. >> bret: merry christmas and happy holidays. i'm bret baier. welcome to this fox news special.charles krauthammer: making his point." our friend and colleague passed away six months ago, leaving behind his wife, robin, and son, daniel. charles had been working on a book called the "the point of it all."." he asked his son to finish it. i was surprised how the book begins, considering it's a topic charles really didn't want to talk about when i interviewed him a few years back. >> is there a way we could talk about your family? you are married, you're happily married, you have a kid. t you don't want to do that at all? >> it is a great, interesting topic, but i've never done it. i've written 2 million words, and you don't see any of it. there's a reason. >> okay. all right, let's let's start again. >> i don't deny that i have a wife. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> but i never wrote about her. except for once, i never wrote about daniel. when he was born, i wrote a column about his birth. and it was a good column, and it was nice, and then, when he was 1, i wrote one on his first birthd

. >> bret: good evening. i am bret baier. breaking tonight, the senate has taken the first steps to override the president's veto of the national defense authorization act. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell singh today the senate will stay on the defensive bill until it's completed one way or another. he also slammed efforts to approve the $2,000 direct payments, stimulus by unanimous consent calling out senators chuck schumer and bernie sanders in a fiery floor speech today. i'll get reaction from the independent senator from vermont, bernie sanders here on the show later tonight. first, correspondent david spunt is in washington also keeping an eye on the senate's end-of-the-year legislative business. good evening, david. >> senators have a lot of work to do but not much time to do it. two major funding bills sitting in limbo tonight and those senators hope to come to an agreement before the new senate is sworn in on sunday. >> let's talk about covid-19 relief. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on the floor jus

hey, bret. >> bret: hey, greg. that's one lucky turtle. good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. breaking tonight we begin another week in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic with another day of record hospitalizations across the u.s. another warning that christmas could be even more dangerous than thanksgiving. and a lockdown affecting 34 million people in the nation's most populous state. about 84% of californians are under a stay-at-home order tonight, an order that is crippling many businesses and sparking open defiance by some in law enforcement. this happens one day after a record of almost 102,000 total hospitalizations was recorded because of the virus and a prediction from dr. anthony fauci that the spiking cases around the thanksgiving holiday may be just beginning with the longer christmas and hanukkah periods ahead. so what does it mean about how the u.s. will operate heading into the holidays? we begin our coverage tonight in los angeles with national correspondent william la jeunesse. good evening, william. >>

bret? >> bret: peter, thank you.ers at the army's fort hood in texas are out of their jobs tonight. others are under suspension. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us what prompted today's dramatic purge. >> i am gravely disappointed that leaders failed to effectively create a climate that treated all soldiers with dignity and respect. >> the scale of the punishment is unprecedented. army secretary ryan mccarthy announced is he relieving or suspending more than a dozen commanders at the army's largest base in texas for creating a command climate at fort hood that enabled sexual assault, murder and suicide among its soldiers. >> in total, 14 leaders have been relieved or suspended from their positions. >> among those relieved a two-star general who serves as base commander major general scott and much of his chain of command. the drastic measures were taken following a month long independent review after the mishandling of disappearance and murder of 20-year-old private first class vanessa geen. th

. >> bret: good evening welcome to washington i'm bret baier. breaking tonight a studying contrast and further evidence why so continuity of government getting that vaccine with four average americans and many front-line workers at new covid relief bill for their constituents. those average americans waiting months for them next door any relief from washington. we will have more operatives. investigators trying to determine which agencies were hit, when it happened and is it still happening. how bad is that image and ultimately in washington the question ends up, who is to blame, chief white house john roberts starts us off from the north lawn, good evening, john. >> i can tell you the president's critics are blaming the presidency and not taking this cyber attack seriously enough. while we have yet to hear from the president on it specifically, the white house officials insisted they are taking it with the utmost seriousness. >> another day and no comment from president trump about the ongoing hack of government and private sector computer syst

bret, it is looking likely it is an uphill battle for the president, bret. >> bret: the political implications for the georgia runoff factor in as well. mark, the president might warning iran on twitter. what do we know about this? >> it has been an incident over the weekend where multiple rockets landed in baghdad's green zone. no one was hurt, that is the good news but the president is blaming iran and we hear from the iraqi military they believe it was other militia groups. while the president on air force one making his way down here, quite the tweet about this writing "some friendly healthy advice to iran. if one is killed i will hold iran responsible. think it over." in the last week the resources to the middle east that includes the uss georgia, one of those missiles, submarine that covers missiles on its way there. we will see how iran may respond to all this. the president touches down within the hour, bret. >> bret: mark meredith from florida, thanks. house democrats will try to approve those $2,000 cash payments that the president talked about tomorrow and on the house floor. essent

bret? >> bret: okay, mike, thank you. hunter biden is not the only member of the president-elect's family under scrutiny tonight. some business dealings of joe biden's brother, james, also being examined. correspondent peter doocy reports tonight from wilmington, delaware. >> there is more than one biden caught up in a federal investigation. hunter. >> the reaction to the news of the investigation -- >> hunter -- >> and james, biden's brother, whose name has come up in the course of investigation into a hospital business he is linked to, according to a report in "politico." visit the same brother who allegedly introduced then former vice president biden to a business partner. >> i was introduced to joe biden by jim biden and hunter biden. >> jim biden did not want to talk about any of that when approached recently by foxnews.com. >> are you mr. jim biden? i wanted to ask about the china deal. >> please stop bothering me. >> biden has promised distance. >> my son, my family, will not be involved. >> but yesterday, the taxp

i am bret baier.he most expensive statement from president trump since the november ballot in usually a speech like this. the president called, as he heard, likely one of the most important of his presidency would be covered by the white house press pool covered live or on tape and play back with an editorial presence in the room. this was not done like that. the white house press pool was not invited in. this is a white house edited video. there was no option to take it live. it was posted on facebook and a little piece on twitter about an hour ago. also tonight, a hearing at this hour in michigan with presidential lawyer rudy giuliani. to testify state lawmakers about alleged election fraud. we will go there live shortly. but we begin tonight with his speech and with kristin fisher live on the north line of the white house. good evening, kristen. >> good evening, bret. this was a 45 minute long video was to directly to twitter and facebook by the white house. ththe white house press pool was not not

bret. >> bret: mark, thank you. resident biden is still saying these stories, or some of them about the investigation into the business dealings of his son hunter, were and are russian disinformation. he said that today purity made the comment at the end of today's new news conference in response to a question from our own correspondent peter doocy. he also said his department of justice will handle the case outside of his direct control. peter joins us live tonight with the latest. good evening, peter. >> good evening, bret. the president-elect remarks this afternoon just a few blocks away from the u.s. attorney's office in delaware where the investigation, the federal investigation into hunter biden's tax affairs is being led. but joe biden's opinions about these negative stories dating back to the fall concerning hunter biden haven't changed since before that investigation was announced. we know that because after not getting called on at the formal press conference, we got his attention with this shouted questio

. >> jesse: up next with bret. >> bret: hey jesse, thank you. good evening and welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, several stories. increasing scrutiny on a democratic congresswoman from california who had a relationship with a woman now convicted of being a chinese spy. resistance on some of the cabinet elections. we will tell you who and why. but will begin with breaking news with biden's son, hunter under investigation by the u.s. attorney in delaware for "tax issues. an investigation that has been ongoing since 2018. and we are learning new information just in the past few minutes. correspondent, peter doocy is in delaware with the very latest. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, biden bt and a well-placed government sources telling fox news that joe biden is not the subject of any grand jury investigation right now but that hunter biden is a subject and target of a grand jury investigation, target meaning in this way that somebody is, that there is a high likelihood that somebody committed a crime, a subject be

robinhood. >> bret: the new coronavirus train from great britain has been confirmed >> bret: the newirus train from great britain has now been confirmed in two u.s. states, it comes as the vaccine hopes to stem the tide of the soaring cases, both the first ones in the new variant. anita vogel is digging into the details tonight.ho >> just when you thought 2020 couldn't get worse, a new more contagious strain of covid-19 which first emerged in the u.k. and quickly spread to other countries has now surfaced in colorado and california. in colorado, officials have confirmed one case and a suspect another. both assigned by the national guard to work at a rural nursing home outside colorado springs. >> there's nothing that would indicate this would cause different or more severe symptoms but if it does transmit more quickly, more people get it and more people hospitalized. >> in california, governor gavin newsom making the announcement the strain has at the golden stateta, a conversation with dr. anthony fauci.et >> i don't think californians should feel this is something odd that. >> perh

bret. >> bret: mark, thank you. former trump campaign manager brad parscale said the decision to remove him from his job was a major blow to the president. he talked with martha maccallum for tonight's edition of "the story." >> jarod and i never got sideways on a concept. and i think the worst thing to ever do is to break those two up. that decision will go down if the president loses as the worst decision. >> do you believe if you enter it had remained in charge, the president would have one? >> i'm not saying that -- i think he wins easy. >> you can see the entire expanded interview tonight 7:00 p.m. right after "special report." congress goes back to the drawing board with a coronavirus relief package before heading home for the holidays. first fox affiliates around the country covering tonight fox 6 in birmingham with the 65th anniversary of rosa parks being arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a montgomery, alabama, city bus. and sparked a year-long boycott of the buses and ignited the

bret? >> bret: we'll see. howie, thanks. the new zealand volcano eruption happened a year ago but believe it or not the effects are still being felt tonight. here is senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg. >> i remember every single detail. i remember the bernanke, the blackness the pain. >> matt and lauren had been on a hope moon cruise when they took an excursion to new zealand's white island. they were among those horribly burned when the volcano erupted a year ago this he can would. lauren can't perform her lab technician job anymore because her right hand has lost mobility matt has burns over half his body. >> as tragic as this event was we are 100 percent one of the luckiest -- two of the luckiest people on that island we still have each other. >> 22 people died from their injuries remembered in a solemn ceremony on sunday. regular gla greater laid charges on 13 entities including tour operators and the national geological monitoring center charging they should have known the danger given the seismic activity

bret. >> bret: jacqui, thank you. authorities have identified the man believed to be behind the christmas day suicide bombing in nashville, tennessee. the motive for that attack is under investigation, though some officials are admitting they may never know. senior correspondent mike tobin is following the story from nashville. >> surveillance video captures the moment and rv explodes downtown nashville christmas morning. moments earlier a police officer responding to the warning speakers in the vehicle takes part in the evacuation. when the ballast though my blast hits, the spot that he stood is powered with debris. >> getting ready to walk back toward that rv and you watch the video, you can see that moment of clarity for me when i heard god say go and check on -- >> after a warning from cops, jeffrey rasmussen and his family escaped as the blast shook his family car. >> the way i see it, like two angels showed up on her doorstep christmas morning and happen to be in police officer's uniform. >> not everyone got out

bret. >> bret: thank you.ight, much of the northeast, wednesday's major winter storm which dumped record snow levels. >> tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power. and this is not yet done. drivers are urged to stay off the road. >> if you do not have to be on the roads, please don't travel today. the roads are dangerous, especially a lot of the local roads are very dangerous. >> more than 1,000 accidents were reported, including this collision in pennsylvania. [beeping] this is claimed at least -- a 60 vehicle pileup also in pennsylvania. in baltimore, maryland, and airline plane fell off the runway. they left outdoor dining options dilapidated. with them largely a thing of the past with covid, many play virtual hooky. >> it's amazing. it's great for the kids to see some normal stuff and experience some real winter in the city. >> the vague news is that the temperatures are expected to dig into the teens tonight. several cold days ahead which means that all of the snow could be sticking around.

bret. >> bret: thanks, mike. joe biden is indicating he has no real concern over the scandal hainvolving his son. peter doocy has that part of the story from wilmington, delaware. >> the president-elect tells fox news the federal investigation into the future for his son will work out okay. >> are you confident your son hunter did nothing wrong? >> i am confident. >> that's even though his long claimed not to know how his son operates. >> how many times ar have you discussed with your son about overseas business dealings? speak i never have. >> he's planning more help as president next month. talks with the publicans could be awkward since the incoming deputy white house chief of staff is a brick describing them as a word that we cannot say on tv. "in the primary people would mock him, you think you can work with republicans? i'm not saying they're a bunch of [bleep], mitch mcconnell is terrible. but you couldn't wish for this bipartisan deal, he rejected that." as the biden cabinet fills out, progressives are pl

bret. >> bret: brian, thank you. still ahead how joe biden is marking his electoral college victory tonight and the latest allegations and federal investigations into his son. and also commit could be the senate battle of decades, early voting in the georgia runoffs. a live report with brit hume's analysis all coming up. backed by our 100-day guarantee!! visionworks. see the difference. so wrap up a supportive casper mattress and pillows. soft percale sheets, all things cozy for your best night's sleep. give the gift of a better bedroom with 10% off at casper.com but before we sign i gotta ask... sure, anything. we searched you online and maybe you can explain this? i can't believe that garbage is still coming in. that is so false! frustrated with your online search results? call reputation defender today to join tens of thousands who've improved their online reputation. get your free reputation report card at reputationdefender.com or call 1-877-866-8555. tums ver(bell rings)la stick when heartburn hits fight back f

bret. >> bret: mark, thank you.nel on the georgia senate runoffs and breaking news on the coronavirus relief package talks where they are tonight. fox 11 in los angeles says orange county fight a court order aimed at slashing the population of inmates in the county due to coronavirus. the orange county superior court or that the reduction of the county's jail populations by 50% friday. fox two in detroit has the monarch butterfly having to wait several years to receive protection under the inter jury species act despite its declining population. the wildlife service will consider the black and orange butterfly as a candidate for designation, but there are other species in line ahead of it. and this is a live look at orlando from fox 35. one of the big stories there tonight, police, firefighters, and a good samaritan in florida working together to rescue a family trapped inside a car that crashed and flipped over into a canal. the driver who was behind the car when it lost control and crashed called police immediatel

bret: thanks. modest gains on the next to the last day of the year on wall street is investors look to the new year with optimism, improving economic outlook, dow off 74 today, the s&p gained 5, the nasdaq added 20. josh holly is throwing his support behind the president's fight to challenge the results of last month's election. senator holly now saying will object to the electoral college certification process one week from today. richardson has that story tonight from west palm beach. >> republican senator josh holly says, quote, millions of voters concerned about election integrity deserve to be heard. i will object on january 6th on their behalf. with that tweet donald trump will secure debate and a vote in the house and senate challenging the election results was democrats control the house, several senate republicans including majority leader mcconnell have already acknowledged president-elect joe biden as the winner so holly's maneuver only delays biden's a literal college certification. >>

bret? >> bret: jonathan, thank you.ht we begin a series on how you, your family and your neighbors are observing the holiday season in the midst of the pandemic. chief correspondent jonathan hunt starts us off with hugh many aspects of the traditional family celebration are undergoing significant change this year. >> this is an entirely new christmas for us. >> new for nearly all of us in so many ways, but for this family, it's not just traditions that are changed but location, too. a move from lockdown california to the less stringent covid rules of texas. for the kids, that means christmas without grandma. >> we always went to church christmas eve. so that was a big deal for her to have her family with her on christmas eve. that's all she ever wanted. so having her back there is pretty sad. >> across the country, families are making changes. >> we're exchanging stockings and we're having dinner outside. when you're not eating, you're wearing a mask. so everything is socially distanced and safe. >> and while covid has

hey, bret. >> good evening and welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. bret baier. senate majority leader granting the president's wish, introducing new legislation the closing days of the 116th congress. the move ties the $2,000 stimulus checks to a repeal of liability protections for tech companies. it also includes a closer look at election fraud. the majority leader's standing firm on funding for the military, supporting the national defense authorization act of the president vetoed. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel following the development and joining us now. that evening, mike. >> good evening. you have the senate majority leader offering new legislation to address three of president trump's key priorities. the $2,000 checks, the repeal of section 230 protections. an advisory committee that would study the 2020 election and make recommendations to congress on improving security, integrity, administration of federal elections. democrats are calling those poison pills and want to vote on just the $2,000 checks. mcconnell was vague about timing. >>

>> bret: jackie, thank you. tonight's nba game between the oklahoma city thunder and the houston rockets has been postponed because they don't have enough players. three houston rockets players have returned to coronavirus tests that were either positive or inconclusive and for other players are quarantined at this time after contact tracing. on company they, the new york cityov mayor bill de blasio says every united kingdom travel to new york will receive a home visit from a sheriff's deputy enforcing quarantine orders. this comes as officialsne in britain decide whether to impose tighter restrictions in the country. greg palkot has our overseas covid-19 round up. >> u clashes in england over covid-19 restriction. they've been held theres for to days, triggered by a new strain of virus here. most now a great truckers can travel if they test negative for covid-19 but with thousands of trucks backed up he could take days for all to roll. >> that's why we are testing, we want to make the test and go straight to ho

henry: thank you, bret. that tease up the second column of yours that i wanted to talk about, which is published on december 14. it took a slightly different tone, saying that trump had did considerable damage, though not as bad as some had forecast. you came in with a big line where you said, the catastrophe of trump's presidency does not mainly light and the visible damage it has caused, it is in the invisible damage. trump was a corrosive. what humanity corroded was social trust, the most important element in any successful society. elaborate on that. bret: i think this is an important point. in many of my conversations with some of my old conservative friends who are more indulgent of the president and of his record, they will say, look, you know, you anti-trumpeters said we would have thermonuclear war, said we would walk out of nato, that vladimir putin would basically run the country, that we would never have another election in this country, and in of that happened. that means you are hysterical. tha

bret: thank you. two days until christmas and limitations on gatherings workplaces are adjusting how they show appreciation for their employees. tonight richardson shows us how companies are modifying holiday parties and how those changes affect team morale. after your resume meetings with coworkers what could be better than a holiday celebration. . companies looking to enhance the typical videoconference have options. >> 33 couples get this lovely little kit. >> mark meisner says his wine and chocolate shop in charlotte sends customers a holiday party in a box. >> this the package says here's your log in information, go to zoom, your connection, please go ahead, chill your white wine. >> reporter: consulting firm challenger gray and christmas says this year 3 quarters of company holiday parties are moving online, featuring comedy shows, live music, trivia or mythology classes. at special report we mastered pastamaking. >> one of the few times a year we get to talk to your colleagues about something o

let's bring "special report" anchor bret baier. bret, great to see you.ays like talking to you about georgia politics. you live there. you understand it. you know how much that has changed. i was thinking about biden going down there. this is kind of high stakes for him. one, he was kind of darned if he does and darned if he doesn't. he needs to go down there and try to help them win. but if he can't help them win, he will look weak. and you think about somebody like jon ossoff, that democrat running for senate there in georgia ran way behind joe biden in the election just a month ago. >> bret: yeah, it's a double edged sword, definitely. good afternoon. you are right, if he goes down, really the democrats need to fire up the left base to get them out to vote. and i'm not sure joe biden does that. on the flip side, he reminds people by going down there that if he is successful and both of those democrats win, it is a senate majority leader chuck schumer, a head of the banking committee, banking committee chairman bernie sanders, and i think it brings all

meets on monday just a few days away. >> bret: kristin fisher live on the north lawn. kristin, thank you. coming up shortly mike tobin in kalamazoo, michigan where the actual pfizer vaccine shot the stockpile is right now to start rolling out to your town shortly. also david spunt wraps up our week long series on the vaccine by looking at how operation warp speed really did live up to its

hey, bret. >> bret: very nicely done. that bride had something blue already.ing, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, we're following several major stories. president trump again today made his case for winning the election this time at the white house vaccine sum mid. >summit.>> we were rewarded wita victory. let's see whether somebody has the courage whether it's a legislator or legislatures or whether it's a justice of the supreme court or a number of justices of the supreme court. let's see if they have the courage to do what everybody in this country knows is right. >> bret: late this afternoon though the u.s. supreme court denied a r

>> bret: all right, susan, the president tweeting, section 2:30, which is a liability shielding gift from the u.s. to big tech, only companies in america that have corporate welfare that is a sic serious threat. our country can never be safe or secure if we allow it to stand. therefore, if 2:30 is not completely terminated as part of the nda i will be forced to veto the bill when it is sent to the very beautiful resolute desk.

where is it now, bret? >> there's an investigation ongoing. we know it's broader than just taxes. it's overseas business dealings. there's calls on capitol hill to try to find out exactly what is happening. what we know is that the attorney general has set the

bret baier is with us. bret, what is the state of play in those two races? >> stuart, good morning. set up before the runoff which is january 5. david perdue was leading and did not get to 50% but leading by a significant chunk. if you added up all the republicans in the other race, they were beating raffaella warnock. the issue is that the runoff is different and there has been a big turnout, get out to vote effort by stacy abrams down there and others and so it may be very close. the real question is who turns out and does the disaffected trump supporter, because of the challenges of the election, especially with the president has said on there about the governor and the secretary of state republicans both, does that affect turnout in this senate race and that is the real? stuart: am i right in saying that the democrats do not win both races the republican state in control of the senate and therefore can put the can wash on a lot of incoming president biden's policy suggestions? stuart: >> yes, definitively. that is what the republicans are running on down there. you saw the issue

. ♪ >> bret: attorney general bill barr leaving the white house today. he was there for two hours.fter interview with the associated press in which he said "to date, we have not seen fraud on a scale except that a different outcome in the election. there has been one assertion that would be systemic fraud command that would be the claim that machines were programmed essentially to skew the election results. the dhs and doj have looked into that and so far we haven't seen anything to substantiate that." there is a growing tendency to use department of justice to fix all and people don't like something they want the department of justice to investigate. most claims of fraud or particular lies to a set of circumstances where actors were conduct but not systemic allegations. those have to be run down. they are being run down. some have been broad and

i'm in for bret baier. people are already wishing good riddance to 2020.e will have a live report from "new york times" square and what promises to be a very toned down ball dropping. but first, president trump gav gave -- he touted his administration's accomplishments that "we will end the pandemic once and for all. >> by early next year, the vaccine will be available to every american and shortly thereafter, it will be delivered worldwide. we will end the pandemic once

the referendum i explained this to her and it was a completely new idea for her and she voted for bret's it. i'm quite confident that over the years we'll manage to form a new relationship like becoming friends after divorce but what we will not have is this institutional pressure which we have in the e.u. to solve problems to tackle problems together. in today's world you need to team up to tackle global issues like the environmental crisis like regulating tech giants like migration and without the u.k. team europe lacks a key player you can take back control as the phrase goes of our money our borders our laws so the brakes to tears now need to define what actually is global britain what do they mean by it and how will it work and they need to prove that this acrimonious divorce process that is really worth that and that there are new opportunities for the u.k. because the breadth of that we're seeing now is much much harder than what was originally promised. tears were shed when the u.k. flag was lowered outside the european parliament that night and i remember i was moved to. and i k

seems like a good time to bring in our good friend bret baier.of this pork make the cut? >> ashley, good morning. a couple things. one is there are two pieces of legislations here, legislation here. one is the covid stimulus relief package and the other one is the funding of the government that has been taking months. this is put together because of speed at the end of this process , so a couple of different elements. there have been a lot of moving parts to get to this negotiation what the president said last night did throw his treasury secretary under the bus, because steven mnuchin has been involved in the negotiations on this from the beginning, so when he says that it's not enough for $600 that's the compromise that has been made in all these negotiations that's one point. the other point is that the foreign aid that's in this package for the spending bill, ashley, actually was submitted by the trump adminitration. the u.s. department of state for their federal 2021 budget, so, you know, there's a lot of elements to this. the bottom line is

let's bring in "special report" anchor bret baier. hey, bret. funding for covid-19 vaccinations in schools. we did not think we were going to get the kennedy center stuff, the pakistani jnder studies things -- gender studies. it seems like some lawmakers were caught by prize too. how does this stuff happen? >> listen, this is an omnibus bill, and this is what happens in this process which is now. it is really why -- heinous. it's really why people hate washington. it's all rolled into one massive bill, 5600 pages, as pete mentioned. now, the covid stimulus, obviously, is very well needed and supporters were pushing for that for many months. but when you all roll it in, $2.5 trillion in spending, and you throw the it out and say here's an up or down vote, there is no way that any lawmaker is going to page 4,870 and i saying i don't like this. and that's where lobbyists operate in washington, and they get stuff packed in there, and these six republicans say we don't like this process. true to form, rand paul has always talked like this, and he's c

"special report" is next with bret. >> bret: i love grandmas too. welcome to washington.il. congress is finalizing a $900 billion coronavirus relief package. it provides for an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits and individual payments up to $600 per person and $2,400 for a family of four. the deal includes a $1 trillion government funding plan to keep offices open through next september. chad pergram last been following this all weekend on capitol hill. chad? >> this is since

everybody can tune in and come to this auction that bret does. thank you. we'll see you at "special report" time. >> thank you, dana. >> dana: up next, new york's governor, andrew cuomo, is under fire after saying santa should be good to him and for all of his very hard work this year. ♪ ♪ [ engines revving ] ♪ it's amazing to see them in the wild like th-- shhh. [ engine revs ] for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. [ engine revs ] we'rewelcome to a -wbetter way to live.s. ♪ welcome to my house the croods are coming home. kinda big, isn't it? that's the mirror. -sorry. and the world will never be the same. what is this? uh, we call that a window. window. dun, dun, dun. make it a croods family movie night with "the croods: a new age". go to watchcroods.com. >> dana: new york governor andrew cuomo getting slammed on social media after praising himself for the handling of the covid-19 pandemic and assuming he'll be on santa's nice list. >> i will have a good one. santa will be very good for me. i can tell. i worked hard this year. >> dana: join

i am bret baier. getting to the finish line, racing to get that new coronavirus relief package setting up what many families and small business owners would be a welcome gift, holiday gift during a desperate economic time. lawmakers have agreed not to leave washington for their holiday break. we knew that without getting it done. but the deal is not yet done at this hour. so what are the details and the sticking points? chad pergram starts us off tonight live on capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> good evening, bret. they met deep into the night o

i am bret baier.ent investigations of hunter biden, the son of the president-elect. first, the day after the grim milestone of more than 3,000 americans dying of covid and one day, an advisory panel has recommended the approval of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. food and drug administration can green light the distribution of the formula immediately with the first shots in the u.s. soon to follow. correspondence david spunt has details at fda headquarters in

: good evening welcome to washington i'm bret baier.her evidence why so continuity of government getting that vaccine with four average americans and many front-line workers at new covid relief bill for their constituents. those average americans wai

. >> jesse: up next with bret. >> bret: hey jesse, thank you.several stories. increasing scrutiny on a democratic congresswoman from california who had a relationship with a woman now convicted of being a chinese spy. resistance on some of the cabinet elections. we will tell you who and why. but will begin with breaking news with biden's son, hunter under investigation by the u.s. attorney in delaware for "tax issues. an investigation that has been ongoing since 2018. and we are learning new information just in the past few

the ball is in his court now, bret. what is his next move?ident trump anymore. i have stopped trying to do that. but i do think that he is going to make a pitch here to try to get up to $2,000. nancy pelosi will try to do that but the logistics of getting that all through physically as a bill are pretty steep considering that any bill that goes until january 3 evaporates with a new congress. so you have a lot of moving parts here. >> sandra: final question on that, bret. we pressed her. she was a no vote on this and pressed her on the $2,000 amount that the president put out there last night. lindsey graham and others, nancy pelosi said let's do it. but she wouldn't specifically answer the question. could there be republican support for that $2,000 number? support for that within the republican party, $2,000 direct payments? >> i think there will be support from some. but the people who voted against this bill especially in the senate voted against it in part because of the process being screwed up number one, number two, concern about the de

hey, bret. >> bret: hey, greg. that's one lucky turtle.'m bret baier. breaking tonight we begin another week in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic with another day of record hospitalizations across the u.s. another warning that christmas could be even more dangerous than thanksgiving. and a lockdown affecting 34 million people in the nation's most populous state. about 84% of californians are under a stay-at-home order tonight, an order that is crippling many businesses and sparking open defiance by some in law enforcement. this happens one day after a record

. >> greg: that is it for us, "special report" is up next, hello bret. >> bret: salty, day and under stories. we are learning details how the government plans to distribute the coronavirus vaccine once it is approved and expected to be approved in days. we are also getting information tonight on a big change coming in the quarantine guidelines from the cdc. we will explain all of that with complete coverage shortly. but we began with the statement from the attorney general. the president's attorney general saying he nor the department of justice have seen evidence of widespread voter fraud that "could have affected a different outcome in the election."

and good to see you, hi, bret. >> bret: i can listen longer but i wanted to hear more from geraldo.ret baier. breaking tonight, no one knows how this wall in math. one senior lawmaker saying that today after president trump with the national authorization act to fund the military through 2021. the president calling that gift to china and russia with provisions, and his administration's foreign policy.

i word looking community i think has been thompson fantastic i didn't support bret so i didn't pull the frank said i am really guy to not be part of you know play anymore and it does make me nervous to think how am i going to get to visit the european cities and you know friends i have to live in spain and in france and other parts of europe it would have been a disaster if there had been no deal so very pleased that there is a deal this is i suppose some people a big christmas present it's just i think if i was really seated in this year the idea of a deal is a good one. but i think the idea that it has to go through 49 different parliaments in europe is a bit crazy i think it's really we've finally got one of these years but it sort of begs the question as to whether this arrangement is going to be better than the regime we haven't before we left the european union we're looking at how the u.k. and the you will cooperate from generally 1st they'll be no tariffs on each other's goods and no limit on trading new border checks have also been agreed on while the u.k. has pulled out of the

"special report" with bret. >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i am bret baier.at the leadership on all sides is closed. moments ago, mitch mcconnell left a negotiating setting with a leading democrats and congress says he thinks there is an agreement, but would not speculate on a time frame. daylong optimism about the prospects for a stimulus bill led to a very good day for investors on wall street. the dow gaining 338. the

hey, bret. >> good evening and welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. bret baier.s wish, introducing new legislation the closing days of the 116th congress. the move ties the $2,000 stimulus checks to a repeal of liability protections for tech companies. it also includes a closer look at election fraud. the majority leader's standing firm on funding for the military, supporting the national defense authorization act of the president vetoed. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel following the development and joining us now. that evening, mike. >> good evening. you have the senate majority leader offering new legislation to address three of president trump's key priorities. the $2,000 checks,

we don't know, do we, bret? >> no, we don't. we assume that this investigation has been ongoing since 2018 when we know it started. and that it has really not stopped even though it wasn't public. there was the covert time and now the overt time. the question is, what happens when the next administration gets in? obviously the coverage has been different. the disparity of coverage before the election and when it comes out that he's being federally investigated, finally other news media outlets had to cover it. >> bill: we'll get to howie kirtz in a moment on that. meantime, democrats have a battle on their own hands. alexandria ocasio-cortez was asked about democratic leadership. the answer is intriguing. roll it. >> are you ready to say pelosi and schumer need to go? >> i mean, i think so. a lot of this is not just about these two personalities. they're also about the structural shift that these two personalities have led in their time and leadership. the answer is yes. the answer is we need to shift power. we need to make sure