someone from the u.s. government stepping in and saying, you know, best thing we ought to do is release her. we have had a lot of people step up and make calls and contact people. we have mike young, who is the director of the will races that my son does and he has reached out to the people he knows there. and, you know, to emphasize to them, you know, she is part of a huge family here. the racing -- the jet ski racing family in america is huge. everybody -- you may not like the person you race next to when you race but he is your family when you walk off the water. so, you know, we will just have

to see. i went to the president because i didn't know who else to go to. i had gone to our governor's office and they said they couldn't help me and they deferred me to the attorney general and they said they couldn't help me. i went to the governor of the kay maps. he didn't respond. i went to the district attorney of caymans and he didn't respond. to be honest, i felt desperate. and i have to say you know, i immediately both times i emailed them, i immediately got responses. you know, within the day. and i don't want to say immediate like in five minutes but within the day. and the first one said they would be reviewing what was going on and the second one said that they were turning it over to the appropriate federal agency. so, i'm hoping against hope that they come through. katie: yeah, as you mentioned, the state department is looking into this. your granddaughter has her appeal today you are trying to get her home before christmas.

the white house did refer it to a federal government agency. so we will certainly stay on top of it and jeanne, we appreciate your time today. thank you. >> all right. thank you so much for helping us out with this. we do appreciate you guys. katie: thanks. all right. in just a few hours, health and human services secretary alex azar will be among the first to get moderna's coronavirus vaccine. the secretary joins with an update coming up. plus, herschel walker won the will heisman trophy as a georgian bulldog now he has a nau new -- play in the georgia runoffs. he is on deck. ♪ ♪ what are you waiting for ♪

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♪ pete: we are back with a fox news alert. today trump administration officials including hhs secretary azar and dr. anthony fauci will join medical workers from the national institute of health to receive moderna's covid-19 vaccine. brian: all right. there you go. health and human services secretary alex azar joins you now for an update. mr. secretary, why moderna? >> well, this was invented by our scientists at nih partnered with moderna. i want to be there with the team as well as with our brave healthcare workers that are clinical center nih to get vac sip nateed by the ni hvac seen.

katie: mr. secretary, there has been some criticism about how the cdc is prioritizing vaccines for the second round after the healthcare workers congresswoman tulsi gabbard who is a democrat had this to say about it. >> now recommending 100 million so-called social workers can get the vaccine before our grandparents can that members of congress like me we can get the vac seep before at risk seniors can. i plan to take the vaccine but will now stand in solidarity with our seniors by not doing so until they can. katie: what is your reaction to her criticism? >> well, a couple of fundamental mistakes in what she is saying. first, the cdc isn't telling the governors how to vaccinate or prioritize vaccinations would have independent committee of experts that made priority recommendations which the cdc

sends out. the governors make the call whom to prioritize. secondly they are saying they would encourage people 75 and above to be prioritized. as well as critical front line workers like emergency first responders who are most in harm's way. so, it's going to be the governors that make the call on this. i agree we want to protect our most vulnerable. we want to use the vaccine to keep people going in the hospital. those most likely to be at risk for severe complications. that's going to be what our governors do as they prioritize going forward. patty pete mr. secretary we have heard competing reports when we reach the critical mass with vaccines the point where the general population whether or not you want to call it herd immunity critical percentage of people so we can move away from masks and social distancing and you will a the measures we have taken over the last year. what is the time line to, if you want to call it normal, whatever

you want to call it, what is that timeline. >> there is not a precise timeline because it's not a novel pathogen. they say 70 to 8 will 0% range of vaccination is what dr. fauci has referred to before as possible vaccine induced herd immunity. we believe that thanks to operation warp speed and president trump's leadership we will have enough vaccine coming. will late february and early march. are by the second quarter enough interactiovaccine who want to tt still studying scientific questions though once have you been vaccinated do you still need to wear a mask to protect others? could you still be carrying the virus even though you are protect thedded from it that's scientific work that's underway right now to get to the bottom of that hopefully as soon as possible because it's a critical question as you asked. brian: thank you for your candor. we are all over the map with the so-called experts who say well

you have still got to wear a mask after you get vaccinated if i get vaccinated for polio, measles, mumps, i'm not worried about still taking precautions because i'm vaccinated you are telling me right now once i get vaccinated you are not sure if i should still wear a mask you are not sure if i should social distancing. >> we'll don't have the data on that yet. what we are saying at the moment still do that until we have data showing you aren't still carrying the virus and able to give it to other people. you are getting vaccinated right now, still social distancing, still wear a mask, but all these have to be data and science-driven so we are working to generate the data there to as we go forward we will be able to advise people on a foundation of data. katie: mr. secretary, can you give us up sight on what's happening in the u.k. with this other strand of the coronavirus that is causing travel bans from other european countries? do americans have to worry about the second strand and since we are talking about the vaccine

does it confer the strand they are talking about. >> here is where your viewers should know about this strand in the u.k. first, we have seen literally thousands of mutations of the coronavirus. that's what these viruses do. they change constantly. but the important thing is every scientist that i have spoken to has said that the vaccines that we have should still be effective even against this additional strain. in addition, it does not appear that this strain is any more severe in terms of its impact on health from individuals. i think that should also give some comfort to the people who are watching. brian: real quick, mr. secretary. you said something so important last week that i followed up on it a couple of times. it's got to be emphasized. eli lilly comes out with their version of regeneron. if you take this early, 70% of the people don't go to the hospital. hospitals in california and in some other states are getting overwhelmed. the problem is, accord g to the people at eli lilly, the doctors

aren't using it only 5% that you sent out the american taxpayer paid for is being used. what's the disconnect? and what are you doing to get the word out that doctors should offer this as opposed to a hospital bed? >> it's a very important point because our hospitals are getting crowded. we have these unbelievable tools, these antibodies from lily and regeneron, as well as convalescent plasma that you could use to keep people out of the hospital. they are storing them up at hospitals. they are not using them. we need to get -- our governors need to get them out there to home health organizations to home infusion, to outpatient infusion centers. to nursing homes. use them anywhere to keep people from getting to the hospital. don't store them up until somebody gets to the emergency room by then their viral load is probably too high to have as big of an impact. brian: so we have to ask for them? do we have to beg our doctor to use the resources to keep us out of the hospital? >> you shouldn't have to but that's what i'm telling you is if you are 65 and over or if you

have any risk of severe complications, ask your doctor why are you not putting me on these antibodies to help me keep me out of the hospital. ing. katie: talk to me doctors about that. brian: go ahead, katie, please. katie: is hhs giving doctors and hospitals the guidance to use these therapeutics it seems pretty ridiculous for a patient though who is i can to know what they should be taking? is there guidance being given to use these therapeutics to keep people out of the hospital? >> absolutely. we are. we have. we are getting the word out. we are trying to get them to understand that you know, one of the problems is you have one of the major infectious disease societies of physicians that's telling their doctors that they don't really see evidence behind these antibodies. these antibodies have evidence. that's why the fda authorized them with emergency use authorizations. sure, we are still generating data in these large phase three conclusive clinical trials. buff the trends are very clear. that's why fda authorized bothth

lily and regeneron product. they need to get used. they shouldn't be sitting on shelves. we have actually a surplus of these critical, potentially life-saving products right now it's unbelievable. brian: yeah. give me a ventilator but don't give me regeneron because the stud is not there even though hhs has green lighted it mr. secretary thank you so much. >> thank you, good to be with you. pete: appreciate it. another topic ongoing -- outgoing excuse me attorney general bill barr has no plan to appoint a special counsel to investigate election fraud or hunter biden's allegation. todd piro live in the newsroom with how lawmakers are reacting. todd, good morning. todd: hey pete, katie and brian good morning. ing outgoing attorney general bill barr saying the investigation is being handled properly. at this point there is no reason to appoint a special counsel. listen. >> i think to the extent that there is an investigation, i think that it is being handled responsibly and professionally. currently within the department

and to this point i have not seen a reason a point special counsel and i have no plan to do so before i leave. todd: it comes as senator tom cotton says that prosecutorial independence is critical especially if it involves the president-elect's son. >> special counsel could bring independents of judgmen indepenf judgment in the matter give people confidence that these investigations are being handled appropriately. >> barr has previously agreed there was fraud in the election but he said it was not widespread and he did not think a special counsel was necessary. barr recently announced his resignation last day tomorrow. back to you. katie: thank you very much, todd, appreciate it. well, with just two weeks to go until the crucial runoff election. prominent republicans and georgia loyalists, including our next guest, going all in to warn voters about what's at stake. >> with everything on the line here in georgia, i know who i'm

giving the ball to. >> this is about saving america from socialism. >> it's a radical state total control we will never get our country back. brian: here with the message. more on that message university of georgia heisman trophy winner nfl star. he is not playing anymore. is he also really good at ultimate fighting. herschel walker. welcome back, herschel. so, you got involved in the presidential race, what makes you think that your presence is needed in this race and what was -- what about the stakes got you into this game? >> well, i think all people in georgia should get involved. not just myself and not sense i need to get involved. the sense that america needed to get involved especially georgians because, you know, the american values at stake. you got two people running from the democratic party that don't have any values of the american ways. you know, one, against claims to

be a minister but don't believe in forgiveness, don't believe in togetherness and then you have another young man running against perdue who believes in china more than he believes in the united states of america. if you look at the amount of money that both of them have raised, most of that money has come from outside of georgia. and i'm just confused right now. you have somebody like chuck schumer saying when they take over georgia they are going to take over america. i love america. i like the way america is. there is ways we can fix things. we don't need to change it. i think what we need to do is change the people in washington more than we need to change any states in the united states of america. pete: herschel, you are in touch with the folks on the ground in georgia. they have yet another election day coming. how much confidence is there in your sense on the ground of the protection of the ballot box that it will only be legal votes that are counted and that it will be above board? >> well, i think people are very concerned. very concerned because they are concerned about the leadership

there in georgia right now whether they have the spine to stand up against all of the terrible things that's going on. they should be standing with this president. they don't seem to be standing with him. so people have lost a little bit of faith in the leadership there. but i think they are still being very village lent and going out to vote because i have told them more than once every legal person that can vote need to get out and vote. don't worry about the election. the present election. let him take care of that i will tell you what, i think he will. but we have to worry about putting are perdue and loeffler in office and keep these radical left people out of office. you know, woe need to put something in place that if you don't believe in the constitution of the united states of america, how can you run for office here? i'm just shocked that nobody would ever say anything about that? that may be the reason we do need to make sure we get loeffler and perdue in office. brian: we're going to see january 5th. katie: that's a great question. brian: the president is going to be down there right before the election and ivanka was there

yesterday. meanwhile tragic news yesterday. we don't know the details yesterday. kevin greene, outstanding linebacker, hall of famer passed away at the age of 58. we don't know as i mentioned the details. he was outstanding coach for the jets and packers. i'm hearkened back to 2016 when he got elected into canton the hall of fame and he said this that brought everyone to their feet. >> i want to thank all those brave people that have served and continue to serving our country. those that ran on the line every day for all of us and to our combined armed forces. all the soldiers out there and all the squids and fly ball as and jar head. all those that stand tall for our beloved country, my family and i rest easy at night underneath the canopy of freedom that you deploy. brian: what's your remembrance of kevin. i know he is a ferocious tackler, i don't know if he tackled you.

his message was certainly welcome in ohio that day. >> kevin was a great patriot. not only a great patriot. a great father, a great friend, a great coach. and, you know, i love this guy. when i heard of the news yesterday, i was extremely devastated. i was devastated because you lost a great american. and, you know, and it did. it brought tears to my eyes because he was. he was a great guy. you see what he really meant. and, you know, with an election going on like this right here, those are the type of people you need to be in washington. people that believes in this country. that believes in people that have died for the freedom of this country. and it is sad and we have people in washington today that are thinking about other countries rather than thinking about america. and those are the time of people like kevin greene that we need in washington that we needed in washington. people that believes in america. and that's why i was devastated to hear this news. i want to send out my condolences to his family because let me tell you what, the guy helped me out a lot.

when i was a freshman in college, we were on a couple of teams together. and it was like all-american teams and when we got out, i laid against him, and i will tell you one of the most devastating guys i have had an opportunity to play with you about at the same time, a fun guy. a guy that loved life. that's the type of guy you wanted to be around. brian: he always said he wasn't the fastest or strongest but third all time in sacks and lasted a long time xl with the rams and steelers and probably hit really hard, herschel, i would imagine? >> oh, no. he hit hard. i will tell you he was a guy that played the game very, very hard. he was a guy that was a friend. when he played the gym and played it a fair game and he made you play better because you know when you had to play against him, you better bring everything. because he wasn't going to just give it up to you. he was requesting to make you work for it. and that's the type of player that you want to play against. brian: bled red, white and blue. on the ground talking about the thing he used to do playing

football. herschel, thanks so much. pete: thank you, herschel. >> thank you, guys. katie: all right. still ahead, christmas shopping bringing a surge to the struggling postal service. but experts warn taxpayers could be on the hook for a big bailout. a preview of biden's plan coming up. plus, a simple invention credited with saving countless lives across the world. now that long island dad looking to save a million lives more. he joins us with his mission up next. ♪ ♪ we're going to make it you and i ♪ we're going to save which is wy we're making our chevy... ...employee discount available to everyone. the chevy price you pay... ...is what we pay. not a cent more. so wherever you go, happy holidays from chevy.

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pee pete is the most wonderful time of the year and the u.s. postal service it is the busiest despite record volume the u.s. postal service is still struggling. grady trimble from our sister network fox business outside a chicago post office to break down the numbers. good morning. >> good morning, pete. at this point if you are still trying to ship a package most but not all of the deadlines have passed and it is set to be a record-breaking year for holiday shipping here and across the country. at this point 3.5 million

packages per day will be delayed at least a day. according to ship matrix out of the postal service, fedex and u.p.s. ship matrix says usps is the worst performing. and despite such high demand right now and all year long, usps posted massive losses in the latest fiscal year. as part of the latest relief deal in washington, the postal service will get $10 billion. that was originally supposed to be a loan and now it will be converted to direct funding. when president-elect biden takes office, here are some of his plans. he want more funding for the postal service, even as it struggles so much financially. he also want to eliminate the requirement to prepay for future retiree's healthcare benefits which is what causes so much of the financial struggle for the postal service. of course, to do that, he will need the help of congress. one thing, pete, that he says he will not do is privatize the usps which is something many republicans have been calling on

for years and years. pete? pete: grady, thank you. no, he loves the government too much to do something sensible like that. appreciate your report. brian, over to you. brian: thanks, pete. choking is the fourth leading cause of accidental death in the united states of america. and the heimlich america everyone thinks that's good enough only works half the time. a chance our next guest a father did not want to take. he took things into his own hand and invented this thing life back which has been credited with saving almost 100 people around the globe. in 500 schools. inventor and good friend of mine life vac joins us. what happened 9 years ago that got you out of retirement? >> brian, i was in the hospital just visiting a friend. his mom was having something done and he pointed across the room at a gunny. one of those steel cold gurneys and he said last time he was there there was a 7-year-old on that gurney and choked to death on a grape. and my daughter was 7. my best friend died in my arms.

all that pain and the thought of the parents losing their child. i said i can't let that happen to my little girl. and i started researching and findings out, you know, it's not a freak accident. one child every five days. leading cause of death under 4. and i decided i had to do something. i'm a father. i had to protect her. brian: so you came up with this idea, it looks like a plunger, you put it over a child's face or a person's face who is choking, you place, push, pull, and the choking stops. you know personally almost 100 people that are written you and said their lives have been saved including 38 kids. let alone the people who got life vac and they haven't written you. what is that like knowing that a life was saved because of your invention? >> you know, brian, it's hard to put into words. i mean, i sat with a grandchild, a grandfather, the father gave it to the daughter. the daughter kind of poo pooed him and said oh, you know, you are a scaredy. and she wound up saving her

little 2-year-old son. and i sat with them and the grandparents and the parents and the stillness of holding that child and looking around and the frat tuesday of everyone. you know, you talk about the greatest gift you can give, that father gave the gift of life to that little boy. and i held him and i could see the difference. you know, if that child is in the ground they are devastated and their lives are over. instead we were all looking at that little baby and persevere and pursue something of such importance, that's the gift i get. brian: kids put things in their mouth, especially on holidays, a button, a grape, a wrapper, they start choking you start slapping the back, nothing happens. and a lot of times sadly those kids die. how much time do you have before that child chokes to death or that senior citizen having trouble swallowing chokes to death. >> you have about 4 to 8 minutes. it's the same as being under water.

you have got no ira. and that's the tragedy of it, that it's instantaneous. you will can't delay. you can't do cpr. you can't wait for help. that object has to come out or it's over. and, you know, we have a chance to stop that. brian: arthur, get to ages like this nothing we need on christmas. man, if you get this for somebody and the gratitude they feel. imagine if they have to use it and think of you when you do. or if you get it and donate it to a school. if you are a baby it iser, why wouldn't you not travel with it. you will never regret the purchase. it's almost like a fire extinguisher. >> yeah. you know, and i agree. and this year we hoped to pass will defib black lives matter as far as saving lives. the timing is the thing, brian. it's peace of mind to have it. if your child chokes you have a 50/50 chance. just having it in your house knowing you can do something. super simple. place it, push it and pull. creates a section, object comes

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really fast. really perfect. let's end the year nailing it. ♪ >> fox news alert are, congress passes the $900 billion covid relief package overnight. >> the measure heads to the president's desk as millions of struggling americans await direct checks. pete: griff jenkins says they could come as soon as next week. >> reporter: good morning to you. after sick month of congressional -- six months of congressional inaction, finally they got it done, plus $1.4 trillion to fund the government. starting with the $600 direct payment, an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefit. it revives the paycheck

protection program, extends the eviction motherrer the yum -- moratorium. here's what it doesn't do, it does not provide for a liability shield for businesses, it does not provide money for state and local governments, and it also lacks direct aid to the restaurant industry which has been hit so very hard, already lawmakers complaining the bill doesn't go far enough. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says it hits the mark, but he blames speaker pelosi for holding it up. >> it's noteworthy that that at the end they finally gave us what we could have agreed to back in july. i think what held it up was they did not want to do anything before the presidential election. i think they felt that that would disadvantage the president. >> reporter: it's a far cry from where pelosi began negotiating this summer, but it easily passed the house 359-53 with pelosi praising the $600 checks, an amount that just two

years ago, guys, she considered not so significant when it was attached to the trump tax cuts. watch. >> we also have in the legislation direct payments which were not in the republican bill to america's working families. i would like them to have been bigger, but they are significant, and they will be going out soon. in terms of the bonus that corporate america receives versus the crumbs that they are giving to workers to kind of put the schmooze on is so pa in thetic. it's so pathetic. i think it's insignificant. >> reporter: the senate passed the bill 92-6 with all nays being republican, but once the president signs everything, the $600 checks could go out as soon as next week. they couldn't come soon enough. pete, katie, brian? brian: griff, thanks so much. at two minutes after the hour, we're going to be bringing in

lara trump to talk about the stimulus checks. but first, charles payne talked about that with us, and he just said, listen, when it comes to money for people, this was not their fault. >> a large part of america becoming a better place, though, is allowing the nation to be the nation, reopening this country and letting us earn money that with prefer to do rather than, you know, waiting for any sort of government assistance. let americans work. let americans go out there and do what we did to become the number one country in the world that was able to surpass every nation on the planet with our own style of pull yourself up by the bootstraps, you know, capitalism, free enterprise and just self-determination. brian: yeah. but right now the emblem mat ific of the struggles that we have had not being able to work our way out of it. 7,000 restaurants -- 17,000 restaurants have closed in november, 110,000 restaurants since this all began. so this is unbelievable, what

america's been forced go through. not our fault. china's fault. but, guys and katie, i think we made it -- what made it worse is these politicians who in the guise of protecting us has destroyed us and made it so much worse. katie: yeah, or bruin. we're -- brian. we're giving $600 back to taxpayers, we're essentially giving them back their money, but it wouldn't be out of d.c. without it being packed full of pork. we have millions of dollars going to a genderrer studies in pakistan, billions of dollars to promote clean energy, $26 million for the kennedy center, $300 million for fisheries, you know, aids workers to get new cars overseas, 105 million for the office of diversity, i mean, the list goes on and on and on. so while congress and politicians can throw their hands up and say we're doing something, we came to an

agreement, they're also wasting a lot of taxpayer money as well. pete: katie, you forgot brian's favorite which is performance-enhancing drugs in horse racing, seemed really -- brian: my personal favorite. pete: it's a personal passion of yours, brian, so they included it on your behalf. when you look at this bill, think about it. senators had six hours to read a nearly 6,000-page bill which moons they didn't even get close to reading the preface. that's why you jam that kind of stuff in there. it empowers leadership to take control which means the lobbyists and specialists went wild on this, the previous record for a bill this size was half the size of this bill in pages. it was ronald reagan's tax reform bill in 19 is 86. -- 1986. this is a perfect example of using a crisis to advance your own agenda, and then nancy pelosi had the audacity to stand up and say this is all about simplicity when we knew we could have had the deal, as mitch

mcconnell said, months ago. yet we're spending money in pakistan, egypt, sudan, cambodia, pakistan. and it's $600 to the average american when all they want, truly, is the ability to just work and open up. with had david webb on the program earlier. he asked a similar question. >> this is just the beginning, and this is a reason why americans need to stand up. we need to reopen this country safely, reopen america so businesses can function. it's your money and debt being added on to your future debt. and here's a question americans should be asking their representatives, where does the replacement come are? where does the growth come from to replace the money that we're wasting instead of getting america reopen? brian: all right. that's david webb, and it's a very good point. just goes into overdraft and we say, okay, let the next guy pay for it. lara trump the, senior advisor to the trump 2020 campaign.

lara, the person responsible for getting those instant checks that could hit as early as next week, but it's got to be frustrating for him. he's been telling these people to open up really since may, and a lot of these businesses, a lot of the pain they're putting people through could have been solved had they done that the. >> yeah. well, you're exactly right. i think people, people are frustrated, look, in america. i think the reality is we want this country open, and unfortunately because we have some tyrannical, you know, oppressive governors and mayors across america who refuse to let people go back to work, they're deeming that it is nonessential for you to provide food for your family, for you to put food on the kitchen table, for you to go to work. they get to determine what is social and nonessential. i think everyone or in america is an essential worker. we with all want to work, we all want to earn a living, and now here we are. at least people are getting something. they've needed something for a

long time, they need to go back to work, but if these people are not allowing them to do that, now they're getting $600. you guys have just gone through a lit gnu of what is in this bill -- litany, and it is outrageous. $1.4 million to asia initiative acts. the $10 million to gender studies in pakistan, $700 million to the sudan. how does that help americans in how does that help us get out of this? i think it's very frustrating to people all around this country. i think they're really glad to got the $600, but they probably could have gotten a lot more if we weren't giving so much money away. president donald trump, by the way, who's been the one saying put america first with the vaccine, by the way, which happened in record time. don't forget they all said it wouldn't be possible before summer of '21. it has rolled out across america. he has said put america first with the vaccine, with everything, yet here you said what congress did, they're

giving all this money away. katie: yeah, lara, also this just comes down to being the worst in politics, congress using a crisis to advance their own pet projects and agendas. also talk about nancy pelosi and how she could have been here months ago and made a decision to hurt american families to keep businesses closed, to keep them starving of cash all to get to president trump before the election. and now after the election's over, she's willing to come to the table and finally push through a deal that's actually half of what was offered by the president of $1.8 trillion months ago. >> yeah, that's right. in october. this deal was offered to her, the one you just mentioned -- 1.8 trillion, and she said no way, she didn't want to have anything to do with it. very clearly playing politics. she does not care about the american people. she does not care about making sure that people can withstand this horrific crisis, this situation that a lot of governors and mayors have put us in at this point, not allowing

people to go back to work. it's outrageous to see, but this is the epitome of the swamp of washington d.c. this is the reason donald trump was elected in 2016, to get rid of people like nancy pelosi. when you are a career politician and you're on video saying rules for thee but not for me, you know, and telling people that they could not go to the hair salon, yet there she is no mask walking through. we've all seen that video multiple time. and then she pulls a stunt like this, i think the american people find it absolutely outrageous. i think it's crazy, quite frankly, that she still has her job. maybe one of the only things i agree with aoc on, we've got to get rid e of nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. pete: yeah, there's no measure of accountability for her unless her voters actually do, but that's san francisco. it's the congressional industrial complex at work which has very little, almost nothing to do with america first, as you point out, lara. i want to go to the election for a moment, if we could. there are reports the president met with members of congress in

the oval office yesterday to talk about potential objections on january 6th, which is when congress meets. here's what the chief of staff tweeted out. he said several members of congress just finished a meeting in the oval office with president trump preparing to fight back against mounting evidence of voter fraud, stay tuned. the president also chimed in, he he called in to the conference down here at turning point usa. here's a portion of what the president said yesterday. >> hi, charlie, how are you? [cheers and applause] that sounds like a big crowd of beautiful people. [cheers and applause] we are fighting really for the country, because this election, we won this election in a land slide. [cheers and applause] it's all documented. the problem is we need a party that's going to fight, and we have some great congressmen and women that are doing it, and we have others, great fight ors.

we won this in a landslide, they know it, and we need backing from, like, the justice department and other people to finally step up. pete: lara, a lot of people feel that way, the election was stolen. they've tried to, through after dawfts and evidence -- affidavits and evidence, get courts to pay attention to it, it hasn't happened. where are we now? to supporters of the president, those 74, 75 million who feel like they're on the wrong side of this with not a lot of recourse left. was left? >> yeah. look, we're still pushing forward from the campaign perspective. we believe donald trump won this election, and we still have legal challenges out in several states. we want the constitution upheld, and what it says very clearly e in the constitution is that it is up to the state legislatures to determine the time, place and manner in which elections are conducted. and in several states, pennsylvania, wisconsin, georgia and michigan, that did not happen. there were is secretaries of state and election boards that

diseased to change -- decided to change the way people vote in those statements, and they used covid as an excuse to do that, and that is against the constitution. we're pushing forward with some of these lawsuits. the date of ultimate significance, i think, as you just pointed out, pete, is january 6th when congress needs to certify this election. listen, i think that there are going to be people who say we do not agree with joe biden as the 46th president of the united states. we believe that donald trump won this election, and that is their right. the founders set up this process for this very reason so that we can get an accurate result, and we'll have to wait and see what happens. i want to make very clear to people at home this fight is not over, do not think for a second that donald trump has given up, do not think for a second that the campaign is gone. were fighting every single day to make sure every legal and legitimate vote gets counted. brian: i'm sure the president knows and you know, two good friends of the president who worked hard in the cause of governor governor christie, think the governor lost.

inin fact, he said by continuing to fire, he's hurting the country. what's your reaction? what do you think your father-in-law's reaction is? >> well, i think my reaction and the reaction of 74, 75 million americans is that we've got to get this one right. we can't say let's move on whenever people very clearly know and have seen there was fraud in this election. if we with allow fraud in this election, then we lose our constitutional republic. with lose the united states of america. -- we lose the united states of america. we have to get this right not just for donald trump and not just for the 5 -- 75 million people that voted for him. people need to know this can have faith in this process. with all due respect to governor christie, i highly discuss agree with that. i think we're going to do everything possible to make sure we we get this one right. katie: speaking of voting, lara, there's a very important runoff election, two of this many in georgia, on -- two of them in georgia on january 59.

ivanka trump was there yesterday. >> we want a culture where differences of opinion and debate are encouraged, not canceled. georgia will decide which party controls the united states senate. you will decide which party writes our laws, which party holds congressional hearings and which party spends your hard-ened taxpayer dollars. georgia will decide whether our children will grow up under an oppressive government or whether america will remain the land of the free. katie: we had chuck schumer saying if we take finish oh, we we lost her. okay. well, we did hear chuck schumer say about the georgia races, brian, if they take georgia, they get to change america, and that's certainly what ivanka was talking about there in georgia yesterday. brian: and one of the big

stories to emerge out of the last two days is a hundred religious leaders put together a letter critical of kelly kelly loeffler for calling reverend warnock a radical and a socialist. i guess, pete, that's how he kind of describes himself, not radical -- pete: i was going to say. [laughter] brian: they say you're insulting the black church. i think that's a big leap. pete: i think it's quite a leap, especially if you're just regurgitating the words that he said himself from the podium for many, many years. that's who he is. that's how campaigns are conducted. you talk about your candidate, you frame them in the way you'd like them to be framed. in this cause it's accurate, so -- in this case -- katie: yeah, raphael warnock is not a blue dog democrat. pete: that's exactly right. we thank lara trump for her time this morning as well. all right, let's toss it over to jillian. >> reporter: good morning. a man intensified for a suspect

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and because of police and community relations, with wanted to make sure that they looked at us in a positive light. so for us, this was something that was absolutely necessary for the people of this state and this community so they felt confident in law enforcement because there's a level of fear mongering going on when these messages are being sent out. people feel belittled and talked down to when they're sending out these restrictive measures, and people just don't feel confident. so we wanted to restore some of that confidence and show that we're, you know, in lock step with the community and we understand what they're going through because this so many hardships, so many things going on, and we want to make sure that we understand we're here for them. katie: well, the restrictive measures are coming from the governor's office that released this statement to us. they said over 2,000 the new mexico cans have been killed hi covid-19 including over 460 people in bernandino county. it is disappointing not to mention directly harmful that

any public official would take any action that undermines the health and safety of their community. all new mechanics cans should agree -- new mexicans should agree to do anything and everything we can to save lives. what is your response to the governor accusing you of putting your community at harm? >> i would say to any elected official that's the furthest thing from the truth. we are here for the people. when the covid-19 rolls out, we went out -- rolled out, we went out and fed e the poor. we have social services in place where we have a great relationship with the public. i think that was an opportunity to maybe grab a headline. we're not here in any way to harm the people. we comply with the covid-19 restrictions. there is a point where people have, need relief here, and they're suffering. and our message to them is that, you know, we'd rather do a

verial warning than cite them or threaten them with jail or break up any kind of family gathering they have. our message to the people positive. again, this is about public and community relations, and we want to make sure those are positive. there's nothing we're doing to undermine the governor's orders. we support those orders but no way, shape or form are we undermining those orders. katie: as you said, you're standing up for the people's civil liberties and constitutional rights as well. sheriff gonzalez are, thank you so much for your time this morning. >> you're welcome, katie. thank you. katie: thanks. senator rand paul going viral for questioning all of the free money the government is giving out in the new coronavirus package. bret baier on that. and attorney general barr shutting down the idea of a special counsel investigation into joe biden. where do we go from here?

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lawsuit? some owners now bracing for court battles involving employees and customers. pete: kristina partsinevelos from our sister network, fox business, joins us live in new york with the growing concern. >> reporter: well, businesses were not actually given any legal are immunity to covid-19 cases in the second stimulus package, so businesses are concerned that they could potentially be sued if employees or workers get sick. according to lawsuit tracker hunter andrews, 6,000 complaints have been filed related to covid against businesses across the united states, there's been hundreds of lawsuits as well. walmart, amazon, kroger all facing lawsuits relating to covid-19, but these big players can most likely incur the losses. it's the smaller players that are going to struggle. we spoke to the national independent federation of businesses, and they said businesses or small businesses need protection, or they could face excessive litigation. listen in.

>> we're concerned that a restaurant the tour, for example -- restaurant tour, for example, somebody comes into their business and those tables are 5 and a half feet apart instead of 6 feet, that is grounds for a threatening letter that extracts a settlement of several thousand dollars from them. >> reporter: at this point 21 states have taken it into their own hands to pass some type of liability shield, but you have civil rights groups as well as labor groups that oppose any shield because it says it strips away the protection for employees especially as they work during a pandemic and could encourage businesses to skimp out on protection. back to you guys. pete: kristina, thank you very much, appreciate it. on another topic this morning, some law makers fuming over that nearly 6,000-page stimulus bill causing six gop if senators to vote against it including an

outraged rand paul. >> if free money were the answer, if money really grew on trees, why not give more free money? why not give it out all the time? why shop at $600 a -- stop at $600 a person? why not $1,000? why not $2,000? maybe these new free money republicans should join the everybody gets a guaranteed income caucus. brian: that's rand paul. he joined rick scott, ted cruz, mike lee, marsha blackburn, ron johnson in voting against this passage. let's bring in "special report" anchor bret baier. hey, bret. we saw the need for rental assistance, we understand 10 billion for the postal service, funding for covid-19 vaccinations in schools. we did not think we were going to get the kennedy center stuff, the pakistani jnder studies things -- gender studies. it seems like some lawmakers

were caught by prize too. how does this stuff happen? >> listen, this is an omnibus bill, and this is what happens in this process which is now. it is really why -- heinous. it's really why people hate washington. it's all rolled into one massive bill, 5600 pages, as pete mentioned. now, the covid stimulus, obviously, is very well needed and supporters were pushing for that for many months. but when you all roll it in, $2.5 trillion in spending, and you throw the it out and say here's an up or down vote, there is no way that any lawmaker is going to page 4,870 and i saying i don't like this. and that's where lobbyists operate in washington, and they get stuff packed in there, and these six republicans say we don't like this process. true to form, rand paul has always talked like this, and he's concerned about the $27 trillion in debt. republicans haven't seemed that

concern in a long time. you may start seeing it pretty soon. katie: yeah, bret, you know, this has been a long slog to the point of getting this covid relief bill passed. we've, for months, been covering different negotiations between the white house and nancy pelosi, for a long time president trump and nancy pelosi didn't even spook to each other. of but it seems like this may just be the beginning. james clyburn on yesterday saying this isn't a stimulus package, it's simply a relief package, and he wants more of it. is that what we're going to see in the coming months depending on georgia? >> katie, i think democrats are clearly going to push for that. there will be some republicans who push for that and targeted stimulus but not one of these massive bills. that said, a republican senate is going to raise some red flags, and that's what makes georgian 5th so crucial for republicans to win one of those seats. pete: bret, at times like this i like to look for clarity in rock

stars, and we we got some in the form of a tweet from van morrison. i think a lot of people will resonate with this. he says remember those who are shutting down our economy haven't missed a paycheck since lockdown began. we are not in this together. is washington, d.c. missing the urgency of this, the real pain of this because it's a government town where they can print money and everyone's getting a salary no matter what while average folks who are just scraping by to keep their restaurant open see $600 and that's it? >> yeah, pete, i think that's a great question. van morrison writing a song about it, eric clapton performed it saying that these shutdowns, these lockdowns are pardon harmg people, and people is is the right to be free. that side of it is clear to a lot of people especially in the mulled of the country who are dealing with this -- middle of the country. obviously, the other side the concern about the coronavirus and what can be done about it. but you're right, the disconnect between the small business owner and the restaurant owner and the people here negotiating over

this bill, you can see it widely. brian: a lot of people look at you, look at the election coverage, look at "special report" and think why doesn't bret baier work more -- [laughter] so the answer is you are doing more work. tell me about this fox nation special. >> yeah, it's a great special. it's with the doc unit, pete, you you've worked with them for fox nation, and it's called yes, there is a santa claus. it's based on that 1897 story about virginia o'hanlon who writes this letter to the sun newspaper wanting to know about santa claus. and the response by francis church is really something. the story be hind it, we've all heard it, but this really goes into it. it's a great special. you can get it today on fox nation starting today. it's great to watch with the family especially. brian: in fact, here's a clip, bret. bret: back in 1897 as december

approached, all young virginia o'hanlon needed to know was that santa was real. and thanks to the editorial penned by francis p. church, now she knew he was. >> the man didn't want that assignment. he was given the assignment, and he wrote from his heart. the words that he wrote are immortal, overpowering. katie: yes, there is a santa claus on fox nation now available on fox nation, and that's not the only thing you're doing. you're also participating on an all-star panel to benefit the children's national hospital. can you tell us a little bit about that? >> yeah, that's february 13th. we were going to do -- we do it every year, and there you see brian kilmeade. his picture was going to be bigger than moon -- [laughter] a picture from years ago, many pounds ago and kind of a blue steel look for me. anyway, this was the panel.

we were going to do it in person in naples. we do it every year to raise money for children's national. obviously, an amazing place that saved my son's life just two weeks ago again for his fourth open heart surgery, but we couldn't do it in person because of covid-19. we tried to do it outside, with testing it just didn't work. so we're going to do a virtual event. you can get tickets, all star panel event.com. we're going to have the panel, you can is ask questions, and we're going to have special guests, performances and most importantly an auction of some really cool items that you can only get there, you know? zoom calls and all kinds of stuff, covid-friendly. so every year we raise money, this year we're going to do it differently, and thanks to brian -- i want to recruit katie and pete, you guys, you've got to come down to naples. brian brian oh, it's great. katie: our puck etures are bigger than yours. brian: how do you get tickets? all star panel event@ gmail.com,

and it's a great cause, it's a great time, and i look forward to participating virtually this year. >> 100% of the proceeds go to children's national. you were pretty good last year, but maybe you'll be better. [laughter] brian: you know, it was a little late for me. i do my best work 6-9 a.m., and you had your nighttime event. i think your son is getting to the point where he's going to be hosting soon, and you'll be sitting in the audience. >> 100%. paul's doing great, recovering at home, and we're just fortunate that people like that are around to help our sick kids. brian: all right. bret baier, thanks so much. pete: thank you, bret. appreciate it. brian: meanwhile, let's bring in south carolina senator lynn say graham. senator, welcome back. >> thank you. brian: hey, senator, i know you didn't read the 9,000 pages, we know it's worth $900 billion plus because it's also the

budget. are you disappointed a lot of the stuff of in there has nothing to do with the pandemic or america? >> yeah. i mean, so the bottom line is they wanted $3 trillion for the pandemic last year. we wound up with $900 billion. you could have gotten this package in july. mitch mcconnell's right about that. they refused to even talking -- talk to us before the election because they thought a relief package would help president trump. if you think this bill is bad, lose georgia and see what happens. 1.4 trillion, i think, is to fund the government. pete's not with you, but $680 billion of this goes to the military, then you've got to fund the fbu, department of homeland security. the foreign aid budget is 1% of all american spending. pakistan is a place i really worry about. 85 countries a woman can't open up a bank with account without her his' signature, she can't -- her husband's signature, she

can't inherit property. life is pretty tough, so we're trying to make better for -- life better for women throughout the world. china's everywhere. we've got to compete. $680 billion of this package goes to our military, and i like the covid package in the sense that it is targeted. if you're a family of four, you'll get $2400 out there. if you're about to lose your small business, you can get another round of ppp loan, and there's $38 billion to get the vaccine to a place near you so you can actually take it. so this is sausage make, but the democrats have a say. they run the house. and if they ever get the house, the senate and the white house, it will be a financial disaster for this country, so vote in georgia. katie: senator, switching topics here, you've been very concerned about hunter biden's foreign business deals and the impact it may have on joe biden's policy towards china. attorney general bill barr

yesterday making comments on whether he will appoint a special counsel. let's listen to that and then we'll get your reaction. >> i think to the extent that there's an investigation, i think that it's being handled responsibly and professionally currently within the department and to this point i have not seen a reason to appoint a special counsel, and i have no plan to do so before i leave. katie: so, senator, you have respectfully pushed back on the attorney general and still believe that a special counsel is necessary to continue the hunter biden investigation. >> number one, i think bill barr did a great job as attorney general. he tried to clean up the department of justice and the fbi that became a mess if, crossfire hurricane debacle, durham is still investigating that. but as to hunter biden, you have a u.s. attorney in delaware that's looking at tax fraud if, but he's not looking at his overseas dealings, hunter biden's dealings in the ukraine

and china and other countries. we had banks report suspicious activity reports went from american banks where hunter biden and his partners were doing business to the federal government being concerned about the potential for money laundering. i want somebody to look at all the overseas activity of hunter biden, see if this compromised the foreign policy of president biden if he gets to be president and the guy in delaware doesn't have that mandate. so i respectfully disagree. if it were up to me, i would sake the u.s. attorney in delaware -- take the u.s. attorney in delaware and give him the entire or hunter biden portfolio so he could look at everything hunter biden did throughout the world which is pretty massive, industrial-sized influence peddling. i think we need a special counsel because i worry that what hunter biden did may have compromised our ability to effectively wage foreign policy. pete: senator, for all those reasons if there is no special

counsel, couldn't a prospective new administration just sort of make the information eventually go away? i mean, so there's no accountability? >> yeah. pete: so what's bill barr's thinking then if it is joe joe biden and there's no investigation potentially? >> well, what bill is thinking is that the guy in delaware has done a good job looking at taxes, and i agree with that. bill dud not disclose the hunter biden investigation before the election because we have willing laughses -- regulations. the press knew about it, they just chose not to report about it because they hate trump. without a special counsel or something like that, the business activity of hunter biden which is all over the world, which doesn't pass the smell test, if it were a republican, we sure as well would be looking at it, it's going to get swept under the rug. so i'm hoping that somebody at department of justice before the next administration comes in president trump falls short will appoint somebody that can outlast the confirmation process

that will be in place, that can't be fired. listen, i supported mueller doing his job. i actually sign on to legislation that you couldn't fire bob mule or or unless there was -- bob mueller unless there was cause because i wanted to find out all things trump and russia. not one democrat has joined my effort to make sure we have somebody look at hunter biden. and, again, his business associates and business activity were flagged by banks, not some right-wing group, all over the country saying suspicious activity report because it could be a part of a money laundering scheme. i want somebody to look at that. brian: so, yeah, i know you're talking about joe biden, and you guys have been friends in the past until impeachment. >> yeah. of. brian: a couple of days ago he said he was my long-term friend but now he's a personal disappointment. he's also called you an embarrassment. so what's your reaction to the president-elect's assessment of you? >> well, we're not going to live

in a country where the trumps get looked at, you know, from the time they get up til the time they go to bed. i like joe biden, i like jill. this is not easy. hunter biden's had all kinds of problems, but i can promise you that what i'm asking for needs to be done. we're not going to give the democrats a pass. what happens here is that hunter biden took advantage of his position of being the vice president's son. i'm disappointed that joe biden let this happen. he obviously is pretty much clueless. he says he didn't know that hunter biden was on burisma's board, the most corrupt gas company in the ukraine, when hunter -- when joe biden was in charge of dealing with corruption. how could you not know that your son was making millions of dollars from the most corrupt company in the ukraine and you be in charge of cleaning up the ukraine? he he has a lot to answer for. it's not personal, it breaks my heart that this happened, but i'm hell bent on making sure we live in a country where everybody gets looked at when there's a reason.

pete: yeah, senator, to your point, the trump family were in business and then went into politics, it's the opposite for the bidens who were in politics, and then that opened up the floodgates for business. the timeline starts almost exactly at his vice presidency, and we need to learn about it. senator lindsey graham, thank you so much for your time, we appreciate it. >> thank you. pete: all right, still ahead, we're meeting a marine corps veteran on a mission to give back to our nation's heroes and their families who have put it all on the line in the name of freedom. does it worry me? absolutely. sensodyne sensitivity & gum gives us the dual action effect that really takes care of both our teeth sensitivity as well as our gum issues. there's no question it's something that i would recommend.

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♪ ♪ pete: during a difficult year, one new jersey organization is continuing to go above and beyond to better the lives of local veterans and their families. run entirely by volunteers, the new jersey veterans network is dedicated to connecting our heros with the resources they need to overcome the unique challenges they face. here with more on the mission, u.s. marine corps veteran and founder and president of the new jersey veterans network, michael bole. michael, thank you so much for being with us this morning. fantastic initiative, vets helping vets. tell us what you're doing at this even more difficult time. >> well, we decided to really

step up during covid. a lot of families are hurting right now, and we were able to provide thousands of masks, ppe throughout the entire state. we went to memorial homes, v.a. hospitals and just dropped off tons of ppe but also we bought food, we fed our service people. we fed 3500 veterans and also our national guardsmen during this crisis. and we are continuing working every day to provide our veterans and the service people the stuff that they need to get through this pandemic. pete: and, michael, it's vets helping events, and my experience is oftentimeses it's the veteran helping that's helped just as much as the individual receiving the cower as well. the care as well. >> it's a team effort, you know? we want to make sure that the veteran feels comfortable and able to work in that environment. we also have non-veterans that really are learning how to interact with9 veterans, and it becomes a family, a new unite for everybody.

pete: yes. i hear this all the time, vets organizations like this across the country, they create a second family for vets who are looking for the next chapter or purpose. if our viewers want to help the new jersey veterans network, how can they? >> you know, money's great, but we need volunteers. volunteers are so important in this country. they get overlooked sometimes. volunteers are the ones that help during every crisis because they want to be a part of it. they don't get paid, they want to do anything they can to help every crisis. we need people out there to help us with our mobile outreach and really get out there and stop stop the 22 veterans dying every day. pete: absolutely. michael, you've won the uniform -- worn the uniform, now you founded this organization and continue to give back to veterans. where can our viewers check out more on you guys? >> they can go to www.njvn.org.

pete: got it, njvn.com if you want -- dotorg, excuse me. michael boll, thank you so much for your service to our country. merry christmas. >> thank you. god bless the united states. pete: amen. more "fox & friends" moments away. walmart's low prices, you still know how to do it up. and keep costs down. let's end the year enjoying more. ♪ you are all i need baby baby to get by ♪ let's end the year cenbut they pack a punch.l, with over 20 essential vitamins and minerals they are the most complete mini multivitamin. so you can focus on punching above your weight. no matter how high you set the bar.

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