i am julie banderas. here today, gillian turner, mollie hemingway, leslie marshall, syndicated radio's and fox news contributor, and joining us today, brad blakeman, my old buddy from years past. lisa do a show or take all the time. former deputy assistant to president george w. bush an advisor to the bush cheney campaign. great to see all on this holiday week. i'm going to start with you, mollie. first of all, a lot of contention, he says the senate will start the process. remember, new years as a couple days away, of considering president trump's push to increase the stimulus checks to $2,000. he has made no assurances. the president took to twitter, not so happy about that, warning republicans they should support the increased checks unless they have a political "death wish." is he referring to georgia? >> mollie: i think the race in georgia does kind of come down to whether the people of georgia think the democratic party should control the presidency, the house, and the senate, or whether there shoul

now we are back to julie banderas who is in for harris on "outnumbered overtime." >> julie: thanks, guys. fox news alert, the countdown is on. the all-important judge, georgia runoffs just six days away. the races will determine whether or not the biden administration will have to face a republican-led senate. this is "outnumbered overtime." hello to you, i'm julie banderas in for harris faulkner today. both president trump and president-elect biden will head to georgia on monday, on the ease of the election, and vice president elect kamala harris will be making an appearance on monday dominic sunday. hundreds of millions of dollars already pouring into the race. on the candidates are on the attack. senators kelly loeffler demanding her challenger, raphael warnock, explain what he knew about claims of child abuse at a camp he once ran. >> what he was arrested for obstructing an arrest into a child abuse investigation. i asked him in our debate, he refused to answer questions, and now the victim has come forward. my heart goes out to him and all victims of child abuse. we need answers. it

i'm julie banderas. here today, fox news contributor lisa boothe, host of "no interruption" on fox nation fox nation. tomi lahren, host of "moms" on fox nation and fox news contributor. rachel campos-duffy, and joining us is retired bomb technician joey jones. always great to see you all. he is host of "fox nation outdoors," and a fox news contributor. thank you all, i sent a big virtual hug for coming on. [laughter] lisa, i will go to you first, regarding the fact that you got the president tweeting in support of bernie sanders. i mean, this is 2020, because i never thought i would see that. >> lisa: here's the thing about the $2,000 checks. i agree with it in principle, but when it's put into practice with the house bill, i don't agree with it. the reason why it is a family of five making $350,000 would see benefit from these $2,000 payments. almost 95% of americans would see some benefit from this stimulus check. what i think they should do is focus that income and those efforts on the individuals and

i am julie banderas pity today, rachel campos-duffy, fox news contributor. kat timpf, fox news contributor and host of "sincerely kat" on fox nation pay leslie marshall, syndicated radio host and fox news contributor, and david webb, fox news contributor and host of "the david webb show" on fox news patriot. thanks for holding off on the cocktails for this show. except for you, kat. [laughter] anyway, rachel, i will start with you. [laughs] i'm two deep, actually. [laughter] last night, fox news was told this would be "the largest and most aggressive ballot security and voter integrity operation in state history." there will a thousand volunteers serving as poll watchers, that's double the roughly 4,000 volunteers basically used in any other prior election. is this going to be enough to suppress the cries of election fraud for whichever party is the loser? >> rachel: i don't know, julie, but i'm glad they are doing the largest voter integrity operation. they are flat-footed during the november election. places like michigan, for example. pennsylvania, and ge

this is "outnumbered overtime," i'm a julie banderas in for harris faulkner. they contend is making a final push ahead of election day on tuesday. georgia republicans recruiting some 8,000 poll watchers, meantime, to help safeguard the integrity of the election. while democrats have managed to break fund-raising records, but one candidate, democrat raphael warnock, is facing a litany of questions on multiple issues, including domestic violence claims, praising a controversial sermon from reverend jeremiah wright, a hip-hop artist who treated a rape joke into a detailed performing at one of warnock's rallies, ouch, and alleged child abuse at a camp he ran a 2002. kelly loeffler, by the way, is facing warnock in the runoff and she says voters deserve answers. >> and ask him about his arrest for obstructing a child abuse investigation, he refused to answer those questions. we have to make sure that we answer the questions, georgians have the right to know what happened at that camp. but there's more. he is someone who has celebrated fidel castro. these are marks

julie banderas and for harris. >> julie: my condolences to harris and her family, as well. fox news alert, investigators searching for a motive in the christmas day explosion that rocked downtown nashville. this is "outnumbered overtime." i'm harris faulkne julie banderr harris faulkner day. 63-year-old anthony quinn warner blew himself up in the explosion which injured at least three people and caused major damage to major homes and businesses. meantime authority say dna evidence and hundreds of tips from the public tied warner to the bombing. neighbors recognized the rv used in the explosion. investigators searched warner's home over the weekend. they say he likely did act alone. meantime, there is this. six nashville police officers are being hailed as heroes for risking their own lives to get people out of the area before the blast. >> i was so scared that i just lost my entire detail. speak of the explosion went off. i got knocked to the ground. >> i was trying to make sure all of our people are okay and going from there, trying to figure out the best course of action.

thanks so much everyone here, and now let's go to another colleague, andy badass, julie banderas and dolences to harris and her family, as well. fox news alert, investigators searching for a motive in the christmas day explosion that rocked downtown nashville. this is "outnumbered overtime." i'm harris faulkne julie banderr harris faulkner day. 63-year-old anthony quinn warner blew himself up in the explosion which injured at least three people and caused major damage to major homes and businesses. meantime authority say dna evidence and hundreds of tips from the public tied warner to the bombing. neighbors recognized the rv used in the explosion. investigators searched warner's home over the weekend. they say he likely did act alone. meantime, there is this. six nashville police officers are being hailed as heroes for risking their own lives to get people out of the area before the blast. >> i was

i'm julie banderas and for harris faulkner today. a big hour for you, senate democrats are pushing hard for a vote as we speak on direct 2,000 covid relief payments after the measure passed the house yesterday. president trump are urging the senate to get it done, but republicans are split over the bill. the senate will also be voting on overwriting the president's veto of the national defense authorization act, after the house did so yesterday. while two senators threatened to filibuster that if there is no vote on the covid relief payouts, senator bernie sanders on the floor just last hour. watch. >> working families need help now. not next year, but right now. the house did the right thing. i congratulate them. now it is time for the senate to step up to the plate and do what the working families of this country overwhelmingly want us to do. >> julie: some republicans worry about the cost of boosting those checks, but others like georges david perdue are backing the president. >> it helps get our lives back to normal. with the pre

. >> julie: and julie banderas. sandra smith and trace gallagher are off as we continue this christmas morning explosion in nashville. reportedly it happened at around 6:30 in the morning, first of all. and rv was spotted. it looked suspicious. this morning, a local police of us are elated authorities, he called in the bomb squad, and fortunately caught this before the van or the rv, in fact, exploded. the ten block radius was then closed off around the side of the blast. it got rich edson live in washington with more, with a reactionary. hi, rich, rich. >> hi, julie. it's a major police response in downtown nashville. trying to piece together who was responsible for a massive explosion when an rv blew up there at 6:30 this morning. police say three people went to the hospital, though none in critical condition. witnesses say the explosion shattered glass, knocked down trees, and should buildings, causing smoke and fire visible from across the nashville area. police say they think this is deliberate. >> the rv explo

. >> i'm julie banderas. the special counsel discussions are coming after former attorney general bill barr said he would not appoint one in his final days as attorney general. business records show hunter biden still holding a 10% stake in a chinese private equity firm less than one month before his father is set to be sworn in as president. fox team coverage for you this thursday morning. byron york joins us with more in a moment but we begin with jackie heinrich. good morning, to you. how likely is this to happen? >> good morning to you, julie. it is yet to be seen. acting attorney general rosen refused to say last week whether he would name a special counsel. this was on the heels of his predecessor saying on his way out the door that it wasn't necessary. this is what a.g. barr said last week on that issue. >> i think it is being handled responsibly and professionally currently within the department and to this point i have not seen a reason to appoint a special counsel and i have no plan to do so before

i'm leland vittert. >> julie: and julie banderas. sandra smith and trace gallagher are off