Muchneeded good news on treatment and vaccines for the virus. Health and Human Services secretary elex is our wednesday and in operation warp Speed Reading same expects 40 million doses to be ready for distribution by the end of the summer, but 20 million americans. Pfizer and moderna said this week their candidates proved to be about 95 effective in the late stage clinical trials. Pfizer said friday it would seek emergency use authorization from the fda. Professor of Health Policy and the Johns HopkinsPublic Health and fox news medical contributor. Doctor, welcome back. Good to see you. Before we get to the vaccine, i would ask you about the state of the pandemic right now. How much worse will he get before it gets better . If you think about it in terms of the electoral college, we need to get to about 220 americans having been infected to have community immunity. Hopefully we will have good vaccination rates before we get to that number but we are taking a lot of infection into the fall right now, probably three quarters of a million to 1 million new cases a day. Probably 150 million already infected, we are probably adding almost 1 million a day right now. Paul we have to get to 220 million to have something comparable to herd immunity. For vaccinations, yes. Paul okay. Our hospitals being close to being overrun right now . I know thats are going way down relative to the rate at which people died in april. Doctors are doing a much better job at preserving and i think people need to interpret media reports carefully. When hospitals are full or near full, people need to remember hospitals normally are full or near full in precollege times. The real question, how many medical care patients are being displaced by Covid Patients . Its 20 33 or so. Hospitals are strained for sure. The bigger issue is staffing that was an issue already strained before covid and now its being magnified. Paul so are we going to see and do we need more lockdowns . I dont think we will see a National Lockdown while President Trump is in office but regionally, youre seeing that. We need that . Targeted closures for indoor public areas make sense in areas but a much more simpler and feasible intervention at this time is simple, mask mandate and indoor public areas were social distancing cannot be achieved. That is one simple thing we can do as a country and it is much more compatible. I called for the lockdowns in march, we didnt know what we are dealing with. It was scary. Paul i understand that. But we need to evolve our strategies. Paul lets talk about the vaccines which is very good news, 90 effective rate. Do you foresee any difficulty with the pfizer or moderna vaccines getting fda approval . I dont. I think they are under intense scrutiny. I dont think its going to be tolerable for the fda to do their normal process of sending the data to the advisory commission, external reviewers and giving them two weeks to look it over. The country right now is in the state of emergency i do think we will see it turned around in a few days and we saw secretary as are saying 24 48 hours and another 24 hours to distribute getting in to that. Paul does it give you pause that there could be mistakes or glitches . You feel confident about this process . I do. The review of the data is not going back and interviewing patients. Looking at data output and if you put smart people together in a room, they reached the same inclusion 24 hours they can in two weeks. Its extremely independent and i would feel comfortable taking it if they say. Paul the protocols in place for once the vaccines rollout for healthcare workers to be the first to be inoculated. I think everybody agrees that makes sense. Then they say people with comorbidities would get it, people at high risk. You agree with those two priorities . I do. We want to think about those at higher risk and whose most likely to transmit the infection and give it to others our Research Identified those at high risk and mortality to be seniors, sicklecell disease, chronic disease, leukemia, Heart Failure and diabetes and obesity. Those are the highrisk Seniors First in line. Paul theres an alternative school of thought that says we shouldnt inoculate teachers because we want to get the schools open and they should it be at the beginning along with healthcare workers. Others say we should get young adults because they tend to be super spread is and if we get them immunized, they wont spread as much and we can protect, that is the way to protect the most at risk. I think every american is an important and precious american to protect. We shouldnt think about anyone less than anyone else but the data are pretty clear and if a teacher is highrisk and falls into one of those comorbidities, sure. They can be first in line but lets look at the data. 35000 kids and one School District in north carolina, 100 infections, not a single transmission child to adult. The data has come in. Its overwhelming and its clear the classroom is a safe place when basic mitigation can take place. Paul all right. Thanks so much for coming on. Appreciate it. When we come back as coronavirus cases spike across the country, mayors and governors are imposing new restrictions and facing backlash. Everyone loves the james and Indoor Dining. This year, walmarts turning black friday into deals for days. Starting wed 11 25 shop online only and score deals like a 299 Nintendo Switch bundle with mario kart. Lets end the year saving bigger. Stayed on my mind. Was another around the corner . Or could it be a different story . 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Bill de blasio saying the nations largest School District would close for in Person Learning and warning its just a matter of time before the city was shut down Indoor Dining and gyms as well. Lets bring in our panel. Deputy editorial page editor. Dan henninger. Kim strassel and alisha. Youve followed all of this the beginning in detail. Tell us about the hospitalizations across the country. How threatened are some of the hospitals . Hospitalizations are definitely rising especially in some area hotspots. They are rising across the country but i think the worst is probably over in these places, hospitalizations in south dakota and north dakota, northeastern wisconsin. The Southeast Area around milwaukee. Theyve built field hospitals in el paso and wisconsin that can handle the search. Previous segments, some workers doctors are calling in sick and take care of the load but keep in mind, the patients are coming in and you see it in the data classified as Covid Patients are actually coming in for other issues. It be a car accident, they are pregnant or something. 30 of the patients in these states who are hospitalized and classified as Covid Patients are actually in the hospital for something else. Paul it sounds between you and doctor, you think its a manageable spike if we are able to send in Surge Capacity into real hospitals. What about the lockdowns . What you make about the renewal of lockdowns . The justification in march and april was there is a lot of uncertainty and we need to protect hospitals so we didnt see the scenes like in italy. Do we need new lockdowns now . Allysia we found lockdowns arent effective. People automatically change their behavior anyways and reduce how much they go out and socialize. To the extent that i think lockdowns in the spring because lockdown fatigue and people got tired of restrictions and then they went out and socialize and there are things government cannot enforce a lot of these governors are trying to impose limits on private gatherings. Theyre not going to go door to door, i guess they could but [laughter] i wouldnt put it past mayor de blasio to stop people from having a thanksgiving with family. Paul kim, lets talk about the schools. New lockdowns in germany and france and other countries, they have not those schools get here in the u. S. , most of the students in the u. S. I think not being in in Person Learning, the closure in new york. What you think about that . Kim we are an outlier. There was a poll in october and almost 60 of kids at that time were learning entirely online. Less than a quarter were actually in Person Learning. You can imagine that number has gone down that you have places like new york closed for in Person Learning and the craziness of this is, we just heard the doctor talking about this, schools are one of the safest places that kids can be so you have this double whammy that in new york, you have kids in other places where they will be at more risk to contracting the virus but in addition, we are seeing extraordinary poor outcomes of Remote Learning for kids all over. Kids are moving an entire year of schooling and given americas education outcomes right now, we cant afford that. We are to look back on this, this will be one of the worst Public Policy decisions of this entire pandemic, the handling of schools. Paul dan, looking at what governor witmer is doing, shes being sued in michigan and the churches are suing, synagogues are suing because what they think are arbitrary shutdowns in a lot of areas including new york state, pet stores can stay open but churches are closed. The cynicism on the public about following covid protocols. Dan i think its can shooting to real loss of credibility among the public and enthusiasm. Public is confused because they get conflicting rules, the closing of the schools this week in which both Governor Andrew Cuomo and bill de blasio seem to be cross purposes over when or why schools will be closed and who has the authority to do it. I think what is going on here, the same thing is true in michigan and many other places, the words arbitrary. Many of these politicians worry a lot about their legacy. We are after ten months, not much more sophistication and restrictions they are imposing and i think what they are afraid of his history will blame them for deaths from coronavirus. Governor cuomo carries the additional nursing home deaths within a ball and chain but they are not afraid history will blame them for everything else. Bankruptcies, closed schools, deferred care, depression and the like. They are totally focused on death rates in these states and they take steps and policies they think they are going to restrict that or bring that down to the loss of everything else. Paul thank you all. When we come back, preelection polls predicted a landslide for democrats. Results up and down. The ballot shows something very different. What we learned about americas moderate electorate. Next. Did you know that geicos whole 15 minutes thing. That came from me. Really. My first idea was in one quarter of an hour, your savings will tower. Over you. Figuratively speaking. But thats not catchy, is it . Thats not going to swim about in your brain. So i thought, what about. 15 minutes. 15 percent. Serendipity. 15 minutes could save you 15 or more on Car Insurance. har betsy twelquarter mile of tinsel. Lights. Serendipity. harold and real snow all the way from switzerland. betsy hmmhm. Gonna be tough to top. betsy well played. vo add some thrill to your wish list. 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I think the Election Results led us into the true character of the country that i think has been obscured by Media Coverage of the left for so many years. The truth is, there are fewer liberals than there were four years ago and more conservatives, 76 of this country is moderate or conservative, only 24 liberal. I think that can come through particularly in the congressional Election Results. Paul how do you explain the dichotomy between the president losing and republican gaining seats in the house and breaking even at minimum in the south . I think the president made a couple of mistakes, to be honest, he was cruising for reelection before the virus came upon the country and he didnt handle the virus in a satisfactory way with the bipartisan authorization. I think he took it as a political operation and he took the blame on the virus went south. I think secondarily, he made a minute major mistake not encouraging his supporters to vote by mail. After all, voting by mail is a lot easier than showing up in november at the polls. Paul one of the interesting things he wrote for us this we week, trump lost seven points compared to four years ago among white men. He gained two points among white women. We thought it would be the opposite. Is it fair to say if the president has done better with white men, he would have one . That is right. It turns out that moderate white men were the real swing voters. They were voters who didnt like Hillary Clinton who had 65 negative but felt more comfortable with joe biden than they did with donald trump. They focused on that route, rather than focusing on who they did focus on, they could have one. Paul fascinating. Lets talk about the moderate electorate, what does that mean in practical terms . Against tax increases, against the socialized medicine . What else does it mean . In practical terms, i like to say we are one nation divided by two parties now which means the public could get together and do immigration reforms cover borders and did something for daca and those without documentation pretty well. I think on most of the issues, healthcare at this time, they would more or less call for mandate but continue to expand medicaid subsidies to increase coverage. The publics very sensible. They want free speech, they are concerned about the growth of tech companies. This is a moderate sensible election that warrant compromised and moving forward. They want the stimulus bill of a reasonable and moderate size now. Paul okay. Do you think Nancy Pelosis opposition to not doing a deal on a stimulus hurt the party in the house . I think absolutely. Pelosis refusal to take the 1. 8 trillion deal hurt her and made the democrats look like it was all politics. Remember, the idea of getting elected is to do things. The idea isnt just to get reelected. Think people saw this as fundamentally to political. Her set numbers were substantially lower than trumps. Paul identity politics, particularly in the Democrat Coalition seems to take a blow with the rejection. In 52 of 58 counties of the referendum to restore racial preferences, what message does it send to the party about its focus on gender and race and identity as political issues . Heres where you ask the public, is there a lot of racism in america . They will say yes they will say do you want to defund the police . They will say absolutely no. They want to fix things and what is their dream . Their dream is to have post Racial Society that president obama originally talked about, not a racially divided identity politics society. I think it came through very clear both in politics and in this clear results and even california. Paul it was striking, california. I guess it would be downplayed, that kind of racial polarization going ahead. One of the best things biden could do be the police in black community brought together. Neither obama nor trump really attempted to do that. I was always surprised. Paul okay. Thanks so much for coming in. Still ahead, the Trump Campaign pushes ahead with its legal challenges, our panel will accept lanes of widespread voter fraud plus an update on the fraud plus an update on the lets be honest. Quitting smoking is hard. Like, quitting every monday hard. Quitting feels so big. So try making it smaller, and youll be surprised at how easily starting small can lead to something big. Start stopping with nicorette. Joe biden is in the lead because of the fraudulent ballots. The illegal ballots produced and allowed to be used after the election was over. Give us an opportunity to prove it in court and we will. Paul Rudy Giulianis alleging widespread voter fraud but not presenting proof his team has uncovered illegal ballots to overturn the results of the 2020 Election Campaign attorneys claiming the evidence that electronic machines owned by dominion voting systems used in 28 states to kat ballots this year rick to the Election Results in favor of joe biden saying company has connections to shabbos and nicholas maduro. Kyle, you been following all of these election charges. Across the board, how do they add up in terms of giulianis claim he could overturn the election . Kyle they dont add up at all. There are affidavits hes pointing to people in various states alleging ballots that looked funny or procedures they thought were quite right and when they are in court, judges have looked to conley saying they are based on mr. Understandings. For example, signatures are verified in the earlier stage of the process, not what the affidavit was referring to. They have not held up in court so far. Paul dan, what about you . Do you see enough evidence here, persuasive, that persuades you the election could be overturned . Dan i dont think the issue is persuading me that the election could be overturned. The issue is persuading the judges to whom the republicans and presumably Rudy Giuliani will present their evidence. The question is, how long they want to present the evidence . I also say you have to divide whats going on into two baskets. One is the legal challenge the cases kyle described here. The other is Rudy Giuliani described this week, which would be a vast complex conspiracy to defraud donald trump of this election. As Rudy Giuliani described it, he was not run by individual Democratic Leaders in the state but a centralized plan or conspiracy that was run out of a centralized location to steal the election. Thats something altogether different than going through the process of challenging mistakes in arizona, michigan and wi wisconsin and georgia. So i think probably the legal challenges will play out, its not likely they will went on those but the question is, what will be the political effect of the Conspiracy Theory that Rudy Giuliani has been proposing, presumably Donald Trumps premature . Paul want to get into the voting systems that you followed, is there any evidence the software stole hundreds of thousands of votes . Theres not. If there were, it would have been found in georges recount. Remember how the georgia machines work, the voter walks up and makes selections on a touch screen and print a paper ballot that says the names of the candidates chosen in a voter can review that in the ballots are where ultimately they are counted. They are scanned on the first instance but if the software was just flipping numbers left and right, which is being alleged here, the way to check that is to go to the paper ballot and make sure they match. Largely, they do. Georgia says 80 of the counties, the hand recount is different from the initial machinery by ten or fewer. Paul kim, what you make of this . There are some cases of genuine minor cases that we seen of fraudulent ballots and so on but doesnt add up to the vast conspiracy hes charging . Kim no. I think this is one of the problems. A lot of people were openminded including judges to give the opportunity to the campaign to present evidence of widespread voter fraud. That is what youre going to need to overcome margins. Wisconsin is 20000. 12,000 and georgia or arizona. More in pennsylvania and michigan. Yet, theyve not been able to do that. There have been, as you said, a variety of episodes of fraud which we have in every election but nothing to disqualify tens of thousands of ballots. They will claim potentially they have that but so far, theres not been a judge, these are judges from all kinds of political spectrums that have been, that have seen something that makes them believe there is reason to throw up tens of thousands of ballots. Paul of course we have the two Senate Runoffs coming up in january. What impact does this have on those crucial elections. Kim this is a really big concern because you have a lot of republican activists were still very focused on the president ial results and yet, theres races coming up that will decide the future and potentially the biggest policy issues out there. I think it is important, this Million Dollar question of whether or not donald trump understands to be engaged in that race regardless of the president ial outcome. Rally his troops at the end if he is leaving office, having said he maintains the senate and the control. 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Paul the battle over covid relist said to spillover into congress as republicans and democrats continue to wrangle over the size and scope of the new package and whether its needed at all. We are back with a look at the prospects for a deal as well as what else is on the agenda for the final weeks of the 116 congress. Kim, what are the prospects for the theory that nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer dont want a bill because they want to use the issue against the republicans in the senate races in georgia . Is that there . Kim i think you are one 100 correct in your theory. I think the game plan here for nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer is to take we really want a bill and not agree to anything and hope to win the georgia seats. Thats why i have a prospect of that actually being a bill time and i think, too, pelosi and schumer are hopeful joe biden, if they can get the senate seats and have a Senate Majority, they can then pass whatever they want under president biden. Paul dan, do we need one . Does the economy need that relief right now . Dan i dont think we need a generalized relief but i think Mitch Mcconnell with his finger on something that deserves attention. That is, the effect that the current search arise having on Small Businesses, we are in some thing like the tenth month of this experience. A lot of businesses, Small Businesses have been operating with no or very little cash flow using up life savings. I think some of these people simply being wiped out deserve help of some sort. Secondary mission and asked and the facility run through the fed and it wouldnt be appropriate if congress came up with an alternative. The problem is the democrats, especially nancy pelosi will not allow targeted release bills like that but they keep trying to put these everything but the kitchen sink into it, which fails. That is a tragic because a lot of businesses are failing. Paul kyle, what are the other priorities here . Into pelosi obviously will still be in charge in january and her body but the other two, we dont know. What other priorities . Kyle one of the priorities for Mitch Mcconnell is the priority hes had three and a half years which is leave no vacancy behind. Get judges confirmed, is a couple of District Court judges that have been confirmed. I believe there are two openings now that remain to be filled including the replacement for now just Amy Coney Barrett and the second thing, government funding is set to run out in december so there will be a big fight over that. There is a one month long shutdown in 2018. I dont think anybody wants that right now but it is simply dynamic. The democrats are waiting to see if they can get a better deal from joe biden. Paul kim, talk about, elaborate on that but also i want to talk about nancy pelosi. She was renominated by the democrats selected as the candidate for speaker again but with a narrower majority. She could have under ten seats when all the seats still out are counted. How wounded is she and her leadership . Kim quite wounded. I dont think anyone doubted she would be elected speaker again although she made the promise that this would be her last term doing so. That might have also helped her get that support but the bigger problem she has, you are seeing this play out every day, the growing divide between progressives and her party and moderates in her party. They are open warfare at the moment so not only does she have a much narrower mandate majority and much less operating room but she has a party that cant agree on anything. That will monumentally make her job more difficult in the house no matter if its republicans or democrats in the end. Paul dan, will that mean she will have to go ahead and hand to the leaders and say sure, i know i said mean things about you but you have ten, 15 votes because of got my squad he doesnt want to vote for this budget. Dan i know Kevin Mccarthy himself, he expects thats going to happen, they will have the with hand under these circumstances and missus pelosi will be under tremendous pressure from moderate house members who do not want to get wiped out in the midterm elections but history suggests that democrats are going to lose control of the house, it happened after Barack Obamas and bill clintons first term. Paul you mean in 2022 of course in the election. When we come back, President Trumps afghan audios, slashing a political deadline. Is are you frustrated with your weight and health . Its time for aerotrainer, a more effective total body fitness solution. announcer aerotrainers ergodynamic design and four patented air chambers create maximum muscle activation for better results in less time, all while maintaining safe, correct form. Aerotrainers unique design allows for over 20 exercises for a total body workout. Plus, you can easily transition from one exercise to the next. 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Mcconnells comments came as acting defense secretary Christopher Miller announced the president ordered the pentagon to reduce u. S. Troops in afghanistan and iraq with the defense the moment having a number of forces in afghanistan from 4500 to 2500 and the number and iraq from 3000 to 2500. Both by january 15. With may is founder and president of the foundation for defense of democracy. As you look at the announcement by the pentagon, is there anything to this in terms of the rationale other than a political deadline of january 20. I fear not. In afghanistan, President Trump sent policies in place that have been highly successful and i only wish he had been making that case more forcefully. We currently have in place, the 2500 he mentioned his and Economy Force deployment. A small force defending Americas National interest in the country. Keep in mind in the past, weve had up to 100,000 troops under previous administrations in afghanistan. Those 4500, what can they do . Enable local and international forces. They can conduct counterterrorism, make sure we have a good intelligence presence there, they can also do force protection, they have to do that for themselves do that with 4500 according to the military people i speak with. They probably cant do anything other than force protection so i agree with Mitch Mcconnell, this is not an advisable policy, sticking with 4500 for the foreseeable future would be much trouble. Paul a lot of our viewers will say come on mr. May, weve been there 20 years. Why do we still have to stay there at all . With 254500 or five. Explain that. I remind people, we are still in germany, italy, still in the gulf, a lot of laces, we have military deployed, where they do the most good with intelligence and where they are needed. If you cant do what weve described in the last thing you want to do right now is get back to where we were september 10, 2011 because on september 10, 2011, you have al qaeda safety and security and comfort and we did not have forces or intelligence that can monitor what they were up to. Do anything about it. We go back to that, thats what will happen. It is important to understand, al qaeda still exists in afghanistan and in iran and in countries around the world. We have to keep the pressure up on them or we will pay a price if we do not. Also, the Islamic State, that is also a group in afghanistan, i do not want to say is in trump is making a mistake in afghanistan, and in 2011, its all done, we are pulling out all our troops, that allowed for the rise of the of the Islamic State that still exists. Paul you mentioned counterterrorism which is in National Interest and crucial in afghanistan but some say you can do that on an over the horizon basis. You dont have to be in country. You can do it from naval forces in the region, through satellites and we have bases elsewhere in the middle east, we could deploy force to hit targets. Whats wrong with that argument . Particularly in afghanistan, its very hard to do things. Theyre not quite the middle east, on the map, its a pretty good distance. All people i talked to say no. We were doing everything you described on september 10, 2000 and one and we see the results of that. We didnt know what al qaeda was up to, wouldnt prevent al qaeda, a few missiles were thrown into camps and killed some people, who were not operating effectively. One of the Main Missions in u. S. , china is a different sort of thing. Iran is different but if you do any of this, as i understand, you need forward deployment. Theres no substitute for having military and intelligence assets in the country and you cant do that from kuwait or anywhere. Paul i guess the nightmare scenario, if we did pull out everything, the taliban could make a plan and we could end up with a real ugly outcome there. Cliff may, thanks for coming in. We have to take one more break when we come back. Hits and misses when we come back. Cell phone repair. Did you know Liberty Mutual customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need . Just get a quote at libertymutual. Com. Really . Ill check that out. Oh yeah. I think i might get a quote. Not again aah, come on rice. Do your thing. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Paul time now for hits and misses of the week. Kim, first to you. A miss to electric vehicles and their spontaneously igniting batteries. Chevy is recalling almost 70,000 volts because of confirmed battery fires, joining bmw and hyuandi who recalled units this year for the same problem. This is what happens when off let a policy agenda, in this case green idealism dictate products. You risk safety and risk turning people off the entire project, something for joe biden to keep in mind with the green new deal. Paul alicia. This is a hit to kevin lincoln, a republican africanamerican who beat michael tubs, the mayor of stockton. He was considered a rising star in the democratic party, pioneered the universal basic income in the city but mr. Lincoln ran a campaign against the citys high crime rate, homelessness and unemployment and what do you know, that resonated with folks. There is hope for california. Paul all right. Kyle. Ill give a hit to steve danes, the republican senator from montana. A lot of politicians are saying theyre concerned about polls showing public skepticism of a covid19 vaccine. Steven danes announced that he was part of the Pfizer Vaccine trial. He and his wife both got the shot. They dont know whether it was the true vaccine or the plays he bow placebo. But in a senate full of talkers, steve danes is one guy who is leading with his shoulder. Paul all right. Dan. Paul, im going to give a hit to the tiny little owl that got trapped inside the Rockefeller CenterChristmas Tree en route to new york city, earlier this week. Well, the little owl is in good shape, being very well cared for. You know, the tree itself is beginning to be derided by people as too scrawny. Mayor bill de blasio is not going to let people show up for the lighting of the Christmas Tree this tuesday evening. Some time next month i plan to get there to see it and try to cheer up the rockefeller Christmas Tree. Paul its going to be amazing. Theres no tourists, they usually flock around Rockefeller Center. Our offices are close to that. Doesnt look like that will happen this year. Well have to settle for the owl. Thank you. Remember, if you have your own hit or of miss, be sure to tweet it to us at jer on fnc. Thats it for this weeks show. Thanks to my esteemed panel and all of you for watching. Hahahahahahahahahave a great wee you back on monday. Lou good evening, everybody. President trump today stating with assurance that he, not joe biden, won the election of 2020. President trump also blasted big pharma for their role in delaying their announcements of the china virus vaccine. President trump also accusing big pharma of playing a large part in the plot to undermine husband presidency. President trumps his presidency. President trumps remarks come as his legal team as has won a pathway to victory in pennsylvania and as rinos running the election in georgia today contributed