When he told us that she had been out here campaigning with a klansman. Were doing a live shot, getting ready. Lindsey graham not everywhere that you go where the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman is hanging out. You described the strategy at an event earlier for republicans, which is essentially dont let them run dont let the democrats run up the score in atlanta. Yeah, its about trying to get rural georgia i live about an hour from here, big republican area. People get why they vote. They need to vote. Atlanta, you know, this is the area of the state that you neutralize atlanta. Its about turnout. About kelly, the accusation about mr. Ossoff, thats just a bunch of crap. We all have photos of people we dont know who were taking them with. Kelly is a good person. David is a good person. They fit georgia better than their opponent. In washington d. C. , you worked with President Trump as close as anybody the last couple years. Why should these republicans be more hopeful on the ballot without trump than they were a couple years ago when he lost the state . Let me tell you, if you want to make sure President Trumps legacy is in place, you need to vote in the Republican Senate race as if hes on the ballot. Everything hes worked for will be undone if we lose georgia. We have 8,000 people on the ground watching this election. We have more lawyers than people in georgia. Were better prepared in this election than the last election. Theres no doubt there were shenanigans in georgia. Instead of looking back, we have to get it right on january 5. The best way to get this right is to revenge trump. The best way to revenge trump is to let republicans from georgia stop a socialist agenda. Thanks, senator graham. Happy new year. Well see you around. Cant miss me. Thank you. Apologies to the control room for the lastminute changes there. We do have a sound bite from a conversation that we had with jon ossoff earlier today. I had a chance to ask him about why it is this is a big issue now that republicans are bringing it up, why that he amended a Financial Disclosure form after the primary to show his business took a payment from a company in china, with chinese links . He insisted theres no wrong doing and not part of a broader issue. Listen to this. We saw that the Chinese Government made tried to make inroads with a Young Democratic lawmaker, eric swalwell. Are you concerned that through a payment to a well known young democrat, somebody linked to china or the chinese through another company could be trying to influence you . Come on, man. Your a serious reporter. Do you really believe that a tv channel in hong kong airing an investigation that my company produced of isis war crimes in iraq is what youre implying that it is or what david purdue is implying it is . After that purdue Campaigns Communications director came out with this statement. So there is a lot going on here in georgia a couple days ahead of the runoff and the last few minutes has been a taste of that. Molly, back to you. Molly that was a great deal of fun, peter. Incredible to watch you work. You ask all the tough questions, chasing down the candidates down there. Georgia is not a small state. You covered a lot of ground. Ossoff there before i let you go because are you have been doing incredible work, can you give me a sense being on the ground is different than seeing it far away. Here we are, getting closer and closer and in the final days of the race. What is your sense of things in these final days as to who may have the upper hand heading into election day . Tough to tell because early voting is so big. Georgia is a big state. This is something where every where you go, people are talking about it, signs, billboards, bumper stickers, people trying to petition, get people to go to their site. The biggist difference is that after being on the democratic president ial beat for so long, we didnt have that many events like this, that are open to the public where people that want to see the candidates can go and get close. Maybe even get a photo. So that is an interesting indicator that in a Senate Runoff election in a pandemic theres still people on the democratic side and on the republican side that want to go out and despite the risks and see the person that they support or at least get more information about them. Molly . The pandemic has changed everything. Your work has been incredible. Thanks so much, peter doocy. I know you have to get back out there and continue the chase. We appreciate it. Thank you. Lets bring in the spokesman for Kelly Loeffler. Thanks. Here we are in the final stretch. I asked peter this question about the feeling where things stand in the final stretch. Could be in different pockets of the state. Where is Kelly Loefflers strength as we head into the final days . Great to be with you. The strength is all across georgia. I think the last few days georgians are waking up, theyre realizing the stakes in this election. As senator loeffler said, we know what Chuck Schumer said. Were going to take georgia and then were going to change america. We know what he means by that. He would eliminate the filibuster, be pack the Supreme Court, make d. C. A state and have a oneparty system for the next few years. So i think georgians are realizing what is at stake. Hundreds of people gather here for this great concert today and they know if we vote, we will win. If we dont vote, we will lose our country. Molly that is one of the bigger challenges the republicans have raised heading into election day, the concerns about fraud in georgia, driving republicans away from the polls. Well see how that turns out. 2. 8 Million People have cast their ballot. Still days left for people undecid undecided. One of the big questions, these candidates are working a little bit of a team. Ossoff and warnock have campaigned together. Purdue and lefler have campaigned together. The question is, are there going to be a lot of split ticket voters . Will we see that or are these tickets intricately tied . What does that mean when you talk about Raphael Warnock and all of his allegations and is that a big help to the republican side of the ticket . Where do you stand on that . Absolutely i think it is. This is a contrast. [inaudible] thats unacceptable. What we have with senator loeffler and senator purdue [inaudible]. Thats what were running on. Warnock his involvement [inaudible]. No one can find Raphael Warnock and he wont answer any questions. So my question for the warnock campaign, what is your stance . Do you know this victim . These are serious allegations. Molly thanks for powering through that interview as the band played behind. Thanks. Be safe here in the final days. God bless. Molly happy new year. Its worth noting that Michael Brewer had told fox news in regards to the allegations regarding that camp that the truth is he was protecting the rights of young people. Law enforcement praised him for his help in the investigation. Thats on that particular issue that Stephen Lawson was just talking about. As we continue to monitor georgias twin runoffs that will decide control of the senate, were also following the white house. President trump and the first lady have unexpectedly left florida to come back to the white house. The president s team didnt give a reason. Theres big headlines happening in washington. Mitch mcconnell is blocking a vote on 2,000 relief checks for most americans. He say he may bring it up as a bigger bill. Senators are expected to override the president s veto of the defense spending bill this weekend. Republican josh hawley of missouri is the first senator to say he will challenge the Electoral College results in Congress Next week. In a couple minutes, were going to talk to the first lawmaker to say he will object to the results when congress meets, congressman mo brooks of alabama joins us in a couple minutes with his next steps. First, we go to gillian turner. Shes reporting at the white house hahn this. Happy new years eve to you. The president and first lady are back here at the white house. They left maralargo two days earlier than they originally planned. The reality here at the white house is that no one other than them seems to know the real reason why they decided to cut their trip short. Were now learning from new reports and one source direct to fox news telling us that unfortunately today the president is not in a very celebratory meet going into the new year. One thing that is 100 clear is that the president is not letting 2020 ride out with a whimper. Hes forging full steam ahead to contest the election. Last night he filed a new appeal with the Supreme Court related to the lawsuit alleging voter fraud in the state of wisconsin. Hes doubling down on his argument that Democrat Officials illegally altered procedures the run up to november making thousands of votes ineligible to be counted. In a statement he said guardrails against fraud were lowered by unelected bureaucrats that changed the rules on the eve of the election without authority to do so. Were asking the court to find the last minute changes unconstitutional and conclude they make it impossible to determine which candidate received the most votes. Now the president is getting a boost from josh hawley. Hes committed to resisting certification of Electoral College results next week. Take a listen to him last night. I know youll talk to him this hour. 74 million americans have concerns about i collection integrity. Were supposed to sit down and shut up . Somebody has to stand up here. You have 74 million americans that feel disenfranchised, that their vote doesnt matter, this is the one opportunity that i have as a United States senator. Democrats in the senate are of course weighing in on this today. Theyre essentially calling josh hawleys efforts pathetic. Thats from senator blumenthal. Theyre comparing republican moves to challenge the Election Results in various states akin to moves that weve seen by strongmen governments in china and russia. Very Harsh Criticism there. Molly . Molly from the democratic side of the aisle, yes, indeed. Jilligillian turner, the fight. We will talk live with congressman mo brooks about the battle ahead. 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On your side on the house, are you heartened to see a number of republicans coming, newly elected republicans, gop freshmen joining you in your effort . Very much so. Its always heartwarming to see newly elected people and established congressmen that do the homework that is necessary to reach an informed judgment on how bad the massive voting fraud, casting of illegal ballots have been on the part of the socialist democrats. At a minimum, were at 35, 40 congressmen that have come to myself and that they want to co sponsor of these objections or speak in favor of these objections on the house floor. So the momentum continues to grow. I anticipating a very strong showing on january 6 in the us ho of representatives. Democrats have pushed back hard on this overall effort. Be you have said that theres literally dozens of members of the house that will sponsor or co sponsor these formal objections. Theres six states. Michigan, wisconsin, arizona, nevada, georgia. We know josh hawley is also leading an effort over there. The joint session would dissolve, go to their sides, the house, the senate and things would come back together. But given the states Electoral College votes will be tossed if the house and the senate vote to do so. I mean, isnt it unlikely is this not a high hill to climb given particularly that the house is controlled by the democrats . Certainly if i were and others were to join the surrender caucus and look the other way when the foundation of any republican, the honesty and accuracy of our election system, if we look the other way, we have zero chance. This is the only chance we have at trying to restore credibility to our election system. That is to reject the Electoral College votes, of those states that have flawed and illegal election systems. Thats what the fight is about. Are you going to vote to protect the accuracy and honesty of americas election system . I chose to fight and im going to vote and act accordingly. Molly you point to the electoral count act of 1887 to apply here. To call that effort is that the central effort . That seems like a longer shot that would then imply if it was successful in washington would have to go to state legislatures. Is that the only shot . Well, 2w0u8d help if some of these state legislators would have been more active and would have submitted the Electoral College votes that they believe are reflecting the will of the lawful voters in their states. No question that would have helped. Now that its in congress and were the ultimate judge, jury and arbiter of this process of these election contests and after that who will be elected president of the United States, no, we dont need to go back to the legislatures under the applicable law. What we need is to have republicans stick together to fight for an honest and accurate election system. In the house, there will be a legal battle. The question is it a majority of the congressmen that determine who wins this fight, certainly the democrats position or should we vote consistent with the 12th amendment to the contusion in which case its the majority of the state delegations. Republicans control 27 state delegations while democrats control 20. So we have the majority if that is the standard by which control of the vote is determined. Molly a lot of interesting process questions, really, that well see how it goes january 6. We dont see this a lot. Congressman mo brooks, big days ahead in the new year. Thanks for insight into your efforts. Thank you. Molly another big story over d. C. Where the pentagon is preparing for a possible attack from iran. More on that next. Thats right subway is open and serving footlongs contactfree. Order in the app for quick and easy pickup. Or, get contactfree Curbside Pickup staying home . Get delivery so many ways to get footlongs contactfree subway. Eat fresh. 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This morning senator purdue was notified that he came in to close contact with someone on the campaign that tested positive for covid19. Both senator purdue and his wife tested negative today. But following his doctors recommendations and in accordance with cdc guidelines, they will quarantine. The senator and his wife have been tested regularly throughout the campaign, and the team will continue to follow cdc guidelines. Further information will be provided when available. So the big headline, 2. 8 Million People have cast their ballots already, but before the last days of voting, senator david purdue is now in quarantine days before the voters head to the polls. Were going to go back to peter doocy on the ground there in georgia just checking not yet. We dont have him. Hes doing incredible work. Very busy on the ground. Well cover this story as it continues to develop. Here we have a Major Political candidate in one of the most watched races in the nation in quarantine now because they came in contact with someone that had tested positive for covid19. Once again, david purdue nor his wife have tested positive. All right. Moving on to the next topic now. Iran accusing President Trump of trying to create a pretext for war after the United States september a pair of b52 bombers in the middle east as a show of force. Benjamin hall has more. Benjamin . Hi, molly. Tensions with iran really spiked two sundays ago when 21 rockets rained down in baghdad. President trump called out iran for that attack and blamed iran and its proxies. U. S. B52 bombers have flown two sorties over the persian gulf, a show of force. A senior u. S. Military officer said theres signals that iran may be planning further attacks in the coming days. The Iranian Foreign minister accused President Trump said he wasted billions to fly b52s to the region. He said iran will openly and directly defend its people and vital interests. Theres concerns that iran is looking to further retaliate on the anniversary of januarys killing of the iranian commander soleimani. Iran has appeared weary of upsetting President Trump recently and they seem to be waiting or happier to wait until a Biden Administration comes in. Certainly he has said that they will rejoin the jcpoa, the iran nuclear deal. For now were waiting to see what happens. Molly an enormous amount to watch on that. We head to 2021. Benjamin hall, thanks very much. Shifting gears back home. We want to return now to georgia where this incredible breaking news has just come through that senator david purdue has announced that he and his wife will be in quarantine ahead of coming in contact with someone who tested positive for covid19. The senator himself and his wife have not. Theyre negative. We go to peter doocy who has been there on the ground in georgia and can speak about the potential impact of this. One of the most watched races in the country, one of the top candidates in the race facing a big challenge here days ahead of the pollsopening. Peter . This comes the afternoon after last night was purdues 100th stop in georgia on a a statewide tour that hes done throughout this runoff campaign. They celebrated stop number 100. Today we thought something might be up. He didnt show up for a scheduled appearance this morning with lindsey graham. Lindsey graham was the headliner even though hes from the state next door and not on the ballot here. From what we understand, purdue just because hes home doesnt mean talking to folks here, just because hes home doesnt mean we wont see him. He has the ability to skype or zoom to be seen and heard. Its possible that we might see him on the campaign trail before the running off as long as theres more negative tests produced. But for today at least, hes going to be off the trail. At this point in a campaign, the most precious commodity is time. Theyre losing some out here with voters just five days to go. Molly . Time is short. Theres no replacement for getting out there and a little bit of that inperson. Even though inperson has changed so much. You dont have the intimacy of the rope lines, which we saw so dramatically in the president ial contest that you covered. What a change its been. You mentioned that he will be heard from home, but zoom isnt the same, certainly not. But you mentioned interestingly enough that he could get back out there. We dont know, of course. Well see after the negative tests come back. I had a question, whether or not he had cast his own ballot yet. Do you have any idea on that . I will have to check on that for you, molly. We know the big event on the right side of the ballot is the day before the election, monday, when President Trump comes to town to campaign on behalf of Kelly Loeffler and david purdue that at an event like that, the president becomes the headliner, so we dont know yet if purdue is going to be able to make it, but he is still expecting help from the republican partys most powerful surrogate in a couple days. Absolutely. Those are the big events that no candidate wants to miss in the final hours. So well see what that means. The statement that they put out says that further information will be provided when available. You think that is the big force were waiting for, whether or not theyll be able to make the big lastminute events . They havent said anything about how theyre feeling. They arent saying they havent said theyre not feeling well. Thats also good news. We dont want anybody to be sick certainly, peter. Right. And just based on what we have been able to see in the photos, the videos from his event last night, he looked to be healthy, but obviously this is something that is im be possible to tell if somebody is carrying covid because of the way it works. In terms of whether or not they knew this was coming, we were under the impression that he would be at this event and we were told that he would be at this event that started at 3 00, the concert and some speakers. So obviously hes not coming here, but the plan at least in terms of what the campaign was telling us was for him to be here before this happened. Youre right, peter. Hes been looking well in the recent videos weve seen. Well be keeping an eye on this. A big major breaking news out of this incredible Runoff Election that weve seen in georgia. One more thing in the final hours. Were wishing the senator and his wife well. Thanks, peter. We appreciate it. Who knows. You might be coming back. The hour is young. Thanks. Well be here. Molly thanks, peter. Lets bring in our panel now. Former aide to Chuck Schumer, chris hahn. Hes also thest host of the aggressive progressive podcast and republican strategist, alex vogel. A lawyer for george w. Bush in the 2000 recount. Thanks for being here. We appreciate it. You heard this breaking news that david purdue and his wife have tested negative but they have chosen to quarantine after meeting with someone that tested positive. Alex, start with you. The republican from the republican side of things, this is not good timing here just days before the final day that voters can go and cast their ballots. Your thoughts on how senator purdue can react. January 2020 will keep on kicking until the end. Im glad that they tested negative thus far. Im not sure it will have a big impact on the campaign. The reality is as peter doocy noted, he can still zoom in to things and a lot of surrogates around the state especially the culminating event with the president who will be the top of the bill at that event. I dont think well have an issue with voter intensity on either side, even if senator purdue has to do some of this last few days from home. Quick shifting to you. I want your thoughts there on this big breaking news. We just saw regarding the senator and not a diagnosis but the precautions that theyre talking days to go shortly before the president is slated to come down. Your thoughts on the timing of this. I mean, ive been on a lot of campaigns. Thats one thing you cant get back is the candidates team. Especially now where its crunch time in an election that is forecasted to be in the margin of error of all polling. So anything that changes turnout could be critical. The fact that purdue will miss events this weekend and maybe miss that crucial event with the president monday could throw a Monkey Wrench into his reelection hopes. Well see what happens. Were all praying that he doesnt have covid19. We dont want to see him sick or die. We want to see him lose this election because he shouldnt be the senator representing georgia especially given the fact that he down played covid19 early on in this pandemic while he was trading his own stock to make more money on the backs of the American People fighting this virus. Molly alex, shifting more to the issues that have popped up in this contest that have proven to be rather headline grabbing. The democratic side, major challenges for Raphael Warnock when has had his serious allegations and historical things come up from an exwife claiming that he ran over her foot to claims that there was abused at a cam that he ran in 2002. I dont know how many split tickets will there are in georgia. Is it a big challenge for these candidates to be tied in the runup elections to one another or could it potentially be a benefit . Well, its interesting from my perspective. Its probably an issue on the democratic side. A, you saw some performance gaffes between the two candidates in the november election. Some of the issues you highlighted, if i was the democratic candidate, i would rather run independently, not a luxury that they have right now. I dont think its an issue on the republican side. The big the other person on the ballot so to speak with the republican candidates from a rhetoric perspective is President Trump, at least on the first round. So you know, again, i think its a challenge at this point for all the campaigns, all campaigns are hard in the closing days even without this. I think especially for mr. Warnock, some of those issues, if i was the other campaign, i would be loving to do my own events. Molly chris, your thoughts on that. Its tougher for the democratic ticket to be tied. I think this special election is all about turnout and having two wellfunded campaigns to get the vote out on the democratic side will make a big difference. We can see turnout among African Americans is up about 5 from the election in november at the same point in time prior to the election. So i think that having two wellfunded hardcharges campaigns and the efforts from Stacey Abrams and others in the Democratic Party have solid fileded the ground game for the democrats. Democrats have not fared well in these Runoff Elections over the years. I think this will be a razor thin election in every effort to get the turnout out, is very important for democrats as it would be for republicans as well. Of course, not having one of the candidates on the field for the last three days, four days, that is a major problem right now for the republicans trying to get this election to the finish line. Molly were going to head back to washington. A big week ahead. Lets go to january 6. This is the date where senator josh hawley has said that he will be planning to object to several states president ial electors. You need the house and the senate. We know on the house side, congressman mo brooks has a coalition. Theyre going to work towards this effort. So when you look towards january 6, your thoughts on that, on the overall effort and what could potentially come of it. I dont think anything will come of it. The political realities are what they are in terms of votes. Weve had these objections in the past. We had them raised against president george w. Bush and against President Trump. The difference is the makeup of the senate at this time. So you have at least one republican senator that wants to have that conversation as well. But again, that doesnt change the fundamental math. I tend to agree with senator thune who questioned why move ahead with this effort in light of where the votes are as a practical reality in the senate. Molly chris, im sure youve heard reactions about this effort as we head to january 6. Your thoughts . Any surprises . Look, i think that josh hawleys cynical review of our republic is dangerous. The senate i expect pathetic figures like mo brooks in the house to try things like this. The founders expected pathetic people like mo brooks to try this. Eight members from pennsylvania who are contesting their own election should put their money where their mouth is. With that said, seeing this from a United States senator i used to work in the United States senate, supposed to rise above the passions and the politics and put the country first. Josh hawley is he should be ashamed of himself. Its pathetic and it will fail. Quite frankly, we need to unite this country to fight this virus and move forward. A lot of problems. We had 787,000 americans paid firsttime Unemployment Benefits this week. And the president is in the white house trying to force a coup on the American People. Its shameful and any one that supports it should be drummed out of washington molly a lot of things on congress plate. Im sure theres some democrats with strong words january 6. Theres a lot of other work to be done there washington. Chris hahn, alex vogel, thanks for joining us. Happy new year. Thank you. Molly Inauguration Day will look different this month like so many other events in this pandemic. What we know about the biden teams plans and when we could hear more about cabinet nominees. That is next. Can become your big moment. Thats why theres otezla. Otezla is not a cream. Its a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. It may cause severe diarrhea, nausea or vomiting. Otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. 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The Committee Director said when so Many Americans are grieving the loss of family, friends and neighbors, its important that we honor those that have died, reflect on what has been one of the more challenging periods in the nations history and renew our commitment to coming together. Churches are invited to ring bells at 5 30 eastern to join in. On the 20th, inauguration ceremonies will be stepped down. There will be fewer elected officials than in years past. The committee gives out 200,000 tickets to members of congress to make available to their constituents. Amid the pandemic, the Incoming Administration wants americans to stay home. Each member of the house and senate may bring one guest and many ceremonies will be shifted to incorporate interactive online activities. The parade will be smaller and mostly virtual. Biden plans to sign a memo stopping any midnight regulations that havent taken effect. So let me give you an example. The department of labor is expected to publish a final rule before january 20th that would make it easier for companies to call their workers independent contractors to avoid minimum wage and overtime protections. The memo would freeze this rule. Ahead of inauguration, biden still has three cabinet positions and two cabinet level positions to fill including his pick for attorney general. Were told to expect more announcements next week. Molly . Thanks so much. Jacqui heinrich, we appreciate it. I want to bring in next dr. Marc siegel. He wrote the book covid, the politics of fear. Hes a fox news contributor. Thanks for joining us. Happy new year to you. Hello. Happy new year. Molly thank you. I want to start with some breaking news that we just saw out of georgia. The runoffs that the entire nation is watching, the balance of the senate hanging in the balance. Senator david purdue, one of the four candidates that were watching has Just Announced while he has not tested positive for covid19, he and his wife came in contact with someone that has so theyre quarantining at this point in time. Your thoughts at this point in the race, days away from the final days for voters to cast their ballots. Significant for a candidate. Your thoughts. Very significant. Id go with the cdc recommendations on this one. They basically say that if hes asymptomatic throughout the next week and continues to stay to test negative, that a week is enough of a quarantine period. Otherwise it would have been two weeks. I think that that is wise given that hes 71 years old. The other thing, molly, to keep in mind here, as far as we know, the person he came in contact with from the campaign and we dont know a lot of the details here, that person apparently tested positive, but hasnt been showing symptoms. The closer the contact, the more prolonged the contact and the more symptomatic the individual that tests positive is, the greatest the chances that the senator would get covid19. So all of that plays in. I think a week of quarantine is pretty wise with repeated testing. I think his chances of turning positive are relatively low given the facts that we know. Molly your suggestion is that he could spend the rest of this election cycle, the georgia runoffs around the corner off of the campaign trail. Is that what could happen . What the if he tests negative a couple times . Thats what could happen. Of course, the election is coming up next week. Thats what could happen if he were to follow cdc guidelines. He might decide to cut that short with repeated tests. I would, again, not knowing him, not knowing the details, hoping the tests would be the Gold Standard pcr test that we do, that we can do a lot with that test. Something called cycle threshold where we look carefully whether he is positive or not. I dont think the rapid tests are good enough at this point for this. I dont think the protest antigen test is enough. I hope hes doing the. Be cr test. Maybe he could shave a few days after of that. The president is supposed to come down and join the campaign. The president had covid19 and had regeneron. Hes probably in an immune phase. We havent proven that. Its believed that the president is immune currently. Molly thanks, dr. Seagle. We appreciate your comments and great points that the president is heading down to georgia soon as well. Thanks. Appreciate it. Thanks. Molly finally today, we count down to 2021. The ball will still drop in times square. Like so much else in 2020, this Year Celebrations is going virtual. He made his way to times square to see the ball drop with his own eyes. Hes been there every year since. Its more and more exciting every year. Ronald had big plans this year to visit the ball drop one last time. It would have been my 40th. I already had everything planned. Over the years, millions from around the world have crowded the streets in times square to celebrate new years eve and watch the ball drop. This year due to the pandemic, celebrations will look very different. For the first time in 114 years, the new years eve spectacular in times square will be held without a live audience. The show will go on virtually. Says tim timkins. Were heading a virtual version of it. In addition to a live tv broadcast, people can tune in called vmye, people can celebrate safely from home. Were going to be able to create a Virtual World of times square, create an avatar and place yourself in a virtual sometimes year to experience new years eve. There will be staged performances from stars like jennifer lopez, billy porter and cindi lauper. Gloria gainer will sing i will survive which is a theme of 2020. 2020 a year that no one will ever forget. Covert says hes looking forward to ringing in 2022, back in times square. Its a disappointment but its not a disaster. Molly wherever you are tonight, im molly line in nor bill hemmer. Your world is next with sandra smith who is in for neil cavuto. 2021 is right around the corner. Thanks for joining us. What do we want for dinner . Burger. I want a sugar cookie. Wait. I want a bucket of chicken. I want. Its the easiest because its the cheesiest. Kraft. For the win win. For every trip youve been dreaming of, expedia has millions of flexible booking options. Because the best trip is wherever we go together. Sandra in russia theyre ringing in the new year despite the pandemic. Welcome. Im sandra smith in for neil cavuto, this is your world. The dow finishing up 7 . Closing at a new alltime high. The s p 500 up 17 up for the year. The nasdaq surging 40 . 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