dan: that's all for tonight. "justice with judge jeanine" is up next. pete: we start with this fox news alert. three houston deputies were shot overnight. they may have been shot working a side job at a nightclub there in houston. will: an investigation is underway. all three are treated for serious injuries. >> two are believed in stable condition. the third in serious condition. will: to our other big story of the morning where we're two days away from the crucial senate runoffs. i will be live in atlanta all morning as will griff jenkins as president trump and

president-elect biden make stops in the peach state. griff: you're right, 48 hours to go. georgians will make their voices heard. you have already got some three million early voters that have done so. that is about 60% of the general voting population. now in the first runoff race incumbent republican kelly loeffler facing democrat reverend rafael warnock. both hit the campaign trail yesterday. here is what they had to say. >> the future of the country is on the line. we are the firewall stopping socialism. chuck schumer wants to raise taxes on every hard-working georgia. my open pent, radical liberal rafael warnock will be a for these ideas. >> kelly loeffler should stand for the people of georgia. instead she is with those who would unmine the voices of people of georgia. griff: in the other race,

incumbent david perdue faces challenger jon ossoff, who says if you send him to washington he will deliver on the $2000 checks. >> if you send me and reverend warnock we'll deliver the direct covid relief the $2000 checks people need right now so families can stay in their homes and on their feet. griff: perdue who is quarantining not on the campaign trail yesterday but he told you guys he is confident of his chance. >> we're going morning tonight in driving this home to make sure we get our vote out. we know what is at stake here in this election in georgia. griff: early voting shows republicans will need a strong turn off north of atlanta. president trump tweeting headed down here tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. biden is heading down as well to boost his numbers in atlanta. we'll see vice president-elect kamala harris in savannah today.

mike pence, vice president mike pence will be here tomorrow as well. it will be a full-court press on the peach state. that will really be interesting, guys, to see what president trump says in dalton. he called on governor brian kemp to resign. calling him obstructionist. he has been very critical of the election officials here. will, jed, pete. will: griff, thank you so much. i will tell you guys this, pete, jedediah. it is cold. it is windy here in atlanta. it is too early the sun is not up to say whether or not it is clear. what has become clear what is at stake in georgia we talked about potential structural changes the democrats might want to make if they have control of the senate, houses presidency. would they go for statehood for d.c., add two more states. would they get what they want on legislative agenda. senator tim scott says they will try to undo what president trump

has done over the last four years. listen to this. >> this is every single thing we fought for the last four years, president trump standing in the fire himself. that is what is up for grabs this time. trump has made it possible for this country to have the most inclusive economy in my lifetime. he made it possible that we have the more conservative judiciary of all time. frankly we owe it to our past four years and the future that we win the socialist nightmare comes wednesday morning if we lose. the great opportunity society continues throughout 2021 if we win. it is that black and white. jedediah: yeah i think he is correct in that. this will be a lot of undoing, there will be a lot of doing of their own when it comes to policy, whether talking about climate. whether talking about health care, whatever those big ticket issues may be that democrats are

expecting leadership in the house and potentially in the senate to carry through. i do think it is really interesting though also that this race is so close. i mean warnock and ossoff are not moderates by any stretch of the imagination. their agendas are pretty radical in terms of policy. so the fact that it is close at all i think it is indicative after shift in georgia. if they do in fact win, i think that will say a lot not only the state of georgia but potentially where many pieces of the country stand on a lot of these big ticket issues. pete: will i look forward to joining you absent the cold when i get there tomorrow an tomorrow night. he was texting before the show. it is freezing there. this is a split screen week. this is important set of races in georgia. a day after a growing number of republicans not just in the house but in the senate will object to the certification results on the presidential

election that is the next day, january 6th. noon today, washington, d.c., house democrats will convene to elect a new speaker. by house rules they can't do anything else before a speaker is elected. it is an interesting moment because nancy pelosi is clinging to a razor thin majority. if you look at numbers we'll break down in a moment it is not clear which way that race is going to go. first, here is michael hardway former house democrat talking about nancy pelosi's prospects. i think this will be her toughest test yet. she had tests before. progressives and moderates. it will be tough for anyone to get anything done but if anyone can do it it is nancy pelosi. both parties can nominate someone to be speaker. nancy pelosi on the republican side with all 211 votes line him

it is house speaker kevin mccarthy. >> they have only five seat majority. 10 democrats did not vote for nancy pelosi last time. if they don't vote for nancy pelosi, woe have more votes for speaker. something more to watch, nancy pelosi is so scared about this, calling a member back that only voted by proxy for the last four months that just announced they had covid in the last week. why would that person be coming back. she is so scared about this vote. will: will, here are the numbers. until a person wins out right majority present, people out with covid really matter, she has 222 vote caucus. you need 217. that is five votes. two are out for oaf individual. what is looks like. three pledged not to vote for her. you're at 217. there are a dozen plus democrats promised their voters

constituents not to support her, 10 of 15 democrats that voted against her in 2019 are being back in congress. we're not talking about the squad. that could go either way. what you thought was a foregone conclusion might not be for nancy. will: that is absolutely right. the most predictable course of business is the normal course of business. it seems outlandish nancy pelosi could not be speaker of the house. that shows you how tight it is. you add in more intangibles. it is 2020. it don't know if 2021 things return to normal. as you point out with coronavirus members might be absent. progressive movement within the democratic party. when confronted, jedediah, confronted with stark reality, democrat could look at kevin mccarthy as potential speaker that might bring them together. until that happens i would not

down on normal, i would not count on predictable. jedediah: that is true. it is a very different kind of place we're in. a lot of different factors that haven't been considered before. nancy has been in this position before, people have said will she still be there? are they looking for new blood? there is lot of push back. she is unique position push back from the moderate section of the democratic party. a strong pushback from the folks on the left. that left-wing faction on democratic party is not only very strong but caught attention on social media for young people. they are afraid nancy isn't going to deliver because she is someone who reaches across the aisle. she is viewed as getting stuff done. that is not necessarily where the democrat party is right now. they're looking for someone to be obstructionist to republicans. i don't know they are convinced nancy will take the role. pete: she is pinched by far left

but moderates. conor lamb declared he won't support nancy pelosi. moderates don't like you, far left don't like you, you have a five-vote margin you may have escaped the escape room before but this is tight as nancy pelosi has ever been in. we'll follow all morning long. the vote is at noon. you will see it real time on fox news channel. speaking of votes, gavin newsom in california has a recall against him because how he botched covid-19 and businesses are fleeing the state an everything else. look at the numbers of the recall attempt there, they need 1.5 million official petitions in california by middle of march. they're at nearly a million. they added a big petitioner. kevin faulconer former mayor of san diego supported recall effort of gavin newsom. tweeting, it is a new year. we need a new governor. jobs are leaving. homelessness is skyrocketing and state can't issue unemployment

checks for people struggling to get by. california is better than this. join me in signing the recall petition. will, recalls, one thing to recall. another thing to one the next election to have a knew h new governor in california. 1.5 million californians sign a petition gavin newsom is not getting it done, we need something else is indyktive of how poorly the state is being run. will: what is the job of the governor? what gavin newsom has done well? coronavirus pandemic is raging in california. businesses are shut down with strictest restrictions in the country. businesses are fleeing that state. seems like we see a story every day a business moving to california or if not a business or entrepreneur they are deciding to leave the state of california done well? answer that from the left as well as right? answer that if you're a dem as

well as republican. what has gavin newsom done well? why wouldn't gavin newsom be facing a recall, jedediah. jedediah: the numbers have grown astronomically. what is interesting gavin newsom is being held accountable by residents in california in a way governor andrew cuomo is not being held accountable in new york. you look at the windows of a famous store in los angeles that really took to showcasing politicians within the state that needed to be held accountable who had this do as i say not as i do attitude. there is something happening in california that i think is a significant shift of people, growing distaste for the way politicians governed that state and cities of los angeles and san francisco in particular. i think you will see a change come about. i don't know when, how bold it will be. people have had enough with the tax policy, what happened with respect to coach cove. i think you will see a big shift happen in california.

pete: gavin newsom camp feels threatened by former san diego mayor kevin falconer. he only left because he couldn't run for another term. this is the statement they put out, gavin newsom folks, faulconer is joining other trump supporters who want taxpayers to waste one had dollars a special election mere months before a regularly scheduled election. if it is not a threat, often don't dismiss it or respond to it. they recognize the san diego mayor could be formidable. we'll see. will: absolutely. as we discussed georgia voters will decide in two days which direction they want america to go. a new op-ed challenged them to vote based on faith, not race. pastor mark little is here next. we come live from atlanta all morning long stick with us. ♪ research shows people remember commercials with nostalgia.

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♪. will: welcome back. a passionate plea to georgia's christian voters ahead of tuesday's runoffs. pastor mark little channeling dr. martin luther king with a message to vote based on faith, not race. he writes the things of christ must be placed above the divisive tool of color used by the left to divide us. king's dream is on life-support. pastor little joins me now. let me start with this. offer our condolences, "fox & friends," me personally we know your famed father, floyd little died on friday.

our thoughts and prayers are with you. >> thanks so much. i join so many other families in america burying their loved ones at a horrible time in our country's history because of pandemic. thank you, will, the life choices that you made that brought you to "fox & friends." will: i appreciate that very much. that highlights importance of your message that you're still here amidst your brief. tell us about your op-ed, to call on people to focus on faith at this time when so much focus is placed on race? >> thank you so much, will, in the middle of my own grief it is so important we speak to georgians during this election, particularly georgians of faith. we can't afford to leave our faith constitution on the couch when we vote. the gospel says we must not be ashamed of the gospel of jesus christ, power of salvation on to everyone that believes.

the reality is good feels a certain way about life in the womb. life in the womb is on the ballot. reverend warnock calls himself a pro-choice pastor. what an oxymoron. reality is god has a plan for every life. a plan to prosper it, not to harm it. and in this election, if we don't do the right thing we're going to see roe v. wade codified. we're going to see planned parenthood federally funded. we're going to see taxpayer-funded abortion repealed, the hyde amendment and mexico city policies will be repealed. you might know, will, that 43 million abortions happened in 2020 globally. we've got 3,000 abortions happening every day in the america. it is number one leading cause of death in the black community. we can stop this beginning in georgia. it's critical. will: pastor little, i read your

op-ed. you point out with all the focus on race in america perhaps it is not fully realized how much abortion and race are linked. how black americans are some of, and their children are some of the most aborted population in this country. >> we share 44% of the abortions in america and the sad truth, will, is, that people don't understand the history of abortion, with margaret sanger who was a racist and you againics. she used black pastors. called it the negro project. unfortunately reverend warnock seems to be the new negro project as he helps usher black mothers and father to exterminate the next general race. we've got to go protect the next generation. we've got to vote in a you that supports our faith and supports what god says about protecting the unborn.

will: pastor little, i want to end where we began if i might, take a moment, again we're sorry for your loss. your father was one heck of a individual. syracuse, denver broncos, franchise, hall-of-famer from the class of 2010, more importantly a important figure in your life, a family man. we appreciate you being with us this morning. our thoughts and prayers are with you. >> god bless you. thank you very. will: take care, barstool sports coming up big again. this time helping a family-owned restaurant that has been open for over four decades. >> you're in the fund. we're going to be there for you. it doesn't seem like it could happen to a better place, better guy. >> i'm shaking right now. this is too much. will: that deserving restaurant owner joins us next. plus i'm live in atlanta as we continue our coverage of the all-important georgia runoff. ♪.

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♪. pete: we're back with some quick headlines this morning. 43 emergency room staffers test positive for covid-19 at a san jose hospital. officials are looking into one staffer who wore an inflatable christmas costume in the e.r. to lift spirits during christmas. the hospital is investigating whether the fan-powered costume caused airdroplets to spread that would be unfortunate. legendary talk show host larry king hospitalized with covid-19. the 87-year-old has reportedly been in a l.a. hospital more than a week. king battled multiple health issues over the year including lung cancer and multiple heart

attacks. jed, over to you. jedediah: thanks, pete. small businesses all over the country are struggling to stay afloat like san marchtino. in new york that has been in business since 1975. thanks to dave portnoy and the barstool fund they're getting the help they need. >> you're in the fund. we'll be there for you. doesn't seem like it could happen to a better place, better guy. we're very happy. >> unbelievable. i'm shaking right now. this is too much. you're amazing. whatever you're doing, god bless you. jedediah: joining me now owner of san martino restaurant. welcome to the show. great to see you call. you looked so excited. before i get to the call, give viewers insight what your struggle has been like over the pandemic the last nine months, what it has done for your business. give us clarity on that. >> good morning.

thank you for having me on. yeah it's been a tough nine months. you know we've been here 45 years and this is definitely the worst year we've ever had. since march we were ordered to shut down indoor dining. we were able to do take-out, delivery but obviously not enough to sustain us. so we've been struggling. we kept our staff. we paid everybody, best we could and tried to stay in business but the bills keep piling up and, you know, it is getting harder and harder. we are allowed now to open up indoors at the limited capacity but a lot of people are tell not ready to come out and dine you know. so we, it's tough. we, are a little bit hard to stay in business. so when we heard about dave's

fund-raising we applied and thank god that he came through for us. jedediah: what was it look for you to receive that call from barstool? >> well, it was like a godsend. it was a miracle, really, a christmastime miracle. we, like i said, we have some bills to pay and we are struggling but when he called me, first of all, i was shocked, i didn't expect, i know so many millions of people in same situation. so my kids, you know, sent a letter and he accepted the letter. and then he wanted us to send us a video. we did. and the next day he called me and he said, you're in the fund. we're going to help you pay your bills and we're going to be with you until this pandemic is over. or you're able to go open up

fully and people able to come in and go back to normal. so, it is very exciting. very emotional. i broke down and cried. and you know, my whole family, this is a family restaurant that's small family operation. all my wife, my children help me and we're trying to get through it. we're all working together to try to get through this crisis. jedediah: you know, alfio, that is such amazing news. i was reading about the story, the we're running out of time. started as a pizzeria, expanded. came over from italy, saved enough money to put the restaurant together, you and your family. we wish you nothing but the best. congratulations receiving that assistance. we hope that you put through and have a successful bus in the coming months. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much for having me. jedediah: thank you.

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the president heads down to georgia tomorrow. how does he maintain the balance of motivating voters to come out to support the two senate candidates to maintain control of the senate while also, he is still talking about the desire to make sure legal votes are counted and fraud is exposed? how does he do that balance down there? >> i think he has already done that multiple times. in fact he has done it multiple ways pointing out illegality, irregularities the fraud that occurred in his election. this has always been about counting the legal votes. folks that cast votes, did so in a legal manner, those votes should be counted. the american people deserve to have faith and confidence in the election process and they really didn't in the past election but we still need to control the senate. as he said before owning the libs, doesn't mean giving them two free senate seats. we have to make sure republicans maintain control of the senate so that any radical agenda of the left can't come through and destroy this country and remake

it into the image of some socialist nation, which is exactly what the democrats are pledging to do. both ossoff and warnock are making pledges of not just embracing and adopting the green new deal which would destroy our economy but also you know, make us less secure on the global stage by relying on other nations for our energy, they an want to open our borders. they want to make puerto rico a state, d.c. a state, pack the court, all agenda items that have been radical from the beginning that have been exposed, they are embracing and promising to do. so the president will go down there. he will rally his supporters, say, guys, we are still looking at what happened in this re-election campaign for me. don't worry about that. you need to make sure you do, focus on getting out the vote for kelly loeffler and david perdue to make sure we control the senate. i think that is good message and

i think one that will work in the state of georgia. jedediah: you know, hogan, obviously you will have dueling rallies. president trump will do one rally and president-elect bide joe biden will do the other. what do you think will be the key to the rallies? >> despite massive crowd size people will hear donald trump like he did during the run-up in the election versus a few senators of staffers. joe biden is still saying be prepared for a dark winter. president trump says the best is yet to come. look what we've been able to accomplish in a short amount of time. a record-setting economy. rebuilding the military. making other countries pay their fair share in our deals. not to mention the exact creating, developing, distributing a vaccine in record time for the first time in global history? this president was able to do it in less than a year. this is the success that we can

continue to build on with a republican controlled senate. that is what the president is going to be talking about. joe biden will be talking about. give us the senate because i think i have the white house. i am not entirely sure yet. we'll see on that, to be determined. but if you give me the keys to the castle says joe biden, give me the senate, we'll cram through all the radical agenda it. we're going to change the face of america. they believe america is fundamentally evil, that we're the cause of the world's problems. we believe that this is the great of the country in the history of the world. donald trump knows that we're a beacon of hope and light and goodness and strength and freedom all over the world. we can talk like that because we believe it. democrats can't because they don't. will: it will be a bilge couple days. thank you so much, hogan. >> thank you so much for your time. happy new year. will: jed has a few more headlines. jedediah: yeah. i sure do.

we'll turn to them right now a funeral is held for late congressman-elect luc letlow died from covid complications last week. he was supposed to be sworn into congress. ralph abraham who hired letlow during his tenure spoke at his service. >> he cared about nothing other than others. you have heard a true servant's servant. jedediah: letlow leaves behind a wife and two children. he was just 41 years old. a professional surfer dives into the rough seas to rescue a struggling swimmer. check it out. >> help. jedediah: oh. the woman getting slammed by waves in hawaii. pro surfer mike wright describes

the harrowing moments. >> it actually turned from zero to 100 real quick. she was in a lot of danger. she was under the wave a little while. i was looking what the water was doing. i knew she would get drifted further down. jedediah: wright says he doesn't think of himself as a hero. just someone trying to help. bee gee's singer barry gibb and dolly parton team up for a remake of a bee gee's classic. ♪. ♪ it's only words and words can take your heart away ♪ jedediah: the special version of the 1968 single, words, will be on begins new album greenfields. it comes out on friday.

those are the headlines. who doesn't love dolly parton. pete: she is a classic. will, you know that song better than i do. i've been to dolly world. that was a, not a age comment. that is type of music comment. i want you to know. will: i'm in. i'm in. pete: go over to adam klotz, who has no idea what that song is. adam: you guys are so old you don't know what you're talking about? i have no clue what you guys are talking about. we're tracking two weather systems, one working up the east coast, a lot of rain particularly in the mid-atlantic. you're currently seeing snow from cleveland to detroit to chicago. the other system we're paying attention to in the pacific northwest, we've seen rounds of winter weather hitting that area. higher elevations that becomes snow. maybe in some areas as much as

12 to 18-inches of snow along the coast. that is nothing but rain. we have winter watches and warns. 'tis the season for winter weather. continues on this sunday. will: weird. adam didn't say anything about a blizzard here in atlanta. yet i'm feeling one right now. thanks, adam. ted cruz is leading the charges of gop senators challenging the election certification. matt schlapp is here. play the fox super 6 app for the georgia runoff. see how it will unfold. bet the fox super six bet right now to get started.

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hill as we're days away from certifying the election but it could be delayed. mark meredith is live in d.c. as more republican senators say they will object to the results. mark, good morning. reporter: traditionally the electoral college certification is drama-free event that will not be the case wednesday when congress meets to accept or reject the results of on saturday, 11 senators and senator-elect will join josh hawley to object. they want them to appoint a electoral commission and allow for audits in 10 disputes states. >> there are millions and millions of americans. there are major issues with the election. the best way to do that, get all the facts out, make sure it is out there. reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell urged members to not join they are urging colleagues to reconsider. amy klobuchar, writes, with all due respect to my republican

colleagues in the senate, can you please get a grip. election officials across the country including republican governors certified these results this is embarasses. former presidential candidate and utah senator mitt romney writes, quote, i urge my colleagues in the strongest possible terms to reconsider likely consequences of their actions. i fear they do damage to the democracy and global credibility that cannot be easily repaired. outside trump supporters are expected to gather for large protests over the election. pete: pete mark meredith, leave it to mitt romney to worry about the global credibility. this is the first objection since 2005 then senator barbara boxer ohio congresswoman stephanie tubbs jones challenged president bush's narrow victory over john kerry. let's bring in american conservative union chair matt schlapp to react. matt, thank you for being here. what would happen with this objection? you have over 100 congressman in

the house an over a dozen senators in the could trilogy ear debate. conversation could have what has happened in a lot of these states. how do you see it going down? >> pete they have to actually do their job. when they write these things in laws that congress has to take a formalized step to vote to do something like accept these electors, it means you're actually supposed to do the due diligence around the that decision, not just rubberstamp it. this is the problem with congress. tends to push away tough responsibilities that the constitution and lawman dates it does. think about this, pete, almost every time recently a republican has won the white house the democrats have taken almost every step to try to influence who the electors are, how they vote. as we said the last time a republican was given four more years, george w. bush, they officially challenged the result in congress. but when republicans try to take

the same legal steps after this very close election, somehow as you said, mitt romney and others chastise them for shaming our democracy in front of the globe. this is outrageous. if judges won't look at illegal votes which number in the hundreds of thousands, i know, i was on the ground in nevada, if judges won't do that, than the politicians have to take the appropriate steps to do one simple thing, knock out all the illegal votes in the count. will: just as state legislatures should take that prerogative in places where the numbers just don't add up. as the senators point out there was an electoral commission in 1877 that looked at voter fraud. there were five senators, five house members and five members of the supreme court looking at that do you think there is a chance, ultimately, in the house, democrats are not going to go along with this, is there a chance we get anything out of it? some sort of a federal relook at the election? >> i think that is why ted cruz first of all, leave it to ted

cruz to actually read the law to know what the remedies are for illegal voting and voting irregularity and voter fraud. i think what is actually does, it gives everybody a chance to try to get to the truth. i think i even agree, mitt romney and i could agree on this, dead people shouldn't vote. people shouldn't vote in two states. even honest election officials even the vast majority are, there is no way presently to determine whether somebody in nevada also voted in california or somebody in philadelphia also voted in delaware. we need to have a system whereby these things can be checked and to have the time. right now no american can look k at the results and be certain that illegal votes are knocked out of the count. it would have flipped, it would have flipped the ultimate result. that shouldn't happen in america. pete: of course not. just like certifying results that are fraudulent doesn't make them legitimate at the end of the day. matt, you're headed down to georgia. we don't have time to talk about.

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♪. jedediah: violent crime soaring in major cities across the nation. new york city saw a 41% surge in homicides compared to 2019 and a 97% jump in shooting. in chicago a 55% spike in murders. mayor lori lightfoot placing the blame on frustration, anger and mental health problems but is that really the reason? let's ask new york city detective union president paul giacomo. thanks for joining us. when you look at numbers in

chicago and new york city, the spikes are terrifying to people. why is it happening? >> it is happening because of a couple of reasons of the main reason is ineffective laws enacted by government has emboldened the criminal element in new york city and new york state. people are carrying more guns and using them with no consequences. they are locked up and let out the next day to victimize more people of the city and puts police in danger as well. >> so what's the fix here? what needs to happen to make this better? >> there is a couple of things that have to be done. the bills and laws that were put into law and enacted into law have to be changed. apparently they are not working. the numbers are so high like never seen before that, you know, young children, grandmothers, everyone in our communities are being shot and injured or killed. and heft out there to solve these crimes are new york city detectives.

and they're out there doing it during this coronavirus and they're not being given a vaccine like some of the other first-responders in the city have been. so i find that sort of a police reform by government as well they are not taking care of their police in anyway. they have an obligation to and they are not. i demand they give our members in the nypd the vaccine. jedediah: you mentioned the vaccine. that was the next topic we'll get to. bill de blasio came out essentially said the health department was waiting for state guidance and direction as to what to do. is that explanation satisfactory to you? >> it is being administered through the state. the fire department and the emts in new york city have received but the new york city police department is as important and does meet and are out there in front of thousands and millions of people every day with contact with people with the coronavirus.

we had six detectives die of this virus. i don't want to see a seventh. we have obligation. jedediah: i don't want to cut you off but we're out of time today. paul, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. jedediah: coming up senator marsha blackburn, doug collins and more. isn't that what you just did? service! ♪ stand back, i'm gonna show ya ♪ ♪ how doug and limu roll, ya ♪ ♪ you know you got to live it ♪ ♪ if you wanna wi... [ music stops ] time out! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ or psoriatic arthritis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently.

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pete: or cold welcomes one or the other. i hope you have a real american coffee machine. not the european one that dispenses warm milk and half the time doesn't dispense coffee here in the green room. so do you have good warm, american coffee on set. will: have you been fighting with this thing again this morning. pete: fighting with it come on, give me some coffee! will: i can picture you struggling with that thing. jedediah: probably has his backup mountain dew. i'm not too worried about him. i hope you had a heated blanket out this. get someone on that. will: i look like a grandma here. i'm covered up in blankets. i got everything going i can make it happen. pete, we will have coffee. we'll do our best to keep you warm. get through today. i will worry about you tomorrow. worry about griff jenkins and races in georgia now. griff is also in atlanta, with me. he has more on the runoff races. what is up, griff?

griff: trying not to freeze. i don't have any coffee but red bull will travel. what you will find out what will already knows, that is that georgia is the epicenter of the political universe n just 48 hours george today voters will determine the control of the u.s. senate and already three million georgians have voted. the polls will open on tuesday. that will be what everyone is watching around the country and throughout the world. now what is interesting that the fight back in washington over covid relief is shaping up the final days and hours of this campaign where incumbent kelly loeffler faces reverend rafael warnock and of course incumbent david perdue facing challenger jon ossoff. loeffler was on the campaign trail yesterday accusing democrats of playing politics on coronavirus aid. watch. >> i've been fighting for

additional relief under this pandemic. they played politics with lives and livelihoods. i was proud to support relief earlier this spring and to support the latest measure. griff: warnock is accusing loeffler of profiting off the pandemic. in the other race david perdue is quarantining after possible exposure to coronavirus but his challenger jon ossoff taking shots at republicans on covid aid. >> after eight months of obstruction, what do david and kelly offer? $600. making $600 is a joke. griff: there is the big thing everyone will be watching tomorrow. president trump coming down to dalton, georgia, tweeting big rally, 9:00 p.m., be there. he is going there because in north georgia, where early voting shows republicans need to

turn the vote out but there will abdul from president-elect joe biden. he will be coming to atlanta to try to turn out big numbers to offset what will be the republican turn out possibly in north georgia. so a lot happening there. now on the campaign trail will be very exciting dawn in savannah. the southeast coast part of georgia because vice president-elect kamala harris going there to rally with ossoff and warnock but you have left left on the campaign trail and she will be going around with south dakota's governor christie neam. a lot of barbs thrown left and right and a lot of what president trump has been talking about. will, pete, jed? jedediah: like deja vu. court packing could be at stake.

policy issues could be at stake. big policy decisions with respect to health care, climate, taxation, regulation that obviously could affect people throughout the country. we had hogan gidley on the national press secretary for trump 2020. he talked about what he believes is at stake in georgia if democrats take georgia. >> both ossoff and warnock are making pledges not just embracing and adopting the green new deal which would destroy our economy but also make us less secure on the global stage by relying on other stations for our energy, they want to open our borders. they want to make puerto rico a state, d.c. a state. pack the court. all the agenda items that have been radical from the beginning, that have been exposed, they are embracing and promising to do. will: you don't have to project, you don't have to guess what the democrats will do or want to do should they gain control of the senate.

jon ossoff, candidate running against david perdue in georgia, said we don't want partisan gridlock. we don't want anybody in the way of our agenda. everyone is on the same page about what is at stake here in georgia. it is interesting, over the last couple of months, pete, i had virus friend call me across the political spectrum but they haven't been from georgia. pete: you have friend? will: a few. fielded two or three calls. they said what is going on in georgia. the point everyone knows. it isn't just about georgians but the united states of america. pete: will has a lot of friend, no doubt. he is right, we're all georgians at some level when it comes down to the majority and the balance of the u.s. senate considering the shifting sands of washington, d.c., and very starkly different views of the left and the right in georgia. in fact it was mentioned by hogan gidley by griff that kristi noem ask going around

georgia, she has done a good job, not just the principles, but how does it affect mothers, families people that want to earn a living. these results will have big ramifications for that. speaking of livelihoods and delivering for people is the story of barstool sports and their fund and dave portnoy, el presidente, who raised millions and millions of dollars for small businesses to fill the gap where of course the government has been completely uncapable and unwilling frankly with 600 bucks to fill the void with small businesses. called the barstool fund, i don't know the number, it raised north of $60 million. yet another recipient was unveiled yesterday in a powerful way. his name is alfio, a restaurant owner. here is a portion of that video. >> we're glad to happy. we got it. you're in the fund. we'll be there for you.

doesn't seem like it could happen to a better place, better guy. we're very happy. >> unbelievable. i'm shaking right now. this is too much. you're amazing. whatever you're doing god bless you. jedediah: yeah you know i spoke with alfio earlier, businessman, family business, came over from italy. saved enough money to start the business. he is really excited about the opportunity to receive assistance. they suffered quite a bit like many other people in the restaurant industry particularly over the last nine months. here is what alfio had to say himself about being chosen for the barstool fund. >> it was like a godsend a miracle, a christmastime miracle. he called me and said you're in the fund. we're going to help you pay your bills. we're going to be with you until this pandemic is over. very exciting. very emotional. i broke down and cried. you know, my whole family, this is, family student that is small

family operation, all my wife, my children -- help me. we're trying to get through it. we're all working together to try to get through this crisis. will: you know, both of you know i came from the world of sports before this world of news that we've all dove into. barstool sports fans are called stoollies. this fun started with half a million dollars started by barstool. that fund i believe you reported was $17 million. it is not just stoollies but americans across the sports world and news world that donated this fund. we need to recognize how americans come together for each other through the mechanism of dave portnoy and bar steel stool. you joked about me having friends. i have one or two. my dad as he got older had fewer and fewer friends. i will not be like that.

that is what happens with men. our social circle gets smaller and smaller. community is very important. that is the point i'm making about stoollies. what a community. i know that community exists here at fox news. we're talking about a community of people coming together to help those who have been hurt so much by this lockdown and pandemic. here is dave portnoy talking about his community. why they need to come together for the small businesses that have put everything, their life, livelihoods, their life investments on the line. listen to this. >> barstool is a small business that i worked basically two decades building and if the lockdowns and corona struck around year 10 we were right on the edge i would have lost my life's work. restaurants, bars, small businesses were already stretched to the limit. they were already playing by the governor's rules trying to do everything they could to survive, this felt like a death blow. somebody said want you to put

your money where your mouth is. they're right. i donated money. i have asked for an audience. i've done enough to make acquaintances through barstool, started shaming them on twitter to donate. pete: i love what he said if this hit me 10 years ago i would be vulnerable. he has his pulse on the business community. if he doesn't save the pizzerias how will he make the pizza reviews. there might be a little self-interest there too. will, i made number of friend i think i did it because i have so few. make me feel better. will: both of you can count me as one. i have that relationship. jedediah: quality, not quantity, right? will: you're absolutely right, jedediah, you're absolutely right. we'll turn now to a few more headlines starting with this fox news alert. we're learning more about the early morning shooting of three houston deputies the gunman opened fire at a nightclub,

killing one woman and injuring the deputies who were working side jobs at the club. all three deputies are expected to survive. investigators say the suspect was arrested after showed up at a hospital looking for treatment. his injuries are unclear. police are investigating what led up to the shooting. mitch mcconnell's home was vandalized a day after house speaker nancy pelosi's was vandalized. the vandals writing, where is the money on his front door. along with mitch kills poor and mitch hates kentucky. pelosi's tagged with $2,000, cancel rent. we want everything. it came as senate blocked a vote on $2000 stimulus checks. college football, texas a&m brushing off their playoff snub with a dramatic win at the orange bowl. >> kept his balance, gets down the sidelines! the sprinter in the open field. no one is going to catch him.

touchdown. will: the aggies beat north carolina 41-27. iowa state ended one of the best season ever with a fiesta bowl win. cyclones beat oregon 34-17. the only fifth bowl win in school history. university of texas for what it it worth hired a new coach yesterday, the alabama offensive coordinator, steve sarkesi-an. pete: that wasn't in the teleprompter,. will: no, it wasn't in the teleprompter. jedediah: iran is vowing revenge, issuing veiled threats as we mark anniversary of airstrike that killed soleimani. joey jones on the ramifications next. it's time for the lowest prices of the season on

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♪. pete: you will not be safe on this earth. that is iran sending a clear message to president trump and his allies as we mark one year since the airstrike that killed their top general and terrorist, qasem soleimani. will: as tehran warns of severe revenge the trump administration says our military is ready to strike if duty calls. jedediah: fox news contributor, retired marine veteran joey jones joins us now. joey, welcome to the show. the one year anniversary of the airstrike. want to get your thoughts on that, iran wanting and seeking revenge, what does that mean to you? >> i think it means they're afraid. anyone you know throwing out warnings to president trump this morning is probably afraid himself. you know, what happened a year ago today was small victory in a

war that felt like we didn't have a chance to win, the war in iraq. we declared victory there a few times but seems iraq is still fighting hard for any semblance of independence in any way to get loose from potential terrorists that may hide out there or put money into there or put militias into there. when you do a airstrike to kill someone that organized these efforts, that's a victory. i appreciate for what president trump did there for shared military. a known terrorist is dead for a year now. pete: that is a such a great point. iran had such nefarious role in iraq for so long that killing as stem soleimani is big win for fighting terrorism. you are a georgia boy, you know folks on the ground what is the pulse what you're hearing? >> i heard, pete you say we're all georgians, you have to end

with go dogs. we won the peach bowl. pete: or registered to vote. i can't say that. >> most georgians more than anything are ready for all the outside and money to get out of our state, quit telling us what we need to do sore should do. i think most morning against will vote for our republican senators. i've been pretty vocal. i'm not a big proponent of any four choices but i'm a fan of conservative policies in the senate. not allowing joe biden what looks like a recklessly progressive agenda taking hold in the senate. georgians are tired of being told how important it is. we're ready to go vote and get on with our lives like most americans with the virus and other things plaguing them. we feel like this election to an extent plagued us a little bit. will: joey, followed up, you said last time together that georgians were frustrated and not that enthused. do you think they will be motivated to show up on tuesday?

>> yes. i guess my point the energy in this state is kind of twofold to see the election over with and insure the republicans win the senate. i'm getting texted literally every hour on my phone. people are asking me, you know, what is going to happen? why are, why they getting texts from people out-of-state, why are they getting so many texts? i got a text sitting here this morning. we're tired of what we know to be money and people from outside of the state of georgia primarily on the democratic side. people in hollywood saying they will move here. we're tired of these people acting like they care about georgia politics or georgians at all, especially people like jon ossoff and rafael warnock, jon ossoff is about exciting as steal bread. i love the line it is absolutely true. poor man's beto o'rourke. you see how suck full he has been. i don't see how jon ossoff win an election much less one in georgia we're proud of who we are.

pete: one thing to be robert francis, another thing to be the poor man's robert francis. joey jones. thank you very much. two more days to go. hang in there. we'll see you down there. >> thank you, guys. pete: experts warned of a twin-demic as coronavirus overlaps flu season. flu cases have plummeted. we'll tell you why. we continue our coverage from atlanta all morning long, if you skint hard enough, wait a minute, there he is. ♪. my nunormal: fewer asthma attacks. less oral steroids. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection

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pete: welcome back, flu case cases plummet despite surging covid-19 rates. 20% in in 19 tested positive for the flu and that number is close to zero. here to tell us why. thanks for being here. help us out here. there has got to be, maybe multiple contributing factors. has the flu disappeared? is it about covid? where are we? >> happy new year to you pete, as well. not really surprising that we have little to none flu cases right now. it is multifactorial as you just mentioned. first of all i do want to say the flu is here. it is significantly less than of other years but we had a child

die of it last week. the flu is here but not talked about it as much. why is the flu so low? we have hand hygiene and respiratory droplet precautions. more americans getting flu shots than most other years. 44 million american adults got the flu shot this year compared to 30 million the last year but the biggest single factor is, what else come from covid-19? influenza just like the coronavirus tends to start in animals, birds, pigs in southeast asia. the that subtropical climate undergoes various mutations all year long, something we call antigenic drift. because of high international travel the influenza strain makes its away all across the world and replicates. with covid-19 air travel stopped. travel from china to the u.s. really only started to pick up in late november from february.

there had been no flights coming back and forth soft it is not surprising that the influenza strains didn't make their way to the united states. now that air travel is starting to slowly increase again i do suspect we'll start seeing more influenza cases come in. we have to remember, flu season really starts in the united states in, technically starts in august, but really starts to ramp up in december and january making it way through march and april. while flu cases are low now it is still possible they are going to increase over the next few months. so we have to continue to keep an eye on that. pete: if only the chinese had stopped flights out of their own country in the beginning not just within their own country. that is side point i remain hung up on. this second point, vaccine, "operation warp speed," huge success getting to americans faster than possible, we thought possible, stats like this have people shrugging their shoulders trying to understand why.

about 60% of nursing homeworkers in ohio are refusing to the take the vaccine. some of those mount be accounted, doctor, they have antibodies because they had covid-19. that number is too high to explain that these are medical professionals not wanting to take the vaccine, what does that say? >> pete, great question. it is very concerning trend we're seeing with up to 60% of certain health care workers who are opting not to the take the vaccine of the as you mentioned some people are already antibody positive. they have already recovered from covid-19. they don't want to use the dose still in limited supplies. i know a lot of health care workers they consider themselves high-risk, whether they are not high-risk individual from preexisting conditions, they don't have high-risk of exposure in their job. again with limited supplies they do not feel that it should have been a universal blanket vaccinate all health care workers. i tend to agree with that. i think it needed to be more targeted. we need to focus more on the vulnerable. most concerning trend, there is vaccine hesitancy, it is largely

due to politicization of the science in the manufacturing and research of this vaccine and unfortunately i blame the politicians and i blame how we have truly had partisan politics insert themselves in the quest for science when it has come to this. anybody who reads the data on these vaccines you can see what a high safety and efficacy profile these have. they truly are a key to moving forward, getting out of this pandemic. so vaccine hesitancy is the biggest concern. we really have to target black and latin communities because they have the highest level of vaccine hesitancy. they have highest amount of font line workers. so it is an education campaign and it is really going to be just getting the word out how safe these vaccines are proving to be. pete: if president trump is responsible for it, it must be bad. we should be keptal until we walk back from that. now we're at a place where people are skeptical about it,

dr. nicole saphier, thank you for your time. >> thank you, pete. pete: we're just 48 hours away from the georgia senate runoffs with president trump and joe biden making stops tomorrow. congressman doug collins joins us with what is exactly at stake in this election. we'lling live from the peach state all morning long. ♪.

♪. will: welcome back to "fox & friends." you're looking live in atlanta, georgia. we're two days away from the crucial senate runoff races. the early voting ended with a

record 3 million votes passed. republican incumbent kelly loeffler being challenged by reverend rafael warnock and incumbent david perdue being challenged by jon ossoff. here is with what is at stake in the georgia runoff election is georgia gop congressman. doug collins. thanks for being with me. >> will, happy new year. will: there are several indicators coming in. hard to know how much trust. polling suggests that warnock and ossoff are up. we know the value of polling over the last five years. still early voting numbers are in, heavy early voting numbers. does that indicate democrats might be turning out? is there reason for concern for perdue and loeffler? >> there is always concern in a election takes place in non-election mode. people right now, although we've had $500 million spent in georgia, january 5th election is not normal for any state.

so the election turn out is always important. what we're seeing people are ready to get the vote done. they're ready to get out. early voting has been heavy. we've seen that heavy across the state. people are ready for this to be over. they're ready to see an election made. it is very close. any polling right now shows anything outside of -- is completely wrong. this is a very close race. i think what it will come down to now is the turnout on january 5th on tuesday and i believe that is when the conservative voices that typically vote on election day are going to come out. that is what we're looking at right now. but it's a close race. i cannot emphasize enough to my conservative friend in georgia, if you want to stay at home, feel frustrated about election, i don't want to be part of it you're helping elect two social history people in the senate who have no values, corresponded that what really conservative georgia means and they have to show up for loeffler and perdue. will: i hear you emphasize that point. i'm from texas. pete is from minnesota.

i fielded calls from friends across the country who recognize with h of the importance what is going on in georgia. there is frustration with georgians perhaps on election integrity from two months ago. where is your sense of georgians, in terms of enthusiasm, frustration, willingness to the get to the polls? >> willingness was send earlier by our friend joey jones, inundation of ads stop. you cannot watch a ball game, anything without outside groups telling us how to vote in georgia. georgia is pretty conservative. georgia understand what is is at stake. jon ossoff is trust fund socialist. rafael warnock who is a pastor who believes that abortion is okay. there are things really contradictory to conservative lifestyle in georgia. you have the proven conservative of david perdue and kelly loeffler. it's a frustration. you feel it across the country. people want to make sure election and vote matters. i've been working down here as

november 3rd. i'm frustrated as everybody. we have cannot allow frustration for our president who has done o much good -- [inaudible]. not voting is letting democrats winning argument. i'm tired of democrats winning argument about voter suppression when they were the ones engaging many times in that. we've seen minority participation increase. seen all that happen last four years. we have know georgia is voting. we have to make sure our voters turn out. will: congressman, quickly, i have only 30 seconds left. sorry to ask a big question here. you brought up rafael warnock is pastor. you're a former pastor. i spoke to another pastor. yesterday there was a apolitical march a prayer march in the state capital in georgia. seems religion takes outside role. >> you can't separate faith from who you are. i always said that anybody can separate faith from everyday actions don't really understand the christian faith. it is important for us to get

out. christians need to understand life matters and this is a vote for life. will: congressman, doug collins, thank you so much for helping us understand what is on the line here in georgia in two days. thank you. >> take care. will: you too. jedediah has more headlines this morning. >> thank you so much, will. a army drill sergeant is found shot to death inside of her car. sergeant jessica mitchell was found in her car shot several times. she was found on the side after san antonio highway. she was a dental specialist on fort sam houston. fbi revealing nashville bomber sent things to people he knew before the blast. anthony warner died in a christmas morning explosion that destroyed dozens of buildings. it is unclear whether that will help determine a motive. a noise complaint take as surprising turn. watch this.

>> shouting] jedediah: a florida deputy challenges a pensacola dance team instead of issuing a ticket, deputy moves bring tears, screams disbelief among the team. the dance studio thanking the deputy that positive response helped build trust in the community. those are the headlines. i love that. pretty goodancer guys. pete: that is a man who danced before. he didn't dabble with it. i'm going all the way. and he won. that is the key. will: we'll see if adam klotz can pull this off. that is the key to a wedding party or any kind of dance you do publicly. full commitment. if you go halfway, doesn't matter good or bad, adam, are you going to commit 100%. go ahead, you have the floor. give them a little beat.

adam: to dancing to the forecast? listen, i'm talking in my apartment really loud. i've been waiting for neighbors to call the noise ordinance on me. if i had a cop show up that a great story. you set me up to dance. i will dance into the forecast. beginning with temperatures out there, 20, 30 degrees. widespread in the middle of the country. willing you complained not giving you your forecast earlier. one system we're tracking moving up to east coast. that is snow in areas like cleveland, detroit, back through chicago. the other winter system, the pacific northwest have seen round after round of low pressure system move up here last couple days. higher elevation, i have a long the coastline that is train. we see winter storm watches and warnings throughout the region. spots you could see as much as 12 to 18-inches of snow.

i will leave you here with temperatures the rest of the day on this sunday. top third of the country mostly into the 20s and 30s. if you're living a little farther to the south, temperatures are in the high 40s into the 50s. pete: adam, based on will's logic his apartment will turn into "animal house." his resolution was to party more in 2021. he is all in. adam: i will come dance over there. will: i have to get a apartment first, pete. i need a home for that to happen. pete: we'll work on that. adam, appreciate it. the 117th congress meets today with newly-elected lawmakers are sworn in. one new york seat has not been called. republican claudia tenney on a razor thin race coming up. on download the fox bet super 6 play the georgia run off game. pick possible outcomes and watch fox news on tuesday to see how

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♪. pete: we're back with quick headlines. game on. indoor sports are allowed to resume in new jersey. thank you, murphy. the governor's ban on indoor sports expired yesterday but restrictions still remain including a capacity cap on players and coaches. fans not allowed in the stands. teams, not allowed to travel out-of-state. thanks for the crumbs. in seattle a yoga studio holds classes despite covid-19 restrictions. they claim it's a religious practice. who is tell them it is not? the state ordered all gyms and fitness centers closed until

mid-january. jed in. jedediah: google photos may make organizings sharing photos easy but are you giving the tech giant more than you think? will: check out the features uses photos toe build a map showing everywhere you've been. pete: kirk the cyberguy with what you need to know with the segment. i opened up my photo, found it, it is scary, i have need to delete it now. how do i do it? >> thank you, good morning, will, pete, jedediah. jedediah you're up to the ceiling like i am. jedediah: yes. >> talking about this, what pete did, you want to see what google is doing with your photos. we know they track us. they want to know our ever move but they capitalize on that. but come on, you want to turn the faucet off. first, you want to check to see how your google photo settings are done inside. so go launch your google photos

app and then you look on the bottom bar and tap, search. and under places section, tap the view all, and in that places section, it is going to show you, this is wild, all of the places you have taken a photo. hey, seems cool but imagine if somebody else gets this information when you were there, exactly what photo was taken, and you can broaden out to see the entire country. first, this is weather map. no, this is a privacy storm about to hit us, god forbid, something get ahold of the data. what is the owe solution? disable the photos map feature. log on to google maps. go to the timeline. then manage the location history. you're going to see the activity controls page come up. and then you, you see this

location history there is a little slider bar there that's blue. if it is on. if you don't want this stuff on a map for anyone to see that can get into your account, turn it off so it turns gray. there is auto delete option, you can set a period of time for location data to expire. something to keep in mind here is that it may turn it off for you, me, someone you share it off but it will not turn it off to google. they will continue to monitor your location. hey that is the tradeoff we got into long ago when nobody was keeping their eye on big tech. now they have a big control of our lives. cyberguy.com will walk you through the steps online at my blog and post a video how it works. it is worth doing. kind of cool to see the map. you go, what if somebody else has this, what if somebody else had the data. what if a judge said you have to turn over the map and tell

whatever narrative whatever somebody else wants to tell of your life. pete: could prove you're innocent. i was there at that time. could cut either waive. >> through. will: feels like we lost already. just unplug. jedediah: it's scary. it is scary, curt as you know, i wrote a whole book, shameless plug, do not disturb. you have to opt out of this stuff. people don't know this is happening. you already opted in. you have to opt out. this is not the first time it happened. this is terrifying. regardless thanks for the info especially how to opt out. thanks, curt. still to come senator marsha blackburn, congressman jeff van drew and rachel campos duffy. stay with us. ♪

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♪. jedediah: new 117th congress is set to convene today but one house seat remains undecided. in new york's 22nd congressional district gop challenger claudia tenney now leads democratic incumbent congressman anthony rendisi by a razor thin margin by 29 votes. we have claudia tenney. talk about a heated race. your race still has it been decided. give us the why what we're waiting to hear and what you think will happen? >> thank you so much for having me on for everyone across the country and my region who supported us. this is a long journey.

sadly we won't be seat offed today for the opening of 117th congress. this district will go without a representative until the judge makes a final decision on the disputed ballots that are left in the count. we feel positive that if, when the judge finally gets this decision done, i'm sure there will be appeals process we'll be seated. unfortunately not in time to start the session today and not in time to actually deal with the rules package that nancy pelosi has proposed which is something that i would like to be there to vote against. there is just a lot of issues here. unfortunately we're at the mercy of the judge at this point. jedediah: yeah. claudia, obviously it is very challenging to have a delay this long. i'm sure you would be eager to want to start the job. i want to ask you about some of the issues affecting new yorkers, one of the things that new yorkers are really passionate about right now is disgust frankly with cuomo's leadership and bill de blasio although we'll stick to cuomo right now and the latest problem

they're see something this botched vaccine rollout where new york has many more vaccines they're able to distribute yet they're not being distributed to people. what is your comment on that? as well as other issues that have come up in andrew cuomo's leadership or track thereof? >> this is typical of andrew cuomo. i served six years in the new york state assembly, andrew cuomo while still a governor and still us unfortunately. this is typical cuomo gamesmanship. he likes to create chaos and then blame everybody else for it. he is the reason that the vaccines are not being distributed. he is prioritized heroin addicts while i'm sympathetic to people with addiction, first-responders and people vulnerable should be getting this first. it is, most of the vaccines haven't even been distributed yet. he is claiming the administration isn't sorting them out. he wants more vaccine, to put them in storage? when he need to get on the ball. he really needs to be held accountable. as a former member of the

assembly the media in new york sugar coat everything. thank you for holding him accountable. jedediah: i hate to interrupt you. unfortunately we're out of time. thank you for joining us on this important topic. we'll continue to follow your race. more "fox & friends" on the other side. it's time for the lowest prices of the season on the sleep number 360 smart bed. can it help with snoring? i've never heard snoring. ...exactly. ... process feels too easy. they can't believe it's 100% online and gives them a competitive offer that won't change for 7 days. an offer that they can put toward their new car. some people can't believe our friendly advocate will come to them as soon as tomorrow.

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>> ♪ ♪ will: you're looking live at atlanta, georgia to echo the words, it's not a college football game, it is a crucial senate runoff race, two in fact, here in georgia featuring senator david perdue and jon ossoff, kelly loeffler and raphael warnock and we'll be live the coming days, two days out, on that runoff race, this first week of january. good morning, pete, good morning

, jedediah. pete: good morning, will they call it hot-lanta, but there's nothing hot about it right now. will: nope. pete: on behalf of all of us to get the ground truth, look forward to joining you tonight and throughout the early part of next week, as we cover the race in georgia, which is, it was interesting to have joey jones on, jed because he said went will this stop and all of the outside money come in. there's a date on the calendar. it's going to stop tuesday night but not before joe biden and president trump show up, still a lot of time between now and election night. jedediah: yeah, this election season has gone on for quite some time and the energy is still there, people are still attending these rallies, there are two very different visions that that will be presented in the rallies of joe biden and president trump and we'll see. i think it'll be very telling not only for the state of georgia and where georgia voters are at but it'll say a lot about where the entire country is at. this has been a heated, exhaust ing election season but it's also been very revealing, and i think that's important as

well. will: it says a lot about our seniority and tenure at fox news as well that all throughout the morning we have been previewing that griff jenkins is also in atlanta but i've noticed in his shot he seems to be indoors there's a lot of empty camera spaces around you very well could be outdoors with me ahead of the crucial runoff. griff: listen, i'm with you, will. pete: you've moved out more. griff: i'm in a parking deck. pete: he manages it like a pro, you know? will: earlier this morning you were indoors, i saw it. [laughter] griff: i wouldn't be anywhere other than on on the ground outside because so much is at stake, it couldn't be higher stakes with control of the senate hanging in the balance as well as really, the future of a biden administration agenda, because if they do win the senate, democrats, that is, then biden would have a super majority and this comes as already more than 3 million georgians have early voted.

that's roughly 60% of the total state electorate and we'll see how many people turn up at the polls at 7:00 a.m. come tuesday, 48 hours from now. now, the gloves are coming off in both races and the one race, you have incumbent kelly loeffler taking on reverend raphael warnock, here is a little bit of them trading jabs. watch. >> the future of the country is on the line. we are the firewall of stopping socialism and chuck schumer wants to raise taxes on every hard-working georgian. my opponent raphael warnock be a rubber stamp. >> right now, kelly loeffler should be standing with the people of georgia. instead she's with those who would undermine the voices of the people of georgia. griff: in the other race in couple bent david perdue facing challenger and document filmmaker jon ossoff. perdue has been quarantining after possible exposure to covid but that hasn't stopped him from fighting back as ossoff hammers

him on the trail. >> you deserve a senator who has your back, not just when it's time to answer to the people, but at all times. >> the energy level was exactly where it was in november when the polls had me down five points we won by two as a matter of fact, 52.5% of georgians rejected jon ossoff and this democratic lebanon all agenda. griff: now, early voting shows republicans will need a strong turnout, north of where we are, will. and that's why president trump is going to dalton in northwestern georgia to rally, you see the tweet, join me 9:00 p.m., but biden will also come here in atlanta to try and ramp up those numbers, it's going to be very interesting to see what the two messages are, particularly with president trump continuing to hammer the governor in state election officials here. now, today, the campaign will be busy with loeffler and ossoff on the trail and vice president- elect kamala harris will make a trip to savannah.

will, pete, jed? pete: griff great report but i'm still hung up on your location, you're a savvy veteran and i have the back of will cain here. i'm guessing you're on a hotel balcony where you are technically outside but you could walk inside at a moment's notice. am i correct? >> let me show you, if you would, just give us a little, we're in a parking deck. you can see literally, there's no cars in this early morning parking deck other than my car, where i'm sitting drinking a little bit of sugar-free red bull and there is no coffee maker in there. pete: it's the real deal, griff. you are the real deal and as a hurricane veteran you know where to find the parking garage because that's where you could broadcast from. smart man. griff jenkins. griff: listen, getting into this industry, parking decks have great skyline shots "coast to coast." will: [laughter] jedediah: thanks so much, griff. you're a pro and you came prepared with a coat so another lesson for will cain here but

thanks griff we appreciate you as always. pete: appreciate you, griff. jedediah: yeah, so, georgia is this is a key race, and you know , ultimately we've been talking about a lot of the issues that could be on the table, everything from, you know, structural issues like court packing and whether or not that will happen, and then it's just like healthcare and taxes and regulation, but ultimately, it's will the senate be a check on the biden administration and that's a really big question that's going to get a really big answer. we had representative doug collins on earlier, and he talked about why it's important for georgians to vote for loeffler and perdue. here is what he had to say. >> georgia is pretty conservative and understands what's at stake here, you have jon ossoff whose a trust fund socialist and raphael warnock who is a pastor who believes that abortion is okay. there's just things that are really contradictory to a conservative lifestyle in georgia and i can not emphasize enough to my conservative friends in georgia. you can not, if you want to

stay-at-home if you feel frustrated about the election you say i don't want to be a part of it then you're helping to elect two socialist people to the senate who have no values that really have corresponded to what conservative georgia means like they have to show up and vote for loeffler and perdue. will: there's not one, there's not two, but there's three dates that everyone is paying attention to this week when it comes to the balance of power in washington d.c. there is, of course, the tuesday runoff here in georgia. the day after, there is several republican senators now, and congressmen, as you mentioned earlier, pete, who have decided to object to the certification of joe biden as president and then there is today as well, pete, will nancy pelosi retain her speakership in the house? pete: yeah, it's a fascinating day on capitol hill. it's going to go on all afternoon starting here on the fox news channel. and nancy pelosi held that caucus for years but because of the bad showing at the ballot box, for house candidates her majority is razor thin, so she's got 222 seats. in order to be the speaker, she

needs 217 votes. except in this covid moment two to three of her members won't be present because they have to be present. they were voting virtually before. but when you go from the 116th to the 117th congress, you need to reassure prove the rules and that can only be done in-person, per the constitution, the left may not love the constitution but at least they follow it on occasion so they all have to be there, but she's got a dozen members who have pledged not to support her, 10 who previously voted against her for speaker so you tell me how all that math adds up to 217 when she has only a five-vote margin and then you got kevin mccarthy on the other side saying that i've got all 211 of my votes and if she doesn't win in the first ballot which hasn't happened since i think 1932, they just keep voting. they keep voting until a speaker is chosen because they can't do any other house business until that occurs. i mentioned kevin mccarthy, house minority leader. could he be the speaker? here is what he said to justice last night. >> well they only have five

seat majority, but there are 10 democrats who did not vote for nancy pelosi last time. if those 10 vote against nancy pelosi on our side of the aisle we could have more votes for speaker, but there's something even more about this that you have to watch. nancy pelosi is so scared about this , she's actually calling a member back that's only voted by proxy for the last four months that just announced they had covid in the last week. why would that person be coming back some she's so scared about this vote. jedediah: yeah and the thing is if she does get the speakership, she's going to have a really hard job. she's going to have pushback from republicans which you would expect and then pushback from moderate democrats within her own party and she will have pushback from the hard left and i think she's been really good at her job in terms of getting stuff done. she reaches across the aisle to an extent. she's also just really good at pushing policies through that she likes and that democrats like, but the democrat party looks very different right now. they are very much split on issues.

you have a very radical segment of that party that wants someone to come in and bring about really substantial change, and they may be looking at nancy pelosi and saying well we've been doing this for a really long time. it's not getting us from point a to z. they want to go toa to z. so it'll be interesting to see where this lands. will: pete you did a good job of laying out that razor thin margin and we also heard from kevin mccarthy on the exact numbers nancy pelosi would needed to. i'd add this wrinkle. all throughout the 116th congress this past year, members have been allowed to vote remotely because of the coronavirus but going into the 117th congress, they have to show up in-person, so all what is it 432 members have to show up today. i don't know how many members might be in quarantine. i don't know how many members might be currently diagnosed with coronavirus. does that add a wrinkle? can they, should they show up in person if that is the case? so it's not just are there deflections on the democratic side of the aisle but how many actually can be there today to cast their vote when again, the

margin is so slim as you pointed out, pete. pete: it's logistics and math and i just, it's just kind of hit me. here we are two months from the election, and in varying degrees of viability, you've got today, the house of representatives contested for the speakership, tuesday you've got the balance of the power for the senate into consideration and wednesday they are going to vote to decide whether or not to certify the elections of the presidential election. all three forms of government contested in the next four days, thank goodness we're in the cable news business because we got plenty to talk about. will: welcome to 2021. we'll turn now to a few additional headlines for you. the u.s. hits a new daily record for covid-19 cases with nearly 27 6,000 yesterday. the number of deaths now topping 350,000. >> meanwhile, a top u.s. official revealed the coronavirus escaping from china's wuhan lab is the most credible theory of how it started. the president's deputy national security advisor says china's leaders are even admitting

claims it originated in a market are false. listen to that. also a group of 11 gop senators this morning and senators-elect are planning to reject results of the presidential election on wednesday. they are calling for congress to appoint a commission to conduct an audit of the election. it follows senator josh hawley's announcement he would object to pennsylvania's results. senate majority mitch mcconnell does not support his colleague's efforts and warning others not to participate. >> and you can now buy johnny carson's original 1981 dmc 12 de lorian. the car is for sale up auction for $110,000. carson sold the car, which to this day, has only been driven 8,000 miles over 40 years, and at auction himself in 1985 three years after the car company closed. and those are your headlines. can you believe that, by the way just to reiterate that one headline? it just makes you lose faith in everything including of course the news media, china, now,

basically admitting it didn't come from a marketplace, might have come from a lab. pete: remember what tom cotton said, i think it came from a lab , a military lab in wuhan. he was slammed by everybody. will: i believe he was censored for that and his editorial was kicked out of the new york times yesterday conspiracy theory, today is truth. pete: amazing so maybe we should let them work on those issues. crazy. jedediah: you'd think and on social media that be great. all right we're just 48 hours from the critical georgia runoff lawrence jones is here to react to the latest efforts to mobilize voters as the sun is now up in atlanta and we continue our live coverage all morning long. ♪ ♪ ♪ nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard.

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plus, no interest until january 2024. ends monday. pete: welcome back to fox & friends i'm live on the ground in georgia where the state's critical sun at runoff will be deciding the balance of power in washington in just two days and the final 48 hours civic engagement groups making an aggressive push to mobilize black voters whose strong turn out in november helped joe biden win the state. the black male voter project telling the washington post, where regular campaigns talk to voters two to five times a cycle , we try to talk to black men at least 12-13 times. we have seen support going to our candidates at unprecedented amounts. as another group founded by

stacey abrams, raising $22 million giving the majority to grassroots groups working to turn out voters of color. fox news analyst lawrence jones joins us now. lawrence, good morning. you know, this is something that you and i have talked about in the past. do politicians, does washington d.c., does any government for that matter, continue to address black issues beyond simply campaign promises once every four years? >> it's something that we talked about. it's something that i warned about in the past election, especially in georgia from my reporting on the ground. i said that the black vote was going to be critical and it was definitely critical and the difference-maker in the last election and is going to be the difference-maker in the senate race. you know, you have the democrats singing the same old song, but they were there campaigning. i wasn't trying to be mean when i said that the president should have reevaluated his strategy as far as the people that were running the blackoutreach, because it was going to make the

difference and it did make the difference. you have the democrats singing their old song and i thought that the trump campaign should have focused on where the money resides. you're talking about black wall street, the modern day black wall street and georgia and that's really the message. where does the money reside and was the trump adminitration able to do stuff that benefited the community and they had a message to sell. they didn't quite do it. the question is can they do that in this georgia race? you know, i hear a lot of people talking about the case of socialism and you saw a lot of pundits before saying look, america would never be a socialist country. well, now we're seeing here in georgia, the cases now being made that georgia is the fire wall between socialism. a lot of black voters care about the very traditional families, care about their money, their pocketbook, but they also care about their families. can they sell that in the final days we'll see. i'll be joining you there in georgia tomorrow. will: yeah, lawrence, the question is also, when

campaign promises turn into action, because so many of the cities where the issues we talk about affect black voters come to fruition, are in cities where democrats controlled the mayor's office, the city council, every lever of government, so let me just give you one example. chicago, and so here is what we know about chicago in 2020. it's finished with a 55% increase in homicides, among the highest increases in that city's history. you report on the violence first -hand, so here is an example of a city, lawrence, where quite clearly and honestly , democrats control every lever of power and something needs to change, lawrence, not just campaign promises. >> 100%, so as you know i've been on a year-tour of these cities, chicago, philly, baltimore, even new york, talking about not only the poverty but the violence that is happening in these cities, to defund the police movement, the fact that the communities want the support of the police there, but you have these politicians that have their own agenda. they have failed them on every single metric.

i always say that it is true that that is democrat progressive leadership that is there, but i also followed up by saying what is the alternative? it is important, if these guys are so bad, it shouldn't be hard , to kick their tail at the ballot box and i think that's what voters need to see. they need to see an alternative to these broken promises from these politicians, and right now , they have not been able to, the other side has not been able to effectively communicate that the voters and if they did they would win because these people that i talk with, every single day when i'm on the road they don't care what political party you are associated. they just want the bleeding, the pain to stop. will: right. that's really good. really good insight lawrence thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> thanks, brother. will: a live look now at capitol hill, wherein just hours a new congress will be sworn in and the first order of business is deciding the fate of nancy pelosi's speakership. will she lose her grip on the gavel? we'll ask a democrat turned republican representative jeff van drew, next.

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how long fox sports analyst irvi n meyer has been on a hiatus as a head coach, but the nfl network reports meyer is expected to replace the head coach of the jacksonville jaguars. can't keep somebody that good out for very long, jed over to you. jedediah: thanks, pete. the 117th congress will be officially sworn in on capitol hill today, before voting for its new leadership at least nancy pelosi's state of house speaker on the line as democrats thin majority threatens her re-election. before switching parties my next guest, then democrat congressman jeff van drew, voted against nancy pelosi's bid for the speakership. he joins me now to discuss. congressman, welcome and thank you so much for joining us today so, two years ago, you were a democrat. you voted against speaker pelosi in her bid for the speakership. why? >> for the reasons that turned out to be absolutely accurate. i was worried that she wouldn't have the ability to bring people together to show that strength

of leadership and work with republicans. i felt that she was going to focus on issues that weren't the main issues of the day, which is what happened. we got involved in impeachment, we got involved in hearing after hearing after hearing. we were involved with bills that we knew were never going to go anywhere, instead of really trying to work with the senate, work with the republicans, put everybody together, and see what we really could accomplish. congress is about getting a work product done, just like anything else in life is, and that work product was not really done and we even, when it comes to the simple, you know, the corona bill that we did, the covid relief bill, it took so long to get a bill done that we weren't really even totally satisfied with, and then it got jammed together with another bill that many people didn't like in an omnibus and at the end of the day, almost everybody was unhappy. this is not leadership. this is not what we need. this is even more than

republicans and democrats. this is about forging forward to do the work of the american people and she's not getting it done, and you know, i hope we do something better and something different and that's going to be to a great degree up to republicans and democrats but certainly, the democrats have the majority, although it's much much thinner and it is going to be interesting because some of the folks who were not in support of her before, some of them are still here, so how this is all going to pan out i don't know. i'm sure she's thought about it. i'm sure she's worked on it and i'm knowing her i'm sure she has a plan. jedediah: yeah, several democrat s have come out and already said they will not support her. she's been in this position before, though, where people have said oh, she's facing a lot of resistance, and she eeks out the win so what do you suspect will happen a and b what do you think her speakership will look like given she has so much resistance from republicans and

now democrats and the hard left wing of the democrat party that expects her to bring about substantial change. >> well she's going to have to work with people more and keep her word. last time she said she was going to be moderate and work with the moderates. you saw that obviously, you know , she didn't. she said there absolutely would not be impeachment. you saw that there was. she said there absolutely would not be, you know, just a series after series after series of investigation that would really get down to doing work. i want to work. i want to get things done. so does most of congress. let's do it. let's work together, let's get things done. there are some areas where we can agree there was some areas where president trump was willing to do more and willing to help out, and it just didn't happen, so i don't know what's going to happen here. this is close. i don't know if there's a democratic plan they're not going to share that with me. you know, if i had to bet money on it, i somehow think she'll squeek it out again but she's

going to have a heck of a speakership because you really pointed out something good. we have a stronger group now and the republican side who want to see moderation and some more conservative values and they're going to push and they've got room to do it now, because the numbers are very close, yet you have people with new leadership in the democratic party, where the democratic party is going, is more of a socialist thing, more of a left wing thing, and certainly, more progressive. so she's going to have a tough time balancing all of that. jedediah: yeah, there's the force the vote challenge that has come her way, it's definitely going to be a challenge even if she gets the speakership she'll have to figure out how she's going to do that job and somehow make everyone happy which we all know is impossible, congressman, jeff van drew thank you for joining us and for your insight. >> great to be with you. jedediah: coming up, growing backlash for alec baldwin's life over accusations she faced her spanish heritage and knew

this morning why one of her parents might have been the inspiration behind it. rachel and sean duffy here to react, next and we are live in atlanta all morning long just 48 hours out from georgia's crucial runoff election. stick with us. >> ♪ ♪ ♪

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will: welcome back i'm live in atlanta this morning we're just two days away from georgia's crucial senate runoff early voting ended in the state more than 3 million ballots cast. republican incumbent kelly loeffler is being challenged by democrat raphael warnock and david perdue is holding his seat against

democrat jon ossoff. the future of which party controls the senate is on the line and it all comes down to georgia, where, again, we are this morning, in georgia and speaking of the future, is this the future or is this just embarrassing? i found a way to get around downtown atlanta. our producers montana and nikki and myself went to dinner last night and it was a long walk, guys, pete, and jedediah, so, we did that thing where you rent a scooter with your phone and it's , let me tell you something it's like a moped. it's fun, you just don't want your friends to see you doing it pete: that's exactly right. jedediah: why not? pete: no, no, no. jedediah: you should want why? pete: i do it en every city i go to, you got an app, you put the money in and you jump on and you feel like it's cool but you look like a dork and you don't go fast enough, like six, seven miles per hour, maybe max. will: 16. maxed it out. pete: well maybe that's because georgia is a free state you can

actually do that. in washington d.c. it's like four miles an hour, [indicating] hey, everybody, don't i look cool? and you just don't! so way to go. jedediah: the best part of that though, will, is the expression on your face, because you look like a kid having an amazing time and that's what life is all about. actually i really want one now that i saw you doing that that looks like a lot of fun and you look cooler than you think don't worry. will: jedi promise you, i tried to jump it off every little slight incline and maxed it out and pete you'd do the same and i imagine in a few hours you'll take them for a spin, buddy in downtown atlanta. pete: absolutely, we can make an obstacle course, i don't know , something. jedediah: that's good stuff it looks like fun. all right, so, growing backlash for alec baldwin's life, the story that never ends and gets more interesting day-to-day , over accusations she faked a spanish heritage she claimed to love so much and turns out her own father may be the inspiration. in a 2015 blog post her dad who

retired to spain in 2011 rights my path in life has been heavily influenced by spanish culture and not because i have an iota of latin blood in my vein. pete: not one iota for hillary. the duffys are here to react, welcome sean and rachel. good morning, rachel. i listen to you talk about this. good morning, great to see you, happy new year, you've been outstanding and talking about this story with hillary hilaria. how about this most recent revelation? rachel: it's extra funny for me, right? because actually, my mom is actually from spain. i grew up part of my childhood in spain, but i didn't come out with that accent, somehow, and i think maybe the air force base saved me from that, i don't know yeah, the story is hilarious, her dad met a priest on a train in the 70s and all of a sudden she self-identifies which is just so perfect for our time and she's been carrying this on and i think it's really funny, because it's just really, it's more than a celebrity story,

right, pete, and jed and will? it's more than celebrity, it shines a light on the ridiculous ness of our woke racial system that even the 1% want a piece of the identity politics action, you know? it's just so silly. i have to tell you one thing. she is less spanish than this irish guy, because in congress, he did a lot of work for puerto rico and they actually made him an honorary citizen and sometimes when we fight, i have to remind him that he's not really puerto rican because he tries to get feisty on me. >> i've never tried the accent though. i have to go there. rachel: just the attitude. jedediah: you know what's so crazy, rachel because i have my master's in spanish, i studied in spain, sometimes i dream in spanish, but it would never occur to me to fake my identity

and to think i'd get away with it people are just outrageous and think that everyone is in media just says oh, it's okay and it's all right and laugh it off. it's funny but also kind of not funny and really odd what she did. i want to ask you about new house democrat rules, because these i know you'll have a strong opinion on both of you actually, these new rules are coming down the pike, they will limb that gender terms like father and daughter and if you look at the terms before and after, you're going to see things like mother and father become parent, aunt and uncle becomes parents, sibling, niece and nephew, so i'd love to get your take, yours and seans on this. >> first, can i go back to the scooter because i think will looked kind of stupid and we all look stupe stupid on scooters and will, i hate wearing a mask but the best thing is to put it on your face so nobody recognizes you on the scooter that's what i do, get the biggest mask possible so nobody recognizes me, brother. anyway, to the house rules.

95-99% of americans believe they're male and female, man and woman, and to think nancy pelosi is going to impose rules on the house that's going to actually not be inclusionary, but exclusionary. the fact that we can't say mom and dad, aunt and uncle, grandma abdomen grandfather is absolutely ridiculous so if you guys watch cspan, you'll see , will the lady from minnesota yield for five minutes? maybe they'll say will the gentle it from minnesota yield four or five minutes that's how stupid this has become, are we calling everybody it or they or them? we can't say the gentle lady or men from california or minnesota. not only that i don't know how nancy pelosi is going to navigate this because she's been referring to herself as the madam speaker, right? so there's a gender in madam. what's she going to call herself now? the it speaker? the them speaker? i don't know how they are going to work this through, but this is, i'm offended by this. i'm a proud male. she's a proud female and i want to be a dad and she wants to be

a mom, and we're excluded in the house is bogus. rachel: and i also think, you know, first of all it sounds just like crazy campus crap, but it's more than that, right? there is, this is very deliberate, i believe. blm and their manifesto said we want to eliminate the nuclear family. we want to destroy that and there's a reason wimax they want to do that because their family is a threat to the loyalty to the state so we should be careful with this and not just think it's just so funny but also, it just shows how out of touch they are. really? we're in the middle of a pandemic, people are losing their jobs, they're shutting down businesses, it's nuts. >> china, iran, russia, you have pandemic, unemployment and she's talking about what pronouns we're going to use in the house? it's stupid. rachel: it brings me back to georgia, you guys. if we want to stop this , georgia is our only hope. this is just the beginning. will: but, it is also funny, and when you're on a scooter, you're

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>> good faith efforts, and de escalation had been met with ongoing violence and even scorn from radical antifa and anarchists, and lawlessness and anarchy come at great expense, and with great risk to the future of our community. it's time to pushback harder against those who are set on destroying our community. pete: my good faith efforts haven't worked with antifa, portland mayor ted wheeler is finally admitting in a stunning way his failure of dealing with antifa, which is more than just an idea, someone should tell joe biden following months of violent protests and destruction so where was this rhetoric and understanding when businesses were being destroyed just months ago? here to react is retired marine and part of the coalition to save portland, gabrielle johnson thanks for being here this morning and thank you for your service. you hear the mayor now finally saying i can't just try to talk my way out of this and not deal

with antifa. will he actually confront the problem or is it more words >> thank you, pete, for having me on. pete: of course. >> i think we're going to see more words. we've seen this over the past seven months with this coming ahead with portland having a 30 year high on crime, having as far as having police officers on the streets at an all-time high. gun violence is at an all-time high and this is coming from the same man who took seven months of saying hey, these are peaceful protesters, we need to handle them with kitten gloves and now, all of a sudden, we need to take the gloves off. nothing is going to happen in this area of lawlessness that has been created by himself and the d. a., and it really comes down to the d. a. prosecuting these criminals because it's a core group of 100-200 people that we've seen over the past seven months. we know who they are, so again,

more rhetoric. pete: we'll push back harder you look out we're coming for that, but here is the thing you've been pointing at the wrong people all along. here is mayor wheeler back in july, saying to the dhs secretary. if your federal officers that have brought the violence to the streets, we do not need or want their help, so will he accept federal help, as you've pointed out this antifa group is a couple hundred people, you know their names if you would just deal with them you could get rid of the problem. will he accept federal help and is there any chance the police department is allowed to do their job? >> well, he's the police commissioner so and until there's a change there i don't think police will be able to actually do their job and to the point of will we ask for federal help? i think again, it's one of these things where it's too far, too little too late. he's looking to the state legislature to actually make some changes in laws although we have laws on the books that we can actually enforce, which actually brings us to a 14th

amendment situation for the citizens here in portland because we have laws that are on the books and those applications of those laws are applied to ordinary citizens and other situations that we see here in portland. pete: great point. bigger constitutional issues but they get away with it, which makes absolutely no sense to begin with. gabrielle johnson thanks for being on the frontlines and bringing this to us and maybe this left wing mayor will wake up but probably not. i wish you the best. keep us updated, thank you. well they're fundamentally un serious people and got elected to try to do small things and riots broke out and they had no idea what to do. thank you so much. >> thank you. pete: with production stalled and theaters locked down, 2020 box offices reeled in their lowest revenue in nearly 40 years. can they bounce back? movie critic kevin mccarthy up next. >> ♪ ♪ for so long.

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jedediah: box offices around the world took a beating last year, as theaters closed their curtains for covid-19 nationwide , revenue plummetted to a 40-year low of $2.3 billion in 2020 after five straight years of exceeding 11 billion. so can it recover this year? joining me now is movie critic kevin mccarthy. kevin welcome to the show. obviously, people are wondering will there be a comeback here or have things been changed forever so what say you? >> yeah, good morning, to you, jed, thanks so much for having me on. i'm a theatre advocate for live and i'll always go to the movie theatre so i'm definite definitely very hopeful for a

off month it theatre comeback as well as revenues obviously skyrocketing hopefully this year in 2021 and i think with the vaccine we're looking at a very hopeful year, there's lots of films coming out this year. you look back at 2019, jed, that was a record year for box office $42.5 billion worldwide one of the biggest box office years ever, and that being said, as people are excited to go to the movies they're hungry to go to the movies and once it's safe to do so, people want that experience. there's nothing that can takeaway that experience and go to a movie theatre i don't think you can replace that at home. i do think that this year is going to look different. we'll start seeing hybrid models and we're already starting to see this with hbo max and warner brothers and we saw wonderwoman 1984 come out in theaters and hbo max in the same day and i personally chose to see it in the theatre because i wanted to see it with an audience but also experience it on the biggest screen possible, so i think studios are starting to understand you'll have to look at ways to put out films in a different way, and you need 90 kasem clues ever it

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>> ♪ ♪ will: good morning and welcome to fox & friends and welcome to atlanta, georgia the site of two crucial senate runoff races here , in just two days. we at "fox & friends" are going to be here covering it all throughout the week, as senator david perdue faces off against jon ossoff and kelly loeffler against raphael warnock. it's will cain along with jedediah bila and pete hegseth. good morning. jedediah: good morning to you both and it's a big week. i feel like this is a big election week, yet again, but

the big day on tuesday, georgia voters will head to the polls and make their voices heard, many have already in terms of early voting but many still come out on election day and it'll be indicative of not only what's happening in georgia and how georgians feel about issues but indicative of what's going on in this country in terms of big ticket issues obviously those running have very different views of how the country should be run and it will make a big impact on what goes down in the senate, pete. pete: good morning, guys. is it over yet? will it end? please? it's only two days away. feels like its been a marathon. we're in overtime. this is one of those games where its been such a bad game and so many bad calls i feel like the ref screwed you like 10 times you want out with a win, get on the bus with a w. that's how a lot of republicans feel now up against holding a senate majority. it's no fun, the money is pour ing in, everybody is over it but it's important so you got to finish it all the way through. and we will cover it and then on wednesday, hopefully, cover something else and of course, we will, as we've talked about,

will, because that's when the house of representatives and the senate will now contest the presidential vote as well, so across-the-board, we've got big issues at play. will: absolutely, and if that's the case, if you have big issues you check in with griff jenkins also live in atlanta. he knows more on those crucial runoff. what's up, griff. griff: hey, will, pete, and jed and pete it'll be over soon, less than 48 hours now until the polls open on tuesday, and jed, you put that on early voting more than 3 million georgians already have that, and mail-in ballot and it is, why the republicans, incumbents, loeffler and perdue, feeling the heat from challengers warnock and ossoff, because the early voting suggests that republicans will have to turn out strong voting day georgians, north of here in atlanta, and that's why president trump coming here for a massive rally tomorrow night in dalton,

georgia, in northwestern georgia , that's going to be something to see , but it'll be interesting to see whether or not also if his constant criticism of the system here is being rigged and his attacks on state officials will hurt that turnout and create a republican divide the president tweeting just moments ago, he's not backing down from his attacks on the governor saying republicans gain gary cohen must be careful of the political corruption in fulton county, which is rampant. the governor, at brian kemp georgia and his puppet, lt. governor, jeff duncan have done less than nothing and they are a disgrace to the great people of georgia. the secretary of state's office here found, by the way, no election fraud evidence, in fulton county. now one of the issues that the president has also been igniting and pushing for is that fight over the $2,000 stimulus checks. that's been playing out on the campaign trail here yesterday, and here is kelly loeffler. >> i've been fighting for

additional relief under this pandemic. they played politics with lives and livelihoods and i was proud to support relief earlier this spring and to support the latest measure. griff: perdue's challenger, jon ossoff, taking shots at both republican incumbents, watch. >> and after eight months of obstruction, what do david and kelly offer? $600. making $600 is a joke. >> also at stake is president-elect joe biden's possible legislative agenda. obviously if he has control of the senate house and the white house, that's a super majority, he can do virtually anything he wants without real challenge from republicans that's why he's coming here to atlanta, tomorrow to try and turn out strong numbers, today down along the southern eastern coast part in savannah you will see vice

president-elect kamala harris trying to rally but loeffler gets a special visit from christy kristi noem and it's a hot one today and tomorrow. pete, jed, will? jedediah: thanks so much, griff. obviously tuesday is a very big day as we just mentioned but today is also a pretty big day because a new congress is being sworn in on capitol hill, and guess what their first order of business is deciding the fate of pelosi, will she be speaker again? we spoke with representative jeff van drew who voted against nancy pelosi two years ago when he was a democrat as speaker and he spoke with him why he did it and more listen to what he had to say. i was worried she wouldn't have the ability to bring people together, to show that strength of leadership, and work with republicans. i felt that she was going to focus on issues that weren't the main issues of the day, which is what happened. we got involved in impeachment, we got involved in hearing after hearing after hearing, and we

were involved with bills that we knew were never going to go any where, instead of really trying to work with the senate, work with the republicans, put everybody together, and see what we really could accomplish. congress is about getting a work product done, just like anything else in life is, and that work product was not really done. jedediah: yeah so there's two key questions here. one is will she get the speakership and secondly , what will that look like given that she has so much pushback from not only republicans but moderate democrats and then also that hard left democrat party that feels she just doesn't do enough and they want someone whose going to bring about more substantial change, bring things like medicare for all to the floor, not compromise with republicans and stand firm on some of those key hard left policy positions. pete: she's the partisan of the highest order who hasn't reached across the aisle, don't work with republicans, fakes to do so to try to get votes from her moderates and the far left and that's how nancy pelosi does and she raises tons of money for

candidates and as a result she gets votes for speaker and it's interesting because we don't know how the election goes in georgia on tuesday. we have a sense of what'll happen on wednesday even though i believe there are legitimate objections to how the votes were counted, in fraud, it a number of states, likely because the democrats control more votes , the objection to the election will be a debate but we probably know how that will go. we think we know how this will go, that nancy pelosi will be re-elected as speaker, but this is where math gets really really tricky, will as we talked about. she's only got 220 seats, 222, she neats 217 votes there are a number of members that aren't there because of covid, they can't vote remotely because this is a new congress and they have to be there in person and she's got at least three that pledged to oppose her speakership, now we're at 217 she doesn't have a majority, you've got 10 there that have already voted against her in a previous congress, 12-plus on the campaign trail, said they wouldn't vote for her again and then the squad, two of which have refused to say how they're

going to vote. it is not clear, will, that nancy pelosi wins this even though the conventional thinking is if they controlled the house, she gets it. she had such a dismal performance on election night. this speakership could go any number of ways. will: right. the executive, the senate and the house, three different days this week, three different struggles for power starting today, the margin so thin as you laid out, pete, and that's if everyone shows up today which they're required to do, to vote in-person. let's move on to another story for you this morning as well and that is something that is final ly being admitted that is quite obviously true, and that is that antifa is out of hand in portland. mayor ted wheeler is finally recognizing the truth. listen to this. >> my good faith efforts, at de escalation have been met with ongoing violence, and even scorn from radical antifa and anarchists. lawlessness and anarchy come at

great expense and with great risk to the future of our community. it's time to pushback harder against those who are set on destroying our community. will: of course everyone across america already knew this was true, and this just adds, in my mind, jedediah, to a list of stories that go from something that we're told is false to quite obviously true. if you'll remember a few months ago joe biden said antifa was nothing more than an idea. now, confronted with the truth of violence on his street, ted wheeler has to say it's out of hand. this is, along with the hunter biden story, which was supposedly a conspiracy and then admitted as true whereas we just reported about an hour ago, the wuhan virus story where at first it was told it was out of a wet market and if you suggested it came out of a lab then you were a conspiracy theorist. we now know that is true. the american people are growing in their skepticism and their right to do so.

one more point, jedediah. it's time we start recognizing in line these mayors and governors who are doing it right and those that are doing it wrong. for example, ron desantis in florida doing a commendable job in that state, while guys like wheeler or cuomo in new york are the ones that should be receiving much greater amounts of criticism, jedediah. jedediah: yeah, you know, you talked about the media angle and in terms of these stories changing. but the truth is that people have is and ears and live in these cities on this issue in particular, they see what's happening, regardless of whatever the media may be on that issue from day-to-day, they know if they feel safe. they know if they want their children playing outside, if they feel safe to have their kid , you know, walk to the grocery store, pick-up some groceries and come home, which they themselves feel safe if they feel that they have a police that's being backed up by a political administration, so that they know if they need to call 911 someone is going to be there to answer that call these are things they live and breathe

and feel every single day, so in one sense, the media matters and in another sense, they really don't, because it's what people are feeling, day-to-day, that really matters and they know and that's why these politicians are feeling pressure because too many people and too many of these cities have felt unsafe, for too long. pete: and even when they try to talk tough, they sound incredibly febile. in my good faith efforts, pretty pretty please, antifa, and anarchists i really tried to bring you to the table for a conversation and do you know what we're going to do to you? we're going to pushback harder, just a little harder. how about lock them up? how about throw the book at you? we know who you are. we nowhere you live. we're going to find you because you're ruining our communities and the rule of law deserves, most of all, is deserved by people who pay taxes and abide by the law, not you anarchists. it's not hard, but again, these are fundamentally unserious leftist mayors who got elected to reimagine policing and green spaces and recycling and bike paths and then they suddenly have riots in their city and

they have no idea what to do so they pushback a little harder. will: and i will say, i'll just quickly say it does matter, because democrats keep getting elected to these cities, to this day, people don't know that the hunter biden story is true, to this day, they think that andrew cuomo is one of the best governors in the country, when dealing with the coronavirus. to this day, they don't know the truth on these stories. we'll turn now to a little more truth headlines for you starting with this fox news alert. three houston deputies are shot outside a houston nightclub. the deputies were working side jobs at the club when a fight broke out in the parking lot. investigators say the deputies tried breaking up the fight when a man pulled out a gun and opened fire. one woman died in the shooting, all three deputies are expected to survive. >> police say the suspect was arrested after he showed up at a hospital, with a gun shot wound. >> and 43 emergency room staffer s test positive for covid at a san jose hospital. the hospital is investigating what caused the outbreak. officials are looking into one staffer who wore an inflatable

christmas costume in the er department to lift the spirits during the holidays. the hospital is investigating whether the fan-powered costume caused air droplets to spread. >> and video shows the moment two dare devils with parachutes jumped from the roof of a nashville hotel. watch. >> oh, my god, oh, my god! oh, my god! will: the jumpers stunning from the 25th floor rooftop bar at the grand hyatt hotel, a daring new years day stunt catching the attention of the police no words on any of the rest. those could be, i guess, something with edo on fox & friends, you know, we repel down buildings we can start base jumping too if you want, pete. pete: we could train together, take some time and train and then pull it off. next time we'll base jump with santa. i like it. will: that's right. over to you, jed. jedediah: i'm going to let you two jump off of the building,

the fox news studios in new york city and i'll watch and take video how about that? [laughter] will: from scooter to base jumping. jedediah: all right, i'll do the scooter, i'm going to stick to the scooters. all right, nancy pelosi's controversial blowout hads is coming back to bite her, the former hair salon owner who exposed the speaker's maskless hair salon visit isn't letting her live it down, she joins us, next. >> ♪ ♪ fewer asthma attacks. less oral steroids. taking my treatment at home. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your doctor about nucala at home. find your nunormal with nucala.

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jedediah: it's the blowout that blew up across the country. nancy pelosi's maskless hair salon visit sparked a massive controversy just months ago after leaked footage showed speaker breaking her own coronavirus rules, and the san francisco salon owner who exposed her hypocrisy isn't letting america forget it, posing in front of this blown up image of the incident, in a window display in los angeles.

that former salon owner, erica k eos joins me now. erica thanks for joining me. obviously your story has gone viral. i think in many respects because you see politicians around the country, who are practicing this do as i say not as i do attitude and people have had enough so how are you feeling about that incident several months later now? >> i'm feeling that it's just really important that we continue to expose this , because a lot of businesses are obviously struggling, people are fed up with wearing masks and not being able to go to restaurants and not being able to work while these politicians continue to do what they want on a daily basis. jedediah: now, remind people what happened to your business as a result of the coronavirus restrictions and then also, what happened after you exposed this incident with nancy pelosi. >> so after obviously the incident, i had to close my

salon down, and then, with threats, i had to completely shutdown and close my salon door s in san francisco. jedediah: now, did you continue, i know at the time, you had said that you were getting harassed and you were fearful of keeping your doors open. has that persisted? >> do you know what? no. the harassment has stopped, finally, after four months, so but then i also closed my doors right after that, so i thought about going back, but it's just not worth it at this point. jedediah: you know, nancy pelosi is up for speakership again and i'm just wondering what your message be not only to her, but to other politicians, gavin newsom, several things have come up like where they are banning things like outdoor dining and show up for themselves. what is your message who seem to

have a different set of rules for themselves? >> i just would like them to work with the people, just like restaurants, hair salons, we've all pretty much done what they said to open safely, and we're still shut down. and they can, they can work with us to reopen safely, and they're just not, so, that's something that i just don't and a lot of small business owners i'm speaking to a lot of people are all wondering why and especially in california, why they're not working with us to get things open. jedediah: well, erica we appreciate you being here, and i know a lot of americans share your sentiment on a lot of these issues so thanks so much. >> thank you. jedediah: tensions mount as anti -u.s. messages ramp up on the anniversary of america's air strike on soleimani. general jack keane on the latest threats for revenge from tehran, coming up.

pete: tensions flaring on the one year anniversary of the u.s. air strikes that killed iranian general and terrorist qasem soleimani. iran's foreign minister threatening retaliation against the u.s. , warning president trump that any fireworks will backfire, so how seriously should these threats be taken? let's ask retired four star general and fox news senior strategic analyst jack keane. general happy new year, thank you so much for being here. i can't believe it was a year ago when we with reporting on this strike in baghdad, qasem soleimani killed, he has so much blood on his hands based on what the revolutionary guard has done in iraq and around the world. on this one-year anniversary, reflect on that, if you would, and the significance of it, but then also, what is the capacity of the iranians to potentially

retaliate here? >> yeah, well first of all, qasem soleimani was an actually an iconic figure, and he reported to no one other than the supreme leader, no other general officer, he only took orders from the supreme leader and he ran all of the proxy wars and the terrorism around the world that the iranians were imposing, so, the civil war and syria, he was running it. the civil war in yemen he was running it, undermining iraq and sponsoring terrorism in various parts of the world. that was all under the supervision of qasem soleimani and he took his orders from the supreme leader. his lawsuits really quite significant. he's been replaced to be sure, but the person whose replaced him doesn't have the stature that he has. pete: and so, with that replacement, is there an attempt here for retribution will iran attempt to do something? there was some missiles launched shortly after, nothing of the scale that iran has threaten ed. they're threatening our president directly now, where do you see this going?

>> well, i don't think they're going to conduct any kind of a large scale attack, and for a couple of reasons. one they don't want to deal with president trump and the military response if they kill americans, and why do i say that? well, the last attack they did after we killed qasem soleimani and they promised that they would conduct that attack and they did but they notified the iraqi security forces three to four hours prior to the attack, so that the americans on the iraqi military base had plenty of time to get into the bunkers as did the iraqis which gives you a sense that they didn't want to escalate the response from america. the second thing is they know full-well that there's a new administration coming and they want sanction relief, pete, that what the trump adminitration has done to them is significant. they're back on their heels more than i've seen in 41 years and they believe, in their minds, that if they come into full compliance with the original nuclear deal, then the biden team will likely give them

sanction relief and they are in a desperate situation, and they want that very badly. therefore i don't think they will do anything militarily that would interfere with that potential. pete: interesting so they are hoping that the trump adminitration was just a pause, they jump back in the deal, they get sanction relief and back on their way, but we also heard reports, general, that the iranians are upping their yes, sir in yum enrich. and they've upped the percentages that be in conflict with the deal so what is their population as far as pursuing a nuclear bomb? >> yeah, well, we know full- well that they've never ever given up on having a nuclear bomb, they went into tehran in 2018 took truckloads of classified documents out. and prime minister benjamin netanyahu exposed that and iran has always been committed to a nuclear weapon so that exposed the lie that they've been telling for 40 years that this is all about nuclear energy , not nuclear weapons, so the rain they increased the ura

nium enrich. as well as centrifuges is so she could make a deal to come back into compliance and get sanction relief and that's what this is all about and they will announce to the biden administration very quickly on that they're willing to come back, and they'll comply fully with the conditions of the original nuclear deal if they get sanction relief. that be a mistake by the biden team, because they have huge leverage now, pete, that they didn't have in 2014 and 2015. one, is the economic sanctions to be sure. second, is the isolation that iran is under given the arab and israeli deals that have taken place throughout the middle east so much has changed in these four years, that they really have leverage to get a much- better deal with tougher conditions with the iranians. pete: new leverage, because of an actual serious approach under the trump adminitration. general jack keane, we always love having you happy new year, appreciate it. >> yeah, happy new year to pete and the team there, thank you. pete: likewise, sir.

all right, well, on another story a group of republican senators finally taking charge against election fraud, with plans to challenge the electoral college certification. senator marsha blackburn is one of those senators, and she joins us, next, and we continue our coverage live from georgia leading up to the critical senate runoff election. don't go anywhere. >> ♪ ♪

will: we're back with a live look on capitol hill as we are just days away from certifying the election. but it could be delayed. mark meredith is live in d.c. as more republican senators say they will object to the results. mark? reporter: will good morning, normally congress certifies the electoral college vote without much drama but when lawmakers meet on wednesday that is not going to be the case, so

far a total of 12 incoming and current senators plan to join dozens of house republicans and objecting to the state tallies. they're demanding congress appoint an electoral commission also allow for a 10-day audit of returns before declaring these results final. >> we've asked a very simple question. can we put together an electoral commission, five senators, five house members, five members of the supreme court. this is exactly how it was setup in 1876 when there was three states that had all kinds of fraud issues, we think it's a good plan. reporter: minnesota senator amy klobuchar fired back with all due respect to my republican colleagues in the senate doing this can you please get a grip. election officials across the country including republican governors have certified these results, this is embarrassing. alaska republican senator lisa lisa murkowski says i will vote to affirm the 2020 presidential election, the courts and state legislatures have all honored their duty to hear legal allegations and have found nothing to warrant overturning

the results. president trump though continues to urge republicans to challenge the election outcome. he's also encouraging his supporters to rally right here in d.c., when congress meets this week. will? will: all right, mark, thanks for that. well, one of those dozen senator s who are going to object to the certification of joe biden as president of the united states on wednesday is senator from tennessee, marsha blackburn she joins me now this morning. senator thank you for being here >> good to be with you, thanks, will. will: senator blackburn, we just heard from mark meredith the format seems to be the request seems to be some 15 members of the house, the senate and perhaps the supreme court to look into to audit the election results. tell us a little bit more about that and what you hope to accomplish through this process? >> absolutely, and you know, i think it's important to note, will, that in our recent history , in 1969, 2001, 2005 and in 2017, the democrats had

objected to election results and we had seen the past four years where the democrats named themselves the resistance the day after donald trump's election and obstructed every single day, kept saying he was an illegitimate president, and we're saying look, let's have an audit. there are irregularities in different states. you have issues in pennsylvania specifically, where there are some significant irregularities. let's review this , let's settle this , and let's keep the emphasis on election integrity and on the importance of the electoral college, as a part of this process. will: now, senator, your critics would say, and have said, this is all for show, nothing much can be accomplished. it's political posturing. i want to give you a chance to respond to those critics but help me understand as well what you would do with this audit. the senate has oversight, so,

with the audit you'd be making recommendations, i assume, to states then on how they appoint their electors? >> this is based on the 1877 model, when this was used, when there were three states who had allegations of irregularities, and your commission would highlight this and go back to the states. will, it's important to note that congress is not the ones who will, if you will, fix this. this is election integrity is handled by our states. the locations are implemented at the local level, and we want to preserve the one person, one vote addage that has served our nation so incredibly well, and restored that election integrity. right now, you have about 75 million americans who are saying that i have questions

about this , and in the statement that we jointly released yesterday, we cite some of this polling to show that it's not just republicans. it's not just trump supporters. you've got independents, you've got democrats, that question election integrity, because they have heard from people about how ballots were mailed out, how processes were put in place, and they have seen videos that have caused them trouble, and then they have also heard about areas where they had more ballots than they had registered voters. this deserves our attention in order to preserve the integrity of the system. will: senator before i lose you i'm here in georgia. we have two huge senate runoff races here in just two days. i have to ask you really quickly about that. you're a senator from tennessee the implication of these two seats impacts everyone across the nation. south dakota governor christie nome talked about that and she talked about it impacting moms, what do you see as the biggest

implication, the biggest issues facing not just georgians, but everyone across the united states when it comes to these two seats? >> will, and i have to tell you , christy is right to talk about how it impacts moms. i say right now, we have the security and when you talk about online privacy and security for children, when you talk about jobs and the economy, women making 80% of the healthcare decisions, women being the primary consumer economist in their family, women are watching this very closely. it is why you have seen conservative women pick up seats in state legislatures and also, in the u.s. house and we have a new female senator joining us today. senator lemmis from wyoming, and this is why people are listening to republican women because they know the impact that federal policy is going to have on their lives on a daily basis.

will: all right, senator marsha blackburn of tennessee. thanks so much. we'll be watching this week to see how everything goes down in washington d.c. and in georgia. thank you, senator. let's head over to pete with a few headlines. pete: well done, well, thank you turning to additional headlines seven kids and two adults tragic ally killed in a crash on a california highway. police say a driver swerved into the opposite lane hitting a car with seven kids and a female driver. their vehicle burst into flames trapping all of them inside. all nine people involved in the head-on collision died. reports say the children are from two related families and were between the ages of 15 and 6. they have not yet been identified. so sad. >> and legendary talk show host larry king hospitalized with covid-19. the 87-year-old has reportedly been in a la hospital for more than a week due to virus protocols, his sons have been unable to visit him, king has battled multiple health issues over the years including lung cancer, and several heart attacks.

we think about him. >> and a police officer pays for a family's christmas dinner after they were caught stealing groceries. officer matt lima says two women have been caught stealing food from a store in massachusetts. one of them, a mother, told them the food was for her family's christmas dinner and that's when the officer knew he had to help. >> if i were in that situation i'd be very grateful if somebody could help me, and that's what i tried to do for them. pete: the officer says he resonated with the mother because he's a father of two girls. good man, and those are your headlines. jedediah: wow. what an amazing things to do. we need more feel good stories like that. there are really good people who do things like that all the time we need to hear about them more and one of those people who i know if you were in that situation would have done the same thing, is our friend adam klotz. pete: i don't know about that. adam? >> adam: that's a lot to put on my plate. that was really --

will: i'm going to take something off your plate. i've got the weather here in georgia for you as you can see here, it's cold and windy in georgia. see i took that one of your plate. you can do the other 49. adam: all right, thanks, will, you're actually right cold and windy because there's a storm system lifting its way up the country so i'll take it from there. that's the storm system that we're currently beginning to see rain running into the mid-atlantic, new england, back behind that is snow, there's snow falling from cleveland, up into detroit over towards the chicago area. that is one of two storms that's currently sweeping across the can't are the other is in the pacific northwest where they've seen no the last couple of days high elevation snow along the coast, nothing but rain but winter storm watches and warnings in that region. as far as companies go here is what we're looking at across the country basically 20 and 30 for the top third of the country the bottom half a little bit warmer, will, is going to get up to about 49-50 degrees for you today that's good scooter weather so you'll have a good afternoon today.

will: [laughter] always, good scooter weather, adam, always. thanks, man. it's a big week in washington, the new congress will be sworn in, and determined speaker of the house today, in less than 48 hours until the first polls open in the crucial georgia runoff race. maria bartiromo previews it all, next. >> from our friends at fox bet, download the fox bet super 6 app and play the georgia senate runoff game for a chance to win $10,000. pick six possible outcomes and watch fox news on tuesday, and see how it all unfolds download the fox bet super 6 app now to get started.

pete: coming up on "sunday morning futures", congressman jim jordan and senators ted cruz and david perdue, ahead of a jam packed week, on capitol hill. will: including today's vote for house speaker, and the

georgia runoff that will decide the senate balance of power on tuesday. jedediah: here to break it all down "sunday morning futures" host maria bartiromo. maria welcome as always, so obviously, this is a big week, lots of stuff happening. give us your take starting with georgia on tuesday. maria: hey, guys, good morning to you. it's a monumental week. this week will decide policy for america for years to come. look, it looks like they are going to put new policing in place, in georgia on tuesday, for the senate runoff races to ensure that we have a secure and safe election for the senate. we'll see what happens we're going to talk with senator david perdue this morning, he's obviously one of two senators that are defending the gop majority, but even more monday youment all is what happens the next day, and that is the joint session of congress, where you have been talking about it this morning. senator ted cruz is leading a group of senators, 11 senators who will reject the results of

the 2020 election. senator cruz is demanding that there is a commission put in place, a 10-day commission to audit the results of the 2020 election and until that is named, he and his colleagues will reject it. senator hawley, a 12th senator to do so. one thing is for sure. we are not going to know the outcome of the joint session of congress on wednesday night. they are going to go into debate for two hours per-state and it sounds like they will be objecting to up to six states where americans have voiced concern over the potential for fraud in the presidential election. so this is a monumental week. anything can happen. we're going to be covering and talking with ted cruz in an exclusive interview this morning to ask him how this plays out of course he is a constitutionalist and he will take us back to past situations where we did see congress intervene, and potentially decide who the president is. senator ted cruz is my top guest then we'll talk with congressman

jim jordan and congressman mo brooks. mo brooks says he is a litigator by practice and he has the evidence and the burden of proof to prove that in fact there was fraud and then we'll get into the senate runoff with david perdue and plus we'll end the show with vernon jones who has a thing or two to say about stacey abrams. is there a bit of a family affair going on, given the fact that her sister refuses to recuse herself in the georgia dealings in terms of the votes and what's legal and what is illegal. stacey abrams and her sister, we're going to talk about that with vernon jones coming up and finally i've got congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, incoming freshman congresswoman, congratulations to her, as we see the swearing in this morning she also says she is ready to go to a civil war with that fight happening on wednesday morning in the joint session of congress what a week, guys. pete: big show, maria bartiromo, you always deliver.

thank you so much for the preview. we'll be watching in 10 minutes. love it. maria: you got it. pete: well it's not only a crucial week on capitol hill, in a different venue of a lot less consequence it is a make or break week for nfl fans as teams prepare for the final week of the regular season games with major rivally games deciding whose in and whose out of the playoffs including will's cowboys, charissa thompson previews the big games coming up next. >> ♪ ♪ or ten... then easily and automatically pay your team and file payroll taxes. that means... world domination! or just the west side. run payroll in less than five minutes with intuit quickbooks.

will: here we go it's the final weekend in the nfl, several teams are still battling it out for a playoff spot though. we've got a full slate of must- see matchups right here on fox. pete: joining us now is fox nfl

kickoff host charissa thompson. good morning, we always love having you appreciate it. who serves to gain the most and lose the most today in the slate of big games? >> well this is exciting, because the 2020 season has seen an expansion of their playoff by two games so that means we've got seven possible playoff berth s headed into the final weekend of the year for this , what we know has already been a wild year, so, the nfc east all year long, has been who wants to win this thing. it'll actually be the only division that will end up with a team that has a losing record but today the cowboys and giants will square off the winner of that game will win the division and that of course is if washington loses, so, definitely a game to keep your eye on and also have the packers and bears and the packers clench the number one seat in the nfc with a win and seattle loss but packers-bears the 200th meeting between the two teams so historic rivalry, aaron rogers m vp, but watch out, over

the last four games, averaging over 30 points of that offense, so, some good games today. will: so really quickly let's just clarify. the saints are still in the running for the number one seed but the cowboys need to win and they need the washington football team to lose and the giants could also win the n fc east with a 6-10 record >> isn't that ridiculous? will: so much to be proud of. >> [laughter] you know what at the end of the day if it says winner next to your name they don't care. they just want to win that division and you know, move on to the next round, so yeah, a lot of possible scenarios in the final weekend of the season. pete: for sure, and will gets a personal forecast for his favorite team i love it. he takes advantage of it when he needs to and he declared it weeks ago but they are still in it, charissa i've got to say though, we can still win terry bradshaw's money too, right? >> oh, yeah there's still a chance, will loves this. you can try to earn a chance to win 100k today of terry bradshaw 's money, the drill is

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hegseth is on his way down i'll get him all warmed up here. pete: scoot your way back to the hotel and get warmed up thanks for being with us, big week in front of us on the political side. have a great sunday and go to church. we'll see you. maria: good sunday morning welcome to "sunday morning futures" happy new year, everyone. i'm maria bartiromo. today, the kickoff to the most consequential week in washington for years to come for america. the 117th congress will be sworn in hours from now, as the resistance is growing within the gop house and senate. this morning, breaking news on on the upcoming joint session of congress where several gop senators and congressmen will object to certifying the 2020 election for joe biden. texas senator ted cruz is leading the way and he joins me momentarily on why he's leading the group of senators who will reject