you know i have a sense that we are all glad that it's a new year. that's it for us. happy new year, everyone. we will see you back here on monday. have a great night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ will: good saturday morning. welcome to "fox & friends." welcome to 2021. and welcome to georgia for the biggest senate runoff in all of our memories. it could determine the next four years of this country and we here at "fox & friends" will be live bringing you every bit of action play by play over the coming days. i'm will cain along with jedediah bila and pete hegseth who should be joining me in a matter of days in the peach state as we talk to diners and

georgians as we talk about what's coming over the coming days. good morning, jedediah. jedediah: good morning. i was looking at that big beautiful set. there he is saw you over there great to have you on the ground over there. a lot to cover obviously this is a big, big weekend and great to see you beth. pete: will cain has it in his contract when there is a big senate runoff we build a set just for him. he demands that he hosts alone. we are not allowed to be there the first day. fox delivered for him. look at that beautiful brand new set down there for that big runoff on tuesday. we are covering every angle this morning. will is already on the ground for us. big interview with senator perdue who is one of the two republican candidates up for the senate race this go around. there it is right there. and as you mentioned i will be down in georgia i fly down tomorrow after the show we will have some coverage of the big election coming on tuesday. jedediah: yeah, that's a big race coming off a big show for

you, yep. we do. we have a big show coming up. will, we are going to get back to you in a second because have you got some big interviews coming up live on the ground. first go to charles watt sob who joins us live from atlanta as the candidates a make their final pitch to voters in the peach state. had charles, what's the latest? >> voter here in the georgia turning out of to vote early for the senate runoff elections at record levels that nearly match what we saw curing the general election back in november, a little more than 3 million people coming out to vote early. either in personal or by mail. that's about 625,000 less than the total early vote for the general election. early voting ended a little earlier this time arend a. now both republicans and democrats are focusing on getting their base to the polls on election day this week. the ossoff campaign hiring 2,000 predominantly black georgians to get black voters to the polls. and yesterday warnock holding a

get out the vote event in lagrange, georgia, following allegations of domestic abuse. >> record turnout in the early election alone will not win us this election. the only way we win this election is if people turn out also on january 5th. >> meanwhile republican senator kelly loeffler is picking up for her and fellow republican senator david perdue who was quarantining after being exposed to a staffer who tested positive for covid-19. loeffler saying she and perdue are the last line of defense against a radical liberal agenda in washington. >> we're in overtime. overtime is happening here in georgia for the entire country. we have to hold the line here against socialism. we need y'all to get out and vote on january 5th. >> and republicans hope to get some big help from president trump when he travels to georgia to campaign on monday. back to you guys.

will: all right. thank you, charles, there live from atlanta, georgia as well. you heard charles mention almost 3 million votes over 3 million votes have been cast for the senate runoff races and close to a million of those votes come for the all to common mechanism for our previous year 2020 and the presidential election mail-in balloting. what does that mean does that mean this election could go the same way as the presidential election? by ron york was on "special report" and he says looks like completely different electorate in january than it was in november. listen to this. >> what's really kind of fascinating here, the question is, what kind of electorate are we going to have? is it going to be the same electorate that turned out in georgia on november 3rd and very, very narrowly chose joe biden or will it revert to the older georgia, more red electorate? we know that 3 million people have voted now. but at this time before the general election about

3.65 million people had voted. so it's a different group of people. and who they are is going to determine the outcome. jedediah: that's just the key. who is going to be snyde snirpdg to get out there and vote. this election is a little bit different. president trump is will a very polarizing figure and someone people feel really strongly about. this particular election goes beyond president trump and now you have the senate on the line. you have a lot of people who are shifting their focus the and not just thinking well, do i like the president's style? do you like the president's approach to politics. now it becomes about a larger issue of policy and about what, you know, what will happen with that balance of power. and that's a lot bigger and a lot broader and i'm wondering if that will in fact bring out different voter and have them feeling differently about their votes this time around. it we mains to be seen, of

course. it is a different election than november. pete: the president still cast as long shadow down there. he will be as mostly cloudy skied in the record out there to rally unrepublicans. i like the way kelly loeffler mentioned it it's overtime. still a lot of sense and frustration on what happened on be november 6 of the. how will that change the motivation of republicans to come out? and then you remember forget about talking about what happened at the ballot box. it's the suppression that happened beforehand on social media to especially the "new york post" and others that made conservatives feel like the november 6th election was not above board. it looks like, will, that will be happening again and this time the culprit once again is facebook. will: that's true. you both point out how this election could be different are from november. if you think about the president got 74 million votes in november. set a record for a sitting president on re-election. but, of course, joe biden got something like 80 million votes. people asked how.

how is that possible? if you think about it, there are are three potential reasons people have given joe biden imagined to accumulate 80 million votes. one of them through of the mechanism of mail-in balloting that will be present he here again in georgia in january. the second is what jedediah read to that is this motivation people suspect that maybe many beings many voters were anti-president trump. that will not be present on the ballot in a few days here in january. and then there is what pete just referenced the potential for fraud in the november election. will that be present in january? well, pete, i like that you said fraud comes in many mechanisms. one of them comes through big tech suppression and media plaqueout of very true stories like the hunter biden story. are we at it again? well, the national republican senate committee is saying there is a policy violation. they are saying facebook is already at it again because facebook says there has been a policy violation to an account that was raising money to these two senate candidates. here is what they said we don't allow ads that promote products,

are schemes or offers using trrl practices interesting phrase including those meant to mislead or scam people out of money or personal information. facebook has come back and said oops, we are sorry. a an automated error has caused this account to be disabled and the ad has since been restored. this cannot be under stated, jedediah, when it comes to integrity at this of elections i think the biggest issue outer there is do americans get to know the truth. through either the nature's piggest newspaper or big tech overlords are we allowed to know or communicate with each other to ascertain the truth? jedediah: yeah. i love theses they come back and say the damage oftentimes has already been done. i think these elections have shown an enormous damage done to social media. people's perception of social media as being this oh we just put all the information out there and you decide. not so much. they are seeing that there is a lot of certain things get

flagged. other things don't. certain things get muted, other things don't. certain things get suppressed other things get elevated and not spreads spreaded. change the landscape by and large. plays a role in terms of the dissemination of the information what people see and don't see. what looks like it's official and packed up by facts and what stunt. they have played a huge role in this election and i think people are on to the scheme. and paying. close attention to their presence in those spaces he'll as well. pete: of course, jed, you say certain things get muted and suppressed. why is it those certain things happen to always be ebb republicans and conservatives and always supporters of president trump. it's always the way it goes and always a glitch. sorry it was just a glitch. how long would they have gotten away with it if if people didn't this notice, wouldn't notice and of course the so-called mainstream media the left wing media won't amplify this story unless we do. they hope through all of that they can filter out real stories

or prevent stories from being heard and preafnt outcomes of elections which is, will, something you were mentioning before. will: absolutely. on to one other big story we are following this morning. the country is passing 20 million covid-19 cases more than 2,000 people died from the virus yesterday. jedediah: he capitol hill remains at a stihl with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocking a vote on $2,000 stimulus checks for a fourth day. pete: president trump slammed the senate for not increasing the checks calling them pathetic. the frustration was literally spelled out on house speaker nancy pelosi's san francisco home vandals spray painting a message reading $2,000 cancel rent. we want everything. they also left a fake pighead on her driveway. certainly not the way you want to conduct plilg discourse whether you agree with nancy pelosi or not. >> this is the $600 check the president was right to point outer looked paltry compared to the billions of dollars we are

sending other countries and spending in other ways which makes the argument of $2,000 both attractive to the president because it's simple, hey, but it's also fair to point out it's not very targeted. it's anastosth not the most efficient way to provide relief to people who need it we will see how this ultimately plays out. will: absolutely. will. pete: that comment was so amazing that no one had anything to say about it. [laughter] pete: all right we will leave it right there. turning now to your headlines two colorado deputies were shot in a standoff. responding to a report a man call in threats toll patrol and capitol building. one deputy he at this was shot in the head. the other in the shoulder. they were released from the hospital overnight. both are expected to make a full recovery. the suspect is behind bars. he is facing charges in both colorado and tennessee. and to extreme weather this morning. several inches of snow falls in kansas city, missouri.

first responders helping hundreds of drivers after their cars got stuck in the snow. some of them skidding and sliding off roads. crews treated the slick roads overnight trying to prevent them from refreezing. the winter storm knocked out power at hundreds of homes. and to the college football playoffs. ohio state upsetting clemson be at the sugar bowl. >> four man rush. watches down field. it's olave he has got it. touchdown, ohio state. pete: that is a toss right there. quarterback justin fields throwing six touchdowns as the buckeyes trounce the tigers 49-28. meanwhile alabama rolling over it notre dame at the rose bowl 31-14. running back dropped jaws after will will vaulting over a defender. we are were all -- dad, check this out he just jumped over the guy it was as good as advertised.

look at that alabama has a chance to win 88th championship since 2009. the game will be played january 11th in miami. and those are your headlines. will: you know i have got to tell you guys. are i was saying like a 12-year-old asking their dad if they could stay up late last night. i didn't get my normal amount of sleep before "fox & friends." i had to walsh college football semi-finals. i would point out that so many, unfortunately, sports writers said we should cancel college football this season because of coronavirus. thank goodness we didn't. look what we have got alabama, ohio state national championship game. jedediah: i was flipping the channels last night and thought will cain is not going to get any sleep i hope he is okay tomorrow morning. texas supreme court granting a win to austin restaurants overturning tight new year's discipling restrictions not before restaurants lost out on be plenty of business to restaurant owners who felt the effects join us next.

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joining me now are owners of foreign and domestic sarah herd and nathan. thank you so much for being with us this morning. so a victory in that your business can now stay open after 10:30. after the city had told you it couldn't. however, as far as new year's is concerned you still had to abide that order before the supreme court chimed in; is that correct? >> that's correct. will. pete: how much did that affect your business? >> you know, we -- reservations were cut by at least 25%, i would say, you know, people are stared to go out now it's one of the biggest days of the year if not the biggest. we have lost revenue plus our servers have taken a pay cut basically. pete: sarah, go ahead: we just all these purchases have been made for new year's eve. new year's eve is the biggest day of the entire year for

restaurants we generally do a week's worth of sales in one night. we had already made purchases that can't be returned that are parishable anperishable. the scary stuff is we are following protocol and mandating that our staff wears masks and we are following all these rules and safety protocols that people are not just going to not go out r. after 10:30. they are going to go out to other places. >> nathan, what rationale has the march or others given you at 10:it 89 it's okay to gather but at 10:31 it must stop. >> it's mind-blowing. >> it doesn't make sense at all. pete: here's what the mayor had to say to us to "fox & friends." we asked him about the ruling from the texas supreme court. here's what he said. he said the supreme court didn't tell us what it thought but stopped enforcement until the

court of appeals can look into it further. that will take time. in the meantime i continue to believe each of us has the power to protect our neighbors and save lives right now. texans are struggling to get vaccine be while the state leadership is fighting to ensure that night clubs stay packed. i don't get it. are you ensuring that night clubs stay packed or do you want your livelihood and the opportunity to earn an living. >> it's unfortunate blanket approach to the entire industry. it's not discriminating against people that are not following the rules because they are still not following the rules the people that are following the rules the restaurants that did shut down at 10:30 are the ones that are getting punished. i guarantee that those night clubs decided not to follow the rules on that night, too. they may or may not have been caught. they may or may not have been punished. but, the ones that did follow the rules definitely got punished. pete: absolutely. >> and there is no incentive to do the right thing. it's punishment for maybe getting caught too long the wrong thing. pete: absolutely. >> maybe some sort of incentive

for doing the right thing maybe in the form of, you know, tax breaks or some sort of relief from the city. but right now it's a game of do you do the wrong thing and survive and survive and maybe get caught or slap on the wrist or follow the rules and you are definitely going to go out of business? pete: or the leaders determine that people are smart enough to follow the rules themselves and allow people to be open and let people make personal decisions. save are head and nathan lindley the restaurant be is foreign and domestic in will austin, texas. go check it out. >> are thank you. >> thanks so much. pete: congress will get right to work tomorrow when they get sworn in. really? that's what it set said in the teleprompter. i don't know how much work they will get done but they will get sworn in and decide if once between nancy pelosi will be speaker of the house. nicole pal tack kiss is one of the new faces heading to capitol hill she joins us live. ♪

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will: goorpg, i'm live in atlanta ahead of georgia's crucial senate runoff. quick additional headlines. the trial for the former minneapolis police officers charged in george floyd's death could be postponed the trial is set for march. prosecutors are asking to 'issue it back to june over coronavirus concerns. and a man charged in the

michigan governor kidnapping plot wants to be released from prison. will officers subscribe describe berry croft leader he want out of prison while awaiting court hearings. he has not and for a michigan court because his transfer from a philadelphia prison has been delayed. jed, over to you. will: thanks, will. she fought to flip her seat red and tomorrow nicole malliotakis will officially be sworn into congress where she will cast her first vote for house speaker. with a slim opinion victory can nancy pelosi hold on to her gavel. let's ask nicole malliotakis. welcome to the show and congratulations to you. this is a big day for you tomorrow getting sworn. in we want to get your thoughts on that and a also get your thoughts on this new found -- i don't know how much new found i guess it is push back on nancy pelosi and whether you think that will go anywhere. >> well, happy new year and thank you for having me. what i can tell you is that last time she was elected speaker there are were 15 democrats who

did not vote for her. 10 of those are returning and the majority is less than that. and so we have an opportunity to see a new speaker and we have an opportunity for kevin mccarthy to become speaker depending on how things play out. regardless of who is speaker there is an opportunity for the democrats and republicans to work together to shut out the socialist squad. that's what the democrats should be aiming to do quite frankly because they had so many losses this year. this is their opportunity to work with us to get things done in a bipartisan manner. jedediah: you know, nicole, one of the things you have been passionate about is defending police, firefighters. that's one of the chief reasons that you actually won knowing how staten island voters felt about those issues. but you recently called on governor cuomo and mayor de blasio in the form of a letter actually to prioritize the nypd when it comes to getting the covid-19 vaccine.

here is a segment of that letter we have here. it is unconscionable to think our law enforcement officers are not considered at risk enough to get the vaccine immediately. the members of the nypd are are first responders they have thousands of close contact interactions every day. law enforcement is our front line and we have a responsibility to protect them. your thoughts? >> rgts our local government unfortunately has turned their back on our law enforcement. whether it be to defund the police movement, whether it be the bail reform. whether it be cuomo's parole board releasing 16 cop killers over the last three years. we are constantly seeing them being disrespected by our local leaders. i at this point to stand with nypd and i know because they are the front line they cannot work from home. they are dealing with people on a regular basis. they need to be high up on this priority list. and in fact governor cuomoing with upper them down and give to individuals in rehab. number one an issue of getting the vaccination out as you read the other day in the "new york

post." they have the vaccinations not administering them quickly enough and not getting answers from our mayor and governor as to why. jedediah: reached out to the office of governor andrew cuomo and mayor de blasio. we have are not heard from them yet. we will keep you informed. nicole, thanks for joining us once again. >> thank you. jedediah: still ahead. hilario baldwin still facing backlash as yet another video surfaces. how did this story go undetected so long. some are calling the indictment of the media. that's next ♪ it ♪ will ♪ ♪ we're carvana, the company

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♪ will: welcome back i'm life in atlanta ahead of the crucial senate runoff in georgia on tuesday. where voter will soon decide which party has control of the senate. early voted ended in the state with a record 3 million ballot cast. democrat raphael warnock is challenging republican incumbent kelly loeffler and jon ossoff is hoping to defeat republican incumbent david perdue. he will join me live this morning as he makes his final pitch to voter in the peach state. will: alec baldwin and his wife hilaria on the defense this week over accusations well she faked her spanish heritage as more resurfaced footage shows i recall hillary from boston lying about her background. walch. >> and then i met alec and i'm

not trying to be lake silly about this i didn't realize how famous he was. my patients. >> parents. >> goler nyu. >> from. >> my family was in spain in myorca. jedediah: the story is too much. the federalist is calling the hilaria scandal, quote, an indictment of our media as many wonder how she got away with this for so long. here to discuss is fox news contributor and media columnist for the hill joe concha. joe, that really is the question though. how do these people get away with this? i mean, they just make up an identity and say you know what? no one will ask me any questions and in many ways they are right. >> they are right. first of all, that little kyron below headline below us that should say hillary baldwin that's her name. all right? hilaria, hilarious. we have got to quit calling her hilaria. that's not equally her name introduce me as jose going forward. who he he say call me jose in he

iespanol why would anybody fake their ethnic pack ground is my question. does that make you more cultured and more interesting? the bottom line is that, you know, hillary told the lie over and over to herself to the point where i guess she thought, you know, that it was true. so, look, this is hilarious the way this is now being covered because you would think this would just be ridiculed. she wouldn't be defending it in any way shape or form. vanity fair, i can't get -- i mean this is the greatest thing ever. vanity fair does a story on this where they say in the headline she has been accused of misleading the public to believe she has spanish heritage. accused? no, she mislead the public. no question about that. listen to this paragraph. she also said the bioon her agency's website which stated that she was born in are spain is likely the result of her reputation using unverified information from the internet to

write a sloppy why owe. so it's the expert's fault. as for forgetting the english word for cucumber on "the today show" she chalks that up to a brain farther. how do i say apple in english? how do you do that? that's the thing here. she is still being at the end of the dayed by the media despite the fact that clearly she lied. she got caught. and that should be the end of it but, nope. vanity fair is saying she is accused of misleading the public, guys. will: ayou see coulded, mislead. it's not cultural appropriation either is it. it's a flat out fraud. you don't forget how to say words in your english native language she is from boston. let's reinforce that for a element no. you are focusing on the right question, joe. why does she do it but why does the media cover up for it this is the same week by the way, joe, that the "new york times" wrote an article how tiki bars are restaurant but take it easy on hilaria for faking for fraud leaptly putting out where she came from. why? >> that's exactly right, will.

don't worry about it. because you know what? today is saturday it all gets jumbod when you are in a holiday week. today is saturday. i believe "saturday night live" is going to eviscerate her for this misleading -- oh, that's right. that's never going to happen she is married to alec baldwin between her doing i don't know what a coul cucumber is in engl. that imitation of a spanish person be is equally as bad as alec baldwin as donald trump. anyway, guys, i would love to talk about this more buff got to go. my new year's resolution was developing a new relationship with my body. my wife says i look like second trimester i want to look like pete and will and jedediah obviously. i got to get strong again. pete: a new relationship with my body. joe concha, well said. hit the bench right now. >>s thank you. adios. jedediah: thanks, joe. all right. we are going to turn to headlines for you now. the coast guard calls off the search for a missing boat with 20 people on board.

officials say it left the bimini in the bahamas on monday and supposed to arrive in lake worth tuesday. it covered 18,000 square miles the water. that's double the size of massachusetts. none of the passengers have been identified. and the nypd dropping charges against a teen who was wrong bely accused of being a part of this attack on a bmw. the "new york post" reporting the teen had a receipt showing he was at a queens mall when the attack happened. he said he showed the receipt to the police but they shrugged it off. the department's chief detective personally apologized to the teen. police have arrested another teen in the attack and looking for five others. gray or purple? 2021 just started and it already has a clothing controversy, a woman posting these two pictures of the same sweater in one photo it looks gray and in the other one purple. but after much debate online the woman revealed it changes based on the lighting and is actually more like a camouflage green.

the controversy reminded many of the 2015 blue or gold dress debate and those are your headlines. oh, man, guys, remember that debate? that was something. everybody saw something different. kind of crazy that stuff, isn't it? will: it is. pete: i try to forget about those debates that we have mindlessly. you know? how much time. jedediah: i like them. will: yeah. pete: what do you see green? do you see purple? do you see gray? what do he see, adam klotz? adam: i love that you try to forget those. i'm going to run with that. pete: some things you just try to forget most of my life. adam: yeah, i will distract us and talk about what's going on with the forecast instead. many i don't know. i don't know why are talking about winter weather lifting across what was impacting the heart lands fairly heavy snow will running across the great lakes. that system only system lifting

into new england. seeing heavy snow particularly some of the interior areas across new england. otherwise, just some rain' othe back side of that. that's still where our winter storm watches and warnings are early this morning' running up into interior new england still see snow on this saturday before eventually clearing off back behind it. it is a true cold front and cold' air on the back side of that system. continual to watch it lift itself up to the north and back behind that system temperatures quickly dropping back down into the fitter, getting closer to freezing. some cases the 40's. otherwise relatively mild along the coast today. if you are in the new york area or running you were toward boston or farther down towards boston. temperatures claiming out to the any of the out in front of that cold front once it sweeps is on through it gets a lot colder. this is our forecast across the country and really just the system up in new england be otherwise completely clear here on be this saturday, heading into sunday. so we are looking at dry conditions. other than this one winter system that we're currently tracking. back out to you guys.

will: all right. thanks so much, adam. so as a reminder i' m live here in georgia. hegseth is going to join me in a couple of days where two senate seats stand between a divided congress and democrats winning full control of washington. exactly what is at stake in this race? and from our friends at fox bet, download the fox bet super 6 app. and play the georgia senate runoff game for a chance to win $10,000. pick 6 possible outcomes, then watch fox news on january 5th to see how it all unfolds. download the fox bet super 6 app. now to get started. will ♪ ♪

will: i'm live in georgia, with just three days to go until the highly contentious runoff election. with more than 3 million votes having already been cast what's really at stake when it comes to the control of these two senate

seats? >> if the democrats take georgia, and they take the senate, will they will lockdown power, pelosi will drop the voting age, she already passed this bill once. she will pass it again to drop the voting aging to be 16. >> to eliminate voter i.d. to do automatic same day registration. they will put in dc understood. they will stack the supreme court. so we lose that back stop and then the progressive policies will flow through. >> here to react is jessica anderson executive director of the heritage action for america. thanks so much for being with us. you heard that sound just now. i have talked to several people over the last couple of days what could be the top of democrat's wish list should they control the senate the house and the presidency? everyone seems to be pointing to process, structure structural power, jessica. >> are the structural power but progressive policies we look at

specifically what chuck schumer are has said should he retain control, take control of the senate. they want to pack the courts. they want to push forward big progressive policies goals take away your guns. spending and all your take-home pay. won't stop there climate is on the table. basically look at everything that nancy pelosi did in the democrat controlled house hr 1 through 10. that is their playbook. and they have been very clear about this as they stakeout these candidate positions in the state of georgia. it's all on the ballot this tuesday. be you know even when you control any one party legislative and executive house senate and executive branch. there is only so much political capital that a party can we would. we saw this with the obama administration. they spent most of their political capital on pushing through obamacare. the question then becomes what's number one on your wish list what would you push if you could only do one thing? what do you think the answer to that would be for democrat?

>> well, this very been actually pretty clear about what their number one goal is and it would be the green new deal. it's all encompassing, comprehensive climate bill but it has tentacles into basicallier layer of society. every policy is touched from taxes to business regulations to then just the climate and overregulation. and so when you look at this work, you know that they have been very clear about what they want. and look no further than the fundraisers that have gone down to georgia. with the progressive left. the squad, bernie sanders, barack obama, kamala harris, all to support this agenda. i want to return if i might to structure are are i have have talked to victor davis hanson and shannon and others. do you know what's number one on their wish list is to change the balance of power are to the future. in other words, what they would try to do is get d.c. and puerto rico as states. giving them four, potentially four extra senate seat whether

or not it's that. packing the court doing away president filibuster. it's consolidating power and then the wish list isn't limited to one? do you agree with that that it comes down be to changing structure first over issues? >> . the first thing that a senate majority led by chuck schumer would do is going to have to abolish the filibuster. that is structural change in the senate. it is what allows the minority to be vocal to have a vote and to push back against any agenda or will of the majority. once that is gone. it will open the flood gates to open sort of all changes. everything are from packing the court which as we know is adding additional justices to the supreme court to push through their agenda to these progressive policy wish lists adding additional states to the union, who knows where they are going to stop and i think the voter i.d. and the voter laws that we're talking about are exactly things that are on their mind. they try to do it in the house with hr 1. they will bring it back up in the senate. to even get there there has to be structural changes of

accomplishing the filibuster, rigging the senate rules to be able to allow them to push this agenda forward. that's why so many voters are turning out and i'm hopeful to see a big strong conservative showing on tuesday in georgia. will: right. yeah. if you have add two new senate cease, four, do away with the filibuster. not it it limited to the top item you might get away with all of it. thanks for being on this morning. >> are thanks for having me. will: still ahead. you could soon need two different kinds of passports when you travel. some companies are already working with airlines to create a covid-19 passport. kurt the cyberguy on the controversy surrounding them next. ♪ ♪

>> node to in order to travel in 202202 you may need a covid-19 passport. partnering with airlines alps to prove will passengers have tested negative for covid-19. pete: this as prepares to offer vaccine records on i you phones. here with the latest on this new tech is kurt the cyber phi. are we looking at covid-19 passports? how far does this go? what does it mean? >> pete, happy new year to you jedediah good to see you. will from georgia to california here we are just town the street, they are trying to push in this legislation where you would have a new rule come into place where you would need your phone in order to gain entry into a building a venue, maybe back into school or workplace. once we have propagated the

vaccine enough. now, what you may not know already is that a lot of people who are getting the vaccine are figuring out that currently the cdc is offering an old fashioned paper card. that simply has the handwriting of when you got vaccine number one and vaccine number two. that along with or perhaps a digital passport is going to be one of the most important possessions we all have in this coming year to just simply prove we're okay to move forward. it's going to be interesting to see how they work it out because so much is open to deep fake happening in terms of someone coming up with a digital wallet item made up. who is to say it's accurate or authentic. got to keep our eye on that one. will: kurt, as somebody who is traveling quite a bit i have noticed that hotel amenities have changed a little bit. it's not just free wifi a little hand sanitizer in your hotel

amenity package. now there is something else, right? maybe even a covid test? >> are you know what? take a look at the list of the hotels that are adding this amenity. now, some of them are bundling it with spa packages. some may even offer it for free in some cases. however, most are charging for this. why? because guests want to feel some sense of reassurance. so are an instant covid test when you check into any of these hotels is being offered. the idea would be hey they are going to fill the rooms up a lot faster if people feel more comfortable while they are in the hotel and feel that people around them have also been tested gives them a sense of protection as you know when you go into other venues where people are screened aggressively. i have got a lot of free tips and tricks if you subscribe to minus letter, which is free in 2021. at cyberguy.com. pete: there you go. jedediah: well, massage a facial and a covid test. that's quite a package. all right, kurt, thank you so much. pete: thank you, kurt.

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morning along with our friends jedediah bila and pete hegseth. good morning. jedediah: good morning, it's great to see you both. and, yeah, this is a big week. i feel like we have been doing election news for a lot longer than usual it's one of those years. a big day on tuesday. obviously you see those numbers that will you showed earlier just a few section ago that a lot of people have voted already but a lot of people will still vote on election day itself. those candidates making their final pitches to voters right now as we speak and remains to be seen which way it will go. it brings a lot of interesting dynamics to the table in terms of who is voting, how they vote. will more people turn out? will less turn out and much more? >> if you are. pete: how many dead people will vote. will, you have been there 24 hours. you stay there three or four more days according to democrats in georgia you could probably register to vote. maybe add your name to the roles eventually. i mean this race is huge. it also list under the shadow of what happened in november for so many support errors of the president and other americans who still have questions about what happened at the ballot box.

that will -- could also affect the amount of people that turn out and in what manner they turn out. whether they come out in person or have already casted a mail-in ballot. we have charles watson joining us live from atlanta as the candidates make their final pitch to voters in the peach state. charles, good morning. >> hey, good morning you guys. these senate runoff races are high stakes and republicans are playing their part to make sure republican senators david perdue and kelly loeffler come out with a win, including senator lindsey graham who has been stompin stul over faye. graham knows this race will determine how congress operates over the next two years. and whether democrats will have a chance to successfully push through their agenda under a biden administration. are. >> we have got a chance here in a few days to make sure that the most radical agenda in the history of american politics dies in the u.s. senate. that anything coming out of

pelosi's house comes to the senate and we kill it dead. >> you know, graham loeffler and perdue are among a handful of republican senators who have come out in support of president trump's proposal to send $2,000 stimulus relief checks to americans. it's a rar instance of agreemenn ossoff and raphael warnock who are also calling for more relief money. you will be hard pressed to find a republican candidate and democrat candidate agree on much of anything else. he would will see in just three days which direction georgia voters want this country to go in. guys? will: all right, charles. thank you so much. we have heard so much how these two races are crucial to the nation's future. what's at stake in this election. well, jessica anderson equitiesive director odirectorfs what she thinks. >> what chuck schumer said should he retain take control of

the senate they want to pack the courts. they want to push forward big progressive policy goals like medicare for all, increases on your taxes for guns. increases around spending and all your take-home pay. and they won't stop there. climate is on the table. basically look at everything that nancy pelosi did in the democrat controlled house, hr 1 to you that 10. that is their playbook. and they have been very clear about this as they stakeout candidate positions in the state of georgia. it's all on the ballot this tuesday. will: jedediah, pete, there is a progressive wish list that could be exactly what the democrats are hoping to accomplish should they win these two seats here in georgia. i think even more scary, more stark should be the answer i have gotten from several people over the last couple of days. what the democrat will attempt to do should they control all of those branches of government is consolidate power. create statehood for d.c. and puerto rico. do away with the filibuster. pack the court. in other words, make structural changes, more than issue-based changes because if you can do

that, then you can get all of your wish list accomplished, jedediah. jedediah: yeah. i think packing the court is going to be key, especially because we vice president been able to get a solid answer from joe biden on where he stands on that issue even though he has been asked many, many times. if there is a key issue that is going to come up though i think it's going to be medicare for all. i think there is going to be a big push for that as you know with elle toes like that once you push them through and in place it's very, very hard if not impossible to roll them back. you are going to look at big government programs that once instituted won't be able to be rolled back and will really change the structure of healthcare. will change the structure of, you know, the way we deal with regulations, taxes, big, big i that proximate cause really hard to undo some of that damage once it's. if there is no check in the senate, pete that's exactly what will happen. pete: i like the way you form lay of thed it, will, about structural change and progressive policy follows from that. that's precisely correct. you look at their desire to get rid of voter i.d. laws.

drop the voting age. this is all an attempt to try to command election day so they can do whatever they want with their agenda. but we have got -- we will stay on the topic of the senate but particularly onto the candidates because jon ossoff, who is a, you know, trust fund socialist, young guy 33. he is found in his 33 years on earth, he has found enough time to find a way to work with chinese backed companies. one of the scariest things you sees a a candidate is peter doocy approaching you, especially close toen a election because he is probably going to ask you a question that no one else in the media is willing to ask you. and in this case, jon ossoff was asked by peter doocy about connections with his documentary film company to beijing funding. here is a, to of what jon ossoff said. >> why is it that you waited until after the primary to reveal that your business did business with a company in hong kong that was linked to the chinese government? >> oh, this is utter nonsense. >> are you concerned that through a payment to a

well-known young democrat, somebody linked to china or the chinese through another company could be trying to influence you? >> come on, man, you are a serious reporter. do you really believe that a tv channel in hong kong airing an investigation that my company produced of isis war crimes in iraq is what you're implying that it is or david perdue is implying that it is? pete: come on, man. maybe more questions will be asked. will he actually answer them? who knows. we are going to have peter doocy on this program later on in the show and we will get a sense of is he going to get another shot to ask questions of the want to be senator? will: that's not an answer, is it pete. come on, man. pete: not even close. will: how about you actually answer the question that peter doocy asked. senator david perdue by the way was on "america's newsroom" yesterday. he talked about this evasive answer from ossoff whether it comes to potential ties to the

chinese government taking a check, taking money through a business entity, accepting payment from a company connected to the chinese government. here's what david perdue had to say yesterday. >> this question needs to be asked but it's not asked by any of the liberal media that's out there. it's amazing to me that you can have the eric swalwell crisis, the hunter biden crisis. and ignore the jon ossoff crisis. this is clearly a pattern of activity from the chinese communist party. they identified him as an ambitious young politician on the democratic side that they probably could get influence with. so they hired him and he worked for two years for this propaganda company, the chinese communist party. he might not have won that primary had he fully disclosed that. he got caught. he then disclosed it. lied about it and lied about it again. and he still didn't answer peter's question if you noticed he never has answered that question. jedediah: yeah, that nonanswer by ossoff sounds very, very familiar. actually sounds just like joe

biden oh come on, man. that's a strategy. and i think that ossoff is looking at joe biden and saying well he got away about it. he was asked repeatedly about packing the court asked about whether it be the hunter biden scandal scandal or whatever it be he shrugged those things off and got away with it. maybe he thinks he doesn't have to answer these questions either. it's remarkable to sees a a strategy obviously we are going to have david perdue on the show later. will you will will be interviewing him so he would will hear more from him on that issue and maniers o. in the meantime we are covering a lot going on in texas always and the question of to too litte too late has come up. texas supreme court has halted the enforcement of an austin, texas dine-in curfew as of now. is it too little too late. attorney general ken paxton breaking we won. stops mayor adler's illegal order shutting down restaurants and bars. earlier, pete. you spoke with nathan and sarah. co-owners of foreign and domestic in austin, texas.

they weighed in on the financial impact of this shutdown and whether or not it is in fact too little too late. >> it's one of the biggest days of the year if in the biggest. we have lost revenue. we lost our servers have taken a pay cut basically. >> we generally do about a week's worth of sales in one night. and we had already made purchases that can't be returned that are perishable that we're going to lose money on on top of not having the staff getting tipped out. right now it's a game of' do you too the wrong thing and survive and maybe get caught and maybe get a slap on the wrist? or do you follow the rules and you are definitely going to go out of business? are. pete: will, he has your hairdo. i have will get to work on that. i will tell you, the interesting part of that story is that they plan for new year's. bought a bunch of inventory then the mayor said no, you have got to be locked closed by so:30 a.m. and can't open the

next morning until 6:30 after they had made these orders. the reason it's too little too late the supreme court said they can't do that but they did it on january 2nd after they lost you will a the revenue for new year's. arbitrary standards that are crushing companies who can't possibly plan within that. to the story of ossoff, the reason why they try the strategy, jed and you alluded to it. because they know the rest of the media won't follow up on the story so they help them cover it up by not ever following up on it. it's maddening. will: absolutely true. all right. turning now to a few additional headlines for you this morning. today, late congressman elect luke letlow will be laid to rest. the louisiana republican died this week from covid-19 complications. he was set to be sworn in to congress on sunday. he will be laid to rest in monday be row, louisiana. the state will fly flags at half-staff in his honor. letlow leaves behind a wife and two children. he was just 41 years old.

and violent antifa anarchists. that's what portland mayor ted wheeler called reuters who caused thousands of dollars of damage on new year's eve. the mayor says he is ready to crack down. >> it's time to push back harder against those who are set on destroying our community. and to take more risks in fighting lawlessness. are. will: it's well past time to crack down. wheeler is demanding oregon lawmakers increase punishment for repeat vandals and requiring them to businesses they damaged. thousands of are supporters filling the streets of pasadena to hold their own rose bowl parade. [horns honking] [cheers and applause] >> a pro-trump group decided to hold the parade after it was previously shut down due to the pandemic. at least 600 vehicles joined the caravan which followed the parade's usual root route.

the rose bowl can move to texas along with the rose bowl. every other company and most of the billionaires in california, everyone is leaving california for texas. take your parade with you. those are your morning's headlines. jedediah: the exodus to texas. still ahead top new york leaders are under fire for their hand ring of the vaccine rollout despite new york being devastated by the pandemic. only a third of it vaccines have been administered. the question is why. dr. marc siegel is here to weigh in next. we are live from georgia all morning ahead the crucial senate runoff race. don't miss it. stick with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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♪ pete: welcome back. heck workers first in line a number of them refusing to take vaccine. will: governor dewine 60% of the nursing home workers in his state so far have chosen not to get vaccinated while a growing number of healthcare workers in states like new york, california, and texas are reportedly joining them in opting out. jedediah: dr. marc siegel just got the vac seep live on our air last month and he joins us now to being are a. doctor, welcome to the show. so this is concerning to some when they see the frontline workers in many cases are saying not so fast. we're not ready just yet. does it concern you to see those numbers? >> i'm absolutely shocked by

this, jed, in l.a. county too, the "l.a. times" reported this morning that 20% to 40% of healthcare workers in l.a. county. a place where they have tents lined up because the hospitals are so overwhelmed why would healthcare workers not be taking the vaccine 200,000ing workers have gotten sick from covid-19. when i go into my office wearing personal protective equipment i'm starting to think to myself hey, i had that vaccine 10 days ago. it may be starting to work. what a relief. at nyu i didn't see any of this. i saw a lot of excitement and acknowledgment of you who heroic this is. how historical it is. so, i'm having a lot of trouble understanding this. and i think it's actually a disgrace. we need to send a message to the american public. this vaccine is safe. it works. more and more comes out. pete: could it be, also, that they have already had covid-19 so getting the vaccine feels redundant for them? >> well, that's a great question, by the way. and if they have had covid-19

within the past three month they actually shunting getting the vaccine. so that's part of it. that's not enough of the numbers. because there is 20 million healthcare workers in the united states. as was will mentioned nursing homes, we need the workers at nursing homes to be vaccinated because otherwise it spreads from patient to patient. so, your point is right, pete. but that's only a percentage that of this. i just think that there is a lot of vaccine hesitancy in the country. one of the roles we can play as heck workers in a brand new vaccine is showing other people that it's safe. will: yeah, but why is the question. that's what we will have to pursue going forward. why healthcare workers are hesitant to take this vaccine. i have got to move on, mr. siegel. new york has administered less than a ird this of the code vaccines it has on hand. "new york post" editorial board is calling out governor cuomo and mayor de blasio. here is the cover this morning it says where's our shot? governor cuomo said nearly 40% of the doses that the federal

government has september to new york have been used. unlike other states we are -- this is what he says we are following expert recommendations to ensure vaccines are administered efficiently and effectively. so, dr. siegel, we're looking at a slow rollout. once the states already have it in hand. why? >> that's also deeply disturbing by the way, will. that's actually occurring because not enough places are open and running. a lot did not give it over the holidays and over the weekends. get the i statistic the. more planes landed in jfk on christmas day than people got vaccines in new york city. what a disgrace that is. the vaccine centers need to be open from early in the morning until late at night the way ours is. they need to be open on weekends the way ours is. the mayor of new york has said i'm going to be giving out a million doses by the end of january, not at this rate. they have edge ogiven 88,000 doses so are if a. again, we need to overcome that vaccine hesitancy. your point about why people a

frayed to take vaccines. it's a myth. it's a myth that circulates. it's a cultural problem. and it needs to be overcome. and the over way to overcome it is it give more and more vaccines. over 15 million doses have been sent around. operation warp speed getting a lot of blame with. really the states is where the slow down is occurring. jedediah: doctor, mayor de blasio has issued a statement to "fox & friends" that says we know we must pick up the pace and fast. that's why we have ambitious goal to offer 1 million doses in january. that just doesn't -- that statement just doesn't work for me. i mean, you know you need to pick up the pace? yeah, that seemed pretty obvious when you saw the amount of testifying that this virus has done not only in new york but throughout the country. is this a problem of government bureaucracy? what is going on here that they can't figure out who these vulnerable communities are and how to get this vaccine to them quickly? it seems pretty obvious to me. >> you know, and the point you just made is exactly right. we of all places new york where we saw the devastation of the

pandemic from the beginning are the place that should rise to the occasion and we're the first to see the antidote to see the vaccine. i think this is happening in part because the pharmacy chains are not involved yet. 20,000 pharmacies around. pete: dr. siegel, we have to leave it right there. we will be cut off. more "fox & friends" on the other side. it's time for the lowest prices of the season on

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without approving the measure. president trump has been criticizing republicans for not widely supporting increase stimulus payments to $2,000. conservatives insist more targeted relief is needed instead. democrats argue though widespread relief is needed now more than ever. >> we have progressive democrats, conservative republicans, the president himself and not to mention, of course, the majority the vast majority of the american people singing from the same song book in support of these checks. >> the president surprised many people right before christmas with his support for increased payments. he blasted republicans on twitter yesterday calling them pathetic. meanwhile one of his closest allies defended the $2,000 idea. senator lindsey graham writing going from 600 to $2,000 doesn't make a socialist. mr. president, keep fighting for the american people who are suffering. meantime police in san francisco investigating after someone sprayed graffiti on a home reportedly belonging to house speaker nancy pelosi. the danger including the message

2,000 cancel rent and we want everything. vandals appear to have left fake blood and pig's head outside. there will be a lot of attention on pelosi tomorrow when the 117th congress convenience at noon. pete, back to you and happy new year. pete: happy new year. mark meredith. appreciate it. jed, over to you. jedediah: thanks, pete. a new congress will be sworn in tomorrow and will either reelect or remove nancy pelosi as house speaker. one congresswoman who will help decide pelosi's fate is an iowa republican who is still wrapped up in a contested race herself after being declared the winner by just six votes. joining us now is the representative elect from iowa's second district mariannette miller-meeks. welcome to the show. thank you so much for joining us. you were involved in a very heated race, just six votes and nancy pelosi is saying essentially that she will seat you on a provisional basis while an investigation ensues. what are your thoughts on this? >> rts well, it was a relief to know that there would be not as much drama on swearing in day so

i'm here in washington, d.c. for swearing in tomorrow. and we have, you know, a race where we won on election night. and then there was a 24-county canvas and audit and we were ahead at that time. there was a recount that was will requested by my opponent again at the end of the recount still ahead albeit a razor thin margin of six votes but still ahead. then our state certified that election result in a bipartisan executive council five member certified the results of that election. so, throughout this entire process, we have been ahead. and you mentioned earlier in the show about campaign -- it seems like -- campaigns have been going on. i feel like i have been in a perpetual campaign since election day. we know that there is a process that we'll go through. our opponents skipped over the iowa courts which could have examined the election results if she felt interest were discrepancies but in iowa, we put forth election law. we have voter i.d.

we have voter i.d. on our absentee ballots with either a driver's license or a voter identification number. and we feel that our, you know, our election process is safe and secure. and through that process, i won. and so to be acknowledged by nancy pelosi that she will seat me on a provisional basis and i will get sworn be in tomorrow that was a relief. it was one of the few times you could be excited during this election. jedediah: yeah, you know, one of the things that stuck out and concerned me is why did your opponent choose not to go through the courts. because the concern here obviously is if it goes to the house could it become political? does that worry you at all? >> well, certainly i think anybody in similar circumstances would be concerned when you have a state that has election law. we have made provisions within our election law with voter i.d. as i mentioned earlier to make sure that elections are safe, that they are secure. that people know that their vote and their ballot count.

certainly in this election, contest every ballot counted. every vote was counted. and so then when you go from that process and 'a court that follows iowa law or the law of that state, which could certainly look at and determine what needed to happen, to go from there to a, you know, a partisan political process is basically asking congress to choose who is the representative for that state or that district. not the people who actually voted. it disenfranchises hundreds of thousands of voters. jedediah: congresswoman elect thank you for joining us, points well taken. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. jedediah: thanks so much. still ahead, officials in the u.k. warn be that social distancing guidelines could stay in place even after the vaccine is distributed. so is there a chance we could see lockdowns forever? nigel farage sounds off next. we are live from georgia all morning ahead of the crucial senate runoff race. stick with us. ♪ ♪

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georgia's crucial senate runoff in three days voters will decide which has control of the senate. early voting in the state with a record 3 million ballots cast. democrat raphael warnock is challenging republican incumbent kelly loeffler and jon ossoff is hoping to defeat david perdue. senator perdue will join me live this morning as he makes his final pitch to voters. over to you, jed. jedediah: another big story we are following this morning. as a new more con taping just strain of covid-19 will spur as massive uptick in cases in the u.k. a top british health official is warning that social distancing measures could remain in effect even for those who have already been vaccinated. >> get a handle quite soon, i hope, on whether these vaccines reduce transmission. but, until then, i can't give you the assurance that you won't still pose a hazard to others through transmittings the virus. we have to just be patient on this point. give it another two or tree

months and then ask me that question again. jedediah: here to weigh in on that and more we have nige nigel farage. thank you for joining us this morning. the concern social distancing measures and lockdowns not only in the u.k. but seeing a lot of this in the @as well have no end in sight. what are your thoughts on that? >> be. >> yes. are patience. we have been pretty patient since last march. we were told the vaccine was going to be our savior. it's the new year. we just had our christmas canceled. we need some optimism. yet we are being told that the vaccine means we could still carry and spread the virus. and i oi-my biggest fear with all of this yes, this virus it does effect the vulnerable. it does kill people. we understand that. but, you know, it's almost like a state is using this crisis to take complete control of our

lice and be it's difficult to see any end to this. i found those words yesterday somewhat depressing. pete: different topic, nigel but some of the words you just used apply. you talked about patient. 25 years ago you set out to brexit the u.k. from the european parliament. you have been patient. you talk about control of people's lives. that's what brussels wanted over all the member states of the eu. but ultimately if i'm correct, nigel, thursday, so two days ago was that officially the end of the brexit meaning you no longer are underneath the rules of brussels? talk to us about that: so we left on the 31st of january, 2020. buff the hangover period where we sorted out the details. as of midnight first of january 2021. we have left not just the union but all of its structures. tune something? we are now a free, independent self-governing democratic country and i spent a quarter of

a century, the best part of my adult life campaigning for that. and covid or not, i couldn't be happier. pete: congratulations. will: nigel you termed this the people's revolution that's been your term of brexit so are if a. the way you framed this is bigger than britain. an increasing political divide in the @as well. not so much left right, democrat, republican, labor, conservative. but it's establishment. it's elite versus the common mann, the people. is that how you see brexit? >> oh, completely. i mean, london, you know, and it's a big, important global city, but political p. attitudes in london are completely different than the rest of the country. of course, it's from london. political class. our media class. our bureaucratic class. and they just didn't understand why brexit happened. how brexit happened. but i will tell you one man that did understand it and supported it and his name was donald j. trump. he absolutely got what protect

was about. appeared in many ways his winning campaign in 2016 was on very similar messages. you know, really the big battle across the western world is one of democracy vs. bureaucracy. do we want to be in control of our lives or are we happy for capital cities whether in our country or elsewhere to decide the rules by which we live. and i do think brexit, trump, populism across the west. it's all part of the same campaign. it really is. pete: very interesting. many. jedediah: nigel farage, great insights as always. thank you for being with us this morning. pete: happy new year. >> happy new year. jedediah: turn to headlines. iranian official threatening president trump over the killing of top general soleimani. the country's joshua area chief warning the president and anyone linked to his death will, quote not be safe on earth. tomorrow marks one year since soleimani was killed in a u.s. drone strike. and the fda backing off from a

$1,000 fine on distill larrys who stepped in to create hand sanitizer during the nationwide shortage the department of health tweeting, quote i'm pleased to announce we have directed fda to cease cease 'enforcement of surprise use user fees. happy new year disirls and happy new year. [laughter] will many the dad trying to shower his kids in snow from his geend's roof bringing structure down. wife was filming and stopped laughing to check he was okay. then carried on along with their kids and those are your headlines. i love it the best part is her laughing you can't help it sometimes, guys. sometimes you can't help it.

pete: dad fail right there. adam, i'm going to be honest, guys, i don't actually understand what happened in that clip. is that a gazebo? where is the da dad? is he holding it up pulling it down? i don't understand. adam maybe you can clarify. >> i think dad was trying to get the kids and the geeb got dad. '. pete: he was trying to knock the snow off the top to hit the kids and then it crushes on top of him. i like it i think he got exactly what he deserves in that situation. maybe some more snow sweeping across the country. will obviously in the middle of winter. a lot of spots in the 20's, 30's here early this morning. there is the fromght boundary moving along the east coast and wherever you see that warm air and cold air meet. we have seen winter weather. particularly yesterday lifting east coast portions of the midwest. currently that is settling itself up into new england. the heaviest snow falling across

interior new england. that's where we see some of the winter storm watches and warnings. again from interior new england inward. higher elevations are going to be seeing snow today in the next couple of days. good news for the skiers. otherwise though what are we talking about? on the back side of this system a little bit warmer as we will see temperatures again today climbing back up into the 30's and 40's. there is your snowfall coverage though for today. again, mostly clear out there across the country. only spots really paying attention to today in new england. and that will be wrapping up a little bit later. back out to you phis. pete: thank you, adam, appreciate it. will: thanks, adam. remember i'm live in faye with just days left until the contentious runoff race as recall candidates make final pitch to voters. recall and then be from our fends at fox bet. download the fox bet super 6 of app. and play the georgia senate runoff game for a chance to win $10,000. pick six possible outcomes and then watch fox news on january 5th to see how it all

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georgia native jeremy hunt. jeremy, that is a stunning claim made multiple times there obviously to peter doocy. one john jon ossoff has made may times on the campaign trail that kelly loeffler is campaigning with a klansman. as far as i can tell, jeremy. what it is is a picture no idea nothing more. >> yeah, i mean, this should be a really simple story. but, you know, it's politics. this is jon ossoff playing politics. she was not campaigning with a klansman. basically a crazy man made his way toll a loeffler event asked for a picture. she takes a ton of pictures every day. she takes a picture and upon realizing who he is, she said if i had known i would have kicked him out of the event. i had no idea. she completely condemned him. this should be a simple story. my issue is actually even a little deeper than that i'm actually annoyed at the fact that they have now given this klansman exactly what he wanted.

he is now famous around the nation because of this story. it's a trend with the left is that you get a few ku klux klan members get together in atlanta get 10 of them together and all of a sudden a national headline a kkk rally. friends. continue be to give them a mega phone by these types of the stories. you might be wondering why they do that because it fits the left agenda to make it appear that white supremacist groups are somehow mainstream in our country. they are not. their racist ideology has been confined to the ash heap of history. it's over. stop giving them air. let's move on and stop making them the story. will: that's a really, really good point. you inflate their influence and presence in the country with stories like this. stories that are not true. everyone has taken a picture with someone. not sure who it is. it was nothing more than a simple little photo op. and turning that into campaigning with a klansman is a lie.

i don't know how you can say it with a straight face. jeremy, you and i have spoken with a straight face. op-ed up. talked about why you voted with perdue and loeffler. we talked about the story of america. why that's important to you but more importantly talked about children and their place in this story. >> absolutely. will. >> i will be honest writing this piece was very personal to me. i'm talking about my daughter and what i understand could of future tie want for her? and if i'm being really personal, it's unpopular for a young black man to come out and say i'm voting against the democratic party. especially when there is a candidate running who, you know, occupies the pulpit once held by dr. king and it's like oh, man, how could you come out against them? i have been called every name in the book over the last few weeks. guess what? the stakes are just too high. it's bigger than just me. it's about the future of our country. and i don't want my daughter to grow up in a country where she is -- everything is just a product of her skin color. i don't want my daughter to grow

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happened already. lot of people still going to vote on election day. we're going to bring you the latest. will, you are looking fantastic on that great set we have out there. pete: yeah. will, how does it look there? what's the weather like in atlanta right now? it's got to be nicer than here. will: i know you are going to be joining me in just a few days. this is the setup. i will give you the break down. i'm the only on air person here the next few days a two dozen behind the scenes helping me put this beautiful shot together. i will need you, pete, to help justify my existence. the beautiful is nice, beautiful, a little chilly. bring yourself a blanket. i will tell you what i'm going to bring david perdue. georgia senator a little bit later on be this show sit down with us for an interview about that race come up in three days. until you get here, hegseth. david perdue will have to could. pete: david perdue's fault that you are there along with kelly loeffler. yeah yeah, be joining you shortly and a lot of coverage on the ground because not only is january 5th going to be a big day but also back in washington,

d.c. january 6th will be as well. will: be watching poet of those. first will were in atlanta charles watt some as candidates do make their final pitch to voters in the peach state. good morning, charles. >> good morning. the folks here in georgia turning out to early vote for the senate runoff elections at record levels that nearly match what we saw during the general election back in november. a little more than three million people come out to vote either by mail or in person. that's about 625,000 less than the total early vote for the general election but early voting wrapped up a little earlier this time around. now, both republicans and democrats are focusing on getting their base to the polls on election day. this week the ossoff campaign hiring 2,000 predominantly black georgians to get black voters to the polls. and yesterday warnock, raphael warnock holding a get out the vote event in lagrange, georgia, are battling accusations of

domestic abuse. >> record turnout in the early owe election alone will not win us this election. the only way we win this election is if people turn out also on january 5th. >> meanwhile republican senator kelly loeffler is picking up the load for her fellow republicans senator david perdue who is quarantining after being exposed to a staffer who tested positive for covid-19. loeffler saying she and perdue are the last line of defense against a radical liberal agenda in washington. >> we're in overtime. overtime is happening here in georgia for the entire country. we have to hold the line here against socialism. we need y'all to get out and vote on january 5th. >> and the two republicans senators are hoping to get an extra boost to the polls when president trump comes to the peach state on monday to campaign on behalf of republicans. back to you guys. jedediah: thanks so much. you know, obviously this is

going to be a huge day. obviously huck republicans are going to need a big election day turnout early voting off times does favor democrats. so they are looking forward to that. it was mentioned that president trump will be giving a rally on monday night. so that may have an impact on people's decisions to get out there and vote. it is a really interesting election because as we know president trump has had a lot of issues with voter -- the way that votes were tabulated in georgia. he has called into question the constitutionality and legality of those processes. so the question remains do those trump supporters have enough faith in the system to turn out and vote in this runoff. and in the same he has encouraged them to vote. some mixed messaging, i would say. i don't know what he will say on monday and that could be key in terms of determining whether or not those people actually turn out. regardless, this is a pivotal election when it comes to what could come down the pike through the senate. jeremy hunt was on be with us. west point grad. georgia native. he talked about the stakes and said the stakes are too high.

people need to get out there and vote. take a listener to what he had to say. >> the stakes are just too high. it's bigger than just me. it's about the future of our country. and i don't want my daughter to grow up in a country where she is -- everything is just a product of her skin color. i don't want my daughter to grow up in a country where there is now socialism and the prevailing view is that america is evil. this is not the america that i want for our children's future. and it's time that we speak out. pete: well said. the left -- the democrats putting up two very far left radical candidates in a state like georgia. if they were able to win, would tell you a lot about the state, a the state of the democratic party but b how the electorate might be shifting there. i think the president showing up on monday, he is going to do both things. is he going to say i still believe the election was -- there was not a fair legal process that happened in georgia and across the country, but, at the same time, we have more

people watching the polls, we are actually going to pay attention to signatures this time. we'll didn't learn it the first time around, so show up and vote on tuesday, boast both of those mess sandals i think will be present and looks like hopefully he will be able to turn out a lot more voter. will, it's not just atlanta. we also have some stuff happening in washington, d.c. the who will be their leader? >> that's true. pete. before i get to that i just want to say there is so much talk. so much conversation about what's at stake in these two georgia senate races. whether or not it's the democrat's progressive agenda, whether or not it's structural changes to power. i think jeremy hunt in that clip that you played, jedediah, pointed out something very, very important. underneath it all do you believe that america is an inherently evil country. irredeemably racist or do you greatest experiment on the earth. greatest experiment in human society. one a that as martin luther king said will judge you by character and merit? i happen to believe that if you start with that then you can accomplish great things. if you believe we are evil, can you destroy this entire project.

but on to what pete talked about in washington, d.c. yes, there is also a struggle for power there. this time on the democrat side. will nancy pelosi retain control of the 117th congress? will she be the speaker of the house? well, she has already experienced several defections when it comes to democrats supporting her leadership. here are four. representative con bener lamb from pennsylvania. jared golden of maine, and elissa slotkin of michigan. there is three of them right there. this is what "the washington post" is saying pelosi is likely serving her final term as speaker and she is doing that by scrambling for votes. here is the full quote from "the washington post. the razor thin margin created by democratic losses in november has prompted a vote counting scramble in recent weeks weeks as pelosi's lieu tenants seek to ensure enough democrats show up and cast their ballots for her fourth term as speaker, jedediah. jedediah: yeah, you know, there is this force the vote initiative that has come out where some, you know, democrats

are saying we want medicare for all brought to the floor. essentially they are saying she is not progressive enough. she is not rallying for the cause. and some of that sentiment may just be a desire on the left for new blood. for new leadership. i can't really blame them for that you know, speaker pelosi has been around for quite some time in congress and it may be time, they feel, for someone who is going to be front and center and be are no of an arbiter of change, they believe. but i think it's interesting though that we are at a point now where nancy pelosi isn't liberal enough that says a lot about where the party is and what the goals of that party are nicole malliotakis weighed in on all things pelosi particularly with respect to this thin margin earlier on "fox & friends." listen he to what she had to say. >> last time she was elected speaker, there were 15 democrats who did not vote for her. 10 of those are returning and the majority is less than that. and so, we have an opportunity to see a new speaker. we even have an opportunity for kevin mccarthy to be speaker

depending on kevin mccarthy and who shows up to do their job. regardless of who is speaker, there is an opportunity for the democrats and republicans to work together to shut out the socialist squad. that's what the democrats should be aiming to do quite frankly because they had so many losses this year. this is their opportunity to work with us to get things done in a bipartisan manner. pete: jed, to your point the socialists are going to try to extort from nancy pelosi priorities of theirs in order to give them -- give her their vote. you don't have to like nancy pelosi, but she has been very good at aggregating votes and frankly very good at suppressing an alternative. you need someone else to vote for. you can't just say i don't want nancy pelosi. who is that actual leader of the democrat party in the house doesn't exist because she has done a pretty good job running the ship herself and a lot of those young socialists don't yet have enough vote to actually affect it. we will see where that goes as they arrive in washington, d.c. tomorrow. >> but, the cover of the "new york post" caught my eye this morning, guys says throwing away

our shot. the state of israel inknock could you late 1 million as new york lags far behind if you read the article it talks a lot about how the state of florida and others have found a way to efficiently and quickly get the vaccines out to their people. not so much bill de blasio and cuomo who, of course, wrote a book in the middle of covid-19 about his leadership and now fails to deliver the actual vaccine be so the book is not actually fully written. here is what the president had to say about this slow rollout in new york. he tweeted some states are very slow to inoculate recipients despite successful and very large scale distribution of vaccines by the federal government. they will get it done. getting it done is one thing, will. but operation warp speed is able to deliver these vaccines and then they get stuck in, the bureaucratic smog of a -- local government. they are not doing anybody any good. will: no. they are not. and it's a slow rollout across several states. in other words, the number of rack seen shots thavaccine shots

those interjected into someone's arm. new york is the one proclaiming itself as a leader as a success story as you point out. as the book written at halftime for victory. dr. marc siegel was on our show a little bit earlier and he talked about this slow rollout. listen. >> we of all places new york where we saw the devastation of the pandemic from the beginning are the places saw the rise to the occasion. there is a report that nor planes landed in jfk on christmas day than people got vaccines in new york city. what a disgrace that is. the vaccine centers need to be open from early in the morning until late at night the way ours is. and they need to be open on weekends the way ours is. and the mayor of new york has said i'm going to be giving out a million doses by the end of january. not at this rate. over 15 million doses have been sent around. operation warp speed getting a lot of blame. but, really, the state are where the slow down is occurring. jedediah: the thing that's really bugging me about this when it comes to new york, i'm hearing from a lot of elderly people that are saying i want to

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>> i believe demonization is going to give way to a year of light and of unity. are the' time to leaf the anger and bitter politics of division behind us. >> my focus is on uniting, not emphasizing divisions. jedediah: joe biden doubling down on his campaign promise to unite the country but some in his party seem to have missed the message. in response to reports of g.o.p. members of congress planning to object certifying biden's win former obama staffer ben rhodes tweeted quote the story has always been more about the extremism of the republican party than trump. and that story doesn't end in 20 days. here to react fox news contributor "washington times" opinion editor charlie hurt. charlie, thanks for being here as always. so, you know -- >> --ing good morning. >> jedediah: calls for unity by joe biden sounds great so utopian and wonderful. also naive when you look at that

tweet by are ben rhodes and others. what's the real story here. >> also the grim season of demonization that joe biden has talked about he talked about the last four years when democrats demonized president trump every turn everything he did. the truth of the matter is the policies that president trump worked on and ushered in are very unifying issues if democrats had actually just sort of decided to try to help the country as opposed to, you know, attacking him at every turn. and no place was that -- is that more evident than in foreign policy, the area where ben rhodes wrecked the world for 88 eight years. when it comes to a place like iran who is a morality enemy who wants to disrupt the world, wants to destroy the united states, and sow war and mayhem everywhere. giving them that billion dollars in cash is probably not the best idea if you want to do something

to curb them. jedediah: yeah, i suspect you are going to see a shift here. trump, trump trump is the problem. now that trump is leaving have to focus on something else. the republican party at large. something else they will have to mark the target here. there was an interest report i want to ask you about from the "new york times" where they essentially admit that the biden team members in particular they are talking about janet yellen, anthony blinken, haines, some of his cabinet picks that they got rich off of wall street, big corporations. big tech. this is the headline washington has been lucrative for some and you can see some of the quotes there. we are not going to get into those. you can read those for yourself. what do you make of them actually being willing to report on this and what are the implications, if any, for biden as he enters office? >> well, i think the most important thing here is that it's further evidence that they not only do these people love wall street but wall street loves them. weigh have never in will recent

times, probably not since ronald reagan had somebody in an administration coming in that is so beholden to washington, to wall street, they don't even claim to be outsiders. joe biden has been part of the problem in washington for 50 years. and he is surrounding himself by people who have been part of the problem, maybe not for 50 years but for a very long time. and president trump was the first person who came along in a real crime of what president trump did in office was he not only promised to be a voice for regular people and stand up to the establishment, when he got into office, he actually operated that way and he actually did things to give voice to regular people and not to places like wall street and washington. and so o, you know, i think that's what, you know, they are trying to bring the old gang back together, again, and we're going to see the exact same old policies that failed under

previous administrations. jedediah: joe biden has been in politics for a really long time. it's kind of funny to me that people think he is going to bring about something new or different. thanks, charlie, for being here. >> great to see you. happy new year. jedediah: appreciate it. coming up, another example of rules for thee but not for me. chicago teacher's union board member facing criticism for vacationing in the caribbean while pushing remote learning. can't make this stuff up. now she is being schooled in hypocrisy. steve cortes lives in that district and he is fired up. sur, here's something you shouldn't try at home... look, liberty mutual customizes home insurance so we only pay for what we need. it's pretty cool. that is cool! grandma! very cool. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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pete: welcome back. a chicago teacher's board member under fire for vacationing in the caribbean while claiming it's unsafe for teachers to return to the classroom. sarah chambers tweeting hearing

of an educator revolution happening, i have signed the pledge aalong with 8,000 union educators to continue to work remotely. >> that coming just hours after she posted this photo on instagram, quote: spending the last day of 2020 by the pool side. hmmm. will: my gosh. trump campaign senior strategy adviser steve cortes is live in chicago. he's from chicago. he joins us now to react. steve, at this point, i don't know what question to ask. i feel -- i feel so angry. >> absolutely. i am smiling because it's almost if you couldn't laugh you would cry the situation is so dire in my home city of chicago. i'm on vacation in arizona because i want to be in a free state holiday season. i live in chicago. as a taxpayer, as a parent, i'm absolutely outraged by this story. hypocrisy thy name is sarah that i achambers.

she is representative of the chicago teacher's union leadership which face it only about their own interest not the interest of the children of chicago. while she sits poolside in the caribbean and tweets that only remote learning is possible. it's unsafe to be in the classroom. my children, thankfully, are in school in chicago as are tens of thousand sounds of kids in parochial schools across the city. for example, there are about 70,000 chicago catholic school kids who are doing safe, effective, in person learning in the city of chicago this very school year by the way they are doing it for a fraction of the cost that chicago public schools. i think there is a couple of other things important here. while most chicagoans haven't heard before this incident of of this teacher they have all heard of mayor lightfoot. there is a similar hypocrisy there that the leadership of chicago is so broadly corrupt mayor lightfoot shut down in one of the harshest lookdowns in america every salon in chicago. every barbershop, every beauty salon. she then herself got a secret hair cut later out offed in social media in city hall.

it's the same kind of just like this teacher, just like the hair cut hypocrite lori lightfoot the leadership of chicago believes in two set of rules. and here's the reality on the ground by the way. i think this is crucial. my city is in chaos right now, the city of chicago. the body counts for the final -- for 2020, the full-time year long body counts are who are risk and they are third world like. there were over 4,000 shootings in 2020 in the city of chicago. over' hundred of them resulted in death. both of those totals are 50% higher than be 2019. which was already a dreadful year. so, while they enjoy secret haircuts and piña coladas by the poll in the caribbean. largely young men of color one of violence be and depravity and they frankly don't care. pete: steve, you paint a tough picture of what's going on in the city. you mentioned two sets of rules. we can also talk about nancy pelosi in the salon and gavin newsom in dining and all these democrats who have said one

thing and then taken another action. do they think they will never get caught or do they -- does the disconnect not connect for them? they are hey, this is how it works. regular people have ad by by it but come on, you know we can do our own thing. >> right. well, unfortunately arely, in chicago the answer is yes. they do get away with it. have almost a century of one party rule. the democratic party controls the city of chicago with an iron first and has for many decades as i said for many decades almost a century when it comes to the mayor of chicago. here is what i want to project to the rest of the country you might say that's a chicago problem. i don't live there. not my issue. here's the reality. the democrats will and joe biden want to bring the chicago reality to the rest of the america. they want to bring this kind of disrespect for police. stifling taxation. lack of opportunity, big government, government monopoly over the school system. all of this they want to bring nationwide. so don't think that chicago's problems are particularly necessarily to just chicago.

that is the reality of chicago is the agenda at large of a democratic party and joe biden for the country as a whole. jedediah: you know, steve, these politicians in particular have shown a profound lack of shame. i mean, it's stunning really. will 2020 if nothing else, i think, exposed politicians for who they really are. this do as i say not as i do stuff, it's really disgusting, particularly when you have so many businesses that have been shut down and so many people, regular people around the country that have suffered while these politicians have gone to work and done exactly what they want to do elsewhere. thank you for joining us today. this stuff really churns at the stomach, i have to say. >> thank you. pete: thank you, steve. >> thank you. will: yeah. absolutely. >> it's already been exported. san francisco, california, denver, austin and on and on. still ahead, early voting has already topped 3 million in georgia ahead of the two crucial senate runoffs there. georgia congressman jody hice joins us live next, our live coverage from atlanta continues after the break. ♪ hey, y'all

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will: welcome back. live in atlanta. ahead of georgia's crucial senate runoff. in just three days, voters will decide which party has control of the senate. early voted ended in the state with a record 3 million ballots cast. democrat raphael warnock is challenging republican incumbent kelly loeffler and jon ossoff is hoping to defeat david perdue. will david perdue will join me live next hour as he makes his final pitch to voters. for more what's at stake here in georgia and the state of the race where we sit this morning is georgia congressman jody hice. congressman, thanks so much for being with us this morning. >> good to be with you. happy new area.

will: let's start with the race state of the race as we sit this morning. early voting shows that over 3 million people have already cast their vote here in georgia as of december 31st. if we rewind the clock back to november, four days ou out frome election at that point it had been 3.6 of million early votes that had already come in. congressman heist, what does that tell us about where we are right now. traditionally we think the democrats are favored in early voting. should we reread this as a warning sign that 3 million people have already cast their vote? a warning sign for republicans? >> well, obviously we will see after tuesday. but, yeah, i think as a general rule still the democrats typically come out for the early voting. especially the be a sen be tee ballots. what we are hearing even as of this morning things are trending in a very positive direction particularly in rural georgia is looking very strong for the two republican senators. and i believe the president trump coming on monday is going to help get out the vote otherwise.

so, at this point i'm very encouraged that this is not really a battle between republicans and democrats. it's a battle between socialism and freedom. and i believe the people of georgia really understand that. i believe they are going to come out and stand for our values as americans. will: we talked a lot about in this morning what's at stake with these two senate seats. you talk about socialism vs. america. how do you suspect should democrats win these two senate seats that would fest? what would they seek to do with that power? >> >> it's unbelievable to think that had warnock and ossoff would join the company of pelosi and schumer and aoc and others who would be virtually unhindered in unfolding their radical socialist agenda upon america. we would see things like defunds the police, like the green new deal, packing the supreme court, weakening our military the list goes on and on and on.

the strength, the expansion of government, the restrictions, continued restrictions on our individual freedoms. it would be absolutely horrific. and it's interesting that the bulk of the money coming into georgia for the democratic candidates here are probably, i don't know exactly but in the ballpark of probably 80% of the funding is coming outside the state of georgia. and this is -- it's indicative of the battle that is at stake here. the political philosophy of our country is at risk in the upcoming election and that's what we have got to protect. will: congressman, i want to ask you in the time we have left a two-part question i think they are tied together. you have been at the forefront talking about some of the election fraud claims in georgia. the integrity of the election when it came to the 3 presidential election in november. my two-part question for you is this: do you feel good about the integrity of the senate race and the election here in a couple of days but also, there are several different ways to change the vote and suppress big tech is one of the ways. and we have seen be that

recently here again with facebook suppressing a national republican senate committee fundraising effort and spreaded -- they say it was a mistake. but, again, once again, we see big tech meddling ahead of an election. do you feel good about the integrity of this election three days out? >> will recall look, great question. and the answer basically is yes and no. we have got some major issues. and unfortunately it seems we are incapable of changing some of these rules and laws in midstream during election. so what happened in the presidential election must happen now. but, that being said, we have 8,000 more people who will be on the ground watching the polls, observing what is taking place. watching the counting. and so whenever have you more eyes on the ground, that's better. so that's a good thing in the right direction. but the issue with the big tech continues to be a serious problem. unbelievable that they would pull those ads four days before an election and continues to

highlight the absolute essential nature of reforming section 230. there is no doubt big tech has influenced and interfeared with the 2020 election and we are going to have to address that. will: that seems to be undebatable. there has been influence, no doubt from big tech. will it affects the outcome? we will soon find out. congressman jody hice, thank you so much for your time this morning over to jedediah for more headlines. jedediah: thanks, will. turn now to those headlines for you. the federal apeelts court lifting the stay of execution for the only woman on death row. lisa montgomery is set to be put to death january 12th for the 2003 murder of a pregnant woman her execution was originally set for december but put on hold after her lawyer tested positive for covid-19. they plan to file an appeal florida man once arrested for

posing as a doctor arrested again for fraud. malachi love robinson is accused of stealing $10,000 from customers while working as a contractor. love robinson first made news in 2016 when he was arrested for running a fake medical practice at just 18 years old. he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison but was released in september 2019. and new year new duties. a massachusetts police department is praising an officer for helping a woman deliver her baby. officer zac hall responded to a call for a woman in labor. when he got to the woman's home, he knew he had to act quickly. officer hall helped the woman deliver her newborn baby girl named sofa. both mom and sophia are happy and healthy. those are your headlines. love it. pete: you mentioned resolutions last few what's your resolution for this year? jedediah: meditation because i stress out too much. i am goings to meditate this year, i promise.

pete: what about you, will, come on, you had time. will: party more, generally. i don't think i partied enough in 2020 just a little more partying. pete: that's the best one i have ever heard. that's amazing. forget all those health resolutions, man, i'm going to have more beers with you. pete: i love it. let's start in 36 hours. i will be there it's a date. and mine is buy more bit coin. buy as much bit coin as humanly possible. jedediah: i knew it. pete: going to the moon. adom klotz, what do you think? what is your resolution for 2021. adam: i want to party more. i'm with will on this one. adam: 2020 i was stuck inside way too much. no, 2021 we are requesting to get out and have a good time. pete: i like it. will: absolutely. adam: that's a good one. let's dive into this forecast. what am i paying attention to? only one big system working illustrates a way across the country right now. that is a snow winter system currently just heavy snow into new england. this is one that's been moving across the south across the

midwest. really we are just on the tail end of this and couple more hours. still winter storm watches and warnings for interior england couple more inches of snow as the system works its way through the area today. otherwise, your temperatures very winter like, highs across the middle of the country and 30's and some cases the 20. will down into atlanta it looks like you will get up to 63-degrees today not a bad day in the southeast. tossing it back out to you. will: that's good because it's a little chilly right now. jedediah i do hear good things about meditation. i will do that the morning after i party meditate the next morning. jedediah: that's a good combo. will: coming up, dozens of restaurants and bars in upstate new york are suing cuomo demanding the return of indoor dining. one of those owners had his liquor license suspended after appearing on our show and he joins us with an update next. and from our friends at fox bet download the fox bet super 6 app. and play the georgia senate runoff game for a chance to win $10,000. pick six possible outcomes and

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suing governor cuomo to reopen indoor dining. one of those restaurant owners joined us on "fox & friends" this week venting his frustration. >> it's all about, you know, equality and being open. it's losing a holiday season. it's being the only business in western new york of 8 counties and through the 8 counties that restaurants in erie county only are closed. everywhere else in our district and everywhere around us basically are operating fully. pete: that makes sense. but after speaking out, the state liquor authority suddenly stripped him of his us liquor

license. owner of santora's pizza pub and grill paul santora and his attorney larry hogan joins us now. paul, is it that quick? you were on "fox & friends" same day you get a call your liquor license is revoked and what reason did they give? >> yeah. we didn't get a call. we had one of the agents come in and serve me around 12:15,:12 on new year's eve and basically just said we need to pull your license, offered me no help. offered me no assistance to be able to fix whatever it was. and the concept behind it was that my patio outside. they had to shut me down right away because it was an eminent threat to my customers. pete: an imminent threat to your customers who have chosen to go to your establishment, have dinner, have a drink but you are the one that's the imminent threat. corey, what legal recourse does paul have here, if any? >> well, he has got some legal recourse but what happened here this was a call from albany. they had a special meeting in albany or thereabouts.

are by zoom of the three commissioners that are in place for the whole state appointed by the governor. and this was -- this started somewhere around the 2 th, the night before, two nights before when they sent somebody in. thethey had a special meeting on new year's eve weekend and make a decision because of this imminent public threat that they have the right to immediately pull his license without any due process. without any explanation as to what is taking place. to the in front of a judge that afternoon, within a couple hours and the judge felt that he didn't have the authority to basically allow paul to go back to work. it's ridiculous. it's all done by cuomo and his appointees unfairly and we are going after him. pete: clearly targeting him correct directly after his willingness to speak out and file that lawsuit. paul, recall are god bless you for fighting the fight and good luck in your lawsuit. appreciate it. >> thank you, pete. >> thanks very much. appreciate the help. pete: you got it guys. we reached out to the governor by the way. both governor cuomo's office and

the state liquor authority but they still haven't gotten back to us and we will not be holding our breath. coming up, he made national had headlines as the the singing surgeon when he isn't busy as a doctor he is recording music and making money for covid-19 relief. dr. many elvis joins us live next ♪ i'm still standing after all this time ♪ picking up the pieces of my ...can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. life

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powerful performance at the start of the pandemic. pete: since then he has had a busy year in addition to his duties at the mayo clinic he raised mope for covid relief with his own e.p. and rang in the new year on fox. jedediah: dr. elvis francois, welcome. you are so family must now. i watched all your performances. i have to say you put a smile on so many people's faces amid such challenging times. what a have you learned over the learned over the course of this past year between the time you originally came on the scene and sang that song and where we are at right now. >> what an honor to join you and thank you so much. happy new year. this year for me what i have learned in 2020 is that even in the darkest of times, when, you know, life comes at you fast and hard, you can always find a way to smile. you can always find a way to make other people smile auto. for me, i have learned that music has that quality and i have been able to share music even in the darkest of times. it's just been an honor to see how it's been uplifting and

impacting people. so that part has been special. will: imagine going viral changed your life a little bit, doctor. is it patience now? are you having to perform for everybody that you come across? >> a great question. i mean, it's definitely been, you know, at this point in time lightened the spirits of a lot of people. especially when i'm getting ready for surgery in the mornings. the pacu and pre-op. area the patients will ask me to sing a song. one way to brighten everybody's day. if that's one of going viral i will take it. pete: doctor, i will be one more of those people that ask you to do just that. if you would, i think you have a performance planned for us. what are you going to sing after you let us know, take it away. >> of yeah. this is one of my favorite songs actually i'm feeling good. 2020 was a tough year. 2021 is going to be a better one. these words kind of highlight what i think 2021 is going to be for all of us. pete: i love it. let's hear it.

♪ you know how i feel ♪ there's a new sun in the sky ♪ you know how i feel ♪ when there is there's a drifting on by ♪ you know how i feel ♪ there's a new dawn ♪ there's a new light ♪ there's a new day for me ♪ and i'm feeling good ♪ [applause] >> feeling good. jedediah: yes, amazing. woo. [applause] will: well done. lifted a lot of spirits. pete: lifted a lot of peter. con democrat labor relations on you for 2020. thank you for all you do on your day job too. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. will: absolutely. thank you so much, doctor. still ahead senator david

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>> ♪ what you do, the way i do will: good morning and welcome to fox & friends, welcome to atlanta, georgia where not just the political world turns its attention, the future of our country is at stake in two crucial senate runoff races. i'm will cain along with jedediah bila and pete hegseth. you can see the beautiful shot here in georgia, as it turns there to new york, where pete hegseth is holding it down, good morning. pete: good morning to you, both. i'll tell you, if you missed it in the earlier hour we talked about our new years resolution,

jedediah's was to do more and mine was to buy bitcoin, all-time high and it's at $31, 600, and it's a whole different ballgame. will, i'm going to talk you through it when i get to georgia in about a day and a half. if you're not in you will be in. will: keep telling me how high it is and i'll learn how low it goes, buy high, sell low. pete: usually my financial advice and that's why i don't give any, jefferson jedediah: the bad thing is the new years resolutions, although i listen to will's it's a solid one you could keep throughout the year, committing to party more, that seems like it would have some gu sto behind it, you know? will: i'll live up to it. i'll be able to keep that one going and see what we have going a little bit later here is what we have a little bit later in the show one of the two senators

on the republican side of the aisle run in this crucial runoff race. georgia gop senator david perdue is going to join us to talk about what's at stake in this election, jedediah. jedediah: that's right we have a big final hour for you today and we're going to begin with charles watson joining us live from atlanta as the candidates make their final pitch to voters in the peach state. charles? reporter: good morning, jedediah these senate runoff races are high stakes in both democrats and republicans are playing their part to make sure their respective candidates pull off a win for republicans. that includes senator lindsey graham, who has been all over the state of georgia, stomping for republican senators david perdue and kelly loeffler. he says this race is about two things. electing the right people to the senate, and blocking the radical liberal agenda for moving forward under a biden administration. >> if we lose georgia, they are going to undid everything everything trump did in six months so it's in the president 's interest, our

country's interest to turn out every republican in georgia to win these seats. reporter: and senators purdue and loeffler will get more help turning out gop voters when president trump and vice president pence travel to the state to rally voters on monday and they will likely have big competition from democrats jon ossoff and raphael warnock who will have biden and harris campaigning in georgia in hoping of recreating another blue victory and guys polls in georgia open bright and early at 7:00 a.m. tuesday morning. back to you. pete: charles watson thank you so much for your time live on the ground in atlanta alongside our own will cain and we've been talking about the stakes of this race everyone knows it's very important. the gavels in the united states senate potential control over a branch of government. significant, races are huge, and the agenda of the left is scary, but we talked about the state of the race and we'll continue to break it down. will did an interview with georgia good morning jodie hite,

who talked about the race and the way it's trend ing. >> what we're hearing even as of this morning, things are trending in a very positive direction, particularly in rural georgia is looking very strong for the two republican senators, and i believe the president trump coming on monday is going to help get out the vote otherwise, so at this point i'm very encouraged that this is not really a battle between republicans and democrats and it's a battle between socialism and freedom and i believe those people of georgia really understand that and i believe they are going to come out and stand for our values as americans. will: pete you heard the congressman talk about the way he believes it is trend ing, and early voting is in , it's big numbers which would give, i think, republicans a cause for concern. what more, polling suggests the two democratic candidates are up but we've all come to know the value of polling over

the last four years and its ability to tell us what the future election might hold. i think what's important, jedediah, is this , what's at stake, and we can go through the list, the issues, by issue, by issue, by issue and we can talk about what democrats would do with all that power and the one that really concerns me is i talked to various people leading into this election is changes in structural power that that's what democrats could seek new seats in the senate by adding d.c. and puerto rico as states, due away with the filibuster, pack the court and in essence consolidate power because then you get everything on your wish list. jedediah: yeah, i think packing the court was a pivotal one as we talked about numerous times joe biden not giving a concrete answer on whether or not he would support that so people are left feeling well what would actually happen here. i think there are also going to be big initiatives when it comes to policy issues with health care and potential medicare for all on climba if there is no check, on that power coming from the senate i think you'll see a lot of stuff come down the pike

from democrats and a heavy rush to rush things through, so this remains a really important election and i think president trump speaking on monday and what he will or won't say is going to impact how many people actually choose to show up on election day which republicans are relying on pretty heavily. with that being said there is another big story we've been following and that is covid-19 and the vaccine that has started to come out people are now getting inoculated in several states but there are some reports that are concerning some , and this is from the la times an estimated 50% of frontline workers in riverside county, california, opted against the vaccine. so you're seeing a lot of health care workers you're seeing a lot of people in various independence that are going to come out and we don't know the why of this and pete, you mentioned earlier, we don't know if these people already had covid-19, if they have antibod ies, we don't have answers answers to those questions but regardless you'll see people who have a different view about medicine that say well i'll give it six months and regardless of what industry they're in they are going to make that choice for themselves at least for now there's no mandate in place and

regardless there are many in the medical community that find that alarming because remember if you're a frontline worker dealing with a lot of patients in one day the ability to transmit that to someone o from someone to another person can be hi. dr. mark siegel weighed in on all of that earlier. listen to what he had to say. >> 20-40% of healthcare workers in la county are placed where they got tents lined up because the hospitals are so overwhelmed why would healthcare, woulders not be taking the vaccine over 200,000 healthcare workers have actually gotten sick from covid-19 and we need to send a message to the american public. this vaccine is safe. it works. you take it next, when more and more comes out. i just think there's a lot of vaccine hesitancy in the country one of the roles we can play as healthcare workers in a brand new vaccine is showing other people that it's safe. pete: i don't know what the answer to this is, as to the why. i think a portion i was with two nurses just a couple days ago with my son, one of which was waiting to get the vaccine and the other which had covid about

two months ago and felt like she didn't need to get it yet so that's probably a portion of the reason for it but when you actually step back and think of 2020 how much it changed our lives, covid is central to two stories we talked about this hour, first of all, this vaccine, how quickly can we get it and how quickly can our lives get back to normal if you had the vaccine, do you transmittal of those things but then also, how covid was used to change the way we vote, and a lot of the rules in which legislatures and governors change things at the last minute opening up the opportunity for widespread mail-in ballots which a lot of people feel like were not above on both fronts we'll live with that legacy and as we tie it back to georgia, if ultimately, two democrats were to win there, it's nancy pelosi and chuck schumer that want to change the way we vote forever by dropping voter id laws where they can, by widening who qualifies for mail-out balloting , weakening down signature requirements and

initially covid so it's hard to understate how much this is still a part of our lives, will, going into 2021. will: yeah, and of those 3 million early votes already cast here in georgia, 1 million, almost 1 million of them, coming through the mail. i think it's fair to say, pete that it's the most disruptive story of our lifetime. you point out it changed the way we elected a president. it changed an election across this country. its changed our lives, crushed our businesses and it is absolutely stunning, stunning to the extent we must find out the answer why, that a large percentage of health care workers who could get the vaccine who will be at the frontline of getting a vaccine, are choosing not to. that is something we need to get the answer to. pete: for sure. so we will continue to cover it and if and when we get the answer, you'll hear from us. all right we'll turn to a few additional headlines as well. today, late congressman-elect luke letlow will be laid to rest louisiana republican died this week from covid-19 complications. he was set to be sworn into congress tomorrow on sunday. he will be laid to rest in

monroe, louisiana, the state will fly flags at half staff in his honor, letlow leaves behind a wife and two children and he was just 41 years old. >> and rough skies ahead for airlines analysts say the industry lost $35 billion in 2020 and will likely not seek any relief until the second half of the year. delta's ceo is more optimistic. he sent a memo to employees telling them he expects a turning point in travel once vaccines become more available. he says it should generate a positive cash flow by the spring >> and a man proposes to his girlfriend, with a little help, from a friend. watch this. >> awesome! >> [cheers and applause] pete: i see it now, the sea lion shocking the man' girlfriend with a sign reading "marry me" at the columbus, ohio zoo, despite slapping her boyfriend

over the surprise, she did say yes. jedediah is that romantic enough look at her face. jedediah: how could you not say yes to a sea lion even if you were inclined to say no, you have to say yes. it's a sea lion or like a little animal with a little sign in their mouth invites you, you have to. she should have married the sea lion though, just saying. will: just a moment of cuteness can produce a lifetime of regret though. pete: exactly. my favorite proposal was where the girl hesitates and then says i don't know, i've got to think about this because that's an honest response. it's too easy to say yes right out the gate and then you live with it, will, as you pointed out. will: [laughter] jedediah: i love your love of a little skepticism, a little doubt. i love it, pete. i love it, but the sea lion -- will: the sea lion will be gone in a few months and he'll still be around. pete: bingo. jedediah: [laughter] you guys! oh, all right, still ahead, wall street setting records while

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jedediah: wall street scoring records while wrapping up a wild 2020 but the georgia senate runoff could put a snag in those gains. if democrats win both seats on tuesday, the biden administration would have more power reverse president trump's economic policy, with democrats controlling both the house and senate, but what would this mean for you and for your wallet? financial expert mitch rochelle joins us now to break it down. mitch, thanks for joining us

this morning. so, are investors concerned about a potential democrat win on tuesday? and why? >> i think they're a little concerned but not overly concerned. let's look at it this way, jed. the stock market is a leading indicator of a lot of things so the run-up in the stock market towards the end of the year suggests to me that they see the republicans retaining control of the senate, and blocking sort of as a firewall some of the policies that could undue some of trump's financial legacy, so i think that they're not overly worried but there are some risks that they see on the horizon. jedediah: when you're talking about policies that could be potentially undone, what are the ones that investors would key in on that be problematic for not only for them but for people's wallets? >> i think the two things that president trump did in his four years in office was a big push

to deregulate and then the tax policy that happened at the end of 2017, so on the tax policy, candidate biden talked a lot about raising corporate income taxes, raising individual income taxes, and potentially raising taxes on capital gains so that's something that certainly is freaking out investors if that were to happen but i think on the margin, it's the ability of the president by executive order to start putting back regulation s on and i think that that's the thing that has investors a little worried. jedediah: so now let's flip it and say that you have on tuesday two republican wins. how does that make investors feel and why, and what does that mean? really people when they watch and say and think about well how does this impact me what effect does that have on people's wallets? >> i think, and i'm going to make a bold statement. i think it's going to be very hard regardless of whether or not the republicans gain those two seats or not to really push tax policy through

very quickly; however, if the republicans lose control of the senate, there is a path to change tax policy, so i think tax policy is the biggest item because that's the thing that clearly requires both chambers of congress, and that's the thing that's going to impact investors. if you sell stocks that you have a gain in and that gain gets taxed at a higher rate regardless of your income level, that's something that should concern you with more taxes and hiring less people as a result and corporate profits are down that's something that concerns every investor regardless of whether or not they're big or small. jedediah: mitch, thanks so much. i'm sorry we were breaking up there a little bit but we'll have you back to talk about that and more we appreciate your insight today though. >> you bet, jed. jedediah: thank you. coming up, as the debate over those $2,000 stimulus checks heats up, nancy pelosi's multi million dollar san francisco home is vandalized overnight with red paint and even a pig's

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not happening in the u.s. senate lawmakers adjourned on friday without approving the measure. as you know democrats support increasing those direct payments from 600 to $2,000. so does president trump, but senior republicans insist more targeted relief is needed instead. >> a huge chunk would essentially be socialism for rich people. the money flowing to households are earning well into six figures who did not lose any jobs or income last year. the house democrats bill is just simply not the right approach. reporter: the president surprised many people right before christmas when he supported increased payments. he blasted republicans on twitter yesterday calling them pathetic. meanwhile, one of his closest allies in the senate defended the idea senator lindsey graham writing, going from $600 to 2,000 doesn't make you a socialist, mr. president, keep fighting for the american people , who are suffering. meantime, police out in san francisco investigating after someone sprayed graffiti on a home reportedly belonging to

house speaker nancy pelosi. the damage including the messages 2,000, cancel rent and we want everything, vandals also appear to have left fake blood and a pig's head outside. there's going to be a lot of attention on speaker pelosi tomorrow, when the 117th congress convenes at noon, right here in d.c. jed? jedediah: thank you, mark. we're going to head over to pete now. pete: thank you, jed. congress voting to override the president's veto of the defense bill guaranteeing the measure will become law, despite his objections. president trump responding on twitter writing, "a republican senate missed the opportunity to get rid of section 230 which gives unlimited power to big tech companies, pathetic. " here to react former florida congressman and chairman of the texas gop retired army lt. colonel allen west. thank you so much for being with us this morning. the president also pointed out it limits the ability of the executive of the commander-in-chief to drawdown troops in afghanistan

as well as reposition troops in europe and also the naming of bases like one we're familiar with fort benning could potentially be renamed on as well. what's your take on the override here? >> well it's good to be with you, pete and happy new year. i think the president was spot on when he was talking about that section 230 and how it can have adverse effects on our national security, and we should not be providing those protections to those social media platforms, but i'm also concerned about the renaming of many of our military installations. i served quite a few years at fort bragg that's named after a confederal general by the name of braxton bragg and finished my military career at fort hood which is the largest military installation in the world so i think there are more important things we can be focused on making sure our military capability capacity is up to par , so that we're not looking at some of these other trivial matters and i think that's a good thing that the president brought up but again we have to be looking at the threats that we have out there such as iran

making sure that we have military that ready to respond to those threats. there are so many things i think that we need to do. one of the things that is so important is that we have a defense bill that is truly a defense bill, and is not tied to a lot of this non-discretionary issues that we have coming out of the congress, so we need to have two separate bills going forward, so we don't have all of these rioters attached to the defense appropriations and funding bill. pete: colonel, ultimately, do you feel like our country's strategic thinking is where it should be? this president has rebuilt the military, some were pointing out hey the fact that he's veto ed this it puts that record in jeopardy which is nonsense because everyone knows how much he's invested in the military, and this section 230 is tied into national security because of what these companies are able to do. are we focused and oriented from a defense standpoint? we've rebuilt but are we re oriented against the threats of today the way we should be?

>> well i think we have, and one of the things you look at in that national defense authorization act is trying to constrain the president is his ability as the commander-in-chief to reposition forces. when you look at what is happening in europe now it's time for us to transition from what i called the old europe to a new europe and making sure that we have better partnership, better alliances, with those former countries that were under the control of the soviet union such as poland, that have more interactions with ukraine and also with the baltic states of latvia,lithuania and astonia, but when you have a national defense act that ties the commander-in-chief's hands from being able to have that strategic perspective that's not a good thing for us. pete: that's exactly right yet the institution prerogative gets invested in the things that have always there been or have been there for quite some time like nato, like legacy bases in germany. even if they don't want us there and there's a right new opportunity in a place like po

land, they find a way to protect it like this , the president continuing to fight back against that sort of stale thinking and guys like you have fought like that for many many years lt. colonel allen west, thank you so much and happy new year to you. >> happy new year, pete. pete: appreciate it. we're just three days away from the crucial georgia runoff that will decide control of the senate. senator david perdue is making his final pitch to voters this weekend. he joins us live, next. >> ♪ life is a highway, i'm going to ride it all night long ♪ pete: and our live coverage from atlanta continues, next.

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will: welcome back to fox fox & friends alive ahead in atlanta,

the crucial runoff in just three days voters will decide which party has control of the senate. early voting ended in the state with a record 3 million ballots cast and democrat raphael warnock is challenging kelly loeffler and jon ossoff is hoping to defeat republican incumbent david perdue. senator perdue joins me now on " fox & friends." good morning, senator i believe we were supposed to be sitting here next to each other on-set but you are in quarantine after coming into close contact with someone with coronavirus. how are you doing and how is that affecting your campaigning over the final three days? >> good morning, will. well my wife and i were in contact with a member of our team that tested positive, and we're following our doctor's guidelines, and the cdc guidelines and so we're doing fine. no symptoms, and what this will do is just change the way that we're ending up this campaign. these last three days are really critical to get our vote out on tuesday so i'm here doing media, making phone calls and participating in our events

virtually. we've got a lot of surrogates in town, the president is coming monday night for a big rally in dalton, the vice president will be here on monday at noon. we have several other surrogates coming this weekend as well so i'm still, we're going morning- to-night and driving this home to make sure that we get our vote out. we know what's at stake here in this election in georgia. will: senator, we understand the president, i'm sure, is going to be very crucial to the turnout gain gary cohen but just to clarify and make sure. in the coming three days you'll have to remain in quarantine. you will not be able to make those campaign stops you had intended? >> well, unfortunately that's correct. this is what the protocol is and we're going to follow the protocol, but it doesn't change how we're going to execute. we still have people that will have these events. the president is still coming, kelly loeffler will certainly be there, so our team is out there. we just finished 125-stop bus tour in fact our 100th stop was thursday night or wednesday

night, night we discovered we think this problem and so we're out there. we're going to complete that 125 -stop bus tour, and so we're going to get this vote out. republicans are notorious for voting on election day, and we've already had over 3 million people vote so far in early voting, in absentee voting and i'm confident that we'll be north of 4 million votes at the end of tuesday. will: i want to talk about your confidence, senator, if we might you talk about republicans turning out on election day. i saw you yesterday on america's news room say you are winning. you believe that you and kelly loeffler are winning as it stands right now. here is what the vote count stands or the turnout stands. early voting 3 million as of december 31, comparing that to four days before the election in november, 3.6 million at that time. there are indicators, i would think, that would give you some concern. early voting often favors democrats, polling but you and i both know how valuable polling has been, over the last several years but polling indicates, perhaps, it's trending in the

way of ossoff and warnock as well so what indicators do you see that are showing that you and kelly loeffler are winning right now? >> my personal contact with people over the last two months, the real people of georgia out in small towns to hiawasee. the energy level is exactly where it was in november when the polls had me down by five points we won by two and 52.5% of georgians rejected jon ossoff and his liberal agenda. same thing happened in 2014. i don't put a lot of stock in polls and i'm very confident with the president coming monday night, the vice president coming monday and what we're doing our team over the next three day, kelly loeffler and i will get this vote out on tuesday, and we'll save america. that's what this is about. this is the last line of defense from this radical socialist agenda, will. will: yeah, we've talked about what that agenda might include throughout the morning. i do have to ask you about your opponent jon ossoff. coming up in just a moment will be peter doocy and he intended

to press jon ossoff on his business connections in china, with connections to the chinese communist government. i know you've been talking about this. now, he's been somewhat evasive so i don't know exactly what his answer be if pressed fully, if peter were able to get more time with him, if he answered directly, but i think his response, senator is, i do business all over the world. i have business in multiple countries, and my business in china is just like anywhere else what is your case and what are you concerned about with jon ossoff and the business in china >> well, there's a ripening scandal as we now know. he hid his involvement with the communist chinese party during his primary. he got caught and lied about it and he then filed another report with the federal authorities that did disclose that he did take money from the chinese communist party, and then lied about it again in a debate. this is unlike other businesses that he has. he's not in the business. he is a documentary journalist. he hasn't ever really created american jobs and this is a business bought for him by his

daddy. he's a trust fund kid that wants to be in politics since high school and will do anything as we've saw in this campaign to avoid talking about the issues. look, peter did the right thing the other day and asked the right question and what did jon ossoff say, he accused him of being a serious journalist. he was being a serious journalist and asking the right questions. jon ossoff has never answered the question about his relationship with communist china. this gives me great pause in relative terms to what happened with swalwell and what we now know is coming out about hunter biden. the chinese communist party is notorious for identifying young ambitious liberal politicians and that's what we have going on with jon ossoff. will: many many issues, potentially at stake here, should the democrats control the senate including potential structural changes, the filibuster or the number of senators, there's no overstating how important these two races in georgia are. senator david perdue, thank you for joining us this morning on " fox & friends."

>> thank, will. will: you bet, over to you, jedediah. jedediah: thank, will. we'll turn to some headlines for you now. violent antifa anarchists that's what portland mayor ted wheeler called rioters who caused thousands of dollars in damage on new years eve. the mayor says he is ready to crackdown. >> it's time to pushback harder against those who were set on destroying our community and to take more risks in fighting lawlessness. jedediah: wheeler is demanding oregon lawmakers increase criminal punishment for repeat vandals and require them to meet with businesses they damaged. >> and the north dakota man cases faces chans for threatening to kill his former boss. caleb brusek had was upset his old employer wouldn't accept a friend request on facebook. court documents reveal the man even busted down the door of his ex-boss' home and it's not exactly clear why the request

went unanswered. >> and a night of drinking leads a man to making a permanent change. >> ♪ it's all so hard to believe but it's all coming back to me ♪ jedediah: celine dion's iconic song fitting for the 30- year-old british man and he admits to getting drunk before changing his legal name to celine dion and his heart goes on for the singer to help get through quarantine and those are your headlines. wow get drunk? will: how does that work? i know how that works, do you, is it like a chapel in las vegas you just drive-thru and get a name change on a rough night? i'm not sure how that works. pete: i think it's just online. you can get anything online. just a couple of clicks and you got a new name. will: i didn't know if you could just start typing? pete: there's a lot of bad things that can happen.

changing your name, not the best i think you can unchange it. jedediah: there's worse things you can do drunk i'm just going to say that. pete: exactly right. this is actually a pretty tame one just a couple of clicks and your names back to normal, i think. coming up just three days until the crucial georgia runoff and our own peter doocy has been putting the candidates on defense. he's up early with a live report , that is next, and from our friends at fox bet, download the fox bet super 6 app and play the senate georgia runoff game for a chance to win $10,000. pick six possible outcomes and then watch fox news on january 5 to see how it all unfolds. download the fox bet super 6 app , now, to get started. nicorette knows, quitting smoking is hard.

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china. >> why is it that you waited until after the primary to reveal that your business did business with a company in hong kong that was linked to the chinese government? >> oh, this is utter nonsense. >> are you concerned that through a payment to a well- known, young democrat somebody linked to china or the chinese through another company could be trying to influence you? >> come on, man you're a serious reporter. pete: he is and that serious reporter, peter doocy joins us now. peter good morning, thank you so much for being here. you've got to tell me before we get to the particulars of this , what's it like to be the only reporter out there willing to ask the big questions that don't get asked by anybody else, and do the candidates get that look in their eye like oh, boy here comes peter doocy? >> [laughter] well there's a lot of looks going around when you ask a hard question, but sometimes it's

easier, because we only have to go with the one question, and not have a backup, because it's the only one, sometimes, that are interested in certain stories like that one. pete: uh-huh. will: yeah, they left a big lane open for you peter. you could drive down it all by yourself. i was just talking to senator david perdue just moments ago, peter and we asked about, i asked about the question you just, we saw on camera asked jon ossoff. he's been evasive, right? he's not done a good job of addressing you directly. david perdue did address what he thought about this scandal. let's take a listen and come back and talk to you. >> jon ossoff has never answered the question about his relationship with communist china. this gives me great pause and relative terms to what happened with swalwell and what we now know is coming out about hunter biden. the chinese communist party is notorious for identifying young, ambitious, liberal politicians here in the last few years and that's what we have going on with jon ossoff.

will: peter, it seems like ossoff is trying to say look, i do business everywhere not just with china. what's your reaction to david perdue and ossoff's answer? >> well, i don't think and ossoff himself, the whole business, is that he runs an investigative journalist documentary company so he understands how it works, and this is not something that is coming out of left field when we acted. this is something that his republican opponent is really strongly pushing as a big problem and the way it works is when a republican or a democrat makes an allegation about the other side, and we haven't heard from the person whose taking incoming about it you just go and ask, and so that's all we were doing. it got a ton of attention, which is great, but that's the whole game. it really, the way that we approach it, we're not smart enough to make things more complicated than that. will: really quickly, jedediah, peter did you feel like you got

your question answered? >> yeah, i do, and we're, you know, we will ask him about whatever it is that is interesting that day, and we've been able to ask him just this week about reverend warnock and the allegations about him and maybe being a drag on the ticket and been able to ask him about this china connection we're here in athens expecting him in about an hour and 15 minutes so we might be able to ask him about something else. we'll see. jedediah: peter this is coming on the heels so for those of you just out here watching, you know , we've watched you try to get answers from joe biden. you followed the campaign for months, oftentimes completely dismissed. oh, come on, answer, now we're seeing come from ossoff. you know this is a trend that's deeply disturbing to many, when you just, you have reporters like you out there trying to get answers to questions and you have politicians that feel that they can get away with what i would deem non-answers. do you expect that to change any time soon particularly with

the biden campaign? do you anticipate that they will actually have an answer to some of these important questions that reporters like you have for them? >> they might, and with the way that the biden stuff has been working yes we do have to shout the questions but we get very short answers and so we are able to build over time one sentence or one from biden at a time kind of figuring out what's going on. it takes a little bit longer but we'll get to the bottom of all of this at some point. we have time. pete: i love how you downplayed it and you said we're not smart enough to make it more complicated listen you're a smart dude. >> that's true! pete: well there is maybe some truth to it but it takes guts and persistence to ask the question no one else is asking and you do it for million s of americans who wants those questions asked and the press, which used to do that , is now totally in the tank and there's only a few handful of people out there willing to ask those tough questions, pert you were one of them and we're grateful you got up for it. thank you. >> very kind, thank you.

pete: you got it. all right, still ahead it's not only a crucial time for georgia, it's also make or break weekend for nfl fans as teams prepare for the final week of regular season games with a few rivalr ies set to decide whose in and whose out for the playoffs, the biggest games on fox, coming up next. >> ♪ ♪ i felt awful because of my psoriasis. i was covered from head to toe with it. it really hurt. then i started cosentyx. okay, thanks... that was four years ago. how are you? see me. cosentyx works fast to give you clear skin that can last. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx.

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pete: its a crucial moment for nfl fans as teams prepare for the final week of regular season games. many teams vying for playoff spots while also battling rising covid-19 numbers on their roster s. fox sports nfl reporter jen hale joins us now with the latest. jen, good morning thanks for being here as always. when you look at the lineup of

games on fox what are you looking for today? >> good morning. pete: good morning. >> week 17 is here and it is my favorite week of the season. we have some awesome matchups where they're all do or die. winner stays alive, loser goes home. let's start with cowboys at the giants and i'm not just saying this because of will. this one is particularly intriguing because the way these teams, these two teams have played this year, you think they wouldn't be alive or have playoff hopes at this point in the season but indeed they do, and i'm going with the cowboys on this one, pete. they have learned to close games as of late. they've won their last three, whereas the giants have lost their last three, so i think the cowboys are going to stay alive tomorrow in an epic match up, that probably comes down to just three points and then the game, i'm here in tampa , falcons at bucks, tom brady leading the bucks to their first playoff a earns a playoff in 13 years, but if they win tomorrow they get a much better seeding, that will be much more favorable so they are going to

play hard tomorrow. player to watch is mike evans. he's 40-yards away from nfl history and if he gets 40-yards that means he'll be the only player in nfl history to have started his career with seven consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, the bucks really want to see him get that record, and then also, go ahead and circle 49ers at seahawks tomorrow. the seahawks and russel wilson still have a chance to claim that number one spot in the nfc pete: they've been trying to give it away. if they could do it that'll be a good one. pete: the irony of it all my vikings their game doesn't matter at all and somehow will's cowboys in the nfc still have a shot and they got a big game today at 1:00. jen you always break it down so well for us, also, there's still money on the line, with fox bet super 6 what do we got? >> indeed. the app is free to download and the game is free to play and you could win $100,000 of terry bradshaw's money just predict the scores of the fox games which you're watching anyway, because it's week 17 and it's

the week you don't want to miss in the regular season. pete: you have to watch it. it's a mini extension of the playoffs no doubt about it and i think you mentioned it which side line are you on again >> falcons and bucks here in tampa. grab that seed we'll find out. pete: where the weather is delightful. jen hale, thank you so much for your time we appreciate it great to have you. >> thanks, pete. pete: more fox & friends, there are the games, check them out, more "fox & friends" just moment s away. >> ♪ ♪

will: that does it for us this morning but make sure you tune in tomorrow morning where our coverage of the senate runoff election continues live right here from georgia. it's january 2, jed. please allow me to say happy birthday to my oldest son, charlie. i have a teenager now.

jedediah: wow! happy birthday, charlie, from all of us. we hope you all have a wonderful saturday and we'll see you back here tomorrow. pete: will you're an old man now if you've got a teenager as a kid you're an old man and today is national buffet day so find a good buffet in atlanta, will that's your order for today. enjoy it and have a great saturday, everybody. david: well less than three days away and over 3 million early votes already cast, in georgia where the senate is at stake in key runoff elections. president trump and joe biden both headed to the peach state on monday, but is it what senate majority leader mitch mcconnell just did that may have voters running away from the polls? good morning, everyone, and a happy new year to you all. i'm david asman, in for neil cavuto, you're watching cavuto live. we begin in atlanta with charles watson for the latest. hi, charles. reporter: good morning, david. majority leader mcconnell again shooting down another attempt to