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blast the millions spent on certain measures as he sends lawmakers back to the drawing board. with that we welcome you to "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. shannon: let's get right to it. the house speaker says democrats are ready to bring the proposal to the house floor for a vote this week. neil: doug has the latest. >> reporter: the president may have upended the relief deal, government funding deal through this video he posted on twitter. >> it really is a disgrace. it is called the covid-19 relief bill but it has almost nothing to do with covid-19. i am asking congress to amend this bill and increase the ridiculously low $600, to $2,000, or $4,000 per couple. >> good luck selling that to many republicans who are concerned about the overall

price tag of the steel but many democrats said great. house speaker nancy pelosi tweeted republicans repeatedly refuse to say what amount, the president has agreed to $2,000. democrats are ready to bring this to the floor this week by unanimous consent. let's do it. fellow democrat alexandria ocasio cortez also tweeted let's do it, rashida tlaib and i cowrote the amendment and is ready to go, glad to see the president is ready to support our legislation. we can pass a $2,000 check this week if the senate gop agrees to stands down but they may not support with the president wants to cut, billions of dollars of what many see as congressional pork, $10 million for gender programs in pakistan, lays the groundwork for a climate security advisory council, $200 million for fisheries but all of this does threaten to next this deal congress crafted to normally keep the government open but provide covid-19 relief before christmas.

todd: we will have more on the non-abca24 covid-19 deal, thank you. jillian: ralph norman is one of the republican speaking against the bill, jesse what is says nancy pelosi was praised for her work on this, all they want is to steal money from americans. listen to him. >> after the trump tax cut people got what, $1,000 bonus from some of these nice companies, nancy called those crumbs and now she wants that a girl for 600? i don't think so. millions of dollars for gender studies in pakistan, if you listen really closely, you can hear the pakistani generals laughing at us. they were hiding usama bin laden for years when we were sending them billions of dollars. how about $70 million in cambodia. can you get that in the carolinas? this is a den of seeds. they are stealing from us while

we are dying. >> those two on fire last night. the daily wire points out more frustration erupting among states, some forced to bail others out. >> if a business owner in new york is bankrupted, why should a taxpayer in north dakota have to pay for it? americans are suffering, we have congress for that but $600, what does that do for anyone? if you are in a financially desperate situation and have $4,000 worth of expenses in a month to pay $600 is nothing. either congress should give nothing or give enough to make enough of a difference for people in the desperate spot. >> reporter: steve mnuchin was hopeful checks could roll out next week. the timeline in question. jillian: donald from exit directly to the american people

on why he will continue his push for a fair election. >> as president, one of my most solemn duties is to protect the integrity of your sacred right to vote. over the past we 7 weeks we have put forth abundant evidence proving how the democrats perpetrated this monstrous fraud on the american people and the world. americans must be able to have complete faith and confidence in our elections. the fate of our democracy depends upon it. now is the time for the american people to raise their voices and demand that this injustice be immediately corrected. our elections must be fair. >> reporter: attorney general william barr said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. the president's chief of staff mark meadows made a visit to georgia to observe the state's audit of absentee signatures ahead of the senate runoff. todd: madison hawthorne growing a list of republicans backing

the electoral college challenge. >> you can see that they have broken the law and gone against the constitution with the selection. >> reporter: longtime trump supporter and a call from congressman mo brooks who is leading this effort. >> the judiciary is not set up to handle cases of this magnitude with voter fraud and election theft in so many different ways occurring. todd: congress certifying the original college results on january 6th. jillian: doctor anthony faulty said he experienced no discomfort after taking the moderna vaccine with health and human services secretary alex azar. todd: americans reminded use caution over christmas. marian referee joins us as california warns it is in crisis mode. >> reporter: you saw several high profile leaders getting covid-19 shot live, nothing for

us to be afraid of. doctor anthony fauci joining alex azar in getting the jab and reassuring americans the shot is safe. >> i don't have any discomfort in any part of my body, not even in my arms. it was even less than the flu shot. right now feeling great. might change a little bit later. i wouldn't be surprised if i got a little ache, actually feel perfect. jillian: anthony fauci praising the fast tracking of a vaccine, to be distributed in record time. >> the operation warp speed will go down historically as a highly successful endeavor which allowed us to do things with regard to the timing of it and the effectiveness of it, what people never would have

imagined. >> reporter: is the vaccine is sold out to high risk groups including healthcare workers several states continue to battle skyrocketing numbers of cases in depth prompting more warnings from health officials gathering lift was one -- loved ones over the holidays. >> critical to continue the holiday season. vigilance is -- the 4 ws i talk about. wash your distance, wash your hands, and wait together. jillian: record numbers of kim jong un for patients with 18,000 hospitalizations, 3700 people in intensive care right now, several hospitals around the state, makeshift icus to handle the overflows. >> california is in crisis mode,

breaking records. number of patients in icus, and the number of mortalities we are witnessing. >> reporter: in florida officials going against guidelines, vaccinating elderly residents first. todd: a final salute, a police officer killed in the line of duty laid to rest. >> one more guardian angel watching after us, officially retired. >> hundreds of law enforcement taking him to the cemetery, taken by horse-drawn carriage. the officer was gunned down by an alleged carjacker, survived by his wife.

jillian: donald from the should 20 pardons and commutations. on the list is campaign advisor george papadopoulos who was charged as part of the russian probe. trump pardoning alex vander swan on the same charge. duncan hunter, california in new york. todd: a russian smear campaign, the president-elect making comments to peter doocy. >> you still think the stories, the smear campaign. >> yes, yes, yes. my justice department will be totally on its own. >> biden adding he's not discussed the probe with any attorney general. jillian: christmas came early for military father and his reaction is priceless.

>> the christmas present. >> right here. todd: the delaware dad embracing army soldier nicole killer when she jumped from behind the couch. jillian: so great. todd: keep them coming. chicago's da wants to clear the record of thousands of marijuana dealers and expunge heroin and cocaine, could this but the public at risk. chicago alderman, anthony napolitano joins us live to react. todd: christmas concerts ready to roll, the band spreading holiday cheer on wheels. todd: a holiday pick, this photo of her and her 9-year-old mother spending time together. jillian: just a few of their 20

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system of expungement of charges doesn't help people with addiction, to use drugs as well as sell them. it is part of the trifecta in the city of chicago, we have 4100 people start, 700 sense that the homicides, that is how it hurts. jillian: if you start with marijuana and it makes its way to harder drugs, is that enabling and allowing behavior. where do you go from there? >> that is what is going on, you are trying to put it under the guise of helping people with addiction, your incompetency to prosecute these offenders and another statement about this too, this is a form of commerce in the city of chicago for

narcotics, simply unacceptable. how do i explain this, changing laws for what we saw for leniency for people with addictions. prosecute the criminals, that is the job. >> is a job anymore? how concerning it das across the country, attorney general like kim fox are changing their approach to crime almost taking the role of the public defender and eliminating a voice for us the people in prosecutors offices which is to uphold the law to the highest degree possible. >> i agree with that statement especially in chicago, starting to change the way you do these

are posted -- political positions, what you are doing is pretty much changing things for both purposes and not following the letter of the law. that is not proper, that is not what we stand for. you are changing the system to keep yourself in office and the city of chicago has the highest crime rate in the country. todd: an amazing transformation and concerning trance formation. we appreciate you shitting insight into it this morning. jillian: kamala harris in the senate drying backlash, critics calling it a blow to african-americans. that story coming up. todd: pastor robert jeffers says christmas is a time for reflection, his holiday message amid the pandemic. ♪ let earth receive her king ♪ xfinity customers, stream hbo and more

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todd: covid-19 stole christmas like the grinch, pastor robert jeffers said this is precious time we can use for reflection. thanks for being here. what are your tips for us? >> merry christmas. there is a statistic that 88% of religiously unaffiliated people planning to summary christmas this year and 10% doing more spiritual reflection than ever before. there is a hunger for the message of christmas, this pandemic, the unprecedented

political strife, broken and we are powerless, because god gives fix it. man's greatest needed been for money god would have sent us an economist. a greatest need had been for education god would have sent us a teacher but our greatest need is for forgiveness and that is why god sent as a savior. the shepherds rewarded this day in the city of david, a savior who is christ the lord and that is where christmas is. todd: people are struggling with how to celebrate the holidays this year. the first on your list his watch and participate in online services. >> if you are separated from your church over the christmas holiday, watch and online service, i encourage people to

tune in tomorrow at 5:00 pm eastern. can you share communion with us online at firstballots.org and it is important for people to reach out to people who are more isolated than they are. and elderly person, someone who lost a loved one. jesus came to not his needs but the attitude toward others. i encourage people to reflect on your best christmas in the past and start planning your next christmas. this pandemic isn't going to last forever. thinking about the future is a way to have what the bible calls silver judgment and i would encourage families if they are not in church to read the christmas story aloud together in luke chapter 2. this holiday is about the birth of the one who has done more to

change world history than any others, jesus christ. the angel said this is good news of great joy for all people and reading that story will just remind us of the joy of christmas. todd: you plugged this once, you can watch the christmas eve service at 5:00 pm eastern time, to your third point you mentioned planning for next christmas. i am driving everybody around me crazy, with my plan for 368 days from now but it is something that has to be done, you have to look at the future and all that good stuff. merry christmas. jillian: you are driving everyone crazy just with that. the georgia team, has a sentence cut. her family's plan to get her out of prison. >> one of the most difficult parts of the pandemic is the decision to close down our businesses, could be difficult

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the college student knows she did wrong but right now is terrified. >> we weren't happy that she did this. this is not like skyler to make this kind of bad judgment call. they called and reported her after her boyfriend won the race. >> reporter: the statement saying it was her hope that she would be to return home to resume her studies in january. we accept the decision of the court and look forward to receiving its written reason in due course. her grandmother is also appealing to donald trump and the justice department is looking into the case. mac tested negative two days after arriving to the cayman islands, leaving the hotel to attend the race with her boyfriend is also facing the same punishment. as of now they will be set free in february. todd: thanks.

jillian: oregon governor brown extending the coronavirus shutdown. change one of the most difficult parts of the pandemic is the decision to close down our businesses, very difficult for oregonians but also very necessary. it is so incredibly important for the next few weeks that oregonians continue to comply with the safety measures. jillian: one mayor is saying enough is enough pending an open letter to the governor, joining me with why he is urging businesses to safely reopen despite the restrictions, the mayor of sandy, oregon, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. jillian: for people at home watching let's have a clip of your open letter to the governor and this says our neighbors are simply unable to continue drowning arbitrary rules that are bankrupting their family businesses. governor brown, we are open.

what his reaction been. what is your reaction so far? >> i had an opportunity to have a conversation with her where i expressed the importance for action in the drafting effect on local main street community. there is desperation, these folks are fighting for their lives and livelihood. to travel around the state, for a statewide opening, encouraging folks to go to our website. the new year's day slogan, we need to stand to gather in these times. jillian: what was her response? >> her response was she was worried about spread of covid-19 during these times. i too am. the facts, these restaurants are

opening and they are opening in back rooms speakeasy style. very little guidance, very little face coverings, taken from the governor. and the mainstream business owners, putting proper guidance in place, people are opening in a fashion. jillian: is there a plan, do you have a plan in place for business owners to go against and the case is spiking. what do you do then? >> we have a plan in place. she has extreme levels in the portland metro area. went we are looking to do is open one level under that, following all of her guidelines, that would allow for these doors

to open, and allow employees to go back to work. if there's a spike in cases we need to be number but look at the death rate and different factors and look at the entirety of this, destroying the main street community. jillian: the opinion in this open letter does not necessarily reflect the deals of city council. have you received backlash or opposition to this. >> different community members might disagree, our community understand with this position. shortly after i wrote this open letter to the governor, my wife had two little girls knock on her door and write a letter about standing up, the next day went out with local charity community to provide christmas

for families in need. that is what is at stake right now and what i am fighting for. fighting for local main street computer the, and across oregon and i do hope they visit our website and download the hashtag new year's day and get in those storefronts and have to stands together. >> reporter: restaurant owners have been hit, one of the hardest in the country with these lockdown to the restrictions and so many have closed and won't reopen. they need help. let us know how everything goes. todd: president-elect joe biden says he won't immediately rollback donald trump's immigration policies. >> the last thing we need is to say we are going to stop immediately, access to asylum

the way it is being run now and 2 million people on the border. it will get done and it will get done quickly but it is not going to be done on day one. jillian: ilhan omar slamming the biden team for breaking the campaign promise. the demonization of migrants, democrats lose big when administrations won't fulfill their promises. i urge the biden transition team to reconsider this position. california governor gavin newsom, alex padilla to fill vice president selects kamala harris's senate seat. the mayor of san francisco calling the pic unfortunate. >> this is a below to the african-american community, african-american women to women in general. todd: the daughter of jamaican and indian immigrants was the

only black woman in the senate. attorney general william barr's last day on the job ahead of his departure, giving update on the probe into the origins of the russia investigation. >> before the election as you know i designated john durham as special counsel, him and his team with assurance they are able to finish their work and making their progress now and expect they will be able to finish their work. todd: durham's work as special counsel will continue into the next administration. jeff rosen will become acting attorney general for the next couple weeks. jillian: the pandemic is not stopping a milwaukee rock band from spreading holiday cheer. ♪ he was a happy -- ♪ corncob pipe and button those

♪ into two eyes made of coal ♪ todd: the miracle on wheels caravan emoticons is around the city, in a socially distant setting dropping hints about the next gig on facebook. 38 after the hour, $10 million for gender programs in pakistan, $26 million for the kennedy center. joe consciousa says it is what we should expect from it and this congress. jillian: 2020, year we would like to forget but we've been together every step of the way, a look at a truly unprecedented year next. ♪ don't stop believing ♪

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jillian: regardless what you think of this year 2020 has been a wild ride from a worldwide pandemic to presidential election, we've been with you

every step of the way. todd: let's look back at the biggest stories of 2020. >> watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. i am todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. >> let's start with this fox news alert closed for business, busy american cities deserted as the nation implements dramatic restrictions to contain covid-19. >> we are using the full power of the federal government to defeat the coronavirus and we will do whatever it takes. >> new york, america's covid-19 epicenter has run out of hospital bed then resources today. we need real leadership in this town, not a governor that goes around congratulating himself by writing a book during a pandemic. >> protesters in huntington beach took to the beach. >> 8 or 9 months already and a new set of restrictions is going

to be a punch in the governor industry. >> the us getting us out of home. frontline healthcare workers rolling a sleeve getting the first doses of covid-19 vaccine. members of the fdny cheering for medical workers. >> violent clashes overnight as nationwide protests over the death of george floyd rage and one other night. >> police officers ambushed in brooklyn, new york, two shots, one stabbed in the neck. new york city cut $1 billion from the police budget. donald trump declaring a new era of peace at the signing of treaties between israel, bahrain and the united arab emirates. >> the senate confirming judge amy barrett is fifteenth justice of the screen court. a link between ukraine holdings and joe biden. >> it was chaotic, personal, there was crosstalk. >> i'm not going to answer questions. >> will you shut up, man?

>> joe biden waited 32 years to give that speech and no one in 1 million years would have thought he would do it. trump campaign filing five appeals to the board of election decision to count different categories of mail in absentee ballots. speech once >> we want the law to be done in a useful manner. >> the number from yesterday, we close above 30,000 for the first time in history. >> a secret number. >> we won't see the volatile whether we saw the last couple days but we could see flash flooding. >> real dangerous flash flooding. >> this is one way to put a smile on somebody's face. >> you've donated 20,000 gallons of hand sanitizer to date in your community. >> one group of volunteers from new jersey making a mission to donate 100 meals a day. >> spending for ourselves and mutual aid.

>> churches across the country are sending aid through boxes of hope during the pandemic. >> we wanted an intangible to show love. >> kanye west bows out of the 2020 race or said differently we hardly knew he. >> thank you so much for we appreciate you covering the opening. >> during breaks we are doing is talking about storm because that is what you have to do. >> i have wine being delivered. >> that is an excellent idea, so smart. >> you can do whatever you want. >> that is right. we were taken with this video as he was feeling very energized. >> can you pay the light bill? jillian did that used to the story twice. it is becoming a habit. >> not one of your better once. >> got to apologize.

it is my fault because i combined sleepers to sneakers, and elevated the wall street journal survives top market in history. >> sounds delicious. don't know if it is because i am hungry or what? i will try. >> happy friday. >> by, guys. jillian: where do you begin? what stands out to me looking at all of that is the fact that every single community across the country came together. to help each other to do what they could to do their part. it is really inspiring. carley: pick any moment of that piece we just showed and it belongs in a history book. it has been a historic year we lived through, started off like

any other year, three months in the entire world changed. how many news eventss affect every person on the planet and we lived through that today and this year and the good news is people were able to adapt the best they could. it shows the power and will of the american and human spirit and there is hope leading into 2021. todd: thinking of what you said that our kids will review this in history books and we will talk to them about it like our grandparents did through the depression and world war ii and all that. let's look ahead to 2020. you want to do this differently in 2021? carley: absolutely. todd: great being partners with you. can't wait for 2021. senator rand paul signing off on wasteful spending in an address going viral. >> yes yes yes. you are a one horse pony. todd: joe biden brushing off fox news's question about his son's overseas business dealing.

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>> reporter: do you think you'll have a honeymoon? >> you consider filing for reelection early next year to show you will not be a lame-duck? >> are there areas the trump team has not been cooperative that have not been made public? todd: president-elect joe biden avoiding difficult questions the press conference. jillian: they are focusing on his honeymoon period and future plans for reelection. todd: joe can'ta is in for a rude awakening. the softballs were harder

questions in almost any other question he has received over the last couple months, a low bar when your question is what is your favorite ice cream. you say he is in for a rude awakening in the media is in for a rude awakening. why? >> there are versions of softball. there is a higher pitch and moderates. either way they are still softballs. those are a little bit harder but some of those questions that were asked, do you plan on filing for reelection when you get in how else will he answer that? of course he will say yes i am in for the long haul, he won't say i think i will hand it off to kamala in 2022. another question concerned his attorney general pick and he said can you guarantee the conversations you're having about your attorney general don't involve any investigations around your son? how else is joe biden going to answer is that? you want to have attorney

general eric holder, or loretto lynch met with bill clinton at the height of the hillary clinton investigation for the 2016 campaign, peter doocy is the only one answering difficult questions and that is a shame. >> let's listen to peter doocy. >> you think this is a story about your son hunter like you said? >> yes yes yes. you are a one horse pony. my justice department will be on its own. >> i rest my case but peter doocy is out there as much as he can answering these questions and is dealing with one. >> he has to yield them and

biden is always running off the stage, because staffers are picking who gets the call on mister biden during these 5 question press conferences and peter doocy is never on that list but think about the answer from joe biden. hunter biden is under fbi investigation. the biden people told us that and the president-elect saying this is a matter of russian disinformation, is dealing with the late great tim russert. all he is doing is reading back mister biden's own words and asking him if he can still confirm that or believes what he said for russian disinformation and you are a one horse pony which is redundant at last check and run off the stage.

can't keep doing this forever i would hope. todd: the president slamming of the coronavirus bill. what does any of this have to do with getting immediate health to americans literally on the verge of or currently in financial relief. >> $1 billion to the smithsonian. are the washington football team, i went through this, congress, and what you are looking at on-screen is the swamp that has to do with relief for people, by many. happy merry christmas eve eve. i've not wrapped one present and

don't know how. >> iso tissue paper, to wrap the gifts. >> i think we are in good shape. jillian: i have a gift in the distribution center. in the next hour "fox and friends first," dr. nicole saphier, ian pryor and ralph norman join us next. these folks don't have time to go to the post office

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the lobbyists and special interests while sending a minimum to the american people who need it. it is called the covid-19 relief bill but has almost nothing to do with covid-19. it really is a disgrace. todd: it is wednesday december 20 third and this is a fox news alert, donald trump telling congress $600 is not enough, the millions spent on absurd measures antisense lawmakers back to the drawing board. jillian: from coast-to-coast americans are preparing for a covid-19 christmas, some leaders persuading them not to go home for the holidays. todd: moments like this that remind us it is christmas time