greg and i, it's how we got through the whole .2. merry christmas, happy holidays and that's it for us. we will see you back here on monday. ♪ pete: we begin this saturday morning with a will fox news alert. a massive manhunt underway for the palmer behind the christmas morning explosion in downtown nashville. the fbi and nashville law enforcement are investigating after an rv blew up on a street damaging dozens of buildings and investigators believe it was a deliberate bomb, as they reveal a chilling recording that came from the rv just moments before the blast. ing evacuate now. if you can hear this message,

evacuate now. [explosion] >> nashville police say human remains were found near the explosion. the remains are being examined to see if they are linked to the blast. three others are hurt. they are hospitalized but in stable condition. now police released this surveillance photo showing the rv just hours before the bombing. there is $300,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. good morning, pete. good morning rachel. happy to be with you this morning on "fox & friends." what a stunning story on christmas morning. and for now, i think the focus, pete, is on the heroism. convict exhibited in christmas.

put yourself on the scene are 6:00 a.m. in the morning. shots downtown nashville. hear from the loud speaker out of an rv in 15 minutes it's going to explode. is that a real message? is it not? there is no way you can know. these members of the national police force whose faces and names we put up on the screen one had been -- two of them had been with the force 16 months, two of them 21 month. three years, four years, the most experienced amongst them for 11 years. remember, this is christmas morning. probably the shift a lot of young officers new on the force are working. they went block by block. house by house, business by business, to clear out citizens of nashville, putting their own lives at risk, never are knowing if that hv would explode in that moment. a true testament to the job that they do.

and here is the chief of the nashville police department talking about these hero officers. >> these officers acts of heroism is just tremendous. they heard an rv giving out a message. officers immediately began knocking on doors. and evacuating residents here not knowing if the bomb was going to detonate immediately or going to go off in the time that was stated. these officers didn't care about themselves. they didn't think about that. they cared about the citizens of nashville. and they went in and we would be talking not about the debris that we have here but also maybe potential people. so with that said, the officers saved lives today. ing. rachel: that's exactly right. those are heroes who did everything they were supposed to do. as you mentioned, pete, interesting that you have a range of experience on the force. but many of them young and less experienced because this would be the shift that they would

get. christmas day you would expect to be pretty quiet. it's not like new year's eve where you expect a lot of things to be happening. so they did all the right things door to door selflessly. not worrying about what would happen to them knowing that this rv message that was blaring out said a become could go off at any minute. warning them that that could happen. just really remarkable. of we really don't give our police officers the credit they deserve for the kind of selfless courage that they show on a daily basis at any minute. '. will: the majority of those six on the force for under two years. inexperienced and yet heroic. i mentioned we focus on the heroism first. at the same time, we also turn to the investigation. who is response cybil? who is behind this horrific christmas day attack? david spunt is going to join us live here from the justice department as federal agents are taking on the lead in that

investigation. david? many. >> good morning, it's a big task the fbi and atf are leading the investigation right now looking at any and all leads. keppleing through evidence of course difficult on christmas morning especially cleaning up that scene to try to find evidence. at this point they are not only looking for the motive but looking for the person or people behind the attack as you mentioned a manhunt underway right now. just following the attack president-elect joe biden and president donald trump both briefed on the situation. federal agents are now on the ground in tennessee working any and all leads, hoping something clicks. >> the fbi stands with the city of nashville today in this very tragic christmas day event. this is our city, too. we live here. we work here. and we're putting everything we have into finding who was responsible for what's happened here today. >> the department of justice released this statement

yesterday acting attorney general jeff rosen was briefed on the national incident inearly this morning and directed that all doj resources be made available to assist in the investigation. of course the fbi falls under doj. will explosion for offices of for at and t in nashville. caused widespread outtanks in the state of tennessee as well as kentucky and georgia. several police agencies reporting issues with its 911 system. the faa issued a ground stop on flights leaving the airport in nashville because of the communication to issue that has since subsided somewhat. overnight reports of a suspicious rv near a federal building in cincinnati. agents swarmed that scene. turns out it was benign. nothing serious but, of course, you can't be too careful in situations like this. but that investigation very much ongoing this morning. back to you. ing presidential. pete: indeed, david spunt. we appreciate it. you can speculate about motives. there is no understanding why

someone would d something like this. is it a suicide? they have found d.n.a. you tonight know. shot meant to draw in police. will at the same time you are putting out a warning. if there is no rhyme or reason to believe it seems right now and no bay to put together what that motive would have been. i would imagine based on the level of investigation happening, we will start to get more and more details. maybe even this morning during of the program. and thank god at this point death minimal in this particular situation. but we do have an eyewitness, buck mccoy, who actually witnessed the explosion who described what he saw. listen. >> well, i was asleep and around 5:30 in the morning, i heard gunshots coming from second avenue. them, within 10 minutes, i was laying in bed and there was just the biggest explosion i have ever been -- ever heard. it just knocked the windows from the front room into the back. it knocked the front door off the hinges. if i had been standing there 10

minutes early -- later, i mean, there is just -- i never would have survived that. i'm a little bit shook up. i'm trying to come to the relation that the place i have been living in for the last five years is completely demolished. will: you can only imagine what it must have been like to be downtown, the surprise, the testifying to property. the injuries that were sustained. you know, there are many questions. more questions than answers. we hope we will get some of those answers this morning as we talk to people involved in the investigation. to people who were present or in the investigation downtown nashville or are to the event itself. you have to won be der is there downtown surveillance footage? there usually is cameras that can help record whatever happens in a busy city center. the police officers that were downtown clearing businesses, were they able to get a look at perhaps that rv? the license tags? you would think there was a lot of conclusives potentially to lead us down the path of this

investigation behind who was involved with this? but for now the are experience is one that had has affected a city known for cup be tri music, for stars, celebrity, sports and pop culture alike. let's take a look at some of the reaction from the nashville community including people like carrie underwood tweeted the following merry christmas, everyone, and a huge thank you are to you will a the brave first responders in nashville this morning. also from the country music band little big town were merry christmas thinking of our little big town we love so much. bravery. our prayers and love with all those serving our community. normal is from the tennessee titans, praying for our city and the first responders on the scene of the explosion this morning. nashville has been through a lot this year. we will bounce back together stronger and tougher. #tennessee tough, rachel.

rachel: really nice to see the community in nashville, especially those entertainers we love so much coming together and giving that support to the community as they need it right now. we are going to have john rich on our show at 7:30 eastern talking to us about his experience, his restaurant not very far from where that explosion happened and how that is affecting the business community that we know in nashville has been hit so hard by the pandemic. and now this. so we're looking forward to that report from him on the ground. pete: yeah, when i think nashville i often think will john rich redneck rivera bar downtown. they have been hit hard by the lockdowns and now this. it will be interesting to talk to him this morning, will. will: keep you update on this story throughout the morning. turn now to a few additional headlines. overnight police go room by room searching for the personal who threatened to shoot up a texas resort. the great wolf lodge near dallas going on lockdown forcing guest frost their beds in the middle

of the night. they were taken to a secure part of the building. authority said they did not find a suspect and keep officers on the scene as a precaution. doubling down on his call for a $2,000 stimulus check for all americans. the president writing on 'twitter made many calls and had meetings at trump international in palm beach florida. why would politicians not want to give people $2,000 rather than $600. it wasn't their fault. it was china. give our people the money. senator lindsey graham called the president's demands reasonable tweeting after spending time with president trump today i'm convinced he is more determined than ever to increase stimulus payment to $2,000 per person and challenge section 230 big tech liability protection. ' and the many saints clinch the nfc south fourth year in a row despite term performanc performg

kamara. the five running touchdowns, now six. will: kamara the first player in 55 years to score six rushing touchdowns in a game. only been done three other times in nfl history. he did it in red and green christmas cleats. and tune in for week 16 in the nfl tomorrow on fox. if you had alvin camara in your fantasy lineup which today or this weekend fantasy football championship weekend. kamara gave you 56 point. in essence, he gave you wane in your fantasy. pete: he could have had 7. there was not a single moment when the vikings stopped him. it wasn't even -- it was a joke of a defense and amazing offensive performance. it. will: from a viking fan. pete: begot revenge. they have got us last two years in the playoffs so they can have this one. the heroes of the nashville bombing police officers. >> these incredible heroes who ran to danger with uncertain

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alert. the heroes of the bombing that rocked downtown nashville the police officers. pete: here with more is the president of the fraternal order of police james. we know you are going a lot through the community the bright spot are the action of that's officers. if you would, share with our audience, what you know about what they did on christmas morning. >> good morning and thank you for having me on. what we witnessed yesterday morning was nothing short of heroism and courageous actions by those sex officers who received a call about shots being fired in the area and they charged towards the danger like any other police officer in our nation would. and when they got there, obviously the danger continued to increase. and they took swift action. and they started working in the streets and in the neighborhood to clear residents from the area and clear pedestrians from the area. and they put themselves in

between good and evil. and they stood the line and did everything they could and tried to protect community and they saved lives without a doubt. rachel: james, i know this is such an unusual situation. i haven't heard anything like this where an rv drives through and warns that it's going to explode. tell me, what kind of training do your -- do officers get for a situation like this? >> you know, we do everything we can to provide the best training we can for our officers. but we can't predict every situation. so what we want to make sure of is that our officers know their duty and they are ready to stand the line and make sure their community are safe and doing everything they can to make good decisions and take swift action to protect the community they serve. the. will: officer, we couldn't help but notice many of these officers brand new to the force or under two years experience. could you tell us more about what they did that morning? how many apartment residences did they have to clear?

were there many people living on the second from of the downtown residences? how many people were cleared from the area? do we know? >> i don't know exactly how many folks there were in the nearby residences but i can just tell you that those officers jumped in and did everything they could to make sure that the surrounding residences and folks. there is a video trying to clear a guy walking his dog from the street right before the explosion. it shows the true heroism of the police officers serving yesterday morning. '. pete: and as far as the investigation, james, is that in the hands of the nashville police? is that the fbi? what's the status of that right now? >> you know, i think it's the collaboration. we have got local, state, and federal agents all working together trying to put the pieces of this puzzle together. there is a lot of questions that need to be answered. have you covered a lot of them this morning and i think they are working diligently every minute trying to get those questions answered and solve this puzzle. pete: james smallwood president of the nashville fraternal order of police.

thinking about the psychology in the back of your mind of a countdown of a truck may explode even what the timeline that the truck is saying is accurate. unbelievable to think about what they did in that moment. we appreciate your time this morning. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me on. pete: coming up, restaurants struggling to survive lockdowns and restrictions nationwide. we will talk to a panel of restaurant owners from across the country on what they are up against, after this. it's time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed.

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>> we're back with some quick headlines. tougher coronavirus restrictions start today in massachusetts. businesses will be forced to reduce capacity to 25%. outdoor gatherings will be limited to 25 people and 10 people indoors.

april's high of 55,000. will? will: thank you, rachel. lockdowns wreaking havoc on business owners pot line. recent survey shows that half of all small businesses only see their operations continuing for a year or less before having to permanently shut down. restaurants are among the hardest hit, with closings now topping 110,000 nationwide due to lockdowns and restrictions. well, joining me now is a panel of restaurant owners from across the country. we have know a of newport beach, california. tasha nelson and are a guest

from kenilworth, new jersey. noah, i would love to start with you. you have see the numbers there. 50% of small businesses think they won't be able to make it for a year. you have suffered through many lockdowns in california. how long do you think you can make it and stay in business? >> good morning, thanks for having me. you know, it's funny. i don't think the question is how long can we make it? it's how long can our staff and our people that rely on us make it? they are the backbone of you who we operate. and we are seeing their lives just thrown into chaos with this. you know,ing not having food for their table. worried about depression and suicide. everything moving forward. we worry about how we are going to continue as an industry with lockdowns that tonight seem to make any sense to our business whatsoever. are. will: i have heard that sentiment many times. i will ask you this. restaurant owners, business owners talking about how hard this is on their employees. so many employees trying to make it through the holiday season. i have been in restaurants with

friend be wonder what the profit margin like these days with reduced capacity do you have the ability to make money or ability to stay open at this point? >> well, we are open at this point. but we are operating at a loss every week. so, i want to keep my message short and sweet. we can't continue to follow these executive orders. they must end. and my message is new york right now. new york needs to open. case closed. don't worry about what cuomo says or or it will piece of shut de blasio, they need to open right now. most restaurants are in fear of losing their liquor license. okay? what good is your liquor license if you are going to close for good in the next two months? everyone needs to open and need to open right now. so they have two choices. you either fight or you surrender and that is it. we need to open. and then leave it up to the people. let them decide whether or not

they want to support small businesses. because we have been fighting right now for nine months straight. we are following every executive order and we are getting nowhere. so we have to do what we have to do now and that is it. we need to open. will: i understand. you talk about these man tates, these executive orders. that brings me to you, tasha. i know that you have received some osha violations, some fines that have come in. tell us about your fight with these mandates and these fines in minnesota. >> well, right now we are going to be -- we are getting sued by the state of minute society and going to be going to court. shot sure when yet. we have done everything possible to follow these guidelines and done everything that we have been asked and it's very frustrating to continualliable shut did you know during a time when people, my staff needs to be working. and this was definitely a hard shutdown with christmas and, you know, they can't pay their

bills. and i'm most concerned about them. will: what did osha send you a violation for? what was your infraction that has caused the fine be that you got from osha? >> i had a 7' thousand dollars fine for a face covering. and will i don't understand why. because on their website face shields are part of the ppe that is accepted. so, it's very frustrating when i was trying to do what i thought was right and to get that put on me will was -- will: i imagine very hard. noah, i would love to go back to you. >> very hard. will: we heard here the ultimate solution is to stay open as we heard from atilio we see racking up fines and making it harder to do just that i heard from both of you guys that the goal is to remain in business and help out the employees. i talk to various restaurant

owners. i'm curious about this. despite reduced capacity, despite paying permitting and licenses fees at gul rate, are you getting discounts on that to make it through as the government shut you down? >> well, that's a great question. we haven't seen any reductions on any of the state run are whatsoever. we actually just renewed our abc license again. and in california it's been different. we have actually had the support of abc and some of the other ones have been working with us to make sure that we can stay in business and some of their officers have said the same thing. we are all in this together. if you fail, we fail. there is no abc without restaurants operating. and so we found certain departments have been great. other ones have been horrible. i think a lot of them just don't understand what's come down from sacramento right now. they can't the information right now just like we can't. our follow has to keep moving forward. we are in the hospitality business. we are good at making adjustments. when there is no clear end in

sight. when there is no clear directive for how we are going to move forward and everything is just a full stop, no one can operate that way. and you really do feel for the people. will: oh, i imagine. i have heard about this in various jurisdictions, have you lockdowns and shut downs and reduced capacity. yet many of these forecast agencies are still collecting their full licensing permitting fees, so no matter what happens with your business, they intend to get theirs in some jurisdictions. noah, tasha, atillio, thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you. will: all right. take care. good luck. annual rv literally explodes in the center of nashville. trming marine corps technique joey jones lost his legs in a bomb blast in afghanistan. he is going to weigh in on the device the mayor calls quote a deliberate bomb next.

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mean to our community time and time again. rachel: good morning to the 6:00 hour of "fox & friends." that was nashville mayor john cooper recognizing the brave actions of his city's police as a federal investigation is underway to uncover the motive behind yesterday's explosion. pete: here to react is fox news contributor and retired marine corps bomb technician joey jones. joey, good morning. merry christmas. it's great to have you this morning, especially on this tough subject. this is effectively in military speak a vbed are on the streets of nashville. as you are looking as a bomb tech expert yourself what are you thinking about. >> yeah, first thing i'm thinking as far as we know there wasn't a civil i don't know death and that's great. that's the best thing you want to here when an explosive goes off before you have a chance to render it safe. there are a lot of things that we can deduce from what we are seeing on tv which is all the information i have.

at the end of the day they will too a thorough investigation and we will find out what materials were used. how it was initiated and those components exactly will probably be what takes them back to whoever did this. will: joey, tell us a little bit about that. of course you are an experienced bomb technician. the device itself the debris and blast radius tells us something about where it might have on originated and who might have been behind it. tell us how that investigation works and what you are looking for. >> you will start at ground zero and do what is called a post blast analysis. you will go into basically where the explosive blew up fromment and you will do a ring out from there. so you have two radiuses you are looking at. looking at the blast radius the bomb itself and fragmentation radius which is much further. a bomb can throw fragmentation, you know, a quarter mile further than it can send out a blast. if there is a will part from maybe a component used to set this off that blew through the

air, amazingly enough they will find something really small very far away. that's what is really impressive about the job they will do here. at the end of the day, every single component used to make this rv blow up, that will be found in one way or another in the purchase history of that component is probably what they will use to find whoever did this. we can deduce some things from the type o explosion. i believe it was probably piro technique or fuel rather than actual explosive because i haven't seen an actual blast crater. the majority of the damage was from compression, from glass being blown out, not necessarily buildings being blown down. but, as we just saw, even piro technique which is basically fireworks style black powder, even that is incredibly deadly and very serious stuff. will: joey, i know that the investigation, they say they don't know what the motivations are, you know as a bomb expert, you know, what you are seeing at least on television and from the security cameras that we have

seen. it does it tell you anything about, you know, the time, the place, how it happened? does it tell you anything about the motivation? i mean, would he know no one was injured. what do you think? what do you make of what this person was thinking? >> well, you know, there is a most obvious answer is the answer. the personal set this off if it they did it intentionally at of:30 a.m. on christmas morning. it chances are they weren't trying to kill people. they had a recording telling people to get away. political activism rather than try to kill people. when someone sets a bomb off in public like this, they have got one of two motives, either death and destruction from the bomb or the message sent from the bomb. and it seems to me if this was geared towards a message, then the investigation will be that much easier because something there this person wanted to blow up or send a message by blowing that up. that message will exist

somewhere or tell by what they were trying to blow up and who may have a problem with that company or, you know, the city of nashville or whatever it is. we really can't, you know, i was a bomb tech in afganistan. i can't stand here and tell you i can detuesday all these things from what happened in nashville watching it on t are v. i can try to give people understanding of from our law enforcement did an understanding job and, our bomb technicians there on site make sure there wasn't anything else about the blow out. have some faith they will find who did this and why. pete: joey, real quick you are experienced in areas where a bomb might blow of o. enough guys are there on christmas. how do you manage the psychology is this going to blow as i'm trying to save people? speak to the heroism of that. >> yeah, it's not even something you management you put it on the back burner and put it out of your mind. there is a job to be done and you do it. i can guarantee every one of these police officers didn't think is this a danger to me before they did their job.

that was a decision they made when they decided to become police officers. they just had the chance to make it happen. pete: whole another breed. joey jones, thank you for your time this morning. appreciate it. will: thank you, joey. will. pete: keep warming,. pete: thank you, guys. pete: fox news alert. five people found dead inside a home on christmas day. police responded to a call suspicious activity at a home in atkins, arkansas about an hour north of little rock. investigator have not said how they died but believe all five people are from the same family. it's being investigated as a homicide. republicans request to close absentee ballot drop boxes on january 5th georgia senate runoff. the judge ruled the boxes will remain open 24 hours a day under video surveillance. the g.o.p. argued they should be limited to the same hours as county election office was. and new video appears to show a man flying with a jet pack at 3,000 feet over the coast near

los angeles. the fbi and faa are investigating previous sightings from the fall near lax where pilots reported seeing the man. this is the first time the daring stunt has been caught on camera. and those are your headlines. i have got to say looks pretty awesome. you know in'. will: look, manual, i like to think of somebody who take risks like that 3,000 feet up with a jet pack which has to be somewhat experimental at this point. that one is not for me, rachel. rachel: listen, i'm afraid of height so i'm out. that looks horrible to me. i will. pete: in a couple years will you will be strapped to a jet pack here on "fox & friends." give it a little time. will: after you have given it a test drive. pete: fair enough i will be your guinea pig any time. it. rachel: adam we have got next. we have got some weather?

at tammaro dam iron man shooting across the sky. pretty cool will. pete: adam would totally jet pack. why not? might as well. we are stepping all over each other. i will dive right into the forecast here. what are we talking about? really cold weather on top of a storm that's been sweeping across the country over the christmas holiday. that's now gone and what we are looking at is temperatures here early this morning a lot of spots into single digits. run down as far as south as florida and what do we have? we have freeze warnings and warnings. freeze warnings orlando running up along the florida panhandle getting to new orleans. temperatures at or blow freezing this morning. areas where they don't typically see that i understand could of cold they are dealing with it early today. that he was not going to last at least for those folks who do see those numbers jumping back up into the 50's on the cool side. at least it's not freezing. here in the u.s. or eastern united states, still temperatures are going to be on the cold side. it's going to only top off right around freeze intoing into the

20's around much of new england, running back into new york. good news is it does warm up a little bit later today. moderates today and gets even warmer for us on saturday and into sunday. those are going to be some of the headlines we are paying attention to over the rest of the weekend. back out to you. will: thanks so much, adam. appreciate it. new study finds the most common religious identity for most americans are none. alveda king the niece of martin luther king jr. joins us live to explain what's behind this trend next. ♪ it will ♪ losing my religion ♪ trying to keep a view ♪ and i don't know if i can do it ♪ will so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage.

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pete: i think we have an audio issue there with rachel. we will try to pick it as quickly as possible. are young americans trying to take christ out of christmas this season. new analysis by the american enterprise the common identity for americans age 18 to 2 9 is none. telling researchers they are atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular. here to help us decipher the causes behind this trend is fox news contributor and dr. martin luther king junior's niece alveda king. merry christmas. >> we always love having you on the program and grateful to have you here. talk to us about this trend. why is this happening? >> good morning. will presidential. pete: good morning. >> and merry christmas to everyone. the reason that we have a trend when you ask young people what is your religious affiliation, then we know that many will say

none. they don't have one all the time. they are being asked the wrong question ocan i say who is god and they may say i don't know. have you heard heard of god not really or i don't know. a very important question is would you like to know who god is? would you like to know more about god? so, we're asking young people the wrong question. however, i feel that 70 years old. my 70th birthday is just a few days away now. i have many opportunities to talk to you think i don't people and they want to discuss god. now, they are not looking for religion. and the opportunity to attend what we call church inside of a building has been taken away with the covid scare and the riots and all of that. we have all the intrigue with the current election; however, young people are not being asked the right question. now, social media plays a big part and there has been a will tremendous effort by people on

social media to make sure that young people don't get any real good information about god. so i believe that rather than me using social media right now for politics, i am as a christian evangelist talking about god. especially at christmas. that's the great time with jesus christ will jesus mary and joseph chose life. don't abort your child. those are messages for me are right now. >alveda king we aregrateful for. it will the pest example is a lived life of faith. alveda king, thank you so much. merry christmas. >> merry christmas, god bless you. >> god bless. a push to honor high school seniors enlisting in our military. the founder and president of our community salutes want to do just that even more ceremony in communities across the country this spring. his call to honor america's bravest, that's next. ♪ only in america

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pete: this year's fox nation patriot awards we recognized our community salutes an organization that honored high school graduates who choose to enlist in america's military. >> hrlg so much to me. not only was it one of my first experiences of military will -- it was the first time many of us are will supported four our decision. >> had it reaffirms everything i ever thought of doing. i now want to go above and beyond what i could do. i will want to try to even make more of a difference. will.

pete: very cool. our next guest won the most valuable patriot award this year and is working to spread these recognition ceremonies across the country, but he needs your help. dr. ken hartman founder and president of our community absolute u ever sa joins me now. ken, thank you so much. congratulations again on the well earned most valuable patriot award. that egg isment aired and you got a huge response to what you are doing for high schoolers joining the military. talk to us about that. >> unbelievable. first of all, merry christmas to you prl. pete: merry christmas. >> so you and your viewers. for the past 1 years we have honored thousands of kids across the cup be tri the testimony 1% of high school kids who decide to enlist in the military after high school. but, when we appeared on fox nation, my email almost collapsed. americans came out and they said to us we want to honor the class of 2021. kids in our community. it and it was just overwhelming. so, america wants to support these kids and we certainly need americans now to help us support

literally probably anywhere between another 50 to 75,000 kids this spring. but we need will your viewer's help right away. can. pete: host ceremonies so communities can support and show their love for the choice they have made to join the military. what else the support you are asking for viewers in order to expand this program? >> so you are absolutely right. so we hold these high school enlistee recognitions across the ceremony. they are held in gyms and high schools and all over the place. and when the parents and kids and the community come together. this year we are anticipating probably going to have to do a virtual ceremony in 60 to maybe is hundred different ones across the couple tri. what we need is support. we need donations from viewers to help us to support these kids. not only in terms of the actual event itself. as you know, pete. every one of our kids get a host of gifts.

for example, our 96 page guide to the u.s. constitution. a challenge it coin, ets. the key is going to be having people come to our website, learn more about us at ocs will usa.org. for $25 sponsor one of 150,000 kids make that decision this coming spring. the planning has already begun. particularly given the challenges we are going to have with covid. normally like i said we do these face to face good possibility we may have to do them online this spring. >> you do the lord's work truly. celebrating people who say hey, i'm going to skip that whole indoctrination thing of college and do the most operate thing i can do is join our military out the gates and honor them. our community salutes.org. i know ken personally. man, he put his blood, sweat and tears into this and grateful for it. ken, thank you so much for your time. >> thank you so much.

appreciate you. pete: everything do you for our country. i have no doubt "fox & friends" viewers will step up. a christmas morning blast sends shockways through downtown nashville. calling the explosion deliberate. the latest on the investigation coming up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ smooth driving pays off.

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[explosion] pete: wow. nashville police say human remains were found near the explosion. the remains are being examined to see if they are linked to the blast. three others were hurt. thankfully no report yet of anyone killed or hospitalized in stable condition. rachel: that's right. police released this surveillance photo showing the rrv just hours before the bombing. there is a hundred thousand dollars reward for the information leading to an virginias. we have our own david spunt who joins us live from the justice department in washington, d.c. with more on this investigation. david? >> all hands on deck here at the justice department. the fbi falls under the doj. the fbi leading this investigation with assistance, of course, from alcohol, tobacco and firearms. the atf on the ground in nashville checking those things out. the main mission right now not only finding out the motive but find out the person or people who are behind this. president donald trump down in

florida and president-elect joe biden who is in womenton, delaware at his home both briefed yesterday on this incident to get the latest information. federal agents now on the groundworking any and all leads about 30 minutes ago in the last hour. i want to play some were from joey jones former marine bomb technician who you spoke to. listen here. at the end of the day every single component used to make this it blow up up will be found. are purchase history of that component will be what will used to find who whoever did this. >> department of justice are released this statement jeff rosen briefed on the nashville incident early this morning and directed that all doj resources be made available to assist in this investigation. the explosion happened near the offices for at&t in downtown, nashville they're and the blast caused widespread outages across tennessee and georgia. several police agencies reported issues with its 9 11 system.

the faa issued a ground stop on flights leaving nashville because of the communication problem. that has since subsided. also, some of those 911 systems are back up this morning. but certainly a scare. speaking of scares? nate just north of nashville by several hours, southern part of ohio at a federal building there was a report of a suspicious vehicle, another rv. authorities checked the scene quickly. good thing that turned out of to be nothing, guys. >> will: six officers cleared the area around parked outside the businesses in downtown nashville. pete, rachel, and i have been talking about what it took not just from a police based perspective going door to door many of these officers on the force for less than two years. the human component as well.

can you imagine the mind set as a loud voice over a speaker says evacuate downtown, you have 15 minutes. you have no way of knowing whether that's a trustworthy voice or whether or not it's legitimate or the clock is correct. you know there is a countdown and potential threat almosting. take one more look at the officers brianna hosey, james yawls will lewellyn. officer michael sipos. officer amanda topping. officer james wells and sergeant timothy miller. pete, those are your heroes this morning. pete: absolutely. five officers one sergeant. many very young and new to the force. four of them had been there less than two years. one for three, one for four. and their sergeant 11 years. not a lot of experience but obviously trained. and but you can't train for a situation like this, will, as you said is it voice. can you trust it? can you not trust it. it reminds me of 24 that series where the clock is ticking.

is it real? is it a hoax? is it a baited ambush? is there a secondary device? is it really 15 minutes? or is it 5? were the shot fired meant to draw in law enforcement who. none of those things are knowable in that moment. all they knew was they had a job to do and they went into the danger zone. helped people who would have otherwise died from the blast leave those buildings, saving their lives in the process. and, rachel, there's no other way to put it other than shear heroism and on christmas morning, nonetheless. '. rachel: absolutely. i mean, going door to door, waking people up, telling them to get out of danger and not thinking about, you know, as you said this kind of 24 moment of a countdown of not knowing what's going to happen. we spoke with james small, the president of the nashville fraternal order of police just earlier, and he says that his officers put themselves between good and evil.

listen. >> what we witnessed last night or excuse me yesterday morning was nothing short of heroism and courageous actions by those six officers who received a call about shots being fired in the area and they charged toward the danger like any other police officer in our nation would. and when they got there, obviously the danger continued to increase and they took swift action. and they started working in the streets and in the neighborhood to clear residents from the area and clear pedestrians from the area and then they put themselves in between good and evil and they stood the line and did everything they could and tried to protect community and they saved lives without a unt do. are. rachel: yeah. we know that one of those officers was literally blown off of his feet. again, not -- no one was killed. just injuries but i think a hearing loss on one of the officers. but, again, a pretty devastating blast hurting about 41 different

buildings along that area. we're going to have john rich coming up n -- at the 7:30 a.m. he has an establishment, a bar just down the street from there. it wasn't affected but certainly or at least directly but has a very big stake in that area and we're going to get more information. will: while that investigation in nashville continues though, there are other stories, including a debate in washington, d.c. between president trump and congress over the size of covid relief stimulus. the president continues to battle for $2,000 stimulus checks while congress battles back. we will see how that shakes out. but is often the case in america, private citizens and private businesses step up when there is a need. let me give you the latest example. barstool sports founder dave

portnoy we telling you about this a few days ago set up the barstool fund. originally had half a million dollars to help small businesses who have been shut down through the coronavirus. that fund though has grown from half a million dollars to now over $6 million raised. i believe it was a million dollars on christmas day alone. there are now 5 9,000, over 59,000 supporters meaning don't nature to that cause and 18 businesses have been supported. pete, i know we offensive talk about politics in nashville media on this show. we often talk about government. i think sometimes, for many americans at least, we tend to become -- we tend to begin to think of government as our salvation. government as the exercise of our vitter view. for most out there watching, they know that's not the case. whether or not it be their churches or charity or private actions. stepping up to help americans in need is the true american spirit. your vote is not your virtue. your action is.

and this here is dave portnoy starting something that many americans have followed that is now helping small businesses across this country. pete: you are right, will. were tocqueville talked about it many years ago. george h.w. bush called it the thousand point of light. institutions, churches and others that step up to fill the gap that government either can't fill which we are clearly seeing right now with the dysfunction in washington or shouldn't in some cases. well, dave portnoy teeth twod out a portion of what he is doing with these resources and i'm -- i have no doubt there will be a lot of businesses reaching out. this is part of what he tweeted pony express cleaners tells their dad that the barstool fund will be there for them. this is why we are doing. this this is why i'm shaking down the internet. thanks to everybody who is donating and letting us help. barstool fund.com. well, the owner of pony express cleaners there is a video on twitter here is the reaction.

>> i would like to tell you something. dave called. >> what it he say? >> you are in the fund. >> i get my first check? [laughter] [cheers] >> you are in. you got in. like will dad, merry christmas. we got it. >> wow, that are is emotional. you know, one of the frustrations that people have stimulus bill by the way will and pete it wasn't targeted. that a lot of people who don't need it are slated to get help, maybe some of them are on the golf course right now. this is shing how in the private sector you can actually target people who really need it earlier in the program, will, you spoke with restaurant owners who are feeling this kind of desperation. take a look at what they had to say.

are. >> will staff and people that rely on. they are the back bottom of you who we operate. we worry about how we are going to continue as an industry. >> will we have done everything possible to follow these guidelines and done everything that we have been asked. and it's very frustrating to continually be shut down. you know, they can't pay their bills. and i'm most concerned about them. >> we need to open and then leave it up to the people. let them decide whether or not they want to support small businesses. because we have been fighting right now for nine months straight. we are following every executive order and we are getting nowhere. will 'will. will: all of us in this day and age are entrepreneurs in our own life and own careers. as someone who has started a couple businesses in their life i will tell you to building is from the ground up takes everything. to have the kind of hurls placed in your way placed in the way of small businesses and restaurant owners in particular over the past year makes it almost an impossible task from fines to

shut downs to capacity limitations to in some cases i have heard government agencies requiring still the collection of their permits and fees while they shut you down this has been the hardest time on what i think is a real backbone, real pertinent of the american spirit. and that is entrepreneurs and small businesses and by the way, you can help some of those small businesses by contributing to that barstool fund we are highlighting. barstool fund at barstool sports.com where you can helper. '. pete: government tell end of the day is soulless and bureaucratic and insufficient in it delivery and so wonderful to see something like this. we will see. we will keep you posted. i think it's monday at midnight is effectively the deadline for washington to get out of the way and decide whether or not it's going to help people. we will continue to cover that as well. '. pete: turn now to a few additional headlines this morning. far left journalist is

reportedly charged in connection with fire bombing attacks on police cars in arkansas. police say religion nay goddard was associated with a group that tossed molotov cocktails at patrol cars during a black lives matter protest in august. goddard and three other suspects were arrested after a months' long fbi investigation. go go daddy is being slammed by employees after promising a christmas you will bonus that turned out to be a security test. about 500 staff clicked on email offering $650 bonus if they filled out a form. two days later they got a follow-up email saying they failed a computer hacking test. go daddy has apologized for the insensitive email. and those are your morning's headlines. [laughter] pete: they better send out 650 bucks if they want to cover their behind tim. that's automatic. are sorry, rachel. rachel: that's okay. that's all right. coming up, socialism is a growing trend on the left but a

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rachel: although socialism is growing on the left some say capitalismism is still king. in this rasmussen poll 75% of americans say they preferred

capitalism over socialism. joining us now to take a deeper look is one of the people behind the poll. editorial director and research fellow at the heartland institute justin haskins. merry christmas, thank you for joining us here today. look, i found the poll very encouraging. but i have to say i was scratching my head a politic. i have two kids in college. that's not the feedback i have been getting from them about where young people are at in particular. but, tell us what this poll tells you and if you actually believe these findings. >> yeah, well, i actually do believe these findings. i think that was much did a fantastic job conducting this poll. i think it's important to keep in mind that although only 11% of these people who we surveyed said that they favored socialism over free market capitalism, there is a couple of important things to keep in mind. number one is that these are likely voters. so there are a lot of people who may not be registered to vote. they may have said that they are not likely to vote. they be included in this survey. that might explain why there might be more college kids, for

example, who say that they favor socialism in own personal life. younger people in survey did have much more likely to say that they supported socialism. it was about 18% that was three times higher than people who are over the age of 65 and about twice as high as those who were other the age of 40 and older. so, younger people were definitely more likely to favor socialism. even though it's less than 20% that's less than one in five people. so i am very encouraged by. this i think what did shows is that the narrative that the media has been pushing, especially at cnn and msnbc and all these other left wing outlets for a very long time is that socialism is overwhelming our country. that's the wave of the future. that's what most americans want now. the fact of the matter is, that's is just flat out not true. not even most democrats in the survey say that they favored socialism. although socialism is growing, especially among yorng people. especially among those who may not be inclined to vote. socialism is still not popular

among voters in the united states. rachel: you also polled people's feels about alexandria ocasio-cortez who is perhaps the greatest promoter of socialism. tell us about what the poll says about her. >> right. well, we asked favorability for alexandria ocasio-cortez. the face of young socialism in the united states today. and overwhelmingly she received a pretty negative remarks. 38 percent said they had a very unfavorable opinion of alexandria ocasio-cortez compared to only 1% who said they had a very favorable view of her. and so i think that goes to show, again, that socialism really isn't as popular as a lot of people make it out to be. even among young people there wasn't a very high percentage of young people that supported, could. so i do believe that there is a large contingent of young people who are moving in the direction of socialism and if we don't change direction. if we don't stop that growth, then we are going to see this

train continue to move in that direction. but, i do believe that there is hope. i don't think that america has adopted socialistic principles. i think there is a lot of room for those who believe in individual markets and individual liberty and free markets to win this battle over the long run. rachel: yeah. well we definitely got to get in the game if we want to sell economic liberty. thank you so much justin has haskins. appreciate it. very encouraging poll. merry christmas. >> thank you. merry christmas. rachel: all right. a doctor becomes the first person in the world to suffer a severe allergic reaction to moderna's coronavirus vaccine. will this affect moderna's rollout? dr. ahmed tells us if we should be worried up next. when it comes to autism,

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will: welcome back. troubling news out of boston as we have learned that a doctor tore has suffered a severe allergic reaction to the. doctor has an allergy to shell fish needed to use his pertinent to stop the breakout. this is the first known case of a reaction from the moderna vaccine joining six reported larger reaction to the pfizer vaccine. here now to discuss someone who has received the covid vaccine herself dr. qhanta ahmed. i know you received the pfizer vaccine. we just mentioned that the doctor who had a allergic reaction to the moderna vaccine had a shell fish allergy. what does this tell us we might be able to apply wider? is this cause for concern for anyone else out there watching? , so this is not anything unexpected. interestingly, i also have a shell fish allergy and thought about it before taking the pfizer vaccine. would he know exactly how to treat allergies. in fact, in the suite where doctors are receiving the vaccine they have all the

materials ready to deal with each the most severe are and life threatening allergic reactions. it is interesting. i'm not sure which component in the vaccine would have caused the allergy. that will be something to look into. remember, we have had other 1 million people vaccinated and this is the first such report. so it's not a common occurrence and no need to be alarmed. will: dr. ahmed, i want to ask you about something you said in the past that i find fascinating. a phrase you used saying the tyranny of case numbers. maybe we need to pay more to the number of vac sip nateed at this point as well. so much attention is given to case numbers. total infections, hospitalizations. tell me about what you think the real numbers are playing in this conversation this debate, this understanding of covid? >> well, we are using the pcr tool. i don't believe that was ever intended to be a mass population screening tool. it is a very useful tool to look at when someone is infected, when someone has symptoms to identify whether or not they

have covid-19. fringes, in the hospital or patient coming with a fever or other symptoms in an urgent care. what the pcr test doesn't do is tell you when the person who had cody no longer has it. it detects virus after an infection for up to 90 days. we are looking at these numbers all of the time. instead it would be useful to say who is in hospital and who is on a ventilator and who has been discharged which is a much morevel vanity number. with the crisis now between the united kingdom and the united states in terms of travel, i'm scratching my head wondering why aren't we using the rapid antonin testing. right before you board at heathrow kennedy or wherever you are going. rapid antonin testing is positive only if you are carrying live virus. something people can do by themselves. takes about 15 minutes. finally been approved by the fda here in the united states. and that should be applied to the whole population. let's put the public back into public health so that we can all be doing those tests on ourselvesser four days if we are

not rapid anton general positive. go about our lives. no need for lockdowndowns. inel steld what we is have a tyranny of numbers where americans are taught some positive pcr tests there are in the country. many patient are being tested more than once. enough to, that's not to dismiss what's happening in california, for instance, or even here in new york where we are seeing spread. real rise in number. real rise in disease. more people in hospital. that should not immobilize societies. countries like slow screen i can't. country of origin of our first lady using rapid testing and beginning to turn the pandemic around very quickly. that is what i would appeal that we should could. and actually the rapid antigen testing should be used before every flight coming into the united states. perhaps even before every flight anyone boards anywhere inside the @. because that would separate out people with active vice immediately. will: you bring up so many fascinating points. the relevance, what we can

extract from the numbers we are given. the fact that numbers are rising in california at the same time lockdowns become more strict. and then you wrought up as well, the travel restrictions which the u.s. has now put in place when it comes to the united kingdom with the breakout of a different strain of coronavirus. we will have to talk really quickly dr. ahmed. >> one thing to say this mutation they are seeing in britain is because the british are look at realtime againomics more extensively anywhere else than in the united states. it makes me wonder is that the variation that's spreading so rapidly in california. also the vaccine be is a miracle. we all need the vaccine. i want governor cuomo to remember to vaccinate all doctors. so far private practice doctors, dentists, doctors that are working in student health affairs are skipped. let's get that right so every doctor gets the vaccine in the meantime radial out rapid antigen testing and we can turn around this pandemic much more quickly without the devastating lockdowns that are killing

american businesses livelihoods and us maltly american lives. will: right. dr. qhanta ahmed nyu langone, thank you so much this morning. >> pleasure. will: all right. coming up the rv explosive motion in downtown nashville just steps from obar and restaurant. country star and owner of redneck rivera john rich is going to join us from nashville on what things look like this morning. ♪ ♪ it's time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. can it help with snoring? i've never heard snoring. ...exactly. no problem. ...and done. and now, the queen sleep number 360 c2 smart bed is only $899. plus, no interest until january 2024. only for a limited time.

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rachel: merry christmas to all of our viewers here. we are back with a fox news alert federal and local authorities are trying to uncover the motive behind the christmas morning explosion in downtown nashville. an rv blowing up in the middle of a street and human remains were found nearby. police are examining the remains to see if they are linked to the explosion. the investigators believe it was a deliberate act as they reveal a chilling record flag came from the rv just just moments before the blahst blast. listen. >> country it music stars offering their support. carrie underwood merry christmas everyone and huge thank you to all the brave first responders in nashville this morning. little big town writing: merry

christmas, thinking of our beautiful hometown we love so much. we are beyond grateful to first responders for dedication and bravery. our prayers and love are with all those serving our community. #nashville strong. pete: let's bring in another nashville star restaurant owner of red he had neck rivera just steps away from where that rv blew up john rich. thank you so much for being here. i'm sure you have a heavy heart this morning. you love that downtown. it's around the corner from your great establishment. talk to us about what you're experiencing. >> there is a lot of confusion in nashville right now. you know, you guys are telling the story of this unbelievable unfolding of events from an attack but the strangest thing anybody has ever seen with warnings coming from reports of gunfire before the excompletion. no one can make sense to any of

it. right next to the tat building. bubuild --at&t building. our police department being able to identify that vehicle at that time of the morning on christmas. that's why you back the blue, guys. that's why you back the blue. right there they had their eyes out and ears out watching the citizens of this town just like police do all over the united states. we owe them a debt we can never repay. thank god for our police. will: absolutely, john. listen, for those of us who are not as familiar with nashville as obviously you are. tell us a little more about that area of downtown. what kind of businesses were around the explosion? were there many residences on second or third floors? what specifically was that area? and i believe your bar, the redneck rivera is not far from where the explosion atlantic place as well; is that right? >> yeah. my bar is about a block away. so where this area is, it is the most centralized spot you could think of in the city of music in music city.

the reiman auditorium is a couple of blocks away. the predators play are right down the street from there. you have been broadway is more live music per square inch than anywhere in the united states. in any given year there is millions of people that come through there to see live music and experience nashville. it'as essentially located as you can possibly get. you know, we want to find whoever this is that did it. and it was being discussed last night on social media. and a friend of myanmar can you say lamonis who a lot of people know went on twitter last night with me and he committed $250,000 of his own be money if an arrest and a conviction is made. he has put a bank account by out on whoever this is. i think that's how we all feel. we are angered of by it. we are not going to take this lying down. people make attacks like this on americans who try to push us back into our homes and frighten us out of being freedom-loving people. it doesn't work that way. as a matter of fact, it has the

opposite effect on us. we want to push even harder with our patriotism and show them you don't push us in a corner like that with these cowardly acts of blowing something up on christmas morning in nashville. so they have really stirred us up very deeply in this town. rachel: well, john, you know you run a restaurant and bar. we have been talking this morning with some business owners who have been teeling with just the devastation from the pandemic and the lockdown. >> you saw the picture of that street charred back remains on that street. nashville we will all jump back in and having that street looking brand new as soon as possible. we got had it with a tornado earlier this year. that seems like five years ago when the tornado ripped through nashville. it has been some kind of year here in this town. like i said before, you know, you bring out an attack like

this, it actually solidifies people. and patriots to push back against this we have got to find who did this and we are going to find them, i can promise you. pete: i have no doubt about that. john rich, your bar just one block away. we know you have a heavy heart and we are praying for all the people there and hopefully to get to the bottom of what all of this is about. john rich, god bless you. merry christmas, thank you, sir. will: thank you, john. >> thank you. pete: we have a few additional head lines this morning including this. new video released showing the moments before an attack on a staffer for new york governor andrew cuomo. the chilling footage shows a homeless man walking up behind her before allegedly hitting her over the head with a cinder block in new york city. the staffer for cuomo needed stitches in her head. her injury is not life threatening, the man has been arrested and charged is second degree assault and whistleblower edward snowden sharing his christmas gift on social media. a picture of his new baby boy.

sort of. the pick shows snow deb and his wife with blocked face of their is on the two married in 2017. the birth comes ever a the fugitive wanted in the u.s. on espionage charges granted permanent residency in russia. small aircraft bound for the scrap yard getting one last flight but not the one you would think. a pilot in training aviation geek strapped into an excavator to operate a decommissioned 707 like a toy after spotting it after his flight training miami airport. the video being shared all over social media. that does look like a transformer playing with a gigantic toy. not bad. will: looks pretty fun. i'm getting messages behind the scenes about you mentioning my lack of neck wear this morning which i'm going to admit to you i traveled without packing a tie. so, you are free to come after me all you want, pete. i want you to know something, if

you come after me you have to come after me and adam klotz. look at adam when he is on screen as well here. is he a member of the no neck ty brigade this morning. >> he is. it's been a heavy news morning, will, you have to find out the right spot to it are lack of a necktie. it's coming it might be a "fox & friends first." i mean, adam, you rock the no ty and you rock it a little better than will, i got to be honest. adam: i was going to put one on. i felt like i could get away with it because will doesn't have one on. you are kind of like my leader. i'm just falling right in line. pete: trend setter. tammaro dam want to go after anybody go after him and i will fall in line after that. will: take it away. it will tammaro dam you guys got it. what are we talking about as far as the weather goes? it just frigid out there farther

to the south will will will will orlando florida big ben. over the gulf coast getting into new orleans. really cold temperatures out there. your forecasted highs on the day. it does warm up there a little bit in the south. at least the extreme south. still going to be on the cool side in atlanta. run up to the midwest and east coast here. it is much cooler than yesterday we were in the 50's in new york city. today topping off only around freezing. 32 trees. it does warm up here just a little bit mod der race in the next couple of days. you see the warmer air pulling up in the middle of the country. otherwise things looking clear and folks are traveling back here for the end of the holidays. otherwise, it's looking pretty clear out there. just chilly on the road back out to you. pete: will, hold on, you host a national television show and you forgot to pack a tie?

will: you keep -- pete: from the north pole do they not sell tyes? will: i heard a rumor that adam klotz is in extremely good i'm not going to let him stand behind me while you go after me. he have to move up to the front. pete: hide behind adam klotz that's a good move. pete: where in the world is will cain's next tie we will get to the bottom of it. will: i didn't know it was a "fox & friends" first either. more embarrassed. remember when joe biden pledged this on the campaign trail? >> i'm day bun i'm going to send the lems legislative immigration reform bill to congress to provide a road map to citizenship. will: well now he is already backpedaling on that promise. chuck devore says it's a smart move. he is here next. i had this hundred thousand dollar student debt. two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in debt.

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pete: welcome back, joe biden back pelgding on campaign promise rolling back president trump's immigration policies on day one. can. >> last thing we need to say we are going to stop immediately asylum the way it's be being are up now and end up with 2 million people on our border. >> it will get done. and it will get done quickly. but it's not going to be able to be done on day one. patty pete oops, that's an admission that the borders will be open. in a new op-ed next guest says biden plans to open our borders to unrestricted immigration would cause a national security crisis. let's bring in chuck devore a retired army intel officer who designed and led a border crisis are shall simulation earlier this month. what would the consequences be in a total reversal of these policies? >> well, first of all, good morning and a wonderful neck ty there, pete.

pete: thank you. >> are i understand your colleagues could maybe stand to use a tie maybe i could loan them line or something. huge driver expectations. millions of people south of border. both in the triangle countries hun hun temperature was, he will is salvador and mental co-that would love to have a better life in america. for years under president donald trump it's been difficult to cross the border and to stay in america as an illegal immigrant. and so now you have a new president coming in had saying that he is going to change policies on day one. and so you have literally millions of people in the expectation of a softer policy beginning to form up in these caravans and move north. so it seems to me this may be too little too late these words payment it's not going to be day one. i don't know if it's going to

dissuade people coming north. pete: whether day one or 100 days. here are the things joe biden has pledged to do. end wall construction. end remain in mexico policy. end limits on refugee admission. end migrant detention of my migrants. you talk about the signaling going on and also mentioned a simulation or i did about on the border. the flood he may be trying to prevent may already be happening. >> it may already be happening. here is something that is very important. who is going to be staffing 9 biden administration justice department? because what may very well happen is you have this tactic called sue and settle. so you have these groups. these nongovernmental organizations will supportive of illegal immigrants. you have the aclu. they may sue the new administration saying oh, this is inhumane treatment. you have to let these individuals in and process them for their asylum claims. mostly bogus asylum claims by the way had here in america and

hope they show up a few months later to an immigration judge. this is exactly the sort of thing if you have a sue and settle suit come up and then the biden administration justice department says oh, okay, we have to agree to this. then the president could simply say you know, i tried but it's the law. and so we expected in the simulation that we ran that things are going to rapidly build to humanitarian crisis. you have these drug and human trafficking cartels that stand to make a lot of money. there is going to be a lot of chaos in them. lastly, one of the very disturbing things that came out of our simulation was the substance called carfentanil it will 100 more times of fentanyl both made in the people's republic of china. we think the cartels may begin to start shipping this carfentanil across the border and you will see u.s. drug overdose deaths skyrocket. pete: that's a scary preview. chuck devore, thank you

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will: weigh start with a fox news alert. the fbi is investigating a christmas morning explosion in nashville. a are v blew up on the street in area. damaging dozens of buildings. pete: investigators believe deliberate bomb as they reveal a chilling warming coming from the rv moment before the blast. >> if you can hear this message, evacuate now. puck hear thiif you can hear the evacuate now.

pete: examine to see if they are linked to the blast. three are hurt hospitalized thankfully in stable condition. rachel: police release this photo showing the rv hours before the becoming. $300,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. again, we don't know what the motivation is behind this bomb or at least it hasn't been revealed to us by the police. they say that they don't believe that there is any current danger to the area, although the area is sort of cordoned off in order to allow for investigation more thorough investigation. pete, this is such a weed thing to happen. rv blaring this warning it's going going to blow up. what do you make of this and what do you think is going to be the impact for business owners many like john rich we had on earlier. pete: business owners have already been hit hard by

lockdowns. rich has talked a lot about that. good morning rachel and will, great to be with you this morning on this saturday morning. weird is a good way to put it. and you find human remains, does that mean someone killed themselves inside the rv? we don't know. mixed with the fact that there is this ear eeri eerie message l people to get out of the way. shot played out of the speakers to try to entice law enforcement to the location. when we talk about the location, we had john rich on the program and give you a sense and play what he had to say about it. here we have a map that shows where the explosion took place and then where john rich's bar is. if we don't have it, we will get it up in a moment. there it is right there. if you see where the explosion is, and that red dot and just down from it is the redneck rivera, right around the corner from where this occurred. and we have been talking a lot about law enforcement and their reaction. here is a portion of what john rich said. a resident, someone who -- you

know, whose heart and soul is poured into nashville. here is a part of what he said about this attack. >> around here, nobody can really make sense of any of it. it was right next to the at&t building. it is the most centralized spot you can think of in music city. in any given year, there are millions of people that come through there to see lye music and experience nashville. it's as centrally located as you can possibly get. we want to find whoever this is that did it. we are angered by it. we are not going to take this laying down. people make attack on us as americans to push us back into our homes and fright' us out of being freedom-loving people. it doesn't work that way. as a matter of fact, it has the opposite effect on us. will ate. will: there is john rich saying the locationed of this bomb blast about as central as you can get in nashville. you saw the map that pete highlighted there for you. businesses all around that bomb blast. many of them as rachel said

blown to pieces. going to be hard to build back. but nashville, as john point out will. it's interesting and helpful to separate this into what we know and what we might soon know. we know that there were acts of heroism before this bomb took place. we know that nashville police officers, six, in fact, went door to door. went up and down the street clearing any potential victims. any civilians in that area. and those six officers are being hailed appropriately as heroes this morning. there on your screen you can see those officers four of whom had less than two years experience on the force. we should say their names aloud because they are hero heros this morning officer brianna hosey, officer james lewellyn, officer will mike sipos and officer amanda topping and officer james wells and sergeant timothy miller. we talked with joey jones an experienced marine palm techniques. we have talked to otwo others

oabout what you can learn about the materials used. >> identity, perhaps, of the rv. the identity of the potential culprit. i suspect that all of those clues, all of that evidence will lead us soon to knowing not just the individual but the motivation behind what we saw on christmas morning. will. pete: absolutely, will. i'm glad you read their names. it is an important point. they steven t deserve to be nam. they are being honored by their department this morning. this is christmas morning. the shift a lot of the new buys are going to get. their sergeant clearly led them heroically as well. they had no idea what they were going toward. all they knew shots fired. loud speaker. 15 minutes to get out while everyone else was getting out. they were going in. they didn't know if it was really 15 minutes or less. they didn't know if it was a hoax or maybe a baited ambush. are their there other bombs somewhere meant to target officers? we don't know it. as you said a lot of unknowns, will, that we will learn in the

coming days. what we too know is that that think be blue line gets a little brighter every time we see an example pa like this of law enforcement who step up on our behalf who risk their lives on christmas morning so we can live, sleep quietly and peacefully. think of the people sleeping peacefully and quietly woke up up it get out. and got out and live today pause of it. we honor their heroism this morning. as we get more details of the story, we will certainly bring it to you. we also have another big story this morning we are following. president trump doubling down on his call for $2,000 stimulus checks ahead of monday's house vote. david spunt joins us live from washington with more as congress tries, tries to reach a relief deal. david, good morning. >> good morning tried is the deal. the congressional clock moves much slower than the clock in the homes of millions of americans. that clock, that time is very real. and today federal unemployment benefits ran out also in three days if the president does not

sign this bill, the government will shut down. which could be a potential major problem. that would happen tuesday if there's no deal made. now, the president right now is in palm beach. he is at mar-a-lago. he will be there until after the new year. he has the covid relief bill and the bill to fund the government there together on the covid bill, pete, he want $2,000 direct payments to go directly to those who need it. not $6,600, which is in the bill that was presented to him. senator lindsey graham, a close can confidante of the president spent time with him golfing yesterday, he tweeted after spending some time with the president today, i'm convinced he is more determined than ever to increase stimulus payments to $2,000 per person. both are reasonable demands and i hope congress is listening. the biggest winner would be the american people. while the president decides whether or not to sign the measure as is. members of the democratic squad in congress announced that their own message to distribute

emergency $2,000 aid to families as soon as possible. from washington, congresswoman it jay pal said at the highest aid proposal must be putting money directly in people's pocket so they can put food on the table and pay their bills and withstand this pandemic sur vile checks will make it happen at a moment when it matter most. take a full vote on $2,000 direct payments. democrat that want the $2,000 direct payment. many productions do as well. also president trump. right now that bill hassle $600 direct payments. we will see what he does over the next few days, guys? rachel: thank you, david. you know, will and pete, it's not that hard to get people in congress be to agree to spending, you know, an additional, you know, $2,000 for each -- for everybody on this

relief bill. i think what's harder in washington and what the president is also call for but we are not hearing a lot from the republicans and democrats about is getting the pork out of there. so, you know, you had lindsey graham on the golf course as david reported saying yeah, he agrees we should have $2,000. he was also on our network this past week defending. of the spending. some of it he defended, you know, money spent in pakistan on gender studies and gender identity programs. will, what could you make of that, that conflict between getting the money out but also getting the pork out? will: you know, rachel, a couple different things we are facing at the same time here. it can get confusing because so many different bills congress and debating. the national defense authorization act that the president has vetoed. he wants section 230 taken or placed into that or repealed out of that where big tech will no longer have liability. then there is the pork that you are talking about in the government funding bill.

it's always offensive, rachel, every time we see it. i think what is stark this time is it's highlighted side by side with the covid relief bill. so when you see how little hurting americans get, side by side with these programs we fund far away it becomes that much more offensive. you know, pete, i said this the other day when filling in on "fox & friends" in the middle of the week. the fight really is among republicans when it comes to this $2,000 will direct covid payment. it's among republicans like josh hawley or ted cruz who support it. and other republicans who want that check to be smaller in the $600 range. what i would like to see, pete, is i would like to see a debate between rand paul and josh hawley on opposite side of the debate. i would like to see argument why someone should or should not be getting many $2,000 verse $600. pete: do it right here. consider it an invite. will very important. those two bills put together is what washington, d.c. wants to do. take an emergency bill that

people desperately need and tie an omnibus bill full of garbage if you feel the lobbyist priorities and folk folks in washington, d.c. it's a classic swamp move. and that's what the president is calling out. in fact, he tweeted just 11 minutes ago. president trump i simply want to get our great people 2,000 rather than 600, also congress should cut the pork. whether or not that happens, we don't know. the legislative calendar, rachel, as you know, better than all of us is complicated. they are up against a hard stop with a new congress. not easy to pull stuff out once it's in there. especially if you need to vote again. but the president's message is simple. i want americans put first. there's no reason we should be short changing the guy who shut down. even if it's not that targeted. sending all this money over to open bank accounts in pakistan. it just doesn't make sense to average voter. so we will continue to cover that story and as well in nashville. we got a few additional headlines this morning. the man accused of shooting an nypd officer on christmas eve

apologizes in court. the "new york post" reporting william moss said he wished it never happened. is he accused of opening fire on the officer earlier this week. the bullet hit the officer's bullet-proof vest. officer conner bullock was said to be in little pain but in good spirits. glad it to hear. and michigan governor gretchen whitmer is breathing a sigh of relief that she was not picked to be joe biden's vp. >> it joe biden would have called and said i need you to be my partner and be my running mate, i would have said yes. there might have been a sigh of relief over here at the governor's residence. >> in fact in the rest of the family there was a huge sigh of relief, right? >> i think everyone was pleased with the outcome, yes. pete: don't worry, griff gretchen, we all breathed the same sigh of relief. she said she was shocked in a member of biden team. she was on the short list before he ultimately chose kamala

harris. and officers in new jersey gave a little boy a christmas surprise and his reaction it will melt your heart. watch. >> a bike. oh my. thank you. will. pete: englishtown police sharing the moment on facebook when the officers lead the boy to the big surprise. this is one of plenty of toys officers helped to give out to those in need. those are your headlines. if they are not saving people from things that explode they are doing those kind kinds of acts of kindness that remind us how special they are, guys. will: absolutely, pete. on to a fox news alert this morning. federal agents working to uncover details behind what the mayor calls a deliberate bomb in downtown nashville. our next guest is retired naval officer who specialized in explosives. he is going to give us his perspective next. ♪is o tother money managersd don't understand why. because our way works great for us!

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>> if you can hear this message, evacuate now. [explosion] will: that was the chilling warning played yesterday from the rv that exploded in nashville just moments before the vehicle went up this flames telling residents to clear the area. let's bring in explosive officer bob to break it down. thank you for being with us this morning. when you look at the bomb site from what you have seen and read on television. what can we conclude right now about what went down in nashville? >> well, in terms of conclusions, i think it's a little bit early to make any concrete conclusions this was as

joey jones discussed earlier this is a vehicle born ied a vehicle was used to contain and conceal the device and in this case used to deliver the device. a vehicle born ied or vbids are quite often the most familiar in the @would be the oklahoma city bombing in 1995 which had a large amount of explosives. compared to oklahoma city, this vehicle had a relatively low amount of high explosives. just based on the damage that we can see from public media sources. will: bob, we know in oklahoma city there was a massive creator left in the wake of that explosion. you talk about the size in the two situations. joey jones bomb tech things on with us earlier also mentioned the type of explosives that we can see used here. they said it was most likely

pyrotechnic. what does that mean and how do you distinguish that from other types of bombs. >> the creator crater was 8 feet by 30 feet across. based on what i see in the media i don't see a crater in this case. pyrotechnic explosives, black powder would be an example are of that. a form of gunpowder if you will and that's readily available and in this case the black smoke that was present after the detonation would be an indication of that type of explosive material will. will: i understand every single component that can be recovered is a piece of evidence as to who did this. how does that work? lock at the oklahoma city bombing or pam am which fell over locker bescotland. every piece of material. every component of the device will be recovered. in the case of the panam flight 103 that's remarkable.

it's amazing in the case of this one city block in nashville it won't take long to recover every piece of evidence and completely reconstruct the device. the fbi, either the fbi or the will nashville crime laboratories will have this device reconstructed fairly quickly and they will identify any de. d.n.a. or any other material left by that bomber. i don't think it will take long be before they have somebody in custody. will: d.n.a. purchasing orders, unique materials. recover recovery of all of it being somewhat easy as you point out compared to other horrible situations we have will experienced. i agree. this looks like something we should have answers to in some reasonable amount of time. bob are thank you for your expertise this morning. >> thank you. will: lawmakers are clashing with president trump over his fight for more relief money. new poll reveals a majority of americans back the president's demands. so can congress come to the table and make it feel like

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pete: we're back with quick headlines. china set to pass the u.s. economy in 2028. according to the center for economics and business research. they say china is poised to become the world's biggest economy five years earlier than they previously estimated. because it's, quote: skillful management of the pandemic has improved its i economic

performance for the communist nation. and u.s. retailers are bracing for a record-setting flood of gift returns following christmas. many people buying gifts online this year and shipping them to family and friends to make the process more efficient. walmart and target letting people ship returns fed edges for the u.s. postal service. buy things on sight unseen sometimes they don't fit. rachel, over to you. >> that's so true. all right. americans are standing behind president trump's push for more coronavirus relief. according to a new survey. most americans say a 6 of hundred dollars stem bus check is too small. with more than three quarters of americans call for $1,000 or more in payments. the house prepares to vote on $2,000 stimulus checks on monday. so let's bring the president and ceo of the job creator network and commissioner of the white house pros span nic initiative alfredo or tease. >> good morning and merry

christmas. rachel: merry christmas to you. so you say the president should sign this bill tell us. >> any time we with get americans hard earned are money back that would be great. it thousand would be great. small businesses earlier on in your show already have a panel f restaurant owners that gentleman is a receiving money from the barstool funds the i do cleaners, these businesses are hurting. they are dying literally hundreds and hundreds by the hour across our country. lockdowns are just killing them and quite frankly the paycheck protection program money that was available in the springtime, rachel, it's all gone. there is no more cash to be had for these guys. and they are literally hanging by their fingernails and every single day these small businesses close down it's the backbone of our community and country. rachel, before the pandemic hit, two thirds of new job growth was

in the hands of small businesses. again, while i support getting any money to our american taxpayers is it 6 of hundred, 800, $2,000 that's fantastic. but right now we have to save our small businesses and they are beyond the point of almost no return at this point. so that's my bigger concern, rachel. that's what we need to get the paycheck protection program done and quite frankly in the 6,000 page bill there is also a correction to basically the technical glitch that would basically make any recipient of the paycheck protection program proceeds basically those funds would be taxable income. and this fixes that. so that glitch would be fixing that. we need to get this passed. we knowed to get it signed. i would love to have another bill for example that adds another 100. we need to get this passed. rachel: all right. well that's one position. i'm a little bit dinner than you on that unwith. i any we need to fix it. on to another topic. find very interesting. the staggering shift of la taupe

know and asian votes toward president trump amid claims that they were taken for granted and what that means for future elections. we are seeing in some of these districts that are heavily imgrant a shift toward donald trump as we look deeper in these anybody's what do you make of that. >> rachel, it's a great point. as you know primp in the first go around got 28% of the latino vote. this time around about 37 to 38%. a 10-point improvement amongst hispanics. after four years of democrats saying that you know, donald trump is a racist and he doesn't care about had hispanics and he doesn't care about the latino vote. >> he understood what is are important to the hispanic voter. jobs and the economy. there was a survey conducted over the summer by will a left leans advocacy group in washington, d.c. and it wasn't border immigration.

it wasn't stuff like that. jobs and the economy was number one. quite frankly, hispanics have never done better than under president trump in terms of home ownership, in terms of wage growth. in terms of business ownership. and quite frankly hispanics understood that. especially when you think about florida and the push that they were talking about the democrats on socialism. when you have such a huge population down there. where they have ran away from socialism. you know, quite frank arely, look, hurricane irmas understood that. i'm proud to be part of a commission. pushing for prosperity amongst hispanics. number one is jobs and the economy for hispanics and they know that president trump understands that and how to do that. >> there are other immigrant groups as well. asians as well also moved or shifted towards trump in that poll. gem, thank you so much for joining us this morning. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. were. rachel: you got it. we have this fox news alert. a christmas morning explosion rocks the city of nashville

damaging dozens of businesses in the city. we are going to speak to one business owner whose bar is just minutes from the blast next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ the only thing a disaster can't destroy is hope. donate now at redcross.org

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rachel: that's right. charles watson is live in nashville with more as police reveal a chilling recording that played just moments before the blast, charles? >> no known suspects n rv intentionally blown up here in downtown nashville on christmas day. now, law enforcement involved in this investigation say they found what appeared to be human tissue near or at the testimony sight site tested for certainty. authorities say the blast was set off intention nally local time and surveillance video released to the public. can you hear a voice telling people to evacuate and then moments later you see that rv explode into flames the force of the blast shattering windows knocking trees down and causing up structural damage causing damage to 41 geldings in the

area. will explosion running into danger as they try to save lives. will they are going to rebuild second avenue. catch the people who did this. get our state and federal partners to help us do that we are going to celebrate our heroes which are first responders that went and saved lives this morning morning and now you are going to have investigators who are going to catch the people who did this. >> now, at least three people were injured in the blast and were transported to area hospitals. they are all in stable condition. and expected to make a full recovery and, guys, there has been some talk that nashville police have received threats about a christmas day attack prior to yesterday. they said that that was not true. they did not receive any threats prior to yesterday's attack. and, again, fbi and atf are asking anyone with information about that rv to get in contact with them. that's the latest back to you.

will: charles watson with the latest. thanks for your time this morning. our next guest can give us some local insight. he is a nashville honky tonk central bar owner and just blocks away his honky tonk from where the rv blast happened. here is the owner of nashvill nashvilleing bomb blast went off. we appreciate you being with us this morning. john rich, we know it's very central to nashville. a lot of businesses. ing. >> you know, that's a -- sort of a will beat. off the prodway. it's in an area that a lot of older buildings and residents in buildings where they have been remodeled. i don't think are they evacuated very many people that fast.

i didn't see any of that on the news. other than i think the automobile itself. but the message was letting people know that nobody really understood what it was saying, i don't believe thank god nobody was seriously injured or killed. rachel: absolutely. i know they as you said cleared the area. have you gotten any indication at all from whether will the police or city officials as to when you can expect this area to be opened up for businesses to start clearing and getting their businesses back open? as far as that street goes just a few small businesses on that street that high up you have hooters and you have got lonnies and' [inaudible] in that area. it's not a heavily busy area like broadway is, of course it's

sort of a condition densed area. the reason why that happened in that area, i think it answers melee with inside the buildings that it happened around ynk it was a crime to try to kill anybody to be honest with you. they could have picked a lot better timing and place for that. i think it has something to do with that area. i don't know what it is. it can be something as simple as a real estate move down here as high as property is in nashville. it can be something laying with inside those building somebody doesn't want somebody to see. who knows why they chose that area. but we have got good police department. they have done a real, real good job of responding fast and getting that taken care of. whoever did this trying to draw attention. gunfire at 6:00 in the morning or so. and there was complaint on this

rv heard sitting there. so they were trying to draw attention to let people know something was going to happen on the slowest day of the year. christmas is our slowest day of the year. i don't even open my place up up christmas. i let my people have the day off 1250e6 smith the owner of honky tonk central. thank you for your insight this morning. we appreciate it. and god bless you this day after christmas. >> thank you. will: thanks, steve. will: start with this fox news alert. overnight, police go room by room searching for the person who threatened to shoot up a texas resort. the great wolf lodge near dallas went on lockdown forcing guests from their beds in the middle of the night. they were taken to a secure part of the building. authority say they did not find a suspect and will keep officers on scene as a precaution. sentencing is delayed for the former fbi lawyer charged in the durham probe. kevin clinesmith pleaded guilty to falsifying a document related

to the secret surveillance of the 2016 trump campaign aide carter page. his sentencing is reportedly pushed back after page filed a motion to be treated as a victim and get restitution. clinesmith's sentencing is now elgd asked for january 29 the mariah carey's hit song all i want for christmas is you sets a record ♪ i don't want a lot for christmas ♪ there's just one thing i need ♪ and i ♪ don't care about the presents underneath the christmas tree. will: setting the all time record for the single biggest day stream on spotify with more than 17 million listens. carrie writing in twitter in part wow i know people think i'm making coin but the real reason i'm sitting here in astonishment and gratitude seeing the joy this little song brings to people. thank you and merry christmas. also i imagine she is making some coin. pete: i would think so.

it adds up if you have 17 million of anything. will. >> definitely making a lot of money. ing. >> we have got you next. tell us what's going on in the weather. adam: big changes big cold front across the country. cold air on this day after christmas. pretty much widespread. temperatures fall down into the 20's. some places you might see that. 22, 21 degrees. hard freeze watches around warnings stretching from the orlando area to central florida big ben. it over new orleans really cold air places that don't see that cold of air. eventually today it does get a little bit more mild across the southeast. the warmest air is in the middle of the country. cold air settled in now into portions of new england.

yesterday it was into the 50 in new york city and this morning it will be topping off closer to freezing. and you see fairly widespread there. 30's, upper 20's. that's going to be the case. mild -- just a little bit for us on sunday, even more mild for us by the time we get to monday. i will toss it back out to you. will, no tie, what's going on, man? what's the deal? will: that is so messed up. so well done. i thought you had my back. an hour ago no tie brothers. you took that hour to go dig a tie out and sell me out, klotz. daniel dam you say take that hour. i don't know if you know this. i'm at home if i can step about this far off of camera i have got everything within like three feet of me. so, kel me where you are and i will come to you. pete: they are running out quickly. adom for the win. well done. will. adam: no problem. will: now i know how it is. voter in georgia rushing to the polls in the hotly contested run off election.

with more than already 2 million votes cast. the democratic candidates have raised over $200 million each. so, what does the path to victory look like for the republican candidates? from the white house communications director alyssa farah is here to react ♪ i love my country ♪ deep from kentucky ♪ we keep it funky ♪ we like how it sound ♪ monday to sunday ♪ i love my country ♪ i'm up loud and proud ♪

pete: the battle for control of the u.s. senate tips in georgia with less than two weeks to go until that run-off election. will: already 2 million georgians have cast their ballots as jon ossoff and raphael warnock rais $2 millionn the last two month. rachel: what do republicans need

to do to make sure they keep the senate. incorporate jo us is white house you communications director and adviser to the g.o.p. arisa farrah. merry christmas and welcome to the show. 2 million people have already voted. what does that tell you for the republican prospects in that race? is that a good sign or a bad sign? >> well, good morning and thanks so much for having me. it tracks with what we saw on election day. what i will say is this. republicans have a much more sophisticated ground game in georgia. now, that money figure that you mentioned, that the democrats have raised. that is hollywood money that is west coast and east coast money pouring into georgia to try to rebuild the state to make it look much more like california and new york city than georgia this should be a sign to voters get out if you want to control your state if you want georgia to be in control of it and not hollywood elite. have you got to get out and vote. from the republican perspective, we are feeling good.

we have got momentum on our side. and i would say this. the most important issue to voters is who are best positioned to rebuild our economy after covid. and that's easily kelly loeffler and senator purdue. will: alyssa, if you say it sound like it's tracking election day, that's going to make a lot of americans nervous. we know how georgia went. there have been of course questions all throughout about the integrity of the ballot box in georgia. that brings me to this. a georgia judge throwing out a lawsuit brought by the georgia g.o.p. that it sought to limit absentee ballot drop box hours. could it be limited to the same hours as the regular ballot box. the regular drop box? the judge ruled they will be open. the ballot drop off boxes will be open 24 hours a day with video surveillance. what should we make of that? will. >> so a couple of things. the georgia republican party as well as the republican party nationally have really been standing up to try to push

against voter fraud and make sure we have integrity in our election. state by state issue will. see some wins and losses. what i can say on be this the numbers tracking with election day voting tends to skew democrats on election day it tends to skew toward republican voters turning out. we are term anticipating huge turnout for senator purdue and senator loeffler, we are feeling optimistic about where we are. >> we have to leave it right there. alyssa. i would also note that the secretary of state is now call to end absentee voting without justification. a lot of us asking where was that in noe? good luck down there alyssa farah. >> thank you. were. will: thanks alyssa. a oregon lawmaker fighting back against her state's restriction. suing the governor for $100,000. she joins us on her battle next ♪ make me work a little bit harder ♪ make me that much wiser ♪ thanks for making me a fighter

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♪ pete: appear oregon salon owner is fighting back against her state's covid-19 restrictions suing governor kate browp for $100,000 damages due to the shut down a reopening fine of $14,000 from the state. lindsey graham the owner of glamour salon says the governor has no authority to close private businesses if they can operate safely. she joins me now. governor, thank you so much for being here. that's the point. you just want to open your business and operate safely. your governor won't let you so you filed this lawsuit. tell us about it. >> that's correct she did what a

lot of governors did on march 23rd she told everyone what she decided was nonessential to close their doors until further notice. that's exactly what we did she didn't call a special panel and go over who is licensed to perform safe service was how can you perform them safely? how can you prove to me that you can perform them safely. she didn't give anybody that chance. she just shut us down. there a lot of businesses that could protocols in ooskt and operate safely. the problem is we never were given the opportunity to do so. we were told to shut down. close our lives down and close our businesses down. no questions asked. that's not okay and actually not legal for any governor to do something like that goal here is to set a precedent governors don't have this authority. they need to stop acting like they have the authority. they are causing more damage

than they are saving every small business owner a agree amount of suicide and i have a keeps probably foreclosures pretty soon have been devastating across the nation your lawsuit alleges just that the impacts on personal well being. you are saying our government doesn't have the right to take away our ability to earn be a living. do you anticipate others will join this suit? have other people been willing to open unjust to survive? >> oh, yes. we are starting to see an influx of businesses in oregon january 1st a huge movement movement of businesses opening their doors regardless and have the backing of their mayors oregons are recall sick of her agenda. recall fight back. it's exciting. the lawsuit i'm filing is based

solely on the experience that i went through when i did open having kate brown personally sick her agent on me and harass me and bully me to make an example out of me. if we can win this case my goal would be to lead a class ax and help other small businesses get back what she has taken from them. pete: i love it who is to tell anyone who is essential and not essential at any moment in time in a free market economy where we all have the right to pursue our dreams and you are certainly doing just that. please keep us posted. i love the fact you have chosen an amount of money as far as litigation that is quite reasonable. this is not with about the mope this is just about being open. many. >> right, exactly the damage she did to small businesses and me personally far far exceeds $100,000. she would be owing the state millions and millions, as far as i'm concerned. but, again, the goal is that she need to be told that she didn't have the authority to do this

show is way out of her league and time someone told her that. pete: you are not out of yours. we reached out to governor brown's office about not hear back. not a surprise there. more "fox & friends" and update on nashville next. the real honey you love... plus, the powerful cough relief you need. mind if i root through your trash? new robitussin honey severe. strong relief for your severe symptoms. ...

will: we start with a fox news alert the fbi is investigating the move ever behind the massive christmas morning explosion in nashville. pete: an rv blows up on the street in the cities downtown area, three people are hurt and dozens of buildings damaged. rachel: charles watson is live in nashville with more as police reveal a chilling recording that played just moments before the blast. charles? reporter: good morning, guys. right now there's no motive and no known suspects in connection to the rv that was intentionally blown up in downtown nashville on christmas day. now, law enforcement involved with this investigation say they are testing what appears to be human tissue that was found at

or around the explosion site yesterday, as authorities say the blast was set off intentionally around 6:30 a.m. local time and surveillance video released to the public, you can hear a voice telling people to evacuate the area, and the moments later you see the r v explode into flames. the force of the blast shattering windows, knocking down trees and causing structural damage to at least 41 buildings in the downtown area. metro nashville police say six officers were on the scene at the time of the explosion. you can see their pictures here, running into danger as they tried to save lives. >> they were going to rebuild second avenue, catch the people that did this , we're going to get our state and federal partners to help us do that. we're going to celebrate our heros which are first responders that went and saved lives this morning and now, you're going to have investigators who are going to catch the people who did this. reporter: now, at least three

people were injured in the blast and were transported to area hospitals. they are all in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery and guys there had been talk that the nashville police department have received threats about an eminent threat on christmas day. they say that is not true. they say this explosion totally caught them off guard, additionally the fbi and atf, who are leading this investigation, are asking anyone with information about the rv to get in contact with them, guys back to you. rachel: thank you so much. well earlier in the show we spoke with bob pasitti, a retired u.s. navy explosive disposal officer who told us his thoughts on what he observed from the footage we've seen. >> a vehicle was used to contain and conceal the device, and in this case, used to deliver the device. the vehicle-born ied's are used quite often. this vehicle had a relatively low amount of high explosives

just based on the damage that we can see from public media sources. this one city block in nashville , it won't take long to recover every piece of evidence and completely reconstruct the device. they will identify any dna or any other material left by the bomber, and i don't think it'll take long before they have somebody in custody. pete: guys there's a lot we don't know this morning. more questions than answers. the why, the time, the location, was it a suicide, was it, we don't know, but what we do know is that the police on christmas morning, who defend us every day , night and day, are being hailed as heros this morning and they should be. the six law enforcement officers who got the call first that shots were being fired are maybe they were played from loudspeakers maybe they actually were, ultimately arrived on the scene and confronted with the rv speaker and there is the six individuals right there,

five officers and a sargent. many of them new to the force, under two years, four of them, and the sargent there had been there for 11 years so they've got the christmas shift, it's christmas morning probably going to be quiet and it's the exact opposite yet they ran into that, helping people evacuate, and i think of that 24 clock from the series, counting down, you know the rv says 15 minutes is it really 15 minutes, is it actually five? is it meant to bring police officers into try to kill them? how much time do they really have? are there secondary devices? is it all a hoax? they don't know, but they know it's their job to save other people's lives and, will, these are moments when that blue line shines really bright and we're all humbled by the knowledge that men and women like that are standing watch so that we can live peacefully in this country. will: so many times, pete, so many times we do this story when we highlight and we once again remember that that blue line,

that thin blue line, those public servants, those first responders, run towards danger, run towards the warning, run towards the counting clock, to save other people's lives. you mentioned what we know and what we don't know. we do know that those officers were heros on christmas morning. what we will soon know, i think, is who was behind this and what the motivation was. the reason i'm hopeful for that is the amount of evidence hats been highlighted by guys like joey jones and marine bob technician and bob pasino, they point to all of the things out there that will help us find the information we need, to find the individual responsible. i've written down a few of those this morning including already looking at footage and seeing that the bomb blast radius, smaller, different than oklahoma city, giving you insight into what kind of materials was used. joey jones talking about the evidence being collected, the debris can show you as well, not just what type of materials but perhaps where they were purchased, plus, i have to suspect there's surveillance footage like in most downtown areas and there has to be some eye witnesses as to that rv,

what made it unique, perhaps even license tags, but we also know that downtown area was very important to nashville. john rich, country music star and friend of the show, was on a little bit earlier, talking about the area that was targeted listen. >> around here, nobody can really make sense of any of it. it was right next to the at&t building. it is the most centralized spot you could think of in the city of music and music city and any given year there's millions of people that come through there to see live music and experience nashville. it's as centrally located as you can possibly get and you know, we want to find whoever this is that did it. we are angered by it. we are not going to take this laying down. people make attacks like this on americans to try to push us back into our homes and frighten us out of being freedom-loving people. it doesn't work that way. matter of fact it has the opposite effect on us. rachel: yeah, he's absolutely

saying this is not going to stop nashville from opening up, they are opening the investigation goes quickly, thoroughly, that they find the people perpetrators that i know that a reward has been fund has been setup to encourage that, and, you know, again, nashville- strong and he also talked a lot about that blue line that how grateful they are not only that it happened on christmas day when there were less people there but just so grateful for those police officers that went door-to-door, waking up residents, and making sure that they were not in harms way. pete: simply amazing. simply amazing and i will, we played the sound from john rich and having talked to him over the past couple of months, this comes on top of the shutdowns, the lockdowns, the curfew that have hit these businesses in nashville so hard, and other businesses across the country would have not been able to earn a living and then

we hear about nancy pelosi and she wanted to wait until after the election to make a covid deal own though president trump and republicans are willing to up the amount of direct payments now washington d.c. still is stuck without that kind of agreement and the president insisting hey, $600 is not enough. it should be $2,000 per individual while we cut out the pork at the same time. we'll see how that all sorts out and talk about that a little bit more this morning but will as you mentioned a couple of hours ago what happens when government fails oftentimes the private sector steps up and this is a prominent example of it this morning, barstool sports founder dave portnoy started a fund from barstool to help small businesses initially the goal was around $500,000. here is where it is today. it's at $6.3 million raised to have almost 60,000 supporters or people who have donated, 18 businesses that they've supported thus far, will, and it's amazing to see what can be done when someone actually just steps up and says i'm going to take the bull by the horns here

and help people in need. will: and that's america, pete. that's america. not just helping each other out. not just finding places of community, but being men of action. rachel you mentioned the reward put together by marcus lemonis from the show " the profit" on cnbc. he's put quarter of a million dollars towards helping find whoever it is responsible for that nashville bombing. here, we have the founder of bar stool sport, dave portnoy, putting initially half a million dollars towards helping small businesses that's grown to over $6 million. men of action, communities, helping each other out, and let's take a look at what that actually looks like when a community is helped out. first a tweet from dave portnoy. pony express cleaners tell their dad that the barstool fund will be there for them. this is why we are doing this. this is why i'm shaking down the internet meaning raising money from everybody he knows. thanks to everybody who is donating and letting us help,

barstoolfund.com. now, here is what that community help looks like, rachel. watch this as pony express learns they will be helped by the barstool fund. >> i have to tell you something >> what? >> dave called. >> what did he say? >> you're in the fund. >> when do i get my first check >> [laughter] >> you got in! >> you think i'm making this up >> awwwww. >> dad, merry christmas. >> dad, we got it. rachel: wow that is such touching footage. one of the things i love about when the private sector does something when those who are involved in charities do something, is it actually goes to the people who need it a lot of times when government checks go out they're just not targeted enough and in this case, the coronavirus bill that we've been seeing coming out often goes to people who don't need it

and in fact sometimes goes to people who have done better during the pandemic than the rest of us, so i think this was very touching. we also talked earlier, will, with restaurant owners and here is what they had to say about the impact of this pandemic and lockdown for them. >> how long can our staff and people that rely on us make it because they are really the back bone of how we operate so we worry about how we're going to continue as an industry >> we have done everything possible to follow these guidelines and done everything that we've been asked and it's very frustrating to continually be shutdown. they can't pay their bills and i'm most concerned about them. >> we need to open and then leave it up to the people and let them decide whether or not they want to support small businesses, because we've been fighting right now for nine months straight, we're following every executive order, and we're getting nowhere. pete: amen.

tell these people they are essential or not essential, especially as science comes out and shows where this virus is actually contracted and not and they can do it responsibly. you can hear the desperation in voices. if you're one of those small businesses out there you can actually e-mail barstool fund at barstool sports.com to get in line and get assistance from dave portnoy. will: we have a few additional headlines this morning. first call call is seeing most covid-19 cases, despite its strict lockdown orders. the state surpassing 2 million cases earlier this week. it comes as december becomes the most deadly month of the pandemic. johns hopkins university says around 59,000 people died this month, surpassing april's high of 55,000. >> and godaddy is being slammed by employees after promising a christmas bonus that turned out, infarct, to be a security test. the company sent an e-mail to employees reading in part, " though we cannot celebrate

together during our annual holiday party we want to show our appreciation and share a $650, one-time holiday bonus. " hundreds of staffers clicked on the e-mail to fill out the form for the bonus but two days later they received a follow-up e-mail saying they failed a computer hacking test. godaddy has apologized for the insensitive e-mail. >> and it was not in their job description but a handful of houston firefighters delivered results. the first responders helped a mom give birth to a baby girl at her home on christmas eve. they said the newborn was not waiting for the ambulance to arrive. the fire association sharing a photo taken after that special moment saying despite everything there are still cool things that happen at this job. both mom and baby are okay. and those are your headlines. over to you, rachel. rachel: yeah, cool, indeed. all right, well black lives matter activist corey bush hasn't been sworn into congress yet, but the media is swooning.

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pete: while the battles that control the senate still wages in georgia newly-elected members of the house of representatives are getting ready to take their seats in congress. will: the washington post is already offering a warm welcome to the newest radical member of congress, corey bush. rachel: here to react is co- chair of black voices for trump, t. w. shannon. what do you make, first of all welcome to the show and what do you make of this glowing review by the washington post? >> well, thank you for having me, and again, it's no surprise. this is what we've come to expect from the far left media, which is basically, co-opt most of the media in america, thank god for fox news and in many

cases particularly fox & friends but the reality is this , is that there is a concerted effort to takeaway what's made america great. they're trying to replace the republic process, the democrat process with mob rule mentality and that's what you really see from this squad group over and over again and if this new congress person is coming in in the same vein as a oc, i don't think that's good for america, i don't think that's good for healing the country and i certainly don't think it's good for moving us out of this pandemic that we see. what we know is this , is that the reality is, the greater the freedom the greater the wealth and socialism has never created wealth and that's certainly what this group has been about and that's what this new congress person is about as well. will: t. w., corey bush is being hailed as the first day in-day out activist, protester, day-to-day protester involved with black lives matter to be elected to congress. this conversation has been had over the last several months. whether or not black lives matter is a political movement with a political platform and a political voice. we know the answer to that is

yes because it takes just a little bit of research so enlighten us what do you expect corey bush to be fighting for and what kind of platform, what kind of ideas in congress? >> well if you look at the black lives matter website one of the things we know is that it is a group that is dismantling the black family which scares me as an african americans male leading a family what we know is if you're going to create a strong community, a strong state , a strong nation, it starts with strong families, and that's one of the reasons that i think black lives matter hasn't resonated with the general public. we in america still recognize the importance of family values, the importance of maintaining a strong family, and if this new congress person is coming in with those same type of radical ideas, to dismantle the black family, it's scary and the challenge, we know that this is something that joe biden and kamala harris also supports. you look at joe biden's record with locking up african americans, with the 1990s crime bill, this fits right in line

with that radical socialist agenda that i think the squad has been promoting, which is really not just to dismantle the black family. it's to dismantle traditional families and to dismantle america. something that i think the rest of the world would strongly oppose. the world needs a strong america and it starts with strong families and that's certainly nothing that black lives matter and i don't expect this congress person to be about that as well. we are not a country that's ruled by the rule of man. we're ruled by the rule of law. that's what we're governed by and unfortunately i don't think black lives matter activists have recognized that as demonstrated with the protests that you seen around the country, so it'll be interesting to see. i'm always willing to give somebody a chance to see what their voting record has been but if we're going to compare the agenda of the squad, let's talk about what successes have they had? we know that nancy pelosi can't control this group. they are completely controlling to democrats. they've hijacked the party this is not your grand father's democrat party so we'll see what happens. pete: absolutely, t. w., none of what you just said, can be found in the glowing piece in the

washington post style section about cori bush so thank you for bringing it to our viewers today. we really appreciate your time this morning, merry christmas. >> merry christmas. pete: appreciatee and to a fox news alert, christmas day explosion, rattling downtown nashville putting lives and businesses at risk, a former atf agent joins us to break down the next step in the investigation. that's next.

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week. >> and, the women's basketball team is ending their season amid coronavirus concerns. the team played four games before pausing activities earlier this month because of two positive covid-19 tests within the program's travel party. they are the first power five school to start the season but not finish it. pete? pete: thank you, rachel. well, as we continue to learn more details from the explosion that rocked nashville yesterday, city officials have called the blast an intentional act. here with what it is and what it may be former special agent in charge of the atf, bernard zafe r. thank you so much for being here so considering the location, the time earlier in the morning, that there was warning, there may have been shots fired and there might be remains on the site, what could we know and what are they hoping to learn at this moment as they investigate? >> well certainly the investigative team right now has a substantial amount of information, so investigative management is the most critical thing for them at this point,

and they have a lot of things with the atf national response team, the fbi evidence recovery teams, of managing both witness statements and as the evidence speaks and they absolutely have to be committed to allowing the evidence to speak, and not speculate, at this point, on motive that allows the information coming into start a frame work as to the possibilities. secondly, of course, they still have remaining public safety concerns. they need to derive anything that would indicate there are other potential devices or potential suspects and then they have the fact of there may be other human remains to recover on the site. pete: bernard when you say "let the evidence speak" that's an interesting phrase, i get what it means. what is the most important piece of evidence they be looking for right now? >> there's going to be many direct things, so you have a component of the actual, the bomb investigators that will go into the check call analysis, they will do a number of recovery. as that team is working on it's

going to be speaking to the incident command and incident command is also getting all of the direct input from evidence that's coming from witness interviews, from video, all of the outlying inputs are coming in, and so ideally you have either a team or an individual that really thinks in the abstract, in much like a homicide investigation, it's an after the fact event, so as the evidence is coming in, it's starting to build a frame work of possibilities here. in conjunction with that is the public safety role here, to just see if there's anything that's speaking to the fact that there may be other things and then on top of all of that i guarantee you the investigators are doing the cyber search on this for every possibility, monitoring social media for comments, beyond that, and all these things have to come into a central source, so these teams can develop theory in terms of motive intent, and any current remaining threat. pete: bernard, you know, i know in your profession, you live in the world of evidence.

this is morning television, sometimes we speculate. go as far as you want, but what based on what you're looking at right now, professionally, what is it leading you toward as you observe it of what this might be about? >> well there's some things that are obvious just based on what's available to the public. you have a large vehicle-borne improvised explosive device placed in a metropolitan area. in terms of the strange broadcasting from this rv, the fact that law enforcement was able to arrive on scene and begin an evacuation, and then of course the things about the detonation time and all of that. i would stress again, it is absolutely important for the investigators to be motive-agnostic at this point and let the information speak. i would guess that right now, investigators are starting to develop some pretty solid ideas of what's happening here, and, you know, even, say for example, if it was an event where the person responsible was emoli

ated in this blast they are still going out to the public for more information because it's very hard to do something like this in a singular event and it's very hard to do this as an individual without making some connection. you have to buy supplies, you have to communicate and so a lot coming in. i will not speculate on this other than the fact that it is absolutely unique with the fact that there was the broadcasting of evacuation, i don't recall that in any previous historical events. the blast themself, although extensive damage, obviously that rv could have been a massive vehicle-born improvised explosive device that really could have done significantly more damage but then also, it's important to remember the complexity of this thing. there is evidence and things that are going to be a tremendous amount of distance from where the actual blast is so that's why you would have seen yesterday investigators on

rooftops and the need for downtown to have put a curfew and cordon off a really large area. pete: bernard zapor, we appreciate your expertise. thank you. president trump is demanding congress give $2,000 in direct payments to the people. it appears to be raining cash and now congress will vote, but will it pass? congressman ken buck will take part in that vote and he joins us, next.

will: well president trump is doubling down on his call for $2,000 stimulus checks. pete: the president demanding more money for americans ahead of monday's house vote. rachel: david spunt joins us live from washington with where the relief deal stands. david? reporter: good morning, unfortunately, the clocks unside the capitol and white house do not move as fast as the clocks in the homes of hundreds of millions of americans across the united states, anxious to see what happens here, after all , federal unemployment benefits ran out today, and there's a possibility if the president does not sign this bill, the government will run out of funding on monday, and government will be shutdown beginning midnight early on tuesday morning. president trump, though, doubling down as you said, even tripling down, on those $2,000 direct payments right now. he's in south florida for the holiday. he'll be there until after the new year. right now, he has two bills, one

to fund the government also one that deals with covid relief. they're actually put together. he wants $2,000 direct payments to those who need it most. not $600, which is in the bill presented to him. he tweeted this morning, "i simply want to get our great people $2,000 rather than $600 also congress should cut the pork. " while the president decides whether or not to sign the measure as is members of the democratic squad and congress announced their own way they want to distribute an emergency $2,000 fund to families as soon as possible. they want to get it out there. this is coming from congresswoman permilla jiapole, democrat from washington state and must be putting money directly in people's pockets so they can put food on the table, keep the heat on and pay their bills and withstand this pandemic. our legislation for $2,000 survival checks will make it happen at a moment when it matters most. now, this comes just a few days

before house speaker nancy pelosi on monday will call a formal vote to get it on the record with republicans and democrats to vote for those $2,000 direct payments , both many democrats and president trump right now, is adimate about. back to you. will: david thank you so much. with the clock ticking down as you mentioned, for a relief bill to be passed by congress, let's check in with a member of congress, it's ken buck of colorado. he's also a member of the house judiciary committee and a member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman thanks so much for being with us. you heard there from david spunt that nancy pelosi is putting it to a vote increasing the checks from $600 to $2,000. how will you vote on that potential bill? >> i absolutely am in favor of giving the american people $2,000 and it's the right move and the president is absolutely right but that's only part of what the president is suggesting nancy pelosi gave the members of the house just a few hours to read 6,000 pages of legislation. she did that because she had

stuffed this bill full of pork. we are funding a covid relief bill. we are funding two new museums to women's history. we are funding social engineering programs in pakistan we are funding a panel to examine a succession of the dalai lama, all sorts of pork projects in this bill. what the president is saying is make america first. bring america, make america the priority, so stop funding foreign projects in a covid relief bill, knock that out, and take that money and use it to fund and give the american people a $2,000 check. if nancy pelosi does that, i think she'll get overwhelming republican support and she'll certainly have my support but just to add a $2,000 payment instead of a $600 payment to the pork that's in the bill is just unacceptable. rachel: but is she going to do that, representative buck? is she going to take the pork out of there and all of the programs that she loves? i guess i'm curious is that what the bill is going to look like?

>> well once again, she gave us 6,000 pages in a few hours to read it. i'm sure we won't have a chance to read this bill before we vote on it and the democrats will vote for it. the republicans want to see the bill. if she strips the pork, if she stops giving her pet projects in the united states and overseas this money, she will get republican support but it takes more than just an hour of debate to understand the bill like this and to fully examine it, so i would hope that she would start sending this bill out and letting people know that all these terrible projects are being stripped from the bill and that the american people are going to benefit. this is just a play that nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are making to try to win votes in georgia. let's just be, you know, upfront about that, and it's a very cynical play because it deals with something that's very important to the american people pete: we know that's what they do. they did the same thing before election day. congressman is there a way to separate the two bills, the $900 billion for covid relief from the $1.4 trillion

omnibus bill which much of this is contained in, and the urgency created for covid gives an opportunity for all the pork as you're talking about is there a way to just do covid as republicans have talked about for months, and even higher numbers than $600, and then debate the rest of that stuff later, or at least get a chance to cut it out? >> it's a great point, because nancy pelosi actually had brought other kinds of pork to stop this bill from being passed before the election. she wanted to help fund the fail ing pension systems in california and new york, new jersey, and other blue states. she wanted to make sure that the president didn't get a win before the election by sending out a check to the american people, so she has stalled for months to make sure this bill didn't pass, and now, on the eve of this bill passing, she is going to refuse to take out the pork that's necessary to fund an additional payment that the president was asking for

for the american people. will: congressman just a point of clarification i want to move on to ask you about the coronavirus vaccine but just as a point of clarification it sounds like when you're answering rachel and pete's questions, your support for the $2,000 increase is tied to reducing the pork in the government spending bill. if that's not accomplished if nancy pelosi won't take that out , i'm reading between the lines then you will not vote for an increase in the covid relief checks? >> i will not vote for an increase in the covid relief checks that places a huge burden on our grandchildren to payback the national debt, the $30 trillion of national debt that we have already accumulated, absolutely not. will: all right, thank you for clarifying where you'll vote on those bills. possibly looked like they are coming in the next couple days to congress. let's ask you about this really quickly. we know several members of congress like alexandria ocasio-cortez have already gotten their covid vaccines, i'd love to ask where you stand on that first let's take a look at members of congress where they've been on getting the vaccine. >> the covid vaccine became

available to members of congress last night and we are urged to take it. that's it. will: there you have it. she took the vaccine. members of congress were put toward the front of the line. where are you, congressman. will you be getting the vaccine, have you already? >> i have not gotten the vaccine and i will not jump the line. there are healthcare workers in america who need this vaccine desperately. there are seniors and those with pre-existing conditions that need this vaccine. i am a healthy, young, 61- year-old man. i am not going to take this vaccine until those who are at risk take the vaccine and then i will evaluate whether i'll take the vaccine or not at that point but i think it's a big mistake for 30-somethings that are members of congress to assert their eliteist position and take this vaccine rather than giving those who are desperately in need of the vaccine, the vaccine is very similar to the discussion we just had about the pork taking

the pork out of the bill so that americans can get that $2,000 relief. rachel: right, well congressman, we know that there are a lot of elderly people who are suffering and dying of loneliness in nursing homes and really should receive that vaccine before healthy americans, so and young americans so thank you for joining us, and merry christmas to you. pete: thank you, sir. merry christmas. rachel: all right we're just two senate seats stand when republicans regaining control of the senate and democrats taking full control of congress, so what does the path to victory look like for republicans? well one rnc advisor breaks down their strategy, next. trelegy for copd.

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rachel: good morning, and merry christmas to everyone watching at home today. the highly-contentious runoff election is just over one week

away and the showdown is amplify ing voter turnout with more than 2 million votes already cast. it comes as the department of homeland security issues a warning in georgia of a " potentially heightened physical threat environment throughout the election cycle. " here to react is rnc communication for black media affairs and i took a look at this homeland security report, they say they are basing this warning about increased threats on past incidents this year. those incidents were mostly left wing groups. is that the concern that you're hearing about now? >> well first of all merry christmas to everyone and thank you for having me. i will tell you this. this issue is very very important. the american people, especially the citizens of georgia, deserve to have an election that is safe and secure. there should not be violence on the streets in america and what we have to remember is that the

american people need to hear from democrats in office to tell them not to have violence on the street so we need to hear from stacey abrams, we need to hear from speaker pelosi, we need to hear from joe biden, we need to hear from senator harris all of these people need to come out and say we need to have a safe election. all these leftist groups especially antifa, stay home, do not have acts of violence because we're better than that in america. rachel: why haven't we heard from nancy pelosi, from stacey abrams, i mean, this report has been out. >> yeah, the report has been out. we know what the truth is. it's because it doesn't fit their narrative. they want the american people to believe that there's no violence , that these acts are just peaceful protests. we've seen violence in georgia. we've seen buildings burned down in atlanta, georgia, specifically, and if this is something that's important to these democrats, they should come out and say it very

definitively. if you're a small business in america right now, especially in atlanta or any of the suburbs surrounding it, in the state, you should not have to deal with antifa and leftist groups coming down and burning down your business and looting your businesses. that's the last thing that we need in order to get this country moving again. businesses are suffering, and the people want to vote and vote peacefully, and not have these groups come in and agitate and destroy property, and the season that we're in with covid, people trying to get their lives back together, get their businesses open, we do not need this violence, so these democrat s, stacey abrams, ossoff , warnock, pelosi, aoc, all of them, stand up, tell them stay home, we need to have an election that is peaceful, that is secure, that is safe. rachel: all right so this government report also warns about foreign interference what are you hearing, are the countries that homeland security are most concerned about in this georgia election specifically? >> well look there's a lot of

interference that can happen. we've heard issues of china, russia, things of that nature but ultimately, we have to know that this country needs to have safe and secure elections. the rnc put up protectthe vote .com in november and started that website because we wanted to make people aware of all of the dangers that came in with mail-in balloting and having this all mail-in system with ballot harvesting and things like that, in our own country, so this is not even focusing on foreign interference but we have to make sure that we have a system and i think that is what is at stake right now moving forward. ballot integrity. the integrity of our elections, whether that is domestic or foreign it is so critically important that we get this right and when i was on the ground in georgia safely door knocking people were telling me that they were not going to turn their ballot in the mail. they were going to take it directly to the post office, or take it directly to their ballot place, because they did not trust that something could be happening from all the interference, domestically,

as well because they want to be sure that they have a system that is safe and secure that they can trust, and that's what we deserve in america especially in georgia. rachel: well we certainly do deserve that as citizens, so thank you very much, paris denna rd, from the rnc. >> thanks for having me. rachel: it's a weekend full of football with just two sundays left in the regular season, we preview some of the biggest games on fox, next. >> ♪ ♪ your journey requires liberty mutual. they customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. wow. that will save me lots of money. this game's boring. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.

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gone! touchdown. will: alvin camera, the new orleans saints having a christmas to remember yesterday. he tied an nfl record with six rushing scores, helping the saints clench a playoff berth. here to highlight this amazing feet is fox sports nfl reporter jen hail. he didn't just set a record, i imagine he won some people money yesterday in their fantasy football championships i mean six touchdowns? >> hi, will, merry christmas indeed, he did. he delivered christmas to a whole lot of fantasy football players, and especially the saints fans, because he has been the constant this entire season, for the new orleans squad. michael thomas, drew brees battling broken ribs for several weeks and he's gotten them through day after day, week after week and he also had a personal-best 155 rushing yards on the ground as well as the six scores so the saints certainly

are glad santa delivered him to them and i know pete won't be happy about this but the saints beating the vikings that was huge because the vikings have been having of course dashed the saints playoff hopes several times in recent history. will: revenge, pete has already mentioned it this morning he's not happy. >> [laughter] sorry pete. will: i have to highlight this let's put up if we can the atlanta falcons injury report, in the nba they call this load management. the falcons are saying on their injury report, santa claus, rest >> yeah, you can't blame the guy. will: right. that's right. i think that it's legitimate. it's legit. he needs a little r &r. let's go to the games this weekend, 16 games and give us some of the players to watch on fox this weekend. >> it's going to be a very fun weekend, absolutely. let's start with the falcons they are on their way to kansas city a little bit later today to take on the chiefs, and this is going to be a great game. i know a lot of people probably

saw the chiefs star rookie running back clyde edwards go out last week, they are still going to be phenomenon al and levion bell, they had him tucked away that has about 300 rushing yards that's it and he will have a huge day for the chiefs and kansas city in that freezing cold weather by 14, and then you've got the giants traveling to the ravens. both teams still hoping for playoff hopes, they are still keeping fingers crossed that things work out so they have a lot to play for. the ravens have that number one rushing attack with lemar jackson and his leg but the g-men have a really good rushing defense. this is going to be a fun one. i am, however, taking the ravens by six and then will, the game of the week. if you love championship football you've got to tune in for this one. the rams heading up to the seahawks, this is the battle for the nfc west and don't forget they've already played once this season and the rams won so you'd think hey, it's hard to beat the same team twice

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