>> duelling campaign events in georgia with kelly loeffler and jon ossoff, as we speak. welcome to washington, i'm griff jenkins. >> it's great to have you for the first time on the show. we decided to make it easy and you didn't have to get in at 3 a.m. >> thank you, filling in for leland and it's a new year 2021. >> it is a new year. >> and happy new year to everyone at home, i'm gillian turner. and finally before the runoff, peter doocy is at a jon ossoff event in athens, georgia.

he's got a close look and we're hearing that kelly loeffler has taken the stage and rallying supporters on the ground. jon ossoff is in his bus en route to an event and you can see senator loeffler there live and she's talking about the republican charge here really to make the case they're running against democrat incumbents that they say are socialists. they've got radical economic agendas. i think we've got peter doocy on the line. hey, peter, tells us what's going on. ♪ >> and i apologize, griff and gillian, i lost you in my ear, i want to give you a sense what's going on in this entire state, the entire political universe is descending on. jon ossoff wrapped up an event in downtown athens a few steps away from the university of georgia campus, he tried to get

people to go out and knock on doors, a lot of people are home for winter break, but they want to knock on 5,000 doors. right now, they're handing out signs and bumper stickers, some pins, they also, because we're in georgia, are distributing lunch and it's barbecue. this is about as nice of a smelling campaign event as you're ever going to see. and the candidate himself, mr. ossoff just got back onto his bus. we didn't have an opportunity at this one to lob a question at him just because they're telling us they are going to go from city to city this afternoon. and getting organized, canvass and launches and trying to get their volunteers to go and contact voters outside of their homes. now, while that's happening, purdue is at home quarantining because of an infected staffer and kelly loeffler is

campaigning with ted cruz. and the big events, kamala harris for the democrats and monday joe biden for the democrats and president trump for the republicans. they're rounding up everybody they can to try to get people out on tuesday. this is not where they can go knock on the door and vote early. early voting is done, a record three million have already voted. back to you in d.c. >> back for jon ossoff and some miley cyrus there, griff. >> thanks, joining us now is communications director for the loeffler campaign. steve happy new year, and thank you for joining us. >> griff, great to be with you. >> i want to ask you out of the gate, obviously, the campaign trail is hot in your race and raphael warnock levelling some fairly strong accusations at your candidate. what is your reaction? >> well, look, i mean, i think what you're seeing with raphael

warnock, he's continuing to duck questions about very serious allegations. first we had body cam footage of his wife saying he was a great actor, after alleging that he ran over her foot with his car. and now we've got allegations of child abuse. for weeks, griff, raphael warnock has dodged questions on this issue and now we have a victim who has come forward from raphael warnock's summer camp alleging he had urine thrown on him and he was forced to sleep outside. and raphael warnock when given a chance to answer, refused and he's taken money from harvey weinstein's lawyer. i think it's clear what's going on and it's deeply disturbing. for raphael warnock to continue refusing to give answers to these serious allegations is disqualifyi

disqualifying. >> steven, warnock's campaign is pushing back on and and they're feeling comfortable, early voting favoring democrats, are you concerned that your candidate could be in an uphill climb? >> not at all. i think what you saw early on in early voting was the democrats were turning their voters out, but the last three days of early voting, our side made a strong case and we got our voters to the polls, but it's going to be close, we've said that. it's going to come down to election day and that's why president trump, we're so excited that he's going to be here on monday night helping us turn out voters. he's going to reemphasize that message that every single georgia republican has to get out ap vote for kelly loeffler and david perdue. here is what's at stake. chuck schumer said, now we take georgia and change america. we know what he means, the

filibuster, pack the courts, green new deal and taxes and change the course of our country forever. we've got to get out and vote for kelly loeffler and david perdue and hold it on the line with president trump's strong agenda. are you concerned that the president has called your race illegal and invalid and attacking those know georgia. are you worried that attacks from the president is going to hurt the turnout on your side? >> not at all. look, the president's frustrated about the november election, so is kelly and so is david. that's why they've taken significant steps. we've got 8,000 poll watchers deployed across the state. we've been in court. we're monitoring these signatures and ballot boxes and called for the secretary of

state to step down for irregularities in the november election. the president is clear every single georgia republican has to get out and vote for kelly loeffler and david perdue, so much is on the line. the future of our country is on the line and the president came down to valdosta earlier this year and he's coming back on monday and we're excited because he's going to help us get the vote out and finish the job here. >> and stephen, in the moments i have left, i want to ask you quickly about senator loeffler, missed a key vote on the defense authorization bill and why was that? >> she was supportive ndaa and for it initially, but she's continuing to fight for this president and she's down here on the ground making sure that our focus is on january 5th. making sure that we turn out the vote because the future of our country is at stake, and she's really excited about welcoming the president back on monday night.

>> and we're looking live at pictures of kelly loeffler in jefferson, georgia, northeastern georgia campaigning. and stephen, from that campaign, thank you for taking time today. >> thank you, griff. >> and on sunday, bret baier is live for chris wallace. and he'll talk to senator kelly loeffler. check your listings for time and channel and sunday night bret and martha will have a special preview of the runoff and howie kurtz how they're covering covid aid on media buzz at 11 a.m. eastern. >> president trump is tweeting about his upcoming rally. and he's going after democrat and republican lawmakers who have everridden his veto of the ndaa, the first veto of his

administration. hi. >> the president's party needs to win at least one of the two seats in the georgia special election to maintain control of the senate. the president says he's pitching in on one this tweeting this morning, quote we'll be in georgia monday night, a rally for two great people, senator david perdue and senator kelly loeffler get ready to vote. and the president cut down on his holiday trip to florida. he's been badgering lawmakers, to protect military names on military installations and changing the $600 stimulus check to $2,000. >> and a huge chunk would be essenti essentially money to those households with six figures, who did not lose any jobs or income last year. the house democrats' bill is simply not the right approach. >> for once, 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. we have a bill that's already passed the house. all we are asking for is a simple vote in the senate. >> now, instead the senate gave the president his first veto override 81-13 to approve a $740 defense policy bill that authorizes spending on military structure, pay increases. the congress could check the 2,000 checks but the house bill expires because the congress is about to expire. the next congress takes over tomorrow. gillian, back to you. >> rich edison, live from the white house, thank you. >> as inauguration day

approaches, president-elect joe biden is receiving criticism for some of his picks. and hillary is there. >> the biden transition team kind of new that some of the questions were coming because they released financial disclosures for some of their cabinet picks on thursday, and those were released through the office of government ethics. and some of those disclosures were tied to biden's pick for treasury janet yellin and are triggering some progressive democrats not thrilled to find out. she brought in $7 million in speaking fees just over the past two years. from major financial firms she would have influence over like citigroup, goldman sachs and google. and yellin says she would work with ethics officials before she directly engages with some

of these as her role as treasury secretary. even though the ties to wall street have been short-lived because yellin has been in public service, but oac, i think it's important that they know what their income streams are regardless of gender or party. we can note how scrutiny gets disproportionately wielded on women, but wall street ties are a reasonable thing to examine. there's a difference working as a waitress versus working on wall street. and may not want to admit it, policy makers shaped their thinking. and yellin has been endorsed by senator elizabeth warren and a biden transition official gives me the following state saying that it's clear that leaders in academia and insight were looking for this during a time for the kun and this is not someone who pulls punches when

it comes to bad actors and behavior, you can bet she will bring the same high ethical standards and philosophy to treasury. other picks are sparking controversy. biden's pick for secretary of state was paid more than 1 million from this, he's in the process of selling interest in the firm. and a consultant as blinken's firm, $paid 50,000 between the summer of 2020 and she's accused of engaging with her colleagues for one year and biden still has to fill in the cabinet. he has not announced who would be attorney general or his labor secretary, but the biden transition team says more announcements on that could be coming next week. griff. >> all right, hillary vaughan in delaware. it will be interesting to see who that doj pick will be. we'll be watching.

thank you, hillary. >> a new highly contagious coronavirus strain first identified in the u.s. has now crossed the atlantic. it has shown up in a third new york state new year's eve. claudia cowan is tracking that. >> hi, gillian. as if the regular coronavirus which caused so much misery isn't enough to worry about, now experts say this second variant is likely spreading here. cases have been now confirmed in colorado, florida and california where in san diego three men tested positive who had no known contact with each other and that brings to four the number of cases there. the first was a man in his 30's who was said to be recovering and followed earlier cases confirmed in florida where a man in his 20's with no recent travel history somehow contracted the mutant strain and in colorado and health officials expect to confirm a

second case soon and he's not surprised. >> there's a lot of commerce and travel between the united states and united kingdom. people go back and forth between new york, london and san francisco and denver and texas and london every day. and it's no surprise that it wasn't kept successfully isolated there. >> the c.d.c. are investigating how it got into the country. while the variant may be up to 70% more infectious, but it doesn't appear to be more deadly or dangerous. but now comes word of another mutant strain in south africa. the first new case of this variant is a person who arrived from south korea on december 26th. south korea is now extending stringent social distancing rules for two more weeks as authorities work to suppress a spike there, and confirm they also have a patient suffering

from this new strain, the second variant of covid-19 identified so far. gillian. >> claudia cowan in los angeles, thank you. so later this hour, we'll talk to the doctor on the front lines, battling the coronavirus when it was first on the u.s. shores. what you need to know about this new highly transmissible train to keep you and your family safe throughout the new year. >> and we'll head back to georgia to check on the campaign events. first, iran, a major escalation in their nuclear program. what they say they'll do after the break. how liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need. isn't that what you just did? service! ♪ stand back, i'm gonna show ya ♪ ♪ how doug and limu roll, ya ♪

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>> welcome back. the stakes are high as candidates in georgia deliver their final message to voters ahead of the january 5th election. joining us now for a closer look at the state, the reporter with the atlanta constitution. and the dean of georgia politics. greg, great to have you. happy new year. >> happy new year. griff: talk with me about where things stand on the ground in the peach state?

>> more than three million people have already voted in the senate runoff contest. it's a staggering number and sets records for georgia runoffs and the fact that georgians realize what's at stake, the control of the senate. they feel there's a cushion there, and that's why republican are reliant on heavy turnout on election day on tuesday. they're relying on a surge of enthusiasm voters on tuesday, and that's why president trump's visit on monday is important to both senate incumbents. griff: obviously, we're in runoff elections because it was so close and now, everyone is hoping to find out how it will go by wednesday morning. are we likely to have a decision wednesday morning? >> i wish. but probably not. there is a fear among party leaders, among state officials, among operatives what we saw in georgia after the november election where the results dragged on for days and there was court fighting for weeks,

it's still going on, is just a prelude to what we could be seeing after the runoff election. of course, the courts validated joe biden's victory by 12,000 votes. folks are worried go there is a narrow victory for for either tickets, there will be weeks of drama. griff: the elephant in the room, no party pun intended, is president trump who has constantly criticized georgia's election officials from secretary of state rothberger, and how big of a factor is that and will it hurt the republicans? >> that's the big question, that's what is keeping republicans up at night in georgia. what trump's false claims of

the election, on the election. and at the same time he's calling for them to vote, that the senate elections should be involume dated. invalidated. then the senators can't afford it. griff: the constant criticism there, per is what senator perdue had to say. >> i think what the president is doing is exercising his rights. you know, there are implied inaccuracies in the countdown here and the way the election went. we went from 5% absentee ballots to over 30% in november. and we know there are potentially i am proprietities there and that's what we've been doing. griff: that's called threading the needle. is the president dividing the republicans in the state?

>> neither senator purdue nor senator loeffler, they said his die-hard devotees to come out. and that's why you're hearing from senator purdue and senator loeffler to back the call for $2,000 checks. and tacked secretary of state brad raftens berger, they've done that to keep the president in their corner. griff: greg, with a few seconds left. predictions, what will we be watching for in the final moments before the vote on tuesday? >> for republicans, it's so important for them to get election day turnout, especially from northwest georgia, north georgia and that's why president trump is making a beeline to the city in georgia on monday. trying to get less enthusiastic

republican voters back to the polls on tuesday. griff: thank you so much for being there. we'll be following and reading your report, thank you, sir. >> thank you. griff: and moving over to iran says it will start to enrich uranium up to 20% and will do so as soon as possible. mark meredith is it looking into the details of this new development and what it means for the u.s. mark. >> griff, good afternoon. sunday marks one year since an air strike killed qasem soleimani. as it nears, officials are closely looking at iran looking for any signs of retaliation. over the past weeks, the pentagon sent resources into the persian gulf in an apparent effort to detect anything from iran. two b-52 bombers wrapped up a mission into the region. and they made a surprising announcement that the u.s.s. nimitz is coming home, wrapping up a potential 10-month

deployment, signaling to iran it can be deescalated. iran is making the decision known to the u.n. nuclear watch dog agency as iran's foreign minister issued a fresh warning to president trump on twitter and urged the president to not fall for quote, a trap, and accused of israel for targeting. and you may remember right before christmas he said he would hold iran responsible for any attacks on u.s. personnel in iraq. that was after that attack in baghdad's green zone that u.s. officials believe that iranian-backed militants were responsible for. and next week, acting homeland security secretary chad wolf will go to the middle east. he's expected to meet with fot officials in cyprus, bahrain and qatar thanks, mark.

gillian: we'll talk with the security chief who will tell us what the pentagon's next move is likely to be, that's next. griff: there are just three days left as georgia voters are deciding who will head to the senate. and the final pitches. charles watson is following it all from atlanta. >> a balance of power at stake, u.s. republicans and democrats are putting their ground game to work. the latest on the senate runoff election next.

>> the georgia senate candidates are beginning their final push ahead of tuesday's runoff with uncontender campaigning from the sidelines. charles watson has the latest. what's going on? >> huge numbers, griff. folks in georgia are turning

out to early vote at record levels that nearly match what we saw during the general election back in november. a little more than three million people already voting either by mail or by in person. that's 82% of the total early votes that were tallied during the general election. both republicans and democrats are focused on their ground games and getting their polls to election day. the ossoff campaign getting black voters to the polls. and trying to shore up as many out of the atlanta suburbs today. >> we have two united states senators who when they learned about the threat that covid posed to their own constituents, their first call was to their broker. they treated this pandemic as an opportunity to profit and

david perdue opposed even the first round of $1200 stimulus checks for the people because david perdue does not care about us. >> meanwhile, republican senator kelly loeffler is focused solely on getting g.o.p. voters to the polls on election day. telling folks to make a plan and bring others to the polls with them as republicans try to overcome what could be a good democratic turnout in the early vote despite being off the campaign trail in quarantine three days out from election day, senator david perdue is government that g.o.p. voters will turn out at levels that will help republicans fend off their democratic challengers. >> i don't put a lot of stock in polls. i look at this early voting and i'm very confident with the president coming monday night and the vice-president coming on monday and kelly loeffler and i will get this vote out on tuesday. >> and president trump will be

in the state on monday to help get senators loeffler and david perdue over the top. president-elect joe biden will high school be here to help with the democrats. griff. griff: everybody's in georgia. charles watson in atlanta. thank you very much. gillian: and griff himself is going to be there tomorrow. meanwhile, across the atlanta, brexit, it's official, u.k. no longer a part of the european union putting on a cap. and is this going to impact the u.s. or how? the founder of westminster strategies, craig dillon. thank you for joining us, happy new year. let's start there. shall we? is brexit now in its final completion a good thing for u.s. interests overseas? is it good for u.s. interests at home? >> absolutely. it's a fantastic thing. i think one thing a lot of americans don't realize for the past 45 years, britain has been

unable to trade with america without approval from bureaucrats in brussels. and for two allies, that's madness. and we're able to trade on whatever subject and trade industries we want to trade with. gillian: so there's lots of excitement here among republican lawmakers, among lots of americans about just that possibility, a new bilateral trade deal between the u.s. and britain. so far though we haven't had a lot of indications from the incoming biden administration, but the president-elect has made it pretty clear that trade negotiations, trade deals, are certainly not at the top of his list going into 2021. do you think there's any real possibility of getting a trade deal done in the first couple of years of his presidency? >> i think there will be a trade deal. you know, the british were very pleased to be the first international call made by biden after he gave a call over in london. so, i think that you'll see that they will do a trade.

it may not be something that they want to scream and shout about, and do well for their voting base. but they know they need a trade for the u.k. we already do a huge amount of trade for you guys and i think that's one of the priorities is getting a trade done. >> we had nigel farage on our air on fox and friends. listen to what he said about brexit. a big picture, i want your sense whether or not you agree. >> the political class, our media class, our bureaucrat particular class and they just didn't understand why brexit happened, how brexit happened. but i tell you what did understand it, and support of it, donald j. trump got what brexit was about. >> and nigel is giving credit to president trump for helping to kind of usher brexit along from the sidelines for years now. do you give him the same kind of credit? >> absolutely. but i give credit to nigel what was really a 25-year campaign

to get u.k. out of the european union. nigel has doen great work. no one, of course, europe thought that brexit would happen, impossible, would never happen and we're predominantly working class people voting against the establishment and voting against the status quo, something told they shouldn't do, they can't vote for this and they went ahead and did it and a couple years later, the exact same thing happened with trump. gillian: we have been talking about brexit now. when was the final vote, how many years ago now? >> four years. gillian: four years, i thought so. if we switch quickly now to national security, you mentioned that the u.s. and britain really super tight allies, are on the same page when it comes to what countries we support and what countries are adversaries, all across the world. big concern here right now about china as a growing threat going into the new year. do you think there's some more space now for the u.s. and u.k. to take on china together now

that they're not part of the european block? >> absolutely. it's given us an opportunity to get back to the global stage. our biggest trading partners, australia, canada, new zealand, closely aligned and america. and we've been closer aligned to those places than france and germany. we're back on the global stage and ready to take on the challenges. china is a big one. there are a lot of issues going on with australia and china, and australia we've done a trade deal with those guys and backing them the whole way. gillian: so maybe some good financial news, maybe some good national security news, maybe the u.s. will wind up safer because of this? craig dillon, thank you for taking time for us this year. happy new year. >> happy new year. gillian: griff. griff: a coalition of republicans and senators, and senators-elect now announcing, they'll object to the electoral college of the 2020 election

unless there's audit of a commission, a group led by texas senator ted cruz saying in a statement, that quote, we are acting not to thwart the democratic process, but rather to protect it. one of those senators, marsha blackburn, will join us later. in 20 million by the start of new year, that's the goal set by the trump administration, but so far the united states is falling behind. the doctor is here next to break it down. ♪ it's velveeta versus the other guys. clearly, nothing melts like velveeta. ♪

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emergency medicine physician, a fox news contributor. happy new year to you. >> happy new year to you, gillian. gillian: let's start with distribution. there have been headlines how states are sort of failing to keep up with the pace that the trump administration set on a federal government level. on a practitioner level, can you tell us where the holdups are and where the road blocks are? do you have a sense? >> sure, this has been a huge historic endeavor and we had to have the vaccine created and then have to worry about distribution and allocation and once it gets to the hospitals and the doctor's offices and clinics and health care centers and nursing homes, stage one. and the proper storage and

personnel and staff to administer the vaccine and educate the patient, whoever is getting it they have to come back in 21 or 28 days so it requires strategic planning and preparation and then you have to have funding and without funding and good strong communication then we end up seeing a delay. we just had about 8.75 billion dollars allocated for vaccine distribution plan. even though we got started off at a slow pace, in the next weeks we'll see the momentum pick up and we'll vaccinate more than a million per week, which is decent. we've got about three million americans who have been vaccinated and we need to pick up the pace and that's going to help save lives. gillian: you sound a lot more optimistic than other senior health officials, dr. fauci, which is great to hear. take a listen to what he told nbc, your reaction. >> and we'd like to see it run smoothly and have 20 million doses in to people today by the

end of 2020 which was the projection, obviously it didn't happen and that's disappointing. there really has to be a lot more effort in the sense of resources for the locals. gillian: he seems to feel that we're handling this correctly, meaning the federal government should not be deciding which americans in all 50 states get the vaccine, when and when, but at the same time, the federal government is not doing a great job of making sure that the states actually have what they need. >> yes. so, you know, it comes down logistics. operations. what are the states doing? look at what's happening in florida, they have drive-through, you go up, pull you be in your car and get your vaccine and monitor it for 15 minutes and you go. we need volunteers, we need vaccination centers, we need preparations from the state department, the department of health. it's a matter again of organization, preparation, planning in advance.

even if the certain area or hospital or clinic does not have the actual vaccine in hand, plan as if you will have it in the next week. what are the stems that you're going to take in order to quickly and efficiently vaccinate those in your area. i'm ready to volunteer and ready to go. if i'm told by a-- (inaudible) so the vaccines are put to good use, quickly efficiently and not going to waste. once you open up a vile of moderna, it has to be used in six hours, if not, it's got to be wasted. i spoke with dr. nicole saffir, your colleague, she's been talking about states deliberating who should get the second round of vaccine. these folks needed to make

those decisions months before the vaccine was approved, do you agree? >> that's the key, planning in advance, predicting what our needs will be in advance and when the time comes and time for arrival of the vaccine we're not wasting any time fitting, thinking, what's the best step. what should we do, who should we give it first and we're not wasting time and not wasting resources i think we started off at a slow pace, but slowly picking up momentum. right now what we need to do like i said yesterday, vaccinate with high velocity and get as many vaccinated as possible. it's been a challenge to decide who needs to be vaccinated first because there's so many people on the front lines. we have our nursing homes residents at high risk of complications and also our icu nurses and doctors on the front line putting their lives at risk and then the essential workers, teachers, restaurant workers, delivery personnel, so, everyone is going to get their vaccine, it's a matter of time and ready when it's your turn.

>> we wish you best and thank you for everything you're doing on the front lines to help our yellow americans and it's great to hear some optimism looking forward. >> yes. gillian: that hopefully this will going to pick up and look back on the months as a time when we're figuring it outten a didn't have our sails underneath us. thank you, doctor. >> thank you, gillian. happy new year. gillian: happy new year. griff: once they were parade watchers and now they're protesters on the streets all over the iconic american tradition cancellation. that's coming up next. unlist. unlist. try boost® high protein... -with 20 grams of protein for muscle health- -versus only 16 grams in ensure® high protein. and now enjoy boost® high protein in café mocha flavor.

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>> the bottom of the hour. a time for the look at the top headlines. the coast guard is suspending its search for a missing boat that had 20 people on board. officials say they've combed over 1700 miles before they called off the search due in part to some rough waters. the ship went missing tuesday since setting sail from the bahamas and supposed to arrive at lake worth, florida. and five people are in custody for a robbery at a marijuana dispensary. the suspects led police on a high speed chase and fled the seen by car driving over 100 miles per hour and running out on foot before they were

arrested. also, over a thousand vehicles are caravanning in california friday. this happened yesterday. you can see it right there. pro-trump supporters driving along the iconic rose parade route in colorado boulevard in pasadena. the parade was canceled and the rose bowl football game was moved from california to texas because of coronavirus lockdowns. does the new year mean brand new laws for american citizens? now that 2021 is here there are major new regulations going into effect in states across the u.s., everything from police reform to coronavirus restrictions are on the table and they're getting an overhaul. laura engle takes a closer look at what you can expect. >> no peace! >> the biggest news of 2020 has helped to shape some of biggest changes in new laws going into effect this year, including the death of george floyd and the pandemic. george floyd who died at the

hands of a minneapolis police officer while in custody in may sparked widespread protests and demonstrations around the world, calling for police reform. states, including california, delaware, iowa, new york, oregon and utah passed bans on police chokeholds. in georgia, two new anti-bias laws are now in effect, one imposing more penalties for hate crimes, while the other protects police from bias motivated acts of violence. meanwhile, voters in arizona, montana, new jersey, and south dakota approving measures to legalize recreational marijuana. many hope this will bring some much-needed revenue to state economies reeling from covid. >> there are enough people that are already using it and doing it illegally, it's better that the state gets tax revenue from it. >> some of the coronavirus related laws going into effect this year include those offering to help essential workers and bolstering unemployment benefits and requiring time off for sick employees. the state of alabama passed a

resolution to encourage fist bumps over hand shakes to help stop the spread. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle planning on working on legislation in 2021, including issues ranging from school reopenings to governors' emergency powers. laura engle, fox news. griff: breaking news on the g.o.p. coalition, a pushback on the electoral college led by senator ted cruz. we'll go live to the white house coming up. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

griff: coalition of republicans, object to electoral college certification of the 2020 presidential election until there's an emergency ten-day audit by on electoral commission. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington, i'm griff jenkins. gillian: great back to with you. you came back to second hour. griff: thank you for having me in for leland and what a great to be doing it on a day for so much news. gillian: it is really for a saturday. we will speak to one of the senators in the coalition, senator marsha blackburn. rich edison will break everything we know about this republican coalition, hi, rich.

rich: this is a dozen republican senators and senators elect, they say they will object to certifying the results of the presidential election unless there is the appointment of a ten-day audit to go over the election results, the 2020 presidential election. the republicans write, quote, we are not naive, we expect most if not all democrats, perhaps a few republicans to vote otherwise, a fair and credible audit conducted expeditiously and completed well before january 20th would dramatically improve americans' faith in our electoral process. on wednesday vice president mike pence will preside over joint congressional session that the constitution mandates where congress officially tallies original results sent to washington. if member of the house and senate challenge forces debate and vote on each chamber on

whether to reject state electors giving democrats control of the senate and top republicans have -- democrats control the house and several top republicans acknowledged president elect joe biden's victory. the effort to derail the new administration is unlikely to succeed. federal courts have rejected challenges to the election results. republican leaders have largely shifted focus next week to a pair of special senate elections in georgia. president trump is heading down monday, he's tweeting, quote, we will be in georgia monday night, 9:00 p.m. to rally for two great people, senator david perdue and kelly loeffler, get ready to vote on tuesday. now republicans need to win at least one of those seats to maintain control of the u.s. senate, if not and democrats win both of them, republicans would really fail here to provide a significant check on the incoming administration. gillian, back to you. gillian: rich, real quick before i let you go, have you heard anything from anyone at the white house?

we haven't seen a presidential tweet about this yet, are you hearing anything? rich: we haven't seen or heard or gotten much from the president or the white house in the last several days. the only time that we really gotten much from the president of the united states is on twitter. he has been tweeting about the election results, he has been tweeting about disappoint that he has in congressional leaders especially republicans for their failure to pass a number of priorities, or at least push a number of his priorities so given the size of this challenge, u dozen republicans, we very well could hear from him today. >> we will be scanning our inboxes and looking for the tweet. rich edison, thank you so much. griff: all right, let's head down to georgia where the senate runoff candidates are making final pitches to voters, peter doocy is following from athens,

hey, peter. peter: griff, democratic side is trying to knock on 5,000 doors here in the greater athens area. we just left an ossoff canvas lunch. they sent people with bumper stickers and pins and clip boards and barbecue sandwiches and when the candidate was on the stage, there was pretty solid energy among the few dozen people who gathered in the middle of the street a few blocks away from the university of georgia campus. but he gets a lot of his attention on the republicans that he and raphael warnock are running against. >> we have two united states senators who when they learned about the threat that covid-19 pose today their -- posed to their constituents, their first call was to their broker.

peter: perdue still quarantining. he's continuing to hit jon ossoff for amending financial disclosure to show business with a chinese-linked company. >> it's a scandal as we now know. he hid his involvement with communist chinese party during primary and he got caught. he 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 lied about it again in a debate. peter: there's enormous interest on the ground in this race but early voting has wrapped up in georgia, all the efforts today to go and canvas and meet people outside of their houses and get them out to vote is going to require people to remember, to go and do that 3 days from now, griff. griff: peter doocy, in athens, georgia for us, thank you, peter. gillian: joining us is senator from tennessee marsha blackburn

serving in loeffler and perdue campaigns and new member planning to challenge electoral college certification. happy new year, senator. we just heard about the new coalition, if i have my facts straight, there are 11 members including senator cruz who is standing it up and you're asking for a ten-day audit of u.s. votes nationwide. is this senator, is this coalition about trying to overturn the results in u.s. states or is this about raising awareness of the 74 million americans who feel that the election was fraudulent or something else? senator: gillian, what transpired a couple of us had been working independently on finding a way to address the issues of election integrity to make certain that legal votes are counted and that votes that

are not legal are not counted and that people can trust that this is a true and fair election, and as we said in our joint statement, looking at where the american people are on this, the millions of people that feel like this election was not a fair election, we knew that there needed to be something that was done, people can define the problems, but defining an action that leads to a solution is something that is a little bit more difficult to do. gillian: can you -- >> senator: so we brought together our efforts and that is what you have in the statement. the closest example we have is the 1877 election when this is exactly what they did. there was a challenge to the votes that were taking place in

3 states and there have been years, you know, in 1969, 2001, 2005, 2011, -- 2017, the democrats launched their election and we wanted to launch something to give a deliverable. gillian: senator let me jump in real quick, if you don't find, do you feel there's precedent for the move of to coalition, when it comes to ten-day audit, is it the expectation of you and your colleagues in the coalition that will get to a different outcome of the november elections, do you believe that this audit would somehow make president trump the victor and get a sect term in office? senator: this audit will answer the questions as to what happened in some of the disputed states. of course, pennsylvania, there's

many questions in pennsylvania, when you look at what transpired this year and people saying, we want to know what happened and, gillian, you also have to realize what happened over the last 4 years, the democrats never accepted president trump. they spent every single day trying to undermine him, trying to work against him, trying to obstruct, the day after, they named themselves the resistance and said they were going to resist him every single day. there's ways to approach this. this is one of them. we should get answers to this. the american people should be able to trust in their electoral system and the electoral college is a vital part of our process and this will be the opportunity that we have to weigh in, of

course, fixing this as one of my friends said yesterday, one of my tennessee neighbors, fixing it is up to the states and i said this, yes, it is, this goes back to the states, they're the ones that set their election laws and implement elections at local and state level. gillian: senator, you mentioned resistance from democrat politicians over the last 4 years, 5 years even to president trump, is this intended, is this coalition being stood up, i have to ask you, political retribution for that sentiment? senator: oh, not at all. gillian, as i said, the democrats have launched their objections and you can go back and look at recent past elections where they have had their objections and have launched them, whether it was

69, 01, 2005, 2017. what we are saying is let's get to the bottom of this, let's find out what happened, let's let the american people have trust in the integrity of the elections. this is the appropriate way to do it as i said. several of us were working on things, we brought our ideas together. we feel like this is respectful of the electoral college, respectful of the process, respectful of the institution and this is how we are going to move forward. gillian: so sort of a vehicle, senator, to address the concerns of the -- according to our latest fox fox news polling, 74, 75 millions felt they had been disenfranchised and felt election was fraudulent. before i let you go, let's focus on georgia runoffs, we heard from your colleague senator perdue this morning, he

confirmed he's in covid quarantine for the duration of this thing. my coanchor griff jenkins put it aptly this morning, are you confident you'll be able to win without your quarterback out on the field? sen accept you are going to see kelly loeffler and perdue win. georgians are not going to send the two most radical leftists, even warnock has written about marxism, will not disavow marxism and i don't see georgians sending radicals to the u.s. senate. and, yes, kelly and david are going to win the seats. david perdue has been a fierce advocate for our u.s. military. georgia has more military basis and civilian military employees than any other state and georgia ns know they can count on david perdue. when it cames to small businesses and covid relief,

kelly loeffler was leading the fight for small businesses to be included in those relief plans. and georgians know that she worked tirelessly, i think it was $46 billion that went into georgia and kelly worked tirelessly on that and i think you're going to see the two of them win solidly, of course, we are thrilled that president trump will be in dalton, georgia, up near chattanooga up near tennessee-georgia border. we are so looking forward for that. gillian: thank you for taking time out of busy weekend for you, we appreciate it. great to hear your insights first about the new republican coalition and we wish you a happy new year, until next time. >> and to you too, thank you, gillian. gillian: griff. griff: president elect joe biden is facing pressure to announce more cabinet picks while some of the current picks face new waves

of criticism over their finances, hillary vaughn is following it all in delaware, hi, hillary. >> reporter: past comments are surfacing today that biden's pick for secretary of defense on policy made in the past, president's obama nsa adviser and now under secretary of defense for policy. in the early days of president trump presidency he was still hyping the discredited field dossier as credible and the comments are relevant because chal is part of the team of interference of election. the steele dossier is panning out, quote, it was holding up pretty well, cahl does not need to be senate confirmed but other picks do. biden's pick janet yellen, details from financial disclosures shows she brought in

more than $7 million in speaking fees over in past 2 years and that's capturing the attention of some progressives. the money came from from major financial firms on wall street that she will have influence over like goldman sachs and google. alexandria ocasio-cortez tweeting this about it. there's a difference between working as a waitress and earning millions from wall street. we don't want to admit but they do shape thinking, is it disqualifying, that's for public to decide. the biden transition official give statement on yellen. this is not something that pulled pumps when it comes to bad actors and bad behavior, you can expect he will bring high ethical standards and top enforcement philosophy to treasury. she didn't hesitate to tell audience that is rules governing the business should be tougher and more stringent. i talked to a biden transition official today talking generally

about these routine financial disclosures that came out from the office of government ethics and they tell me that overwhelmingly the disclosures shows nominee have spent a lot of time in public service and had had short stints in the public sector. griff: hillary vaughn, thank you, hillary. gillian. gillian: covid infections and hospitalizations are surging once more in new york. critics are laying into mayor bill de blasio this weekend because he danced in deserted times square with his wife on new years eve after ball dropped after telling everybody else in new york to stay home. alex hogan is in new york city with that, hi, alex. alex: hi, gillian, alarming numbers as we head into the new year hospitalizations across the state are down, but icu admissions and intubations are up and here in the city

positivity climbing to 9.4%. >> in the month of january 20201, we will vaccinate a million new yorkers, a million people, we will reach, this is going to be a massive effort. alex: critics on social media calling out the mayor for dancing on national t while telling people to stay home. people celebrated with smaller gatherings watching small drop in empty times square. states stripping restaurant of liquor license. several of those attendees reportedly testing positive for covid-19 after the event. businesses criticizing the state for the back and forth changes this past year. indoor dining first closed on march 16th, forcing restaurants

to sell meals to go. jut door dining could begin, until the end of summer which was extended months later. governor andrew cuomo announcingish door dining could return on october 30th and that was for 25% capacity and then buy december 14th indoor dining was off the table. restaurants here in the city and across the state are filing lawsuits saying that the bans against their industry are unconstitutional. gillian. >> gillian: alex, thank you. griff: pushing back at the electoral college vote. coming up next for every trip you've been dreaming of, expedia has millions of flexible booking options. because the best trip is wherever we go together.

griff: democrats weighing in on news that a coalition of 11gop senators and senators elect will challenge electoral college certification of the 2020 presidential election. senate minority leader chuck schumer tweeting just moments ago, quote, joe biden and kamala harris will be president and vice president of the united states in 18 days. we will keep you updated as this story develops and more as reaction pours in.

it's officially a done deal, the uk is now no longer a part of the eu, ryan is in our london bureau with what this means for trade in the region and in the u.s., ryan. reporter: hi, griff, well, the uk has been outside of the european union at trading block which roughly was part of for good four decades for all of 43 hours now, but so far so good. no major problems at the uk's ports with the eu. good will between the eu and uk appears to be holding up and that wasn't a given. there was some concern things to get a bit messy, the uk no longer enjoys frictionless trade with the eu, nearly $1 trillion worth of trade freely is subject to a lot of new red tape. a lot of businesses stockpiled

goods ahead of brexit and truck drivers crossing english channel will have to get covid test and leash new rules -- learn new rules and it's premature to learn how it will affect trade in the long run. president macron, the eu will remain an ally but macron was tough negotiator in trade toughs and likely will remain one because there's still a huge amount to resolve between trading partners that was not dealt with in this path. eu agreed a new trade deal of its own with china this week. that was seen as a real coup for the chinese and a slightly defiant move by europe given how both president trump and president elect biden had been warning europe to keep its distance from the chinese. now here is the thing, the uk how free of european union in theory is free to do whatever trade deals, it is desperate to

do trade deal with the united states, was looking to do that with the trump administration, the biden administration, however, says they might prefer to do a trade deal with eu first, griff. griff: that would be interesting to see. ryan in london, thank you, ryan. gillian. gillian: 1 million votes already cast in the georgia runoff, candidates pulling all stops to get supporters out on the polls on tuesday, those who have not already voted. hi, charles. charles: gillian, we will have what the candidates have said in the last hour and what you need to know at home coming up. ♪ ♪

gillian: fox news alert, coalition of republicans are announcing they will object to electoral college certification of the 2020 presidential election unless there's an emergency ten-day audit held by

an electoral commission. the group is made up of 11 senators and senators elect. it's been chaired by senator ted cruz and senator marsha blackburn. take a listen to what she said. sen accept this audit will answer the questions as to what happened in some of the disputed states. we should get answers to this. the american people should be able to trust in their electoral system and the electoral college is a vital part of our process and this will be the opportunity that we have to weigh in. gillian: we will be tracking the story as it develops throughout the hour, stick with us. griff: back in georgia now where senate candidates are making their case to voters ahead of tuesday's runoffs, charles watson is tracking it all from the campaigns on the ground in

georgia, he's in atlanta now, hi, charles. charles: good afternoon, record number of georgians have cast their ballots early. now focus is physically getting voters to the polls come election, republican senator loeffler to make a number of stops today around the state as she tries to make a case compelling enough to get gop voters to actually show up and cast ballot come tuesday and doing so without fellow republicans david perdue who is quarantining after covid-19 exposure. >> you've got to call your friends, family, coworkers, folks at school and church, your friendmies. you heard chuck schumer say, we

take georgia. charles: president trump continues to question elections and democrats largely focused getting out the vote in predominantly black neighborhoods and jon ossoff hiring minority workers who will explain what ossoff and warnock have to offer and then get folks to the postto cast the ballot. >> you deserve a senator to have your back he's not just when it's time to answer to the people but at times and so many are suffering you send me and reverend warnock to the senate, we will pass the 2,000-dollar stimulus checks because families need help staying in their homes and staying on their feet. charles: polls open here in georgia bright and early at 7:00 o'clock on tuesday and we will see the direction the state wants to go in. griff: we will, indeed. charles watson in atlanta. griff give planning to increase

uranium enrichment. to help us break down the implications here in the united states, chief of staff and president of the center for security policy, fred, happy new year, fred. >> happy new year. good to be here. gillian: the only way the news will shock you is if you're living under a rock for the last 6 or 7 years, right? >> that's right, look, it's troublesome that iran is increasing enrichment but most of the work takes place from unriched uranium. it's actually not a big chunk because uranium enrichment is not linear. you don't get the same percentage based on time and

output. it's significant. maybe a month closer. 3 to 5 months to getting a weapon. 20% maybe a month closer to getting a weapon. gillian: correct me if i'm wrong, fred, they've been enriching uranium before the nuclear deal was inked, they enriched uranium during time they were a signatory, this is not something that is really new that is urgent in the sense that like you say it's likely they'll be propaganda just the fact that they're announcing it to the world sort of tells us that, kind of reveals their hand. >> that's right, but this goes to why the nuclear deal was so dangerous and such a fraud. obama let iran enrich uranium. 70 to 80% of the way to making fuels and that's why netanyahu said legitimate nuclear deal

with iran can't let it do any enrichment. iran has been allowed to enrich uranium and this is what john kerry and barack obama agreed to, outrageous. gillian: take a listen to what he said about the nuclear deal. i want to get your reaction. >> the first bit of advice is don't try to turn the clock back to 2016. don't try to rush to get back into this flawed nuclear deal. it was flawed, it was flawed because how can you trust the iranians. gillian: you agree with that, right? >> i agree with that, but hr mcmaster thinks the nuclear deal can be fixed. he was wrong when he worked for president trump. there's some kind of a nonsense argument, well, let's just get rid of the sunset clause so the

deal will last longer, that would be extending a bad deal gillian, this is a bad deal, period and the u.s. should stay out of it. gillian: let's take a look look, tensions are on the rise, perceived to be on the rise right now. we had put a u.s. ship carrier, the u.s. nimitz in the middle east and we are withdrawing the ship. take a listen -- take a look at tweet that secretary pompeo put out this morning and caught my eye, do we have it? he says, no new wars and we brought thousands of our men and women home to their families, america is still safe and our military is ready to strike if duty calls. that reads like a very defensive tweet. are we now retreating from this sort of altercation or potential altercation? >> the u.s. is worried that iran my retaliate against our forces

in the region on the anniversary of solamani on january third. i don't think iran is going to do that because it doesn't want to give president trump a pretext to launch an attack. i also think that president trump is always wanted to stay out of war with iran. using diplomatic pressure without using military force unless he absolutely had to do so. gillian: sounds like a move to deescalate the situation or deter them from doing anything terrible on the anniversary? >> i think that's right, and i think everything that iran is doing is to try to cash in on a biden administration which it says rushing to a nuclear deal and resume the appeasement of the obama administration. gillian: for the, fred fleitz, happy new year. >> happy new year. gillian: griff. griff: well, 11 republican senators and senators elect say they will object to the electoral college's

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griff: fox news alert, group of republican senators and senators elect will object to electoral college certification of the 2020 presidential election unless there's an emergency ten-day audit by electoral commission. we spoke to one of the members of the coalition moments ago. now reaction from the other side is democratic ohio congressman tim ryan. he also served as surrogate for joe biden during presidential election. congressman, thank you for taking time. your reaction to this news that ted cruz and ten others senators and senators elect will object to biden's election?

>> congressman: i think it's pretty obvious and cynical quite frankly and a lot of members are talking about running for president in 2024. they don't want to cross the president in any way and they are trying to appease the base of supporters that continue to want to overturn the election. there's nothing we can do about it. they have the fight and they will exercise the right and they will go to the vote and both democrats and republicans will object this because there's no evidence by any credible source that says the election was in any way fraudulent and democrats and republicans in every one of those counties that are counting those votes and, you know, joe biden is going to get sworn in on january 20th and hopefully we can start healing the country and moving forward on issues that we can agree on. griff: congressman, would you agree with tens of millions of americans that have questions

about the integrity of the presidential election that much of the same way senator boxer in 2005 objected, this group has perhaps duty and really a reason to object? congressman: i don't agree with that but what i do agree with is they have the right. they are -- have the constitutional rights in the house and senate for them to exercise that right. they will exercise that right and then other elected officials from around the country in both house and senate will vote on what they're proposing, they're going to lose both in the house, democratic house and in a republican senate, who knows what the senate will look like but a lot of republicans will support the election process and then we will move forward. they have the right to do it and i'm not arguing that. i just disagree and i think it's -- it's an appeal to president trump and president trump's base

and that's clearly as i can explain it and that's how i see it and pretty clear what they are trying to do. griff: tomorrow the 117th congress will be sworn in. what are your predictions on how that will go and i think a lot of folks wondering if, indeed, you will reelect nancy pelosi to be speaker? congressman: my expectation is that she will be elected, you know, again, the majority in the house is very slim. if you know i've had a number of dust-ups with democratic leaderships in the couple of years, we need to get back on an economic message that really understands what the working-class people are going through, whether they are white, black or brown and working hard and playing by the rules, you should have a good living and secure pecks and retirement and you should have access to good

quality health care and schools for you and your kids. that needs to be the message for the democrats. i think joe biden will focus on that message and that will help us. i think many palatable to the vast majority of americans and including independents and some republicans and so i think biden taking over the democratic brand is going to be very, very good for us and hopefully we can start healing the country and moving forward with those issues that really focus on working-class people that are doing everything right and still can't seem to get ahead. griff: congressman, what about the opposition an incoming biden administration faces from the progressive left? congressman: well, we are always going to have that. in politics the republicans have their, you know, very conservative wing of their party, you know, with the freedom caucus and all of that in jim jordan and that group and we have members on our -- in our

party that are a little more left-leaning, shall we say, than most, but i think the democratic party spoke when they elected joe biden. he's center left, you know, middle of the road, wants to bring people, democrats and republicans together and so, you know, i think the -- that progressive wing of our party are pushing issues that are really important. how can everybody afford healthcare and everybody have a secure retire rent and -- retirement and education? whether somebody works hard every day in their life and still can't make ends meet, my estimation, 11 years of catholic school, that's a moral issue. whether or not somebody can have quality in health care, that's a moral issue in my estimation.

maybe if we look at it like that, maybe we don't agree on how to get there. but it still means we have to work on making sure that people have access to that health care that they need. so we have to work through on that and pushing issues that are really important. griff: congressman in the last 30 seconds that we have left, your thoughts on what is happening in georgia? congressman: i would rather spend the 30 seconds about the ohio buck eye win last night, hopefully in georgia, it's going to be very interesting but it looks like early turnout is favoring the democrats and i think the democrats are going to end up pulling it off, and, again, these are going to be moderate democrats who can help us get something done. i don't think the american people really want to see two more years of gridlock and i think that's what we would see, again, if mitch mcconnell is blocking 2,000-dollar payments for people, blocking things like

affordable health care and investmenting back in our communities. we will see what happens. it's going to be very interesting few days. griff: congressman tim ryan, congratulations on the win and thank you for taking time for joining us today. >> thanks, always good to be with you. griff: my friend in the travis foundation supporting thousands of surviving military families in building up the next generation of veterans in the process. how you can be part of that movement and find a new year's resolution all year long, that's next. keeping your oysters business growing

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gillian: fox news alert, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's home in kentucky was vandalized overnight. you can see the photos here. red and white spray painted on parts of the home with messaging referring to the 2,000-dollar stimulus payment that is the senator has effectively blocked. damage to house speaker nancy pelosi's california home in california also being reported now. we will track both. griff: out next guest is bringing america together by empowering heros.

joining us now is president of the travis foundation and host of the resilient podcast ryan, ryan, happy new year. good afternoon to you, thanks for joining us. full disclosure ryan and i have known each other for a long time. it's exciting to have you here because tmf have helped bring families together during covid and you have a new program, 12-month program, what are you doing? >> 12 months given campaign of highlight and the work that we specifically do with families of the fallen and the idea is for our organization we are all about making sure and really it dates back to me losing my brother, after i lost travis i found tremendous healing in serving others. so that is really the community that we are creating with families of the fallen. we are asking them to go out and

to heal and honor their loved ones by serving others and so we hope that people will join onto help support this initiative, but the things that you see families of the fallen do each and every day in the travis foundation is so inspiring. i know that you have seen it, griff, you have been around a lot the families and that go onto do such tremendous things. griff: travis' motto if it's not me than who. he signed up and gave his life during courageous service. ryan, not just families of the fallen but all americans isolated and struggled in the last year and tmf was there to help. >> 2020 was hard for us all and we faced challenges and adversity and had to overcome things and i was inspired by the travis manion community and we

called each other sparton and they stepped up to serve the local communities, between veterans leading the way, they delivered hundreds of thousands of food, pounds of food and we -- >> griff: travismanion.org. happy new year. >> thanks, griff. griff: that's all for us here in washington. america's news headquarters continues. i'm griff jenkins. gillian: you better get going, he has to catch a flight. griff: thanks for having me. see you in georgia.

eric: battle over presidential results not yet over. congress coming january 6th to certify joe biden's victory. now a group of senators lead by senator ted cruz, calling for ten-day audit, they claim that the election investigating illegal conduct even though courts across the country have found no