governor whitmer well, it : depends on what we're looking to tackle, rick. i mean i know that the legislature can move very quickly when they are motivated to. we are in the worst weeks of our experience with covid over the last nine months. we are in it right now. the legislature has indicated that they want to take some action to be helpful in this time. i'm not sure what it is. i look forward to hearing what their plan is. but i welcome that because they have codified some of my executive orders, but they have sunsets at the end of december. we know that the legislation won't get ramped back up immediately on january 1, and that's why these really need to be extended. so i think a short lame-duck period where we limit the amount of time people are coming together from different households inside spending time , together, which we know is inherently dangerous, if we can limit that to keep it focused on covid response, where we can find common ground, i think that's the most important thing that we can do for the people of this state. >> thank you, governor

whitmer: and events on what we are looking to tackle. i know that the legislature and they move very quickly when they are motivated to do so. we are in the worst weeks of our experience with covid-19 right now. legislator has indicated that they wanted take some actions that are very helpful at this time. imagine what it is i look forward to hang with the plan is . they have executive orders but they have protests at the end of december. we know that legislator will get ramp back up immediately on generally first . these really need to be extended. so i think a short lame-duck. where we like the amount of time for people are coming together in the households, we know spinning time together is inherently dangerous and vacant limit that's keep our focus on covid-19 response. we can find common ground, think that's the most important thing we can do for the people of the state. thinking the next question will come from taylor. >> thank you for taking my question this afternoon. i wanted to ask about black friday. it obviously, it will work

governor gretchen whitmer of michigan, the state of michigan, has put together a new plan to deal with the next three weeks in this pandemic, putting some new restrictions in place. dr. scott atlas who is the president's chief coronavirus adviser, his covid ras putin, if you will, overnight put out a statement where he commented on governor whitmer's efforts saying, quote, the only way this stops is if people rise up. so dr. atlas is calling on people to rise up in michigan. you as a governor if you were governor of kansas right now and someone said to the people in kansas rise up, how would you take that? what message does that send? >> well, i don't think there is any question that you have to take it as a threat. you have already had armed citizens showing up outside of governor whitmer's office, you know that there was a plot to kidnap and potentially kill the governor. the notion that any human being particularly someone who has got a bully pulpit throughout the country would use language like this against a sitting governor is shocking and totally irresponsible and dangerous. i k

what you see whitmer doing is what policy makers across the country are doing, trying to balance alle competing interests while also not seeing her state decimated by the virus. then what happens? along comes this guy, covid's best ally in the white house, besides the president, scott atlas. a right wing radiologist with zero public health expertise who got in front of the television by going on trump tv and then got hired and managed to take over essentially the nation's entire covid strategy and push the entire country towards an approach in which the virus would be left to burn through the populus. >> when there are high risk people we must protect them but we don't lock down the schools and we do not -- the goal of policy is absolutely not to stop all spread of covid-19 to asymptomatic or very low risk individuals. >> that's what he said. you've got to protect the high risk people, right? but we're not trying to stop the spread. let it spread in order to protect the high risk people. guess what's happening to the high risk people? who do you think is in the high risk hospitals an

and governor whitmer was the target of a kidnapping plot that was foiled by law enforcement officialsast month. scott atlas said he was never talking about violence, saying that people should peacefully protest the measures. and here's what governor whitmer said to wolf blitzer. >> we know the white house likes to single us out here in michigan, me out in particular. i'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and experts. i listen to people who have studied and are well-respected worldwide on these issues, not the individual that is doing the president's bidding on this one. >> reporter: the michigan governor making it clear she's not going to be deterred. the president, meanwhile, he isn't doing much at all to rein in the pandemic. he hasn't been telling americans what to do, he's been echoing misinformation. pam? >> dr. atlas is claiming he wasn't encouraging violence, and this wasn't in regards to the fact that she had been targeted in a kidnapping plot for her prior covid restrictions. do we have a better understanding of what he meant by saying rise up? >

governor whitmer in michigan announced additional restrictions, which has, of course, prompted a whiteiser, dr. atlas, to have to -- he tweeted that everyone should rise up and then took it back, said he wasn't trying to incite violence. do you think that the steps the governor has taken will help you in dealing with this surge that you're facing? >> i think they will. i think the only thing that's helped us over these past -- really, over the past eight or nine months, are the actions of governor whitmer here in michigan because the federal government has shirked their responsible. our legislature in michigan took her to court and took away her emergency powers and now she's directing orders under the health department. i was communicating with the director of the health department last night about their orders and they said, listen, we're doing everything we can to try to slow the spread. they've canceled in-person teaching in high schools and colleges, limiting indoor gatherings. this can help. we would love our legislature to come to the table. mike shirkey, the senate leader, lee

you approve of governor whitmer? caller: yes, i do.one everything she possibly can do with no help from the republicans. desperate people do desperate .hings people flying to washington and talking to the president. he is a loser and he needs to go and that's before the new year starts, apparently. host: what grade do you give your governor? janice. let's listen to kim reynolds, iowa's governor. on monday she reversed or self on a mask mandate. listen to what she has to say. [video clip] reynolds: starting andrrow, if you are indoor unable to socially distance for 15 minutes or longer, you are hired to wear a mask. i strongly encourage other businesses to follow this lead. indoor social, community, business, leisure, community, events will be limited to 50 people. outdoor events will be limited to 30. -- limited to 15 people. this does not restrict gatherings and the workplace as part of a normal daily business or government operation with the exception of high school, collegiate, and professional sports, all organized and adult sport

whitmer used the word pause.the resolution reportedly said that was the tipping point. michigan has seen a 29% increase in coronavirus cases over the past week. sandra. >> sandra: mike tobin, thank you. >> trace: democratic california governor newsom is taking serious flak after he was caught dining out during the pandemic bending the rules he himself put in place. >> i look at that picture and to me that looks like a nice thanksgiving dinner. he would have gotten away with spinning this and with pretending like he didn't do anything wrong. that to me is the highest level of hypocrisy. it should be called out. >> trace: jonathan hunt live in los angeles. jonathan, good morning to you. republicans are turning up the heat on the governor. >> they are. politicians few of them faultless are rarely ones to let an opposition mistake slide by. so republicans are piling on governor newsom for his admitted mistake attending a restaurant party unmasked with a dozen people from other households seated closely together while

in michigan, which again was very hard hit earlier this year, democratic governor gretchen whitmer is now temporarily barring indoor dining, one of the riskiest activities, we know this, as well as in-person instruction at high schools and colleges and ordering the temporary closure of some businesses including movie theaters and casinos. again, high-risk locales. now, this is not a full shelter in place order. she's keeping elementary and middle schools open, many businesses, even gyms are still allowed to operate. what you see whitmer doing is what policy makers across the country are doing, trying to balance all of the competing interests while also not seeing her state decimated by the virus. and then what happens? along comes this guy, covid's best ally in the white house outside the president, scott atlas. a name that will live in infamy, i have no doubt. a right-wing radiologist with zero public health expertise who got in front of the president by going on trump tv during the early months of the pandemic and then got hired and then managed to take over essentially the nation's

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let's bring in the governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer. good morning, governor. >> good morning. >> can you just tell us where you were and what you said out loud when you heard that the wayne county republicans were trying not to certify the election results. >> i was here at the residence and i'm not going to tell you precisely what i said, but you can imagine it was just kind of mind-boggling. this is a ministerial duty that these board members have -- has taken an oath to uphold and this was incredibly distressing for that short period of time that it stood and then they came back and i just want to give kudos to all of the activists who organized and waited in line to have their comments heard. i think that they really changed the outcome here and i have every expectation that as this goes to the state board of canvassers next week that the process of finalizing the results will be completed as our law requires and that the will of the voters will be respected. >> let's just talk about your optimism about that because it differs from

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michigan governor gretchen whitmer knows about these dangers firsthand and she joins me now. it's great to have you, governor. first let me start on that, your reaction to the new allegations in court filings about the extent of the plot that was being put together against you. >> i think it just tells you that words matter and the words of our leaders matter. the incredible vitriol that's being waged, whether it's against dr. fauci or it's against the republican secretary of state in georgia or it is against a governor who is just simply trying to save people's lives, it is undermining our democracy, and these latest attempts around this election are just an extension of that. it is dangerous. and we really do need people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle who care more about our democracy than their parties to stand up and say this is unacceptable. we've had a free, fair, and secure election. we need to respect the will of the people and we need to certify these results and we need to get the biden administration to get started on this transition so that they can get th

i'm sure governor whitmer knows about these firsthand and she joins me now. thank you for being here. let's start on your reaction to the new court filings about the except of the plot that was being put together against you. >> i think it just tells you that words matter and the words of our leaders matter. the incredible vitriol that's being waged against dr. fauci or a governor that's just trying to simply save people's lives, it's undermining our democracy and these latest attempts around this election are just an extension of that. it is dangerous. we really do need people of goodwill on both sides of the aisle who care more about our democracy than our parties to stand up and say this is unsuccessful. we had a fair election. we need to respect the will of the people and certify these results and we need to get the biden administration to get started on this transition so they can get their arms around covid. so this current administration has never been able to do. >> let me ask you about michigan state law here. you've got the speaker of the michigan h

>> hey, how are you, governor whitmer?now, i'm sure that you're quite relieved to not be one of the states that's still outstanding, at this point. given the way that we've seen, you know, trump supporters behaving in places, like arizona and places that are still counting and sort of converging with, you know, sort of, public figures on fox and on the radio. encouraging people to converge on these polling places. what does the campaign feel about how they managed this -- this aftermath? because, at some point, there's going to be a call. the biden campaign is very confident it will be for joe biden. but, given what's happening around this -- around the country. given what you, yourself, have dealt with, with, you know, threats to kidnap you and death threats and what you have seen in your state. how is the campaign planning to manage the announcement, whenever it comes? and to, you know, ensure that people are safe? >> well, i think that, throughout this campaign, the rhetoric has been incredibly dangerous and volatile. a

prosecutors claim the plot to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer actually went much further, including an alleged plan to burn down the state capitol. authorities saying the hope of those behind the plot was that no one would come out alive. here's adrienne bankert now. >> reporter: tonight, new disturbing details of the alleged kidnapping plot show michigan governor gretchen whitmer was only one alleged target of suspected homegrown terrorists planning to violently overthrow the state government. court documents claim the alleged ringleader, adam fox, sought to recruit 200 men to storm the capitol building and televise the execution of politicians taken hostage over the course of about one week with no one coming out alive. investigators say a second alleged plan involved locking people inside the building and setting it on fire. authorities releasing video of some of the suspects firing guns in a makeshift boot camp. abc news visited an alleged training site raided by the fbi with one of the suspects' neighbors. >> there were many times that me and my wife, we would hear gunshots, an

i was trying to get gretchen whitmer's attention.ff: she made the order last week due to rising covid numbers. democrats targeting the teach state ahead of the january runoffs, with some going as far as pushing for people to move. >> i hope everybody moves to georgia, you know, in the next month or two, registers to vote an votes for these two democratic senators. jillian: fox news contributor and media opinion columnist for the hill, joe concha, is calling them out with a new op-ed and he joins us now. good morning, joe. good to see you. >> good morning from powerless, new jersey. i join you by skype. so my apologies for that. jillian: you're here so that's all that matters. let's talk about folks moving to georgia, specifically andrew yang was one of the first that publicly came out saying that this is what he was doing. he tweeted this on november 7th, great news, evelyn and i are moving to georgia to help john ossoff and warnock win. more details to come. but let's go. what do you think about the democratic party really trying to

governor whitmer, thank you for joining us and good luck over there.e you always coming here to "the situation room." >> thank you. >>> coming up, i'll go one-on-one with dr. anthony fauci. he is standing by live. there he is. we will talk about the promising news, potentially promising news about a vaccine and a lot more and the awful news that the u.s. now tops 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases. to help you prepare for the future, without sacrificing what's most important to you today. because with fidelity, you can feel confident that the only direction you're moving is forward. [yawn] you. look. stunning. want the truth to why i wake up feeling... [growls softly] ...so darn awesome? [makes playful sound] i take care of my skin. not this skin. that skin. and when you've got incontinence, you sure need to. tena intimates pads lock liquid in, and are now 100% breathable to care for your intimate skin. are you still here? kind to skin. protects like tena. the annual enrollment period is here. the time to choose your coverage... begins october 15th

in michigan, democratic governor gretchen whitmer announcing new restrictions, closing indoor dining in bars and restaurants, urging people to work from home and moving high school and college students to virtual learning. white house coronavirus task force adviser dr. scott atlas criticizing these measures, and suggesting residents to rise up in a tweet. >> i'm not going to be bullied into not following reputable scientists and medical professionals. >> reporter: new mexico ordering a statewide order, closing all nonessential services for the next two weeks. and in oregon, in-person dining and gyms closed for at least two weeks to try to curb the number of cases the state is seeing. >> it is so hard to ask all of you this again. many of you cheered and rang bells and put up signs calling us heroes. and we're so grateful for that. right now, we're asking you to be our heroes. >> reporter: in illinois, a stay-at-home advisory goes into effect today in chicago. in north dakota, the governor announcing new mitigation efforts, including finally implementing a mask mandate. at least two s

a spokesperson saying of the republicans who introduced this resolution governor whitmer doesn't havertisan politics or people who don't wear masks, don't believe in science and don't have a plan to fight this virus. one of the authors of the resolution says governor whitmer is dismissing the separation of powers using executive orders during the pandemic to bypass the legislature. >> the problem is the governor hasn't had time for the michigan house of representatives, the senators or the 10 million people that are trying to live through this virus. >> now whitmer has come under fire for the harsh and critics say arbitrary of the lockdowns in michigan. the resolution calling for impeachment says in addition to bypassing the legislature the banned the free exercise of religion. offered no big contracts to political allies and overall failed to manage the crisis. part of the resolution reads she has exceeded her constitutional authority. violated the constitutional rights of the people of michigan. issued orders that are not in the best interest of the people of the state and used the

as governor whitmer indicated, we are at a crisis tipping point in this state, so much so that there are projections that if we don't take these measures, that the state government has put into place, we're looking at a thousand people in our state that will die of covid each and every week. there's no plan, no assistance from the federal government, states have been left to their own devices, whether run by democrats or republicans. and public health orders are absolutely necessary to preserve human life, but once again, you have members of the trump administration that are so much more hurtful than helpful, so if we look back and see, rewatch the movie, because we have seen it before, the governor in order to address these serious issues puts these policies into place which work. but at the same time, you have the federal government saying things like rise up, liberate michigan, try to negotiate with people known domestic terrorists. what it does, it encourages people to commit crimes, whether the crime is violating the public health orders which is a crime or whether it is actuall

joining us now, democratic governor of michigan, gretchen whitmer. you very much for being on. this has been a difficult time for you personally, but obviously for your state and this tweet certainly did not help. >> it actually -- we are in the midst of the worst weeks of this pandemic. we have been going through this for nine months and right now the numbers are as bad as they have been been at any given time so we have to take aggressive leaderships. it's on the states' governors to do what we can save lives and they're telling us not to gather indoors. we know we have to take action now to save lives. the modeling, mika, shows we'll lose another 20,000 people just here in michigan between now and the middle of february if we don't take aggressive action now. for three weeks we are going to tight things up. batten down the hatches and try to get everyone to rise to the challenge in front of us. >> jonathan lemire from the associated press has the next question. jonathan? >> governor, of course the surge comes right before the holidays when people

. >> out front now, the democratic governor of michigan gretchen whitmer.iously giving the troubling statistics we have from your state on hospitalizations, levels you have not seen since may, with the surge in cases. now, to be clear, trump alone cannot fire dr. fauci. but you know, he could certainly put people in place who could if that was what his goal was. and his comment does come as you have an average tripling of cases over a month ago. hospitalizations, as i said, at levels you have not seen since early may. so when you hear the president of the united states suggest just give me a little bit of time after i win re-election to fire dr. fauci, what's your response? >> erin, i'm not surprised. the only thing that surprises me is that he's saying it out loud. i mean, this is an administration that has completely bungled the covid response. the trump virus response has made our nation a laughing stock. it has subjected so many toile ne to illness. 230,000 lost their lives. tens of millions lost their jobs. we're posting the worst numbers we've had in

what lori lightfoot, governor whitmer, governor dewine in ohio, a republican governor, red state, they're the ones picking up the pieces of the chaotic mess. we need to do more of that and less of just the blindness. >> david, i want to show you something that tony fauci said. we should remind people that tony fauci worked for four or five presidents, he has been part of the transition, albeit not during the pandemic, but between multiple administrations. here's what tony fauci had to say about the impact of no transition being permitted by a president who refuses -- we don't have the sound. i will read you the quote. tony fauci said the virus is not going to stop and call a time out while things change, the virus will just keep going. the process will just keep going. this is something that is now going in a strong direction. vaccines are effective, very strong right direction. vaccines are effective, want it approved as quickly as we can. get doses to people in december and get the ball rolling as we get to january, february, march. want a smooth process for that. the way you do that is

we had a number of republicans who called for governor whitmer to be impeached because of that. i mean what kind of message does that send? so we have widespread noncompliance around the state specifically because of the lack of support that we get federally, and it creates this. and it's really unfortunate because, you know, we really could do something to bring down the rates of infection in this state, but we can't do it this way. it's not going to work if we're not all working together. >> it is really remarkable the things that we have to talk about these days. attorney general dana nessel of michigan, thank you again for your time tonight. >>> we have some late breaking news tonight. georgia's republican secretary of state is alleging that fellow republicans, including senator lindsey graham, are pressuring him to call into question legally cast votes in an effort to reverse president trump's loss in that state. we're going to have more on that right after this break. (children laughing) ♪ (music swells) ♪ ♪ (music fades) (exhales) experience the power of sanctuary at the

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at this point i'm out of options. >> governor whitmer doesn't have time for partisan politics for peoplehave a plan to fight this virus. wkeep us updated on your end if you. carley: there is a lot going on in michigan right now. have you two republican canvassers in the detroit area who called to certify the election results and then they rescinded that claim. there is a bit of confusion regarding whether or not the election was officially rescinded do you have any information on that. >> i don't. i have been working in the committee on investigating allegations of wrongdoing in the election but we haven't had any part of that yet. jillian: let's take a listen to wayne county republicans on this. >> when we are at the meeting we get what's called an over and under report. instead we were giving it orally and had to record everything by hand. >> an audit comprehensive should be able to dig down and find the explanation of why the number of voters doesn't match the number of ballots cast. jillian: what is your biggest concern here for what is going on in michigan. >> personally my biggest

. >>> breaking news out of michigan, governor whitmer announced what she calls a three-week pause ofd-19 in her state. in pers in-person high schools and colleges will be cancelled. the governor will shut down supporting events and gyms and bars. all working from home will be required to do so. in door gatherings will be limited to ten people at a time and socially distance. these measures will last three weeks in which time the governor will reassess and if needed to be extended. the u.s. surpassed a devastating milestone today of 11 million cases of covid-19 and counting. states are now reporting more people are in the hospital with covid-19 than any other point this year. according to the covid tracking project. a member of president-elect biden covid's board explaining what will happen if this virus continues to go unchecked. >> my worse fear is people were dying on the streets. people were dying waiting to be seen. that's going to start happening and the media will start reporting it and we'll see the depth of this tragedy. >> although the trump administration have remained larg

the last time whitmer imposed restrictions she was struck down by the michigan supreme court for violatinger constitutional authority. presumptive president-elect biden's covid-19 team pushed back on lockdown suggestions. >> if we just lock down the entire country without targeting our efforts, we are going to exacerbate the pan he -- pandemic fatigue people are feeling, you will shut down jobs and the economy, we will hurt children in education. >> reporter: they said the healthcare system is at the end of its rope. >> i think it is the healthcare system's breaking, literally breaking that will unfortunately bring us to a sense of reality of what we must do in the short term. >> reporter: hospitals around the u.s. are saying they are running low on beds and nurses for covid-19 patients forcing some to set up overflow facilities. this is in large and small towns and cities alike. jillian: thank you for the update. carley: new york govern for andrew cuomo is threatening to sue president trump if the coronavirus vaccine is not distributed fairly. >> if the trump administration does not chang

you may recall whitmer was a frequent target of the president's campaign rhetoric. she was an actual target of a domestic terror plot by an anty government group kidnapped and assassinated her for a covid restriction she put in place this year. whitemo whitmer with the simple message, she won't be intimidated. >> i am not going to be believed into not following reputable science, medical professionals, not the individuals that's doing the damage on this one. >> the biden's agenda starts with the coronavirus fight with the science and economics of recovery. this week the biden transition team plans to meet with pfizer and tomorrow how the biden's team plans to put the economy back together. let's go straight to delaware. consequential week ahead for team biden. >> that's right. i they're going to start with the economy tomorrow. coronavirus is front and center as their top priority is seeing the economy attacked. all things we are expecting to hear from the biden transition team as we set off on this new week. we did get confirmation earlier today from in coming chie

in a statement, governor whitmer said enbridge's line 5 pipelines have repeatedly violated terms of anasement granted in 1953, adding -- "enbridge has routinely refused to take action to protect our great lakes and the millions of americans who depend on them for clean drinking water and good jobs." tropical storm iota has strengthened into a category 4 hurricane and is expected to make landfall tonight on the coasts of nicaragua and honduras, as much of central america is still reeling from the devastation left by hurricane eta. which displaced at least 210,000 people. meanwhile, storm vamco, downgraded from a typhoon, battered vietnam sunday after leaving 67 people dead in the philippines as the country's deadliest storm this year. and anti-nuclear activist martha hennessy was sentenced to 10 months in prison, the sixth member of the kings bay plowshares to receive a sentence after the seven activists broke into the kings bay naval submarine base in 2018 to protest u.s. nuclear weapons programs. hennessy is the granddaughter of dorothy day come the founder of the catholic worker move

[laughs] please give a big round of applause as well to governor gretchen whitmer. your own.enant governor garland gilchrist. my buddy from the senate, debbie stabenow. a man who is always in there fighting for you who we need to send back to the united states senate, jared peters. your congressman, born and raised great here in flint, michigan, dan kildee. mayor sheldon neely. and the big treat to come, the next president of the united states, joe biden. three days, flint. three days until the most important election of our lifetimes. i love you too. listen, i know right now, you have got the michigan-michigan state game, and that is a big deal. the paul bunyan trophy is on the line, but this tuesday, everything is on the line. our jobs are on the line, our health care is on the line, whether or not we get this pandemic under control is on the line, but here's the good news. on tuesday, you can choose change. on tuesday, you can elect joe biden and kamala harris. you can choose a better america and what is even better news is you don't have to wait until tuesday to cast your

governor whitmer, you're co-chair of joe biden's campaign.to pennsylvania since the convention compared to just four visits to michigan. do you think the former vice president should have spent more time in michigan? >> you know what? i applaud the kind of campaign joe biden is running. it's centered around the science and taking covid seriously but also showing up. and i think that is what the american people want. they want leadership that does what they are encouraging others to do, that is consistent and accurate about medical information, that shows that we care about all americans. you know, we are -- it's been four years of a presidency that is a president for whomever agrees with him. we need a president who is going to be a president for all americans, not look at states based on the color coding of a map. but understand that therapy the leader for everyone in this country. i'm grateful that joe biden and barack obama were here yesterday. i had the opportunity to spend some time with them. people are excited. but it's also important

governor whitmer could remove any of these members of the board of canvassers. she appointed them, they were put out by the political parties and state senate. she can remove them if they refuse to do their duty. we haven't gotten quite that far and the hope is from some of the people we've been speaking to in elections they don't have to get to that point but the governor does have the power to do quite a bit and somebody in the state legislature, if it got that far, tried to alter the way that things worked here, it would need her signature as well to go >> 150,000 votes, the margin was not close. over 3%. pennsylvania a blistering loss for the trump campaign in their lawsuit there over the weekend. today pennsylvania counties have got to certify as well. >> reporter: that's right. each of the counties is going to do its certification with the exception at least at this point for two of them, philadelphia and burks county, pennsylvania, are withholding because of some pending litigation and so they're expecting that to happen maybe tomorrow or the next day, bu

pulling from governor whitmer's measures in michigan.ll gems, they are closing indoor classes in jim's end if the gym come ensure good ventilation and distancing and people are wearing masks, they can still go and work out on their own in the gym. in terms of schools, we've learned that children who are under the age of 12 are far less likely to transmit than our older children, so if you don't have really widespread community transmission, you can close in person learning for high school and college students but keep it open for younger students. so these are restrictions, these are not a full lockdowns and they really should be determined by the local epidemiology in a particular area. >> martha: yep. this is chicago's mayor lori lightfoot who got some heat a while back for going to get her hair done and this time she got to keep her attending a big celebration for joe biden. watch what she had to say. >> but yes, there are times when we actually do need to have relief and come together and i felt like that was one of those times. that

amy: michigan's democratic governor gretchen whitmer is blasting white house coronavirus adviser dr. scott atlas after he called on michiganders to rise up against public health measures aimed at slowing the spread of covid-19. on sunday, atlas tweeted -- "the only way this stops is if people rise up. you get what you accept." tet came st ov a monthfter thebi said it h broken a ploby at ast 14 m to atta the chigan ste capit and to kidnapoverr whitmer. whmer latesaid atlas' tweet "took my breath away." she spoke with cnn on sunday evening. >> we know the white house likes to single is out in michigan, me in particular. i am not going to be bullied in a not following reputable scientists and medical professionals. amy: on monday, stanford university issued a statement radiologistlf from dr. scott atlas, who's currently on leave as a senior fellow at stanford's hoover institution. the statement read -- "dr. atlas has expressed views that are inconsistent with the university's approach in response to the pandemic." in mexico, confirmed coronavirus cases have topped 1 million -- though th

today that talked about the death threats on governor whitmer. who we just had on the show.ing that republicans understand that they may not lose their jobs if thousands of their own constituents die. they think they might lose their jobs if they go against trump. they are prioritizing him and being obedient to him. even doing things that are absolutely asinine. and pretending he doesn't no he lost the election. and firing people for saying the truth about the election. they feel they have to be obedient to him because all they care about is doing their jobs. because they can't do anything else. they don't have possibilities. what is going on across the aisle? do they talk to you about being concerned about national security and people dying from covid. do they mention the dead when they talk to you? >> few of them today. than when trump was first elected. it started with the private conversations of i don't like what he says. if i speak out he'll come after me. now they keep their heads down and don't make eye contact. it's not that they're putting party over country. that

in april, governor whitmer banned the sale of paint and furniture.scientist told her to do that? none. she did it because she could. now she is banning thanksgiving. what next? and that's not a rhetorical question by the way. this is more than a slippery slope we are watching it happen in realtime. at a press conference yesterday the governor of california gavin newsom emphasized the most important thing here you need to stay isolated. he doesn't. gavin newsom went to a private birthday party with a dozen people french laundry in napa. turns out he wasn't breaking the rules when he did that know wasn't. settle down. he was giving you an example of what not to do. gavin newsom was risking his life for you. he is a covid martyr. why doesn't anyone appreciate gavin newsom? but, again, that's immaterial. we want to restate here the important thing, the essence of science, really is that you spend the holidays alone. >> i will remind you that three pronged approach prevaccine was around prevention, testing and isolation. isolation, this is profoundly impo

against michigan's pandemic restrictions, the fed broke up what they said was a plot to kidnap governor whitmer. the chief of the american medical association, well, he's fed up. >> this year also has revealed how politics can be corrosive, how misinformation, and antiscience rhetoric can impede our ashbility to respond in a health emergency. never should physicians have to fight a war on two fronts, caring for severely ill patients in a raging pandemic while at the same time battling a public relations war that questions the legitimacy of our work and our motives. this is unacceptable. >> across the midwest, doctors and administrators reporting people coming in sick with covid, saying they don't have covid, and actually arguing that they don't want to wear a mask. on friday, about two cases were reported every second in the u.s. for a total of almost 180,000. that is almost double what any other country has reported in a single day. the u.s. death rate is now consistently over a thousand per day for the first time since august. and the number of americans hospitalized, that's a leading indicat

. >> bret, these new restrictions aren't as sweeping as the ones governor whitmer enacted earlier this year, but they could still be devastating for small businesses, particularly restaurants like rosie's. the owner paula hatfield says the only thing that kept it from going under earlier this year was federal stimulus money and this time around, state officials are enacting these new restrictions without any plans to help restaurants like hers survive. >> i see it's important to say lives, but they also need to help save businesses if they're going to save lives. that's how i feel. they need to come up with a plan to help us keep going. >> statewide, more than 40% of restaurants will shut down do the to the new restrictions, costing around 250,000 jobs over the holiday season according to the michigan restaurant and lodging association, but even businesses that are allowed to continue operating as normal will be affected by these restrictions. just across the street from rosie's is the retail shop custom imports. the first thing it's owner did this morning was canceled he orders she ha

reporter: [indiscernible] -- governor whitmer and the two guys who drove up from virginia to philadelphia during the counting. do you or other democrats have concerns that the longer this goes on in terms of trump challenging the votes and other republicans saying he should -- [indiscernible] -- still an option question, does that raise the prospect for violence? ms. pelosi: we all have to know that the president of the united states, his words weigh a ton. they weigh a ton. and people hear things in a way that could encourage some unfortunate situations as they have done in the state of ichigan. you would think there would be a rejection on the part of republicans. did you sat south korea the array of agenda items -- did you see the array of agenda items the michigan anders had? you know how dangerous it is. urning down the capitol. and not getting, shall we say, told that that's not appropriate in our country. but instead having god knows how -- what's his name -- atlas -- oh, my god. did you see his statements that encourage that, coming right there from the right hand of the president

a few weeks ago, the fbi broke up an alleged plot by right-wing terrorists to kidnap whitmer and onp seemed to suggest that, actually, that might not be a problem >> your governor, i don't think she likes me too much. hey. hey. hey. hey. i'm the one. it was our people that helped her out with her problem i mean, we'll have to see if it's a problem, right? people are entitled to say, maybe, it was a problem. maybe it was -- it was our people, my people, our people that helped her out. and then she blamed me for it. >> seth: the fbi is not your people and if they are your people, your people sure put a lot of your other people in jail. it's the iron law of trump anytime you think he can't get worse as a human being, he finds a way. he's like the usain bolt of being an [ bleep ] he just keeps breaking his own world records. even stands like he's leaning over the finish line "i broke the tape. are you saying you think it, maybe, wasn't a problem that a bunch of right-wing terrorists planned to stage a coup and kidnap the governor of michigan? my god trump loses, he's going to have to mo