>> bret: i'm bret baier. president biden set to address the nation on the state of the pandemic as omicron is on the rise and as his agenda faces major setbacks in the senate. ♪ ♪ >> we have talked, we have talked, we have talked. it's time to put it on the floor and vote. >> yes, we are engaged buried >> bret: senator joe manchin, one of the last holdouts delaying the president's signature social spending bill while senate democrats pushed a moderate to get behind the nuclear option to overcome a stalemate on voting rights. we go one-on-one with senator manchin, only on "fox news sunday." then... >> we expect to sethe coming we. >> bret: first delta, now omicron hitting hard ahead of the holidays causing concern for health care systems impacting schools, broadway, and the nfl. we will ask national institutes of health director dr. francis collins about what some are calling becoming viral blizzard and sit down with the governors of two states to discuss how they're getting ready. republican larry hogan of ma

hey, bret. >> bret: dana, i think greg is a blanch golden girl of "the five." >> jesse: agreed. >> bret: maybe rose? gut gut i'm more of a rose. >> dana: have a good show. >> bret: see you guys. good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, growing concern in washington and around the world the russian invasion of ukraine could be imminent. president biden is scheduled to speak virtually tomorrow with russian leaderboard vladimir putin. and he is said to be working on new initiatives to try to get the russians to pull back and back off. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us live from the north lawn tonight with details. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening, bret. presidentbiden is readying a stt the white house has refrained from using in the past just in case it becomes necessary. a financial sanction that russia considers economic warfare. >> u.s. officials are reportedly zeroing in on sanctions against vladimir putin's inner circle and on russian energy producers and banks to deter russian troops invading ukraine. considered back in 2014 but didn't ultimately make. cu

you lucky guy, bret, you get the verdict. here we go. ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier.reaking tonight just minutes ago word that the jury in the jussie smollett case has now reached a verdict the actor is accused of staging a fake hate crime against himself. he took the stand to defend himself in this case and now you will hear from the judge and the jury with a verdict. in chicago, correspondent matt finn has been covering this case from the very beginning. he has the latest right now. matt? >> good evening, bret. we got word about 45 minutes ago that a verdict was in. so far we have seen special prosecutor dan webb walk into this building. so far no sign of jussie smollett or his attorney. yesterday, the judge told the attorneys that when a verdict come in, he would like them back in courthouse in a matter of about 30 minutes. so it looks like smollett and his team is passed that 30 minute mark. we will keep you updated on that front. in all deliberated about 9 hours total. seven two hours yesterday, seven hours today. we did not get word of the jury asking any questi

bret? >> bret: william, thank you.ommittee is investigating the promoter of the astroworld music festival in houston at which 10 people were killed during a massive crowds surge. the house oversight reform committee is requesting details about security, crowd control, and mass casualty incident planning. also seeking information about preshow briefings on safety concerns raised before that concert. president biden will make a public statement on the january 6th anniversary of the capitol riot. today's announcement comes after former president trump said yesterday he will hold a news conference in palm beach florida on that day. two additional republican congressman are on the radar tonight of that committee investigating the january 6th riot. one of them pennsylvania's scott perry, he calls the panel illegitimate. congressional correspondent chad pergram hats latest tonight from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> good evening, bret. a show down is looming between the 1/6 committee and two g.o.p. representatives scott

bret? >> bret: matt finn in los angeles. thanks. president biden facing a myriad of serious challenges tonight and they are cutting into his already low approval numbers. at the top of the list this holiday season is crime amid a rash of high profile high end robberies scaring some shoppers away from the most crucial economic period of the year for retailers. the president also facing an up hill political battle over massive tax and spend agenda that social spending bill still pending in congress. white house peter doocy has the latest tonight. >> i wouldn't see this as a negotiating table as much as a conversation. >> whatever they call it, they need senator joe manchin to vote for their social spending bill. >> when i speak to senators to try to or house members or governors on or about any other elected official to try to convince them that what i'm proposing makes sense and is not inconsistent with what they believe. >> officials are also making the case they are on top of rising crime rates. >> we have also worked directly with

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bret? >> bret: david, thank you.ormer nevada senator and former senate majority leader harry reid. the long time democratic lawmaker tied tuesday after a four year battle with pancreatic cancer, correspondent jonathan hunt takes a look back at harry reid's life and career. >> we're going to continue to fight good things for this country. >> nevada democrat harry reid retired from the senate in 2016 after more than three decades in congress. shortly after suffering an injury at home that claimed vision in his right eye. in may 2018, reid was treated for peak cancer. known as a soft-spoken leader who carried a big stick, reid took over as senate majority leader after the 2006 midterms. his reputation as a shrewd back room negotiator helped shepherd the passage of the affordable care act on a straight party line vote in 2009. a legacy republicans in congress are still trying to disassemble. reid was born into poverty in the tining miny town of search light, ned in 1939. a boxer in his youth, reid trained in high school

bret? >> bret: rich, thanks. slow walk as court order on immigration plus will there be radical change at the u.s. supreme court? we may have the answer tonight. first, beyond our borders tonight, one of the suspected killers of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi is arrested in france. the detained the royal guard of saudi arabia as he was about to board a flight. he is believed to be involved in the killing of khashoggi in istanbul in 2018. a motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated in the center of iraq's southern city of basra, killing at least four people, wounding four others. iraqi security forces say the blast set ablaze two other vehicles and sent a column into the black smoke. the governor is blaming militants from islamic state group for the attack. just a couple of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ autoglass came right to me... with service i could trust. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ at vanguard, you're more than just an investo

bret? >> bret: thank you. the district attorney of los angeles county is expressing pride in judicial reform measures. critics say those are measures are leading to spike in crime levels. chief correspondent jonathan hunt has details. >> we have made incredible progress, even in this unprecedented times. >> the los angeles county d.a. has been in office for exactly one year. a year that has been marked by a surge in violent crime. the murder of a high profile philanthropist in her beverly hills home last week just one of a burst of killing that has seen the murder rate rise by almost 45% so far in 2021 over the same time period in 2020. armed robberies, while down in the early part of the year, have also recently shot up. but the district attorney called today's press conference to announce he would be, quote: outlining a accomplishments during his first year in office. >> i am proud of our entire team in the l.a. county district attorney's office. we cannot prosecute our way out of social inequalities, income

bret? >> bret: peter doocy live on the north lawn. peter, thanks. our new fox news business poll half think president biden's build back better plan would push inflation higher. only 21% think it would help lower inflation there are indications tonight a vote on the president's massive tax and social spending legislation will not happen before the end of the year. and there are real questions about the bill overall. even in 2022. congressional correspondent chad pergram has details tonight from capitol hill. >> the best laid plans of senate majority leader chuck schumer may have gone astray weencht aim to pass it before christmas. >> senate democrats continue our work to pass the president's build back better act before christmas. >> my goal is to have the senate take action to debate and pass the president's build back better legislation before we hit christmas day. >> senate democrats remain up beat that the senate can still pass the bill before december 25th. >> merry christmas, happy ne

. ♪ ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier.aking tonight senior defense officials are privately very concerned russia will make some move in to ukraine soon with tens of thousands of russian troops on the border with ukraine and more heading that way, president biden and russian president vladimir putin just wrapped up their second phone call this month. we don't have too many specifics about what happened on that calling yet. a call requested by putin. the white house officials say today's conversation ran for about 50 minutes. it's a tense time. rich edson traveling with the president in wilmington, delaware. good evening, rich. >> richard: good evening, bret. following that call senior administration officials say they are now watching the russian ukrainian border to see what russia does from here. just heard from white house press secretary jen psaki on this 50-minute call. she says, quote: president biden urged russia to deescalate tensions with ukraine. he made clear that the united states and its allies and partner also

bret? >> bret: just to be clear. senator manchin also a said he is for the child tax credit but wants it 10 years instead of one or two years. and wants it to fall under 1.75 trillion which he has been saying since the beginning. the senate minority leader today, chad, had his end of the year news conference. anything newark you're ears? >> this was a victory lap by mitch mcconnell. blocked democrats on the spending bill and talked about meeting with joe manchin today. listen. >> finally ratling swords about changing the structure of the senate and about changing the filibuster rule. i want to again commend senator senator and manchin for seeming to have some respect for the institution i would remind all of you president trump suggested or insisted that i lead the charge to change the filibuster rule answer no. the changing the structure of the senate in order to try to achieve a partisan advantage is a mistake for the senate and a mistake for the country. >> mcconnell says ignored ghirp a politic senate this year,

hey, bret. >> bret: fun to watch the woods play. is dagen into the chardonnay in. >> dana: we will get her a wine opener in just a minute. have a good show. >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, two major challenges cob fronts president biden and his team on this week leading up to the christmas holiday. the president's build back better initiative appears dead tonight at least in its current form. we are hearing from democratic senator joe manchin from west virginia who put the final nail in the coffin sunday morning and now he blames the white house staff. the administration scorched earth written response to manchin's announcement appeared to make things more tense. word today of a sunday night phone call between manchin and president biden to try mend the relationship and try to save something legislatively. but breaking in just the past few minutes, the cdc now says only chron is the most common coronavirus variant in the u.s. accounting for nearly three quarters of the covid-19 cases. this as the biden admin

bret? >> bret: william, thank you. round of negotiations underway in vienna, iranian officials are meeting with five world powers today trying to restore the tattered 2015 nuclear deal. and now israel appears to be shifting its position signaling it is open to an accord it deems beneficial. correspondent alex hogan shows us tonight from london. >> israel announcing it won't automatically dismiss a nuclear agreement with iran. prime minister that tally bennett says he will support a good deal despite skepticism of such a possibility. israel's former prime minister benjamin netanyahu strongly opposed the obama administration's nuclear deal with iran in 2015. the country demanding tighter restrictions this time around. >> israel will not let iran become a nuclear threshold state. if necessary, we will act alone. we will defend ourselves by ourselves. >> this week's negotiations in vienna mark the eighth attempt to resume talks. the u.s. and iran speaking indirectly. russia calling today's work indisputable progress. iran

bret: mark mark meredith reporting thank you.chin west virginia, senator welcome back to fox news sunday. >> good to be with you, bret. bret: you are at the center of this negotiation with the president over social spending and tax bill. the "build back better" bill that is not coming up in the senate before the new year. in part largely because of your reservations are without you the leadership does not have the votes it needs. so today, right now, what does the play? >> this is a mammoth pizza piece of legislation i have my reservations when i heard about a five and half months ago. i have been working diligently every day and every minute of every day i have been working on this. meeting with weatherby the president biden, majority leader schumer and his staff, whether it be with nancy pelosi or my colleagues from all different spectrums of the political spectrum if you will from the right to the left. i have that everything humanly possible. and you know, my concerns i had and i still have these concerns. where i'm at right

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, president biden says americans can feel comfortable celebrating christmas and the holidays with family and friends if they are fully vaccinated. including a booster shot. today the president outlined his plan to respond to the latest surge in coronavirus cases. this one sparked by the new omicron variant. he says the nation is not trowrnght early days of the pandemic because it is better prepared. critics say the administration should have been better prepared by now on testing. on antiviral pills and therapeutics. and on calming an anxious country. we will talk with the director of the cdc dr. rochelle walensky about all of this and she will answer some of your questions in just a few moments. we have fox team coverage tonight january than serrie in atlanta with the latest on what the omicron variant is doing around the country. the white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live though on the white house north lawn with the second holiday season direct

bret? >> bret: thank you.etails about the rash of smash-and-grab robberies throughout the country. as we mentioned earlier authorities say the crimes are being organized on social media. senior correspondent claudia cowan reports tonight from sauce ledo, california. the brazen robberies marking this holiday shopping season begin and end online long before they are fenced on third party platforms organized criminals use text and group message alps to plan smash and grabs. a tactic that leaves virtually no electronic jail in technology is great but difficult. we are communicating through platform. that is the communication between you and i. as an outside investigator i can't see that communication. >> investigators say suspects often don't know who else was involved. they communicate using key words and hashtags to describe what they stole, where to drop it off and thousand get paid. law enforcement sources tell the "wall street journal" that recent hits at a bay year nordstrom louis vitton store in san francis

hey, bret. >> bret: hey, katie, thanks. good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, the centers for disease control and prevention has just announced it is cutting the quarantine time for those infected with the omicron variant of covid in half from 10 days to five days if asymptomatic followed by five days of mask-wearing when around others. the news comes as long lines for covid testings persist around the country due to the omicron variant surge and people try to return from their holiday vacations as flight delays and cancellations plague airports around the country. multiple states hitting records for new cases in the past week going back to the beginning of the pandemic. tomorrow, the cdc will release new data on how many new cases are listed as the omicron variant. meantime, the biden administration is facing growing pressure to deliver after promising to distribute half a billion free home tests and finally admitting more should have been done to prevent nationwide testing headaches. we have fox team coverage tonight. rich edson at the white

bret. >> bret: thank you. and president biden's reaction to all of that first here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york. people injured and dozens displaced after a house explodes in brooklyn. a massive official erupted from the building into the street. two people in the home were able to escape. investigators are still looking into the cause of that incident. fox 44 in waco, texas, as the clock is ticking for major league baseball and the player's union to strike a deal. the sports collective bargaining agreement expires at 11:59 p.m. eastern time tonight. two groups appear led to a lockout after little progress in negotiations. major league baseball has not had a work stoppage since 1994. this is leif look at chicago from fox 32. you may have heard the judge talk about this. one of the big stories there tonight, at least a story. the original home alone house is now available to book on air b and b. the mcalister home is opening its home to fans one n

. >> ♪ ♪ >> welcome to washington i am bret baier.aking news growing fears of the covid-19 pandemic with the new omicron variant. it's setting the stage for another difficult winter in america. president biden is warning of what he calls a winter of severe illness and death. his administration is pushing vaccines, boosters and mask mandates. new york state had more than 21,000 daily cases the highest number of the pandemic but death number its remain well below highs. we will take of some your questions in a few moments. critics are pushing back on mandates. right there are grim reminders of last year. rich edson starts us off. >> senior white house officials say americans can avoid president biden's scenario if they get vaccinated and boosted. event cancellations are returning as omicron spreads across the country. here we go again. long lines for covid tests. college basketball games scrapped. professional basketball, football and hockey players are on covid lists. north of the border they played without fans. in new york the christ

bret? >> bret: thanks, mike.t's "special report" spotlight on the midterms, the pennsylvania senate race received some star power this week. dr. mehmet oz of the dr. oz tv show is now running as a republican candidate for senate. the current senator, republican pat toomey will not run for re-election. one g.o.p. candidate, sean parnell, who was endorsed by former president trump has already dropped out after a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife. but there are still almost a dozen other candidates in the republican side who have announced and they are already a dozen democrats in the running. tonight, we have dr. mehmet oz with us to explain why is he entering the race. dr. oz, thank you for being here. >> glad to be with you, bret. >> bret: a lot of people look at this and say why? i mean, you have got a successful tv show. you have had a tremendous run on television and around the world. why do this now? >> bret, my parents were immigrants to this country and were afforded unbelievable opportunities. i owe a

bret: in washington bret baier, fox news. mike: i'm joined by bret baier, chief political anchor. severely injured in battle even losing use of right arm and yet he survived to become in senate and continued to serve america for decades. bret, your thoughts as we look as dole's extraordinary life of service? bret: yeah, mike, good afternoon. bob dole was the personification of the greatest generation. a personification of service, of service to the country. if you look at his life, 79 years of it was in service to the u.s. in one way or another. 36 of those years on capitol hill and he became a lion of the senate. he was considered early on as kind of this partisan slasher, a guy that could really take people down but in as years went on and as he took the role of senate majority leader, he really became as guy as he talked in that piece working with the other side, working with tom in the majority leader spot and working with ted kennedy and george mcgoverns and half century of legislation that touches everything in american society. you have social security and he talked about t

congressman elmer, we appreciate your time. >> thank you, bret. >> bret: mike, i will send it back toad home for the holidays. more than 45,000 personnel nationwide will go on holiday block leave. welcome home, thank you for your service and, of course, merry christmas. thank you for watching "special report." i'm mike emanuel in washington. i will see you back here tomorrow night. good night from washington. ♪ ♪ >> brian: let's get started. welcome to freedom. i will be brian kilmeade footer least an hour. with covid cases becoming obvious. the biden administration has no plan to stop the spread. last night the president was asked to clarify whether or not the white house saw the new variant coming despite mixed messaging from the administration about that. watch. >> the vice president said in recent days that you didn't see delta coming. you didn't see omicron coming. how did you get it wrong? [laughter] >> how did we get it wrong? nobody saw it coming.

obviously, bret taylor, when you think about salesforce.com and bret now as ceo, bret is a great visionary i think the combination of both of these individuals, they have upgraded the perception that they are on this and they can do the right thing. emily: it has certainly been a big week for bret taylor. tom, over at meta, we are seeing david marcus leaving. david marcus ran paypal, then went over to facebook, tried to launch facebook's cryptocurrency project to much criticism and controversy. interestingly, david kirkpatrick said yesterday he thinks jack dorsey leaving twitter is kind of a rebuke of mark zuckerberg doubling down on meta in the midst of controversy. what can you tell us about david marcus' departure and what that means? tom: as you mentioned, dm really never got off the ground. right from the start, they announced this thing in 2019 with fanfare. this was going to be this new currency that would be backed by a basket of currencies, including the dollar and the euro. the thing about that, i really think it was ahead of its time but very badly executed. they did not foresee

it is time for our midterm focus segment here is my colleague bret baier ♪ ♪ >> bret: thanks, mike.. in tonight's midterm focus partisan fights over new district maps make the balance of power in congress really hard to predict. most states have a deadline to submit new congressional maps by the end of the year. but some may be forced to change their final maps as court battles play out. let's start there with our panel amy walter publisher and editor of chief of the cook political reporter and josh with the balance this tight in the house, for example, just a few seats can make a big difference. >> that's right. i mean, republicans need just five seats to flip control of the house. and they control line drawing in more states, in states with more districts. let's put it that way than democrats do. but, at the end of the day, it's not likely to give them that big of an advantage, maybe two or three seats when all is said and done which isn't nothing. >> the other important thing though is the environment in which the election is taking place. so, what may look like a great map today

bret. >> we will continue to follow it . thanks.ular social media app tikt ok is at the center of a new controversy tonight as parents and critics argue some treads on the platform are becoming detrimental to children 's physical and mental health. >> currently 36 degrees. >> amazon and smart speaker do a lot but she never thought would encourage her ten-year-old daughter to play with the electrical electrical outlets. >> it was a challenge and they said she needed to plug a cell phone charger partway you and then touch the prongs with -- evan i heard that i was like, no likely her daughter did not get hurt. amazon said it is since removed the challenge and is taking steps to help prevent something similar from happening again. >> the whole thing appears to go with the trend on tiktok. the social media app is owned by chinese -based -- the company is facing a barrage of bad headlines. lawmakers have called for the have to be banned while boarding about potential privacy problems . >> most americans have absolutely no idea that the c

what's your answer to that bret?k that i am talking candidly about a conversation that's being whispered. sunshine is the best disinfectant, someone once said. and i'm trying to apply some sunshine on a conversation that has to happen in the daylight. >> and when i brought it up to begala earlier this week, he acknowledged this is what people are buzzing about. i agree. one more, if we have time for, put it up on the screen. the left are doing such a bad job that we will end up with trump again which would be an improvement, warts and all, says someone else. i have to say for parody, bret, last night, fareed zakaria was my guest. he wrote an essay in "the washington post." he said, look, biden is getting done wrong here. he's competent, he's likable. we live untiin very strange tim and he's not getting his just due in the polling data. you would say what to fareed? >> first of all, i don't think he's speaking to the majority of americans. at the end of the day, the press is won by popular vote, not by brilliant guys

>> nothing's changed, bret.s you heard me say earlier, we're clear-eyed about the challenge aha china presents -- that china presents. but china's not 10 feet tall. this is america. you know, we have the greatest industry, the greatest innovators in the world, and we're going to do the what's necessary to create the capabilities that helps us, help us maintain the competitive edge going forward. you know, it's that combination of ingenuity, leadership, support from our congress that has enabled us to be where we are today and enabled us to be successful over the years. we clearly recognize that, as you heard me say earlier, that china presents a challenge. it's our pacing challenge. but they're not 10 feet tall. >> you know, you referenced president reagan a number of times in your remarks. in 1983 president reagan called the soviet union the evil empire because of its communist goals. do you think it's time to speak more boldly or clearly when referring to china, the communist party, and its communist ambitions

fauci, bret, is saying the following.the regular two dose mrna don't do very well against infection itself. but with hospitalization, particularly if you get the boost, it's pretty good. >> will: what do you make of that, bret? >> well, first of all, i have to say that the data environment is extremely polluted and there's a lot of what appears to be fraud within it. so figuring out exactly how effective the vaccines are even against hospitalization is not a simple matter. but i will say everything we see from our public health authorities suggests that the conclusion came first. they are going to require vaccines for everyone whether it makes medical sense or epidemiological sense and they are going to claim that victory when it comes is the result of those vaccines even if it's the result of natural immunity. >> will: if that's the case. if that is how they declare victory, when and how will that look like? what will victory -- what will compel them to declare victory? >> well, i don't know, i have to say i'm increasing

i'm going to bed right now. >> bret: thanks, guys. good evening. i'm bret baier.ng with skyrocketing violent crime that is gripping the country including enemy places soaring homicide figures and also high profile holiday season smash and grab robberies.

bret baier thank you. >> we'll see you. arthel: eric. eric: you think of senator dole as a senate leader but he also served in the house. he was first elected in kansas in 1960. he was in the early '70s chairman of the republican national committee. he at one point partnered with liberal senator george mcgovern to expand food stamps and he dedicated so much of his life to the men and women like him who served this nation to veterans. let's bring in congressional correspondent chad pergram who is reflecting on this loss today. chad, your thoughts on the passing of senator dole. >> bob dole served as the russell county attorney back in the 1950s. he won the first house race by 982 votes in 1960. he beat gary sidilus who was the father-in-law of kathleen. there was a famous quote when bill clinton was elected in 1992. bill clinton won 43% of the vote and he reminded people that there were 57% of the american people who didn't vote for bill clinton, they voted for ross pert or george bush. he said the good news is is there's a honeymoon and

isn't that a lot for bret to handle?e is a talented guy and can probably help each company bring in the perspective of the other. you want to build a board of diversity in terms of different things, one of them being experienced. when you think of building a board from the enterprise side, the social media side, the rest of the people can bring that, it is a strong board. emily: nathan is one of the biggest players in enterprise and security. where do you think the biggest threats are in 2022? ♪ -- 2022? todd: we talked about this, as to how companies will build new products, take existing products and make them more compelling in this techno-centered age. along with rising rewards from automating things, the bigger the risks are for security. there is all of the balance there. another benefit of having technologists in the boardroom and top executive chairs is that they have a perspective on the upside of technology and the risks. it is about balancing, doing most with assets without exposing yourself to undue risks, an

he has failed all of us and cannot win in november. >> bret: what is your response to that?he lost to a 33-year-old nobody and is trying to find blame on anybody and he's not being truthful with people. while david perdue has been playing golf for nine months, we passed the election integrity act. his campaign and his lawyers could have been on the court room and saw these things going on, they could've challenged the election. they could have asked for a recount. he's out to blame other people, i'm not doing that. i'm going to be running on my record which is a good one and i'm looking forward to talking to the voters about that whether it's against him or anybody else in the primary and it certainly stacey abrams. >> bret: do you feel you are running against former president trump? he's weighed and already on this primary and he weighed in saying this would be interesting and i can't imagine brian kemp has hurt election integrity can do well in the ballot box unless the election is rigged. he cost two senate seats and a presidential victory in the state of georgia. that's

hey, bret. >> bret: dana, i think greg is a blanch golden girl of "the five." >> jesse: agreed. >> bretod show. >> bret: see you guys. good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, growing concern in washington and around the world the russian invasion of ukraine could be imminent. president biden is scheduled to speak virtually tomorrow with russian leaderboard vladimir putin. and he is said to be working on new initiatives to try to get the russians to pull back and back off. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us live from the north lawn tonight with details. good evening,

let's bring in bret baier. bret: we'll see where this stands in 10 or 11 months. this issue, crime, safety crosses party lines and really affects families, independents, suburbs and it's a big political issue no matter what the year is. if you have significant crime problem in any city or area, it is a factor how people think about how they are going to vote. yes, it is a big deal and every poll we've seen of late, it is a concern for the american people. how the white house talks about it, the fact that jen psaki over recent days has acknowledged the crime problem, which took a little while to get to that acknowledgment, they are not saying exactly why it is happening, obviously people on the ground have their thoughts about prosecutors and what they are doing or not doing. >> sandra: i go through the numbers in new york city, l.a., philadelphia, it is always almost a plus side in front of robberies and burglaries. you can't help watch jen psaki taking a question from peter doocy about crime saying they are in

just elect me and it will go away: >> bret: dr. collins said yesterday it doesn't matter it's a distraction whether this virus came from the lab leak or a bat. is this a distraction? i always thought a scientist would like to know where a pandemic started to help stop the next one. did i just not pay attention? >> if your institute may have led to the development of it i would distract too. we have to know where this came from. i do admit it likely came from a chinese lab probably by accident. what you have to know atribulation is and have to know how to prevent this in the future. remember, wherever it came from in china, the chinese communist party covered it up for two or three months and relost precious time that could have saved hundreds of thousands of people. >> brian: they still have not told us where it came from which means we could hit with another one and we are still dealing with variants because of that unbelievable. and we have to come up with a vaccine to solve it, they can't even do that it's always great to see yo

isn't that a lot for bret to handle? todd: he's a talented guy.nk he can probably help each organization brings the perspective on the other one. one thing you try to do on a board is build a board of diversity in terms of a lot of different things one being thought and experience. when you think about building a board not only from the enterprise side but the social media side and the rest of the people on the board that can bring various viewpoints there it's a strong board as well. emily: okta is one of the biggest players in online security. where do you think the biggest threats are? todd: we talked about this trend, how it's never been such a consideration, how they're going to move products online and make them more competitive in this techno-centered age. with the rising rewards you can get from automat mate i think things, the binger the risk for security. another benefit of having technologists in the boardroom and in the top executive shares is -- chairs is they have a perspective on not only the upsides of the technology but the risks

i'm bret baier.idays with family and friends if they are fully vaccinated. including a booster shot. today the president outlined his plan to respond to the latest surge in coronavirus cases. this one sparked by the new omicron variant. he says the nation is not trrnt

up next is bret. >> bret: are you taking attendance, jesse?to georgia ford and we will see you tomorrow. good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight as the omicron variant fuels the holiday season, coronavirus surge, the federal government authorizes use of the first pill against covid-19. the drug made by pfizer can be taken at home to reduce the risk of hospitalization and death; however, initial supplies will be extremely limited. fox news contributor dr. janette nesheiwat wil

hey, bret. >> bret: fun to watch the woods play.a good show. >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, two major challenges cob fronts president biden and his team on this week leading up to the christmas holiday. the president's build back better initiative appears dead tonight at least in its current form. we are hearing from democratic senator joe manchin from west virginia who put the final nail in the coffin sunday morning and now he blames the white house staff. the administration scorched

bret, you have got to try this next time around. >> >> bret: has brian fact checked the baby announcementaking tonight just released fox business polls indicate continued dissatisfaction with president biden's economic policies and real concern around america about rising prices. almost half of registered voters surveyed say the president's actions on getting inflation under control are actually hurting things. just 22% think he is helping. 36% of those participating in the poll

bret? >> bret: keep looking mark meredith at the national archives. thank. tomorrow on the "special report" we will look at the latest brave americans to be awarded the medal of honor. taking look at that that's it for "special report" fair balanced and unafraid. here is a look at "fox news primetime" with will cain. will? >> will: thank you, bret. good evening and welcome to "fox news primetime." i am will cain, breaking tonight build back better is dead. at least for now. nbc news reports that senate democrats will miss the year-end deadline. couldn't muster the votes in their own party to pass the $5 trillion spending bill promised to transform america. it's hard to overstate, you know, what democrats had at stake build back better transform america, brings every american institution and every american individual under the influence and dependence of democratic spending also, at stake was their promise to save america, at least in their own minds. and by save america, of course i mean save their re-election chances. in 2022 and 2024. and so for three quar

his constituents. >> i've always said this, bret, if i can't go home to explain to the people of west virginia, i can't vote for it. and i cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation, i just can't. i tried everything humanly possible. i can't get there. >> you're done? this is a no? >> this is a no. on this legislation. i've tried everything i know to do. eric: on that note we have live fox news team coverage. mark meredith on the left, standing by in wilmington, delaware, where the president is spending the weekend. we go to alexandria hoff with the details own this decision. reporter: according to senator manchin his fellow democrats are reshaping society which he feels makes america more have nebraskaal. in this economic climate he said he can't stand behind this quote, mammoth piece of legislation. >> the inflation i was concerned about, it is not transitory, it is real. making it harm every west virginia. go to the jobs, cost of gasoline, cost of groceries all the utilities are hitting every aspect of their live. reporter: the bill aims to expand the safety net and bol

fox news used people like shep and chris and bret baier to say, look, we have a news division. yes, we have our entertainment side but we also have news people. except as julia mentioned, the news side was reporting on stuff that the entertainment side started contradicting and calling fake news. >> right. >> fs that was bad. and then the entertainment side started openly attacking people like chris and shep for their reporting of the news. that's unsustainable. when you have this carveout and say look at someone like chris wallace as evidence we're in this clean category but then you don't protect him from attacks inside the building, it's no wonder he wanted to leave and do something new. >> very recently "the washington post" said when tucker carlson's pro -- his 1/6 truther documentary came out, chris wallace and bret baier complained internally, they were uncomfortable with the conspiracy theory stuff coming out at prime time but what's happened at fox for years, news is shrinking, and right wing propaganda growing and growing, less room for chris wallace. what is your tak

you lucky guy, bret, you get the verdict. here we go. ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier.he jury in the jussie smollett case has now reached a verdict the actor is accused of staging a fake hate crime against himself. he took the stand to defend himself in this case and now you will hear from the judge and the jury with a verdict. in chicago, correspondent matt finn has been covering this case from the very beginning. he has the latest right now. matt? >> good evening, bret. we got word about 45 minutes ago that a verdict was in. so far we have seen special prosecutor d

we'll hear from bret baier in just a moment. there is a proud tradition in the news business that even bitter rivals support each other when it comes to fair access to people in power. three years ago president trump's white house yanked jim acosta's e credentials following an outrageous incident in which the cnn reporter refused to give up the mic after asking trump several load ared questions. cnn filed suit, and fox news president jay wallace -- while not condoning the antagonisticking tone -- said we do support open exchanges for the american people. and fox announced it would file a friend of the court brief in the case in which cnn won. i have been extremely critical of acosta, but i said the white house shouldn't revoke his pass. fox has been under fire this week over january 6th texts from three of its hosts, and here's what don lemon had to say about this network. >> why does jen psaki even continue to call on fox in the briefing room? your network is promoting bs and lies about what is actually happening in the country

here's my colleague, bret baier. >> thanks, mike.mentioned redistricting kennebec close races in the upcoming midterm elections. into that preston special report , partisan fight so far new district maps make the balance of power in congress will be hard to protect. most states have a deadline to submit new congressional maps by the end of the year but some may be forced to change their final maps is court battles play out. let's start there with the panel and editor-in-chief of the political reporter. every cycle talked about redistricting and how it factors in with the balance of power in the house. just a few seats can make a big difference.. >> republican speeches by seized control of the house. they control the line drawing in more states and states with mark districts than democrats do. that's at the end of the day it's notot likely to give them that big of an advantage. big two or three seats when all is said and done, which is nothing. these are important things in which the elections taking plays what may look like a great m

i'm bret baier.astation left behind by a series of killer tornadoes in the midwest over the weekend. at least 88 people are now dead. kentucky hit hardest with at least 74 killed. and more than 100 are still missing at this hour. the video images as you look at some of them here

i'm bret baier.toll still stands tonight at 88. economic losses more than $20 billion, both numbers unfortunately expected to rise soon. we will bring you there live in just a moment. but, first, shifting numbers on americans left on the ground in afghanistan. let alone the thousands of afghan allies still there. the biden administration now says there are fewer than a dozen americans r