♪ jillian: one music superstar's young daughter proves the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. "fox and friends first" continues. ♪ ♪ what it says in the papers ♪ todd: we have given away who that is. i shared a nice moment playing billy joel with my little ones. going through wedding songs. jillian: she was just born. todd: you know i am our planner. you are watching "fox and friends first" this wednesday morning. jillian: begin here, $600 stimulus checks going out in the mail as mitch mcconnell blocks a vote for the plan of $2,000 payment.

todd: lucas tomlinson says support is growing for the stimulus boost. >> reporter: donald trump's treasury secretary, second ramsden was checks ship out to millions of americans via direct deposit last night. in the senate the increase the payments to $2,000 hit a snag. >> the president highlighted 3 additional issues of national significance we would like to see congress tackle together. the senate will begin the process to bring these priorities into focus. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell blocking a unanimous vote on the $2,000 stimulus checks questioned by the president. he lump them into two other proposals the president wanted, repealing section 230 to protect big tech, forming an advisory committee that will study the results of the 2020 elections, democrats call this proposal poison pills. >> leader mcconnell holds the key to unlocking this dilemma.

the solution is a simple one. put both bills up for simple up or down vote and let the chips fall where they may. >> reporter: bernie sanders doubling down on his plan to filibuster the vote to override the veto on a massive defense bill, the senate votes to increase stimulus checks. >> the house did the right thing. i congratulate them. now it is time for the senate to step up to the plate. and do what the working families of this country overwhelmingly want us to do. >> reporter: both gop candidates in georgia with the $2,000 checks along with supporters of the president, twee 7 more republican votes are needed for the filibuster to join democrats are expected to vote for the measure, and outcomes that does not seem likely to pass the 60 vote threshold. the irs says if you don't

receive direct deposit by early january check your mail for paper check or debit card, paper check start shipping today. jillian: thank you. todd: georgia's republican senators happy to stand with donald from to get more relief. to struggling americans. >> this is absolutely appropriate. i support what the president is doing. >> i stood by the president 100% of the time and i said absolutely we need to get relief to americans now. todd: rafael warknocks his voters cannot trust kelly leffler saying, quote, unemployment relief, waited nearly 9 months to take any action when georgians lost their jobs. the runoff elections less than one week away. 2.3 million people. jillian: georgia's secretary of state cracking down on political groups looking to campaign as voters stand in line at polling locations. calling on county officials to

enforce the 150 foot buffer zone. a federal judge two of the state's counties cannot invalidate voter registrations based on unverified registration, that ruling handed down by judge leslie abrams, the sister of gubernatorial candidate stacy abrams. they asked her to recuse herself from the case but she declined. todd: doug collins has reminder for voters. next week's runoff impacted a whole lot more than politics in the peach state. >> i know bad theology and rafael warknock is not consistent, john ossoff has too many ties to the chinese communist party and the liberal left. what we see is becoming clear. the distinction is clear. we will get purdue and kelly letter, or two radical liberals who are not connected to georgia

or the values we see across our state. jillian: congresswoman stephan act, strong surrogate for both candidates has this morning about control of the senate for chuck schumer. >> every voter should know we made significant investments. every vote matters and we need to make sure every republican voter turns out. we can't hand control of the senate to chuck schumer. i see in new york how radical far left he is. he's not represent mainstream america. he doesn't represent my district or mainstream georgia. every vote will matter in this race. >> reporter: donald trump heads to dalton, georgia on january 4th to rally support for the republican candidates. todd: a fox news alert, louisiana congressman elect luke letlow has died from covid-19, just 10 days after he tested positive for the virus. the congressman elect was just 41 years old, leaves behind his wife and two young children,

first member or member elect of congress to die from coronavirus, one of 7000 people that died in louisiana. jillian: he was said to be confirmed this sunday. todd: reaction is pouring in overnight. >> reporter: condolences pouring in after the devastating announcement. republican house majority whip steve scalise tweeting devastated to hear my friend congressman elect luke letlow's passing. he had a positive spirit and tremendously bright future. kevin mccarthy tweets are hard to break as we process the news of congressman elect luke letlow's passing. i spoke to his wife julia. we are praying for her and two young children during this terrible time. this as cases stand at 19.5 million, deliver 330,000. in colorado health officials confirm the first us case of a more infectious form of covid-19

first identified in the uk. the governor tweeting we discovered colorado's first case of the covid-19 variant, the same discovered in the uk. the health and safety of coloradans is our top priority and we will monitor this case at all covid-19 indicators very closely. in california, record daily case counts. hard-hit la county seeing its highest numbers to date, with 13,000 new cases, 227 deaths on tuesday alone. la county officials admit higher numbers were due to a backlog from christmas weekend, 7000 patients hospitalized across the country right now. these higher case counts being hosted even as the vaccine rollout is in full swing. president-elect joe biden getting his shot and taking a jab at the current administration. >> the trump administration's plan to vaccine is falling

behind. a few weeks ago the trump administration suggested 20 million americans could be vaccinated by the end of the summer. with only a few days left in the summer we have only vaccinated a few million so far. >> reporter: vice president elect kamala harris rolling up her sleeve saying it was painless and save after initially saying she wouldn't take it. president-elect biden mistakenly giving harris his title assessing her vaccination. >> i took it to instill public confidence in the vaccine. president-elect harris took hers today for the same reason. >> reporter: more good news on the horizon, the uk became the first country to greenlight another vaccine, astrazeneca and oxford university. the first patient and not united there received her second shot. todd: a lot of in formation. jillian: you heard kamala harris as she encourages americans to get there's. todd: remember on the debate

stage before the election when she had a different message. >> if the doctors tell us we should take i will be first in line to take it but if donald trump tells us i am not taking it. todd: shocking how that changed rather quickly over a span of a few weeks, not really president-elect kamala harris no matter what joe biden says. jillian: a growing confidence for the coronavirus vaccine according to a survey released by the kaiser family foundation earlier this month 71% say they will definitely or probably get the vaccine up from 63% in september which is good news. todd: assembled we sparking a lot of speculation that ivanka trump could run for president in 2024. and advisor retweeting opposed by iowa governor kim reynolds celebrating the anniversary of it becoming a state.

ivanka showed her love for the hawkeye state. the iowa caucus played a key role in choosing the next president. people try to curry voter favor. very early in the process even this early, we will see. jillian: or she could just love iowa. so many questions. 10 minutes after the hour. a new more contagious strain of covid-19 detected in chicago, dr. janette nesheiwat on what this means for the fight against the virus. todd: new york democrat on thin ice after getting caught at a skating rink that was closed down by the health department. ♪ be. we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org. to customizes yourcan gocar insurancetual.com

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strain and you do that by preventing the spread of infection. if we put the foot pedal to the war and do all the mitigation things whether you have a highly transmissible strain or not you do that you will dampen transmissibility. todd: the first case of the new and highly infectious coronavirus strain conference in colorado. jillian: how dangerous is the strain and what should americans do? dr. janette nesheiwat joins us live. this new variant was found in a man in his 20s in colorado. no travel history according to state health officials. we know there's a second suspected case in the state according to the director of public health. what do we know about this? do we know as far as it being any more deadly or just more contagious? >> right now he is in quarantine to minimize the spread of this virus.

what we know is it is more transmissible, 70% more transmissible, spread more easily from person to person. fortunately it is not found to be more lethal but if you have many more patients who are hospitalized even if they don't pass away from this you will put a strain on the hospital system and stretch the resources and put a strain on the doctors and nurses. it could be an issue in that sense. the vaccine is appearing to be effective against the virus and it is not found to be more lethal right now. was we need to do is continue wearing your mass, physical distancing and when it is your turn get your vaccine. todd: should we expect new strains like this to pop up between now and the time we get hurt immunity? >> good question, yes. viruses naturally mutate. that is their nature. we will see more mutations occur but the vaccines are still effective. it will take multiple multiple

mutations over time for us to have to have a new vaccine or make adjustments to the current vaccine which we can easily do with mrna technology. it is not new, we need to monitor it closely. jillian: 20 countries confirm the new covid-19 strain. these numbers are fascinating. let's pull them up on screen. talking about. numbers. there are 720 positive tests as of december 19th. compared to this time last year there were 31,350 reported. those numbers are a big difference. we were talking the commercial break. people are washing hands, wearing masks viruses are still transmitting because we are seeing the numbers of covid-19 cases. what is going on? is phenomenal. i think it is minimal to low. the entire nation was a

combination of the mitigation efforts we are using to fight covid-19 are effective against influenza, things like wearing your mass, lockdowns, getting your vaccine, reduced travel to the northern hemisphere has played a role. this is a fortunate thing during the winter. i had no cases of influenza this year so far. we test for it. someone comes in we do covid-19 test and they are negative but have flulike symptoms each override covid-19 symptoms, we test them for flu as well and they are coming back negative. this, the vaccines play a role. when you use measures to prevent covid-19 it can be effective against other viruses in addition. jillian: do you see more people getting the flu vaccine because of the fear of the flu and covid-19 at the same time?

change absolutely. there have been times we run out of the flu vaccine but great to see people getting vaccinated because vaccines prevent disease and infection and hospitalization. todd: it could be the fact that covid-19 is really contagious more so than the flu. >> it sure is. todd: i will be having office hours at my medical clinic because i gave jillian a lot of this information. just letting you know when i can start. >> come on down, you are tired. todd: nobody wents that. we will see you in the new year. hope it is a better one. >> happy new year. jillian: she works so much. it is 18 minutes after the air, apple pools and apps that steers people to secret parties, urged users to get your rebel on during the pandemic. todd: the man who brought you

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jillian: stocks slip off record highs as hopes fade for covid-19 relief checks. todd: cheryl casone has the breakdown. >> reporter: we were sent to clock new record highs but the senate reconvened in the afternoon, the santa claus rally continuing, the dow down 60

points, the s&p more than 8 points, markets reacted to news that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocked consideration of that measure to increase covid-19 relief checks $2,000. markets are not just looking at that but laser focused on the georgia senate runoff next week. the balance of power very important to market participants. jillian: that will be interesting. apple shuts down and apps that was promoting secret parties. >> reporter: during a pandemic to be clear, secret parties, masks definitely not required, 5 together, where you could get your rebel on. organizers -- anybody who wanted to attend, two hours before the event. amid lockdowns in most states, likely to be illegal which he claims apple's decision on the apps to pull the apps.

several thousand users were ready and that tick-tock promoting themselves. flirting with strangers and generally having a blast. 5 is here for you. it is not anymore. todd: this is a digital speakeasy. >> reporter: yes. todd: mel gibson discussing how the pandemic is changed hollywood. >> reporter: i was at the hospital for a week. it left in the same amount of time it came on and the fatigue was the main thing. it is going to change. a lot of stuff is going to streaming that wasn't conceived that way but that is where it will end up. todd: gibson who stars in the fantasy thriller fat men believes more entertainment companies will turn to streaming

services to survive during the pandemic. jillian: alec baldwin defend his wife after being slammed for faking her spanish heritage and accent was the actor posting a mark twain quote, a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes the harsh criticism continues to multiply after his wife hillary baldwin double down on her own defense, the boston native said she is from spain and her family still lives there. todd: anon story. billy joel's daughter proving he's not the only one with musical talent. watch this. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ jillian: how cute. like father like daughter. showing off her voice while singing happy birthday to her older sister. he posted that video to his facebook page. it is 25 after the hour. the national bombers girlfriend says she wont believe he could be a threat in 2019.

what investigators are saying now. todd: the religious right in new york, the legal battle could have been avoided, he joins us next. ♪ bring me a higher love ♪ bring me a higher love ♪

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todd: owen for religious freedom in new york, governor andrew cuomo limiting attendance at places of worship in covid-19 hotspots track down. for record saying that discriminates against religion on its face was one of the rabbis who brought the case, how big a win is this for worshipers of all faith? >> the cases that were involved, one of them brought by a group

of jewish organizations and to which i'm affiliated as brought by the brooklyn diocese so the fact the court recognized there were fundamental issues over the year in during the pandemic constitutional freedoms particularly those of the first amendment which are the bedrock of our freedom in the united states need to be protected as well, the court acknowledge and so do we government does have authority in the situation of the pandemic for public health requirements, so for example,

the principle of essential gatherings, different things with respect, worship services, the synagogues and mosques, to be treated more strictly than others but consistent with constitutional principle. >> things like protests are allowed. constitutionally protected. >> in parts of society religion is no longer considered what the executive order uses which are secular in nature, with certain

segments of society and it is reassuring to know the court starting with the supreme court and now with the court of appeals for the second circuit in new york, there are constitutional freedoms that need to be protected and we are a nation built on religious liberty. todd: you wonder how religion will bounce back from the pandemic, we have done studies, where organized religion is down in terms of participation, you hope if you're a religion fan the pandemic didn't deal a death blow to so many of the most helpful. congratulations on the win and we will see what happens in 2020. >> have a wonderful day. jillian: the national bomber's girlfriend reportedly warned police about his bomb making a year ago.

the tennessee report they visiting anthony warner's home and found no evidence of a crime just they found no records on warner. he spent more time hunting aliens and believed in lizard people. in shock and disbelief after downtown played before the explosion. the manhunt for the suspect accused of shooting a pennsylvania police officer comes to a end. a fugitive task force capturing tony francis in west virginia is awaiting extradition with francis is accused of shooting the officer with a hidden gun outside a mckeesport police station in custody. the officer will be okay. the justice department declines to criminally charge two cleveland officers and the coming of 12-year-old rice. the doj citing insufficient evidence in the high profile

case saying the video is too poor quality to conclusively establish what happened. race was shot and killed in 2014 outside rec center, after an officer the mistake his toy gun for a real gun. jamal bowman took the opportunity to double down on defunding the police tweeting in part it is cruel and inhumane. defund the system that is terrorizing our communities. turning to extreme weather a powerful winter storm slams the upper midwest creating treacherous travel conditions, drivers battling white out conditions in iowa. todd: the storm forcing people to push their cars out of the snow. >> reporter: that storm is not over yet. here's what we are looking at across the country, this is where we see big weather, warm air bubbling up, everything in

that area, rain and that is where we see big snow. freezing rain south on the system. most of the heavy snow, the great lakes, upper midwest, heavy snow in michigan and the upper peninsula into wisconsin, a big rainmaker for now, freezing rain with this, that could be an issue going forward. in the chicago area toward detroit getting into toledo and stretching to the northwest and the upper peninsula and then you run along the frontal area. just as dangerous as this heavy snow. bringing at times heavy rain, heavy snow to northern areas and freezing rain i was talking

about, the forecast going forward. on the eastern half of the country, a little too warm but another winter storm we are tracking back out to you. todd: it is going to be clear in times square. >> i think you are right. jillian: 36 after the hour secretary of state mike pompeo slams communist china. his message to president xi after a journalist to report on the wuhan outbreak got up for your jail sentence. todd: new york democrat on thin ice after getting caught skating at an ice rink. ♪

jillian: secretary of state mike pompeo calls for the release of the chinese journalists sentence to four years behind bars.

she is accused beijing of hiding the truth of the virus from the public. secretary pompeo issued a scathing statement that reads in part, quote, the drc government's fear of transparency and its ongoing repression a fundamental freedom our sign of weakness, not strength and a friend well of us. with incoming biden administration a senior fellow at the gates, gordon chang told us he's nervous pressure will be off the communist regime. >> biden comes in with an attitude, a belief they are not a threat. we can't defend the united states and by the way china poses the gravest threat to the united states by far because if you look at russia, north korea

and iran those regimes are fueled by china. >> reporter: joe biden criticized the strong stance against china and is calling for international coalition. todd: andrew cuomo threatening to take legal action against those who get the vaccine out of turn saying, quote, we will not tolerate any fraud in the vaccination process. we want to send a signal to the providers but if you violate the law on these vaccinations we will find out and you will be prosecuted. only giving vaccines to frontline workers and those considered high risk at long-term care facilities. the governor is considering reactivating the javits center as a makeshift hospital. gavin newsom getting, 100,000 for partner, darrell ice and believe newsom should be worried. >> it can only happen if the governor continues to go in the

wrong direction. at any time he can choose to empower businesses rather than ordering them shutdown. todd: the campaign has gathered 800,000 signatures of what they need for a recall vote. jillian: a look at the most ridiculous political moments of this unprecedented year. helping is wave goodbye to 2020 next. ♪ ♪

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todd: i democratic executive from new york caught on camera playing hockey despite restrictions. erie county comptroller posting

this video that shows inside the hockey rink with 14 people. a nearby rink was closed due to covid-19 restrictions. he was skating alone before a group skate began it did not break any rules. jillian: the owners of the staten island bar are declaring victory in court. they will announce the grand reopening today after successfully fighting new york's covid-19 restrictions. the bar's co-owner was arrested for refusing to close his pub despite being shutdown. then gathered outside to protest the state's coronavirus restrictions. they will join "fox and friends" in the next hour. >> 2020 has been the year of chaos and commotion from coronavirus shutdown hypocrisy to president-elect joe biden's many basement blunders. jillian: you to look back at the

biggest political flops, good morning, tom. let's start with democrat hypocrisy and there was a lot of it this year. >> the hypocrisy runs the whole year. every story we are featuring features hypocrisy, do as i say not as i do, some dude playing hockey will after telling us we couldn't play hockey. nancy pelosi closed salons and then opened her own salon and didn't wear a mask, total hypocrite. gavin newsom band us from going to restaurant and went to the most paperless restaurant in the party and partied with his friend, governor murphy, he shutdown new jersey and my ultimate hero is that guy from the gym who is keeping his gym open and they are finding him

every day but trying to keep people from going to jens, the one place people go so they can remain healthy. andrew cuomo gets a special mention in the next story. todd: as we know governor cuomo taking a victory lap with his book on how to win a pandemic when not a lot of people think he won the pandemic. here's a clip. >> and you say, you say you're in the halftime of this that writing a book, a retrospective in the middle of it celebrating the things you did right field off? >> it is not a celebration at all. >> reporter: seems like a celebration. just me writing a book about myself how i did a great job when i didn't do a great job. some of these shutdown governors like cuomo and murphy have the worst covid-19 records in the country. it is unbelievable that they

still get the finding press they do and everyone seems, everyone in the mainstream media loves cuomo at press gatherings where he pontificated about everything and always scolding us. that's the thing about shutdown governors and cuomo especially. if you drive on route 87 there are signs that are flashing that say stop shutdowns, where your mask. as if we just mask harder and follow his rules party he will take the shutdowns down, this is terrible stuff. jillian: for a lot of the year joe biden was in his basement and there were a number of blunders when he was there, let's take a look. >> my name is joe biden, i democratic candidate for united states senate. all men -- you know the thing. thank you very much. if you have a problem figuring out if you are for me or trump

then you ain't black. >> when you have coverage of the presidency this year you're going to flip it and wonder what would happen if donald trump said some of those things, donald trump who is constantly being accused of racism unfairly, he has said if you don't support me you are not black can you imagine what would have happened? we can imagine what would happen. the stories here, we play the clips of joe biden and laugh because again we are talking about hypocrisy, the hypocrisy of the press, they covered the president one way, having amazing rallies all over the country and showing all of the support for the president and they covered his rallies, some type of super spreader and joe biden in his basement with the finding coverage and he couldn't get his words out. jillian: you are a one horse

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♪ >> i have stood by the president 100 percent of the time. part-time proud to do. this i said absolutely we need to get relief to americans now. i will support that. >> i'm delighted to support the president in $1,400 increment over what we have already done. jillian: georgia senate candidates both throwing support behind the push for $2,000 stimulus checks. todd: mitch mcconnell just blocked a fast track vote to send america more money. how will this impact next week's races we will ask joey jeps. great to see you. happy new year. will the outcome of the stimulus back and forth, back and forth impact the way georgians vote next week. >> you know, i don't think they can win votes by voting for this $2,000. i don't think that most conservatives see it as a have been to. they just see it as a necessity. i think more than anything they have exposed themselves to attacks by not automatically supporting it.

so i think both senator loeffler and perdue saying they will support him and support the president adhering himself to the president and to the voters here in georgia is probably the safest play. this whole fight has put a lot of republicans in a rock and hard place none as much as the two senators running for re-election right now. jillian: joey about 2.3 million people have cast their vote in georgia. who does that favor? when you talk about voting early liver in november's election that favored the democrats. republicans were hoping that, you know, in person voters were goingoing to turn out on electin day. what is your sense of what is happening in georgia as far as early voting and then what will happen next week? >> you know, it's really difficult for me. i have to be completely honest. i didn't think joe biden could win georgia. i know there is a lot of allegations of election fraud and certainly some things that don't make a lot of sense. i also know stacey abrams signed up and registered and got to vote hundreds of new voter in georgia. i don't think there is any

effort comparable on the g.o.p. side. so perhaps that's just the way things are. i don't think more georgians support democrat policies but perhaps more democrats showed up to vote. run off where tamp tamp inens te to show up against him. i don't think people were excited to vote for joe biden. i'm not happy with any of these four candidates to be honest with you. it feels i said the other at a georgians want to choose between it if chick fillet and saxbys perhaps we are getting mcdonald's and ruth chris. buck head of atlanta vs. downtown atlanta. it doesn't feel like the rest of this beautiful unique state from the appalachian to the coast is really being represented at all. obviously i wanted doug collins to get this opportunity. he is not there. i'm not sure that we have candidates this cycle that are exciting for georgiaens. jillian: to be fair, republicans need this. if they lose out on these two

seats then the democrats control a whole heck of a lot. >> well, that's fair but it just may not be relates. i don't know how many people are sitting here excited to vote for the two g.o.p. candidates and likewise, you know, i think jon ossoff is about exciting as stale bread. i don't know how he ever wins an election to be honest with you. voter turnout is going to be high because the entire country is looking at georgia. but i can tell you most georgians are excited to get this over with and get all this what we consider foreperson interference out of our state. we are tired of the chatter money and people and ready to be georgia again. are. todd: brutally honest perspective. there is a elle are aing cry that georgia is really the last line of defense against this democrat socialism, this radical socialist agenda. as somebody who lost his legs fighting for democracy. quite frankly fighting for our capitalist way of life. what message do you have for your fell will he georgians? >> well, i appreciate that

distinction. if this country chose a socialist path we would do it through a democratic manner and be forced to figure that out. i don't think that's what most americans want. i fought for freedom of this country freedom to choose and self-determination. capitalism favors that by and large tremendously. capitalism is there is a ladder top rung and bottom rung. hard work atlantic and opportunity decide where you are. that's as american as apple pie. that's what we fought for and i think what this country still want. look at all the small business owners that might have been liberal or progressive and starting to put those ideas aside and say wait, just a minute how could the government shut my business down and take food off the table. i think it's opened a lot of eyes. i don't think i don't know if it's pushed back against the most democratic wing of the party. president trump has been on to something and g.o.p. picks that man tell up. i hope georgia is a representation of that. jillian: strong words there joey jones, will happy new year.

always love having you on. >> happy new year to you. todd: set your dvr every morning so you never miss a minute of "fox & friends first." jillian: see you back here tomorrow. are for now "fox & friends" right now. have a great day, everyone. >> straight to a fox news alert. 41-year-old louisiana congressman elect leukemia levlo has died from covid-19. >> the shocking news confirmed by his family overnight just 10 days after he tested positive. >> todd piro joins us with reaction pouring in overnight. ed to? letlow comes as a shock set to be confirmed this sunday. admitted to the icu last week after he began experiencing complications from covid-19. first member or member elect to die from the deadly virus. members of congress offering prayers overnight. house minority leader kevin mccarthy tweeting our hearts break tonight as we process the news of