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desantis says, hey, critical race theory is being driven by elease.kennedy parachuting into school and force-feeding kids. who are these elites they're talking about? or is it a red herring for black folks who talk too much? >> you named it, jason. they don't what hear the truth. as the good professor also noted anything that makes white peel uncomfortable, that's what they're going to latch on to. so you would bet they'll sue every schoolteacher, every school, every school district without basis, because this entire charade has been happening without evidence. i think it's also evident that the republicans look at the glenn youngkin's victor, and even welcome them back. because what we saw in virginia was 57% and that's a 13-point swing back to the gop after they lost so many women under trump's reign. they are now coming back to the party, because they see this, and like, well, i need to protect my child, where in reality they're embracing a new form of white racism. there's a polling says exit polling were voting youngkin on educational issues. i h

. >>> next, governor ron desantis wants to control his own military group. other states do it, so why is it particularly concerning in florida? >>> and later the biden administration says it remains committed to ending the remain in mexico policy, so why are they expanding it? more straight ahead. stay with us. expanding it? more straight ahead. stay with us ♪ ♪ cases of anxiety in young adults are rising as experts warn of the effects on well-being caused by the pandemic. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (vo) for fourteen years, subaru and our retailers have been sharing the love with those who need it most. ♪ ♪ now subaru is the largest automotive donor to make-a-wish and meals on wheels. and the largest corporate donor to the aspca and national park foundation. get a new subaru during the share the love event and subaru will donate two hundred and fifty dollars to charity. >>> a major power grab by florida's top republican. governor ron desantis proposing a new civilian military force that he would control. he's relaunching the florida state guard, a volunteer militia tha

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ron desantis in florida, who will join you later in the show.bott in texas, bill lee in tennessee, pete ricketts in nebraska, kim reynolds in iowa, and many more. the g.o.p. may have an aging senate minority leader in mitch mcconnell, but it also has a slate of younger elected officials who are energetic, conservative, and smart. whether or not trump decides to run again, the main point is that the g.o.p. actually has a very deep bench. if the democrats are trying to put a good face on all of this, but they know they're going to need to replace biden and they know that running kamala harris would be like hitting a root canal without novocain, only you lose the tooth at the end. [laughter] >> slow down, everybody. [laughs] >> laura: what about pete buttigieg? liberals will say god, pete is our answer, we still have mayor pete. well, if the former mayor of south bend is your plan b, you better be -- you better be in favor of running joe again, okay? even if he can't form a sentence. a member, the democrat field was super weak in their 2020 primari

desantis is the front runner. reelection but ron desantis is a top tier and republican figure in part because of the way he managed covid or mismanaged them. >> with florida skyrocketing up in the 10th in deaths of the nation. i am struck by desantis and his supporters bragging about his record on covid win. >> it's awful. the demand to lock up dr. fauci rests on the allegation that he misled congress about the national institute of health funding. jonathan goes onto say desantis called to jail fauci is a pure echo is a trumpian call to lock up hillary clinton. whether desantis is a genuine manic - maniac or pretending to be one is immaterial. desantis points the way towards a future in which the cancer consumed the republican party continues to grow. the slogans to lock her up or look him up, is there defamation to an extent? >> good morning, mika. it's not. he engaged in political rhetoric. if there is a specific thread that would be different but you know that's a high bar, we learned that from january 6th. non

desantis gave up on promoting vaccination for the popup clinics.ure to not challenge the state's position on covid. a report found researchers felt pressure to destroy covid data and that there were barriers to accessing data and employees were told to a1r0id decriticizing desantis and some faculty expressed concern funding would be in jeopardy if they did not follow state policy on pan dell make rules in opinion articles and we did reach out to the governor's office and a spokesperson said the report contains no evidence they directed researchers or the governor of his office attempted to exert more. democratic pollster and msnbc analyst and friend of the show. explain to us in simple terms what was in this report? the external pressure that university of florida researchers felt do we specifically know where that pressure was coming from? >> so the report reflects comments given us to as members of this committee and we were tasked with collecting information from as many faculty as we could and i will say that some of us have information about w

to get to desantis the 27 of the borders and staying at the border.s are flying across the country. florida governor ron desantis propose working with bus companies to transport illegal aliens out of the state. he has a good idea for destination. >> somewhat tongue-in-cheek but it is true. if you sent to delaware or martha's vineyards of these places, that board would be secure the next day. >> governor desantis joined me now, good to see you tonight, critics say this about safety, it's about 2024 into that you say? >> the border is a disaster and some people say that is the problem for texas or arizona. actually the biden administration puts people on planes and flies them into florida in the we hours of the morning so they've done over 70 flights in the last 6 months, dumped people and we had a few weeks ago one of those people that biden dumped into committing a murder in northeast florida. these are crimes the would not have happened but for biden's recklessness so our view, if they are something, we want to be able to facilitate transfer to place

variant after he claims desantis refused to promote mask mandates.odd: americans ditching crime cities and moving to florida and texas were residents are praising the leadership. that includes our next guest who moved to the south china sea, paul miller, who joins us now. welcome to florida. what was the final straw for you? why did you decide to move? >> ultimately it came down to not wanting to spend my future eating cat food because cat food is getting pretty expensive. the taxes were telling me in illinois. my taxes went up, my property taxes went up $1,000 in one year. we were fighting them every time there was a tax increase, this time we couldn't fight it and the trend was going to go up, they were talking about raising property taxes even higher and i needed to leave illinois. that is where i was born and raised in chicago on the north side and i raised my kids there and they are still in illinois. my brothers, it was a tough decision. todd: you are not alone in making a decision based on those reasons. top cities americans moved to in 2022 i

he has disdain for ron desantis. he won't admit he was right when he had trucks going around in the hot spots with monoclonal antibodies to be administered where the outbreaks were happening. that is how governor desantis reduced his numbers. he was too busy criticizing governor ron desantis and governor abbott. he said there is no national strategy. then get rid of the national mandates and let the governors who figured it out teach the governors who have not what to do. people like government andrew cuomo who killed thousands because he didn't follow the science. but people like w governor disanto's were. >> pete: thank you both for your time tonight. straight ahead, biden's covid failures expected to havet. a devastating impact on the economy and our nation's class rooms. ronnie jackson and rachel campos explain when we return. ♪ ♪ hey, angie! you forgot your phone! hey lou! angie forget her phone again? yep. lou! mom said she could save up to $400 on her wireless bill by switching to xfinity internet and mobile.

in an article they labeled desantis as the angel of death.lizations. i bring this up because if we follow the media's standards there is a new angel of death to be mad at. michigan governor gretchen whitmer but, of course, you won't hear any attack campaigns on her. after all she has been doing the exact opposite of ron desantisand put in place by lore troll fauci and other democrats. look at what is happening. last week michigan saw the highest number of covid hospitalizations to date. according to the state health department there, more than 08% of total hospital inpatient beds and 84% of intensive care unit beds were full and michigan just keeps breaking records, not the good kind of as of monday the state recorded 16,590 confirmed cases of covid within a three-day period which is the most active cases it has seen throughout the entire pandemic. the numbers are so horrible. so why isn't whitmer being vilified like ron desantis was? well, because, of course, the media is not driven by facts. it's driven by double standards and politics. joi

>>> critics accusing governor desantis of combininging vigilante justice with right-wing -- proposing a new law that would allow parents sue school districts teaching

>> good for governor desantis.ven, in san diego when hundreds of thousands of people were crossing in san diego, in a democrat community, rich democrat communities, they put a stop to illegal immigration. governor desantis knows what he is talking about. if he were to do this, it would stop. let's hope that he can. let's hope he can find a way. elizabeth: thanks for coming on. thanks for your service to our country. good to see you. still to come later this hour. we'll stay on the border crisis. it is fueling a nationwide drug crisis. reports coming in that the dea is expanding the fight against drugs inside of china. to stop fentanyl from coming here and killing americans at record rates. up next, senator bill hagerty, the white house blaming the media for bad poll numbers. attacking as fake news higher cbo scores and biden's big spending after trying to claim it costs zero. a new read on inflation coming in hotter than expected. we'll take it all on next. ♪ king chances. but when it comes to my insurance i don't.

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governor desantis is doing a roundtable discussion on the virus. as for the panelists, one is a professor of medicine from stanford. they put it on youtube. youtube takes it down. and i am like, he is a professor of medicine from stanford. his been in the wall street journal, on tv. i told one group, it is not the big 10, but it is pretty good. this is today's left. it underscores why it is so important. their attacks on the first amendment, coupled with their ability to weaponize the government against us is the most frightening of all. the best example is what they're doing to moms and dads. september 29, national school board association writes a present -- writes a letter to the president of the united states asking the president to involve the counterterrorism division against parents. two days later, she gets a plum appointment to a board at the department of education. three days later, the head of counterterrorism at the fbi has had a discussion with the department of justice on how to implement with the school board association asked the a

and don't even get me started on current gop governor, ron desantis.o fast. in the spirit of the jim crow era poll tax, they enacted a new law requiring felons to "pay all legal financial obligations" before being able to vote. and of course, who could forget desantis mock signing one of the country's most restrictive voting bills, live on "fox and friends" earlier this year. the new law limits ballot drop box locations, restricts who can drop off a voter's ballot and gives new powers to partisan poll watchers, all in the name of stopping so-called voter fraud. so, good news tonight. the governor has been validated. three voters in the villages have been charged with voter fraud. the rub? they're not democrats. those three residents of the now infamous trump loving retirement community in florida are accused of casting more than one ballot in the 2020 election. but two of the suspects are registered republicans, the third is unaffiliated. so, when finally confronted with real cases of voter fraud in their state, surely ron desantis and his florida gop

again, more states have to stand up like ron desantis.change their way, in the past, todd, they have been able to get away with their wokeness, play to the left but still do business with the right. that's not going to be the case anymore. todd: it's going to take all of us rowing in the same direction. >> ben: thanks for joining us today. todd: to make this happen. it really is and fingers crossed we do it as a country. sean duffy, we appreciate your time this morning, thank you very much. >> you guys look great together have a good morning. todd: it's the men show right here. ben, it's been fun hanging out with you these two days, i appreciate your time, sir. >> ben: you too, todd. a real pleasure. hand over to our friends on "fox & friends." that will start right now. thanks, todd, have a wonderful day, everyone. thank you. ♪ ♪ you ain't seen nothing yet ♪ baby, baby ♪ you just ain't seen nothing yet ♪ here's something that you are never going to forget ♪ baby, baby, you just ain't seen nothing yet. will: good morning, welcome to "fox

dan: that's right governor ron desantis really appreciate your time. >> thank you.: merry christmas. coming up on unfiltered elon musk santa claus giving big gift to government this christmas. brian kilmeade has a hot take on it you don't want to miss. it you don't want to miss. coming upp ♪ ♪ 'tis the season to break tradition in a cadillac. don't just put on a light show—be the light show. make your nights anything but silent. and ride in a sleigh that really slays. because in a cadillac, tradition is yours to define. so visit a cadillac showroom, and start celebrating today. ♪ ♪ mom, hurry! our show's gonna start soon! so visit a cadillac showroom, and start celebrating today. i promised i wouldn't miss the show and mommy always keeps her promises. oh, no! seriously? hmm! it's not the same if she's not here. oh. -what the. oh my goodness! i don't suppose you can sing, can you? ♪ the snow's comin' down ♪ -mommy? ♪ i'm watching it fall ♪ watch the full story at www.xfinity.com/sing2 dan: welcome back to unfiltered it is time now for hot takes outrageous stories you

the desantis ticket. >> i would go with someone.drafted. >> you will do it preserve your country. >> send the checks. >> are we starting a sub one super pac? >> just filling up your gas tank to get over here. >> i landed at lax and it was $4.79 a gallon. >> u.s. how much it cost to fill up an suv and i have one of those, $70. unbelievable. 99? so this brings me to my question about about california. we have a recall election going on. [applause] i think one of our mutual friends larry elder is in that race. the [applause] so i ask you jesse watters will you save christmas? how in the world do we save -- [laughter] >> if you tell us to move we can't. >> is california beyond saving or can you say that? >> look at this room. >> not being an expert in california but what they have done with illegal immigration is against the republican party so a huge problem there and then you have the supermajority in the state legislature. and i assume the california supreme court is not too conservative. >> now. >> okay. what was the question again

fauci but would listen to a governor desantis. these are the kinds of issues the governor could address. and the press is right to wonder where he is in this moment. he could be encouraging people to get vaccinated, to get boosted, encouraging them to take precautions in public. but suddenly because the pandemic is partisan i don't know he's going to change course even though the former president appears to be singing a different tune out of office in this moment. but folks like brittny, for example, could use the help of their elected leaders. like that matters. >> right. maybe he's on break. you know, real quick, waneta, can we talk about trying to blame biden for the pandemic? come on. >> look, desantis is a prime member of that group to the point where the president has called him out on more than one occasion to get out of the way. desantis has banned masks and not doing anything to help the state. i feel that falls in line with the other destructive behavior he's demonstrated for the state of florida throughout this pandemic

dan: that's right governor ron desantis really appreciate your time. >> thank you.: merry christmas. coming up on unfiltered elon musk santa claus giving big gift to government this christmas. brian kilmeade has a hot take on it you don't want to miss. coming up next. ♪ (man) still asleep. (woman vo) so, where to next? (vo) reflect on the past, celebrate the future. season's greetings from audi. dan: welcome back to unfiltered it is time now for hot takes outrageous stories you may have missed this week but you immediate to hear about. here to do hot takes for me this week brian kilmeade brian i got some good ones for you this week. the first one right out of this shoot here -- elon musk is he santa claus or not giving the government 11 billion dollars in taxes. brian kilmeade would you wrather that money in the handle of the government or a man like elon musk my friend? >> yeah it turns out he didn't pay taxes last couple of years either did the guy who runs amazon who's name went to jeff bezos turns out he's different way of earning income he takes that money he r

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i mean, desantis is obviously not doing what trump is now doing in this regard, desantis is not alonentis can't pursue the nomination if trump wants it. i've said consistently that if donald trump wants it and is healthy, solvent, unindicted, then it's his. and nobody could stop him from securing the nomination. and i'll stand by that. as for a general, i have no idea. >>> for the second time this year a white former minnesota police officer convicted in the death of a black man. what do the guilty verdicts in kim potter's manslaughter trial mean for police nationwide as she said she mistakenly drew a gun instead of a taser and killed daunte wright? legal perspective from paul callen is next. >> man: what's my safelite story? my truck...is my livelihood. so when my windshield cracked... the experts at safelite autoglass came right to me... with service i could trust. right, girl? >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ (burke) this is why you want farmers claim forgiveness... [echoing] claim forgiveness-ness, your home premium won't go up just because of this. (woman) wow,

governor desantis has essentially stopped promoting vaccines and done everything he could to preventple and make it harder to ensure that we have the maximum number of people in florida vaccinated. and, in fact, we have had a very low number of seniors in nursing homes and assisted living facilities getting their booster shot when we really led the effort initially. and that's going to kill people at the end of the day. so it's not just one thing and one person that's responsible for making sure we attack this. it's an all hands on deck effort. >> are you suggesting that governor desantis is specifically trying to keep older folks from getting boosted? >> i'm suggesting that he's not lifting a finger to help make sure that older folks in nursing homes and assisted living are getting boosted because he has not engaged -- he hasn't reached out to the va, for example, which through their fourth mission can deploy health care professionals to help make sure we can get boostered administered in those facilities. he hasn'tactually mobilized an effort to make sure. why? we have the highest

something off about ron desantis from the moment he put his son in a onesie to kiss the ring of donalda bill making it harder for felons to regain voting rights after people of florida passed an amendment over throwing the rights or signed an anti riot -- a judge wound up blocking that law bedesantis filed an appeal in federal court because blocking critical race theory wasn't enough, he mandated public universities survey so-called view point diversity on campus, aka inquire into how liberal their views are and he is still extremely devoted to his dear leader or pandering to his dear leader's base announcing plans to create a state office to investigate so-called election fraud despite the fact that trump won florida. so all that is why his latest action creating a civilian military force under his control is alarming. 2 other states and puerto rico have national guard but there is something about the way desantis talks about by passing the federal government that is worth paying attention to. here he is yesterday with that same child who wore the maga onesie along for the ride. >> we

i mean, desantis is obviously not doing what trump is now doing in this regard, desantis is not alonean't pursue the nomination if trump wants it. i've said consistently that if donald trump wants it and is healthy, solvent, unindicted, then it's his. and nobody could stop him from securing the nomination. and i'll stand by that. as for a general, i have no idea. >>> for the second time this year a white former minnesota police officer convicted in the death of a black man. what do the guilty verdicts in kim potter's manslaughter trial mean for police nationwide as she said she mistakenly drew a gun instead of a taser and killed daunte wright? legal perspective from paul callen is next. meet stuart and byron, owners of sml, a tiny home architecture firm. they were getting ready to travel to portland, maine for a pitch when their 3d-printer broke. luckily, sml is with american express business platinum, and has access to over $1000 in value per year with the business services suite. so they got new software and created a full augmented reality experience. sml won the pitch, and with th

ron desantis is trying to stop the pass woke act. they're trying to get rid of language.really, really so much propaganda. when you hear diversity and equity and inclusion, they mean crt so they are really co-opting language and we got to be there and show up and organize or they will turn our schools into jesus camps with ar-15s. >> so i want to move further with this. jesus camp is great. i want to jesus camp when i was a kid. you know, i think sometimes, pete, what we've seen, there is so much ranker in our country since trump came into office, a lot of things that we used to laugh about, ridiculousness, excessives have come true. if you told me 20 years ago, 10 years ago kanye west was going to run for president as someone funded by republicans, i would have thought you were kidding. it would be a sketch on "snl." but now we found out his campaign was actually run by republicans. as a comedian, do you find it annoying that people become the punch lins of jokes you used to make? >> it's terrible. it real life. they are doing crazy things and you try to write a joke abo

todd: ron desantis is ready to make major moves to curb illegal immigration in florida. we break it all down. >> reporter: florida governor ron desantis doubling down on plans to spend $8 million to transport illegal migrants out of florida. listen to this. >> we went to facilitate transfer to places like delaware and pass legislation that says if you are facilitating biden's policies which is effectively a mass human smuggling operation we are going to charge you restitution for each individual you are bringing. >> reporter: in texas migrants crossing the rio grande while ignoring multiple messages against the dangerous trek into the us, vice president kamala harris announcing major us companies are committing $1.2 billion investment in the northern triangle. parents on the root causes of migration, but not on a crisis at the southern border. >> the people of el salvador, guatemala, honduras, cannot satisfy the basic needs of themselves or their families if they stay. these commitments will make a significant difference in the region and give many people there an opport

david: desantis to me. >> right.est at the border we send them to texas. david: you're joking but only partly i would suggest. you mentioned governor desantis. i got to say a lot of people are giving him credit for stockpiling the monoclonal antibodies which apparently helped keep the deathload down from covid when it is much faster in states like new york but not everybody is happy. there was a "miami herald piece that was headlined, omicron happens when we act selfishly like governor desantis. your eaction to a piece like this? >> you know it was an opinion hit piece. look, i believe in local journalism. i think it is important but it's outbreaks like this, it is stories like this that hurts the local papers. i saw jane crawford talk about the damage that is being done to our kids by locking them down. i was so glad, i live in the free state of florida. my kids get to go back to public schools to hang out with their friends but what happens with the development of their minds, their bodies, their emotions getting t

ron desantis is abiding by the regular law. i know you are a detail man.you could explain to the audience exactly what you are doing to protect your citizens? >> sure, tucker. many of these contractors that are facilitating by biden's legal policies, bringing people into florida oftentimes flying it at 2:00 in the morning with no notice to the state, anyone who's doing that forfeits the ability to have contracts with state and local government in the state of florida, and they are responsible for restitution for the state of florida for every single person that they bring. when they dump somebody, a lot of costs end up being borne by the state in the future where the education health care, the criminal justice system. unfortunately we had somebody brought from the biden that murdered somebody in jacksonville just a few weeks ago. and so we are very concerned about doing that. we want to say this is not the right decision to be making to be facilitating which is basically in the legal human smuggling operation. we are also saying to some of the institutions

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omicron happens when we act selfishly like governor desantis." here's a lesson for her. right now, per capita caseloads are higher in washington, d.c., new york, new jersey, and rhode island. and new yorkers hospitalization rate is nearly three times higher than florida, and i think of our population is actually bigger than new york, so tell me again how the vaccine mandates are working. joining me now is another florida congressman, michael waltz. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. when you saw this, this "miami herald" piece, give me your perspective on it. >> you know, jason, let me tell you, the elderly, the most affected and vulnerable of florida didn't think that governor desantis was selfish when -- thank god for operation warp speed and president trump and the record of vaccines that we received. when he applied it to them first, despite the cdc instructing the state to do it separately, they didn't think he was selfish. our first responders don't think he is selfish or any of the leadership of this state when they are refusing to fire people if they hav

omicron happens when we act selfishly like governor desantis. here is a lesson from the santiago, per capita caseloads are higher in washington dc, new york, new jersey and rhode island and new yorkers hospitalization rate is 3 times higher than florida and i think the florida population is better than new york's hotel me how the vaccine mandates are working, mister santiago. joining me now is another florida congresswoman, michael walsh. thanks for joining us. when you saw this miami herald piece give me your perspective on it? >> the elderly, the most effective and vulnerable in florida didn't think governor desantis was selfish when thank god for operation warp speed and the record vaccines we received when he applied it to them first despite the cdc instructing the state to do it separately they didn't think he was selfish. our first responders don't think he is selfish or any of the leadership of the state when they are refusing to fire people if they have concerns about the mandate, they don't think he is selfish, the kids in florida that

among them, florida governor ron desantis mike pence texas senator ted cruz and well trump run? who is his political air apparent? the panel is back. i have the wrong name in here. hannah. [laughter] jason, let's go to your. i think some of the potentials i read, there is no chance, what do you think? besides trump, who is a possibility? >> first of all, there is no home for rhinos in the republican party, it's america first candidates that believe in putting america first and foremost. there's a ton of people, candidates on the list who are completely not going to have it. maybe i would say chris christie, mike pence, nikki hailey, they are not going to be president, they have no chance. i'd say the only two viable options on the list are donald trump and ron desantis but as far as i'm concerned, there's no question trump is going to run it he's going to win by a wide margin the contrast between what americans are seeing in the trump policies from the last administration to the biden administration's policies, unbelievable contrast is for everyone to see, their eyes are wide op

that's actually the main thing is that i know what to expect from governor ron desantis.ocrats when we were in florida last year who gave so much credit to governor desantis for saying look, i'm not going to let them close your businesses. you can operate a business on that model because if you're living in fear of the government shutting you down at any minute let me assure you new york city businesses do live with that fear all the time. you can't really run a business that way, and we're going to see restaurants shutting down, we're going to see businesses going out of business. this is going to have a real impact in new york that people don't know what to expect. david: the other problem with leadership, at least in new york , but it's happening in california and michigan and other states in country, is they seem to have dropped the ball on therapeutics. we have this remarkable, because they are so focused on killing out covid entirely, which doesn't seem to be possible. we're all going to have to live with it probably for the rest of our lives and our children's live

aoc loves ron desantis is trending. >> kennedy: who wouldn't want to be in florida?ldn't you rather be outside enjoying life with your friends? you know the risk, you took personal responsively for your actions, people care. they care about their families, their neighbors, no one wants to get anybody sick. to dr. saphier's point, these mandates are not the thing that are going to work, especially when they are outdated, especially when a lot of testing does not work, and the science is showing us that she has done the research, 20% efficacy for these vaccines. i think they have to stop: a vaccine because that is not working. >> kayleigh: fascinating information from dr. saphier. coming up, vice president harris stumbles through a question on inflation. we will recap some of the vice president's most head scratching moments from the past year. ♪ ♪ hirty grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks! (sighs wearily) here i'll take that! (excited yell) woo-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams of protein, one gram of sugar, and nutrients t

the mayor of orange county says desantis has been m.i.a. where is the governor?icials are being burdened with trying to figure out testing. this mayor is not alone. there is other local coverage, people in florida who have been living through desantis' approach to covid for years now. and a democrat trying to replace desantis as governor, saying the crisis has not been addressed, it's time to increase testing and to end a burden that is better dealt with by policies that are available. and democrats say, unused by this very political republican governor. that's just a quick update out of florida. coming up next, sharon stone is here on politics, movies, and what she's learned with a life on the public stage. that's next. discount, the more u have with us, the more you could save on your auto insurance. (man) hey, hon! (wife) hi, honey! (man) like what? (burke) well, you'd get a discount for insuring your jet skis... and boat...rv...life... ...home and more. you could save up to forty-five percent. (man) that's a whole lot of discounts. (burke) well, we offer cove

still ahead for you, florida's ron desantis proposing his own civilian military force.l hear him say why. >>> and the stadium fly-over that raises the question, how low is too low? small businesses like yours make gift-giving possible. now, comcast business has an exclusive gift for you. introducing the gift of savings sale. for a limited time, ask how to get a great deal for your business. and get up to a $500 prepaid card with select bundles when you switch to the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses. or get started with internet and voice for $64.99 per month with a 2-year price guarantee. give your business the gift of savings today. comcast business. powering possibilities. >>> florida governor ron desantis wants to hand out taxpayer dollars to businesses that defy vaccine mandates. he said the state may pay the fines that snubbed the mandates and do it with coronavirus relief aid signed into law by president biden. another desantis idea that is raising eyebrows, he wants a new civilian military force in florida that he, not the pentagon, woul

one that was met with criticism when it was done months ago by governor ron desantis.s. >> you have to imagine they are sitting down there in tallahassee or wherever he is traveling saying that seems like a really good idea. maybe someone should have thought of that. and of course that is precisely what he did in the state of florida. he was criticized for it. first they called it sort of quackery. wasn't going to work, was an proven science and then more doctors came and said this is a very effective treatment for covid. so the next allegation was that somehow this was corruption on the part of governor desantis, that he was pay for play or involved with something like that. that did not pan out at all and they have the president incorporating precisely this exact same idea in his national strategy, the battle plan for the winter against covid and it looks like governor desantis down in florida is emerging again as a leader. >> shannon: these unlikable treatments. i know people who have them after being diagnosed positive and they seem to work well. so let's hope they

"as a result of governor ron desantis' leadership and our data-driven approach free of mandates, thetate of florida has one of the lowest covid-19 daily average case rates in the last seven days," exclamation point. all right. but now they're back on top. i checked the website. there's been no press release so far. [ laughter ] they're probably busy with the covid cases. so we went ahead and made one for them. "florida reaches highest case rate in the nation. as a result of ron desantis' leadership and our fantasy-driven approach free of science, the state of florida has one of the highest covid-19 daily average case rates in the last seven days." go ahead and post this on twitter so you can send it around. for them, so they don't have to. [ cheers and applause ] they're dealing with a tremendous around of covid. toys "r" us is looking to return from the dead. earlier this year, toys "r" us closed all their stores. but later this month, they're planning to re-open one in east rutherford, new jersey. it will be the only toys "r" us in america -- [ applause ] >> did someone say toys "r

now governor desantis is using that model in florida to allow any parent to sue a school district.hese individuals out who believe in this type of rhetoric starting right here in florida. the only way to do that is by telling the truth of what black history is and what american history is. >> florida state senator jones, thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks to all of you for joining me. "the lead" with jake tapper starts after this very short break. with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy. >>> the cdc picking vaccine favorites. "the lead" starts right now. breaking just moments ago a cdc panel unanimously voting to recommend pfizer and moderna over the j&j vaccine. dr. sanjay gupta is here to explain why. >>> plus lifting the curtain on behind-the-scenes efforts to overturn the election. >>> then bravery above all else. a moment years in the making. three american heroes finally awarded the highest honor at the white house. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin in our health lead. moments ago cdc vaccine advisers unanimously vot

so, tell me about desantis' law. tell me about going on the offense. critical race theory out of a classroom? >> well, it's very simple. the public schools our public institutions are responsible to the legislature and voters who get to determine the values that those institutions transmit. the stop woke act just abolishes and bans racialist abuse in the classroom and in the workplace. it codifies exactly what that means and then gives parents and employees the actual ability to sue schools and employers that racially stereotype scapegoat or demean them on the basis of race and so this is common sense legislation. basically evens the playing field of our civil rights law and i think it's a huge step forward. >> so, chris, every other parent in the united states, i have dealt with this with my own children's education. and i talk to other parents and they are all very, very frustrated. they want something done about this. one of the hard conversations i had with them is this whole ideological movement. i know you know more about this than anyone else. i