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Distribution of a vaccine once its approved by the fda. As concerns grow about what a Biden Administration might do to an economy that has still not recovered from the first freeze. The covid tracking project says one in 378 u. S. Residents tested positive for covid19 this week. One in 378. Fox Team Coverage tonight, Casey Stegall is in dallas with a big picture look at the numbers. Mike emanuel on the politics of a possible second lockdown. Peter doocy in delaware with a biden team and its coronavirus strategy upcoming. Shannon bream on a stunning morning from a Supreme Court justice about the dangers to religious liberty and free speech. But we begin with given court from the white house and the president s remarks last hour. Over 10 million covid19 cases in the u. S. More than 240,000 deaths. However, an anticovid19 vaccine could be in the offing and perhaps even available to the general American Population by april. That much we do know tonight. What we dont know and the president admitted as much today is who will be in the white house when that happens. Ideally, we wont go to a lockdown. I wont go, this administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully, whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be. I guess time will tell but i can tell you, this administration will not go to a lockdown. That from the president and the rose garden a little bit ago. He also said today this was a herculean effort to get this vaccine this close to the American Population. By the way, its a strategy that is the envy of the world. No medical breakthrough of this scope and magnitude has ever been achieved in this rapidly, this quickly. Operation warp speed is unequaled and unrivaled anywhere in the world. To speak of the president also in his remarks in the rose garden today, took a jab at andrew cuomo who said he didnt trust this administration to safely roll out a vaccine. The president said all states would get therapeutics except new york until the governor asks for it. That drew this response from cuomo soon after. If what he said this is true, surprise surprise. We are all excited about the possibilities of a vaccine. That was andrew cuomo this afternoon. All of this is happening amid a National Surge in testing and a spike in cases which has also struck the u. S. Secret service pier the Washington Post reporting today 130 officers have either been infected or have had to selfquarantine, something the secret service told fox is simply not true. As for the 2020 race and a possible concession, we certainly didnt hear that today from the president and his remarks in the rose garden as the legal battles continued by this white house. Thats a dangerous game, says former president barack obama. They appear to be motivated in part because the president doesnt like to lose and never admits loss. It is one more step in delegitimizing not only the incoming bind administration, but democracy generally. And thats a dangerous path. And i just got this a moment ago, the attorney general for the state of new york, letitia james, says that she will sue the federal government if it withholds any possible vaccine from the state. Bret . Bret live on the north lawn, kevin, thank you. Now do what is happening across the nation with covid19. Heres correspondent Casey Stegall in dallas. From minnesota to maine, washington to wisconsin, at least 17 states are now reporting alltime highs of patients hospitalized with coronavirus. Nationwide, a recordbreaking 67,000 people are in the hospital. Covid was definitely one of my biggest fears and it came true. Andrea cortez has tested positive along with 15 other members of her family in el paso. It was a domino effect. My uncle got my grandfather, my grandfather got her grandmother, my grandfather got my mom and my uncle. Mortality rates are not as high as the number of new cases coming in. Doctors say thats largely because theyve gotten better at treating the virus but warren, people can fool you. Cases, hospitalizations and unfortunately deaths eventually. Even though the mortalities better, the more people come in, the more this goes on a faded theres going to be a lot of dark days. In recent days at least 30 states have already logged a Record Number of covid related fatalities, with the u. S. At death now pushing past 243,000. On thursday, california joined texas, becoming just the second state to surpass 1 million infections, while in massachusetts, where more than 10,000 people have already died, the latest outlook is bleak. Since labor day in massachusetts, cases have increased by seven times and over the same period of times, hospitalizations have increased by two times. Wisconsin is another hot zone. The number of new daily cases they are now surpassing new york city spring caseload at the height of the pandemic. Live from dallas tonight, a warning to consumers. Officials say there have been a growing number of blackmarket covid19 tests popping up all across the globe. Oftentimes, they are promoting rapid, athome testing, although doctors warn ther they are oftes bogus in the test results are not accurate. Bret Casey Stegall in dallas, thanks. And out of the prospects of another lockdown in the already growing resistance to that. Senior Political Correspondent mike emanuel has that part of the story tonight. This is a red alert, all hands on deck. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sounding the alarm about a covid surge as governance from connecticut to illinois, to utah, talk about tightening restrictions further. A two week freeze restricting bars, restaurants, gyms, and recreational facilities. This week, by an advisor dr. Michael osterholm floated a fork out a six Week National lockdown. Biden Deputy Campaign manager dodged questions about if biden will lock things down. I think he laid out very clearly over the course of the campaign the things he wants to do to get the virus under control, including encouraging National Mask mandates. Tate reeves says count mississippi out on shutting do down. We are going to try to work with whomever the president is but we are not going to participate in a nationwide lockdown. Speak of the wall street Journal Editorial Board taking aim at joe bidens lockdown lobby, writing the problem with mr. Bis Advisory Committee is that its members are part of the conformist covid who think that lockdowns dictated from up high are good for the little people. The New York Post editorial page complains joe bidens editorial advisors are worse than the disease peer the cochair of bidens Advisory Board tried to clarify today. We are not in a place where we are saying shut the whole country down. Weve got to be more targeted. Kentucky senator rand paul who tested positive for covid in march, took aim at dr. Anthony fauci and says covid survivors should feel liberated. 11 Million People in the country who have already had covid. We should tell them to celebrate, we should tell them to throw away their mask. Dr. Anthony fauci says people should wear masks and social distance but he is not trying to shut down the country. Theres no appetite for locking down the American Public but i believe we can do it without a lockdown, i really do. Congressman tim ryan says we can all do our part. Following the signs, following the mask mandates, the hand washing and all of that and if we do that hopefully there wont have to be a shut down. Another biden covid advisor argued the country would need to be locked down for 18 months, so that leads to questions about which advice from his experts the president elect will follow. Bret . Bret mike, thank you. Stocks were up today is the market shrugged off the fears of a lockdown and embraced the news on the vaccine. The dow surging 400. The s p 500 gained 48. A new record close. The nasdaq picked up 120. For the week of the dow gained about four percentage points. The s p 500 was up 2. The nasdaq lost a half point. Now to the biden transition. The president elects chief of staff is giving you indications of what the new administration will be doing about the pandemic. But first, the biden team wants access to classified information. Lets get the latest from correspondent peter doocy in delaware. For president elect biden to successfully combat covid19, Officials Say he needs the same classified briefings President Trump is getting now. The American People would prefer if the Incoming Administration and the incoming president could have access to the realtime, current information and plan. Biden plans to use the power of the presidency to require americans to wear masks, but that power is limited. The Vice President , president elect on his first day in office will issue a mask mandate requiring people wear masks. Where the federal authority says, and urging governors and other local officials to impose mask mandates in their states. The president elect is pledging to lead a unified expert next year. Until then he wants to see more from a trump a administration saying the crisis does not respect dates on the calendar. Its accelerating right now. Bidens call is to surge supplies to hospitals, to deal with the race based disparities in treatment, and encourage continued social distancing, saying i understand its not easy, i know people are tired but this will not go on forever. As for another shut down, that might not be the right word. I think the more appropriate way to frame this is instead of an on and off lights which we are using a dimmer switch now. Ultimately, biden Officials Say that resources are being held up until they ascertain biden versus trump. We are not interested in having a fight with the gsa administrator. For the next few days, the president elect is putting his feet up. He has earned certainly couple days off, and he will be spending some time with family this weekend. You can rest easy that there wont be a public event. The president elect is going to meet with Transition Advisors tomorrow. He claims that since the election, hes also heard from multiple republican senators, but after a campaign spent reassuring voters that he would be able to reach across the aisle easily and work with the republican Senators Senate leader mitch mcconnell, those two still havent talked. Bret . Bret all right, thank you. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is refusing to take any of the blame for democrats losing seats in last weeks election. Instead, she is focusing on the future with a democrat president. Congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill with the latest. Good evening. Good evening, bret. This is going to be the most narrow majority for any party in more than two decades. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi often uses the phrase know your power, so i ask pelosi that very question today. Is there any way, by having a smaller majority and what that means for about the caucus, control of the house and u. S. Speaker . May i remind you that we have a president of the united stat United States, a president of the United States. That is so very important. And whether you are in the minority or majority, if the president s of your party, you have more power. Pelosi today accepted no responsibility for losing seats. In fact, the speaker said she saved the majority but pelosis power is already diminished. Not just by losing seats but by president elect joe biden. She is no longer the center of the democrat political universe. Still, pelosi must grapple with internal divisions. The House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy says democrats veered towards socialism. Conservative democrats believe liberal democrats and nearly cost of their party the house, and progressives are doubling down. Speak of the term defund, whey constituents and community is out in the street heartbroken over far too many people who have been killed due to police violence, and when my community is coming out and demanding this, its my job to listen. There are risks in the Democratic Party right now, especially in the House Democratic caucus but that is not going to be up to house Speaker Nancy Pelosi to solve. Its going to be joe biden. Bret . Bret thank you. At the Minneapolis City Council has narrowly approved a resolution giving the Police Department half Million Dollars to bring in officers from other agencies to help fight a Violent Crime wave there. Roughly 500 people have been shot in the city this year. At the same time, more than 100 officers have either left the force or are currently on leave following the death of george floyd. We will go live outside the beltway when we come back, plus one Supreme Court justice is sharing his fears over pandemic restrictions and your rights. Speak at the covid crisis has served as a sort of constitutiol stress test and in doing so it has highlighted Disturbing Trends that were already present before the virus struck. children laughing music swells dog barking music fades exhales experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. 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Spent 21 years in the front offices of the Chicago White sox, the new york yankees and the los angeles dodgers. Fox 61 in hartford, connecticut, has an apparent steam pipe explosion kills two workers at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in west haven. A third person is missing. Fox 2 in detroit as Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer takes legal action to shut down a pipeline carrying oil beneath the channel that links the two of the great lakes. Environmental groups contend it is vulnerable to a rupture that would devastate portions of lake huron and Lake Michigan beer the company says the underwater segment is in Good Condition and has never leaked. Also breaking tonight, Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito has an ominous warning about the freedoms you hold dear being under assault during the coronavirus pandemic. We get details tonight from fox chief legal correspondent, anchor of fox news at night shannon bream. It pains me to say this but in certain quarters, religious liberty is fast becoming a disfavored rate. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alitos thursday night speech hit on hot button topics from abortion to samesex marriage. As he highlighted wideranging covid19 restrictions and attacks on religious freedom. For many today, religious liberty is not a cherished freedom. Its often just an excuse for bigotry and it cant be tolerated. He pointed to several prominent cases as examples. Jack phillips, the baker in colorado who declined to make a custom cake for a gay couples ceremony before gay marriage was legal in that state. A christian pharmacist who was required to provide the morningafter pill, which he thought was a violation of his deeply held belief. And a group of nuns who have for years been fighting the Obamacare Mandate requiring employers to provide cost free access to numerous forms of birth control, including those the nuns believe equate to an abortion. As far as i am aware, not one of the employee of the Little Sisters has come forward and demanded contraceptives onto the Little Sisters plan. He also warned about burdensome covid19 restrictions, keeping many of the faithful from attending their houses of worship while casinos and Large Department Stores Remain open. Legal experts note in an unprecedented situations like the pandemic there will always e tension between individual rights and the public good. The analysis that we go through every time this happens, that we dont want this to be an opportunity for government overreach, for infringement on civil liberties. Shannon tonight, number of groups on the left are expressing outrage over his speech, calling it overtly political and inappropriate, especially given it an emergency appeal from the Catholic Diocese of brooklyn is now pending before the court, challenging governor cuomos covid19 restrictions. Bret all right, thank you. See you tonight at 11 00. Up next, the president has filed more than a dozen legal challenges to the vote in pennsylvania. We will tell you where things stand on all of that tonight. Later, the multimillion dollar ad wars already starting in georgia ahead of two runoffs that will decide the balance of power in the u. S. Senate. We dont need high taxes, we dont need job crushing regulations. What we need is the american dream, the opportunity that can lift every single american. Kelly loeffler is dangerous for george and shes a threat to the wellbeing of working families all across this state. Wow a new buick . For me . To james, from james. Thats just what i wanted. Is this a new buick . I secret santaed myself. I shouldnt have. But i have been very good this year. Wow wow wow this year, turn black friday into buick friday all month long. Now during buick friday, pay no interest for 84 months on most 2020 buick suv models. But today theres a combination of two immunotherapies you can take first. 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But his own administration is casting doubt on the effort. Senior correspondent eric shawn is on the story tonight from philadelphia. The election in pennsylvania is said to be certified in ten days. But the Trump Campaign is trying to prevent that. It wants democratic secretary of state not to approve the results until there is a recount and the campaign lawsuits are resolved. In court, Trump Campaign lawyers sought to balance more than 8,000 vote on technicalities, saying there is no evidence of voter fraud, but the judge turned them down. President trump and his allies continue to throw fraud claims against the Voting Machines used in 28 states from dominion voting systems, accusing Dominion Software of switching trump boats. The president tweeting tens of thousands of votes were stolen from us and given to biden. This election was rigged. From dominion, all the way up and down. Ten patrick said this about a texas test of the machines. They were fragile, they were errorprone, they did not meet t our standards. They changed ballots. The department of Homeland Security says there is no evidence votes were changed. Dominion categorically denies any claims of vote switching. I unlock the back door. In 2016 i reported on this professor who demonstrated how votes could potentially be changed on a dominion machine. If the computer chip was swapped out. But he says any problems in this election were detected and corrected. There is absolutely no evidence, none, to support claims that dominion or any other Voting Machine Company is switching of votes. University of michigan professor is one of the nations most prominent computer election scholars. He says it never happened. To speak. This kind of pure speculation is irresponsible. We have plenty of reason to be able to trust our Election Results. In fact, this year, all of the states that joe biden appears to have slipped will be voting with paper ballots. And tonight, dominion is defending itself even further. Without blaming the president directly, it says that social media claims are not true and that assertions of voter fraud conspiracies are 100 false. Bret . Bret eric shawn live in philadelphia. Thank you. A judge is refusing to stop certification of detroit area Election Results. The judge saying allegations of absentee ballot fraud in detroit are not credible. Its the third time a judge has refused to intervene in steps that are necessary to certify the michigan results. Joe biden defeated President Trump by 146,000 votes there. A lawyer who brought the action says he will appeal. In the meantime, moments ago, a judge in arizona dismissed as Trump Campaign lawsuit challenging Election Results in that state. Earlier in the day, the trump team acknowledged its contention that some ballots were wrongly rejected was no longer relevant because the total could not change the outcome. The hand recount of georgias president ial votes under way tonight. Initial results had joe biden leading President Trump by about 14,000 votes. The states 159 counties must complete the recount by midnight next wednesday. The two Senate Runoffs in georgia have made that state ground zero now for the u. S. Political universe. That means a daily version of campaign ads in the media costing hundreds of millions of dollars. Correspondent Jonathan Serrie has the latest tonight from atlanta. With partisan control of the senate at stake, spending could reach a record 500 million on campaigns for two georgia runoffs that are increasingly contentious. Speaker receives a confidential briefing on the threat of coronavirus and immediately starts dumping stocks. Kelly loeffler downplays the threat publicly, she makes a sale after sale. Democrats Raphael Warnock and jon ossoff accuse republican incumbents Kelly Leffler and david perdue of Cutting Health care during a pandemic. Republicans tie their challengers into radical elements of the Democratic Party, including new york congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez, who is aggressively fundraising for georgia democrats fear democrats. Raphael warnock will give the radicals total control. Saving the senate is about saving america from that. Today senator leffler tweeted a river reverend warnock is a radical and also refusing to answer questions about his 2002 arrest for obstructing an investigation into possible child abuse. According to the media, the charge was dropped. A Warnock Campaign spokesperson told fox news, the truth is he was protecting the rights of young people to make sure they have a lawyer or a parent when being questioned. Law enforcement officials later apologized and praised him for his help in this investigation. I hope everybody moves to georgia in a month or two. Registers to vote and votes for democratic senators. Georgia republicans are concerned liberal calls for democrats to move to georgia may inspire fake residency to vote illegally. That prompted the secretary of States Office to issue a strong warning to partisans on both sides. Come here, campaign, go doortodoor but dont try to game our system. Elections officials are also having to debunk rumors, most recently, hammer and scorecard, a fictitious scheme to alter vote tallies on computers while state investigators have determined it is nothing more than a hoax. Bret. Bret jonathan, thank you. Next, our whatever happened to segment on vaping. For over 30 years, lexus has been celebrating driveway moments. Heres to one more, the lexus december to remember sales event. Get 0 financing on all new 2020 and 2021 lexus models. Experience amazing at your lexus dealer. For millions who suffer from schizophrenia get 0 financing on all new 2020 and 2021 lexus models. A side effect of their medication. Is something called akathisia. Its time we took notice. Bret some of the stories beyond our borders tonight, officials and residents in and around the philippine capital of manila are dealing with the aftermath of a typhoon that left at least 42 people down, causing extensive damage there. Troops, police, coast guard, Disaster Response teams rescue tens of thousands of people over the last 24 hours. A suicide car bomb explodes at the western entry gate of the capital, wounding four security troops. No one is immediately claiming responsibility, although suspicion immediately fell on the taliban. The north indian city of idea keeps its Guinness World record for a second year by lighting 584,572 oil lamps, keeping them burning for at least 45 minutes. The event as part of a celebration of the hindu festival of lights. Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. In tonights whatever happened to segment we look at vaping. It was supposed to be a safer alternative to smoking, but it has led to all kinds of unintended consequences. Some of them deadly. Senior correspondent claudia callan reports tonight from san francisco. Before covid, vaping was the headlinegrabbing health issue. Drawn to flavors like mango and bubblegum, the number of young people using smokeless Tobacco Products skyrocketed with dozens of people dying from a mysterious lung disease. Parents became frantic, scientists scrambled for a cure, and the president of the hardline. We cant allow people to get sick and we cant have our youth to be so affected. In january, the administration moved to ban the sale of some products. Restrictions were aimed at leading manufacturers like juul, which still does brisk business selling tobacco pods. Vaping products are exempt despite their high Nicotine Products in 11 months later, those who fought for the band say it hasnt worked. Unfortunately, the steps the Trump Administration took were totally inadequate. The new data shows that we have over 6. 4 million kids still using these products. Actually a higher percentage of them addicted. More than a dozen cities and states have taken steps to restrict vaping with legislation pending in more jurisdictions. They argue the result is a booming black market and more cigarette sales. They would rather have adult smokers who are risking their life believe that if they switch to a smoke free product, they are still putting their health at risk. That is nonsense and we need the incoming Biden Administration to actually support the science and look at the science, rather than just listening to these activist groups where their answer is always been, band, band, and ask questions later. Tobacco companies are fighting californias ban on the sale of flavored product to do to take effect in january, Gathering Signatures to hit the pause button until voters can weigh in two years from now. Bret . Bret claudia, thank you. When we come back im of the panel on the politics of the pandemic. President trumps first comments since the election called. Plus, winners and losers. If youh blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. Most cold medicines may raise blood pressure. Choose coricidin hbp. The brand with a heart. For powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure. Wake up in a winter slumberland with a cozy casper mattress and pillows, soft percale sheets, even glow, our magical light for better sleep capitalized on the best contracting, logistics, and planning experts available to synchronize and integrate all phases of the development from the development of the vaccine, manufacturing of the vaccine and finally distribution of the vaccine. We need states that are part of the planning to accept the vaccine. As soon as april, the vaccine will be available to the entire general population with the exception of places like new york state. We wont be delivering to new york until we have authorization to do so. None of what he said is true, surprise surprise. We are all excited about the possibilities of a vaccine. Bret new york governor responding there to the president. Operation warp speed. At this as the number of cases hospitalizations, first of all, continue to go up. He can see this november 12, 67,000 tied to the coronavirus, according to the covid tracking project and also the cases, about 10. 7 million in the u. S. U. S. Deaths, over 243,000 and there you see the global cases and deaths. This has the president says his administration is not going to lock down. According to some estimates, National Lockdown cost 50 billion a day and hundreds of thousands of jobs every single day. Ideally, we wont go to a locked down. I will not go. This administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully whatever happens in the future, who knows which administration it will be. I guess time will tell, but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. Bret what that lets bring in our panel peered bill bennett, former education secretary, host of the bill bennett show podcast and leslie marshall, democratic strategist. We welcome you both. Bill, you are the president say, kind of catch himself and say the next administration this administration will not lockdown. Your thoughts on where we are now is this fight continues around the country about Election Results. I thought he was pretty evenhanded. We dont know the final result, it hasnt been certified yet and these challenges are right but this america, we are now 4949 nation. 49 versus 49 nation. Michael barones phrase from 20 years ago, still true today. Any important issue is going to get politicized. The problem is the consequences of politicizing it the way its been. The president was right about cuomo. Cuomo said he would trust a decision coming down, and approval coming down from the Trump Administration unless it was certified by others. Of course is going to be certified by others. It has to go through the fda and other rigorous testing. Im a little concerned too about pfizer not saying it was the beneficiary of some of these funds. Are they that big that they can mislead or not count hundreds of millions of dollars, Million Dollars maybe that might be coming in but the real concern is about lockdowns, that is the challenge. The sentiment on the part of many governors is for lockdown despite the fact again, the president is right that the cure is worse than the disease. The cure is worse than the problem in many cases and we can cite those at great length. Bret operation warp speed, no matter the politics or ideology, you have to be impressed with what has happened and what has transpired up until now and obviously, this administration is going to hand the ball over the next administration. Your thoughts on where we are . First of all, pfizer says there were not part of operation warp speed but i do agree, just what we look at with scientists and chemists and the speed at which this is common, we know how long, it can take years for vaccines, truly amazing. Talk about passing from this administration to the next and that is part of a problem with politicizing this virus, covid19. Joe biden and his administration, Vice President and now president elect biden is not getting the administration his team needs to have the torch passed, not just for a peaceful transition of power, but for the people. The bottom line is its not just the economy. The bottom line is Health Care Workers, hospitals, i see yous overburdened. It is not going to be in the future . Italy is doing respiratory issues with patients that have covid in their cars. Is that where the United States is headed . We need to come together not only the nation and i think one of the reasons joe biden was elected is not just the message of unity, but trying to depoliticize this virus. The virus doesnt care who you voted for, doesnt care what state you live in or what color that state is. The bottom line is wearing a mask doesnt mean that you are a democrat or republican. Not wearing one doesnt mean you are a democrat or republican. We asked the people have a responsibility in this as well but also our government to work with the next, Incoming Administration as well as to work with scientists and work with medical professionals. One thing, lockdown would have worked if we look at all the other countries, had we done it at the onset. Now, its probably too late. Bret i dont know, you have the w. H. O. And you have fauci saying that they dont really recommend lockdowns for a number of other reasons. Bill, youre going to say . Well, thats right, anthony found she and the president have had some disagreements. Fauci has that we dont want to go to lockdown, thats not the solution, thats clear. I dont know what information leslie is talking about that wouldnt be transmitted and given to people in the health care industry, the nurses and so on. The president has made it plain, the people have made it plain, the people who will get this first will get the vaccine first. Again, fauci says we are on the brink of that. Its going to happen quite soon. The people in hospitals who are those Health Care Workers and the people who are most at risk, and Everybody Knows that. That will be distributed broadly to the population. Credit has to be given here to the president for operation warp speed and pfizer made a mistake in saying that it wasnt the beneficiary of it. They were the beneficiary of it. Bret here the incoming chief of staff, take a listen. Speak of the Vice President , president elect on his first day in office will issue a nationwie masking mandate requiring people wear masks where the federal authority extends, then urging governors and local officials to impose mask mandates in their states. I would say the consensus on the Advisory Board is that we really dont want to be talking about lockdowns and shutdowns. Thats far too draconian, not specific enough to measure here. Bret leslie, do we think january 21st there is to be a dramatic shift in the way this country deals with covid19 . Absolutely. And what i was talking about is not who was getting the vaccine, it is having one of administration sit down, the Outgoing Administration sit down with the Incoming Administration and say heres where we stand, heres whats going on. President elect joe biden and his team shouldnt have to get information from googling it or on twitter. As far as your question, absolutely. We are already hearing about a mask mandates. The cdc now says in addition to protecting others by us Wearing Masks it could also protect ourselves. Theyre finding out more and more, a lot of people keep saying that fauci said this four months ago, we are so fluid when it comes to this virus and the medical profession is learning something hourly about this virus and who youre going to see between now and the middle of january. More information about the virus and certainly a very different way of handling it. I think we are already seeing that, the way both spoke today. Donald trump and joe biden, very differently. Bret lockdowns are not winning on the solution front on either side, it seems. Lets finish up with winners and losers. Bill, winter and then lose their winners, from the north country, from new york state, organized and led a group, republican women to get into the congress. In despite some predictions on tv that night that democrats would increase their margin, republicans have increased their margins. The picture on the screen shows this is what you might call the our squad, the republican squad and they will be more than a match for the others, so they are the one has, congratulations to them. You want losers too . Bret sure, yeah. Kids and school, my gosh. The number of kids who have died from this virus is in the double digits. Not the double hundreds or thousands, the double digits and they all had underlying conditions. Nevertheless, it looks now they are going to lockdown new york, detroit, other cities. Meanwhile, these kids are suffering from all sorts of problems. Academic deprivation, mental illness, child abuse, all sorts of things. But if there is a Biden Administration, mrs. Biden, member of the National Education association will take the side of the unions, i suppose, and not the kids. Bret quick winner and loser. Winner, pfizer coming up with a vaccine so fast. Could be a major game changer. Loser, office of the director of National Intelligence who will not share a National Intelligence or security briefings with the president elect, joe biden. Bret republicans increasing calling for that to happen. Thanks a lot, have a great weekend. When we come back, notable quotables. I was paying. Sofi helped me pay off 23,000 of credit card debt. And i just couldnt have done it without them. Sofi helped me pay off 23,000 keeping your oysters busihas you swamped. You need to hire. I need indeed indeed you do. The moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a shortlist of quality candidates from a resume data base claim your seventyfivedollar credit when you post your first job at indeed. Com promo here . Nah. Introducing the all new chevy trailblazer. Here . Nope. Here. When the middle of nowhere, is somewhere. The all new chevy trailblazer. Making lifes journey, just better. Bret finally tonight were talking technical issues for jason riley from the wall street journal. We will have him next time. If its friday that means it notable quotables. While i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last. Every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibility. Speak of the people of the nation have spoken. That they delivered us a clear victory. Will smiths father has voted here twice since he died. I dont know how he votes because his vote is secret. I love you, suck it up and suck it up like me suck it up democrats are not charter members of the donald trump. Its like a house is burning down and they just refuse to throw water on it. We need to send a big bird to some of the states to teach them how to count. There will be a second Trump Administration. I guess time will tell, but i can tell you this administration will not go to a lockdown. We are optimistic that in 2021, will be the best ever. Help is on the way. At the is coming here. Bret one week, thats it for special report. A fair, balanced, unafraid, the story guest hosted by jon scott is here right now. John. John bret, good evening, thanks. Good evening to you, im jon scott in for Martha Maccallum and this is the story. President trump emerging from the white house to address the nation for the First Time Since joe biden declared victory. As america looked on to see the president might address the election including todays victory in North Carolina for the trump team and ongoing legal battles in multiple states. Instead, the president leaders are focused on the fight against