are guests like tonight's bret baier. bret baier who makes eminem look like vanilla ice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that went on for five hours, but that suit is the opposite of a rappers delight. it's definitely better than when stuart varney collaborated with with -- but it's bret baier, did you know he has his own doll? >> sometimes i need the hard news of the day but other times i just want to cuddle, why can't i have both? >> now you can with the new bret baier, fair, balanced, and unafraid to snuggle. squeeze his tummy and get informed. >> the 41st president wants to go to maine this summer. >> french president emmanuel macron and his wife arrived yesterday and attended a dinner at mount vernon. >> he's there at the end of your day too. >> i just want something to hold that brings me comfort but i also just want the news. >> voters are still casting ballots in arizona's special election. >> get your brett bear today. >> greg: he hosts the show special report which is much better than the original title which is barely legal come about

are guests like tonight's bret baier. bret baier who makes eminem look like vanilla ice. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that went on for five hours, but that suit is the opposite of a rappers delight. it's definitely better than when stuart varney collaborated with with -- but it's bret baier, did you know he has his own doll? >> sometimes i need the hard news of the day but other times i just want to cuddle, why can't i have both? >> now you can with the new bret baier, fair, balanced, and unafraid to snuggle. squeeze his tummy and get informed. >> the 41st president wants to go to maine this summer. >> french president emmanuel macron and his wife arrived yesterday and attended a dinner at mount vernon. >> he's there at the end of your day too. >> i just want something to hold that brings me comfort but i also just want the news. >> voters are still casting ballots in arizona's special election. >> get your brett bear today. >> greg: he hosts the show special report which is much better than the original title which is barely legal come about

he's on bret baier's podcast. go to bret's instagram.st. i read it. i wasn't paying attention. it didn't mean -- >> greg: you realize that what that means. >> dana: they're preparing for it. >> greg: the v.p. could be the next president. so they could find anybody. it could be anybody. >> dana: it could be this. she becomes president and you have to confirm a vice president. >> greg: yes. >> jesse: could be nancy pelosi. >> greg: could be newsome. >> geraldo: they seem like a couple that have split and they try to behave in front of the children. i have -- >> dana: share the house. >> geraldo: still going to share the house. we won't tell the children yet. keep smiling. >> greg: somebody has done this. >> neil: go to the pta meeting and have the kids over and do the play date. and their marriage is bad. maybe it's not as bad. she's not as bad now as at guatemala. >> katie: don't they deserve this. >> jesse: i love it. joe will be 82 when he runs for re-election. his disapproval will probably be at 82. he was supposed to be the bridge to

here is my colleague, bret baier. >> mike: thanks, mike.rnia is a reliable blue state. it wasn't always that way. the last republican presidential candidate to receive a majority from california voters george h.w. bush in 1988. the last republican governor was arnold schwarz. he left office in 2011. 2011 is also by the way when the current congressional map was certified by california's redistricting commission. and the state's 53 congressional districts were drawn. 10 years later with a new process in place, the golden state redistricting commission is heading back to the drawing board and this time it's working with 52 seats since the 2020 census determined california's growth rate had slowed and one seat was taken away. now, redistricting can change a lot and how the new maps turn out could come in to play right here in southern california, specifically districts in los angeles and orange counties. this region of the state has seen a shift over the years. four districts right here they were republican strong hold for years. that changed

bret: i'm bret baier and for chris wallace.l justice. ♪ b1 kyle rittenhouse acquitted in walking free after an intense trial surrounded the deadly unrest last summer in kenosha. >> will take a look at the reaction across the nation as a country awaits a verdict in another highly charged case. >> the bill back better bill is passed.

. >> [laughs] >> i am someone who routinely watched bret baier conduct interviews. if you also do, you know that he is among the very best in the business. >> [laughs] and you need not take my word for it, he is consistently ranked best newscaster, as the top rated cable news program in his time slot. and that's been the case for many years. but bret has a second career going as a bestselling author. and we are talking about -- a -- not a formula for how you as well can be a network anchor. rather, with the publication, this is his fifth nonfiction work, it's official -- who bret baier is a talented presidential historian and writer with a knack for shining a light on pivotal leaders at pivotal moments in american history. that always seem to be were another look. his series gave us a very important glimpse into the lives of three u.s. presidents, dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan and fdr, all of whom change the course of history in the fate of the nation. glimpse intohis newest book, oh precedent, ulysses s. grant, titled "to rescue the republic", is as educational

bret baier. [applause] >> thank you very much. i started with reagan sound bites. the issues that reagan deal with that were big issues when we are dealing with the debt so it kind of all works out pretty well to say hi to my friends and i know i have friends in the audience. we are here to talk about grant. years ago you wrote your first book in the challenges you had with your son paul, remarkable but please tell me he's okay. >> he's doing great. that book is called special hearted journey of hope and courage. oh my gosh courage and love. i'm thinking grand and i'm thinking, anyway bottom line he is doing fantastic. he's had four open-heart surgeries and 10 angioplasties in this last one was in december and paul is now an inch taller than me. he's 6 feet tall. he is a golfer and a basketball player and he's doing fantastic so thank you very much. [applause] >> bret in your book you chose presidents to study that are oftentimes at an inflection point in their presidency. a moment in time in that particular president uniquely change the course of history. is that

i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. teenager's lawyer says rittenhouse is undergoing counseling for post-traumatic stress disorder and probably move away from the area because it's too dangerous for him to stay. the prosecution says it respects the jury's decision. we will hear what president biden thinks of the verdict in just a few minutes. first up tonight on the scene on the ground in kenosha, correspondent garrett tenney is there. good evening, garrett. >> shannon, good evening to you. emotions running high both inside and outside of the courtroom. kyle rittenhouse now 18 years old and facing life in prison was overcome with emotion as he heard the jury's decision to find him not guilty of all charges against him. judge bruce schroeder praising the jury for its work and deciding a case under intense national scrutiny from both the public and the media. >> all of you, i couldn't have asked for a better jury to work with. and it has truly been my pleasure just in terms of your -- the attentiveness and cooperation tha

i'm bret baier.t from leesburg, virginia the hub of loudoun county, the county that might tell us who the next governor will be here in the commonwealth. later tonight, republican glenn youngkin will wrap up what he hopes will be a successful come from behind campaign against democrat terry mcauliffe. also tonight, president joe biden is on the world stage trying to sell his climate

i'm bret baier.are learning new information about the connection between the infamous dossier that justified the russia collusion investigation into the trump presidential campaign and one member of the current biden administration. in the words of one lawmaker following the developments, it all seems to be, quote: unraveling. all of this comes as the special prosecutor, john durham's pursuit of the facts continues to shine a light on the hillary clinton presidential campaign.

i'm bret baier. we are coming to you tonight from leesburg, virginia the hub of loudoun county, the county that might tell us who the next governor will be here in the commonwealth. later tonight, republican glenn youngkin will wrap up what he hopes will be a successful come from behind campaign against democrat terry mcauliffe. also tonight, president joe biden is on the world stage trying to sell his climate change policy while back home one moderate senator, a democrat, is pumping the brakes on the president's tax and spend social agenda. we will bring you that. the race here in virginia has centered in recent weeks on the issue of education and ties to current and former presidents. those themes continued in this final day of campaigning. mcauliffe has been in roanoke and richmond so far today. he finishes up later in fairfax. youngkin was also in roanoke and richmond, along with the stop in virginia beach, he will be here in leesburg later this evening. we will have analysis from our political p

i'm bret baier. coming to you tonight from fox news headquarters from new york.ueprint will bring down inflationary pressures. the president held a cabinet meeting today as his administration deals with historically bad numbers, white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight from the north lawn, good evening to you, jackie. >> evening to you, bret. the last time the president convened full cabinet in giuliani consumer prices were rising. now four months later the same problem at even greater pace. >> do you need a bag? >> more of what we

let's win it. >> harris: bret baier. here he is being accused of being with donald trump last night and we know that that is incredibly untrue and alike. at the same time, the person who would be perhaps "on the ballot" is petabyte in and that's a nightmare for mcauliffe. >> bret: good afternoon and thank you for having me. the president's approval ratings are one of the things he's been facing an issue of education is another one. it's interesting to see that his closing argument included a pitch by randi weingarten who is the head of one of the biggest teachers union, the american federation of teachers. it appears tone-deaf because you've a lot of these parents upset with the teachers unions. it is an indication that mcauliffe realizes he is lost on the issue and he needs to fire up the unions to get voters to the polls and is getting i don't think it's going to break one way or another. a lot can change just by who shows up today. >> harris: it's interesting. it's between nine, seconds ago, senator ted cruz was in fo

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, we are learning new information about the connection between the infamous dossier that justified the russia collusion investigation into the trump presidential campaign and one member of the current biden administration. in the words of one lawmaker following the developments, it all seems to be, quote: unraveling. all of this comes as the special prosecutor, john durham's pursuit of the facts continues to shine a light on the hillary clinton presidential campaign. and, raising new questions about years of grandstanding by some lawmakers on this issue. and skewed media coverage about alleged russia collusion. correspondent david spunt is at the justice department with the latest tonight and our top story. good evening, david. >> good evening to you, bret. there has been plenty of speculation for months about where this durham probe is headed. but tonight there are new indications that it's moving even higher into the ranks of the biden administration. special counsel

hey, jesse. >> jesse: you are in my dream foresome, bret baier. s. >> bret: sounds good. >> jesse: good evening and welcome to "fox news primetime." i'm jesse watters. we begin with a fox news alert. moments ago the judge dismissed the jury in the kyle rittenhouse trial for the evening. they will return for deliberations first thing tomorrow morning. the jury has been under intense pressure by protesters and the media to deliver a guilty verdict. we have seen reports of jurors being recorded as they enter and exit the courthouse earlier this week. meanwhile, tensions are rising in the streets of

i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier, breaking tonight, guilty verdicts in the trial of three white men charged with killing a black jogger in south georgia. the three defendants in the murder of you a ahmad arbery facing life in prison, the big question that remains isn't correspondent jeff paul brunswick, georgia tonight, good evening, jeff. >> 12 hours over a span of two days to make her decision, once the jury finished deliberating and the judge started listing the names of the defendants and going down all the counts. things got emotional right from the start. >> we the jury find the defendant travis mcmichael guilty. >> whoever just. >> hearing there inside the courtroom. the judge immediately ordered him to be removed. the judge then continued. where all three men were found guilty of multiple counts of murder. travis mcmichael, that's the man who shot ahmaud arbery three times found guilty on all nine counts. 8 of the 9 counts. the man who filmed a portion of the shooting william roddie bryant found guilty of the six of the nine counts including multiple counts of felony murder.

i'm bret baier. president biden hits a new low of 38% in a new "u.s.a.s massive social spending bill and challenges now to his compensation plan for illegal immigrants and separation from their children. this comes on the heels of congress passing his long awaited infrastructure bill, a bipartisan bill that could really only pass with republican help. there's also plenty reef sis tans to

fox news own bret baier teeing off with the group.lebrate, to honor veterans day. to say show everyone how grateful we are. look, i want to say this and i probably will throughout the morning. everyone watching can participate the. just likes you laid out, steve. there are many ways you can participate today. one of them give back to folds of honor. you can join squadron. cricket on a monthly basis. you get a free t-shirt if you do. so it will be a wonderful day today. we will be here all morning long. we will take you through it as "fox & friends" progresses. and maybe i will be joined by a few of those celebrities. ainsley: will, i saw your interview on "fox & friends first" with mom with daughter. three children all in private schools and all of that sunday ifed through folds of honor. steve: that's great. brian: you know, get on a monthly thing. it's so much easier, right? rather than worry about a check every month that automatically comes out of your account that you can afford. you don't have to think about it and feel great at

bret baier, how are you this morning? we just had a congressman from california on.s is just a blip. not a big deal. is that how the rest of washington is waking up this morning? >> i don't think so, dana. i think this will have reverberations on capitol hill specifically with moderates who maybe feel progressives pushed too far. they should have passed -- the democrats i talked to this morning the bipartisan infrastructure bill and perhaps it would have helped terry mccauliffe, perhaps not but it would have at least mitigated the messiness that's up on capitol hill. tonight on "special report" i have democratic senator joe manchin from west virginia on the show to talk about where things are. where he sees the reaction to virginia, his neighbor and new jersey and how that may affect things. i do think it affects, dana and bill, the biden agenda and how this biden administration goes forward ahead of the mid-terms. >> bill: he came out yesterday, bret, no rush to get a deal done. that was on monday, the day before the vote. why do you think he felt compelled to go pu

let's bring in special report bret baier.letely different now than it was six weeks ago and the question is, because there was early voting in the beginning of september, could republicans get enough people out on election day to counter what might have been a democrat advantage? >> that's the biggest question today. >> bret: it's about numbers. politico put it momentum versus math. the mcauliffe voters felt good with 53% voting roughly. youngkin needs to get anywhere from 52 to 55% of the vote today. that's doable but it requires a get out the vote effort that will be significant. and momentum clearly was going his way even in places like loudoun county in northern virginia and fairfax. places where republicans really haven't spent a lot of campaign time because it's overwhelmingly territory. a little fly in the ointment today. it's rainy and cold in the state of virginia. how will that impact turnout? >> it's not snowy and icy. it's rainy and cold. this is such a hot race as far as issues and, you look at election question

bret: i'm bret baier and for chris wallace. social justice. ♪ b1 kyle rittenhouse acquitted in walking free after an intense trial surrounded the deadly unrest last summer in kenosha. >> will take a look at the reaction across the nation as a country awaits a verdict in another highly charged case. >> the bill back better bill is passed.

eastern, bret baier discusses his book, to rescue the republic, the fragile union and the crisis of 1876. in which he argues grant's presidency has been underrated and at 4:00 p.m. eastern, on historian robert caro that runs in conjunction with the opening of the new york historical society's exhibition, turn every page. inside the robert caro archives. speakers include bob woodward and a key note address from robert caro. exploring the american story. watch american history tv, saturday on c-span2, and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> very good wednesday morning to you. you can start calling in now as we show you homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas from yesterday's senate hearing. >> we must invest in addressing root causing creating legal pathways, and insuring swift adjudication of asylum claims. the immigration system, though, is fundamentally broken. a fact that everyone agrees upon. congress must pass legislation to fix it. in the meantime, we are taking action within our authority. we're enforcing our immigrati

i'm bret baier coming to you tonight from capitol hill.on day results across the country are really causing shock waves throughout the halls and meeting rooms throughout the capitol and causing reassessment of the infighting stalling the president's domestic agenda. we will talk about all of this with senator at the center of

is bret baier and co-anchor of "special report." >> bret: i will be interested to hear what senator mcconnell says on your show. it's weird to, to be in this seat in this studio. >> martha: thanks for letting me do this. >> bret: i looked into the numbers. there are key things that youngkin has done in virginia. one is looking at the black vote. he got 13% of the black vote. donald trump in 2020 got 11%. mitt romney got 8% and john mccain 4%. there is a republican story to be told about the black community and chipping away and getting more voters to pay attention. this is a race where the pundits said that youngkin was blowing the racial dog whistle and trying to get white supremacists engaged in the race. that's the dynamic much more black voters voted for the republican than in the past. to frank a point, this has ramifications broader. we will see in the next day or two that this means on capitol hill. i have senator joe manchin on the show tonight about where moderateses will be in the wake of an electoral political earthquake. >> martha: i am looking forward to senator manchin interview

i'm bret baier, gorgeous night in washington with the sun setting over the capitol breaking tonight it'sing to piece together enough of their own votes to pass president biden's massive tax and spend agenda in the wake of tuesday's major defeat of a once heavily favored nominee for governor of virginia, rather. the president's plan is divided into two two parts. it is

good evening, i'm bret baier freaking down tonight.e and wounding another during a racial justice protest in wisconsin last summer. if lawyers for kyle rittenhouse focus today on the key issue of self-defense. correspondent garrett is in kenosha, wisconsin, tonight with the latest. good evening. >> good evening to jo,

eastern, fox news anchor bret baier discusses his book, to rescue the republic. in which he argues that grant's presidency has been underrated and at 4:00 p.m., a symposium on historian robert caro that runs in conjunction with an exhibition, turn every page. inside the robert caro archives. speakers bob woodward and a keynote address by bob caro. watch american history tv, saturday on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> stay up to date on the latest in publishing with book tv's new podcast about books. we look at industry news and trends through insider interviews as well as reporting on the latest nonfiction releases and best seller lists. you can find all of our podcasts on the c-span now app or wherever you get your podcasts. you can also watch about books sundays on c-span2 or online anytime at booktv.org. >> now, labor secretary marty walsh. he talks about artificial intelligence and digital technology's impact on u.s. manufacturing. "the washington post" hosts this half an hour event. >>

i'm bret baier, president biden is urging americans not to panic over the new coronavirus strain discovered a booster shot but says he will not immediately push for new mandates and restrictions beyond a travel ban from some african countries. we will talk with former assistant health secretary admiral bret injury roar about the vort in a few minutes.

i'm bret baier breaking tonight in the last few minutes receiving word a federal judge in wilmington,lthcare workers that's coming from the wire services judge applying that ruling nationwide where the mandate is still in effect.

bret baier.ew jersey. that to me was the biggest shock of all, more shocking than glenn youngkin's win because new jersey is so deep, deep blue. is that how you see it as well? >> sure, good morning, stuart. a little nap. thank god for coffee, but it is really shocking. look, biden won the state by 16 points. there were not indications, there were incations that ciattarelli was doing well but not that well in some of these different places and overperforming where anybody thought he was going to do. if he pull this is out, it will be the biggest shock wave i think for this race while glenn youngkin's win was big in of itself. i do think it changes the dynamic here in washington and then more moderates perhaps look at that and say, this is the writing on the wall. you know, doing exactly what the biden administration wants on the progressive side is not perhaps the road map they need to take ahead of the midterms. stuart: straighten me out here, bret, i don't see how speaker pelosi can push throug

welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. it is election day in america. it's an off year.her novembers for president election there are still very important races and important questions to be answered in several locations across the country. we will have all of it for you don't. we begin just downtown road in virginia where a former democratic governor was thought to be a big favorite to regain his old job. but now a republican challenger enters election night with a

. ♪ ♪ >> good evening, happy thinks given, welcome to washington, i'm mike emanuel in per bret baier. nantucket where he is staying at the home of the billionaire businessman. tonight we are learning more about the president's recent medical checkup at his overall health. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us tonight. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, mike buried thanksgiving on nantucket as a biden family tradition, the restaurant that usually caters their dinner is cooking for the secret service

i'm bret baier.2 towers. breaking tonight, it's now up to the jury in the murder trial of three white georgia men accused of killing black jogger ahmad arbery in south georgia. deliberations began today. moments ago the judge heard from the jury that they want to continue. correst

i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier, breaking tonight, guilty verdicts in the trial of three white mensouth georgia. the three defendants in the murder of you a ahmad arbery facing life in prison, the big question that remains isn't correspondent jeff paul brunswick, georgia

if you go to march 18, 2020, that's when bret baier a fox news interviewed fred smith, the founder of fedex. this is important because he asked him about the spreading virus. this is right as a lockdowns were beginning. fred smith had a very important perspective on this because wuhan is a very major economic city in china, and as a as a consequence fedex is a very big presence there, 907 employees. so fred smith said we've tested all of our employees in disjuncture four test about it, two a false positive but all of our employees are in good health. this truth would also explain why elon musk was always a skeptic. he had a big operation in china and so he knew from his employees that the virus was spreading but it wasn't something, it wasn't an indiscriminate killer. fred smith and elon musk couldn't lie about these things, as public of his shift report me to information like this. so we knew from the markets that the virus was many things. it was real. it would be foolish to deny its reality but we knew from china that as many things, none of them terribly lethal, because it would h

good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier, breaking tonight president biden's approval ratinghe approval market 44%. that's down 2 percentage points from october 4 from september, 54% disapproval. the president's approval on the economy also continuing to slide just 36% approve of the job he's doing in our latest poll. that's down 3 points from last month. only 40% feel the administration is focused onhe

if you go to march 18th, 2020, bret baier of fox news interviewed the founder of fedex, this is importantause he asked him about the spreading virus when the lockdowns were beginning and fred smith had a very important perspective on this because wuhan is a very major economic city in china and as a consequence, fedex has a very big preference there, 907 employees. and he said we've tested our employees and at this juncture, four tested positive two false positive, but it's important that all of our employees are a good health. and this truth explains why elon musk was a skeptic. he had a big operation in china and he knew from the employees that it was spreading, but it wasn't an indiscriminate killer. smith and elon musk won't lie about this, as it's foolish to deny the reality, but we knew that from china nothing terribly lethal. looking at the smart phone in our pocket. china is one of the smart phone dense countries in the world. even in economically country like cuba, that traveled around the world. does anyone seriously think that the chinese government could have hidden in a smart

. >> the president's director of economic counsel told bret baier, he is optimistic that the bill backre he is. >> we will work with every member of the senate on this bill but i think because of the work over several months we do have a good understanding of where the consensus lies, and lies in lowering cost for making families. >> the senate changes, any of those changes has to come back to the house. we have another bite of the apple and more people who learn about this. >> the president as an important decision to make in the next several days whether he wants to replace federal reserve chair jerome powell admitted the highest inflation rate in 30 years he could reap a point i will under powell or lael brainard and someone who's been with the fed since 2014. the president made his way back to the white house in the last hour or so had to nantucket for the thanksgiving holiday with family but when he gets back expect intense negotiation on bill back better, to people, both kyrsten sinema and joe manchin. arthel: david spunt live in wilmington, delaware, happy thanksgiving to you an

before i forget tonight bret baier, oh it's crazy congressman jim jordan, dagen mcdowell.g's baby animal news. in this order. kerry, a two toed baby sloth, let's show them, huh? there he is, latest edition at the london zoo. nothing better than a baby sloth unless -- look at that creature. looks like me. then there is marta a mere leopard club at the santa barbara zoo. like how adorable that is. spotty little sucker. finally we have brazos, should be jeff brazos elephant calf born and introduced at the fort worth zoo. i would like to take them all home and let them play around in my apartment. >> jessica: so cute. >> greg: they never grow. >> jesse: i would like to address a little controversy from yesterday's show. apparently i was the only one to have a little foot rest. a lot of people have been commenting about this on social media. and here is the answer my legs are too short to dangle but they are too long to tuck. does anybody understand that? too short to dangle too long to tuck. i had to get them in the perfect position no other reason for that. >> martha: people

i'm bret baier, president biden is urging americans not to panic over the new coronavirus strain discovered in south africa but is now in different parts of the world. the president is urging people to get vaccinated to get a booster shot but says he will not immediately push for new mandates and restrictions beyond a travel ban from some african countries. we will talk with former assistant health secretary admiral bret injury roar about the vort in a few minutes. first white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off live tonight from the north lawn, good evening, peter. >> good evening, bret. voicials around here want people focused on the new infrastructure law traveling to minnesota tomorrow to celebrate its passage but, instead, they are dealing with the latest reminder that this president, who promised to shut down the virus hasn't. >> it's called the omicron. >> this variant is a cause for concern not a cause for panic. >> but new travel restrictions are in place on residents of eight african countries dealing with outbreaks. >> the point of the travel -- of the restriction, to g

watch for us tomorrow and tomorrow night with bret baier, election coverage. see you then. >> for the sake of the country, i urge the house to vote and pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill. holding this bill hostage is not going to work and getting my support for reconciliation. >> if president biden thought his bills were going to breeze through congress, joe manchin just put the kibosh on all of it. i'm charles payne, this is "your world" in for neil cavuto. chad pergram has more on the fallout. chad? >> good afternoon. this was vintage joe manchin, swooping in at the last minute and looking for changes so he can claim victory later. he's long been concerned about the cost of the bill. if the house was going to vote mid week, there was no way they would have a price tag from the congressional budget office. >> what i see are budget gimmicks that make the real cost of the $1.75 trillion bill estimated to be almost twice that amount. it's obvious. compromise is not good enough for a lot of my colleagues in congress. it's all or nothing. their position doesn

i'm bret baier, breaking tonight we are following two major stories.econd day of deliberating the fate of the illinois teenager accused of murdering two people and wounding another during a protest in wisconsin in the summer of 2020. we have been following this. kyle rittenhouse maintaining he acted in self-defense. we will have a live report from kenosha in just a moment. first tonight the growing controversy over the bid

i'm bret baier. breaking tonight, sad news.istmas parade in waukesha, wisconsin, sunday. the mayor of that city today called it a horrible and senseless act. a 39-year-old man with an extensive criminal history is now in custody. authorities say he was out on bail and had been involved in a

. ♪ ♪ >> good evening and welcome to washington, i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier, we are following street in what is traditionally a strong economic black friday as millions of americans had to public shopping facilities in search of bargains, there are new fears this new strain could be more contagious than the current virus, the u.s. is joining other countries restricting air travel from south africa with a

. ♪ ♪ >> good evening and welcome to washington, i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier, we are following major stories growing concerns about a potentially more transmissible variant of the coronavirus lead to massive losses on wall street in what is traditionally a strong economic black friday as millions of americans had to public shopping facilities in search of bargains, there are new fears this new strain could be more contagious than the current virus, the u.s. is joining other countries restricting air travel from south africa with a variant appears to be originating. we begin tonight with correspondent jonathan serrie. >> today the world health organization identified this emerging threat, it gave it the name omicron and identified it as a variant of concern. >> what we do know is this variant has a large number of mutations and the concern is that when you have so many mutations that can have an impact on how the virus behaves. >> both mutations contain changes to the spike protein, although researchers are determining the actual threat, oma krohn's through southern africa conce