had. todd: very familiar with will jace who is nonverbal. waits for him to deliver packages to his ohio home. will. carley: how cool is that? do you know what else is cool? "fox & friends" that starts right now. will: good morning and welcome to "fox & friends." we begin with a fox news alert. president trump signing the massive 2 pulp be $3 trillion spending bill which includes $900 billion in coronavirus relief. will. >> lawrence: the president's signature averting a shutdown as well as getting much needed need to struggling americans. rachel: today the house is expected to vote on a bill that could bring $2,000 in direct stimulus payments. will: welcome to "fox & friends" this is will cain along with rachel campos-duffy and our good friend lawrence is over here hanging out with us today. good morning to all three of you -- poet of you. happy to have you today on the show. lucas tomlinson is today it be.

will. >> good morning, will, crisis avoided but another one looms. signing that $2.3 trillion spending bill including 900 billion in emergency relief after facing mounting pressure from lawmakers from both parties to sign it. in a statement, president trump saying, quote: i will sign the omnibus and covid package with a strong message that makes clear to congress that wasteful items need to be moved. i will send back to it will congress red line version item by item accompanied many insisting those funds been removed to the bill. lawmakers are likely to ignore the request to cut any spend many heermt is what is in the bill $600 direct, extra hundred dollars if unemployment for $284 billion n funding for the paycheck protection program and extending the eviction moratorium. family room democrats want $2,000 will the position the president supports but many

senate it republicans not on board. >> targeted. why would would we be sending $2,000 to people with a 6 figure income who had no suspension or reduction in their income at all. consider the millions of federal employees who never missed the check. i think the aid should be much much more targeted. targeted to people who actually lost their job. small businesses that are actually in danger of going under. >> in a statement senate majority leader mitch mcconnell did not address the president's request to cut spending, quote: i applaud president trump's decision to get hundreds of billions of dollars to crucial covid-19 relief out the door and into the hands of americans families as quickly as possible. nancy pelosi saying, quote: the signing of the bipartisan pia cameral coronavirus relief if it is welcomed news for the 14 million americans who just lost the lifeline of unemployment benefits on christmas weekend and for the millions more struggling to stay afloat during this historic pandemic and economic crisis. house lawmakers return to washington to vote on $2,000

checks. senate republicans say that bill is dead on arrival. will, rachel, lawrence? will: thank you so much, lawrence. what we are watch something a change in tune from republican senators and congressman as we speak. that bite that lucas played from senator pat toomey shows you while republicans perhaps over the last several days attempted to publicly have president trump's back when it came to increasing the covid relief checks from $600 to 2,000, now that the code relief bill that has been signed along with the government spending bill you are watching a change in tune, rachel. you are seeing fewer and fewer people supporting that increase in exwhich. which, by the way, president donald trump says he is going to continue to fight for. if lawrence lawrence yeah, well, i don't think it's justth republican prosecutes. this is washington as usual. these back door it deals, this is what is all about in washington. this is a will that they weren't able to read that leadership brought to the floor. and what you are seeing is that after months and month tell the

american people they didn't have to work that washington was going to go and save them, they did absolutely nothing. i think the president makes the argument that more americans need more money. and that it was a joke to suggest that $600 was going to be enough. sure $2,000 is not enough. but it is a starting point, and i think that is something that both parties are responsible for but, had to many people, republicans specifically say this is nancy pelosi's fault. she did not want a bill to take place before the election. and now more americans are suffering. rachel: yeah, i mean, i think you make such a great point, lawrence. i think these last-minute deadlines they work for the politicians. it really works for the people had the special interest that they have their backs. because, you know, the president's back is basically up against the corner. he has, you know, two choices either he signs this bill. if he objects to many solve the obscene spending and tries to hold it off to get some of it

out about well then some really genuinely things happen. people lose their unemployment benefits. some people will get evicted from their homes. so bad things will happen and, you know, the democrats and nancy pelosi can count on the media to have their back and spt in their direction. donald trump is cruel. donald trump is erratic they have already been doing this, you know, for the past few days with these kinds of things. you had senator sanders saying that donald trump was cruel and all these kind of things and the media backs that up. your left with here your measly $600 and hand us over the money for all of our friends. that's what ends up happening. i'm glad that at least senator toomey is talking about targeting this next check because the $600, that's ton and over with. you now have the $2,000 that they are going to vote on today and maybe they can target that to people who genuinely need it. todd: scrollin

will: scrolling across the screen was the pork items that just got passed. two big things left to fight for. increase in checks from it $600 to 2,000. any push back or attempt to bring those items out of government spending bills. they are there every time. they are there with every spending budget. sooner or later we have to know who and why things like gender studies programs in pakistan are being funded and do something about lawrence lawrence all this foreign be aid when americans are suffering is a slap in the face to a lot of americans back home. rachel: i agree. will: absolutely. charles watson joins us live from nashville as federal officials try to determine what provoked a man to set up a bomb downtown on christmas day. charles? >> guys, good morning. federal authorities identifying a 63-year-old anthony quinn warner as the alleged bomber behind the massive christmas day explosion here in downtown nashville. authorities confirming warner was killed in the blast in e.

and this investigation has been moving at a rapid pace. federal officials say they were able to quickly identify the suspect after recovering a vehicle identification number from the rv that was used in the explosion. that led agents to the suspect's home in antioch, tennessee where they were able to collect and positively match d.n.a. with human remains found at the blast site. it can. >> tennessee bureau of investigation, as well as the fbi laboratory in quantico, virginia, completed their d.n.a. testing of a sample of human remains recovered at the scene. those results were consistent with the suspect identified by u.s. attorney cochran. >> and take a look at the aftermath of that explosion complete and utter devastation. you see windows burned out. many burnt cars. city block looking as if it's in the middle of a war zone. authorities say they have no other reason to believe any other individuals were involved

yesterday. the mayor of nashville said at&t data center may have been a target. officials are still unclear what a motive is right now. police say nashville is safe. they say there is no eminent threat to worry about right now. of course we will keep you updated on this. back to you. will. >> thanks, charles. >> lawrence: we have talked about this shooter -- i'm sorry, not this shooter but this guy that planted this bomb a lot. but we have got into these officers. these are real heroes. they had a press conference yesterday talking about them going in to danger. you've got to take a look at this. >> immediately they didn't think about their own lives. they didn't think about protecting themselves. they thought about the stipulates of nashville. >> i will never forget the windows shattering after the blast all around me. kind of looked like a big prop from a movie scene. i was so scared that i just lost my entire detail. >> the explosion went off.

i got knocked to the ground. i immediately got up and i assisted the best i could with keeping people back. >> i was trying to make sure all of our people were okay and going from there. trying to figure out what was the best course of action. >> i was thrown into the trunk a little bit. turned around to see just a very orange sky. a lot of smoke. at that point we just spent time keeping will residents away from the area. >> as i'm getting ready to walk toward them, walking back toward the rv i literally hear a guy tell me to turn around. i turn around and start walking in the opposite direction. and then three section later, boom. that saved my life. that's what got me to see my kids and my wife on christmas. rachel: that was officers james wells. i just loved wha loved what he . i'm not going to shy away from that it was the voice of god and literally the voice of god. i love that this brave,

courageous police officer is still willing -- he is humble enough to give credit where credit is due. it will clearly he and his team did everything right. that moment where he turned around saved his life. it meant that he got to go home and have christmas with his family, celebrate with them after all of this. so, can will just an amazing, amazing story. these people need all the support from america and i hope it calls into question so many of the people who have been saying that we should defund the police, oh, i mean, these are the moments we know we need our police. will: this story is so odd from start to finish. rachel, we have been together the last couple of days this stories has unfolded. now it looks like individual actor. it looks like, for now, that it was some act of suicide. not part of some larger plot but we're still speculating and waiting for information to come in. you know i'm so hesitant to rush

towards conclusions. i have seeable not just the media but law enforcement fail too many times when it comes to tightening individuals ahead of times. i always talk about richard jewell, biggest pieces of malpractice history in history. with that being said, we are starting to learn. while some of those details force us to leap forward or encourage speculation. what both lawrence and, rachel, you are saying i want a second and third, is there in no speculation behind the heroism of these officers. listening to that press conference yesterday was absolutely stunning. you saw a short clip of it there. but you heard firsthand accounts of what that was like. is what choices they had to make. what they experienced. as i said, rachel i find officer james as well as talking about the voice of god. he said i understand this might not be politically correct. i'm not going to apologize for it. the voice of god it told knee

turn around and that's why i saw my family on christmas day. you want to defund these types of individuals in your community, then you will reap the cost of that. these types of individuals are what we need more of in our society. >> i have got to tell you, will, the entire story gives you chills. my little brother lives in nashville. and all you coul i could think s these officers going door to door. this is basic police work. but you never know where you are going to end up when you put that badge and gun on every single day. and going door to door knowing that there is a ticking time bomb and continuing just to get everyone out and staying until the last second until you could get every resident out of their home, you know, i know we're having this national conversation about policing in america, and we call out the bad apples, but when good cops go

out there and put their life on the line, i think they should get a medal. i think it humanizes what these officers go through on a day-to-day paves. remember, these guys are going from a bombing suspect to going right back on the street and doing patrolling. the mental shifts that they have to go through on a day-to-day basis is pretty incredible. will: if not a medal then at least some public respect would be well-earned. rachel: that is the minimum that they deserve. well, you talked, lawrence, about a ticking time bomb, there is another one, a political one on january 3rd. and that is nancy pelosi's election or the voting to see who will become the speaker of the house. normally, when you have a majority, you assume that you are going to win, that she is going to become the speaker yet again. however, we don't know. and there are a couple of members of congress, newly elected members of congress who are on the far left.

the socialist communist side of the wing of the democrat party who are saying they are not so sure they are going to vote for her. take a look. >> will you vote for nancy pelosi as speaker? >> what i'm going to do is make sure that the voices of the people of st. louis are heard and that we have what we need. and so you will find out then. >> that's not a yes. >> you will find out when my vote is tallied. and, again, organizing with our community to figure out what's best. ing. rachel: so, the balance of the house is very tight. so every 222 democrats to 211 can republicans. now, in the last congress, they voted to allow or the rules were that you could vote proxy. by proxy. however, were in the new congress, starting on january 3rd, all of those rules go away. the only thing they do on january 3rd is vote for speaker. that he was the very first thing they do. and everyone has to be present. so if you have maybe some older democrats who are out with

covid, perhaps, or if you have a few defections on the very liberal radical end of the democrat party, you could potentially end up with a speaker mccarthy. will: yeah, rachel, it sounds absurd. but you are laying out a very realistic scenario if there are coming metropolitan and women who can't make it in to vote with the very slim majority layer on top of potentially people unable to vote defections on the left, then you have nancy pelosi fighting for her job. you just played the sound people asking about congressman electco bush and jamaal bowman not will to back nancy pelosi yet. here some say they will not back nancy pelosi. you have these three democrats representative conor lamb, jared golden and elissa slotkin who have said they will not back nancy pelosi. i have talked about the reshuffling of our political allanement. i have talked about the republican party going through a

reshuffling of positions. i liken that to dominoes. you will be shifting them every which way. what's happening on the democratic side though is a pull. it's not so much a reshuffling but a hard pull in one direction. we're watching our political parties change as we speak, lawrence. will. >> lawrence: yeah. people wonder why nancy pelosi gave these powerful 'seats to these freshmen on the judiciary committee. remember, these are democrats that primaried other democrats and whop their seats after 20-must years. have you cori bush that unseated lacy clay in missouri after he and his father it had the seat. and you got the other member bowman that unseated engel in new york city after 20-plus years and his seat. these people came with a mandate. they are a part of the squad. they have the support of their communities in there. i think they will eventually vote for nancy pelosi, but they're going to make her life a living hell on the capitol hill

to make sure they get the policy agenda that they promised to their community. this. will: all right. we will have more on this throughout the morning few additional headlines with carley shimkus. car carcinoma big headline here a tennessee man under arrest for blaring a similar message as the christmas day bomber in nashville from his white box truck. now, the scare shutting down a busy highway. first responders using a robot to investigate the truck. and make sure there were no explosives. the man now faces two felony charges. a 7-year-old georgia girl has died from injuries when she was shot earlier in the week while christmas shopping with her family. the journal constitution reports kennedy maxy was in the car with her mom and aunt when she was shot in the back of the head. police say the bullet came from a shooting in a nearby parking lot. meanwhile, atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms getting slammed for the surgeon of violence in

her city. this year has been reportedly the deadliest since 998 with 54 homicides. and the president if turns his attention to georgia backing the republican senate candidates ahead of next week's run off elections will that will decide the balance of power. the president tweeting, quote, on behalf of two great senator david perdue and kelly loeffler i will be going on faye monday night januaryth to have a big and wonderful rally. so important for our country that day wins. let's talk football week 16 nfl lambeau field looking like a winter wonderland testimony. will having a field at a with 4 touchdowns. and the seahawks clinch the. thc west title with a win. >> hollisster touchdown. >> yeah, there you have it that connection helping seal seattle's 20-9 victory.

ben roethlisberger with three touchdowns strikes against the colts to help a three game losing streak. pittsburgh winning the afc knot title. meanwhile jackson fans applaud the bears in their 41-17 win. the jags loss means they clinch the first overall pick in the first 22021 draft. the cowboys eliminate the first nfc east team from playoff attention that would be the eagles. dallas winning at home 37-17. that, guys, is how far the cookie crumbles in the envelope this weekend. lawrence lawrence that's what i'm talking about, cowboys. will: our cowboys lawrence and i. they are in the playoff hunt. i can't believe it. congratulations to the jaguars. it looks like the you are front of the line for trevor lawrence. you will have a new quarterback. a great quarterback next year. covid 19 cases surging despite the state having some of the strictest lockdowns in the country. do lockdowns actually work.

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>> do you agree that the worst is still yet to come? >> you know, i do -- as we get into the next few weeks it might actually get worse. >> dr. anthony fauci sending a stark warming to americans that the fight against covid-19 is far from over as we head into the new year. the u.s. officially surpassing 19 million coronavirus cases. how can we prepare for this post holiday surge? here to discuss is pulmonologist nyu will langone dr. qhanta

ahmed. doctor, welcome to the program. >> thank you, lawrence. >> doctor, americans have been been doing their part trying to hunker down. we keep hearing there is a waive after wave. is there any end in sight? >> yeah. i find these comments about the doomsday comments coming from any of our leaders very unhelpful and discouraging. i think what we need is who are humility and honesty from our political leaders. will the widespread discriminate use of lockdowns we have locked down the fifth biggest economy in the world. california. a $3 trillion economy is completely immobilized and not producing are the results that we would hope. that's because the quarantine should be tailored where there are outbreaks and clusters. we can limit activities. we have no ability of detecting that right now in the united states because we're not using rapid antigen testing. these very fastests which are now available even fda approved

testing within 15 minutes. if you are positive, it means you have live vice. test yourself again four days later. if it's gone you are effectively cleared and very unlikely to be truly infectious. a small country like slovenia, 4 million people population was able to testing two thirds of their population and immediately identify the infection and within weeks has reduced the cases by 70%. so, dr. fauci things are going to be worse if we are not changing our approaches. mitigation, americans are doing what they can. they are wearing face masks. they are separated from their families. they are limited in their activities. but we are not tailoring the message and at the same time we are destroying our economy. >> lawrence: i have got to tell you about that destroying our economy. there has been massive shutdowns in california. we are not seeing any changes in the cases there. should measures be put back to work and have a chance to

survive, doctor? >> it's a very difficult question. but i am beginning to be increasingly skeptical of the lockdowns because what's not mentioned you are saying that the lockdowns are not cutting down the cases, but there is another side of to the coin. lockdowns are also causing severe mental health. we know 1% rise in unemployment shoots up suicides. we know a brief period of unemployment leads to over 3 million human lifespan years lost. the death accumulate because of lockdowns which so far in america just a few weeks at a time are going to be so disruptive. i think two things. i think two pieces missing. women is the rapid appear toe general testing. the second is zero interest in cleaning indoor air. so california's are told to stay home as we were in new york. we know that transmission still happens mostly indoors. because many people are poor, living in crowded, poorly ventilated buildings, 90% of the

time if will spent mostly indoors also fuels transmission. it doesn't mean no lockdowns anywhere. it means finds who is it will infected and limit their ability. it. >> lawrence: i tell you more lockdowns, congress not doing their job to make sure people get the money they need. people in a difficult situation. thank you so much for being on the front line, doctor. >> no imagination for new approaches. rapid antigen testing, will. >> lawrence: thank you so much, doctor. a mother suing over a controversial class that she says is forcing her son to unlearn christian values while promoting anti-right racism. she explains next. it's time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed.

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are many. rachel: welcome back to "fox & friends." a controversial course requirement at a nevada charter school prompting outrage and now one mom is suing that school for not letting her son opt out of it. according to the lawsuit the sociology course of change, that's the name of the course, requirement promoted antiwhite racism to students with some materials discussing internalized privilege and the existence of oppression. some were asked to label themselves as oppressed or oppressors or label others. the lawsuit claims a senior student who is b biracial was wl were unlearn christian

principles and threatened with a failing grade when he declined to participate. that nevada mom gabriel clark and her attorney john o'brien join me now with more. thank you to both of you for bringing this to light. i was shocked to hear this and i have heard a lot of crazy things through doing this show about what happens in school cru curriculums. tell me what outraged you most the about this curriculum that your son was forced to participate in. >> >> thank you for having me, ms. duffy. will i was mostly outraged that this was being taught at all. >> but principally that they were asking my son to reveal identity that are protected. you can't do that at a job. you shouldn't be able to do it at a school. it put a target on my son's back. if somebody didn't like what he had to say, then that would have

put him in danger. and i think that was a grievous wrong. rachel: explain that a little further. he was asked to answer these questions and then his answers were made public? >> he was asked to answer the questions and then the teacher would then scrutinize and label whether or not his particular identities were under the category of oppressor or privileged or will oppressed. rachel: okay. when you learned that your son was learning this at school. that this is what the curriculum was, i know you took it to the school. did you talk to other parents to say hey, are you as outraged as i am? >> in las vegas, we're still pretty quarantine -- i mean not quarantined but still under a strict lockdown. we are in a hot spot.

and so, i haven't spoken with any other parents. i would encourage them to get in contact with me though because it didn't just violate my son's civil rights, they violated all the children's civil rights by asking those questions. >> rachel: parents is expect more of this. 4500 classrooms that we know of adopting the 1619 curriculum and critical race theory is also in overdrive even in our elementary and high schools. really quick, to our attorney that is here, are we going to see more of these ' -- more of these lawsuits coming forward as these curriculums come out? >> ferttle yes, you are. there is nothing a. typical about the clark case. the only extraordinary thing about them is they had the courage to do something about it. there is parental where organizations forming all over the countries.

there is ours where you can follow our progress and read our it courthouse filings schoolhouse. there is fair house it education santa it will barbara. fish fine's no left turn in education. there is ample' will hem that's forming at the moment. because, again, there is no will atypical about the clark's case. it's happening around the country invasive and involves compelled speech and big problem. rachel: we thank you, gabriel, for bringing this forward for your courage and for your attorney taking up this case. a lot of attorneys are sometimes afraid to take cases like this. thank you very much for your courage and we appreciate it. we have reached out to the democracy prep at august gussy campus but we have not heard back yet. thank you again. many next. fox news alert. >> overnight, president trump locking in a massive relief deal for americans.

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>> lawrence: a fox news alert. president trump signing massive covid-1covid-19 rebill but the s not over. lawmakers including our next guest turning to d.c. to vote on raising those stimulus checks to $2,000. will: here with what we can expect is texas g.o.p. congressman michael burgess. congressman, thank you so much for being with us, merry christmas. soon to be happy new year. i don't know when the moratorium is when we stop wishing someone will merry christmas after december 25th. we will push the limits as far as we can thanks for being with us. president trump signed the big covid relief bill and spending bill last night.

still, he has pushed for $2,000 relief checks to every american. many republicans and of course almost all democrats have supported that push it should come up for a vote today. that's nancy pelosi's intention. what will you vote on that push? >> well, and thanks for having me on. first off, it would be great to be able to see the lengths legislative language that nancy pelosi is proposing because unless you have it, i don't know that anyone has seen it beyond the contours there needs to be are more money to americans. i agree with the president on that. he is correct. i voted against the bill last week too big and too many moving parts too difficult for people to comprehend. it wasn't the help to the american people that the president had envisioned. he wisely instructed us about that and we will see today what comes out of the speaker's office. will: congressman, i hear you just a quick follow-up. i hear you would support for

increase in those checks. we have talked to other g.o.p. congressman who said only if it is accompanied by a reduction in pork in the government spending bill. we know we don't know yet what pelosi will put forward. if it is just a stand alone stimulus check increase, would you support that or does it have to come with accompanying reductions in spending? >> i think you do have to demonstrate at least some willness to disclose offsets. at the very least, shouldn't we know the price tag? i mean, isn't speaker pelosi obligated to run this by the wizards at the congressional public budget office. when i try to that's the push back i get. seems like a reasonable approach this time. reality is we don't have time. look, you can tell i'm not in texas anymore. i'm up here in the nation's capitol prepared to do my job. another travesty was almost 100 democrats last time voted by proxy. they don't even show up to do their job. heaven help us that we pass a bill that we don't read.

but we at least out to show up to cast our vote. rachel: congressman we know transparency is the key to good legislation. why do we keep getting last-minute 5,000 page bills. isn't there anything that can be done internally within the congress, some sort of rules or bills that prevent this kind of -- basically holding the american people hostage? >> shower. the rule book, of course, is the constitution. and as the houses we are supposed to abide by jefferson's manual. as can you see sometimes we excuse ourselves from even adhering to those very minimal rules. look, the problem is that the appropriations process, the cock never passed a budget this year. there is a problem right there. the appropriations bills that did come to the floor last summer were all hopelessly partisan which is what you can expect in nancy pelosi's america, unfortunately. if we really did legitimately did our job, at the budgetary

level, at the appropriations level, we wouldn't find ourselves in these fixes at the end of the year. everything crammed into one bill and then hold a gun be to your head you have got to either vote for it are othe american people suffer. that's no way to govern. can lawrence lawrence congressman, with all due respect, and you talk about this process of nancy pelosi and i think that is accurate. but this just didn't start with nancy pelosi the way republicans have been doing business. this was a leadership bill. why did members of congress that are elected by the people continue to allow the leadership to set the agenda? >> well, the house being so large, you do have to have somebody in charge, lawrence, by the way it is good to see you. we are both graduates of the same will university in north texas. >> lawrence: thank you, brother. >> appreciate seeing you in this role. but that's a bi has been a histc problem. part goes on the senate side 60

vote to pass an appropriations bill. that's a pretty tall order. the budget in contrast only requires a 51-vote in the senate. perhaps that is something we should look at going forward. but, there are a variety of reasons and the president has told us this. he does not like to sign big okaomnibus bills. i think he is correct about that. i don't like to vote for them. one of the reasons i voted no last week. will: north texas well represented. all right, congressman. thanks so much for being with us this morning. >> good to be with you all. will: go to carley shimkus who has additional headlines. carley: update on when you might receive the coronavirus vaccine. the white house covid testing czar says every american will have access to a vaccine by june. admiral brett giroir adding they will also work against the new strain. >> it is not any more serious than the normal strains of covid. however, it does appear to be more transmissible.

>> meanwhile astrazeneca chief says their vaccine will prevent the new strain. u.k.'s government is expected to approve it this week. will netflix producer lynn buckeykydied after suspected po. the chairman of the chinese gaming company was hospitalized earlier this month. chinese media says an executive at it his company is the main suspect. the two reportedly had a dispute over salary. ' kai was also working with game of throne creators to create a trilogy for netflix. house explosion caught on camera. watch. >> it exploded. will. >> officials say a gas leak caused the blast leveling the home. thankfully no one was hurt. several homes next door damaged in that blast. the gas company was on the way

to fix the leak but did not get there in time. one baby is giving the signal they are ready to be born into this world. >> welcome to the birthing center. in the birthing class we are going to help you new holmes and daddy's and mommies and mommies prepare for that mayor-a-thon of labor. >> well, a woman in the u.k. sharing this picture of her 20-week old ultrasound her baby giving the thumbs up from inside the womb giving the thumbs up. loving the world. rachel: i have to tell you, carply, i have an ultrasound picture of my baby, my first one giving a thumbs up as well. it happens. it's amazing the technology where you can actually see that detail, my goodness. will: we have to run i have to ask quickly rachel did you find out the gender of your children before they were born.

rachel: never. always waited. i should say wait a minute, with the last one, i did. but that was because she's had some complications. but i never purposefully tried to find out. will: you like the surprise. all right. rachel: i like a surprise. will: student athletes and coaches in washington state in and the return of high school sports. now they are doing something about it. a coach and an delete are behind the pushin next. proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. that's why the new myww+ is our most holistic weight loss program ever. the app helps you take the foods you have

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will: welcome back. washington state coaches and student athletes are starting a campaign entitled safe to play. putting a personal touch on their push to bring back high school sports high school head football coach brent washy and high school athlete joining me to you to tell us about the campaign. start with you and tell us about the campaign why it's important to push to get kids back to play. >> this campaign really started with coaches from washington, oregon and california. you know, our whole goal with this is really to unite and give our athletes a voice. the message is completely nonpartisan. this is not political. our goal is really just to work with our state leader and to hopefully get our state leaders to look at the fall sports data come out sports not significant

vector for covid-19 transmissi transmission. will: coal kohl, i have two somes 12 and 9-year-old athletes as well haven't been able to play. i know personally as many parents watching right now what's been missing from their lives. tell us what's been missing that you are looking to get back? >>en well, i have been noticing my peers they have just been struggling. it's been hard not having sports. and i understand. will: what do you miss protest, kohl? >> i miss the connections. i miss being with my friends. i miss the community behind me. it's been a big part of my life. will. todd: i have noticed that myself again be with my two children not just the sport itself and the exercise but teammates and community you are a part of that depose missing. you mentioned the numbers and how safe it's been to conduct sports.

i'm a big sports fan. i have noticed that it's minimal to no transmissions across the world from professional soccer to professional football of covid-19 being transmitted during the course of play. on the field of play. why the pushback? why have we not been able to get sports back in washington? >> that's, you know, that's the real question. right now we haven't really got an answer to that. you know, we are not allowed as of right now, to get back on the field. but there hasn't been any real answers as far as from a data standpoint as to why we aren't. what we are looking for is hopefully, you know, just some clear guidelines to help, you know, to help unmudy the waters and allow us to get back out there. kids need this. todd: the need is obvious. and for all the talk of following the data and the science, it seems to be a place once again where we are not doing so. we wish you guys the best. we know how important sports is in your life. we hope you are successful in your campaign be to get it back in washington, thank you kole

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massive $2.3 trillion spending bill which includes $900 billion in coronavirus relief. will: the president's signature last night averting a shutdown as well as getting much needed aid to struggling americans. lawrence lawrence today, the house is expected to vote on a bill that could bring $2,000 in direct stimulus payments. rachel: here to join us is lucas tomlinson from washington with the latest. lucas? >> good morning, guys. the forecast will ♪ be shutting down when the clock strikes midnight tonight but another potential crisis looms. president trump signing that massive $2.3 trillion spending bill including 900 billion in emergency relief after facing mounting pressure from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to sign it. a statement the president saying quote: i will sign the omnibus and covid package with a strong message that makes clear to congress that wasteful items need to be removed. i will send back to congress be a red line version item by item accompanied by the formal rescission request that congress insisting that those funds be be removed from the bill. lawmakers are likely to ignore

the president's request, however. here is what is in the bill. a 6 of hundred dollars per person direct person payment extra $300 for 11 weeks. $84 billion in funding for the paycheck will protection program small business and extending the eviction moratorium. democrats want $2,000 cash payments. a position the president supports. many senate republicans are not on board. they say look at federal employees. they haven't missed a check of increased savings. wife should they get any payments? in a statement, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell did not address the president's request to cut spending, quote: i applaud president trump's decision to get hundreds of billions of dollars of crucial covid-19 relief out the door and into the hands of american families as quickly as possible. nancy pelosi responding, quote: the signing of the bipartisan bicameral coronavirus relief legislation is welcomed news for the 1 million americans who just lost a lifeline of unemployment benefits from christmas weekend. and for the millions more struggle glick to stay afloat

during this historic pandemic and economic crisis. house lawmakers will return you are to washington today to vote on $2,000 checks. senate republicans say that bill is dead on arrival. will, rachel, lawrence? it. >> lucas, thanks so much. senate republicans say that bill is dead on arrival with the covid-19 relief bill and government spending bill, now behind congress. what now? nancy pelosi says she will bring that bill of increasing covid relief checks to $2,000 to the floor today will backing away from what was previously support are echoing the president's sentiment to increase those checks. let me give you a quick example of that, rachel. let me give you a quick example of that, lawrence. here is pat toomey republican from pennsylvania saying if we are going to do this we need to make it more targeted. something rachel chase talked about over the last couple of days. >> ferghts why would we sending $2,000 to people with a 66

figure income no reduction in income at all. consider the million of federal emily: employeesner missed a check. not going to miss a check. their expenses are probably somewhat diminished savings rate went through the roof. why would we send several thousands of dollars to these folks? this money isn't sitting on a shelf we will print it or borrow it and the aid should be much more targeted. targeted to people who actually lost their job. small businesses actually in danger of going under. those are very real categories. the numbers are significant. that's where the aid should go. will: you know i have two observations from this, i think, change in tune from many republicans. i put this to you with genuine curiosity rachel and lawrence. my first observation is this is different how you sounded a few days ago when the president was pushing for an increase in checks. will why, all of a sudden, the different song that is being sung? second, i understand the need for if i was call responsibility. i truly do. i understand the need to target bills to those who need it most. it doesn't escape me this is a government created economic

crisis. >> lawrence: that's right. will: this is a government mandate forced closure of most businesses thus creating the economic downturn. when you return the money to the people it is their money. make no mistake it is their tax money being returned to them. i want more from republicans on why they changed their tune and how you make this more targeted when the president is pushing from increase from 600 to 2,000? rachel: you are right to talk about this. it is a government created crises. but, also, you know, we talk about the dysfunction of government. let's talk about the dysfunction of the media in reporting this. this bill for relief for people on -- for coronavirus relief should have been done back in october. and nancy pelosi in one of the most, i think, politically -- i don't know what the word is, disastrous move, cynical move in october basically said i'm not going to do it because there is an election and it might actually help donald trump.

and the media didn't really report it as strongly as i believe they should have. and she didn't pay a political price for it. now we are up against this deadline. people need their checks. if this bill didn't pass, some terrible things would happen. people wouldn't get their unemployment checks. people would get evicted from their apartments and their homes. and so now, you know, you are basically holdings the american people hostage. you are saying you have to take all this spending that's wasteful, that's their money also, will. and then you get a measly $600 check. maybe if we pass this today we get $2,000. it's really an embarrassing moment for washington, d.c. it. >> lawrence: senator toomey talks about the people that never missed a day at work with. never missed a paycheck. that's also these americans that wanted to go to work every single day, that paid their rent on time every single month. that were forced by the government not to be able to

work. and government has a responsibility toll take care of these people now or let them go back to work. it is so insulting to watch them play footsy around in the halls of congress and then be upset with americans for going to protest, for storming state capitols all because they want to go back to work. i think what they are doing right now is unconstitutional on so many levels the frustration and anxiety that people are going through in the middle of the holiday. they can't see their loved ones. they are told they can't travel. they can't go back to work. they can't put their kids in sports. i think this will be a moment in history where we look back and say there will be a change in course on the way that americans see liberty. and the fact that the one time that we gave government the opportunity to get this right and they got it wrong. they sat there and let people suffer at home. and i think history will remember this moment. will: and i would say and it's a

small quibble, lawrence, i don't know that the people need the government to take care of them. i know that's just a choice in language we had there. it's rather and i agree with rachel totally we don't need more government programs or gender study programs in pakistan. we don't need a bigger administrative state. what we need is for the government to allow people to open their businesses and if needed return some of their tax money to them. we need the government to allow us to make our individual choices and be the americans full of ingenuity and resilience that we know we are. that's what we need in this moment of crisis. by the way actress kirstie alley she has another idea what weed needed need my bill congress takes no pay for six month, number two, americans receive $1,000 a month for six months end of bill. will i hear your reaction, rachel, what is it? in. rachel: as a former spouse of a current -- current spouse of a were toker congressman, i don't can like that idea. i get that that tweet will get a lot of likes.

she will probably be in a lot of followers. it's cute can. but, what that will actually do in reality is guarantee that more regular people, middle class people with kids that understand what everyday concerns every day americans face won't run for congress. won't be part of the decision-making in washington. and you will end up with what we have a lot of already multimillionaire congressman. so, cute idea on twitter, not very good in reality if you ask me. >> lawrence: rachel, you know i love you and sean. i think what it needs to do is let them feel the heat that a lot of americans are feeling back home. i think it was insulting on so many levels that they stood on their high horse in congress and went back and forth while everyday americans suffering. i think what kirstie is highlighting what many americans are experiencing not just on the federal level but state

legislators that impose these lockdowns meanwhile americans weren't able to go to work. will is right from a standpoint we don't need government to take care but the least that government can do, if they tell people that they are going to throw them in jail if they decide to provide for their families is at least make up the difference and they haven't been age table to do it. i say all of them need to feel the heat. whether or not it's mayors like people in austin, texas, or denver, colorado, los angeles or new york. not following their rules. the ones they put in place for everyday americans or whether or not it's federal congress men and women not passing relief when it's needed for the american people. it's simply a lot of cynicism when it comes to our rules makers right now. well-earned cynicism. >> lawrence: maybe if they had wives like rachel that were in their ears because the kids don't have food on the table, i guarantee get their tails back to washington and get the bill done. will: absolutely. rachel: i will tell you one thing that does get bills signed

is you know when they tip these deadlines like christmas and the wives and husbands and the spouses that are home and by themselves kind of managing everything and they go you better sign that bill and get home. sometimes they get home. so there is a lot of real life things that move bills along. it's never good to have these christmas deadlines that i think don't give you the kind of transparency you need. will: on to another big story this morning. new video shows the terrifying moments rv explodes in nashville on christmas day. charles joins us live in nashville as federal authorities are now searching for a motive, charles. >> hey, guys, yeah. federal authorities identifying 6-year-old anthony quinn warner as the suspect behind the bombing here in downtown nashville on christmas day. authorities confirming warner was killed in that blast. they say they were able to quickly identify him after they recovered the vehicle identification number from the are v that was used in the

explosion. that led agents to the suspect's home in suburban, tennessee, where they were able to collect and positively match d.n.a. with human remains found at the blast site. this morning six nashville police officers are being called heroes after putting their lives on the line getting residents out of harm's way moments before the blast. >> probably 5 minutes after we were there i would say that the timer then started of counting down. the explosion went off. i got knocked to the ground. i immediately got up. luckily no injury. nothing like that. >> and here is a look at the aftermath of that massive explosion complete and utter devastation. at least 41 buildings damaged in what looks like a war zone. authorities say they have no reason to believe any other individuals were involved. and, guys, yesterday, the mayor of nashville said at&t tata center may have been a target.

but so far federal authorities say they are working to find out a motive pack to you. will: covid-19 cases in the state of california are absolutely exploding. and oddly, this is happening as government lockdown measures are some of the strictest in the nation. take a look at the increase in covid cases in the state of california. in on december 6th, 1.3 million cases almost, almost 20,000 deaths. almost a month later on decembee exploded to 2.17 million with 24,000. north of 24,000 deaths in that state. again, that comes as california employs some of the strictest lockdown measures in the country. rachel, lawrence, i asked for research on this. i wanted to get the numbers. i want to compare this for you in just a moment here. this is what is happening in the state of california while california has 2.71 million cases the state of florida has

1.2 million cases. deaths are also lower in florida than they are in california. this is a comparison between two states who have employed two different reactions to the coronavirus. florida largely open. california largely closed. and you can't help but notice the correlation. even if you adjust that for population and density, florida is doing much better. so the question is obviously are lockdowns working? >> lawrence: no. they are not working. you have all these people that say trust the science. meanwhile, when you get the numbers about these states contact tracing, they don't follow that science. when you look at the restaurants and the schools that are being shut down, we have seen the numbers. it's really not causing that much transmission. do you know what does? the fact that when people stay at home and they invite all -- everyone at their house because they can't go out to the restaurants and have a nice dinner. we have seen about 70% of the

numbers be affected by people congregating and the only reason why people are doing that is because they can't go out. you would think that these governors have been saying believe the science all along would look at those numbers. rachel: yeah. speaking of numbers, my guess, i don't have the exact figures on it, but my guess is probably that florida has an older population that would be more vulnerable so the figures you gave, will, are even more '' illuminating about the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of lockdowns when you look at that we had dr. quan that ahmed on earlier. she is a pulmonologist and this is what she had to say about the effectiveness of lockdowns, we have locked down california a $3 trillion economy is completely immobilized and not producing the results that we would hope what's not mentioned

is lockdowns are also causing severe mental health. we know 1% rise in unemployment shoes up suicide. so the death that we're going to accumulate because of these lockdowns are going to be so disruptive. todd: you know, rachel and lawrence, i mentioned earlier the skepticism americans are earning towards portions of leadership, institutions and those that would make rules to society applies here as well. i don't know if you noticed this dr. fauci shifting the line on when america could reach herd immunity. started out something like 60%. now up to 80%. he is saying well, you know, we don't know that much. maybe that's the real take away in the end when it comes to lockdowns and every other edict coming down from on high. maybe we don't know that much and questions are very well placed at this time. we have got to go over to carley shimkus this morning because she have has more headlines for us. carley: los angeles entertainment many linked to the

nashville bomber. michelle swing an artist development director at aeg presents was given two houses by anthony quinn warner. both are located about 12 miles from nashville. swing cannot say whether she knew warner to other media outlets and denied any knowledge about the two homes. the manhunt continues for the suspect accused of shooting a pennsylvania police officer with a hidden gun while in custody. four people accused of helping kobe francis are now facing criminal charges. these two women along with two others are behind bars for hindering the apprehension. the manhunt has expand nod a neighboring state with a $15,000 reward being offered for information leading to francis' capture. the injured officer is expected to be okay. lori loughlin is serving her final hours at a california prison. the actress is expected to be released some time today after

two month behind bars. she was sentenced for her role in the college admissions cheating scandal. her husband is also serving time in prison. he is expected to be released in april. well, the times square ball is getting dressed up for the big drop. crews installing nearly 200 crystal panels on the giant orb over the weekend. all eyes will virtually be on the 12-foot spee on new year's eve. midtown will not be packed because of the pandemic of course. only 100 guests will be on hand in midtown to ring in 2021. all of them, guys, are frontline workers. which i think is a great idea. will: great idea if you want to go down. carley: i have never understood the appeal of that because it's freezing. will: me either. carley: no bathrooms that you could use. i had to do it with griff once. will: if griff is not there i'm not in. i have no interest in going to times square for new year's eve. that's not my agenda.

rachel: not my cup of tea. i would rather be in my house in front of a fireplace eating a steak which is what i normally do. will: thanksgiving the most under rated holiday on the calendar it's great. thanksgiving number one. close race fourth of july. will will new year's the most overrated on the calendar. rachel: 100 percent. will: some lawmakers are just a week away from challenging electoral college. mo brooks is leading that fight with here with what we can expect next. ♪

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later today house lawmakers will vote on a bill to boost stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000. let's bring in alabama congressman mo brooks now into "fox & friends." good morning, congressman. i would love to ask you now with the cody relief bill and government spending bill signed, what happens to president trump's other demands, the increase in covid-19 relief checks up to $2,000 and the government spending bill which apparently he has red lined and sent to congress and said we do not want these things in the bill. what happens to those demands now? >> well, that's a pretty good question. unfortunately arely, we have a lot of debt junkies in washington, d.c. on capitol hill both in the house and in the senate. so i would imagine that anything that spends more money, these folks are going to pass. that's just the nature of the beast here on capitol hill. and the senate chamber, house chamber, a majority of the members are debt junkies. the problem that we have to face at some point is this we have got a $27 trillion debt. and virtually all of this money that's being spent in this bill that was just passed that the

president signed last night is borrowed. it's money we don't have. we have to borrow to get. we can't afford to pay back. at some point in time we will have to have some financial responsibility rather than continue to rely on increasing the debt of the average american citizen. will: really quickly, congressman, is that point today? will you support the president's call to increase those checks from $600 to $2,000? had. >> someone has got to show me how we are going to pay for it? how far before we ultimately go into debilitating insolvency and bankruptcy that is going to do great damage to our country and more damage than covid-19 could have ever done. i don't think people understands what happens when a central government goes bankrupt but it's not pretty. it's dangerous. you can go down the list of countries that have gone through that process. venezuela right now being a glaring example. would he don't want to go there. but that's exactly where coming is going because we don't have enough congressman and senators with the courage to say no or to be financially responsible. on the second level, what it does is it continues to bail out

these economically devastating decisions by mayors and governors around the united states so shut down their economies intention nally. the united states has never in it history handled a pandemic this way. yet, this is what we are doing to ourselves and long term it's very bad. will: well, let me move on to something same page the president is on. that is a meeting you had last week with the president along with other lawmakers for last-minute election challenges. tell us what your strategy is going in i, i believe, to january 5th. >> the evidence is overwhelming and compelling that there has been serious voter fraud and election theft in this election and a number of different ways and i can detail them if you wish. it probably takes more time than you are allotting me. notwithstanding that there are dozens in the house of representatives who have reached that conclusion as i have are. we're going to sponsor and co-sponsor objections to the electoral college vote returns. michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, georgia, arizona, nevada, and maybe more depending on where we check tialy want to

go. the real issue is whether we are going to have any senators dog their homework who has studied what has transpired to the point where they understand as we do that there has been massive voter fraud and election theft unlike anything we have seen in american history. will: congressman, you are right. we are always under a time crunch when it comes to television and tight on time. i want to ask about critics when it comes to strategy. here is congressman adam kindinger republican. all this talk about a january 6th strategy is from other congressional drifters and president trump is simply explained. they will raise money and gain followers by blaming everybody else knowing full well they can't do anything. it's sad and it's an utter scam. what do you say to kins jerry and other critics. >> sad other republicans unwilling to do their homework and make tough decisions. unfortunately adam kins gear falls in that ball park. if he would do his it will homework he could either

surrender to the people who support voter fraud on election theft or fight for his country on this particular issue. there is nothing more important to a republic than having an election system that is honest and accurate. will everyone listening to my voice go to the 2005 commission on federal elections report co-sponsored or co-authored by democrat president jimmy carter and white house of chief of staff james baker. they identified the very same problems that we faced in this election. they warned us this was going to happen and for 15 years congress did nothing as this election was stolen just as they prophesied many. will: always tight on time wish we could follow up. appreciate you sharing your strategy and time with us this morning. >> thank you. will: are incredible reunion just in time for christmas. will will.

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♪ [officer, i've got a problem. [crying] [laughter] will: reunion warming hearts across the country. rachel: that's right, a military son surprising his police sergeant mom by coming home for christmas. lawrence lawrence to hear more on their reunion sergeant for the st. peters police demed samara church and damion oliver. sergeant church, i've got to ask you, what went through your mind when you saw your baby boy right there in front of you? >> i was ecstatic. i was very happy to see him. i didn't think i was going to see him until after the first of the year so to have him home and to have him right there i was

just blown away. very excited. will: private second class oliver tell us about the planning. i believe it's been since july that you have been home. you grad without your family present because of the coronavirus and the current state of our society. so you got to finally go home for christmas. tell me about the planning. >> so, i had to tell my sergeant that i wanted to go home and they were able to make it work because i was new to that post. they were like put in two weeks he notice ahead of time next time. got that finished. booked a flight. then i called my aunt so she could pick me up from the airport. and she was the only person at home that knew at the time. that was one of the key factors that helped me make the surprise better. when i got to her house, at like 5:00 in the morning. i stayed there for the rest of the morning because i was already tired. and we surprised my grandma that afternoon but the next day is when we surprised my mom in the

morning. so what we did was we were going to wait until she got home from work but she was taking too long so we decided we were going to go to her job anyway. so my grandma got ahold of the lieutenant so that we could set up this plan to say that somebody downstairs had a complaint. and so she goes downstairs and goes to the double doors and i'm i'll waiting around a corner just like waiting. and she -- and when i see her, i was like officer, i've got a problem. and that's when she obviously just melts right there. [laughter] rachel: well, sergeant church, you know, we are both moms. we spend a lot of time at christmas thinking about all the details. the gifts, et cetera. but really the real gift that we get from god is our families. what did it mean to you to have him home for christmas? >> it meant everything. my house has been completely

uprooted with him leaving. i understand he is doing important work for our country being in the military. with you, i have two younger kids and they have been missing their brother like crazy just like i have been missing him like crazy. so to have all my little pieces back together meant everything to me. will: we played this on "fox & friends" questioned dr. these videos are always amazing to see reunions and to see yours when you thought there was an incident downstairs sergeant church instead the incident happened to be the return of your son. we thank you both, sergeant church and private second class alder for your service and thanks for being with us today. >> thank you. thank you so much. thanks for having us. >> thank you. will: all right. speaking of hero police officers, how about those in nashville who risked their lives to save others? they spoke out yesterday and one of them thanked god for guiding him away from that rv. tennessee senator. >> martha: shah blackburn is here to thank those officers next

>> this is my truth and i literally hear god tell me to turn around and go check on are who was by herself down on broadway. as i'm stumbling, it rocked me that hard, start stumbling, i tell myself to stay on your feet. stay alive. i couldn't hear so i wases lost temporary hearing in my left ear. it was god. i'm not going to shy away from that. i truly believe that's what guided me in that sense because i was literally getting ready to walk back toward that rv. i'm not going to shy away from that because that's what saved my life. that's what got me to see my kids and my wife on christmas. and good to see are completely different meaning for me now. rachel: that was officer james wells who said he literally heard the voice of god we're going to bring in the senator marsha blackburn from the great state of tennessee to talk about the incident in nashville.

the bombing, the heroism of the police and much, much more. welcome senator blackburn and merry christmas. >> thank you, rachel. and same to you. thank you so much. and i have to tell you this press conference that those six officers did yesterday was pretty phenomenal. everyone should pull it up and watch it. because these six officers lewellyn, hosey, topping, are wells, sipos and miller did a phenomenal job. they saved lives. and they really humanized the police force so i encourage everyone to watch it. i don't see how anyone could say defund the police after listening to this press conference. the emotion. the caring the compassion the way they worked together as a team to save people that lived

in this area of the bombing it's definitely divine intervention had, senator. my little brother lives in nashville. many want answers. what do you know from a federal standpoint about the guy that committed this act? was this a part of any laundry roomer plot against a country? was he a domestic terrorist? what dupe and what can you tell the residents of tennessee about their safety? >> and, lawrence, i have been briefed by local, state, and federal officials. and, of course, have been in communication with the mayor, and also talked with the president. he loves tennessee and tennesseans has been very concerned. but, what we do know is that they are going through their due diligence. they convict quickly identified a bomber. it is good investigating work.

a good team effort. that they were able to find a part of that rv that led them to the registration. they are interviewing and investigating relationships. they are looking at will what some of his will affiliations may have been. and as we go through the next few days, i have no doubt that the team that is working on this is going to have additional information because right now we do have a known bomber positively identified through d.n.a. we do not have a motive. will: senator, you are absolutely right about that press conference yesterday. i would enurge do everyone as you said go watch that. you put it perfectly. humanized law enforcement, the individuals that put on that europe form. team work, faith, the emotions athey went through, the heroic choices they made.

watch that press conference if you haven't seen it already. before we go, senator, have to ask you about something very porpoise. that's the upcoming senate runoffs in georgia. you are in the senate. you know what's at stake. tell us how important it is for president trump to be campaigning for both david perdue and kelly loeffler to win on behalf of the republicans and what it means there in the senate, please. >> what it means for the senate is control of the senate, of course. and that is why everyone is so focused on be georgia, will. and i many a just really so pleased that the president is going to be on the ground january 4th in dalton, georgia to campaign for senators loeffler and perdue. because here is one of the things with ralph warnock, who is a radical liberal, a marxist and someone who has called for defunds the police, how can anyone in georgia vote for him if they watch that press

conference yesterday? and see what good police work is and why we need to honor these men and women who are that thin whether you line who are our first responders. and, of course, jon ossoff who is running -- has ties to china. he has done business with a media company that is owned in part by the chinese communist party. he didn't tell the voter of georgia about that before the primary then had to go amend his forms and then has tried to be back and forth as to what he got paid or if he got paid or how he got paid. and the chinese communist party has been far too cozy with some of the democrats and the chinese spy ring. we georgians are going to be watching that also. >> lawrence: georgia is watching the entire country is watching. i will be heading down there on sunday to cover for the fox news channel. senator, thank you so much for joining the program. will: thank you, senator.

>> thank you for having me. lawrence lawrence weather with adam klotz what have you got for us, adam? adam: good morning, lawrence and everyone. we are tracking another winter storm that's going to be sweeping across the country here over the next couple of days. currently just a rainstorm mostly over portions of southern california. this is the system we are watching though. this is going to be lifting up across the country. eventually tucker into a whole lot of snow, maybe some freezing rain for folks in the middle of the country. you see them stretching from california through the mountains and up to the great lakes region. chicago will be included in this by the time we get into wednesday. a big storm and something you have to pay attention to all the way into the middle of the week. here is our future forecast. you do see the south side of this storm constantly just rain if you are in the middle of it that's where you get the freezing rain in the northern side of this. that's where we see pretty much consistent snow in the midwest maybe some spot getting 4 to 8 inches. if you bar nook not mountains seeing as much as a foot to two feet of snow in higher elevations here is where it

ultimately comes down. line of snow stretching from the west all the way up into the great lakes reason from texas running north

carley: good morning, welcome back. a violent christmas weekend in chicago. the sun times reports at least 8 people have been shot and killed with 22 others injured in shootings from thursday to this morning. this includes a man attempting to rob a cell phone store saturday night. an employee with a concealed carry permit shot and killed the alleged robber. he died at the hospital. and the georgia teen serving two months behind bars for violating covid-19 restrictions in the

cayman islands is getting help from back home. republican senators kelly loeffler and david perdue is are asking for leniency. left quarantine tested negative to watch her boyfriend compete in a jet ski competition. the cayman island requires all travelers to isolate for two weeks. rachel? rachel: thank you, carley. christmas might be over but that doesn't mean we can't keep celebrating. fox nation streaming several must-see christmas movies. take a look. >> why is christmas constantly such a big deal at the white house? it's a national tradition so i think it plays into really getting the first family into the holiday spirit along with the rest of the country so it's a real point of unit are. it's also an opportunity to an to show off the white house. we always talk about how the white house is the people's house. rachel: here is more is fox nation host kacie mcdonnell. we all like to curl up on the

couch around christmas time and watch movies. tell us which onc ones we shouln fox nation. >> shameless plug right off the top. i sat down with a few win women who are so familiar with what christmas at the white house looked like. and yes we have seen pictures. we see the tree alivening. but you have no idea the amount of effort and the manpower and woman power that goes into decorating the white house. they have two days to set up at a warehouse at undisclosed location and i found all this out white house christmas available now on fox nation. they have two days to throw everything into the white house and get it set up and if they are missing a strand of garland or some lights, that's it. they have got to figure it out which is great. good news. i know christmas is over. it came so quickly. you can watch this, get some ideas because all that christmas stuff is on sale right now. you also can shop right now for maybe a white house christmas ornament, take a look. >> this year the official white house ornament represents president john f. kennedy and it

is a copy of his official white house portrait which was done by artist erin shingleton ler. >> is jackie on the ornament. >> jackie herself is not on the ornament but a statement from jackie kennedy on the back of the ornament and it states that the white house belongs to the american people. rachel: i have been to the white house at christmas time for parties a couple times and i have to tell you there is nothing more spectacular than seeing what they do there. it's amazing. tell us about the movies that you have on fox nation. white house christmas, christmas in the rockies, binge crosby's mary ole christmas. lumberjack theme a little close to my heart. my husband is a lumberjack. >> i love that. this is so cool. christmas in the rockies, familiar faces. you will receive ainsley and steve on there. but it follows katie and she has a little bit of a family

tragedy. she is taking care of the family business. has to end enter the lumberjack ask competition which no woman in her family has ever ever' done before. can she pete the odds and save the family business and find a really cute emt along the way. you have got to watch. it's so good. rachel: it has that lumberjack theme. i think it's worth watching and of course you will get to see ainsley and steve doocy as well. thanks for joining us, casey and telling us all about it. go on to fox nation to catch those wonderful christmas shows. we have a big show still ahead here. congresswoman elise stefanik. congressman elect byron mcdonald and ben domenech. stay with us ♪ jingle bells ring ♪ bushels of fun ♪ now the (kids laughing) (dog barking)

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finding the right words can be tough.n it comes to autism, finding understanding doesn't have to be. we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org. >> lawrence: we begin with a fox news alert president trump signing the massive $2.3 trillion spending bill which includes $900 billion in coronavirus relief. rachel: the press' signature averting a shutdown as well as getting much-needed aid to struggling americans. will: and thad the house expected to vote on a bill that could bring $2,000 in direct stimulus payments welcome to fox & friends will cain along with rachel campos-duffy and our friend lawrence jones filling in and joined by lucas tomlinson. >> good morning, will, crisis

avoided, president trump signing that massive $2.3 trillion spending bill including 900 billion in emergency relief after facing mounting pressure from lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in a statement president trump saying, "i will sign the omnibus and covid package with a strong message that makes clear to congress that wasteful items need to be removed. i will send back to congress a red line version item by item, accompanied by the formal recession of request to congress insisting those funds be removed from the bill. " lawmakers are likely to ignore the president's request to cut spending here is what's in the bill. it $600 per person direct payment, an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits for 11 weeks, 284 billion in funding for the paycheck protection program, and extending the eviction moratorium but democrats want $2,000 cash payments, and the president's supports that many senate republicans are not on board.,

which they aren't on board because of course they think there's a massive debt crisis and also, if federal employees are still getting their paycheck s and they never lost one, why are they getting more paychecks. in a statement senate majority leader mitch mcconnell did not address the president's request to cut spending "i applaud president trump's decision to get hundreds of billions of dollars of crucial covid-19 relief out the door and into the hands of american families as quickly as possible. " nancy pelosi saying "the signing of the bipartisan coronavirus relief legislation is welcome news for the 14 million americans who just lost the life line of unemployment benefits on christmas weekend. and for the millions more struggling to stay afloat during this historic pandemic and economic crisis. house lawmakers will return to washington today to vote on those $2,000 checks but senate republicans say that bill is dead on arrival. lawrence, rachel, will? >> lawrence: thanks lucas let's bring in new york gop congresswoman elise stefanik. congresswoman thanks so much for joining the program. what are your thoughts on the president signing this bill

and do we have a commitment for our audience that you plan on voting for the extra $2,000 to go back to americans? >> well first of all i want to give the president for signing the covid relief bill, it was attached to the appropriations bill which is why the price tag was too high. the president is right that it was imperfect, and the main reason why it was an imperfect bill is because nancy pelosi dragged her feet and politicized passing the covid relief bill before the election. she even said so herself. she didn't want to give president trump the win so i'm glad he signed it and i'm also glad he sent back his recisions and proposals for what he should cut in order to save in terms of our overall spending. when it comes to the $2,000 checks it's important to remember that the $600 is not per family it's per individual and per child. i am open to the $2,000 checks. that is not the only aspect of the bill nancy pelosi is bringing to the floor today. she is well-known for loading it up with partisan provisions but

again, we're in this situation of crisis because of nancy pelosi politicizing this. her refusal to deliver covid relief because most of the provisions were buy whether it's the paycheck protection program, the support for hospitals or vaccination distribution, those were bipartisan agreements we could have gotten done earlier this year had it not been for speaker pelosi. >> lawrence: so not an endorsement on that $2,000, congresswoman? >> i want to see what's actually in speaker pelosi's bill. i am open and i believe we need to provide relief directly to americans, but she always tends to put in partisan language like earlier this year when she wanted to provide stimulus payments to illegal immigrants. i want to see exactly where that $2,000 is going. i'm certainly open to it because i believe that many americans are in dire need of relief. the $600 well for some families that may work but for other families they are going to need more support and what i'm really proud of president trump is he's been a tireless advocate for the

american people keeping them at the forefront of making sure that the relief goes directly to them, rather than continuing on the status quo of failed programs that nancy pelosi tried to add into the bill. rachel: congresswoman, in the last speaker election, nancy pelosi lost 15 democrats, 15 of them did not vote for her. coming into this election, on january 3, we know that representative-elect corey bush and jamal bowman have both sort of dodged questions or failed to say yes i'm going to vote for nancy pelosi, so she may lose those two votes. alexandria ocasio-cortez also said we need more different leadership that our leadership is too old. if people get sick from covid on the democrat side, she could lose both that way, the majority is very slim, so what do you think? do you think she's going to become the next speaker of the house? what are the chances of maybe

speaker mccarthy becoming the next person. >> i'm so glad you asked that question. i have thought for weeks that nancy pelosi's speakership is in peril, and there's a few reasons why. number one her majority is so slim as you pointed out. she can only lose three to four votes of that speakership. that means there are a number of members who voted against her last time that have to vote for her. in addition it's not just the socialist far left progressives like aoc, jamal bowman and others withholding their votes but also some of the middle of the road democrats, like conor lamb, who promised their constituents they would never vote for nancy pelosi but i know their arms are going to be twisted. you know, when i first got to congress it was during speaker b oehner's speakership and then speaker ryan and now speaker pelosi and in many cases i've learned that not necessarily there's another individual who can get to the 218 votes. it's when a speaker can no longer deliver the 218 votes

that are needed. i don't think she has the juice to get it done. i believe that her speakership is in peril, and those members if they withhold their votes there will be a new generation of leadership on the democratic side. what's interesting to me is this story is not being told in the mainstream media, which makes me think that's how perilo us her speakership is because they never want to acknowledge weakness when it comes to nancy pelosi. they writing these very bias headlines, but i think her speakership is very much in peril versus kevin mccarthy has a unified support from the republican conference, and we are excited to vote for kevin mccarthy for speaker. will: she certainly has a slim margin and that raises the questions about what could happen in the coming weeks when it comes to the house speakership but there's no doubt there's a transformation taking place in the democratic party. what will happen to members, for example, of the "squad." they've largely been reactionary against president trump.

will the far left of that party continue to play on outside role congresswoman, i would suspect the answer to that question largely lies in georgia, where i know you're headed. at least when it comes to the senate where you have those runoff races, and i would suspect the outcome of those define exactly how far left congress will go in the next couple of years. >> you're exactly right. i seen in new york, among democrats, as well as democrats in washington, that aoc and the far left really have control over the party, essentially nancy pelosi has to go to aoc to get her okay to bring any legislation to the floor and that's only going to grow with a slim margin. when it comes to georgia, what we don't want to see is a far left senate, like i've experienced in the far left house, controlled by nancy pelosi. chuck schumer, i see it in new york state, he is far left. he wants medicare for all which is government takeover and healthcare, higher taxes, a gun ban, green new deal which would decimate our curl communities causing skyrocketing energy

prices and it is all on the line in georgia which is why i'm going down there tomorrow. i will be in augusta making sure that we're turning out the vote. there's early vote in georgia happening right now, so make sure if you live in georgia that you turn out to voterly and you can go so until december 30 or january 1 in some parts of the state, but it's all on the line on january 5 in georgia >> lawrence: real quick, congresswoman. there has been some allegations of people on the ground suggesting to georgia people because of the president's dispute and legal battle with georgia that republicans not show up for this election. what would you tell the people of georgia and those people that are putting that out there in the atmosphere? >> well, the president certainly has the right to pursue legal recourse and there are questions as to how the election was conducted in states like georgia, pennsylvania, north carolina, and michigan; however, this senate race is all on the line. if you want to stand against a socialist takeover of the united states senate, it is imperative

that georgians turn out to vote. this is going to be a turn out game. if republicans turn out we win georgia and that means republicans hold the senate which will be a block on speaker pelosi or whoever the democratic far left speaker is, far left progressive. we need to make sure that we hold a republican senate to stand up for american values but certainly georgia values that are capitolists, that make sure every american has equal opportunity, and that we believe in the constitution, so every george an needs to turn out to vote. i know it's frustrating after the presidential election. i was proud to be a surrogate for president trump and strongly support him and he's going to continue that legal recourse and he has a right to do so but georgians have to turn out on that january 5 election. rachel: well there certainly is a lot on the line, congresswoman we thank you for joining us, merry christmas, and happy new year. >> happy holidays. merry christmas. rachel: to another big story this morning, new video shows the terrifying moments an rv explodes in nashville

christmas day, and charles watson joins us live in nashville, as federal authorities are now searching for a motive. reporter: good morning, guys. that's right. federal authorities are trying to figure out a motive behind the christmas day bombing here in nashville as this investigation moves at a rapid pace. federal authorities identifying 63-year-old anthony quinn warner as the suspect, who officials say intentionally blew up his rv in the downtown area, using a vehicle identification number found at the blast site. law enforcement say they were able to quickly identify warner. that led the fbi and atf to the suspect's home in antioch, tennessee, a suburb south of nashville, where agents were able to collect and positively match dna with human remains found at the blast site this morning, six nashville police officers are being called heros. the officers are putting their lives on the line to get residents away from the rv moments before it

exploded. >> i'm a spiritual person and so i truly believe that when i do this job i'm led by that voice, how i treat people, how i go about doing this job every day. i'm not going to shy away from that because that's what saved my life. that's what got me to see my kids and my wife on christmas. reporter: and the city of nashville says areas near the blast site will slowly begin to open up in the coming days but you can see the explosion causing some serious damage to at least 41 buildings in the area. authorities say they have no reason at this time to believe any other individuals involved and guys, the fbi continues to ask the public to get in contact with them specifically if they have tips about the suspect so they can try to get to the bottom of why this all happened. back to you. will: that's a big question, charles, why. what's the motive and we're focusing in on an individual now why becomes the question. thanks so much. all right we have a few additional headlines though for

you this morning and for that we'll check in with carley shimkus. >> yes, listen to this. a tennessee man is under arrest for playing a similar message as that christmas day bomber in nashville, from his white box truck. the scare shutting down a busy highway, first responders using a robot to investigate the truck to make sure there were no explosives. the man now faces two felony charges. >> the white house covid testing czar says every american will have access to a vaccine by june admiral brett jarar adding they will also work against the new strain. >> it is not anymore serious than the normal strains of covid ; however, it does appear to be more transmissible. reporter: meanwhile astrazeneca 's chief says their vaccine will also prevent the new strain and the uk government is expected to approve it this week. >> jennifer aniston fans are coming to a defense over the

backlash of a christmas ornament. the friends star posted this picture on instagram of an ornament reading "our first pandemic." some are accusing her of making light of the situation but many online are also bringing up her posts throughout the pandemic highlighting small businesses and urging people to wear masks. >> on to football in week 16 in the nfl, lambeau field looking like a winter wonderland as the packers crush the titans 40-14, aaron rogers having a field day with four touchdowns and the seahawks clench the nfc west title with a win over the rams. >> and they convert wilson ends on hollister, touchdown! >> well that connection helping seal seattle's 20-9 victory in the meantime ben roethlisberger with three time touchdown strike s to help snap a three game losing streak and pittsburgh winning the afc north title and

meanwhile jacksonville fans applaud the bears in their 41-17 win and the jags lost means they clench the first overall pick in the 2021 draft. and the cowboys eliminate the first nfc east team from playoff contention, the eagles. dallas winning at home 37-17. so congratulations to all the cowboys fans out there. i believe there are two on the screen right now. will: should we feel proud about what are they now a 6-9 team being in the playoffs? >> lawrence: not too happy about that but anytime i get to see jillian mele and jessie waters in anguish over their silly eagles getting defeated by my cowboys i'm happy. will: can i say one more thing about that jennifer aniston story? this is fascinating. i think we've turned into a nation of critics, like we sit online and look at someone's christmas decorations and have something to say about it as though that makes us better than them?

in the meantime, somebody like dave portnoy steps up and takes action to help people. in short, we're a nation of virtue signalers and instagram critics. what are we doing with ourselves rachel: it's so true. >> great point. rachel: absolutely even jennifer aniston can get canceled in 2020 >> lawrence: too much to do at home that's why. will: thanks carlie. businesses literally left in pieces in the aftermath of the nashville bombing. one couple had not one but two businesses damaged in the explosion and they join us, next. the new myww+ gives you more of what you need to help you lose weight! more simplicity with the what's in your fridge? recipe feature. and more motivation with on-demand workout classes. the new myww+. lose weight on us this winter! get three months free! to customizes yourcan gocar insurancetual.comwinter! so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah!

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will: welcome back. investigators are still searching for a motive behind the christmas morning nashville bombing. more than 40 businesses were damaged in that explosion.

one nashville couple is now rebuilding from the ground-up, after the bombing destroyed both of their small businesses. joining us now are the owners of simply the best, $10 boutique and ensemble in nashville, sandy and jeff lee. thank you both for being with us this morning. not one but two businesses destroyed in this bombing and as i understand it that's just the latest in things you had to deal within 2020 from storms to riots to lockdowns, to reduction in the economy from coronavirus. this is the latest punch. >> yes its been quite a year. the year started with a tornado that hit nashville downtown and proceeded to take a swath through many of the suburbs and followed by six weeks of lockdown for coronavirus and then of course the george floyd riots and protests took place

which always take place on north 2nd avenue as it goes up to public square, and so its been quite a year. will: yeah, sandy, i know you haven't been able to get downtown, i understand, because it's still sealed off. do you know the destruction to your businesses so far? >> right, we are told it'll be seven to 10 days before we can possibly get down there, it depends upon the stability of the buildings, but we really learned a day ago someone sent us some pictures of an angle that we haven't seen and really it just took our breath away because one building is completely collapsed and the other storefront is destroyed, and that was a reality moment. >> there will be no rebuilding. will: there will be no rebuilding, geff? >> at that location, there will be no rebuilding. the building pre-dates civil war and structurally, if you look at

the footage, its collapsed in on each other, and we do not have any optimism that that location will be available to us. will: i'm sorry to hear that. we talk so much about the heroism of the officers and the human lives that were saved but obviously, there was cost to the business lives of so many there in nashville. how did you hear about it, geff, about the explosion and its affect on your businesses? >> well, ironically it was christmas morning, and that's normally when i'm at the store restocking and gathering the deposits, but at 4:00 a.m., i was out smoking a briskett, and sandy came out running and said there had been an explosion downtown, so the lord was with us. will: tell me, sandy, if you wouldn't mind, please, what's been the reaction from your neighbors and your community and where do you plan to go next with these businesses? >> overwhelming, honestly from people that have shopped with us , from strangers, from the

public, from friends, from neighbors, and i honestly have to almost stay off of it right now because that's when i really get weapy is when i see the amazing out pore from people, if i stick from not being on but the love that has come out has been amazing and we think that's what's going to generate our future is this outpouring from people. will: in fact that's begun to happen i understand you have a gofundme which by the way is on the fox & friends.com web page which you can find and i have it here that you've raised so far $14,000 in support for your businesses. again, there is such support out there, such community effort, such love as you pointed out and we know its been a tough year, 2020 has been tough and we're sorry to hear this is the latest punch you've had to suffer, again human lives have been saved but business lives have been lost and we wish you two both the very best with both of

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>> lawrence: welcome back. today illinois begins vaccinations at some nursing home and long term care facilit ies but jeff flock with our sister network, fox business , joins us live at a facility in rockford, illinois, that won't get it until at least february, as logistic issues prevent access for rural areas. jeff what do you got? reporter: welcome to the halls of what's called heritage woods out here about 99 maybe 100 residents live here, and although as you point out, they're starting vaccinations today, this facility an i've got jackieo'keefe here with me, the administrator, they're telling you not until when? >> it looks like four to six

weeks out. reporter: how is that? that's a long way out. i mean, they're starting today in the state they're going to take that long? >> yeah, its been shared with us that yes, long term care is under the first phase; however we're assisted living, which means they'll take care of the long term care skilled facilities first and then move on to assisted living. reporter: but you're still under a lockdown here, if i'm right. it looks like this is a place where people would eat that you can't do that anymore, i mean, this be you'd think one of the first places you'd want to inoculate people. >> yes, you would think so especially with the mortality rate of 10%, about a 2% difference from skilled. i think that yeah, it's extreme ly important to allow our residents to reclaim their sense of joy. reporter: and people here, just to be clear, people here want the vaccine, right? some some places in rural areas, people are vaccine averse or concerned about it.

your residents want the vaccine. >> yeah, since the very beginning of december, we have been focusing on education and i'm getting vaccinated campaign. reporter: jacki, i appreciate it we'll be here all day, both on the fox news channel and the fox business network. you know this is going to be a long process, maybe longer than anybody would like it to be, and we'll keep an eye on it. back to you folks. >> lawrence: thanks, jeff, important story as we know those are vulnerable so excellent reporting, thank you. rachel over to you. rachel thank you, lawrence. well, despite a new class of progressives heading to congress , democratic insiders reportedly predicting that the squad is likely to become a thing of the past. one senior capitol hill staffer telling the new york post, i think the idea of the squad is going to go away, and i think that it's going to be fascinating to see how aoc shares the spotlight of progressivism. our next guest recently won a gop seat in florida, and he's

headed to d.c. as part of the freedom force, a group of new congress members countering the actions of the democrat party. congressman-elect byron donalds joins me now, welcome congressman-elect. >> good morning, rachel how are you? rachel: so what do you think? is the squad and aoc, who have been so powerful, up until this moment, are they going to have less power in the new congress despite having bigger numbers in their squad? >> absolutely, i think they are and number one reason is because their policies have failed. if you were going to try socialism in america, you had your chance in covid-19 and look at what we've seen. we've seen business owners not be able to operate. we've seen governors act with i mpunity, we've seen voter s go against candidates trying to defund the police. we've seen a situation where republicans have won more seats and state legislatures and in congress so even though they might have more members of their squad or democrats or whatever you want to call it their power is diminished because the

american people don't want what they're selling, people want freedom and opportunity and a stable rule of law and they want a growing economy. that's what i support, that's what members of the freedom force supports and frankly what the republican party supports. rachel: so tell us about this freedom force, because you're sort of like the counter to these socialists and communists in congress. tell us what you plan to do to counter all the measures they plan to put in place. >> the number one thing we plan on doing is pushing forward a conservative agenda. one, based upon low taxes and low regulation. if you look at what president trump did over his four years, the last four years, what he's done is lower taxes, he lowered regulation. he allowed people to actually operate in commerce. he allowed businesses to thrive and flourish. we want to support our constitution. we want to make sure we uphold it. we don't want to grow the federal government anymore than it already is. it's too big already. it needs to shrink so people can thrive. it's pushing forward that kind of an agenda, that's how you battle the left. that's how you battle the squad in my opinion.

rachel: i'd say certainly that in florida you're setting a different tone than other democrat states on how to handle covid and the balance between safety and health and freedom. so, i really appreciate you joining us on the programmed to, congressman-elect byron donalds, good luck going to d.c. in just a few days here. so thank you. merry christmas and happy new year. >> happy new year to you, rachel, thank you. rachel: thank you. bernie sanders slamming joe biden for his cabinet picks saying his picks aren't left enough. we've got ben domenech from the federalist next to weigh in. stay with us. >> ♪ ♪ new projects means new project managers.

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>> what i have said many many times is the progressive movement itself probably is 35 or 40% of the democratic coalition, and i believe that the progressive movement deserves seats in the cabinet, that has not yet happened. >> lawrence: wow let's bring in ben domenech, publisher of the federalist. ben, is the civil war brewing between the progressives and the moderate democrats right now >> well, i think it all has to do with your definition of moderate, which has changed significantly over the years. i mean, if you look back at what a moderate meant at the beginning of joe biden's career, it was a completely different animal than what it means today, so when bernie sanders says he doesn't believe that there are enough progressives in joe biden 's cabinet, he's correct to a degree because there aren't the kind of progressives he'd like. that doesn't mean the cabinet itself isn't radical on a number of different points. i'd argue this is probably the

most pro-abortion cabinet that we've seen put forward, ever, under any first-term president and that's something that i think we have to be cognizant of when we evaluate all of these different cabinet choices, that they really do represent the shift that's happened in the democratic party overall. now, bernie is right. he would like to have some people at the table who prioritize those class issues instead of the woke radicalism that we see from a number of these nominees, but i think he'll still end up with a few token choices there, at the end of the day. will: good morning, ben. you know, i take a look at some of the characterizations of joe biden, like that from the new york times, that calls him a centrist and i just wonder, ben, how useful that type of title is for joe biden. i think about the coming, let's say 10 years, and we're going to have debates about free speech and censorship and foreign wars and free-trade and i just think how useful is it to think in 2014 terms? so i don't know what joe biden is because i don't know what the center of america is right now, and so i hear bernie

sanders, ben, say 35-40% of the left be progressive. do you think that number is right? is that where it shifted? >> i'm not sure that that's correct, in terms of his exact number but i'll tell you this. i'm surprised the new york times isn't calling joe biden the conservative which is what he be if he was actually writing on the pages of the new york times. they've shifted so far to the left that i don't think they could view anyone whose still, you know, goes to a catholic church as being a centrist and that's really, i think, a statement about the addition of all of this crew of younger, more woke, more radical people, who are prioritizing issues of identity politics and race, and things of that nature, as opposed to maybe the economic concerns that used to progressives along the lines of the generation of bernie sanders and those like him, and i do think that that's going to create a lot of points of conflict between the different priorities that the progressives might have, and i think that satisfying them is going to be something that the biden administration tries to do with identity politics, as opposed to

actually meeting them where they are, on a number of different areas such as big tech where they might take, you know, a more anti-business view from the perspective of the new york times. rachel: welcome, ben. this is rachel. we had elise stefanik on, a couple other republican congressman on this morning. many of them saying they think that nancy pelosi's speakership is in peril. want you to take a listen to this video clip and tell me what you think on the other side. >> will you vote for nancy pelosi as speaker? >> what i'm going to do is make sure that the voices of the people of st. louis are heard, and that we have what we need, and so you'll find out then. >> you will find out when my vote is tallied and again, organizing with our community to figure out what's best. rachel: ben, the election is on january 3. what do you think will happen? >> nancy pelosi is a lot less popular within her own conference than she is in the washington press corps.

they may sing her praises and view her as being always in the right, but the fact is that she's mismanaged her leadership in this second go-around as speaker and now she's in a position where those progressives that have been added to the congress over the last couple of months, they are going to come in with, i think, a lot of demand of pelosi to try to meet them half way on certain things, to maybe give them some opportunities they might otherwise get and pelosi is going to have a tough time trading things with them offer ing them things that they want because of how narrow her margin truly is. it's something that has shocked the system for washington democrats. will: i think you're right. i think the left is going to have debates that define what it means to be on the left over identity politics, over censorship, potentially, and less about economic issues. we'll see what that means to be a leftist, to be a progressive in the coming years as will, by the way, as republicans redefine themselves so i don't know how to ask this question i was just told this okay? this is how it works in the morning. ben wants to go at will and lawrence for that matter, who

are cowboy fans which i don't get it, ben because the cowboys won yesterday, your team, the one without a mascot the washington football team lost, so why do you want to talk about this this morning? >> look, guys. this is 2020 and in that type of year, this is the year that everyone should be rooting for the dumpster fire that is washington to make it into the playoffs. nothing more fitting than having a coach who get cancer, their best quarterback basically going around on one leg, you know, the amount of disaster that this team represents is perfectly fitting for this year, in which exceptional disasters has happened, as opposed to just a normal run of the mill disaster which is andy dalton getting bounced in the first round of the playoffs. this is the year for the dumpster fire, the washington dumpster fire root for them. will: so you came on this morning to appeal to this in the wake of a loss for your team and a win for ours play to the heartstrings, you've got yes, two very inspiring stories, ron rivera and alex smith, play to that for us to let go of our life-long

affiliation and join you in washington. >> [laughter] i'm telling you, it's the year. it's no more fitting year than 2020 for this kind of team in particular, to have some success , get into the playoffs and i'm sure ultimately get an nfc team. >> lawrence: they're more cowboys fans in washington than there are washington fans. so again, good luck to them though, love you, ben. >> thank you, both. see you. >> lawrence: let's toss it to carlie for headlines. reporter: i have a sad update to bring you here a seven-year-old georgia girl has died from injuries when she was shot earlier in the week, while christmas shopping with her family. the journal constitution reports kennedy maxi was in the car when she was shot in the back of the head. police say the bullet came from a shooting in a nearby parking lot. meanwhile, atlanta mayor getting slammed for the surge of violence in her city.

this year has been reportedly the deadliest since 1998 with 154 homicides. >> air travel setting a record during the coronavirus pandemic. tsa screening almost 1.3 million people sunday. the most since march 15. at least 1 million people have been screened in six of the last 10 days. more than 3 million people went through security from christmas day to yesterday, but despite sunday's highs, it's still half of the number of people screened from the same day last year. >> the houston texans fell to the bengals sunday to a painful 4-11 record. houston star jj watts frustration boil ing over at a post-game rant >> there are people every week that still treat you, that still come up to you and say hey, we're still rooting for you, we're still behind you. they have no reason whatsoever to, we think.

reporter: well,watt ranting against the teams lack of professionalism calling this season the most difficult in his career. >> and did you see this , a reunion warming hearts nationwide, a military son surprising his police sargent mom by coming home for christmas st. peter's burgess owens police sargent samora church joined us earlier on what private second class surprisement to her. >> everything. my house has been completely up rooted with him leaving. i understand he's doing important work for our country being in the military, but i have two younger kids and they've been missing their brother like crazy just like i've been missing him like crazy reporter: how great is that? her son left for basic training in july. those are your headlines, guys and a good story to end off on. will: absolutely. >> lawrence: beautiful. will: let's check in on the weather across this country with adam klotz. >> adam: hey, good morning guys i'm tracking a winter storm that's going to be sweeping across across the middle of the

country over the next couple of days beginning in southern california, not typically a place where we talk about winter weather but it's going to be on the move and lift in colder air so you're seeing rounds of showers beginning to run up along the west coast, that is going to be the system we're paying attention to and we're already beginning to see some of these winter storm watches and warnings stretching from california all the way across the plains getting up into great lakes region up towards chicago, where eventually you'll see snow in some cases freezing rain, and here is our future forecast and we'll put it into motion for you , from by the time you get going tonight we'll start to see some of that snow particularly across the mountains and plains, before eventually working its way up into the upper midwest. where is it going to be rain, where is it going to be snow? this is the math i'll leave you with that's where the colder air lies. some of these areas particularly when you get in the midwest maybe up around chicago 4-8 inches of snow is on the way , again guys heading there from now getting into the middle of the week so think wednesday. back out to you. will: snow and rain. rachel: thank you, adam. oh, i'm sorry go ahead, will.

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will: now this is a nice change of pace. the tables are turning for a local restaurant owner after his son took to social media to draw support for his 25-year-old business hit hard by the pandemic. >> lawrence: the post reading in part, "anyone who knows my dad knows he would give you his shirt off his back. he puts in 80-100 hours a week. in march we lost over $100,000 when covid hit. since then, we've lost money every month. i'm not here to ask for pity. i'm asking if we've ever taken good care of you and you have the means to do so, we would love to have you back to dine with us. " here now to tell us more of their story, owners of high tide , mike teratik and his son, brennan. welcome to the program, guys. >> good morning. >> good morning, thank you so much for having us. >> lawrence: a passionate post

what inspired you to do that for your dad? >> well, you know, i could see that his mood has not been what it typically is around the whole pandemic and i could tell that he was really stress ing and i've worked for him for , since the day i turned 16, so i've really been able to see how hard he works and how much time he puts in behind the scenes that people don't really get to see when you go out to eat, and really, all i wanted to do was share who he is and just let people know what he's done to make his dream happen, and what the reality looks like for us, and so many others during these times. will: yeah, brennan, i think the story here is how social media can be used for good and the turnaround, it's helping your family's business but first to set the stage, mike, tell us what business has been like through the pandemic. what was the low point. are you still there? >> well the low point, when they closed us down st. patty's day on march in florida, we're

doing about 30% of what we usually did to takeout and delivery service, but people were coming in and supporting us and we were working and keeping all employed. i had a rainy day fund, which came in very very handy to keep all my employees, and its picked up, but we went to 25% in florida, and we were at 50% of what our sales were and then we went to 50% and we're still, we were still only about 60-65% of sales from last year, but the last two weeks, i got the best marketing guy in the world sitting next to me. we were booming. people are coming out and they're just basically good people. >> lawrence: mike, this is a story that a lot of businesses are experiencing all across the country. what would you say to the representatives in this country

that are enacting these laws, that impact you and other businesses? >> i would say save the small business, because that's the backbone of america. big businesses and corporations have the capital to stay and weather big storms but the small guy is the one that's going to hurt. i'm sorry. will: i'm sorry, mike i want to go back to you if i have a minute here, brennan because i'm one that's become very skeptical of social media. i see a lot of negativity used, i see it used for the wrong purposes but here is the story where it's being used for the opposite. you have gone to your community, your friends, you've gone to facebook, and you've managed, as your dad just said, in two weeks, to rebound this business. tell us how you did that. >> yeah, you know, i've been getting a lot of people giving me credit and everything but really, all i did was share my story of my dad and what i see behind the scenes on a daily

basis, so, really, i had no idea that we would receive the amount of outreach and support that we have from the post. you know, my phone gets blown up getting messages, e-mails. i had about 1,000 people to get back to. we sold a ton of gift cards. will: it's really awesome, i'm sorry to cut you guys off we have a commercial break but what a story of positive, thank you so much, guys more fox & friends moments away. ♪ sanctuary music (kids laughing) ♪ upbeat tempo ♪ sanctuary music it's the final days of the wish list sales event sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment.

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>> that does it for us on "fox and friends." bye-bye. >> we will see you all week! >> see you tomorrow. >> a fox news alert, police releasing video of that massive explosion that left three people injured and heavily damaged dozens of buildings christmas morning. authorities say 63-year-old i.t. specialist was behind the bombing and that he died at the scene. the focus shifts to what his motive might have been. good morning to you, i'm jon scott. >> great to be with you and everybody at home, i'm gillian turner, sandra smith is off. that bomber has been identified early friday morning, and rv parked outside counted a warning to urge people to back away and then exploded.