will: welcome to "fox & friends." straight to a fox news alert. authorities identify a person of interest in connection to the nashville bombing. rachel: fbi agents search ad home outside of the city linked to that person. >> new details emerging that christmas morning blast. reporter: good morning, guys. federal, straight, local authorities are working around the clock to learn the motive behind friday's bombing. three people were hurt and now recovering this morning. investigators discovering human remains near the crime scene. those are being tested.

last 24 hours authorities were seen collecting evidence from a home outside of the city. you can see it there. it is unclear what red them there but a picture of the property in may of 2019 shows an rv parked in the backyard. it is similar to the one used in friday's bombing. more than 500 tips have come insofar. >> i am confident in the team we have. that we will get to the bottom of this. we will find out the story of this individual or individuals. we don't know right now. reporter: the explosion wiping out cell phone and internet service for many people across the south. at&t is working to bring the system back online this morning. tennessee's governor is now seeking an emergency declaration from president trump. back to you guys. will: thank you, jackie. good morning on "fox & friends" will cain along with rachel campos duffy and griff jenkins.

information is coming in quickly. it is reasonable to assume we'll have answers who is behind the attack, between the motive and tips as jackie said. 500 tips coming in. surveillance video, bomb-making materials. authorities will have information soon. fox news is not reporting the name at this point of the person of interest whose home has been searched. we learned lessons in the past, every news organization should, how wrong initial information can be. griff, there is no department to get your reputation back as we know by richard jewell. rachel: it's a very strange case. there have been interviews with neighbors of the person of interest whose house is 12 miles south of the bomb site. those neighbors said they have seen an rv for years in the backyard of this his home or parked there in the parking lot.

the rv had not been there last couple days. prior to the rv leaving the house they saw this person of interest tinkering with it, moving around. that was of interest. there was a deed given to a 29-year-old woman. she is cooperating with the fbi. she is not answering any questions. the deed to two homes worth about $400,000. a lot of really strange details emerging in this case. griff? griff: good morning to you, will. news organizations have been burned time and time again. they don't want to rush details. as someone who covered crime for this network for more than a decade the most unusual part of this is the warning before the blast. we just don't see that. i think investigators are going to really take their time also not only laying out the people behind this, identifying the

suspects, perpetrators, but also trying to lay out the motive because it is really, really, unclear at this point. meanwhile here in washington, guys, we have to talk about the big news. that is the president not signing that stimulus bill, sitting down in mar-a-lago. of course as we all know this morning that extra unemployment benefits of $300 now expires for some 10 to 12 million americans. here is the president in a series of tweets. here is the first one where he simply trying to up the 600-dollar payment to 2,000. increased payments to the people. get rid of the pork. 2,000 plus 2000 plus other -- not 600. remember it was china's fault. will? will: absolutely. the president pointing out what many lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are beginning to say the stimulus checks need to be bigger. the $600 will not cut it at this time in you meek american

moment. it needs to be increased to $2000. joe biden taking a shot at the president as the unemployment benefits expire tweeting following. this has devastating consequences. this bill is critical. it needs to be signed into law now. will: lawmakers, griff as you point out will begin to meet tomorrow to try to forward a bill includes increases in stimulus checks or reduction in pork that the president will sign. yesterday on "fox & friends" we had congressman ken buck republican from colorado on the program. he is willing to sign a bill that increases stimulus checks he made it very clear only if accompanied by a reduction spending foreign aid, pork in the government spending bill. here is what he said. >> the president is saying is, make america first. make america the priority. so stop funding foreign projects in a covid relief bill, knock that out and take that money and

use to it fund the, give the american people a 2,000-dollar check. if nancy pelosi does that, i think she will get overwhelming republican support. she will certainly have my support, but just add 2000-dollar payment instead of 600-dollar payment to pork in the bill is unacceptable,. will: some of that pork include items rolling past your screen. includes money for kennedy center. money to pakistan. money to fisheries. mon going across the country into government programs. that is what the president and many say needs to be reduced along with increase in covid relief stimulus checks, rachel. rachel: that's right. listen, one of the things i find interesting, the 900 billion-dollar covid relief bill was combined with the $1.4 trillion in spending to cover the government spending. so i don't believe those bills

should have been put together. they should have been separated from the beginning. look, there is a lot of agreement on both the democrat and republican side that the payments should be increased from 600 to $2000 of covid relief, this one-time payment. the only person who didn't think it should be increased to $2,000 is interestingly joe biden, take $600 and all the pork. the did he bait between democrats and republicans is just over the pork, republicans say take it out and direct the money over to the american people to increase that payment. we have, what, $27 trillion of debt? this money is borrowed on the backs of our children. that is the debate here. it really show as stark contrast between biden who is like, look, washington business as usual, $600, take your crumbs and the pork and donald trump who is i think reflecting what the american people say, why is all

this pork here? griff: ray well, will, let me way this out for you. rachel as wife after politician you understand political calculations. the rub is that the president wasn't this involved way back when mitch mcconnell and other republicans were putting together this agreement to get the 600-dollar checks out combining with the omnibus. which is really fascinating to me. that for four years under president donald trump every time he does something like this everyone is out political suicide but in many cases it ended up benefiting him and many cases he was right. now you have a run-off for the balance of the senate in georgia happening. many people are already saying this is going to hurt kelly loeffler, this is going to hurt david perdue. we'll see. no doubt ossoff and warn november will say look what president trump did, failed 10 to 12 million folks with the unemployment benefits ran out. who knows exactly how it is

going to go. as you point out, will, congress is back tomorrow. we'll find out how it plays out. many assume it doesn't work out well for the president, that he is being destructive at the end rather than productive. boy would it be something in the last week of 2020 you got a revamped deal with bigger checks for american people. will: i say, griff, the point you made i want to underline is the hoe knows part how this plays out. traditional political analysis has never been more wrong than it has been over the last four years. traditional political battle lines have never been more redrawn than they have over the last four years. president trump does not conduct business as usual. so how will that play out. how will it affect republican votes, democrat votes? how will it affect the way this bill goes forward? i don't think anyone has the answers and they certainly can't use traditional political analysis to find those answers. he has been an absolute maverick

when it comes to get things done. we'll see, whether or not it works out. we'll turn to a few additional headlines starting with fox news alert. three people are killed and three others are hurt in a shooting at a illinois bolling alley. the police say the gunman opened fire at a random attack in don carter lanes in rockford, 40 miles west of chicago. a suspect is in custody. conditions of those hurt remain unclear at this time. they're is new cdc guidance on the covid-19 with people with you know lying health conditions. people with medical conditions can receive the vaccine if they have not had a severe allergic reaction to any of the vaccine's ingredients. the new guidance comes as the cdc more than 1.9 million people have gotten the covid-19 here in the united states. the dolphins keep their post-season hopes alive with a very late comeback against the raiders.

>> it is right down the middle. the dolphins somehow, some way, take the lead. will: dolphins scoring with one second left on the clock. miami gets the win 26-25. 49ers beat arizona cardinals between third-string quarterback cj bet third. they need the bears to lose today to stay in the play off picture. tom brady and the buccaneers were off and running clinch ad playoff birth against the lions. his four touchdowns helped carry the team 47-7 win. week 16 action tune in to fox. are you cardinals fan or adopted packers in wisconsin. rachel: if you live in wisconsin you have to be a packer fan. i will tell you something you might not like to hear, will, i'm not a very port sports

oriented person. i don't enjoy football. when pete is on, i am on he usually takes the sports reads from me because i tend to read them in really weird way as someone who doesn't follow sports would read them. will: what you got on your head, griff? griff: washington football team has a chance to clinch the nfce east when they beat the carolina panthers. will: nobody should brag about the nfc east. nobody. griff: that's true. coming up as investigators try to piece together the details behind the massive explosion in nashville, one family recounts escaping their home just moments before the blast. that story coming up next. ♪ ibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need.

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nashville bombing one local family counting their blessings as they managed to escape their apartment moments before the blast on christmas morning. nashville residents noel and jeffrey rasmussen join me this morning. so glad you're safe. we'll start with that, start with the morning yesterday what is the first thing you remember from the incident? >> sure. yeah, this morning we were asleep in our beds. we had been up to about 2:00 a.m. building toys and stuffing stockings for christmass eve. this was the first christmas in our home. we always travel back to see family. because of covid we chose to stay home. and we, at about 5:55 in the morning we heard loud banging, pounding on our door, voices we could tell they were saying there was police and we needed to evacuate.

so at that point of course in my pajamas to see what was going on and they were getting all the residents alerted and trying to get them cleared from the building. so there was, there was a policeman a police woman and image is very clear. their faces were covered because of their masks, but all i could see was their eyes urgent and pleading and asking us please to it leave. i said, we have two young kids, we have a four-year-old and a one-year-old, it is 20 degrees and christmas. is it really serious? do we really have to leave? the police woman just stopped and wait you have, young kids? please get them, please get them, go out the back stairwell, get out of the building. they had not said enough to

cause alarm it was a bomb threat. they just said it was -- >> they just said public safety threat. everyone needs to evacuate the building. our head space, we didn't know if it was domestic dispute. someone called suicide help line. we had no frame of reference what was going on. >> we live, downtown on the structure, cutest street a lot of people, my husband used to live in new york. he chose this spot. it was a cute historic district you might find in new york so we're used tourists, a lot of tourism happens in the honky-tonks. we use the people in the block. not this magnitude. there were questions of seriousness, necessity of leaving our christmas from our home. so excited with the surprise in the morning. when i saw the officer's eyes

there was this heart to heart moment with that female officer pleading, please get your kids and get out. i could tell she didn't have time to stand and mince words. i went in, told my husband. he had same reaction, what? are you crazy? where are you going to go? it is covid. -- in nashville there was no home at the moment. will: where did you go when you evacuated. >> we got in the car our pajamas. our coats and diaper bag. that's it, whatever shoes were by the door and we drove. will: how quickly were you able to get out of the apartment within a few minutes. >> a few minutes. will: then how, can you give us some proximity? where was your apartment, second, third floor, and how far away from the rv, the suspected

center of this bomb was your apartment? >> sure, so our apartment is the on the second floor. it was a few buildings down. the rv was parked about two buildings down from us. this time we didn't know, our building stretches between the block. so the front of the building is on second avenue where the blast occurred. will: right. >> our garage exit is first avenue. officer said go back down the stairwell, exit on first avenue. will: jeffrey, i'm up against a hard commercial in one moment. i want to ask you two things, do you know what is left of your apartment and is your children safe? you mentioned two children. i hope everyone is all safe. >> we are all safe. we don't know what is left of the home. the whole row is starting to collapse and crumble. we're prepared for that.

will: video on the screen you took with the aftermath of the bombing. i'm up against a hard commercial. i apologize. appreciate you sharing with us this morning. so happy to hear you and your family safe. appreciate what those officers did for your family. i know you appreciate the same way. thank you for sharing your story with us. >> thank you. will: god bless and merry christmas. moreot "fox & friends" coming u. obligated to put clients first. so, what do you provide? cookie cutter portfolios? nope. we tailor portfolios to our client's needs. but you do sell investments that earn you high commissions, right? we don't have those. so, what's in it for you? our fees are structured so we do better when you do better. at fisher investments we're clearly different.

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600 that is now in the bill. also stop the billions of dollars in pork but it comes as millions of americans lose their unemployment benefit. how does this, how does the health of our economy tied to this bill? let's bring in benchmark investments managing partner kevin kelly. good morning to you. a lot of developments here, obviously the enhanced unemployment benefits expiring. what do you make of where things stand? >> hopefully congress can get their act together. the most important takeaway is that the economy is actually doing very well. we've seen robust demand and we've seen gdp do well. i think it has to do with other plans and policies from this administration like "operation warp speed." you're starting to see businesses are now wanting to open back up, knowing that there is a vaccine. so while this may be happening we've seen companies reinvest not only in their people but

also their businesses. so i think the economy is in actually a very robust position regardless of what happened. griff: kevin, without getting too detailed in all of it, the political takeaway the president allowed the unemployment benefits expire. however, when you talk about state unemployment programs and unemployment benefits ultimately, there appears to be still some time for this not to have quite such a devestating impact on the economy it appears? >> yes. we actually do have a little bit wiggle room that can go on especially concerning the states. so the real impact would be felt, you know, in a few weeks if something doesn't get done and that will linger on into the first quarter towards the end of it as effects start to ripple through the economy but the most important thing is that actually both sides come together and get

this done because the people that need this relief the most could be devastated by this. because you're actually seeing a lot of the economy do well but the parts that are getting really, really hurt. griff: they are indeed. i have to turn to a different topic, kevin, bitcoin is something we haven't heard much about lately. i'm filling in for pete hegseth today who owns bitcoin, he will be -- it is like 28,000 right now. what is going on with bitcoin, why is it returning so strong right now? >> so it is important for everyone to understand that bitcoin is actually a digital store of value. so -- analogous type of stored value would be gold. what is happening, institutional investors, big, big organizations like butting again heim or mass mutual which is an

insurance company, this is a asset class they can put in small portions of their portfolio to diversify. that is what is happening. they're seeing an adoption. this goes back to what bitcoin really is. it is a new emerging technology. the important thing to note, not that meant to be used by citizens of the united states because we have great systems. we know are safe. it is meant for people in countries like venezuela where rapid inflation can happen especially when there is changes of regimes. people actually in china as well. griff: not much time left, kevin, quickly, i don't want to put you in the position of dishing out financial advice, should you consider buying bitcoin now? >> absolutely people should consider if they have diversified portfolio, only to a small percent.

it could helping diversify portfolios t could be volatile asset class. only look at one or 2%. griff: not hard to look at it, 4,000 to 28,000. kevin kelly, thanks for joining us on the final sunday in 2020. thank you, sir. "new york times" praising joe biden as the person most qualified to deal with bitterly divided congress. why? because of his centrist deal-making. joe concha is here to decide whether that will actually happen. ♪.

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so special to see that. look at this. this is a family that is serving our nation, our communities, making sacrifices for others. this bittersweet moment, i'll tell you, just a special video there. will: they never get old. i love the videos. they're always the best. griff: turn to joe biden facing a bitterly divided congress but according to the new york times he is the one to handle it. will: in an interview with the "new york times" biden said his decades long-brand of centrist deal-making would empower him to move beyond the bitter partisanship in the past four years to advance his again today. as president mr. biden will need to build bridges to democrats as well as republicans. >> here to react, fox news contributor, media opinion columnist for "the hill," joe concha. welcome. is it true? is the centrist guy that "the new york times" so glowingly telling us is going to

bring this country together and make deals happen? >> rachel, for natalie we have a prequel to look at. that was the eight years of-obama-biden. tell me how many deals made? was obamacare a deal or pushed through on christmas eve along party lines? criminal justice reform, president trump's signature achievements could have been done under biden-obama administration did not get done. i don't see much of that. "new york times" exactly the folks talking about bipartisanship. last time they endorsed a republican for president when elvis presley heart break hotel was number one, 1956. 30 years before we were born. they have yet to report on the eric swalwell spy story. yeah, "new york times" perfect publication to talk about partisanship at this point, rachel. griff: joe you talked about

record. let's talk about history. assuming mitch mcconnell continue to be senate majority leader. joe biden and mitch mcconnell don't have a great track record together. >> no they don't, do they, griff? that will be happening january 5th nine or 10 days away in georgia. the two senate run offs who will decide who controls the senate. remember if democrats win the two seats a house controlled by democrats. you have a senate controlled by democrats essentially, and you have a white house, obviously the oval office controlled by a democrat. so joe biden will practically a prisoner of his own party at this point, particularly the progressive wing, what they want, if they pass whatever they want, abolishes i.c.e., filibuster around electoral college. they have want to expand the senate in terms of adding d.c. and puerto rico as states. that means four more democratic senate seats in the senate that will obviously overturn any majority that republicans have. they want to expand the supreme

court to look like a baseball roster to keep wipe out the conservative majority. they want to ban fracking. reallocate police funds. raise taxes, if you want to pay for the green new deal and free college and forgiving student loan debts. those two races in georgia, that is the whole ball game, guys. if joe biden secretly deep down in places he doesn't talk about at parties he wants a republican senate. he would have to deal with a party a wing he doesn't even recognize anymore in terms of all the things i listened. will: i want to go back to that, joe, for a moment. go back to "the new york times." described accuracy, joe biden as centrist, deal-maker, looking back whether or not there was a time before president trump that wasn't as partisan. beyond the accuracy, what i'm surprised is the yearning. the yearning to go back to business as usual. yearning to go book to the swamp quite honestly, quite bluntly. go back to lobbyists being in charge.

traditional political battle lines being drawn. same old we've had for decades. here is the "new york times" asking for more of that. >> isn't that amazing, right? remember who did joe biden choose as his running mate? who was the vice president-elect right now? it is kamala harris. if you look at gov track, they don't have any partisan leanings. they rank senators in terms of who is least liberal and most liberal in this case in terms of this conversation. guess who was voted most liberal senate in the 2019? kamala harris. if joe biden's plan i want compromise i want do go down the middle, that pick didn't show it. going back to the establishment folks filling administration from the obama years, go back to the beginnings of conversation didn't really like to compromise all that much. bottom line, guys, we have a media as well not built on playing nice and compromise. it is so tribal at this point. it is built on conflict. you will also have folks from --

griff: what are you talking about? >> they won't be happy about playing nice. they want conflict. that is good for business, guys. i think i got to go go at this point. griff: we'll have you back on in 2021 on newfound mcconnell-biden bromance. we'll see if joe biden nodes to escape the left of his own party. joe, thanks for joining us. >> thank you, griff. i have a quick question for rachel if that is okay? rachel: yes. >> you have nine kids. i have two. i'm still cleaning up from christmas. the place is trashed. i don't know how you do it? i hope the husband -- rachel: when you have that many kids can deligate. i get a lot of help. >> they're old enough to clean after themselves. my kids can't get older soon enough. griff: joe concha, as always, thank you, sir. turning to your headlines. a man with a concealed carry

permit shoots and kills an armed robbery suspect in chicago. the suspect tried robbing a cell phone store, when the man inside the shot pulled out his gun and opened fire. it was unclear if he was employee or store customer. an investigation is underway. conflict of interest concerns are, spaing around the top biden advisor. cnbc reports that jeff rikety, brother of white house conselor steve rikety landed a lobbying contract with amazon last month. the deal was reached after biden was projected to win the 2020 election. source says told cnbc there is no cause of concern that the brothers keep their lives separate. steve was biden's campaign chairman and vice presidential chief of staff. mysterious gingerbread monolith appears on a top of a san francisco hill on christmas morning. what? similar to the ones that

appeared around the world but this one is edible. residents rushing to see the sweet surprise. the cookie held together with white frosting and gumdrops. the man who shared the photos saw one person licking it to check out if it was real. the giant cookie crumbled by the end of the day. those are the headlines. will: somebody licking that gingerbread house at top of the hill. pete hegseth is off today. i'm saying adds up, does it not? griff: go figure. will: go ahead, rachel. rachel: we'll take a look at the weather. adam will tell us what is going on with the weather. it is really cold in wisconsin right now. >> cold in a lot of places good morning guys, rachel, will, griff. this is across portions of the country. lake effect know across the great lakes and new england.

there is another system across the plains, getting into the midwest. we're seeing snow. if you're talking about just those cold temperatures that is little bit more widespread. here are the current numbers. pretty much 20s from the east running into the midwest, northern plains. getting down even into the southeast, below freezing in atlanta, georgia earlier this morning. areas don't tipchy see that real cold weather. they had it again. have it today. hard freeze warning. running into central florida places where it doesn't get that chilly. eventually warms up a little bit particularly in those regions. staying frigid across top third of country, warms up a little bit. moderates there. 56 degrees in atlanta. where we should be this time of year. definitely cold, rachel, where you are. back out to you. will: always cold in wisconsin. appreciate it, adam. adam: it is. will: california. connell: case count surging despite the strictest lockdown

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cases. what does this tell us about the effectiveness of lockdowns? >> well lock are very questionable, especially severe lockdowns. in fact they may have have the opposite effect what you want because you take l.a., will be in the 60s today. madison, wisconsin, 24 degrees as you know, here in the new york in the 20s. in the 60s, in l.a., outdoor restaurants are closed which have never been a source of spread but what has been spreading covid in los angeles county specifically, los angeles county is where all of this is going on. there is more people in l.a. county than in wisconsin actually but it's happening because of all of the parties that are going on. because people are gathering because people are not taking public health bree cautions. all lockdowns may cause them to add more. also, more importantly you cannot contact trace when so many people are getting.

in other words, if it is spreading by the time people figure out they have it, already spread it to their neighbor or someone in their family. 70% of covid spreads within houses. that is the problem. lockdowns destroy the economy. they don't necessarily work. rachel: can we pull up the tweet from president trump. he has talked about how we're not using common sense. can we pull that up? the lockdowns in democrat-run states are absolutely ruining the lives of some people far more than the damage caused by the china virus. cases in california have risen despite the lockdowns, florida and others are open and doing well. common sense please. you talked about 60 degrees in california. isn't fresh airport of dealing with covid? it makes it, we need the vitamin-d? why isn't there more emphasis on that? you also talked about having a laser lockdown. what do you mean by of that? >> first of all it is a lot easier to be out of doors and

not spread this to wear a mask, to distance. you know, so the president is absolutely right about that i want to add my fear message to this. guess what happens when you're anxious and you're stuck indoors, you're worrying? you take fewer precautions. you spread more virus. what i mean by laser lockdowns is, let's look at where the spread is actually going on. if it is at a large party, that's what you don't have. if it is at a bar, if you show boars are spreading it because they have poor ventilation or because people are taking no precautions at bars, you might restrict the bars but having an across the board stay at home order doesn't work. spreads anxiety. spreads fear. causes depression. causes joblessness and it also spreads the virus at the same time. it is not working in california in l.a. county and we need to learn from that. rachel: yeah. absolutely. the number of cases is astonishing and should tell us a lot about the effectiveness of lockdowns.

thank you, dr. siegel. we appreciate your advice. always been right on the money. thanks, doctor. >> in regards to your beautiful family too. joe concha is right. make sure they're cleaning up after each other. mine are not. i have three. they do not clean up after each other. so glad to hear that. rachel: thank you, doctor, have a good one. they say new year, new you, i think everyone could use a reset after this year. the cyberguy has the top pick of gadgets you need to hit refresh in 2021. stay with us. ♪.

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♪. rachel: we start with a fox news alert. authorities identify a person of interest in connection to the nashville explosion. an rv blew up in the city's downtown area on christmas morning. griff: fbi agents searched a home outside the city linked to that person as investigators tried to uncover a motive behind the bomb blast. a picture of the property from may 2019 shows as you can see here an rv parked in the backyard similar to the one used in friday's bombing. will: now the fbi says it has received 500 tips since the explosion. tennessee's governor is now seeking an emergency declaration from president trump.

good morning. welcome to "fox & friends." will cain along with rachel campos duffy and griff jenkins. good morning to you both. griff: good morning. >> good morning will. will: we get the details as they come? on this amazing story out of nashville. earlier we spoke to residents right in the central city of nashville just a block or two away from the bomb center, blast center took place on christmas morning. noel rasmussen and her husband jeffrey told us what it was like that morning, as she and her two children were preparing for christmas morning they got a knock on the door. >> i was in my pajamas, i opened the door to see what was going on. they were getting all the residents and alerted, get them cleared from the building. all i could see their eyes were urgent and pleading and asking us, please to leave.

they were just, heart to heart moment with that female officer pleading please get your kids and get out. i could tell she didn't have time to stand and mincer words. will: video seeing on the screen is video they took that morning. grinch, rachel, both of you have children, i have two sons myself. i imagine we can identify. imagine getting the knock on the door, 5:30 in the morning, building toys, wrapping christmas presents for their children, asking a human question, do we really have to leave? how big of a deal is this? how serious is this? we have no place to go. it is 20 degrees outside. the middle of a coronavirus pandemic where do we go. they went out to the car, got out quickly. i can only imagine the feeling that morning as they evacuated their home. rachel: frightening, absolutely frightening. gratitude to the police officers

went door-to-door, waking people up, getting them out of harm's way. imagine that they actually found this rv, they were on the ground early enough to give this kind of warning. that no one was hurt on this, christmas morning. it is really, you know, incredible. especially in a year where we've heard so many calls to defund the police around denigration of work they do every day, putting themselves in harm's way. what amazing story. your heart goes out to them. what an amazing story. griff: that is a great point, rachel, you can't overstate how actions of these six percent were. here you are on a quiet, cold, sleepy christmas morning. you have this rv weirdly displaying audio saying every minute that a explosion is coming. they take it seriously. they muster the resources amongst themselves to get people like the rasmussens out of their

building and though lived. heroism likes of which you rarely see. my kudos, hats off to them for what they did on christmas morning. it is unbelievable. we're thankful that we have law enforcement officers like those. we turn it also now to the other big story we're following this morning, the coronavirus relief bill sitting in limbo on capitol hill as millions of americans lose their unemployment benefits. david spunt joins us live in washington as congress continues to law to reach a deal. good morning. reporter: griff, good morning to you. yesterday millions of americans lost their federal unemployment benefits. the clock ran out on that. more could be out of work on tuesday if the government is shut down, if there is not a deal reached. according to the department of labor as of right now about 14 million americans lost those federal jobless benefits that they had been counting on, especially difficult during the holiday season because no

extension was signed. right now, griff, president trump has a bill that would keep the government open and give americans direct payments for covid relief. the president who is spending a couple of weeks in palm beach, florida, says, $600 is simply not enough and those in need should be getting direct payments of at least $2000. the president is complaining about foreign aid in that funding bill. some of that foreign aid to point out came from his own state department's request but the house will vote on a 2,000-dollar direct payment plan tomorrow to get everybody on the record, republicans and democrats. president-elect joe biden from wilmington released a statement chastising the president. quote, it is day after christmas and millions of americans don't know if they will be able to make ends meet because of president donald trump's refusal to sign a economic relief bill approved by congress with overwhelming and bipartisan majority. there is good news for both the president and president-elect can agree.

almost two million, people, griff, received the covid-19 vaccine this number according to "the new york times." important to note, to be fully vaccinated you need two shots. there is the pfizer and moderna vaccines on the market. there will be a few more coming up later. it is important when you get the one shot, you have to go back, 23, 24, 25 days later depending on your provider to get the second shot to make sure the vaccine is fully effective. will: david, appreciate it this morning. share with you numbers at this morning should at least raise eyebrows and more honest and curious journalists raise questions. california has some of the strictest lockdown measures in this country. cases of the coronavirus are absolutely booming. you can see the number of cases up to two million. while deaths are approaching 24,000. response to that, president trump tweeted the following, the lockdowns in democrat-run states are absolutely ruining the lives

of so many people. far more than damage that would be caused by the china virus. cases in california have risen despite the lockdown. florida and others are open and doing well. common sense, please. griff, rachel, we can look at two potential explanations for rising cases in california. number one perhaps, there is a new strain of the coronavirus far more cone tank just. we're hearing reports of that. number two, whether or not lockdowns are the appropriate measure to combat the coronavirus. i have never seen less curiosity among not just journalists but from many americans, to simply accept lockdowns masks. the question is not request whether or not those things are abs shoutly off the table or whether or not they're a wrong response but whether or not honest questions are capable of being asked during this pandemic. if we sealock downs in their strictest forms not reducing numbers perhaps simply yelling it is science or government

mandate is not always the right response. perhaps a virus we still know no so little about means to be looked at. we can account for lockdowns to livelihoods, to lives, businesses at the same time. i've never seen, rachel, less curiosity, less honest questions about something brand new and so devastating to our lives. rachel: well it wasn't very long ago, will and griff, everybody on the left saying we need to listen the w.h.o. the even the w.h.o., the world health organization has been saying lockdowns don't work, don't do it. it is the last resort. when you have a state like california where 60 degrees right now, there is absolutely no excuse. in fact it has gotten to the point where they say you can't eat outdoors. i'm starting to think that there is another purpose here. are they just trying to destroy the middle class? what is going on in california? i spoke to dr. marc siegel earlier this morning about this question of lockdowns.

here's what he says. >> lockdowns are very questionable especially severe lockdowns. in fact they may have the opposite effect of what you want. 70% of the covid spread withins houses that is the problem. having an across the board stay at home order doesn't work. spreads arranges sight, spreads fear, causes depression, causes joblessness. it also spreads the virus at the same time. it is not working in california, in l.a. county. we need to learn from that. griff: yeah, i would add that the lesson of california, will and rachel, will perhaps be used by president-elect biden when he comes in. setting aside as you mentioned, will, masks, set offing aside at the moment because of lockdowns and economic impact having wrecking americans lives from coast to coast i think you will see the president-elect come into office with a real sensitivity towards the policies with regards to lockdowns because if as goes california

goes the rest of the country, that is going to be perhaps the biggest initial problem of president, we assume president biden as he comes in, is benefiting from president trump's "operation warp speed" vaccine to start turning the corner. yet, if you head straight into additional lockdowns, that is not going to sit well. will: to be clear, griff, the point i'm making is not, we shouldn't in any casings employ a lockdown or we shouldn't by the idea masks help, i'm not suggesting that. what i'm suggesting this morning those ideas have been turned into cudgels. they are not scientifically-minded as people chant them. they are not interested finding out what does and does not work. they have turned into a chant, this unscientific chant, whether or not it might be complete lockdowns or mask outdoors, whatever it might be, any questions americans might have at this point rationally does or does not work are rejected as

unscientific. we're seeing real costs to society. we've lost what questions what does and does not work. what we've lost as president trump said common sense. what we've lost is rationality. they are at the core of science. we need accurate answers. griff: question authority, that is what any good reporter does. rachel, quickly? rachel: it is not just about questioning authority. will there be consequences for politicians not following the science. who are inflicting so much pain on the citizens? in california, democrat liberal politicians have almost full reign of power in that state. will this actually have an effect on politics in the long run? i think just like in new york, california will come out of this and so many of their small businesses which are the drivers of their economy are going to be destroyed. i think 2 wouldn't be right if the same people that caused and inflicted that pain were

reelected. griff: we shall see. good point. turning now to the headlines. detectives follow fewer crimes because of pandemic. according to wsl homicides are up 40%. only 40% are being solved. because masks with suspects blend into crowds. face-to-face interviews are not happening as often. to georgia we go, senate candidate rafael warnock is sidestepping questions about the bodycam video about a dispute between him and his former wife. lara trump sounded off on the video yesterday saying it is reason not to vote for democrat. >> she said he is a great actor. he is radical. he is very far left. this is not the number one reason they shouldn't vote for him. they shouldn't vote for him if they love america. griff: in the video warnock's ex-wife calls him a great actor

after he denied deliberately running over his foot. pearl harbor longest surviving veteran, president trump ordered that the main office in poway, california, named as ray chavez post office building. he lived in the san diego suburb. joined the navy in 1938. he was aboard the uss condor before the attack in 1941. he died in 2018 at 106. he after a battle with pneumonia. will: a person of interest is identified in the national explosion. we'll speak with a former fbi agent and counterterrorism expert on what we can gather about the responsible person. when it comes to autism,

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will: fox news alert. authorities searching a home tied to a person of interest in the nashville christmas bombing. griff: here with more what is next in the investigation, former fbi agent and terrorism expert james conway. we. we had a lot of developments since yesterday. where are things seeming now, and where does it go? >> guys, we're 48 hours in. first you have to look at any potential act of terrorism is a priority for the fbi. so they're leaving no stone unturned. from a macroextent, they tasked all overseas offices elay son contacts, networks intelligence service around the world. anything related to this on the radar screen anywhere in the world. with respect to nashville they're drilling down forensically, looking at the

specifics of investigation there. they're looking at vehicle, folks that may be associated with the vehicle. they're looking at symbolic things. the day of the week it happened. it happened at christmastime. they're looking at variety of things, communications, social media, chat rooms. technical sources. human sources. they probably interviewed hundreds of witnesses. they're really drilling down, looking at it both from a macrosense as well as a micro sense. rachel: james, i know that this investigation is still underway but you're an expert. >> yeah. rachel: tell me what your gut tells you. is this a suicide? is this part of a larger terrorist plot maybe involving more people? >> that is the question. was it an act of terrorism? was it just a criminal act or was it a suicide? that is what they're drilling down on now. we can see yesterday a search warrant was executed in the suburbs of nashville.

obviously they have got tom clues, they have got tom links. we don't know yet is that is tied to the vehicle itself, the registration, the former owner, a cell phone, a piece of forensics found at the scene but i can, you can rest assured that every single clue is being shaken out at this time and every lead is being covered. we do have some -- we've got some indications of movement. there has been a search warrant. from the search warrant they will come up with a number of things. from that new leads will be spawned from that search warrant. additional cell phones may be found, laptops, other witnesses so on. sometimes the search warrants are a empty hole. it is a rabbit hole and turns out to be nothing. in the coming 24 to 36 hours we'll know a lot more. again, was it an act of terrorism? they're looking at all of those things. could it be linked to a international group like al qaeda or isis? could it abdo domestic group. a right-wing nazi group or

anticapitalist group, something like that. symbolically they're looking at the venue. it happened downtown t happened across the street for the at&t building, houses central office for the telephone system, 911 system. could that have been motivation behind isn't what are the symbols? it happened on christmas day. could it be a antichristian thing. all these things are shaken out, analyzed crunched from analysts around the world. will: bo seem like there is a ton of evidence, a ton of clues to pursue. you perhaps it will be helpful. perhaps we have more answers 24 to 36 hours with the all the clues at hand. thanks for giving us insight. >> merry christmas, happy new year. will: a new poll finds that majority of americans support capitalism. a former staffer of the bernie sanders campaign discusses where

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♪. griff: time now for the news by the numbers. first, 3%, that is how much retail sales rose this holiday season according to mastercard. this year's shopping season expanded from october to december. mastercard says the sales jump was powered by online shopping. next, one hour, how long this teenager was stuck in the mud. the 14-year-old boy was playing with his friends in a delaware neighborhood when he got trapped

in a muddy construction site. he was rescued by first-responders. finally, 105 this is unbelievable, how many 3 pointers steph curry sank in a row. he didn't miss a shot for five straight minutes. you were clicking on the video on instagram over and over and over. rachel? >> thank you, griff. socialism may be a growing trend on the far left, it is not gaining popularity among everyday americans. a new poll shows only 11% of voters would choose socialism over capitalism. 75% of americans say capitalism is still king. joining me is political analyst, former bernie sanders campaign director for social justice, tezlyn figueroa. what do you say, is the message for socialism not resonating the way your old boss, bernie sanders around aoc would? >> what i say, rachel, i don't

believe pollsters. pollsters completely jumped out of the georgia race. they consistently got it wrong over and over. pollsters depend who you're asking. the guardian posted a poll that more people wanted socialism than capitalism. bottom line we have to look actually what we know. we know voters selected joe biden who was not a socialist. when people had the opportunity to select bernie sanders around him, "medicare for all" policies they decided to go with joe biden. there is debate that is really true or if the system is rigged. the bottom line we can see folks are in the middle as moderate voters but the country is still very deeply divided. the left will continue to push socialism type policies like "medicare for all." they will continue to say majority of folks want "medicare for all." yet i don't see them voting at the voting booth. this comes down to who you're putting in office. what they're pushing, policies. what we can see is a moderate and his name is joe biden.

rachel: let's move to another topic. joe biden doubled down on his pledge for tuition-free for, tuition free for community colleges, public schools, universities. what do you think about that? i think it is kind of putting the cost issue, rising cost of college on the backburner, just talking about who will pay for it. is this a winning message for the democrats? >> if democrats want to win it is. every democrat candidate that stood on the stage had some type of plan to relief people of college debt. these are, this is about joe biden actually doing what he promised. the same way trump voters to do what he did in office, democrats have the same right joe biden to do what was promised. one of the campaign promises to relief college debt, offer free college, community college or some type of community college free for the voters. so the at end. day democrats have the right to expect the same. we insist on him doing exactly

what he said he is going to do. not only double down, triple down. republicans don't want to hear this morning. if you don't like it, run in 2022. there is year coming up called 2024. you get republicans back in office. between now and then joe biden should be pushing policies that democrats demand. rachel: well, fair enough. elections do have consequences, tezlyn. >> that's right. rachel: we'll see. as a parent who is paying for college right now i think addressing the cost would be more effective you know that is debate for another day. thanks for joining us, giving us your perspective. merry christmas, happy new year. >> thank you, rachel. merry christmas to you too. rachel: coming up a "washington post" op-ed claims president trump's border wall was a come middle east waste of money but retired acting i.c.e. director tom homan said it was exactly what the border patrol wanted. he is next

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driveway. griff: timothy browning to use a flame thrower melting snow in just seconds. rachel: he wore a robe and slippers. drank beer doing it. living in wisconsin there would be no shortage of volunteers among my kids if this was method to clear the snow. i never ever shoveled snow ever in 21 years i lived in wisconsin. i might do it if i had a flame thrower. will: that is benefit of having nine kids. i lived here for a while. i had to clear a snow. looked like timothy's driveway had a ice on it. that is where you need a blowtorch. griff: as a fan of drinking beer, while flame throwing your driveway in slippers is the safest thing to do. children, don't try that at home meanwhile construction of president trump's border wall

moving full steam ahead with nearly 440 miles completed as the year comes to a close. incoming president joe biden vows to end it. fox news contributor and former acting i.c.e. director tom homan is here to react. tom, good morning to you. boy, i will tell you there are some places we need to go with respect to what is going to happen with the border under a new administration. let's talk just first about the border wall and president-elect biden saying he would end construction on day one. >> president trump is a great president, right? he kept his promise to the american people. he kept his promise to the men and women who stand on the front line, griff, that wear the green uniform to build that border wall because he knows it works. he took the time to talk to the experts on the border, what they need to secure this border. so look the president knows that data clear live shows every place they put a border barrier, 100% of the time has resulted

decreasing illegal immigration and decreasing illegal drug flow. joe biden says he wants to stop construction of the wall out of spite that is the only reason he wants to do it. in 2006, the secure fence act we're building border barriers voted yes. hillary clinton voted yes. barack obama voted yes. chuck schumer voted yes. why? because they know it works. this president knows it works. gave the border patrol what they needed where they needed. griff: explain it to me, tom. the officials say they need the wall. when you look at 2014 when the unprecedented minor surge on border, then vice president biden and president obama sought those officials who told them we need three things, manpower, technology and infrastructure. president trump delivers the infrastructure but now president-elect biden doesn't want it. why? >> because he is caving in to the progressive left. when he was vice president and i

was third in command at i.c.e., when that happened fy-14-15 they five us all the money we needed. we built family detention facilities. they built facilities that held children, so-called carriages was done under the administration. they took a strong enforcement response. now joe biden forgets about all that. all the success of getting that surge down to a workable number. got numbers down for unprecedented numbers to something we could control. he forgot about the progress and success he made. he is caving in to the progressive left, his policies, his promises will cause an unprecedented surge at this border. when you promise to put moratorium on deportations, shut down i.c.e. detention, give free health care, when you make those sort of promises people will come. why wouldn't they? griff: reaction from a "washington post" op-ed.

quick quote, trump's border wall was complete waste of time. construction of hundreds and miles of steel and concrete barriers symbolized utility and waste. massive publicly funded untaking payoff to stop illegal border coloring unproven at best. it has become a symbol of wanton environmental destruction, what a waste. what about you? >> no one on the editorial board knows what the hell they're talking about. none wore a green uniform stood on the line. no one talk to do so the border patrol agents what effect the wall has. no one looked at the wall was effective. this is anti-trump story. president trump will go down in history securing the border than any president before him. that is a stone cold fact. the border wall works. said in the article, he promised mexico pay for it and they don't n a way, griff, mexico is. what president trump forced mexico to do, put military on

the southern northern border remain in mexico program. what president trump demanded mexico do, this country saved billions of dollars in border security, detention costs, immigration costs removal costs. we saved billions of dollars because what this president forced mexico to do. in a way mexico is helping to build the wall. griff: former acting director of i.c.e. tom homan. we'll see what happens when the president takes over down on the southern border. will? will: thank you, griff. we'll look at some of the morning's headlines. a portland man is facing charges for attacking others with baseball bat. he random hit people on straits and outside after train station. he attacked a officer who was trying to arrest him. the officer is okay. brewer is behind bars charged with three counts of second degree assault.

congresswoman tulsi gabbard is talking about banning flights from the uk on fears of flights from the uk. anyone boarding a flight from to the united states from uk must test negative for covid-19 before boarding the plane. canadian officials confirming two cases but some fear the highly infectious vary rant is already here in the united states. you can now jump-start your morning with mushroom coffee. it is becoming a popular drink, just standard coffee mixed with mushroom extract. experts say the fungus helps balance the body's immune system. they believe mushroom broth and mushroom jerky will be some of the biggest food trends of 2021. and those are your morning's headlines. i heard about that trend. i seen it coming. i heard joe rogan talk about. maybe a different variant of mushrooms he talks about. i heard a little bit about the mushroom trend coming. rachel: well i like mushrooms.

i don't know if i like them enough to eat them as jerky but we'll see. will: right. rachel: let's get to adam, turn it over to the weather. adam, what do you have for us? adam: good morning, guys. what we're track something really cold air settling across the country plus a little bit of snow. i know it is winter and we should see cold air but there are areas where you tip cliff don't see it. great lakes, some of typical areas we see snow fall from lake ontario and and erie. snow in minnesota getting over into wisconsin. there are the temperatures widespread into the 20s and 30s. not typically seeing down to freezing in atlanta, georgia, farther south. that is the case early this morning. much like what we saw yesterday, areas of central florida where we have hard freeze warnings. temperatures down around freezing in this area.

it warms up before the day is over. numbers pop back up into the middle 50s. top third of the country feeling like winter. mild bottom 2/3 of the country. typical for this time of year. it will continue next couple days. back out to you. will: adam, thank you very much. rent relief for millions of americans hangs in the balance as congress remains impasse over the stimulus deal. "new york times" decrying it as the real estate collapse of 2022? is that true. mitch roschelle will tell us next. ♪. centrum minis may be small, but they pack a punch. with over 20 essential vitamins and minerals they are the most complete mini multivitamin. so you can focus on punching above your weight. no matter how high you set the bar. try centrum minis.

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$25 billion of rent relief for millions of americans facing evictions. will: not just the tenants, "new york times" crying real estate collapse of 2020. the pandemic devastating the entire real estate industry. rachel: but our next guest says that is not necessarily the case. finance expert mitch roschelle is here to explain. welcome, mitch. tell us why you think that report is wrong and there may be some bright spots for people looking to purchase homes right now. >> well i would say if you look at what's happened during this recession the housing industry is probably the one bright spot. "the new york times" article though does point to big cities, new york being obviously one of them where there is a lot of pain because people have fled the city. there is some job loss certainly in the city. people are having a hard time paying rent. when they look at the housing market and real estate market in cities like new york, san francisco, chicago, there is much different story than the rest of america is seeing in the

housing market. will: mitch, i would say the real estate market has turned out to be sellers market as potential buyer. you see fixed-rate mortgage averages, 15 years at 2.19%, 30 year at 2.6%. money is cheap, inventory outside of the big cities is really low, right? >> its the lowest, will, it has ever really been as long as we've been capturing that information. some markets on average across the country, there is less than three months supply. you compare that to sort of peak whether we had a year's supply in some markets. that is slim pickings if you're looking to buy a home. griff: mitch, if you are looking to buy a home you have a list of dos and don'ts buying property amid the pandemic. what is your first one? >> now is a great time to buy but as he said it will be hard. you have to be very patient. if you are finding yourself in that situation, a lot of folks

do, which is paying above asking price, be very careful and know your limits because paying above asking price seems to be the norm for a lot of buyers. griff: mitch, particularly the one we have on the screen, be careful buying fixer-uppers. why would you be cautious about that? something traditionally you try to make money? >> i think because the inventory, griff, is so low, some of the fixer-uppers may ned more than you expect. we've been captivated by the television shows. there may be trouble behind the walls. maybe sure you can afford the cost fixing it up to make it the way you want to make it. will: a question, mitch, you talk about how low inventory is and cheap money is, where do you expect it to go? do you see more houses to come on the market, do you expect interest rates to stay low, what

do you expect in the coming months or coming years? >> i think interest rates roughly stay where they are quite a while. that will be the playing field. in terms of inventory it depends whether sellers want to sell. the real challenge people have, people selling homes, say baby boomers moving out of that house they raised families in, they do not know where they're going to go. they're favsing a sam market with tight supply. for those moving to florida or some low-tax states there is even slimmer pickings because those markets are red hot and on fire. i don't know we'll see the supply problem solved anytime soon. griff: mitch, we'll leave it there thanks for the insight. appreciate it, sir. restaurant owners are growing frustrated tired of facing overbearing lockdowns. one business owner said he is tired of being scapegoated and he joins us next. ♪

♪. will: another major u.s. city facing new lockdown restrictions. this time it is austin, texas. the mayor asking there all restaurants only serve take-out and delivery. our next guest, restaurant owners are fed up. they're tired of being scapegoated. joining us are co-owners of a restaurant in austin, along with fellow coener adam. he helped create the shop the block program to help small business expand outdoor operations. gentlemen, thanks so much for being with us this morning. here we are austin approaching

new lockdown measures. we talked about reduced capacity, lockdown measures. taking you from 50 to 25%. in short your revenue is getting chopped by some major percentage but fixed costs aren't. i imagine it is becoming increasingly difficult if not impossible to stay in business? >> yeah, will, thanks for having us on. we've been talking to restaurants around austin this whole time and around the country. there are a lot of people who are doing a lot of work to keep their restaurants and bars safe, restaurants specifically, could teach their restaurants safe. we, for instance have been closed to guests since the beginning of the pandemic. we have a curbside program and we've been working contracts to prepare meals for folks in need and you know, all of the changing restrictions just shatter guest confidence and without, without something on the other side, without a

carrot, without some industry specific relief, those meals programs are all ending right now and we are not going to be set up for a strong recovery when the vaccine finally gets here because we'll lose more businesses and, and we're going to continue to shed employees over the next couple months. will: what relief do you need you? mentioned there is not a carrot on the other side. you're asked to make all of these compromises, all these sacrifices to the bottom line, to your business, to your employees. what kind of carrot do you need on the other side? >> specifically hospitality and restaurant targeted relief funds. the passage of the, another round of specific relief from the government. look, only 8% of the ppp went to restaurants and cities still haven't finished writing the

relief bill that was passed almost two months ago here. the government is just lagging in responding to our needs in a pressing time where we need conciseness and direct relief in order to help insure the industry's survival moving forward. will: i have to ask but the message. you brought up, it undercuts customer confidence. they're not mandates but recommendations but customers are scared to come in. only 8% cases coming from indoor dining reference to that figure. at the same time, though, at the same time, for example, your city is a prime illustration of hypocrisy. your mayor was one went off to mexico on a vacation, cut a video, asked people to stay indoors. so what are customers, what are citizens of austin, people that might frequent your restaurant supposed to take from all the conflicting messages? >> well, it puts us in the same

untenable situation we've been in since march, where we are the ones who have to make the public health decisions if we, these recommendations are not enforceable. so if we stay open we look like we're breaking the law. if we close we have to, we have to fire our employees on christmas eve. you know the, the mayor has said that it is up to customers to spend more on take out. will: right. >> or overtip in order to save the restaurant industry and, i don't want to pick on the mayor. the governor has been sitting on, was sitting on cares act funding for the last three months that never got used. will: right. >> congress had a bill since may and then has passed over how many deadlines. will: so many deadlines. up against a commercial break, gentlemen. so many deadlines, so many different entities, so many government levels dropping the ball to the point sacrifices paid by you the small business owner through this entire

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griff: good morning, welcome to the on fox & friends weekend straight to a fox news alert authorities identify a person of interest in connection to the nashville bombing. will: those fbi agents are searching a home outside the city linked to that person. rachel: charles watson is live in nashville as new details emerge in the christmas morning blast. charles? reporter: good morning, guys federal authorities say they are looking at a number of possible suspects in connection to that christmas day rv explosion here in downtown nashville. yesterday, fbi and atf agents raiding a home in antioch, tennessee about 15 minutes south of nashville conducting what a source tells us was court-

authorized activity seeking evidence as part of the investigation. an image of the home from may 2019 shows an rv similar to the one that was blown up on christmas day was parked at that home; however there was no sign of an rv there yesterday and authorities are not saying what exactly led them to that home. >> we have over 500 investigative leads we're following up on every one of those so there are a number of individuals we're looking at so at this point we're not prepared to identify any single individual. reporter: friday's blast knock ing out phone and internet service for at&t customers for miles after the company's data center was severely damaged in the explosion. the company says they are making progress with restoration efforts and tennessee governor bill lee is now seeking emergency declaration from president trump. tennessee's congressional delegation also writing to the president and urging him to approve those disaster funds,

guys? griff: charles watson, nashville , charles thanks very much. you know, this story is so remarkable, so many questions remain that this could happen, but you know, the interview that is really struggling the most, will, that you did earlier this morning, was noel rasmussen who lived in that area. she with her husband getting news from the officers to quickly evacuate here is a little bit in this video by the way is from the rasmussens they shot this video but when she talked to you about what happened when those officers said to get out, it was very powerful. watch this. >> i was in my pajamas i opened the door to see what was going on and they were getting all of the residents alerted and trying to get everyone cleared from the building. all i could see were their eyes just urgent and pleading and asking the police, there was just a heart-to-heart moment

with that female officer pleading, please get your kids and get out and i could tell she didn't have time to mince words. will: you're looking at a photo of the front building of their apartment, their building. that absolutely looks like destruction, and those are photos and videos coming in from the rasmussens as well, rachel and griff the details that stand out to me in that interview is about the details of their very human experience. the ones that stick out to me are the doubts as anyone would have if you're woken up at 5:30 in the morning randomly with a knock at your door, why should i leave, it's cold outside, the coronavirus pandemic and i have no place to go but listen about the eyes of that very heroic officer going door-to-door, the eyes told her everything she needed to know and they quickly evacuated and the final detail, rachel that stands out to me is she and her husband jeffrey have a one and four-year-old and of course they had to leave their apartment

with those christmas present, i'm sure, left right there, in the middle of that destruction. there's questions to answer for their children, and as we see those pictures we can see those answers aren't going to be easy. now among the things we worry about this morning, toys are not the highest list, but that's a very human experience that we hear right there in the middle of the story. rachel: yeah, it's hard to imagine being those parents on how jarring and terrifying that must have been and again, just such a great thank you to our police officers who were on the scene, had early notice of this , were able to go door-to-door, often waking up people from their sleep, getting them out of danger's way, and it's especially interesting at this time when this whole year, we've been hearing calls from some parts of our politics to de fund the police and so much de negration of the work they do, these are the moments where we need our police and how thin that blue line is and how we need to really stand with our police officers who come in moments like this , when we are

scared, we don't know what's happening, and imagine being those parents at the door. probably the only reassuring thing was knowing that there were police there. griff: and you know, will, talking about a human real human experience as we turn to the other big story this morning, some 10 million americans lost their unemployment enhanced benefits as $300 when the president did not sign that stimulus bill that's sitting now in mar-a-lago and he's doing so because he believes he would suffice for a bigger check for millions more americans. here is one of the many tweets he put out explaining why he's doing this. he says, to increase payments to the people, get rid of the pork. in 2,000 plus other family members not 600, remember it was china's fault. now president-elect biden has put out a statement as well on the other side of this saying that "this responsibility has

devastating consequences. this bill is critical. it needs to be signed into law now. " will? will: you're taking a look we can scroll across your screen, all of the different items in that government spending bill that people are pointing to, as pork, as things that need to be lost in order for that coronavirus stimulus check to be increased from $600 to $2,000. you've heard of some of the more famous items like gender studies programs in pakistan or funding for the kennedy center here in the united states. we've talked about the president one thing you can say with certainty. i think both detract or s and supporters is not an adherence to business as usual. everyone is concerned this week that a government spending bill is now on a clock, ticking down, and the congressman and senators are going to have to coming together and find a way to put a bill that satisfies the requirements of the president of the united states. well whether or not you think that is, at the last minute, a good idea or a bad idea, one thing you have to say is the president doesn't do business as usual. and i, for one, think that it's

time. its been past time and the past four years have been somewhat successful exercise in shaking up what was, yes a swamp, yes, lobbyist-driven, yes things that produce 5,000-page government spending bills, and we'll see , as you point out, griff, a little earlier, we'll see if the president's lack of business as usual works out, and gets these goals accomplished, but i'm not one to doubt it at this point. rachel: i would say, will, that most americans be willing to wait a week to increase the amount of money and get out the pork rather than take, as joe biden wants us to do, business as usual, as you call it, get all this pork. i mean look, these two bills the government spending bill and the covid relief bill should have never been together in the first place. in fact, this covid relief bill should have been solved months ago, but nancy pelosi didn't want to do that before an election, and give a political win to president trump , and that's why we're in

this situation. as you know, my husband was in politics in the house of representatives for almost 10 years. nothing good happens with bills that are up with these deadlines like this. it's basically you're holding the american people hostage. you're saying if you want your $600 of crumbs, you got to pass all these other special interest projects that nancy pelosi loves , all these stupid foreign policy programs that are about gender, you know, relief and all these other things that are in there. i think there was millions of dollars for cars, for aid workers, in africa. things that have nothing to do with covid relief and the pain that americans are going through so yeah, i mean, i think good for donald trump for doing this i think most common sense americans are on his side, and the only person whose saying take the $600 and the pork is joe biden. griff: well we'll see and by the end of this coming week, you have the moratorium eviction which will lapse to the

president is really gambling here with a lot of pain potentially for millions of americans. meanwhile, president-elect joe biden is getting a glowing praise from the new york times and a piece where they're calling him the great centrist, that i presume they assume that you'll have senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who will work with him. here is the quote we've pulled from it where it says "but mr. biden expressed optimism on wednesday that is decades-long brand of centrist deal making would empower him to move beyond the bitter partisanship and advance the agenda and as president, mr. biden will need to build bridges to democrats as well as to republicans. once again, progressives, who hope for a champion of more liberal policies and in the white house felt burned by the 2020 election. they have already promised to pressure mr. biden against cutting deals with republicans and as joe concha pointed out in

an earlier hour talking about it could be that mitch mcconnell becomes senate majority leader again and is president biden's best friend but here is a little bit of concha on biden's track record. >> fortunately, we have the eight years of obama-biden. you tell me how many deals were made during that time. was obamacare a deal or was that pushed through on christmas eve, along party lines? and remember, who did joe biden choose as his runningmate? who was the vice president-elect right now? it's kamala harris. if joe biden's plan was i want compromise and go down the middle certainly that pick didn't show it and now again he's gone back to all these establishment folks in terms of filling his administration from the obama years where, again, to go back to the beginning of this conversation, didn't really like the compromise all that much. will: but see here now griff this is exactly what i'm talking about. this is the new york times calling for return to business as usual. politics of the last several decades and the political lines have been scrambled.

our political future, our country's future is not going to look like it did 10, 15, 20 years ago. we have the increasing author their yankeesism of big tech. it's going to play a larger and larger role in all of our lives going forward. we have questions about free-trade, the role of china. what's happened to the united states middle class, manufacturing. the point is simply returning to the joe biden of 2010 and the paul ryan or mitt romney republican party of 2012 and calling things centrist isn't going to work. it quite simply isn't going to exist in 2022 and in 2021 and so my point is, business as usual is over. donald trump has scrambled that idea. joe biden will not, cannot be who he was, what was it, six years ago, eight years ago. we're now headed into a new america and returning to the old politicians will not be an answer, rachel. rachel: you're absolutely right and also the new york times doesn't take into account just how much the democrat party has

changed. this isn't 2012 or 2014 there is a very powerful and growing wing of radicals. i would challenge you to say that they aren't even socialists many are out and outcome you fists on the left, and so joe biden has to contend with that and there's a reason why he picked senator kamala harris as his runningmate because she is actually the most left wing senator that the democrats have so there was clearly a need to make, you know, a bridge to that left wing radical side, with her in mind, and so i think that the new york times is just not taking into account that this isn't even barack obama's democrat party anymore. will: you're absolutely right, rachel and the republican party is in the midst of a change as well so centrist as compared to what is my question? all right, got a few additional headlines for you this morning starting with this fox news alert. three people are killed and three others are hurt in a shooting at an illinois bowling

allie. police say the gunman opened fire in a random attack at don carter lanes in rockford. about 80 miles northwest of chicago, at least two teenagers were shot. a suspect is in custody. conditions of those hurt remain unclear at this time. >> a healthcare provider is under investigation for giving unauthorized covid-19 vaccines. new york's health commissioner says par care community health network may have gotten vaccine doses illegally and transferred them to other parts of the state par care claims it had received 3,500 doses of the moderna vaccine telling a local news station hundreds of people had already been vaccinated. par care says it will cooperate with the probe. >> and nba season just tipped off and the new york knicks start their game with the wrong jersey number. of course they did. shooting guard reggie bullock started the game with a correct number 25 on the front but on the back he had his teammate mitchell

robinson's number 23. the knicks. it wasn't until half way through the first quarter when officials noticed the switch-up after the two had been on the court with the same number at the same time. and those are your headlines. griff: [laughter] isn't 23 michael jordan's number will: it was, yeah. 45 for a minute but of course famously 23, griff. griff: still ahead, one business owner brought to tears after hearing his business will be saved by the barstool fund. watch. >> you got in! griff: that grateful owner and the daughter who helped make it happen join us, with an update, coming up. >> ♪ ♪ don't worry, julie...

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griff: back with a fox news alert authorities scouring a home tied to a person of interest in the nashville christmas bombing. here with more on what's next in the investigation and his first response on camera, tennessee congressman john rose. congressman, i know this has hit home for you on christmas day. what are your thoughts this morning? >> well, good morning, griff, and thank you for having me on this morning. you know, it's a tragedy when we see these things happen. fortunately, we saw our great police officers in nashville responding quickly and saving many lives by getting folks to evacuate. obviously, the authorities are conducting a thorough investigation and it sounds like they have some very credible

leads at this point and we feel confident that they'll get to the bottom of this in quick order. griff: congressman, you're part of the congressional delegation calling on the president to declare an emergency. what do tennesseeans need? >> well i do support the governor's call for an emergency declaration and i've been in contact with nashville's mayor and at this point, i think we need the certainly first the resources of federal law enforcement to help to figure out the details and get to the bottom of what happened with this blast on christmas morning, and then we're going to need help with the follow-up, cleanup and the rebuilding of the businesses along second avenue in downtown nashville that have been damaged, the businesses and residents that have been displaced by this so hopefully there will be quick federal aid coming to assist the aid that both local and state authorities will make available. griff: and congressman, our hats are off to those six nashville police officers, the heroism is

just unparalleled, what they did i want to quickly though, before we run out of time, bring you here to washington, because speaker pelosi intends to vote tomorrow on that $2,000 increase of direct payments. how will you vote? what do you think will happen? >> well unfortunately, we see speaker pelosi continuing to play political games. there are people all across this country that need targeted timely, temporary relief to help with the response to the pandemic and the imposed shut downs all across the country i wish that speaker pelosi would have let us provide that aid in a timely manner months ago. over 40 times, she and the democrats blocked in the house a vote on additional paycheck protection program funding and forgiveness legislation that was before the house, and so it's a little disingenuinous now to put this

vote before us when there is so much pork in the appropriations bill that we got only hours before having to vote on it last week, so i hope that this will be a signal to the americans showing them how disfunctional washington has become and how speaker pelosi has continued to play political games by saying nothing is better than something. it's a little late now to give up and be trying to offer assistance and act like you're the one that's trying to provide badly-needed assistance to the american people. griff: and congressman, we'll find out if the president may have waited too late to get involved. congressman john rose from tennessee, thank you. our thoughts and prayers with all of your fellow tennesseeans out there. thanks for taking time. still ahead, barstool sports stepping up for small businesses raising millions of dollars to help keep their doors open. we'll speak to one owner and his family, which brought tears to us, by their gesture of kindness that's coming up.

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rachel: welcome back to fox & friends and we're back with some quick headlines. il the streets of new york city. the new york post reports street ped elers are clogging sidewalks with secondhand wears and pulling customers from pandemic- ravaged mom and pop shops. one city councilman called it a circus saying it falls directly on mayor bill deblasio. >> a reit diplomaty beverly hills restaurant wants to host a secret new years eve bash, and making invitations into takeout bags for the prohibition-style party asking customers to "keep it all secret" but tell all your friends. indoor and outdoor dining is currently banned in los angeles

county. well, griff, i guess if you have soviet-style lockdowns, you get soviet-style black market parties on new years. will: prohibition style, i'll take it from here, griff is sitting this one out what a place to be in 2020. here is another one lawmakers sparring over covid-19 relief bills meanwhile, the private sector, like barstool sports an its founder dave portnoy are raising millions of dollars for struggling business owners like our next guest. >> 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're in! >> you got in! >> what do you think i'm making this up? >> dad, merry christmas! we got it. will: that, on your screen, is kevin and patty redden, kevin and his daughter patty who are

now on your screen live from arizona. they own pony express cleaners. so first of all congratulations, guys. its got to feel great to see there's some relief coming along the way, kevin. >> yeah, it really does, and thank you very much, thank bar stool, you know, we're down to i was actually in the store that morning going through schedules and looking for whose hours i could tax cut a little bit here and there. it's one thing when you have your own life to worry about, but when you're carrying 10 people and their families on your back, it gets heavy. will: and kevin what has that been like as far as business. how down are you throughout the pandemic? >> throughout it we were at 90% down, for the first three-four months and we're now down around 75%. we've struggled, kept everybody 's hours at the same. i did have some financial means and just used it all up at this point. will: down 75% an improvement from being down 90% i'm sure that's people using dry cleaners less as they go into work in formal wear or not in casual

wear, less and less. so, patty as i understand it and correct me if i'm wrong here, are you the one that applied to barstool for the relief? tell us about that process and why you did that? >> so, we're both barstool fans , my sister and i, so we follow them on social media and his campaign came up and i saw it and i was like let's give it a shot. we got nothing to lose. we're already, you know, on the last leg, so maybe we can get some help this way, and luckily, the call came, which as you saw, that call was a little chaotic when they called, but this is actually happening and in shock. will: i was going to say, when you applied, what did you think your chances were? did did you think this be coming >> not great. we figured there was, i mean, i felt we deserved it. we had people we were trying to help. we did everything we could

throughout the whole pandemic to try to keep going, but i know we're one of thousands and thousands of businesses that are in the same boat. will: right. >> so the chances, i mean, i'm grateful and we're deserving of it. my dad works to the bone. he was here on christmas day, like we're closed and he's here trying to figure out what he can do, but i know we're not the only ones. will: oh, no there are definitely more businesses who can and will be helped by bar stool. they are up to over $7.2 million raised a figure that's growing fast, 24 other businesses have already been helped but as you point out, patty many many more that need help and they can apply for help. here is what you do. e-mail just like patty did, bar stoolfund@bar stoolsports.com really quickly, they always say it's better to show than tell. so we've shown how you felt when you saw it but tell us really quickly how it felt to realize you're getting help. >> the world was lifted off my shoulders like you wouldn't

believe. anyone who is responsible for other people's lives know what that feeling is. that's why everyone out there reach out to barstool, and let them help everyone they can. will: we're really happy for you guys. hope it helps you make it through, you survived, the employees can remain, congratulations and hope many other businesses can receive help from places like barstool as well. take care. >> have a good morning. thank you. will: straight ahead, millions casting their vote in the critical runoff election in georgia so what's at stake for the nation? and what are voters saying on the ground in georgia. fox news contributor joey jones is here, on what he's hearing in his home state, next. >> ♪ ♪ service at the ready. at mercedes-benz, it's not just a job, it's our mission. from our expert technicians armed with state of the art tools and technology, to genuine parts made for the perfect fit.

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we want to bring in now a man who i think could probably appreciate that joey jones, fox news contributor and retired marine veteran. joey you might have to get one of those flags. >> you know, i do some wood working but i don't know if i can do that. i certainly don't think anyone would buy what i can do that's for sure. [laughter] griff let me, you know, by the way, we saw one of those flags was with alabama crimson tide and i assume he also makes a georgia bulldog one and i want to go to your home state not for football but to talk about the georgia senate runoff. so much riding on it. millions have already voted. you've got just groundbreaking fundraising happening there. joey what are you hearing on the ground there with this race? >> you know, a lot of the excitement left town with the presidential race. a lot of people were excited to vote for donald trump, or against, and now, we have what we have. we have four candidates, in my opinion, this seems more like a race between different sides of atlanta than the state of

georgia, and i think a lot of us are just ready to get all of these people out of our state and get our lives back. the politics here have really been frustrating i think to many , if not everyone, and the amount of money and just people coming in from out of state trying to tell us how to decide our election, trying to tell us who to vote for and i think a lot of people are frustrated and ready to have it over with. will: joey everybody in the nation has their eyes on georgia because of the importance it plays in the next potentially four years of our country, so many different things on the agenda that georgia, quite honestly, is going to decide in the next couple of days but i'm finding it interesting what you're saying. georgians are frustrated, perhaps even tired of the debate we had alyssa farah on yesterday and she said it was tracking well for republicans but i'm listening to you. i've heard concerns over election integrity in georgia. i see the number of votes that have already come in, 2 million, and i know about the money being raised, over $200 million by the democratic candidates and i'm wondering, is this whole thing trending towards the democrats taking the senate? what do you see , what do you hear and what do you feel about

that? >> well, you know, georgians want a decision between chick-fil-a and zacksby's and not mcdonald's and rudes chris, that's what we've got here so the candidates themselves aren't very inspiring for the voters in georgia but what is at stake is and i think the republicans and conservatives are more reason- minded and they look and say if we can bring balance to our government that's the best thing while many liberals and democrats are more emotionally charged and without president trump on the ticket i just don't know they have the same kind of energy they had that brought joe biden apparently 12,000 more votes here. i don't think there are more people in the state of georgia that want to see democratic senators. i just don't think that we're doing a great job picking candidates and most republicans in georgia are trying to go back to their life and get past coronavirus and things like that , so i just hope that the gop here is reaching voters and i think that i saw 700,000 absentee ballots were sent in and i hope all weren't through stacey abrams organization, and i hope that the gop is responsible for some of those , but i believe that's the problem

here in georgia. i don't think that republicans and conservatives work as hard for individual votes, sometimes and in some places as the democrats and liberals do and that's why the election for the presidential election turned into such a mess. rachel: joey i want to turn to the news that broke on christmas day in nashville. we have a nearly 500 tips have poured into officials trying to identify the person of interest. they've searched a home there in nashville about 12 miles from the site of the bombing. i'm just curious, because you are a bomb expert. is there anything that gives you any clues about what you've seen so far on the news with your experience and your expertise to tell you whether you think this is, i know it's a guess and you don't have all the information but do you think this is just one person on a suicide mission or do you think that there are more actors

involved based on what you've seen so far? >> you know, to be completely honest with you and to be honest with our viewers, it be beyond speculation for me to sit here and try to, you know, figure this out on my own just because i've taken bombs apart in afghanistan. i can tell you that, you know what makes this such an amazing thing is every time i see a new picture it kind of changes my view of what this could have been that exploded. the original pictures and videos looked like it was mostly window damage and now we're seeing pictures of the face and the inside of a building collapsing so i think the most important thing to look at here is we're already chasing down persons of interest, from what i've read this morning there's already a narrative put together by investigators and the fbi and i think we're within probably hours of having more information and understanding what happened here. do i think it's an organization? it certainly doesn't look like it but how do we know? we need to be an investigator to know that and that's what we're waiting to hear. griff: joey one thing we don't have to speculate on and that is if we can quickly show the names

of the six nashville police officers who, on christmas morning, there they are. unbelievable, joey, the way they responded this. >> could you imagine being the party sitting in the country right now that once called to de fund these people? i don't understand that. these are american heros. this is why our country is so amazing. i think most of the people weren't even on-the-job, most of these officers for more than a year or two, but they went straight to work, they saved lives and do you know what they didn't think of themselves as heros doing it. they were going to work and doing what they were supposed to do and that's what this country is made of and they're absolutely heros and i think we have heros on every street corner on this country and i'm glad we're able to brag on them a little bit. rachel: amen to that. griff: they are heros as indeed you are and thank you for your service and thank you for being here on this final sunday of 2020. will: thanks, joey. griff: turning to your headlines overnight one person is shot and killed and five others are hurt

while making a music video near boston. two are in critical condition. police say it's unclear what led to the shooting and that the investigation is ongoing, no arrests so far have been made. >> an avalanche causes damage to an upstate new york ski resort. take a look. heavy rain, along with warmer temperatures friday morning, causing snow to slide down the hill, wiping out the lodge, the building will need to undergo repairs before opening back up. the trails were open for runs though this weekend. >> and weight gain during quarantine might just be in your head. a florida state university study shows most people surveyed did not add-on any pounds, despite thinking they did. one out of every 50 college students or 2% had gained weight despite 10% believing they did. 10% of students actually weighed less than they thought. and those are your headlines. i don't know.

will: maybe they're skinny-fat. you know how that works, just haven't been working out and by the way, adam klotz doesn't know what it is. are the rumors true that you're in phenomenonal shape? that's what the rumors are around the building you're this fitness expert. >> adam: i mean, if you do more pushups than pete, that's what people think, but he's -- will: you beat him in an on- screen competition? >> adam: i did but he's not that hard to beat. that's what i'm saying. rachel: adam, i was there for that contest. i remember that, and you did beat him very squarely. griff: well i'm not sure about that. we'd have to check the tape, but to the weather we go. >> adam: to the weather we go a good point, but if you want to come challenge me again, pete i'm ready for it. there's snow moving across the upper midwest and this is the largest system currently the upper plains, also we saw about 12 inches of snow

yesterday, just down wind from the great lakes, erie, ontario, that snow beginning to wrap up but boy is it cold out there. we're used to seeing temperature s down into the 20s across large portions of the country but not typically so far down into southeast, that is the case here this morning as we see freeze warnings as far down as central florida running into south georgia, portions of the carolinas, it is chilly out there today, and that's going to continue into early next week. back out to you guys. will: the pushup champion thanks for the weather adam klotz. historic vaccine rollout underway with the cdc is issuing new guidelines, dr. nicole saphier on what you need to know, next.

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reactions to its ingredients. fox news medical contributor dr. nicole saphier is the author of "make america healthy again" and she joins us now to react. welcome, nicole. tell us about these new guidelines. >> well that's right, rachel, good morning. the cdc came out because people have a lot of questions about these new vaccines and specifically if you can take a vaccine when you have chronic illness. well we know with covid-19 the elderly and those with preexisting medical conditions are at a higher risk for severe illness so it's a really good question whether or not those with existing medical conditions can take the vaccine, and when you look at the safety data from pfizer and moderna and some of the other vaccines that are going to be coming to market they do include people with chronic medical conditions, which is a good thing because about 40% of americans have some form of chronic illness, but they are usually including the more common ones, high blood pressure, cholesterol, some form of lung disease, and in that they show it's completely safe and those people absolutely should be getting the vaccine.

what was not included in the clinical trials were those with autoimmune disease and some form of immunosuppression and rightfully so you don't usually include them in the first stages of the clinical trial; however what the cdc and a lot of the specialty expert groups are coming out saying is that the benefit far out weighs the risk in these groups. yes it hasn't been tested in these groups but it doesn't mean that the vaccine isn't going to be safe. the biggest concern is will the vaccine actually work in these patients? will it provide them the immunity that they are going to need? rachel, as you know, i myself have an autoimmune disease and this is a big question that i had. so i've called my colleagues at the fda, the cdc, as well as my own rheumatologist and asked, can i get the vaccine? will it put me into a big autoimmune flare? will, because of the medication i'm on, will i even mountain immune response to the vaccine and the answer is, we don't really know, but what we do know is this vaccine is incredibly safe unless you have a known

severe allergic reaction history , so everyone probably should be getting this vaccine, under the guidance of their doctor, and we have clinical trials now undergoing to make sure that these people are also getting that immunity that they need. we don't know if it's going to be that same 95% efficacy but any sort of immunity is going to help and really help us move that needle with covid-19. rachel: so you're going to take the vaccine, nicole? >> so rachel, when it is offer ed to me, yes. but based on my doctor's advice, it seems that i should be taking it because it'll not only help me but it'll help potentially help those around me, and so when it is my turn, i absolutely will be taking it. rachel: all right, so, meanwhile , fears are growing that there's this new strain of, you know, just as we're starting to get a handle on covid-19. talk to me a little bit about this new strain. what we should be thinking about , well the vaccine that's out right now, first of all, will that help someone if they were to catch this new strain?

>> this is a great question, rachel and a lot of people are concerned about this but we do have to remember that there have been over 100 different strains of sars cov-2 circulating since the beginning of this pandemic. it's completely normal and expected to see various strains emerge from when you're in the middle of a pandemic. the specific strain coming out of the uk which is now not just in the uk, it's all across the globe seeing it in canada as well, is close to home for us , it does seem to be more transmissible, more contagious, there has not been data showing that it is anymore deadly or has severe effects but the big question is will the vaccines work for it and moderna came out a couple days ago saying they believe they looked at the new strain and looked at their data that they believe that the broad immune response from their vaccine will cover this strain. they are going to be working as well as pfizer to start a trial right now to make sure that it is the same. it's possibilities not going to reach that same 95% efficacy but maybe it'll still provide 80%

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>> are you ready to say pelosi and schumer need to go? >> i mean, i think so. we need to shift power. we need to make sure that we have a transition of power in the leadership of the democratic party. griff: well that was a few weeks ago. now, new york's democrat party

boss jay jacobs is saying hold on just a minute aoc. you probably should not challenge chuck schumer for his senate seat and so it is obviously apparent that there's mixed feelings on just how far and hard the progressive lift should be pushing right now, will. will: well a couple of observations here, griff on this story, and that sound coming from aoc. number one she probably hasn't read how to win friends and influence people, she's not a big fan of machiavelli, because it won't get her accomplished what she wants inside the democratic party but its been stayed and its been consistent for decades and this is what i've been talking about rachel, a scrambling of the political lines, further left or redefining the republican party, aoc is scrambling the left. rachel: yes, will, she absolutely is and there's only one reason why that democrat boss came out and warned her is because they are worried about her and you can j joe crowley

about underestimat ing alexandria ocasio-cortez and make no mistake she is a media darling, she's young, a minority, she's a woman, and she's a socialist. all things that the media loves, so i be worried if i was chuck schumer and i be keeping her, my eye on her, maybe even keeping her close to him and doing some nice things for her, to keep her from running against him. griff: campaigning is one thing, governing another. we'll see what happens there. still ahead though, we still have coming up tennessee congressman chuck fleischmann, stephen moore and charissa thompson, all that in your final hour of "fox & friends" weekend on the final sunday in 2020. >> ♪ ♪ centrum minis may be small,

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will: straight to a fox news alert on this final hour of "fox & friends." authorities identify a person of interest in connection to the nashville bombing. rachel: fbi agents searching a home outside the city linked to that person. griff: charles watson is live in nashville as new details emerge in the christmas morning blast. charles, good morning. reporter: hey, good morning, guys. federal authorities are looking at at least one person of interest and hundreds of tips as they investigate this christmas day rv explosion in downtown nashville. yesterday, fbi and atf agents raiding a home connected to that possible person of interest in a ntioch, tennessee, where they're conducting a court- authorized activity seeking evidence as part of the

investigation. an image of the home from may 2019 shows the rv similar to the one that was blown up on christmas day was parked at that home; however there was no sign of that rv there yesterday and authorities are not saying what exactly led them to the home. >> we have over 500 investigative leads and we're following up on every one of those so there are a number of individuals that we're looking at so at this point we're not prepared to identify any single individual. reporter: right now law enforcement say nashville is safe and secure. they have no reason to believe any other explosive devices are positioned around the city. federal investigators are expected to wrap up part of their investigation in the downtown area at some point today and begin turning it over to the city, and while federal investigators are investigating city officials are urging people , especially those who have businesses and live in the downtown area, to be patient , and they're urging people to stay out of this area

until at least 4:30 today when the city curfew is lifted, guys? will: charles watson in nashville with the latest. thank you, welcome to the fourth hour of fox & friends it is will cain, along with rachel campos-duffy and griff jenkins. good morning to you, both. as we get new details, we get more information, we had retired bomb tech from afghanistan, from the marine corps, joey jones on a little bit earlier. he told us, griff, and rachel, that he suspected within hours, we'll have more information about where this investigation is headed. as you see now, we're getting information about where the rv might have been located. a home of a person of interest. i do want to make this point. i always think it's important in the wake of these things, griff as you heard from charles, fox news has not yet named that person of interest. these details change constantly, and public minds can be made quickly and we need to be careful about details. i give you the best example i can think of when the media gets something wrong, even when the authorities get something wrong in the beginning and that is of richard jewel so before a

person is named we need to make sure the details are right and they they're beginning to coming together this morning, griff. griff: you're very right about that officials never want to get things wrong, one thing that's already apparent is and that is just the devastation we see from these videos in the heart of downtown nashville. i remember some years ago on new years eve for fox news i was ringing in the new year and that area right there on second street where this happened is the center of tourism there. thank god it did not happen when it was busy but even with just the destruction we see to the buildings there in these images are just so gripping. congressman john rose, one of the tennessee congressional delaware eequation members says that already they're calling on the president to declare a state of emergency because they're going to need a lot of resources going forward. watch. >> at this point, i think we need the certainly first the resources of federal law enforcement to help to figure

out the details and get to the bottom of what happened with this blast on christmas morning, and then we're going to need help with the clean-up and the rebuilding of the businesses along second avenue in downtown nashville that have been damaged , the businesses and residents that have been displaced by this , so hopefully there will be quick federal aid coming to assist the aid that both local and state authorities will make available. rachel: yeah the authorities are on this , we hope that they get the federal aid right away, and frankly, i know, will you don't want to jump to conclusions but some of the details are very interesting those folks who live in the neighborhood where the person of interest lives, says that not only is the rv no longer in the parking lot or the driveway of the suspect but also, that they saw him tinkering with it, something they hadn't seen before in the last few days before it was

removed from the house, so i mean, there's a lot of intriguing details but you're right we shouldn't get too far ahead of ourselves, but things are moving really quickly. will: put your faith infarcts and evidence and details, hold off on the conclusions until they can all be supported but you're absolutely right it's beginning to coming together, it's coming together quickly almost by the moment on what might have been or who might have been behind this bombing. here is another big story this morning for you though that we're following. it's the coronavirus relief bill it sits in limbo on capitol hill as millions of americans lose their unemployment benefits. david spunt joins us live in washington as congress tries reaching a deal. david? reporter: unfortunately the clock in the halls of congress moves a lot slower than the clock in the homes of millions of anxious americans, ones that just want to receive that unemployment insurance in a very difficult year. yesterday, unemployment insurance ran out or unemployment benefits i should say, ran out for 14 million americans. also many people could be out of a job on tuesday because that's when the government funding runs out. the government could be shutdown

right now president trump has bills on his desk to not only fund the government but also provide covid relief money. he has that with him in florida, where he's been for and he will be through the new year, bringing in 2021. president trump says $600 is just not enough and those in need should be getting direct payments of at least $2,000, $4,000 for a couple. the president complaining about foreign aid in the funding bill. do need to point out some of that foreign aid came from the state department request from earlier this year in that budget. the house will vote on $2,000 direct payments tomorrow, a chance to get republicans and democrats on the record to see if they support the 600, the 2,000 possibly a different number. president-elect joe biden releasing a statement from wilmington yesterday, chastising the current president. he said "it is the day after christmas and millions of families don't know if they'll be able to make ends meet because of president donald trump's refusal to sign an

economic relief bill, approved congress with an overwhelming and bipartisan majority. " the good news where both president trump and president-elect biden can agree, almost 2 million people have received the covid vaccine. this is quite a number, that number according to the new york times, important to note to be fully vaccinated, fully inoculated you'll need two shots and there are two different companies that have vaccines on the market, moderna and pfizer. efficacy rates of 94.1 and 95%, but you need to get that second shot. a lot of people think you get one shot, walk around take off your mask you're got experts say you get that first shot and 25 days later you get the second shot but more people inoculated every day and 2 million people and those vaccines just came out a few weeks ago, so that is the good news to celebrate. back to you three. griff: indeed all right david sp unt in washington. thank you very much. thank you, griff. griff: millions of struggling american business owners are

waiting on the government to act , david portnoy and barstool sports is not waiting around at at all and doing something really what has been perhaps the most remarkable story of the final week of the year 2020. he is backing small businesses and he's doing it in a very very big way. we had one of those business owners who has applied for the barstool fund on this show. kevin redding and his daughter. here is a clip of him getting very emotional as he hears the news. watch this. >> i have to tell you something >> what? >> dave called. >> what did he say? >> you're in the fund. >> yeah? when do i get my first check? >> [laughter] >> what? >> you're in! >> you got in. >> do you think i'm making this up? >> awwwww. >> dad, merry christmas! >> dad, we got it.

griff: that emotional video only outdone by an interview will cain did earlier today, with kevin and patty, on receiving the funds. take a watch. >> i'm grateful and like i said we're deserving of it. my dad works to the bone. we have people we are trying to help like we did everything we could throughout the whole pandemic to try to keep going, but i know we're one of thousands and thousands of businesses that are in the same boat. >> throughout it we were at 90% down, for the first three, four months and we're now down around 75%. we've struggled, kept everybodies hours at the same. i did have some financial means, just used it all up at this point. it's one thing when you have your own life to worry about, but when you're carrying 10 people and their families on your back, it gets heavy. i wish every big whale out there would reach to the barstool and let them help everyone they can. will: so many observations from this story first of all so much attention is given to the number of people infected with the

coronavirus. the other side of that ledger the measures taken in place to combat the coronavirus, what about all of the businesses? what about all of the people that are absolutely being destroyed? that's number one. number two, rachel, while government, there's a private citizen steps up, while government did, there's a debate , here is dave portnoy of barstool sports absolutely raising what is now $7.2 million 65,000 people have donated, 24 businesses supported, to go directly to help people. the last thing i'd say, rachel is this. i just think we've turned into a society of virtue signalers. i think we've turned into a society of tweeters, even voters but what we need to be is people of action, actually out there, charities, churches, giving back , helping, doing something, to help our fellow americans through these difficult times and here we have a prime example of it in barstool sports. rachel: 100% that's the best of america. i'll tell you another thing is how this was targeted at people who need the help the most. now, juxtapose that with the bill that we were given that

was tied to all this wasteful government spending where we basically are holding the american people hostage, telling them if you want the me asley $600 you have to agree to all of this other pork and spending and waste, and you know, will you've been talking all day about how donald trump has sort of scrambled things. i think the way that we used to do things in the past was we just accepted it. we just said do you know what? that's just the way washington is. if we want the covid relief money it comes with all this stuff and i think times are changing. i think you're hitting the nail right on the head. donald trump has pulled the curtain back once more and said why do we have to do it this way? why do we have to accept this? and i think all of us are no longer as naive as we used to be where we assumed our leaders had the best intentions even with the spending, i think we look at the spending this wasteful spending and we can see it is a waste of our tax dollars. it is being spent on the backs of our children, on the credit

card, because we don't even have the money to pay for this , so yeah, i think things are scrambling and i think frankly that the american people are on the side of president donald trump not on joe biden who says we should accept the deal as-is. i think people would rather wait a week, get the pork out, and get more money to the american people. griff: rachel, david portnoy better be careful he's going to get elected to congress and he may not want to american ingenuity is on full display, when the government can't solve your problems in the private industry you can go out and do it that's quite powerful stuff but still ahead we've got even more, with china set to take over america as the largest economy and it's all because of covid-19. white house economic recovery task force member steve moore is going to break it down for us, next. this holiday at t-mobile, get an iphone 12 with 5g, on us, on every plan! and if you're 55 and up, switch to our essentials 55 plan and save 50% on your bill vs. the other guys.

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griff: welcome back the covid-19 relief deal still in limbo republicans and democrats at an impasse as millions of americans and small businesses suffer under devastating restrictions, and in a new op-ed our next guest say democrats claim to champion for the poor and minorities yet hurt them with these job-killing lockdowns , steve moore sits on the white house economic recovery task force. he joins us now. steve, good morning, hope you had a great christmas. a lot of americans facing a lot of economic challenges out there are not but you saw, actually, democrats aren't their champions >> well, these policies of lockdowns which are happening in about half of the states of the country and by the way, in almost every case, those are states and cities that are run by democrats. democrats have become the lockdown priority and you see the devastation. i'll just give you one example, griff. you know, we estimate there's somewhere between 12 and 15 million, 12-15 million americans who are employed in

restaurants and bars and probably about 10 million more who are employed in the retail industry. the salespeople and so on, and they've been devastated. they're the people who have been laid off. they don't have jobs now and by the way, texas, tennessee, georgia, states like that, are open for business and then you look at california, look at my home state of illinois, you look at new york, and what cuomo and deblasio have done there to ruin the lives of these lower income workers. meanwhile, it's university professors and people in the media and the high-tech executives are all in on these lockdowns, but they don't suffer any of the consequences, so this has really exacerbated the inequality in this country. griff: so steve why is that? take california. you mentioned, by the way, they have unprecedent number of cases and hospitalizations and death and yet governor gavin newsom, the mayor garcetti, they're all in on the lockdown and in the case of the restaurant

closures, that's happening out there in california, such a tiny percentage actually contributed to the spread. >> yeah, but the best estimate is about 2% of cases come from restaurants. you make a really good point, griff. you know what really angers and infuriates americans when i caulk to people around the country is the fact that these politician, griff, they don't live by their own lockdown orders. we have a wall of shame of people like everybody from cuomo to lightfoot and the mayor of chicago. the latest is the rhode island governor who shutdown her businesses, but she's going to restaurants herself. that is really infuriating that these, that they put down these orders, griff, but it's for the little people, not for them. griff: steve, i want to turn to a story and a topic that is perhaps going to be a big task and challenge for the next administration. that is china expected to be the world's biggest economy by 2028 due to covid-19.

explain. >> well, look, i've been saying for the last 20 years when i'm asked you know, is china going to overtake the united states i always say that's never going to happen because our chinese are smarter than their chinese and there's a lot of truth to this. we are in much more of an entrepreneurial country, we're in month straight ever and the ones who come up with the incredible inventions not the chinese, but you know what? you look at by the way, donald trump did so much to the american economy which was incredible because he put america first. what worries me, frankly, griff is i listen to the joe biden agenda. it is not putting america first. it's raising taxes on american businesses. it's shutting down american oil & gas, and coal. we have more oil & gas and coal than any other country in the world and joe biden wants to shut it down and what worries me is if we do these things to ourself, griff, through bad economic policies, china is going to be the big winner here and i hate the thought of china overtaking the united states as the economic super power, but what i'm saying, griff, we're

doing it to ourselves by bad policies and that's why it's so important. by the way, that there's some decent checks and balances in biden's economic program. griff: well it's certainly going to be a front and center issue for the next administration. steve moore, thank you for coming on. i hope your predictions does not come true anytime soon. >> usa is going to be number one, griff i guarantee it. griff: coming up an update on the christmas explosion in nashville, with tennessee congressman chuck fleischmann, coming up. when it comes to autism,

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died. police in texas believe he died after accidentally shooting himself in the hip. he was rushed to a dallas area hospital on christmas before he passed away. ty jordan was 19 years old. >> and pro-wrestler john huber passes away after battling a lung issue and his wife says it was not related to covid-19. he was known by his ring name, luke harper and brody lee during his time with the wwe before moving to the aew. he was 41 years old. now, over to you, rachel. rachel: you got it. fox news alert, authorities searching a home tied to a person of interest in the nashville christmas bombing. griff: the tennessee governor asking president trump to declare a state of emergency. will: tennessee congressman chuck fleischmann is joining us now with the latest in the investigation. congressman, thanks so much, you're of course congressman from the state of tennessee. tell us what you know about the latest on the investigation there, with the bombing in nashville. >> well, obviously, this is still under investigation. a very sad occurrence any time

but for this to happen to our great capitol city in nashville on christmas day is so saddening i spoke with mayor cooper yesterday in nashville, offered my full assistance, but it's an ongoing investigation. i applaud local and federal law enforcement authorities who have gone out very quickly and they're gathering the facts. they're gathering the facts, they will present them to the american people as soon as possible, but no real conclusions have been drawn yet. rachel: congressman what's the feeling in nashville right now? >> well, this is a very beautiful city. this is a city that over the years, has grown into a tremendous metropolis. people from all over the country come there but this particular part of nashville is very touristy, very old, just very quaint and beautiful, so shocked shocked, saddened, to think that in the united states of america,

that something like this could happen, it's almost unfathomable , but not only our thoughts and prayers but i told mayor cooper yesterday that in my role, as the ranking member on the homeland security appropriations subcommittee, we're going to do everything with fema to make sure that the funding is there, so we can rebuild this part of nashville and get it back on track. griff: congressman as a fellow tennesseean , i want to give you an opportunity to really commend the six nashville police officer s, who on what was no doubt a quiet, cold, christmas morning, you see them there. officer hosey, luellen, spy all, and wells and sargent miller. they had essentially 15 minutes. they don't know what was coming and they had a very strange, erie and quite honestly weird recording with music playing out of an rv, and yet, they lept

into action with the heroic decisions that are to be commended this morning. >> all of these fantastic law enforcement officials ought to be praised and lauded for everything that they have done. again that's why we have got to support law enforcement in america. these men and women put their lives on the line for us every day, just think about the short timeframe in which they had to operate and then the tragedy that followed. they clearly kept people from being killed. something like this is obviously a horrific event but they clearly did their actions made it now that people were not killed and that we can move forward with the cleanup. they all ought to be commended, not only locally but nationally as well. will: griff: i did not know you were a native tennesseean , that makes three people who is near and dear to their heart on this set. i spent a good portion of the pandemic in blunt county, tennessee and i've grown to love that state. there's a reason it's called the

volunteer state and you see it in the spirit of the officers rushing towards danger. congressman let me ask you about something more important coming up tomorrow and that is a vote. nancy pelosi intends to put $2,000 direct payments in line with what president trump wants as well to vote for the american people. we had congressman ken buck of colorado on yesterday. i asked him, would he vote for $2,000 direct covid relief bill and he said only if it's accompanied by a reduction in spending in the omnibus. what will you do? will you vote for a increase in direct payments tomorrow? >> well, first and foremost, we have to see how this comes together. consistent with what my colleague mr. buck had said and what other people are looking at , we've got to understand that there were actually a con ruence, a coming together of two very odd bills. you have the appropriations package which had been passed from october until this time, being joined by a covid package. typically these would have been standalone. the fact that they got merged

together, it was messaged as a mess. now, we all left washington candidly thinking that there was a deal. it was not an ideal situation, but my goal was to bring the most relief to the american people as quickly as possible. unemployment relief, direct relief, aid to small businesses, our airlines are bringing 32000 people back to work, so we want to get aid to the american people, but the american people who were calling me, my constituents are very upset with what they deem to be wasteful spending on the appropriations side of the bill. we understand that. i don't think the democrats are willing to take that out. to his credit, leader mccarthy put up a bill to get that wasteful spending out and that was defeated. in the press they talked about the $2,000 being defeated but in reality, both were defeated. not only the $2,000, but the wasteful spending, so let's see how it comes together. my goal is to get the most relief to the american people as

quickly as possible. griff: congressman in just a word do you think the president waited too late to get this involved? >> no, actually, the president has been involved with this situational along and has done a very good job in my estimation. secretary mnuchin was and has been involved for months with negotiation, with congressional leaders, and i think you raise a very good point though. the covid side of the bill was largely negotiated by leadership on both sides of the capitol and both sides of the political spectrum. the appropriations bill has been a process that actually has gone on throughout the whole year. for example, on the homeland side, i worked hard to get money in for the wall that is actually in there, for i.c.e. beds that is actually in there, for law enforcement that is actually in there. so there are basically, the sad part about it is because of the timing and everything that these two very different bills

came together as basically one package, so this is something that everyone's concerned, obviously the president has a big heart for the american people, always has and always will, but we do as well. griff: congressman john chuck fleischmann from tennessee thank you for being here this morning. still ahead a texas woman celebrating her freedom after president trump commuted the rest of her prison sentence. crystal nunes joins us, coming up. >> ♪ ♪ the new myww+ is our most holistic weight loss program ever. -you can choose any workout you want to fit with your time frame. -there are a ton of zero point foods that i love. i never feel restricted. the new myww+. lose weight on us this winter! get three months free!

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and if you're pregnant or planning to be. otezla. show more of you. will: welcome back. a texas woman is celebrating her freedom for the first time in 12 years. griff: president trump commuting the remainder of our next guest 's 20 year prison sentence over marijuana charges after granting her clemency in october rachel: her case championed by criminal justice reform advocates like alice marie johnson whose life sentence trump commuted in 2018. crystal munoz joins us now, crystal, welcome, congratulations. tell us about the moment you heard that president trump was going to commute your sentence. >> the first time, or when he just commuted the rest of my sentence? rachel: how about the rest of

your sentence. >> okay, well, i was very relieved just to say the least. it's so hard to summit up in just a few words. like everything that a person in my situation experiences and is going through, because even though i was released from incarceration, i still had like a ball and chain from probation and i was very limited on what i could and couldn't do, so it was like a major weight was lifted off of me. will: crystal to address your point, you were, you had your sentence reduced in february from 12 years and now you've had it commuted again. i think it's fascinating, by the way, what president trump and others have said about why this is happening for you. we can put up a statement for what it's worth during her time in prison, she mentored people working to better their lives, volunteered with a hospice program and demonstrated

extraordinary commitment to rehabilitation. one of the phrases being used, crystal, is that you just showed this extraordinary commitment to rehabilitation. tell us about that. >> well, i feel like it is a point of view from somebody looking outside in. that's how i was perceived but that's not how i personally perceive myself. the hospice is, i don't know if people are aware, but there's many people inside of prisons that are dying and they die daily, and of course, they don't have family members and the inmates care for them, and that's just something that i self-volunteered for and i experienced firsthand. griff: glad you got involved, crystal. let me just quickly take you to your story, because it appears really more of a minor role in the arrest on the marijuana

distribution charges. do you feel like you were over charged to begin with, being sentenced to 20 years? >> i was. i was definitely over sentenced and there are thousands of women and men that are just like myself who are serving very severe sentences for the crimes they committed. you don't realize until you get caught up in the judicial system how the laws are written or how it could affect you and it's very hard to understand and it's very hard to get out of once you're inside the judicial system in the prison system. will: i think for many religious and i'm sure many non- religious americans as well rehabilitation second chances are something people leave in very deeply and see that working in your life, crystal, is something that i think everyone can celebrate. congratulations and we wish you

the best of luck. >> thank you so much. will: take care. we have a few additional headlines this morning. detectives are solving fewer crimes because of the pandemic. according to the wall street journal, in the country's 10 largest police departments, homicides are up 40%, but only 59% of those are being solved. detectives blame covid-19 because masked suspects are able to blend in with crowds and face -to-face interviews aren't happening as often. >> the man with the concealed carry permit shoots and kills an armed robbery suspect in chicago. police say the suspect tried robbing a cell phone store when the man, who was inside the shop , pulled out his gun and opened fire. it's unclear if the man was a store employee or customer. an investigation is underway. >> and a fast-moving fire destroys a historic church in south carolina. one day after christmas, fire crews say flames had engulfed the church attic by the time they arrived. one firefighter was hurt battl ing the flames but he will reportedly be okay.

the church was built in 1878. the cause of the fire is under investigation. church members say they will still hold sunday service today, at a different building. >> and how about duck to-go? researchers in italy dug up a fast food restaurant in pompeii revealing the taste of ancient romans. fragments of ducks, goats and even snails were found at the site, leading researchers to believe they were popular menu items. absolutely stunning how things were preserved. everything when you start hear ing about it, pompeii, that entire area, i mean, how much of that frozen-in-moment time was preserved guys? griff: it's unbelievable and the fact they didn't clean the itch can en up after several thousand years apparently -- will: i think they were making a quick get away there. griff: indeed well who loves quick take out duck is our own adam klotz. >> adam: nice toss there,

griff i actually do like take out duck not too far from china town where i live but let's get into this forecast, what am i talking about? well really cold weather couple spots tracking snow all being fueled by some of these cold temperatures. widely 20s and 30s across the country, we've seen snow around the great lakes we now see another system lifting into the upper midwest the great lakes region where the heaviest snow is today but for the folks out on the west coast you've been seeing a cold front move through your area also, right along the coastal area this is nothing but rain but you get a little farther inland and all see the elevation rise and some big snows across portions of the desert southwest a little bit later today. we do warmup eventually so a lot of the snow is happening early today before you see a warmup particularly in some of our southern states temperatures remaining very brisk in the center of the country, with daytime highs only getting up into the teens and to the 20s. back out to you guys. will: thanks so much, adam. well restaurant owner takes a stand against the state's covid restrictions keeping his indoor dining open despite facing hundreds of dollars in daily

fines. that owner, and his fight will tell us more, coming up next.

rachel: a restaurant owner fighting back against covid restrictions in illinois. he's staying open for indoor dining despite health inspectors fining him hundreds of dollars per-day. covid rates are down, go to walmart, go to target, do any other shopping mall and it's packed beyond belief. got nine people in here. but that's okay, right? rachel: oh, i feel his pain. that owner of lil fufords, jeff buckler joins me now. jeff, i like the way you're thinking. at some point, if all the restaurants, the small businesses got together and said

we're just going to be open, what can they do, arrest all of you? >> they can try. i mean there's hundreds of restaurants in champaign, illinois, that's closed down. there's thousands of servers and cooks and bartenders out of work people are starving. it's going to get bad here soon. wintertime is coming up, which is the hardest time in the restaurant business anyways, so with us not being able to do indoor dining, it makes it impossible that carryout will work in the wintertime. rachel: absolutely, so why aren't we seeing across the country but maybe even specifically in your area, more restaurant owners banding together, organizing, and resisting these unfair practices? these unfair rules? >> well out of 102 counties there's three of them that are the health departments are fighting the restaurants to close down. everybody else is open. i can drive five miles south of my restaurant and everything is

open. you know, we can go eat pizza or have a burger inside a bar. it's just champaign county for some reason. i don't know what their deal is, what their agenda is, but our covid rates in champaign are less than 2%, so why are they closing us down? i mean, i get it. covid is dangerous, i get it, but if your rates are below 2% what's the deal? rachel: so what are they doing? they're fining you but are they showing up at your restaurant? are they harassing you in any way? what happens as you stay open? >> so every day i'm open, i accrue a fine. i don't know what it is yet until we go up to court, it could be up to $500 a day but yes they've been showing up every day. they were in the other day, the health inspector, whose the director of health came in with his make, below his nose, a customer took a picture and sent it to me and then he proceeded

to take photos of little kids eating lunch and the parents asked them not to take pictures and he said you'll have to speak to the states attorney about that, so now i've posted signs because i have rights too as a business owner that i've asked people not to fake photos or videos in my business unless they have written permission from me so that hopefully stop the health department from bug ging customers while trying to enjoy your meal. rachel: it's just so hard to believe this is america that your right to earn a living is being, you know, curtailed in this way. tell me what this , you think this is going to do to the middle class in illinois across the country, where these kinds of lockdowns are in place. >> they're going to starve to death. they're talking about a $600 stimulus check that won't even pay a month's rent. people have car payments, utility bills, all that stuff. food to put on the table for their kids. it's going to drive people away

from the restaurant business into factory jobs if they can find one, or unemployment and unemployment as a server, you know, we got one girl that's $150 every two weeks. how are you supposed to survive on that kind of money? you just can't. rachel: right, right, well listen, you're a brave man setting an interesting example for so many people across the country. we wish you well, and i personal ly salute you for your courage. thanks a lot. merry christmas and hope the next year goes better for everybody. all right, there are two sundays left in the nfl regular season and teams can punch their ticket to the playoffs today, charissa thompson joins us to preview the action, next. >> ♪ back in black ♪

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will: well do you remember de shawn jackson? the dallas cowboys do, so bad news for cowboys fan, the eagles activated him off injured reserve and that will setup the nfc east for a showdown. you can catch that game here on fox, along with fox nfl kickoff host charissa thompson who joins me now, so charissa here is the deal and why you might want to catch that game, because that miserable division can be won by anybody, still, right? >> it's true, will. i'm going through all of the different scenarios of even how the eagles could win, if they win out and need some help there's a lot of different variables going on today the last game of the regular season but especially in that what used to be a perennial division, the nfc east has a lot of different movement but you mentioned deshawn jackson

hasn't played since week seven missed 10 games coming back from an ankle injury earlier this year it was a hamstring injury but a nice veteran present in that locker room, so happy to have him and it still dictates coverage having him on the field so a nice addition to them today against the cowboys that's one of a few games we're watching here on fox. we don't get the chiefs that often on fox as you know, will, so, we usually have to share them with that other network so we get them today against the falcons unbelievable what they're doing, so just on that, path to repeat and it's a matter of not whose going to stop them but when is somebody going to stop them they've won 22 out of the last 23 games so it should be a nice match up today against the falcons. will: that's an early window as well and one of the reasons why want to watch that game speaking on memories,levion bell is starting for the chiefs you remember him from the pittsburgh steelers day, they are kind of quiet this year but this is your late window game it's rams/ seahawks. you and i have talked a few times over the season about the

nfc west being up for grabs and it looks like the cardinals are falling behind a little bit so now these two teams might determine the nfc west right? >> yeah the cardinals yesterday falling to the 49ers and they settled that out but its been rams one, seahawks number two and seahawks playing well down the stretch especially their defense that's really come on since week 12 and the rams falling last week to the jets, giving the jets their only win of the season but the rams head up to seattle for a division game. seahawks win this thing, and they win the division for the first time since 2016 but russel wilson will need to play better he's had four turnovers over the last three games and the rams have the seahawks number, won five of the last six against this team so that is definitely going to be a good game it's america's game of the week on fox. will: i know you'll know this because we've talked about it on your hits on fox & friends but i'm in the fantasy championship but i'm not doing well, charissa i need big things to happened to. will, i'm not doing that well on fox bet either but i'll tell you

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will: that does it for us today on fox & friends and i think rachel and i are both back tomorrow and if griff wears that hat maybe he'll never be back. griff: let's go washington

football team. rachel: so great joining you guys this morning it's so much fun. will: we'll see you tomorrow. maria: happy christmas, merry christmas to all! welcome to "sunday morning futures" i'm maria bartiromo. 2020 will go down as a hard and sad year for many of us, but it will also be an awakening for many, as we got a clearer understanding of the most important threat to the freedom and liberty of america, the chinese communist party, and its plans to become the number one super power in the world overtaking the united states, economically, technologically, and militarily. the china virus of 2020 and the ccp's handling of it sparked new awareness as it impacted the most basic fabric of our