marking the 1950s but it's looking more than ever like a better way to live. [laughter] paul: thank you, dan. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and all of you for watching. i am paul gigot and we hope to hear see you here for next week for 2021. ♪ >> things get even messier the presidential election results, declaring president-elect joe biden the winner. congress will meet january 6, this coming wednesday to formally certified the electoral college votes. today a group of republican senators led by texas senator ted cruz plan tot to that certification. they are calling for emergency ten day audit of the results they claim the election featured unprecedented allegations of voter fraud and illegal conduct even though the court, prosecutors and others have found no such evidence and election officials across the country say the claims are fra fraud, simply are not true.

welcome to america's news headquarters, i am eric shawn. >> hello. i'm in for arthel. the coalition of senators select say they will vote to oppose, formalizing electoral college results, it's just one more chapter in an election battle that still play out. rick is live at the white house, the latest on all of this. rich. reporter: good afternoon. this is just days ahead of congress working to formalize results of the 2020 presidential election. a session that will now feature objecting debates and voting. all that coming as now growing list of republicans joining that effort. they will object during next week's joint session including senators ted cruz, ron johnson, john kennedy and incoming oaxacan senators, roger marshall and tommy taber will among

others. the right, we do not take this action lightly. rather to protect it. every one of us should act together to ensure the election was awfully conducted under the constitution and do everything we can to restore faith in our democracy. democrats are rethink the strategy, amy klobuchar of minnesota rights, a group of my republican colleagues to claim they want an additional federal commission to supersede state certifications, when the votes have already been counted, recounted, litigated and state certified amounts to nothing more than an attempt to subvert the will of the voters. it's undemocratic, un-american and fortunately, it will be unsuccessful. in the end, democracy will prevail. vice president like pens will preside wednesday over a constitutional mandated joint concession. that's her congress as result of the electoral college if a member of the house and of the senate objects the state

results, that forces a debate and then a boat in each chamber on whether to reject the state collectors. that's what's happening here. that's control the house and several top senate were hogan's have already acknowledged president-elect joe biden's victory, this effort is likely to not succeed. republican leaders largely shifted their focus next week to a pair of special senate elections in georgia. president trump is heading down monday, tweeting will be in georgia monday night 9:00 p.m. to rally for two great people, david perdue and senator kelly loeffler. get ready to vote on tuesday, plenty of stake in the election it for publicans went just one of those elections. they will maintain control of the senate this year. back to you. molly: big news ahead, january 5. january 6, the white house, many thanks. eric. ♪ eric: in georgia, voter fraud to

recount also confirmed results but that does not include races coming in three days on tuesday. that's the senate race, president trump and president-elect biden both holding rallies and campaigns at the georgia race monday. they will debate the final on the eve of the elections. three of the four candidates are busy making a case for themselves today voting campaign events across the state. coverage on this, charles watson. more on the record-setting turnout happening in early voting, 3 million plus. peter doocy is on the campaign trail where he has been. david perdue, explain why. hi, peter. reporter: were there today they sent off a few dozen canvassers with a pep talk that laid bare the stakes of this race. it's not just about georgia.

>> united states senate runoff to control or determine control of the united states senate. [cheering] think about how far we've come. here in georgia, the young jewish journalist, son of a mentor, a black pastor, doctor king's pulpit. [cheering] reporter: carrie loeffler is out there knocking on doors herself carrying the weight of the entire relevant to get on the trail because despite negative covid tests, david perdue remains in quarantine after close contact with the covid affected staffer. >> we've got a lot of surrogates in town, the president is coming monday night for a big rally. the vice president will be here monday noon. we have several other surrogates coming this week as well. i'm still going tonight and

driving this home to make sure we get our vote out. we know what is at stake here. reporter: loeffler accused of the democrat rafael warnock of having a dangerous past. alleges abuse by counselors, did not directly address this unproven accusations. instead, he's offering this. >> i think that it's quite obvious that kelly loeffler, why she is. [inaudible] while denying people --

>> joe biden kamala harris are not worried about controversy, they will both be here in georgia in the next three days to campaign on behalf of both warnock. eric: five minutes from now, we will hear from senator perdue about the race. you will want to stay tuned for that. we wish the senator well as he remains in quarantine. stay with fox news for continuing coverage of the battle for the senate in georgia. kicking off our special coverage tuesday night as we all await the results to see what happens, i recovered start 6:00 p.m. eastern goes right through the night as long as it takes right here on the fox news channel. molly. molly: president-elect joe biden facing criticism over some of its cabinet pics including his choice for treasury secretary, janet yellen who made millions speaking to big tech and big base. hillary vaughn is following this in delaware with more. hillary.

reporter: financial closures are routinely handed over by incoming nominees and employees from the incoming administration but they don't always sparked outrage within their own party and this time, they are. disclosures from biden speak for treasury secretary, the secretary of state and director of national intelligence are triggering progressives who think they will document detai details, to corporate america and wall street. treasury secretary nominee janet yellen's disclosure shows she made over $7 million from speaking engagements paid by major financial firms on wall street like goldman sachs, ubs and credit suites. she got almost $1 million just from city alone for nine appearances. the same businesses she had influences over in her role as treasury secretary. she also announced or disclosed she had stock holdings and other major corporations including at&t, pfizer and raytheon. the progressive group demand progress and is not okay with it telling the new york times,

there are almost too many corporate clients to count who have relationships to respecti respective, these segment designees with stuart, it's an unfortunate circumstance. the transition team is pushing it off giving the following statement, this is not someone who blows punches when it comes to bad actors or behavior. you can expect she will bring the same high ethical standards top enforcement philosophy to treasury. she didn't hesitate to tell audiences the rules governing their businesses should be tougher and more stringent. other disclosures released this week joe biden's choice for secretary of state, tony made more than 1 million from his consulting firm he founded, west exec advisors. he worked with 17 clients, some with ties to other countries like japanese conglomerate, southbank and mckinsey, global consulting firm. biden's pick for director of national intelligence has the same problem, she also worked for west exec and was paid about 180 grand. to consult for a data mining

company here which has lucrative government contracts with law enforcement including ice for data and surveillance services. i talked to a biden transition official today who describes these disclosures are saying the big take away for them is shows appointees and nominees have had a lot of public sector experience with just a short stint in the private sector but that short stint has been pretty lucrative for some of them. molly: absolutely. this is something we see sometimes in washington. thank you very much. eric. ♪ eric: the revolving door. meanwhile, iran, iran now in revenge. with a ticket? tomorrow marks one year since the targeted killing of the top general, soleimani. he was done in by the u.s. drone strike near the airport. they are flashing out. they plan to increase enrichment

to 20% at its underground nuclear facility as soon as possible. mark meredith has the details from washington. reporter: sunday marks one year since the u.s. airstrike killed soul money and as a anniversary years, national security is closely watching around looking for any possible signs of retaliation. over the last several weeks, depending on deployed additional resources and effort to deter any aggression from iran. two bombers recently wrapped up in three our mission into the region. late thursday, the pentagon made a somewhat surprise announcement, the aircraft carrier uss is coming home rubbing up a nearly ten month long deployment. potential signal to iran tensions can be de- escalated. iran says they plan to enrich more iranians, up to 20% purity and its nuclear facility. iran made the decision known to the un's mutual he walked out agency. a fresh warning to president

trump on twitter. he urged the president not to fall for traffic while accusing israel of provoking for by targeting u.s. troops in iraq. president trump repeatedly urged iran to think twice before any military or nuclear escalation and right before christmas, he said he would hold iran responsible for any attack on u.s. personnel in iraq. u.s. officials believe iranian backed militants work as possible. next week, chad wolf will travel to the middle east, he expected to be with officials. eric. eric: all right, thanks so much. molly. molly: control of the senate after tuesday with a pair of front elections in georgia, president trump and president-elect biden was expected to be back monday to rally the bases. next, campaign strategist for senator david perdue on how his

candidate is being forced to stay home in quarantine for these crucial final days of the race. how this could impact the election. ♪

what this will do is change the way we are ending on this

campaign. these last three days are really critical. i'm here making phone calls and participating virtually. we got a lot of surrogates in town, the president is coming a day night a big rally in dalton. eric: that is david perdue saying how he's not slowing down to spite his fact that he's in quarantine. the center coming into contact with a staffer who tested positive for coronavirus. senator perdue and his wife, they are quarantined together. thankfully both have tested negative. austin chambers, senior strategist for senator reduce campaign welcome first to the senator, and missus perdue. how is he feeling? >> feeling great. he's quarantining at home with his wife, bonnie. they've both tested negative, no symptoms. he's working nonstop to get the message out to make sure people get out and vote tuesday.

eric: what is the message and how is he getting it out? >> the message is if we went georgia, we save america. this is the last line of defense. nancy pelosi said if the democrats win these two seats in georgia, it's like having 60 votes in the senate. chuck schumer said first take georgia, then we change america. aoc said we need these two seats in georgia so we don't have to negotiate but georgians get the final say about which direction we want to go as a country. they are energized by that and turning out to vote. we had record turnout in the early vote. and i think we are going to have record turnout on election day. kelly loeffler and david perdue will be successful. eric: they say upwards of 3 million georgians have voted so far. a lot of heavy floating in the democratic areas. do you think, are you concerned about that? they also say were hogan's generally show up on election

day which is to say. >> we are not concerned at all. we are hitting the numbers we need to hit thus far. we are encouraged by the turnout we are seeing we are even more encouraged by the organization we have working over the next few days to turn out the vote that will be topped off by the president coming to georgia monday night 9:00 p.m. for a great rally. we've got the right machine and team in place. we are going to turn out the vote on tuesday to go along with what we've already turned out in early voting and i think we will be successful. eric: what you expect in the rally? does a lot of criticism, he calls this election illegal, he says it's invalid. how do you feel about that? are you worried the president could go off script somewhat away from the race? >> the president has been awesome thus far about telling people to get out and vote in this election and making sure they understand how important it is. he did that where he was just here a few weeks ago and

directly addressed some of his supporters told people ridiculously not to go vote. he said that was crazy. you have to turnout vote, we have to win these seats. the president is coming back monday to tell his supporters and tell people of georgia to get out and vote on tuesday. we are excited about the rally, is going to be a great success. eric: the senator has gone off the the senator on the stock sales and business history and this sort of thing saying he puts his own personal financial well-being ahead of georgians. how do you respond to that? >> that is ridiculous. john wants to talk about anything other than his own personal finances. he spent the last two years working for the communist chinese party. her own peter doocy is trying to ask about it multiple times and he refuses to come to clean. what we see with eric and hunter biden, the communist chinese are going after any young, ambitious

politician. they can get to them, they can certainly get to someone who's already on the payroll. the people of georgia are concerned about this and it's going to be a big issue in deciding who to vote for tuesday. if you want someone who will stand up to china, it not someone named john who he works for. eric: you mentioned peter doocy, a serious reporter. when asked about china, here is what he said to peter in the interview. >> my company has produced multiple investigations of atrocities committed by isis. these investigations have been aired by dozens of television channels in dozens of countries all over the world. one of those television channels was in hong kong. that's the entire substance of senator produce campaign against me. eric: reports are it was $5000 over two years. his company was $995. they say to your guy and say

they outsourced american jobs for years as president rate book, most of them were made in asia. executive of sara lee who lived in asia for a long time, they think the senator is guilty of what he is accusing us of. >> senator perdue spent over 40 years in business creating american jobs and growing american companies. john never had a real job in his life other than working for al jazeera and communist chinese party. the fact is, it's not just one documentary, it was just discovered this morning they were little documentaries pushing chinese propaganda and it was discovered a few years ago on jon ossoff's personal twitter account, he is encouraging people to follow the state run chinese media. this is someone with a better relationship with the communist chinese party and he does and a better understanding of the

communist chinese party than he does with many georgians. eric: well, he was a staffer so he had a real job, he was a journalist. we could argue that's a real job, i did that 40 years. >> never an american job. eric: we will see what happens tuesday. austin chambers, thank you and we wish the senator, do you think he'll be able to go to the rally monday night? is that decided get? >> we are still working through that. he's following doctor's recommendations and will continue to do so. eric: all right, we wish him well and certainly today is a big night and we will cover that live here on the fox news channel. tune in tomorrow morning, sunday morning futures with maria, she will interview georgia senator david perdue even though he's in quarantine, catch the whole interview in its entirety right here on the fox news channel 10:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow morning. molly. molly: nancy pelosi is up

against possibly, maybe the toughest political career as she faces a daunting balancing act if she hopes to keep her title as speaker of the house. the latest on that, next. ♪

is the bottom of the hour. chicago finishing the year 769 homicides. that's a 55% increase from 2019, reversing a three year trend of falling rates. last year, marked by a sharp violent crimes in big cities all the around the country. raising prices in the new year at drug companies at a slightly lower rate and then in the past. a new analysis shows average increase is little over 3%. rallies above 30,000 dollars for the first time, the crypto currency extended its record-breaking streak advancing more than three 100% in 2020 it

was considered even among the pandemic. ♪ eric: we just heard from david produce senior campaign strategist about georgia senate runoff countdown is now on for both. campaign sitting high gear in the last weekend amid the election tuesday. importance of the race reflected in the high voter turnout with u.s. senate balance at stake. so far, more than 3 million votes cashed during the early voting. in that state. charles watson has much more on the georgia race. >> record number of georgians have already turned out to vote early. now the focus for democrats and republicans physically giving the voters to the polls, election day. roy wilkins, kelly loeffler making a number of stops around the state today as he tries to make a case compelling enough to

get gop voters to actually show up and cast a ballot come tuesday. doing so without the help of fellow republican, david perdue who's quarantining after a covid-19 exposure. >> call your friends, family, coworkers. make sure they have a plan to votes because the future of the country is on the line. you heard chuck schumer say we take georgia, then we change america. >> oaxacan senators find themselves in an awkward position as they look to the president to help drive up turnout ahead of election day. president trump continues to question the integrity of georgia's election, millions of his supporters. meanwhile democrats are largely focused on getting out the vote in predominantly black neighborhoods, jon ossoff's campaign hiring 2000 mainly minority workers will explain with rafael warnock has to offer

and then get them to the polls to cast a ballot. >> you deserve a senator who has your back, not just when it's time to answer to the people but all times. when so many are suffering, you send us to the senate, we will pass those $2000 stimulus checks because families need help staying in their homes and on their feet. >> folks in georgia, polls are open right in early on tuesday. charles watson. fox news. molly: will has set to vote tomorrow, whether anti- pelosi should regain the speaker's gavel. democratic lawsuits in november left the party with a majority. were hogan's expect to vote unanimously against her and the house speaker faces potential dissections by members of her own party. boat absences due to the coronavirus pandemic. the host of the show podcast and founding partner jm w strategy.

delighted you could join us. happy new year. we are inching into 2021. he started off, possible democratic, potentially razor thin margin we were talking about but is there any wild scenario where nancy pelosi does not regain the speakership? >> after 2020, you don't want to count anything out completely. sure, there is at least you could put the theory out there where mccarthy, minority mccarthy becomes speaker because not enough democrats there because of covid or because you have progressive members not wanting to vote for nancy pelosi but i think that's highly unlikely. she's shown in the past she's very good at making sure she has the votes when she needs them. i think despite covid, despite the margin, she will end up speaker of the house but i do

think how narrow the margins are in the house of representatives, that will have some issues going into this term. >> we got georgia, january 6 relate electoral college efforts made the on the floor, who will see how that goes. tomorrow, 1064117 getting started. what does nancy pelosi face in this new congress is she does become congress? >> despite president trump losing in november, the democrat didn't get what they wanted, they were hoping for a clear senate majority, unclear whether that will happen, it depends on what happens in georgia and they hope the seats in the house will have a narrow majority in the house. the hope that they could pass all sorts of major changing, policy changing legislation into law, it has completely diminished. she's going to have, if anything will get done, one of two

scenarios. they will work with replicants on subjects that might be common ground like infrastructure, just hope the midterm elections of the democrats have enough seats to pass legislation that they want to pass. i think those are the two options we are looking at. molly: just want to say what we mentioned a couple bicycle, gop senators led by ted cruz, they've made plans to generate sixth object a certification of the presidential election results. what they want is a ten day emergency audit of the results. is there any chance this group, 11 were hogan's could actually make that happen why are they doing this? >> that would not happen. it would take very cynical moves. the most i've seen in politics here, i think all 12 no donald trump did not win the election. many of them have elections in 2022 and believe they need to do

this to not be challenged. others want to run for president in 2024. josh hawley, ted cruz and they think this is a pass to win donald trump's support in his supporters in the 2024 revoke and presidential primaries. there is history to this, those who believe in politicians who believe something is up with the president, they will get his support of his supporters and were humiliated. i think that might happen in 2024 but this not pass. what it will do is undermine faith among the americans in the democratic process. i think that's very important. molly: there have been strong words from democrats about overall effort on the parties republicans. perhaps the strongest i've heard is seditious but yet, this is part of the process. the mechanism they are participating in here. what do you think we will actually see january 6? any surprises to look out for? >> what has happened before,

there have been objections in the past but we've never seen a president tried to get and lobby senators to basically call out of an election where there is clear evidence of who one. it does see, it does seem pretty stark and a break in the norms. it's not just democrats deciding this, mitch mcconnell reported to be on call with senators the other day and said this will be the most important vote of his entire career, not just the vote of certified joe biden and president because he believes this is a vote on democracy and rule of law. that's coming from someone who has been an ally of donald trump. i do think this is a big break in traditional norms. molly: not a dull week ahead for washington. jamie, thank you very much. appreciate you joining us. eric. eric: thanks, molly. britain's feisty prime minister

says freedom is in our hands. the nation's long journey to exit the european union is finally over. it's a shift in relations between the two trading partners in early this morning, a steady trickle of fairies and trains on both sides of the channel. the busy route is expected to be on the front line in both sides look ahead to a new era with the great britain out of the eu. live in london with the latest. i wonder what this means. hi, ryan. reporter: the united kingdom has been outside of the european union which is effectively joined 48 years ago for all of what? forty-eight hours, just under 48 hours now. so far, so good. no major problems at any of the uk's ports. goodwill between eu and uk seems to be holding. there were concerns there would be huge problems and things could get messy. the two sides agree, tariff free trade will continue but the uk

no longer enjoys what they call frictionless trade with the eu. nearly $1 trillion worth of goods and services are now subject to a lot of red tape. that said, it's still very early to say how brexit will impact trade in the long run. keep in mind, a lot of people are concerned about the mayhem and stocked up on supply in advance. we are still in the holidays, a lot of them maybe staying away while they get up to speed on the new rules. men will use his address, despite the uk's vote to leave the eu which would be built on false promises. he was very tough on the uk during the trade negotiations and likely over the main tough because there's a huge amount to negotiate between the partners not included in this deal. the eu, a trade deal with china this week, that was for the chinese and defiant moved by

your given how president trump and elect biden has been warning europe to keep its instance from the chinese. now that the uk has left the european union at least in theory, it's free to do its own trade deals in its effort to do a free trade deal with the u.s. that said, president-elect biden's team seems to be suggesting they may just want to do a trade deal with the eu first. eric: that seems a little different than what president trump perhaps would do but we'll see. thank you. molly. molly: as the coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out across the country, word of a new strain of covid that's much more infectious than the current one showing up in this country. just how big a threat it is, next. ♪

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i didn't feel anything. >> ouch, not even a wince. receiving her vaccination against covered, a frontline healthcare worker but even as these vaccines continue to be distributive across our country, a new variant of the virus has been popping up here. florida, the third state to report a confirmed case the new virus strain, the one first detected in the united kingdom, colorado, california and infection of the new strain, so how it went, stop playing defense. the patient is here. the family and emergency medicine doctor and fox news medical in jupiter. glad you got the shot, he didn't

even points. what was it like to have, did you have any aftereffects? >> happy new year, it was an amazing day because it signified and gave us a sense of relief and joy we are on our way to abolishing this pandemic. i didn't have any side effects, just a little bit of soreness in my arm, i got the shot a couple of days ago. i will need the second dose and 28 days so we will see how that affects me. some have no side effects, some may have body aches or headache or fever but that's transient and less about a day but it's something we need to get out for everyone, for all americans as soon as possible. as you know, it will be done in phases, phase one, nursing home residents, healthcare workers, frontline healthcare workers and then the rest of americans and hopefully an expedient fashion, especially as the number of cases are going up at an unrelenting pace especially after seeing this new variant in

california and florida colorado. eric: how concerned are you about this new one? they say vaccines work against it but how do we know? i do vaccines work? you have to get a different flu shot every year because there's a different type of strain, is that the same with covid? do they have to engineer it different for each different strain? >> at this time, the vaccine is shown to be effective against the current strain, it's undergoing studies and tests right now by moderna advisor. you need some significant mutation in the virus for the vaccine to be ineffective. if it gets in the next two to three years where we need a new vaccine, it can be done. we can easily modify the vaccine that exists, that's the beauty of this mrna technology. that's why it's important to have good genomic surveillance in the community to know what

variants are out there so we can be two steps ahead and be prepared but we also know virus is naturally you take so it's something that's not new, is expected to keep monitoring it. in the meantime, what is your turn to get your vaccine, go out and get in wear your mask in the meantime as well because we know this is a highly infectious contagious virus and we need a large amount of the population to be vaccinated or have acquired natural immunity to reach national herd immunity. eric: you just talked about go out and get it, can you explain that process? you are a doctor, you said 20 million would be vaccinated a couple of days ago, that didn't happen. we are at 3 million. you're in assisted or retired community or down at the villages or wherever, you don't have a healthcare worker or not a healthcare worker nor an average person, how will we find out when we can get the virus

vaccine? call your doctor? how do i know when it is our turn? >> that's a great question. the easiest thing to do, not only was into your local news and follow the guidelines of the department of health, also talk to your doctor. your doctor will guide you and let you know when it's your tu turn, what state you're in. are you in phase one or two? are you an essential worker delivery driver? you work in a restaurant? are you a staff member in a nursing home? the best thing to do is follow cdc guidelines, speak to your doctor and what's available, get signed up, that appointment. do it without delay because of the variations in the virus that exists. it might get to the time, maybe in two or three years where we do need to tweak the vaccine but fortunately, we not only have moderna advisor, we have several others coming out astrazeneca received approval by the health department in the uk. we also have johnson & johnson

in the united states. we are going to have several available. it's just a matter of speaking to your doctor and following cdc guidelines and listening to information as it comes out. eric: until then, you're so crucial about the masks. washing hands, social distance, being careful. are we going to see a horrible spike in the next few months? >> we are nearing 350,000 deaths and it's predicted to have another hundred and 15000 in the next month. it's not too late, we know we can control this by social distancing, avoiding crowds in confined spaces and congregations and wearing your mask. when it's your turn to get that vaccine, understand its fda approved shown to be 95% effective. safe, high quality and help save your life. eric: 3255 deaths day before

yesterday. 3255, more than 9/11. more than pearl harbor, more than the 1906 san francisco earthquake. the battle of gettysburg every two days in our country and it's up to us to also try to stop that. thank you. glad you got the shot. glad you dedicated to medical community and our health. we'll be right back.

there's more fallout in new york city over coronavirus restrictions, mayor bill de blasio coming under fire for dancing in times square new year's eve while the rest of the city was told to stay home. this as restaurants and small businesses struggle to survive, some of the toughest times they've ever seen. alex hogan is live in new york city with more on this. reporter: massive crowds did not make it to times square for the beginning of 2021 but a lot of critics are blasting the mayor for himself being at that event. mayor bill de blasio was part of this event on social media, people still were claiming that

he shouldn't have been there dancing while telling people to stay home. restaurants and bars are unable to host celebrations and what's typically one of the biggest night of the year. after back-and-forth changes of closing, reopening an outdoor dining the last ten months, business owners are filing lawsuits once more. the lawsuit citing low transmission rates within restaurants and are going for the right to work. in queens, one restaurant of its liquor license was stripped. york city republican club without masks in the restaurant doing the line last week while several of the attendees reportedly tested positive for covid after the event. in new york city, positivity rate is 9.3%. statewide, positivity rate is 7.4%. more severe cases of climbing, icu admissions and incubation's are up the hospitalizations on the other hand, are down. governor andrew cuomo saying with 2020 behind us, we can see brighter days ahead but to get there quickly, it's going to take all new yorkers staying smart and united.

de blasio announced march 14 there will be a day of remembrance to remember all lives lost during the pandemic. molly: thank you. eric. eric: tomorrow on the fox news channel, a lot more by the dozen were hooking sanders to block certification of the electoral college results. that's set for wednesday and demand for ted cruz, senator from texas wants a special investigation. he will join maria to discuss what he wants tomorrow morning. sunday morning futures 10:00 a.m. eastern on the fox news channel. molly: that does it for us, we'll be back at noon tomorrow. thanks for joining us. have a great night. ♪ m

welcome to the special edition h the importance of the georgia senate runoff race as we begin tonight with my monologue on wh republicans need these two seat on january 5th, and analysis from newt gingrich take a look. >> democrats tonight are making it is clear as ever that if the control take control of the senate, they would unleash what would be the single most destructive political force on you the american people. they have ever seen, don't believe me, listen to them, in their own words, they mean it