bret? >> bret: rich edson live in milwaukee. thank you. vice president harris will be speaking in appleton, wisconsin shortly. after that she goes to milwaukee for a rally. today she continued her attacks on former president trump's campaign trail rhetoric in her words. most recently that comment about liz cheney. jacqui heinrich is in milwaukee tonight. good evening, jacqui. >> jacqui: good evening, bret. the harris pain is barnstorming the blue wall and their strategy in the final stretch is to zero in on trump's character whether or not the details match the broad strokes of their messaging. the vice president taking a swipe at trump under the wing of air force 2. the campaign even rolling out a podium. >> he has increased his violent rhetoric, donald trump has, about political opponents and in great detail, in great detail suggested rifles should be trained on former representative liz cheney. >> >> jacqui: joining hawk tempere was in the line of fire and forcefully denies he suggested cheney should go before a firing squad at arizona

bret? >> bret: okay, mark, thank you.w election night was covered in the media. fox news media analyst, host of fox news "media buzz" howard kurtz has our story. >> it's no secret that most of the media rooted for kamala harris and relentlessly criticized donald trump. >> are there enough checks and balances in place to protect democracy if trump gets from and behaves like a fascist dictator? >> so when the president-elect not only cruised to victory but appears to have won the popular vote, much of the coverage was grudging or worse. "new york times" america hires a strawman. huff post, the nightmare returns. >> what concerns me is i don't think he cares about really solving problems except for the most expedient one of not going to jail. that message obviously was not enough to get enough white women to vote for vice president harris a fellow woman. >> i can't help but wonder if the american people have given up on democracy. >> others tried to grapple with the strong message sent by voters. >> fundamentally, this is a

bret? >> bret: thanks, alex. taking a look at poll closings tomorrow. the first polls close 6:00 p.m. indiana and kentucky. we will see our battleground states start to close at 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. hour. in that hour, georgia closes at 7:00 p.m. 2020 we had first rules from georgia just 20 minutes after the polls closed but remember it took two weeks for georgia to be called in 2020. georgia secretary of state now predicts a very fast election this year. north carolina 7:30 polls close. also a state expected to dump a lot of votes right away. the last votes should be cast in pennsylvania, barring any changes at 8:00 p.m. most of michigan 8:00 p.m. and then the rest of it 9:00 p.m. in wisconsin, again, 9:00 p.m., we expect to see results shortly thereafter. although they start counting on election day. arizona, the polls close at 9:00 p.m., but many of the precincts won't report about one hour after close. so we can expect to see first results about 10:00 p.m. eastern time. in nevada, pollin

bret: it is 9:00 in new york. another 15 states have just finished voting and this is the heat of the matter here. fox news decision desk says it's too early to call michigan. one of the two battlegrounds in the rust belt that just finished voting part of the blue wall we hear about all the time. martha: wisconsin and vice president harris and former president trump appear to be locked in a very tight race and again, this is too early, not to close, but to early to call many of these races. arizona also too early to call as the polls are closing there. bret: fox news can project that former president trump will win texas and locks 40 more electoral votes into the column and former president has a lead in iowa. there's no call at the top of the hour here. remember that iowa poll had people scrambling at the des moines register saying it was harris lead by three. martha: yeah, emerson had him up by ten and anne selzer is such a well known and correct pollster. see how that plays out. in nebraska, fox news can projec

bret? >> bret: okay. griff. thank you. ♪ >> bret: stocks were up today after the tariff threat to canada, mexico and china. the dow actually gaining 124. the s&p 500 rose 34. those both record closes. the nasdaq jurendz 119. now those countries are reacting today with one even promising financial retaliation of its own. correspondent bryan llenas has the latest tonight from west palm beach, florida. >> one tariff will be followed by another in response. it is not acceptable and will cause the u.s. and mexico inflation and job losses. >> mexico's new president claudia sheinbaum threatening to raise toughers on american goods in response to president-elect trump's vow to raise tariffs on mexican goods unless the country does more to stop illegal immigration and drug trafficking. >> the weapons are not produced by us. these synthetic drugs are not consumed by us. >> mexico and canada say they are open to dialogue with the president-elect. >> we talk to some of the challenges we can work on together. it was a good c

bret? >> bret: madison, thank you. >> bret: vice president elect j.d. vance working to fortify support for the incoming administration's nominees. chaperoning some candidates on capitol hill as they meet with his senate colleagues. and we are learning more about the scenes conversations behind the scenes conversations to get those picks confirmed. senior white house correspondent peter doocy in west palm beach, florida tonight with the latest. good evening, peter. >> peter: good evening, bret. it appears that at least for today, matt gaetz's plan is working. a few weeks ago he resigned from congress to prevent a potentially damaging ethics report from coming out. today, democrats on the ethics committee voted to release it. republicans voted not to. so the report remains sealed for now. >> peter: 991 miles north of mar-a-lago the vice president elect tried to talk republicans into backing matt gaetz for attorney general. vance explained about trump on x political to the agenda implement. trump told him in a phone call he is sticking with defense secreta

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back to you bret and martha. >> bret: you have time, bill.e are going to have a lot of time. >> bill: roger that. >> martha: we have a lot of waiting to do still. >> bret: georgia is really crucial as we look at raw vote total. we are getting a lot that we expect to come in very fast. madison alworth is actually in nor cross, georgia with a view from the ground. hey, madison. >> madeleine: hey, bret and martha. polls have closed in a variety of locations in georgia including location i'm at. i can see from my vantage pointed that at least one person has tried to come in past 7:00 p.m. and they are turning them away because this poll location, like most, closed at 7:00. but, there are a few, because of issues, that will be open past 7:00 p.m. so find a location in fulton county. one here in gwyneth county. those six had issues with unsubstantiated threats. so they were closed for a certain amount of time for the day. they have been allowed to be open for that amount of time past 7:00. we also have seven precincts in dekalb. that's another area

bret?: okay, eric, thank you. >> martha: so meanwhile the election has already ignited a flurry of legal challenges. let's bring in shannon bream and kerri urbahn, two of the best to tell us how they are seeing all of this. what really stands out at this point? we have heard a lot of these sort of smaller matters. what should would he be paying attention to? >> the supreme court, the last thing they want to do is get pulled into. this justice department going about their cases heard cases this morning that have nothing to do with the election. they are ready for emergency calls that come into them. they operate 24/7 around the clock. while they hope this doesn't come to their door they have had to deal with a couple things out of pennsylvania and virginia. they are ready if that happens this time around. >> bret: kerri, some of it is about ballots that come in later. whether they will stay open. these are all judicial decisions, eventually. kerr kerr i would say the focus in the dnc access

bret?> david, another potential threat to the president-elect at his florida home, what about that? >> palm beach county authorities have arrested a chinese man for trying to break into mar-a-lago with more notable, bret, it's allegedly the fifth time he has tried to get on the property in as many months. police arrested lee yesterday after he was seen trying to gain access to the florida club and future winter white house. is he currently held on a $100,000 bond and no contact order. is he 39 years old, bret, in the country on a student visa which soon may be revoked following this arrest. bret? >> bret: okay, david, thank you. >> david: thank you. >> bret: we're obviously just a few days out from president-elect trump's victory. some democrats are not wasting any time trying to mount opposition. correspondent bill melugin is in west palm beach, florida tonight to tell us how and what the trump team is trying to do about it. good evening, bill. >> bill: bret, good evening to you as well. a

bret, martha, back to you. >> martha: thank you very much. >> bret: thank you.ying north carolina is on the edge. i don't think they are fully agreeing with sean and they still may make t-shirts. [laughter] >> sean: i'm not only saying north carolina i'm saying north carolina and georgia will go donald trump tonight. i'm as confident in that prediction as any i have ever made. >> bret: okay, bill hemmer tracking that. are we backing that up on the wall? >> bill: sean, if in the right you are right about that here in north carolina, i showed you this county last hour. right? this is anson county? up to 47% african-american black population. you know, sometimes in niece elections where you see an outcome you are like that hasn't happened in 100 years. well, something just happened for the first time since 1876 in north carolina republican won this county second time since the 1870s. something to stick in the back of your head and think about well, that was a data point along the way. you mentioned the blue wall. moving toward the central time zone. talking about w

i'm bret baier. the trial begins for the illegal immigrant accused in the murder of a georgia nursing student. we'll take you there. pennsylvania democrats seem to be ignoring the rules in the recount for u.s. senator. we will go to that state and show you what is happening. and will the government acknowledge extraterrestrial origins for ufos in the pentagon report comes out and we have it. ♪ >> bret: we are getting new reaction to president-elect trump's selections for high profile jobs in his upcoming. and those picks keep coming. may be coming next couple of minutes. weave don't know. aishah hasnie starts us off tonight live from west palm beach, florida. good evening, aishah. >> aishah: bret, good evening to you. i have got my phone in my hand waiting for that will alert if it comes in during your program. i can tell you that the president-elect appears to be shiftings gears from making those national security positions known over to the finance world now as washington and wall street awaits to

bret?et: busy time down in west palm beach. you have to watch your phone every day, every hour. thanks, aishah. let's get some additional information about the selection of robert f. kennedy jr. as health and human services secretary to be the nominee for that. correspondent alexandria hoff is working the story. good evening, alexandria. >> good evening, bret. many ways the obvious selection for this role. buff there was word last month from his transition team that he would actually serve in a data specific role. by elections night president-elect trump made it very clear kennedy could have the hhs hymn if he wanted it. >> he is going to help make america healthy again. [cheers] >> is he a great guy. he really means it. he wants to do some things and we're going to let him go to it. >> hhs has a $2 trillion budget includes agencies like the. if da, cdc, national institutes for health centers for medicare and medicaid. even before kennedy was nominated for secretary, democrats were stirring

[laughs] >> bret: yes, you will!martha: let's look at some of the places that are too early to call and get you an update on the total count. president trump at 205 right now. 117 for harris, and waiting on georgia, waiting on north carolina, waiting in pennsylvania, waiting on michigan. just keep in mind, in all these places there's a lot of city vote and a lot of high population concentrated vote that has not come in yet. the question is whether or not that vote, when it does come in, will be enough to out-balance what we have seen in the early part of this vote here. >> bret: montana, as he mentioned, also come to this pivotal senate race, jon tester and the political side of his life. he survived it before but this time tim sheehy putting up a real fight and may win. the fox news decision desk says it's too early to call there. nevada also home, too early to call between jacky rosen and republican army veteran sam brown. >> martha: in utah fox news is protecting the republican congressman john curtis will move to

bret: brit? >> well, you have to consider the fact, juan, that a lot of people didn't think that was an insurrection. they a thought it was a riot, but not an insurrection. had they thought it was really an insurrection, i don't think he could have won. exaggerations about that day -- >> i don't know. i'm not exaggerating. >> -- the alleged threat to democracy is peace -- a piece of what happened. >> again, i'm giving you my perspective -- >> and i'm giving you mine. >> right. and i listen to you as my friend. [laughter] but what i saw was not only a riot in terms of the violence, but a correct action intended to stop certification of a presidential election -- bret: understood. and we've talked a lot about it finish. >> that's why i said that. clearly, i'm not trying to hype anything. bret: the campaign ran a lot of ads about it, talked a lot about it and half the country now, juan, is going the say that is not what i care about. i care about my economy. i care about immigration -- >> now, see,

bret: thanks.ring in our fox business panel, maria bartiromo, or larry kudlow, charles payne and kevin o'leary. it's not just the betting markets on the election, it's the market's markets that were betting prior to this election day. what is, what are we to do devine from all of --ty vain from all of that tonight? >> i think when you're talking about investors and businesses, i think you really have to look at economic policy and tax policy in particular. the one issue that is bothering investors and corporations out there is the plan of kamala harris to raise the corporate tax rate to 28%. we haven't seen that the in a long time, and the word on that is that that cuts into wages. something's gotta give. when a corporation is looking at a 28% corporate tax rate, it's likely that that means less money for employees and wages. so that's one of the issues that a business and investors are worried about, her economic policy. of course, trump has talked about a 15% corporate tax rate if you're doing bu

bret?> bret: aishah i used susie's middle name because she is the daughter of the late legendary sportscaster pat summerall. she takes on a big roll here but the transition team is separate. >> aishah: that's right. the transition teeming is actually led by two other people. and they are working digitally like right now. they were appointed a while back. but it appears that they, perhaps, weren't able to start vetting until now. we know the president-elect is a little superstitious. he didn't want to talk about positions of who he might appoint to which role until he was -- he wouldn't white house. so, they get to work and it is abuzz here in west palm beach and palm beach. people are jockeying for all sorts of positions. we will soon find out who takes those very important critical roles in the cabinet. >> bret: we're going to have a cabinet casino tomorrow night for the panel. so we will see where that goes. aishah, thank you. >> aishah: great. >> bret: president biden is making first in

bret? >> bret: he was. steve, thank you. picks for the top health positions in his administration, the debate is intensifying over several issues. one of them the fluoride in the water you and your family drink. some experts want to get rid of it. correspondent alexandria hoff tells us why from washington tonight. good evening, alex. >> good evening, bret. criticism rangings from fluoride not being necessary to harming children. ridding u.s. water systems of the cavity fighting additive is a day one priority. if confirmed as health and human services secretary. kennedy will oversee additional nominees former congressman dave weldon for cdc director. johns hopkins surgeon dr. mattery makary for fda commissioner a former fox news contributor and was was dr. janette nesheiwat for attorney general. >> here is kennedy speakerring for npr. >> fluoride in the 1940s which when they put it in now we have fluoride in tooth pace and countries like austria and germany removed fluoride from water supply have eaten the same y issues than

bret: i understand.'s just talk to bill hemmer, because he's at the wall. >> i can do that for you. [laughter] don't mind me. this is roanoke county. why do i have that on the screen? that's salem, virginia. that's where trump went for the rally the other day with glenn young kip, okay? if as you i -- youngkin kip. as a a you guys are talking here, part of our fox insights, anytime we see an outline here we go in, loudoun county. we mentioned this, right? this was a 16-point advantage for kamala harris. you've almost got all the estimated vote in right now, and trump's doing 3.4 points better now with 98% of the vote reporting than he did in 2020. so that's pretty interesting. the the other thing i would point out while i'm here is fairfax county, all right? so you're almost at two-thirds of the vote in. all the people are there, right? number 1 out of 133. biden was an easy winner at 70% of the vote, so right now across from if washington, d.c. she's underperforming in the most populated county in the e

bret? >> bret: matt, thank you. the manslaughter trial of a marine veteran accused of killing a homeless man accused of killing subway passengers. the defense for daniel penny brought up expert witness who said the chokehold penny applied may not have been responsible for the death. correspondent c.b. cotton is in new york tonight with the latest. good evening, c.b. >> good evening, bret. at times a tense cross-examination for one of the defense's final final expert witnesses, a forensic pathologist who maintains he disagrees with the medical examiner's findings and believed there is no way jordan neely died from daniel penny's chokehold, instead, dr. satish testified the combination in neely's system of potent synthetic marijuana, genetic condition sickle cell trait and schizophrenia along with struggle and with penny led to his death. earlier in the trial dr. cynthia harris testified to jurors it was improbable drug use or sickle cell trait led to neely's death. the contrast in findings come as we wait to see whet

bret? >> bret: all right. nate.hank you. >> nate: you got it. ♪ ♪ >> bret: well, a lot has been happening in recent days when it comes to the transition. we're still waiting for some significant appointments to the second trump administration. we are also getting reaction to the story we broke last night, brought you on this show. the nomination of former florida attorney general pam bondi to become the next u.s. attorney general. that followed the withdrawal of the president-elect's original pick, former florida congressman matt gates. senior national correspondent rich edson is in west palm beach, florida with the latest tonight. good evening, rich abercrombie >> rich: rich good evening. bret. president-elect trump has picked the bulk. there are still outtgand. even though he lost one nominee he moved i didn't care to replace him. >> it only took six hours for trump to pick one florida lawyer with another as nominee to lead the justice department. they're confident former florida attorney general pam bondi can suc

bret, martha? >> bret: madison, that area is really come around in recent years.hey thought the harris campaign thought that they had a real shot in georgia. we haven't called it yet. there's a reason for that. they're waiting for other votes to come in. there's an excitement there that they're finally going to get over the top. >> oh, absolutely there's an excitement here. we've been talking to folks on the ground. the fact that georgia will most likely flip for former president trump again. they said thing like enjoy this moment. we worked hard for this. enjoy the fact that we're bringing safety back to america. they're very happy that their candidate is going to take home the win here. you know, i've been talking to voters on the ground for days now. i got a lot of people that said they waited. they took time to make their decision and ultimately came out to trump for them. so a very dedicated voting base here. in this room, we're at the gop watch party. they're quite excited. >> bret: thanks, madison. there's not been a lot of count in georgia in the last 45 m

bret: right. now think about this, now, if the democrats would somehow hold on to the jon tester seat, that would be a different mast. -- math. but as you look at the balance of power in the u.s. senate, is this 40 moreno speaking right now? martha: let's listen in for a couple of minutes here. [cheers and applause] >> look, today starts a new wave. you know, we talked about wanting a red wave? i think what we have tonight is a red, white and blue wave in this country. [cheers and applause] because what we need in the united states of america is leaders in washington, d.c. that can actually put the interest of american citizens above all else. we're tired of being treated like second class citizens in our own country. we're tired of leaders that think we're garbage, and we're tired of being treated like garbage. [cheers and applause] you know, my opponent talked a lot about helping the working man, and i will agree with him on the need to to help working americans. but the difference is talk witho

there we go. >> bret: it is now 11:00 p.m. in new york, and four west coast states have just finished voting. the fox news decision desk can project that vice president harris will win california, the golden state. 54 electoral votes, the biggest prize, more than any other state in the country. >> martha: fox news counsel project that harris will win oregon, adding eight more votes to her electoral college vote. harris will also win washington, and other reliably democratic state. >> bret: but the former president will win idaho's four electoral college votes. as we see the race to 270, it is now 216-193. the race is changing quickly. i'm getting some word from the democrats who have now put out kind of a sense of the race, saying that in pennsylvania they say they are over performing turnout expectations in philadelphia and the early foot expectations in bucks county. they go into state by state of where they feel like they are going to see more votes in the states. these are the blue all states. because that is the path we a

this is a big question, bret. this hour everyone wants to know who z and who's winning, and anyone who tells you they know it's going to happen tomorrow night knows nothing about what's going to happen tomorrow night. >> bret: 100%. >> kayleigh: i thought it was apropos to bring up his head leaned from 2016 to underscore that point. this was a flashback, here we go. let's pull it up. "clinton eyes biden for secretary of state." "joe biden is at the top of the internal short-list for hillary clinton's transition team as a picker secretary of state." she of course went on to lose that election, underscoring the point that no one knows. >> bret: that election is great at painting the picture. after the exit polls, and back then we used exit polls, we thought we are going to call that race for hillary clinton at 11:00 p.m. just by looking at what we saw it early. suddenly, as the raw numbers came in, we realized it wasn't matching up, and then finally at 3:00 a.m. when we called wisconsin and i say donald trump will b

bret? >> bret: jeff, thank you.to the district of columbia has been approved by senate committee measure would give control of the property. supporter also try to get it through the legislative process you before the he could of the year when a new congress is sworn. in lawmakers from maryland not surprisingly, where the team has played since 1997 are characterizing the measure as a federal give away to d.c. commanders fans in the district well, they are pretty pumped about the possibility. up coming up next panel with the latest on the trump transition. latest what covering tonight. fox 5 in new york as sean "diddy" combs appears in court as a hearing over how prosecutors obtained his handwritten notes following a search of his jail cell. the judge ordered prosecutors to destroy their copies of those notes pending a decision on whether they can be used in preparation for the rapper's sex trafficking trial. colmes has pleaded not guilty to charges of using his business empire to transport women and male sex workers

. >> bret: are you looking at? >> i've been keeping an eye on this issue that was raised in our voter analysis, fully half of all voters say the future of democracy is the most important factor. that is a big number, a lot of people. trump gets some of those voters, but 60% of them are going for harris. i think that issue, democracy, is about one thing, trump, the fear of trump, the same factor we keep coming back to time and again, the trump factor this raises, is he able to overcome the resistance to him which has been so dominant in previous cycles. >> bret: because if you are just running on the issues, but include the most important, economy, immigration, we wouldn't see -- >> we wouldn't see that. >> martha: a huge issue for 2020, it resurfaced a bit with candidate selection in 2022 that he got blamed for. the question is, are we going to see the increase of his approval numbers translate into something positive. >> if you work your way back to it that is about, about january 6, the pricey pay political virgi

>> bret: i do.re eyeballs especially for disaffected republicans or independents they were trying to get with liz cheney and other efforts, i think so. >> steve: you don't have to answer, you told me in the green room about a brush with a seebb wseebb -- celebrity, do you want to reveal? it is interesting. >> bret: it only happens in new york, i went to dinner with harold ford and alec baldwin came up to the table and said, i really liked playing you. they were gracious, i didn't take a picture. harold said we're too big for that. >> brian: he was he? >> bret: gracious and great, a nice conversation. >> ainsley: you made it, you were on "snl." >> steve: was he watching you to see how you ate to portray you? >> bret: don't you have dopel gangers? yes. how is yours? >> brian: not good, i had bobby monahan, a ton of chins, whatever. >> steve: 6 p.m. tomorrow night with martha? >> bret: yes, a cast of thousands, it is cool. >> ainsley: how do you prepare? >> brian: are you showing off? he's in another d

. >> bret: the final ads where -- >> they were excellent. >> bret: they talked about making america great again, but then ending with the assassination attempt and that assist in the air, the iconic image, and the "site, site, site." >> warrior president. >> b >> toughest son of a can we ever saw. that's the last note we see in that ad. whatever you think of the guy, you have to admire that. the adversity that he's faced, everything we have seen in other presidencies and other political figures who have gone through all kinds of trouble, they pale in comparison to what he has been put through. maybe it is time for his enemies to stop it. >> bret: not only that, but the energy he has is truly amazing. he's the energizer bunny. let's check in with aishah hasnie, speaking of the energizer bunny, at trump headquarters in west palm. aishah, this has been a big night all night long. i'm sure it's getting to a fever pitch now. >> a big night, bret and martha. a long campaign for the former president, for all of us. the press corps have been following him around now for more than a year. the crow

a lot of focus, on this, bret. >> bret: a lot of focus. mark, thank you. >> bret: i like that might have. president trump may catch break in the mornings. two of best known critics in the media are signaling it's a time for a change. senior white house correspondent peter doocy is in west palm beach, florida tonight with breaking news about a new announcement just moments ago. good evening, peter. >> this one just crossed during mark meredith's report that donald trump, the president-elect, wants sean duffy to be his transportation secretary. sean duffy, of course, a host of a show on fox business until recently it would seem. he is also a former congressman and district attorney in wisconsin. part of the trump statement on this he says he will prioritize excellence, competence, competitiveness and beauty when rebuilding america's highways, tunnels, bridges and airports. and something that we have been watching in the few hours and tracking in the few hours that we have been here in florida today, cabinet hopefuls are not the only ones mak

bret: it's a wednesday in york, time flies. can project vice president harrisville with the state of hawaii. the aloha state has voted for the democrat in every election since 1984. this was no different. martha: aishah hasnie's decision displeased vice president harrisville went nebraska second district the area around omaha, not a big surprise there either. bret: it's not you see 270, we are at 2:30 two -- 216 with these big races still pending. the path is getting narrower vice president harris. aishah hasnie's can project democratic senator from hawaii will win a third term the balance of powers we just said u.s. senate will go to republican trip control so far 51 -- 43. i get you see the white blocks there. we could see some more senate races continue to fall to the republicans way. so rudely interrupted built hammer by at midnight ticking down. cox it's all good. i just want to show you based on where we stand right now if we were to call the game trump is s it to 32. he just widened his lead and pennsylvania by four. sti

bret, martha? >> bret: alex, thanks. >> martha: let's go to bill and see, what are you cooking up over there, bill? >> bill: we heard so much about msg and the insult comic about the puerto rican joke. trump, new york is his home. not living in florida, mar-a-lago. i'm going to go ahead and use the slide bar. eight years ago, running against hillary clinton, this is his margin in new york. 37.5 compared almost 15 for hillary clinton. and against joe biden, it was three tenths of a point, and now we come to 2020 and see the numbers on the board here. that's a pretty decent performance. we are getting some insight in new york city. he did well over 40% of the vote here in new york, as well. one thing i was checking out, guys, this is the number. the path to 270. i guess in theory right now if you were to close out your 248, if you were to close out pennsylvania, even though alaska has ranked choice voting, which could take a while to post a number here, nonetheless that would put him at the number 27

bret: dan springer thanks. country the panel on what we have seen and this the final weekend for the election but what to expect in the next two days, we will dig in. ♪ engine, like google, but it's r and doesn't spy on your searchs and duckduckgo lets you browsel but it blocks cookies and creepy ads that follow youa and other companies. and there's no catch. it's fre. we make money from ads, but they don't follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. >> i speak at the rally called puerto rico a floating island of garbage for the oligarchs as a floating out there as his supporters. now i know some you guys are to think as much of me. outside what man, these are the guys you'd like too. >> in the [bleep]. >> i look at the numbers i would to say i'm going to focus on being president over the next couple days. [laughter] that's probably the best thing you could do it for not just the harris campaign but himself and his legacy too. bret:

i'm bret baier. here we are this afternoon. the president-elect is the first republican presidential candidate in 20 years to win the popular vote. he could sweep all the battle grounds on the map in a storied political resurrection that is earning him the title of comeback king of american politics and a number of names. >> martha: it's interesting doing through the numbers still today. we made very substantial gains with all of the groups that you see here on your screen. particularly hispanic, black and young voters part of what many are calling a re-alignment of the republican party. >> as we await vice president harris, bill hemmer, dana perino, kayleigh mcenany , harold ford jr. are here to weigh? . first to white house senior correspondent jacqui heinrich at howard university in washington where the vice president is expected to speak soon. good afternoon, jacqui. >> well, bret, it's unclear what kind of tone we'll get from the vice president. the part is soul searching right now. we've been getting very frank assessment

cycle. >> bret: thanks, gillian.ts this election. republicans saw success in north carolina. while democrats picked up seats from incumbents in new york. tonight we take a look at some of the key house races. we will flip from the democrats to the republicans this congressional seat. [cheers] >> bret: congressman-elect brad knot was correct in his prediction that north carolina's district 13 would flip from blue to red. >> your next congressman will no longer be part of the democratic party. >> they didn't flip one seat they flipped three. >> my name is addison mcdowell. thanks for your support i will be the next congressman from the sixth district of north carolina. >> bret: had a lot to do would redrawn district maps drawn by a state lawmaker now congressman-elect. >> i'm tim moore currently the speaker of the house and in a few days will be a member of the united states congress but right near gascon county noirk added a seat following the 2020 census, the seat that congressman-elect tim moore will now represent w

easier, much less expensive in terms of ai tools. >> bret: think this is happening fast? happening faster there are places we can continue to develop controlled environments we have seen a lot of input on investments on the agricultural tech side. >> bret: the usda recently broke ground on a project at cornell university to research grape production for the grape improvement center will help scientists study adaptable grape varieties and management strategies for growers. quickly learn from projects like that? >> ai has the potential to help us understand and regulate the indoor climate so i can optimize the output, the yield or the nutritional quality or health effects of different crops in your backyard. >> bret: if you're cooking thanksgiving dinner ai can help you there. some applications can help convert recipes to accommodate larger groups. you can change recipes based on ingredient substitutions or set a budget for your meal. the future of thanksgiving. we will send it back to you. >> gillian: thank you happy thanksgiving to you. tomorrow we will take a closer look

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i'm trace gallagher in for bret baier. president-elect trump has settled on a number of key nominees for his second administration with several additional names announced within the past hour. in the latest and perhaps one of the most high profile nominations, former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe will be the next c.i. a chief. we have team fox coverage on trump's picks and the balancing act between the current and the upcoming administrations. peter doocy is live at the white house as the current and former president's talk with important ally foreign officials today. but we begin with the senior national correspondent aishah hasnie in west palm beach with the latest on who is in and who is not. aishah, good evening. >> aishah: trace, good evening to you. it's been a very busy day over in mar-a-lago as the transition team continues to put out new names. the president-elect has now tapped former cabinet secretary bill mcginley as his next white house counsel, this role is important when it comes to vettin

i'm gillian turner in for bret baier. breaking tonight president-elect trump's decisive win last week producing some surprising cabinet nominations for key administration spots. the latest just announced appears to be catching lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, at least some of them off guard. this come as g.o.p. senators elect a brand new leader on capitol hill who oversees the confirmation of trump's nominations and the in going and outgoing presidents met face to face for nearly two hours at the white house. we got the panel standing by to react to all of it. we begin first with fox team coverage tonight. we have chad pergram up on capitol hill in the selection of john thune the next senate majority leader. we begin with senior national correspondent aishah hasnie in west palm beach tonight where the president-elect is churning out these nominations, aishah what can you tell us? >> gillian, good evening to you. president-elect trump is shaking things up in washington with an announcement that really is splitting eve

bret: welcome back. news decision desk can you project that former president trump will win the state of south carolina. so we are counting down the minutes to the next poll closing, and there you see the race to 270 ticking up on the former president's side at 3222, 3 for -- 332, 3 for vice president harris as the states are called. obviously, 207270 -- 270 is the magic number. martha: some place are getting very interesting as we get closer to our next round of poll closings which are coming up in a little while, and that will include florida where the trump campaign is watching the results tonight. let's go to steve harrigan at senator rick scott's campaign headquarters in bonita springs florida, which has tonighted up a little bit. that race has gotten interesting. >> reporter: they're starting to cheer here. rick scott told us earlier this was the first time he's ever run for sate office where he's actually been predicted to win largely because of a strong performance in early voting. more than 8 mi

bret baier will talk to two lawmakers doing just that. and, rough weather could make holiday travel difficult in some places that plus your holiday forecast. breaking tonight, serious threats emerge against some of the nominees and appointees to president-elect trump's second administration. among those targeted incoming border czar tom homan, cia director nominee john ratcliffe and nominee for u.s. ambassador to the u.n., congresswoman elise stefanik. correspondent bryan llenas is in west palm beach, florida tonight. good evening, brian. >> mike, good evening. the fbi says alongside local law enforcement it is investigating multiple bomb thrensz threats and swatting incidents against president-elect trump's nominees and oea points including nominee for housing secretary scott turner and nominee for labor secretary lori chavez deremer. >> sources tell fox news nearly a dozen of president-elect trump's cabinet nom no, ma'am points have been threatened including john ratcliffe, defense secretary nominee pete hegseth, agriculture secretary n

alarming situation, bret. >> bret: huge numbers. you heard tom homan talk about that.nitely tens of thousands who have not either been tracked or shown up for or weren't even asked to show up for a hearing. and that's a big issue that also the president-elect talked about. i think immigration will be one of the key things. i also think cutting the government and taking care -- there will be about five different moving things that happen in the first few days of the trump administration that will happen fast. >> dana: it is going to happen fast and we'll be there to cover it all with you. thank you, bret baier, for joinings. see you at 6:00. president biden asking for nearly $100 billion in emergency funding for recovery from recent storms. the house panel holding fema accountable for alleged political bias in disaster relief. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! —uh. —here i'll take that. [cheering] ensure max protein, 30 grams protein, 1 gram sugar and a protein blend to feed muscles up to 7 h

so bret and shannon we'll see you throughout the day especially tonight.o much for coming on "america's newsroom." >> bill: we have a handful of counties out there that may decide control of congress. we'll have a look at that and some of the more competitive races on the map when we continue election day 2024. with kayleigh mcenany and kevin mccarthy. they're in next right after this. give you as a veteran is the eligibility for a va loan, for up to 100 percent of your home's value. if you need cash for your family call newdayusa. with automatic authority from the va we can say yes when banks say no. give us a call. veteran homeowners need cash but worried you can't get a home loan because of your credit? here's great news. at newday we've been granted automatic authority by the va to make our own loan approval decisions. in fact, if you've had credit challenges and missed a payment along the way, you're more than five times more likely to get approved for the newday 100 va cash out loan. no one knows veterans like newday usa. ♪ rising costs. selective co

to let's check in with bret baier anchor an executive ofha "special report."re is a lot there and what can you tell us? everybody is freaking out and i got the same text messages aswe hwell we have the path to 270 with what if scenarios. if you look at thee "realclearpolitics" of freeou samples as of today, even if up slightly, let's just put this on the map to seepu where it goes. right now, wisconsin will go to the democrats as would michigan within the margin of error butro still would gor there as of today. republicans in the former president would take nevada, arizona, georgia, north carolina, and as of .3 percentage, pennsylvanian. which would get them over, the former president over 270 ate 287. teraa couple of these are litery within a few decimal points. in it could go either way as we have talked about. tonight, who do you want to be? i asked that question to mark penn, democratic poster on "special report" he said you want to beef former president trump which surprised me.rs t i talked to others who said momentum and ground game, you would want to b

it is overseen by my secretary of state bret bret who is a republican.eep breath and fellow pennsylvanians who are running these elections. we will again have a free and fair, safe and secure elections. >> a district attorney in the poconos county said his office is investigating 30 fraudulent registrations, not ballots but political organizing campus with ties to democrats and yet to release the results of probe. when he was asked 20 minutes ago and said the system worked in this case. speaking of arizona yesterday that judges ordered secretary of state to identify some 98,000 names of people to double check if they are eligible to vote in september state officials announced data coding issue in the driver's license that would allow one noncitizen to register boats. if you have one, you have to ask about other ones and we continue to watch in arizona in pennsylvania. you can never predict the supreme court or when they will roll but you would think we would hear something today periods feeling they they ruled paper plates the commonwealth of virginia. t

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bret baier returns. [applause] thanks for changing, we set up in the same jacket.an. >> sounds like your night has been an adventure so far. >> i was walking from the hotel and tossed out the couple of times which is nice and i walked here in the security guard said wait, you are going on jimmy's show? i said yeah and he said it was a good career while it lasted. [laughter] >> was the last time we left campagna work the desk. i'm glad you brought this up because i was watching you facetime sylvester stallone at the philadelphia art museum leave thursday. thursday you're on with bucky and saturday with polly. [laughter] but in bringing up boxing because this is where i want to take the conversation, asking the iq gap between you and i and special report we to special ed, that whole thing but if this applies fight and it feels like it, what is the posture of the two campaign tell you how they think they are doing in the last round? >> i think they are both from a they can believe they will take them out first round. they are both spinning everybody sank we are at 312

i'm martha maccallum. >> bret: and i bret baier. "the five" picks it up from here in just about 15 seconds. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dana: hello, everyone. i'm dana perino along with judge jeanine pirro, jessica tarlov, jesse watters, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city. i bet you are sick of seeing me. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ so it is being called the biggest political comeback in american history. president-elect trump is on his way back to the white house. earlier he flipped to michigan, completing his sweep of the three blue wall states. and trump is leading another key battleground state are still too close to call. republicans are already set to take control of the senate and the fox news decision desk estimates that the g.o.p. has a slight edge in the house, as well, as states continue to count ballots. here is the president-elect speaking about his landslide victory. >> i want to thank the american people for the extraordinary honor of being elected your 47th president. and your 45th president. [cheers and applause] this camp

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good afternoon to you, bret. >> bret: good afternoon. say pete congrats to pete hegseth from this show. if i known all these years i was being interviewed the secretary of defense i might have buttoned up. it speaks to the credibility of your show and staff and trusted news you guys bring americans every single day who really trust you and so much of your own was trusted to run our nation. very much deserved. >> steve: if pete was here he would say thank you very much. let's start at the beginning, there is conventional wisdom on the political left, the ukrainians hate donald trump. you were just there. you're there all the time. tell us the truth. >> it's just not true what they're saying. frankly worse on the ground. worse i have ever seen it there. but wanting the war to end soon does not mean not supporting ukraine. people don't seem to remember that trump provided lethal aid to ukraine during first term. he didn't appease russia during the first term simply stating he wants the war to be over. a lot of people want the war to be over