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 after all. "fox and friends first" continues right now.

♪ jillian: you like this on? todd: i enjoy this song. it is interesting. jillian: let the christmas tree outside on fox square. todd: i will take the negative -- it is festive us and i have a lot of problems. jillian: we can't wait. on that note good morning. you are watching "fox and friends first" on wednesday morning. todd: we begin with that fox news alert, nancy pelosi says democrats are ready to bring the president's proposal, 10,$000 stimulus check for a vote this week. jillian: the covid-19 relief bill stands. >> reporter: speaking a hearing of grievances the president didn't use the word veto but made clear he is not happy with

this covid-19 relief package in comments he posted yesterday 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. >> reporter: many republicans will balk at the cost of that proposal, many democrats are on board. nancy pelosi tweeted republicans repeatedly refused to say what about the president wanted for direct checks. at last the president has agreed to $2,000, democrats are ready to bring it to the floor this week by unanimous consent, let's do it. another democrat, senator bernie sanders tweeted that is great. i first introduced a bill that provided $2,000 direct payments with senator kamala harris 7 months ago. now, mister president, get mitch mcconnell and your republican friends to stop opposing and we

could provide americans with $2,000, let's do it but they may not support with the president wants to cut, billions of dollars of what many see as congressional pork. you are just a couple examples, $10 million for gender programs in pakistan, groundwork for climate security advisory council, $300 million for fisheries and all of this could send congress back to the drawing board on this $2.3 billion package. later this hour congressman ralph norman will explain his no vote on that deal. todd: a very thorough report and solid festive us record. jillian: donald trump seeks more money for americans, businesses and restaurants, fox news contributor murdoch says the president is right on this and it is time to get congress real help to those struggling. >> some targeted relief for

restaurants, restaurant industry -- i am sitting just outside of an old restaurant that has been dead for months. every restaurant is coupled. they should get help because they've been told you can't do business. they are barely holding on. jillian: senator rand paul railing against what he views as overspending of taxpayer dollars to the tune of $54 billion. the kentucky republican going viral after posting his report airing those grievances. this is december 20 third. $10 million spent on a botched order for covid-19 test tubes, to lizards walking on treadmills, the government wastes 10,$000 per taxpayer per year. senator paul will join "fox and friends" in the 8 am hour. jillian: doctor anthony fauci says he experienced no discomfort after publicly taking

the moderna vaccine with health and human services secretary alex azar. todd: americans are urged to use caution over christmas. marianne rafferty joins us as la warns it is incredible right now. >> reporter: several high-profile leaders getting their covid-19 shot live, there is nothing to be afraid of, doctor anthony fauci joining alex azar in getting the jab, reassuring americans the shot is safe. >> i don't have any discomfort in any part of my body, not even in my arms, less than the flu shot, feeling great. might change a little bit later. wouldn't be surprised if i got a little egg and felt a little down but now i feel perfect. >> reporter: anthony fauci praising the fast tracking of the vaccine, approved and distributed in record time. >> 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 effectiveness of it in a way that a few years ago people never would have imagined. >> reporter: as it is doled out to high risk groups including healthcare workers several states continue to battle skyrocketing numbers of cases and deaths prompting more warnings from health officials to resist gathering loved ones for the holidays. >> it is critical we continue this holiday season to do the things that are working. we can't afford to stop running. vigilance is incredibly important. needs to practice the four ws, wear masks, wash your hands, wash your distance, wait together.

>> reporter: record number that kim jong un were patients in california with 18,000 hospitalizations and 3700 people in intensive care right now, several hospitals around the state are at or near capacity forcing many to set up makeshift icus to handle the overflow of critical patients. >> california is in crisis mode, breaking records we do not want to break, lower admissions for covid-19, number of patients in our icus and sadly the number of mortalities we are witnessing. >> reporter: in florida officials are going against guidelines and vaccinating elderly residents first. todd: thank you. jillian: a judge reduces the sentence of the georgia teen for violating covid-19 rules, skyler mack broke protocol quarantine for 14 days to watch her boyfriend compete in a jet ski

competition. mac's grandmother says the college student knows she did wrong but is terrified. >> we weren't happy that she did this. this is not like skyler to make this kind of bad judgment. they called and reported her after her boyfriend won the race. >> reporter: the justice department is looking into the case. the us justice department is suing walmart accusing it of fooling the opioid crisis. the lawsuit claims walmart boosted profits by fulfilling questionable presentations quickly, but retailer withheld information from pharmacists. they say it is misguided, a lawsuit says it is wrong on the law and actual inaccuracies come mischaracterizations and cherry picked documents taken out of context. todd: donald from making a

direct we to the american people 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 twee 7 weeks we have put forth abundant evidence proving 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 this injustice be immediately corrected. our elections must be fair. todd: attorney general william barr previously said there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, chief of staff mark meadows going to observe the state's audit of absentee ballot finalist signatures.

jillian: a 4-year-old girl in kentucky showing the right way to sing a classic christmas carol. watch this. ♪ on amount on the amount >> chablis rayburn belting out in front of the christmas tree and presents. todd: a little play-by-play. she started softly at first. then hit the big notes going for the hand motions, nice job. jillian: ever fan of hand motions. much appreciated. todd: the trump administration closes in on a deal for millions of additional vaccine doses. jillian: summer outrage, one state, dr. nicole saphier -- dr. nicole saphier joins us next.

change we have already authorized two vaccines with tens of millions of doses and hundreds of millions more on their way. this is the talked of as a great medical miracle. jillian: donald trump and his administration delivering 100 million additional vaccines by summer. todd: the ceo the mayo clinic says americans should take the first vaccine they can get their hands on, not wait for a specific one. here to react, dr. nicole saphier. let's start with the pfizer deal. should we be confidence this just moved up all our timetables to get the vaccine sooner than we would have previously? >> reporter: the hhs and pfizer have been in better negotiation for weeks because pfizer has not

lived up to their manufacturing promises, they promised 100 million doses worldwide and it was cut in half a couple months ago, the us is in negotiations with pfizer trying to get an additional, to the americans. pfizer saying if we pen this deal it won't be until the third 1:45 thousand 21. hhs is pushing to get that in the second 1:45 thousand 21. pfizer is very different as opposed to that with moderna, this lack of transparency and visibly with any manufacturing process with pfizer. i would prefer to see more doses of the moderna vaccine as it is more easily stored and easier to get to rural and vulnerable populations but ultimately at this point whatever we get our hands on his what we should get. the hhs is able to work out a deal with pfizer, we want to get

as many doses to americans as fast as possible. jillian: let's talk about this. there are differing opinions on all sides of this issue. in massachusetts inmates will be out of the covid-19 vaccine ahead of healthy seniors and medically vulnerable residents. let's listen to a massachusetts infection disease, we have had a lot of cases of covid-19 in prisons and want to make sure those at highest risk are getting the vaccine first, those in greatest need, we have to take care of them. where do you stand on this debate? >> reporter: really good question. i can tell you ultimately no matter how the vaccine rollout plays out it will be controversial. there is controversy in regards to vaccinating those in long-term care facilities. in terms of prison populations i have to work in a county hospital that cares for a lot of different people and they are very vulnerable population. 10% are over 55 and over 50% of

them have chronic illness and guess what happens to those prisoners when they get sick? they don't just stay in the prison or jail where they are. they are transferred to community hospitals where i work and taking up hospital beds. if our ultimate goal is to keep our hospitals open and make sure our healthcare system is working, it would behoove us all to make sure we are vaccinating the vulnerable, the less likely to take up hospital beds and living in tight quarters like prisons they are part of the vulnerable population and it is up to the states who gets it first was they are looking at those numbers and how can we keep hospitals functioning? how can we keep healthcare workers and the vulnerable safe and that is what states are doing. i'm not here to say which is right or wrong because i can debate both sides of the argument. ultimately each state needs to do what is right for them and their population. jillian: great insights people

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lieutenant colonel dan bruni. thank you for being here. merry christmas. you had 12 years of service, your vehicle was struck by an ied, wearing the purple heart in 2011. how has your life changed? >> it is a difficult goal but i learned to appreciate things that are precious to me, things that are close to me. jillian: house so? how so? >> i realized the things that are close to you are so valuable and precious and you need to

keep those things crossing your heart. jillian: you have all of them by your side. is your 17 year wedding anniversary tomorrow so happy anniversary to both of you. how important is education in your family? >> very important, to get higher education. jillian: has it been harder over the last few years? >> sometimes it is. moving around and kids transferring to schools. jillian: i'm sure it takes a toll. use of this family and have a wonderful surprise for them. go ahead. >> like everybody covid-19 has

presented tremendous challenges to nonprofits and folds of honor was struggling this year and we were able to award 4000 scholarships in our first go around but thanks to great patriots many of them are fox viewers who continue to donate this season. we have life-changing christmas gifts and this is the heroic family who sacrificed so much for freedoms, raising 6 kids, 5 daughters, i'm in the 5 daughter club, the most heroic mission you ever had, we have a christmas present leading into the spirit of giving and what jesus stands for, a fedex envelope, a bunch of my buddies apply for fedex and we knew we could count on them to liberty you guys, hoping that fedex, see what is inside. jillian: while you are doing that, one of the kids tell me what you love about your dad.

>> i'm sorry. jillian: here we go. we will wait for this. go ahead. take a look at what is in their? >> reporter: a scholarship for the girls. jillian: tell them what it is. >> these are scholarships for all the girls and your son, $5,000 a piece. they go to a great catholics where you guys are living and i know peyton will go to college in a couple years. we will take care of your college as well as to put this in perspective these are annual scholarships, $5,000 fees but once you are in the family, our plan as we have done with every family will take you all the way through school so this is hundreds of thousands of dollars of education, a small thank you for your service, your sacrifice. you are the best of america and

we are so proud to stand by you and take care of your legacy by honoring the sacrifice you made for the country. jillian: what does it mean to you guys? >> it is great, such a blessing especially at this time of year during christmas. falls of honor is a blessing in disguise for us. we've always wanted to give our kids the best indication possible, they deserve that. without folds of honor being there for us, not sure it could happen. truly excited. >> thank you so much. >> tell me how much you love your dad >> a lot.

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>> congress found plenty of money for lobbyists and special interests while spending the bare minimum to the american people who need the tremendous bill and increase the ridiculously low $600 or else the next administration will have to deliver covid-19 relief

package. todd: donald trump slamming the $900 billion covid-19 relief bill passed by congress, calling for $2,000 in direct payments for americans, big increase from the $600 proposed in the bill. do you agree with the president's take on this bill? >> he is voicing a concern a lot of americans have about this bill. when you look at the fine print which nobody in congress did before they signed it you see all sorts of spending that seems to have nothing to do with covid-19 relief. that became a big issue yesterday as people started to see what was in the bill and the president is just saying what a lot of people feel which is in this moment if we are going to spend money let's spend it where we have the most urgent needs in the united states, not spend it are brought on projects that have nothing to do with getting

people back to work and getting the economy up and running so i agree with him on the wasteful spending piece in the other piece is the amount of money we are sending checks to people, people who had their jobs taken away and businesses taken away that $600 payment seemed awfully small. what difference is that going to make? he's going for an amount of money that if it was $8,000 for a family of four which is what he is calling for that is meaningful. you can make mortgage payments or rent payments or sustain life for a couple months on that amount. i see why he is calling for more but the first thing he said is cut the waste. a lot of people forgetting that but that was the preamble to his message about more money from the federal government and checks to people. todd: let's put the economics agree to some good use. from an economic perspective does the bill's nontargeted approach and money going outside the country help stimulate the economy in a way lawmakers hoped to do?

>> i am a skeptic of stimulus. i don't think government spending is an effective way to stimulate the economy, not what we are sending overseas in foreign aid. a lot of money has 0 stimulative effect. theoretically you want to get money in the hands of people who need it. the problem with cutting a check to everybody is some of that money goes to people who need it for sure but a lot of money will go to people who haven't lost a job or having lost income, making upwards of 150,$000 a year, sending them a check is something they will save, pay down - but that will not find its way back into the economy so ideally you wanted to go to people who need it most, the problem is how you do that and how you do it quickly. congress put itself in a corner by waiting so long and now they are paying the price because it looks more like spreading peanut butter around then targeting many where it is needed. todd: let's get to the market,

nasdaq getting a record high with the aid package before the president talked about what he doesn't like about the deal. i am a little confused because i have been trying to read the signs. to the markets like this bill or not like this bill? the nasdaq like it but when you look at the s&p i am not so sure. >> markets for a long time have dockets by the end of the year we are going to get a bill that was going to be around $1 trillion. markets are saying this is what we expected. i don't think they are loving or not loving it at this point because investors are looking ahead to 2021. there focus on what this economy looks like after we get the vaccine which is fine for stock market investors but on main street they say i have to get through the next few months, the covid-19 relief bill is more what it means to small businesses than what it means to people playing in the stock market or looking beyond the end of this year. todd: vaccine is where it is.

thanks for joining us. jillian: still ahead dc strikes a deal with the catholic church in time for christmas. the number allowed in houses of worship for the holidays. we to more christmastime pics coming in. randy and evelyn share throwbacks when they were kids before they know it, 1976. jillian: 3-year-old daughter making sure her older brother smiles for the camera. ♪ and i brought some corn ♪ lights were turned download ♪ let it snow let it snow let it snow it's been a tough year.

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rules affecting family businesses. we are opening. he joined us earlier on "fox and friends first" on his conversation with her. >> the response was she was worried about the spread of covid-19. she has her levels at extreme levels in the metro area. we've got to look at the entirety of this and how it is destroying the main street community. >> reporter: 25% of organ businesses anticipate closing in 6 months of the economy does not improve. >> reporter: the ban on indoor dining goes into effect today, mayor bowser calls the suspension a holiday plus which restaurant owners complaining feel targeted by this restriction. it comes as the mayor and catholic church come to an agreement on capacity. houses of worship can admit 20% of their capacity or 250 people, whichever. >> white house coronavirus advisor doctor debra birx plans to retire after the biden transition. >> i will be helpful through

appear go of time and this experience has been a bit overwhelming, very difficult on my family. >> reporter: he received backlash for a family trip over thanksgiving after urging americans to limit their travel at gatherings. she says it was to winterize the property for a potential sale. still ahead william barr's last dance attorney general and john durham is making good progress in his investigation into the origins of the russia probe. todd: the next steps in a special counsel's investigation when we come back.

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a minute, donald trump hinting he may not find the new spending bill covid-19 relief package, without significant changes. the senator this morning, georgia less then two weeks from a vote that is crucial to the future of the country. georgia governor brian kemp was on "fox and friends". john rich will join us and doctor mark siegel, covid-19 vaccine and timothy cardinal dolan shares a special christmas message. see you soon. jillian: special counsel john durham making good progress in his investigation into the origins of the trump russia probe. >> what william barr has to say about this.

>> thank you so much. expanded his team by adding more prosecutors and they are primarily working out of washington dc. as special counsel, in the nation's capital. attorney general william barr said his team is moving along. >> i designated john durham as special counsel because i wanted it to provide him and his team assurance that they are making good progress now and able to finish their work. >> reporter: william barr tapped durham to investigate the origins of the trump russia probe.

this came after robert mueller found no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between donald trump's first campaign and russian officials during the 2016 election. the investigation only produced one charge so far and that was kevin kline smith who was accused of altering an email related to the surveillance of our trump campaign aide carter page. the director of national intelligence john radcliffe in october said he thinks there are more to come. >> there will be more indictments based on the intelligence i have access to, but there should be. jillian: attorney general william barr resigned and today is his last week at the justice department. jillian: appreciate it. deputy director of public affairs at the doj joins us live, thanks for being here.

durham has spent more time in dc. >> reporter: the uptick in covid-19, and complete the investigation. the majority of the intelligence community resides and timothy shea, in the district of columbia. for those issues to be handled in washington dc and most likely in washington dc. jillian: we do not get full results of this investigation by inauguration day. >> i don't but that at 100% but it is unlikely, that the president has signed a document

offering the use of crossfire information, not typical, a lot more work to do. with radcliffe on their getting access to intelligence that showed more indictments, could be what he's talking about. jillian: let's listen to what the campaign advisor has to say about additional indictments. >> the special counsel's team destroyed many lives in the process, that americans have to undercover the political motivations to their treacherous plot to remove donald trump. i can tell you there will be additional indictments. >> reporter: what do you think of additional indictments? >> these investigations will

result, if this bleeds over to the biden administration, listen special counsel finish their work, that biden will do that. william barr making durham special counsel ties their hands. todd: joe biden says he's not discussed hunter in his search for ag saying he's not asking questions of this potential nominee and stories about his son were disinformation. is joe biden playing this right? >> in some ways he is and in some ways he isn't. i would say it is very unlikely that he's talked to potential ag nominees about this investigation because he knows the first question that will come up in a confirmation hearing is does did you talk to

joe biden about hunter biden? it is more problematic. the fact that he's talking about this information coming out of delaware, lauded by two democratic senators and calling out russian disinformation that seeks to quit this investigation into special counsel territory. it is not said that and said let the investigation run its course. not necessary to appoint a special counsel, there is no big concern for the nation beyond investigation of the president elect's son. when we talk about russian disinformation, it is clear joe biden cannot look at the evidence, look at the reality and say we should let the investigation run its course. shannon: i notice that in the background. >> you too. todd: christmas vacation. dozens of house republicans

voted against the covid-19 relief bill because of senseless spending and that includes our next guest. jillian: a disservice to the american people, he joins us next. we old timers will often tell how hard we had it.

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. being. todd: a fox news alert. president trump demanding more mope for americans as the massive covid-19 relief bill awaits his approval. jillian: ralph northam voted against the spending bill and

joins us this morning thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> why did you vote dependence it. >> when i saw $6,000.02:00 and supposed to vote on it that afternoon at 6:00, 7:00, if you did the math, we had a thousand pages to review an hour. and in what universe would anybody vote for something that you can't even -- didn't have the opportunity to read? no congressman was able to read that. and to vote on something with this much money, with country in this kind of debt makes no sense at all. and so it was an easy choice for me. did it have some good things? yes. but to be asked to do that is an insult to the american people. and it's an insult to really all of us that wanted to read it. we haven't worked for a year, basically. this could have been done month ago and ms. pelosi because of her hatred of donald trump would not present a budget. it didn't follow the normal process which is an insult.

todd: a lot of your colleagues did vote for this i will about. here is some of what they voted for if they voted yes on this bill. billions of remote clean energy. more kennedy center funding. i could go on and on. we will let those at home read you will a the. jillian: programs in pakistan. todd: the pork items on this. to me it sends a message a majority of those in congress really tonight care about the american people as much as they do special interests. i don't mean to impugn a member of congress as i'm speaking to you, isn't that the case? >> it is the case, todd. and why? it doesn't have to be this way. there is no guardrails on spending anymore. there is time for those of us who care about the economy, who care about leaving a massive debt to our children to say no. and it's time to will fight and -- if you are broke, you cannot fund the military. you cannot fund the things that should be funded. but to not read something is just beyond me. i'm from the private sector.

any of your listeners presented with what we were presented with and just to say to accept it on blind faith makes no sense then and makes no sense now. jillian: real quick the president obviously calling on congress to do better with this. does something get done? >> he will probably sign it, jillian. i disagree with the president on this. i mean, what does funding the smithsonian institute have to do with covid? what does the dollars that go to all these foreign countries who don't like us, by the way, have to do with the corona package? the best thing we can do in this country to put the democratic governors let the businesses go back to work. for government to tell businesses to shut down, there is such a thing as free choice and freedom that we used to have. and it's time to call them out on it now. todd: meantime joe biden sharing some of his plans for president trump's immigration policies. take a listen. >> the last thing we need is to say we are going to stop immediately the -- you know, the

access to asylum the way it's being run now and end up with 2 million people on our border. todd: congressman, was this the biden plan/strategy all along talk tough against trump's immigration policies during the campaign but when the time comes for you to actually do something about them sort of slow roll the walk back because quite frankly in many people's estimation the trump immigration policies are working. >> not only they worked but joe biden gave us a preview of coming attractions in october when he said he was basically going to let 11 million illegal immigrants come into the country and going to naturalize them as american citizens. if that's not quid pro quo for getting votes, i don't know what is. but, again, this country is in debt. this country put 11 million more and counting on this -- on america is not right. we can't afford it. and it shouldn't be done. he telegraphed that back in being o. and really curing the campaign.

everybody knew he was not going to if enforce border control. the walls will come down if he had his way. and it's a travesty for those who entered this country legally. and he did it for votes. and i think he will continue to do it. jillian: we will certainly continue to follow and see what happens. congressman ralph norm thank you for joining us and have a good christmas. >> merry christmas. jillian: speaking of christmas, it came early for a military father as his reaction is priceless. >> right here, dad. >> what the hell? [laughter] ing oh my god. todd: i could watch that all day. the delaware dad embracing army soldier nicole withrow-miller after shea jumped up from behind a couch. she returned after being away for six months. jillian: so fantastic.

especially this time of year in the holidays and how difficult this year has been for so many people to be able to have that and have your family member come home just incredible. todd: we love wringing those sights and sounds to you during this time of year. "fox & friends" stars right now. jillian: see you tomorrow. ♪ >> it really is a disgrace. it's called the covid relief bill but it has almost nothing to do with covid. will. pete: we begin with a fox news alert. president trump demanding congress send them a new covid-19 relief bill with a lot more money for direct payments for individuals. ing. katie: nancy pelosi says democrats are ready to bring the president's proposal to increase checks to a vote this week. will. griff: doug lieu zar lieu luzad. >> shoc