Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier 20201208

State officials in pennsylvania from certifying the results of last months election. A case that many Trump Supporters thought held the best chance of being heard by the Supreme Court. Justice samuel alito referred it to the whole court and none of the nine justices dissented. Including the newest Justice Amy Coney barrett. The decision to deny injunctive relief came within 40 minutes of all the filings being received. More on that in a minute. This as the vaccine summit at the white house came to an end and in it a new implementation of President Trumps America First policy in the coronavirus era. The president has issued an executive order mandating all americans have access to the eventual vaccine before it is ships elsewhere. As the u. S. Passes the 15 million mark in covid19 cases with an average of more than 2200 per day. We begin tonight at the white house as we await the action from the president to the Supreme Court decision with chief White House Correspondent john roberts. Good evening, john. Havent heard anything yet from the president on that front. It was a big loss for supporters for the president at the Supreme Court is the court denied a petition to nullify the results of the november 3rd election in pennsylvania. The case had been brought by congressman mike kelly and others who had contended that the expansion of mass mailin voting was unconstitutional. Now, had the court taken up the case what was expected that texas senator ted cruz would be arguing it on behalf of the plaintiff. The courts decision was another blow to the president s efforts to try to find a legal path to another four years in the oval office. And it came on a day when his Manhattan Project style effort to develop a Coronavirus Vaccine appeared ready to pay off. At the white house today President Trump hosting the summit on the Coronavirus Vaccine, which may be just hours away from distribution in the United States. This is one of the greatest miracles in the history of modern day medicine. American companies were the first to produce verifiablably safe and effective vaccine. Together we will defeat the virus and end the pandemic and we will save millions and millions of lives. An Fda Advisory Panel today reported that an initial analysis of the Pfizer Vaccine data found it safe and effective, paving the way for what may be emergency use authorization later this week. The president also signing an executive order to ensure americans get americanmade vaccines before they are shipped to other countries. And vowing to use the full power of the u. S. Government to keep vaccines flowing. We have worked very well with the companies but if for any reason we have any problems we will be instituting the defense production act and we will make sure that we dont have any problems very long. The white house continues to push back on reports that hhs turn down an offer from pfizer in the summer. To lock in hundreds of millions more vaccine. Officials tell fox news that on july 21st, hhs contracted for 100 million doses with an option for 500 million more. In october, after early data on the Pfizer Vaccine looked promising, hhs exercised its option and ordered 100 million additional doses to be delivered next spring. Its just simply not true that they offered extra doses accord go ahead to the people involved in the negotiation. With each and every company, we contracted for 100 million doses. Operation warp speed reminds that when the initial orders were put in last summer, the vaccines were still experimental. If somebody came to us and said lets buy more of this vaccine or that vaccine no, one reasonably would buy more from any one of those vaccines because we didnt know which one would work and which one may be better than the other. President trump today also weighted into politics when asked why he didnt include anyone from the biden transition, the next administration in the summit the president turned to his view of the election results. Well, we will have to see hot next administration is because we won, and the spring states, and there was terrible things that went on. Whichever the next administration is, well really benefit by what we have been able to do with this. President trump will be watching closely another petition to the Supreme Court. This one from Texas Attorney general ken paxton. Paxton is asking the Supreme Court to block electors from voting in the states of georgia, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin. Contending that those states broke election law by using the pandemic to expand mass mailin balloting. And there is still one other Supreme Court case that could go to the there is one other pennsylvania case, rather that could go to the Supreme Court. That one challenging the legitimacy, the acceptability and the admittance of all mailin ballots that came in after 8 00 p. M. On election night. Bret . Bret all right. John, thank you. A federal judge meantime has dismissed the criminal case against former Trump Administration National Security adviser michael flynn. But judge Emmet Sullivan pointedly noted flynns pardon from President Trump does not mean that he is innocent. The president tweeted congratulations to flynn saying he and his family had suffered greatly. Lets get some additional perspective on these legal fights. Jonathan turley is a professor at George Washington University Law school and a fox news contributor. Jonathan, good evening. Let me start with the pennsylvania decision by justifiable alito. He turns it over to the full Supreme Court no noted dissents and they do not move forward. There is no injunctionive relief there. Is that a big blow for the president s chances . It is a big blow. You know, we have talked in the past about how the president was running out of runway. And at this point to really make a difference he would have to land a jumbo jet on a postage stamp. He does not have a lot of runway left. This was considered his strongest case for the Supreme Court. And the court system has proven that it is independent, and reviewing these claims. Many of these are trump appointees who are voting against the position of the president , not because they have animus, but because they dont see the legal case. Particularly in terms of the relief of blocking certification. There is this sticker shock that kicks in for these courts, look, there are problems that you have identified. There have been illegal orders in other cases. There have been votes that have been negative negated. At the are asking for a massive form of relief which is blocking certification. At the same time, it would be nice if some Democratic Senators actually apologized to people like barrett and others. You know, during her hearing they put out these conspiracy theories that she was put on the court to kill the aca or steal the election. None of that seems to be truly, obviously. Bret you say he is running out of runway. Just look at the Electoral College timeline here. Today was the deadline to resolve disputes actually. December 14th the electors vote in the states. December 23rd the state certify to deliver the votes. January 6th the house and Senate Joint Session count the votes declare officially the winner. There is this other state john mentioned outs of the Texas Attorney general filing to the Supreme Court directly. Court watchers are looking at how this particular pennsylvania cases was dealt with. 40 minutes after the filings came in. Does that suggest that they are just not in the mood to take care of anything else like this . Im afraid that texas case, falls in that category of that dog wont hunt. I mean, i dont see how that is going to be successful. Particularly after this loss. And, yes, the timing was notable. The ink was hardly dry on the filing when the court came back and basically ended this issue. So, i think that it does not look very promising. Last few days we have also noticed the Trump Campaign and President Trump himself are talking more about going to the legislatures. You will notice on his list of people who could change. This first justice was number three. He talked about a legislator or legislatures. Thats a straight multiplay. Thats an effort to try to get legislature to say we dont want the certification of these votes to go for biden. That is also not likely to succeed. But it does show a shift away from the court. Bret finally, judge Emmet Sullivan wrapping this up criminal case against michael flynn. He was pardoned by President Trump. But notable that judge sullivan had this detail in this final filing about how he is not he doesnt have to be innocent. Just talk for a minute about the how he has 457b8d the judge has handled this entire thing. Well, you know, i practiced in front of judge sullivan for years. I have had great many are for him. But i have been very critical of his handling of the flynn case. You know, he has been criticized for years of using general flynn as a vehicle for criticizing the Trump Administration. Refusing to dismiss the case. The prosecutors came in and said we no longer want to charge michael flynn. We no longer believe a charge is appropriate. And the Justice Department filed for a dismissal. Judge sullivan refused. The court of appeals judges in the first panel criticized him and ordered him to dismiss the case that was later reversed because they wanted to give the judge a chance to issue a final order. But, even then he would not dismiss the case and when the pardon came down he still held onto the case. Now he has finally dismissed it. In doing so, i think it was really grossly inappropriate for him to essentially declare a verdict of a person who wasnt even sentenced. Thats what this was. And, you know, judges usually dont even address the guilt of a defendant until sentencing. They certainly avoid that when you are having a dismissal of a case. They dont talk about guilt or innocence. Because the defendant doesnt have the right to appeal those types of gratuitous comments. Thats what this was. It was gratuitous and it was wrong for the court to do it. Bret Jonathan Turley as always. Thank you. Bret back to the vaccine story, breaking tonight britains Mass Vaccination Program is underway this evening. A retired shop clerk received the first shot today. 90yearold Margaret Keenan was the first in line at the University Hospital coventry, one of several facilities around the u. K. Hand links the initial phase of the united kingdoms program. Bret even with all the optimism about a vaccine or vaccines, there is still significant portion of the population, about half in this country, that remains defiant about actually getting the shot when its available. Our week long series on the vaccine continues tonight with some of the reasons why. Here is correspondent david spunt. Its a new era in modern medicine. Covid19 vaccines developed in record speed in the same year an unforgiving pandemic pummeled the United States. This has been a slam dunk success. Dr. Peter hotez is a vaccine developer with the Baylor College of medicine and has followed the progress in detail. The Pfizer Vaccine touts efficacy rate of 95 . Modernas vaccine 94. 1 . Give you a sense of what that means, our very best vaccine of any vaccine is the measles vaccine and two doses gives you 97 . These Covid Vaccines are unlike a traditional vaccine where a weakened version of a virus is administered to patients. This does something a little bit different. It actually asks the human body to make the protein or the virus component ourselves by delivering messenger rna into part of the cell. And that manufactures the protein to induce the immune response. The acid or rna vaccines have been tested for years. This would be the first time in rna vaccine would be approved for mass use on humans. Still concerns exist in homes and offices across the country. [crying] more than half of the firefighters in new york city said in an internal survey they would not take the vaccine. Everybody thats a parent should look into the information. Idaho mother of two Natasha Anderson tells fox news she is worried about the speed of the trials. I am not antivaccine. I am informed consent. Their science is like revolutionary. I dont know if i want to be a guinea pig in this revolutionary different thing. But 66yearold Linda Lambert was happy to be a guinea pig. I was really excited to get the email that i could be a part of this study. She took part in the moderna trial at baylor university. A month after her first shot she received a second dose followed by mild muscle aches and low grade fever. I encourage everybody to get the vaccine. It certainly would help us get back to normal. Experts fear that low confidence in the vaccine also delay the ultimate goal of herd immunity. Bret, as for the longterm side effects the short answer scientists just dont know. They really confident that these vaccines are safe and trials took place for months including at the hospitals behind me, George Washington University Hospital. Bret . Bret david, thank you. Wednesday, we look at the politics of herd immunity in our series. Meantime treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says he has present add new coronavirus proposal to House Speaker nancy pelosi 916 billion plan is larger than the 808 billion proposal already being discussed. Also tonight Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is drop his demand for a liability shield if democrats and republicans would eliminate their immediate demand for state and local governments. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer immediately dismissed that proposal noting aid for state and local governments is a bipartisan request. One of the biggest annual sporting events of the fall has fallen victim to the pandemic. The university of michigan has canceled its College Football game with ohio state. It will be the first time in 102 years that game will not be played. Meanwhile, there is increasing resistance tonight to lock down restrictions across the country. Many businesses consider them an existential threat amid the already deadly pandemic. Senior correspondent mike tobin shows us tonight from mill firs, michigan. Elm tri restaurant and kitchen only preparing a few takeout meals. Learned the michigans governor extended the lock down another 12 days. Im not sure if im going to make it. Thats why i cant sleep at nights. You know, you have a lot of bills in this kind of business and insurances, and then you worry about all of it. Governor Gretchen Whitmer says hospitals are at risk at running out of space. There is overwhelming research and Scientific Data that says going to locations that offer on site eating and the drinking options is associated with covid19 positivity. The michigan restaurant and lodging Association Claims only 4. 3 Coronavirus Spread has come from dining yet retail and other businesses remain open. Its not just michigan. Melrose, fairfax, Farmers Market is popping. Now viral with a profane video of a los angeles flea market open for business across from closed restaurants. This doesnt make any [bleep] sense. This is why [bleep] pissed off and protesting. Crowds protested by showing up to eat and drink at coronas sports grill in chicago allies Restaurant Owner was caught serving indoors. Politicians do what they want regardless. Right . Back in michigan, Restaurant Group owner joe bakari debated the idea of defying the lock down but backed down. Our businesses are controlled by licenses between the Liquor License and the food license. And the state has the right to come in and take those from you. Now, in Los Angeles County a judge ruled against a restaurant lockdown saying the data doesnt show they do any good. The state of california came back and locked down restaurants in areas where icu beds are scarce. Los angeles county restaurants get closed anyway until almost christmas. At least. Bret, back to you. Bret mike tobin live in milford, michigan, mike, thanks. Tomorrow on special report, we will take to a city that straddles two states and meet the Business Owners on the wrong side of the border who are facing covid restrictions and fighting for their survival. Another recordsetting day on wall street today. Two of the major indices had their best closing numbers ever. The dow gaining 104. The s p 500 was up 10 for its first close above 3700. The nasdaq rose 63 for 50th record close of the year. Up next, our exclusive reporting from Benjamin Hall in afghanistan. Focusing on what happens after u. S. Troops withdraw. Will peace have a chance or will it be civil war . There is widespread support here on the streets of kabul for the Peaceful Protesters going on at the moment. Also widespread support for american troops going home. There is not much hope that it will bring about long lasting peace. Oh, oh, oh, ozempic® announcer onceweekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. 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The Afghan Government is negotiating with the taliban on what peace would look like. We get that story tonight from correspondent Benjamin Hall in kabul. From the mountains to the cities, afghanistan is a country of extremes. Hard line taliban on one side and moderate government on the other. Both now working for peace. This is the most critical time for the Afghan People. Dr. Abdullah is head of the afghan reconciliation. He believes there can never be a military victory here. Taliban wanted the u. S. Withdraw this would be temporary. A solution by force cannot be imposed upon the people of afghanistan. On the other side can the former taliban minister of vice and virtue. The same ministry that once oversaw the strict rules and punishment imposed by the terror group. He said the u. S. Were wise to reduce troops. Theyre lucky more didnt die. He also hopes to play a role in the future government. We have our own religion. Our own way of life, and nobody, not americans or anyone will tell us how we should live. There is widespread support here on the streets of kabul for the peaceful protests going on right now. Also widespread support for u. S. Troops leaving this country. Not a lookout lot of hope bring about long lasting peace for the people of afghanistan. All sides said they are committed to peace and hoping to share in the new government. Theyre a long way apart and each side is riven with its own derision and so as the Afghan People wait to learn their fate, many fear the worst. Despite all the hurdles, there is no doubt this is the best chance for peace in decades and nobody is ready to give up on it yet. Bret . Bret Benjamin Hall in kabul. Benjamin, thank you. The Trump Administration says it has reinstated the daca program shielding from deportation Illegal Immigrants who came to the u. S. As minors. The restoration was ordered by a federal judge in brooklyn friday. The suspected chinese spy reportedly came so close to a number of politicians that the fbi stepped in to disrupt the situation. Even going so far as to give a defensive briefing to one of them. California democratic congressman eric swalwell. Axios reports the Chinese National named fang fang or Christine Fang targeted up and coming local politicians including those who had the potential to become national figures. Swalwells office says the congressman has not seen the woman in nearly six years it. Says he has provided information about her to the fbi. He has declined to provide details saying the information might be classified. Up next, president elect biden taps a retired four star general to lead the pentagon. Then takes to twitter to get naysayers on board. I believe that we have the Strongest Military in the world. And we will never hesitate to defend our interest or protect the American People. 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There is considerable negative reaction tonight to a pair of cabinet picks by president elect biden and not just from republicans. Meanwhile, biden is talking about his ideas on how to deal with the coronavirus outbreak. Correspondent peter doocy has details tonight from wilmington, delaware. The next president s pandemic plan boils down to three things. Number one we need your help. Wear a mask for just 100 days. Number two. 100 million Covid Vaccine shots into the apartments of the American People in the first 100 days. And number three. It should be a National Priority to get our kids back into school and keep them in school. The pentagon will be a big part of bidens pandemic response. He writes in the atlantic the next secretary of defense will need to immediately quarter back a enormous low guess sticks widely and equitably. His pick retired general lloyd austin. The first black defense secretary. But, because he retired from the military less than seven years ago. Some democrats on the hill wont back aware austin would need. Senator Richard Blumenthal said it is exciting and historic. I believe that a waiver of the seven year rule would contravene the basic principle that there should be civilian control over the military. If there are confirmation hearings expect republicans to revisit this atlantic taller article from 2016 quote according to administration officials, general lloyd austin told the white house that the slack state was a flash in the pan this analysis led obama to describe the constellation of slack groupings in iraq and syria as terrorism jv teams. Javier becerra. Is he going to use the discretion the law gives him to try to take away your Health Insurance on the job. Cabinet biden wants is coming together. Is he still getting to some of hits suggestions like mr. Ba sarah. Javier ba sara remarks excuse me. One of the lawmakers who had been lobbying biden for a job just got one but not the one she wanted. Democratic congresswoman marcia fuj had been out there saying that she was very loyal to biden throughout the campaign and wanted to be his agriculture secretary. We have learned tonight he instead intends to nominate her to be the head of housing and urban development. Bret . Bret peter, thank you. A significant number of commanders at the armys fort hood in texas are out of their jobs tonight. Others are under suspension. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffin tells us what prompted todays dramatic purge. I am gravely disappointed that leaders failed to effectively create a climate that treated all soldiers with dignity and respect. The scale of the punishment is unprecedented. Army secretary Ryan Mccarthy announced is he relieving or suspending more than a dozen commanders at the armys largest base in texas for creating a command climate at fort hood that enabled sexual assault, murder and suicide among its soldiers. In total, 14 leaders have been relieved or suspended from their positions. Among those relieved a twostar general who serves as base Commander Major general scott and much of his chain of command. The drastic measures were taken following a month long independent review after the mishandling of disappearance and murder of 20yearold private first class vanessa geen. The young soldier was sexually harassed and brutally murdered and dismembered by a fellow soldier who took his life in july when Police Closed in. She was supposed to be safe. Initially the family and advocates for the Latino Community couldnt coo not get answers from the armys Senior Leaders. My daughter died in service of the country from the hand of people who are in the military. The case drew National Attention and President Trump invited the family to the white house. We didnt want to have this swept under the rug. Armys Senior Leaders visited fort hood following gee ans murder and found a toxic. Positive drug tests were the highest in the army. 20 died by suicide, homicide or accident this year. Another 32 last year. More than 32 soldiers have gone missing army base in 2016. The u. S. Army does not ask themselves why is this happening. The final punishments for the Army Commanders removed today will be decided by military judges. Bret . Bret Jennifer Griffin at the pentagon. Jennifer, thank you. Lets look outside the beltway tonight fox 11 in los angeles the newly sworn in County District attorney unveils an agenda that includes the end of cash bail for many offenses. Not seeking the death penalty, and the refusal to pursue charges for certain crimes. Gorge cass cone is promising to open four investigations of controversial shootings by police that were not prosecuted by his predecessor. America is mourning the loss of a true hero tonight retired air force Brigadier General chuck jeager. The first man to fly faster than the speed of sound has died. 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The run off is january 5th. One of atlantas largest suburban counties sunday fire for cutting its number of early voting locations. Cobb countys elections director says only five locations will be open. Thats down from 11 before the november general election. The Republican National committee is filing a lawsuit ahead of the elections demanding access for g. O. P. Poll watches and more restrictions around the use of ballot drop boxes. There is about to be competition in congress for the squad Republican Group aims to counter influence. Mike emanuel introduces us to the force. Socalled democratic socialist. I will tell them that we have seen that dogma in action already. And battle lines are drawn. Newly elected republicans heading to congress as the new Freedom Force pushing for low taxes and limited government to counter the loudest progressive voices in congress. They want to dismantle the u. S. Economy. They want to do away with free market. They want to take away our freedoms and liberties they want to change the way we elect peach. Seeking ideas with four freshman in this congress known as the squad who favor policy issues like green new deal, medicare for all and tuition for college. Congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez, ilhan omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley are expected to add new members to their squad in january. Even before being sworn in, these newly elected republicans are taking aim the ideas being put forward by members of the squad are not going [inaudible] its almost an assault on the lower and middle classes of the United States. Some of at least 8 newly elected republicans have family mexico who fled oppressive regimes in places like cuba and they intend to tell the American People sloivment is not. To see how quickly people can turn to yo you topic ideas couny went to the left for radical ideas that destroy a lot of people and a lot of countries. These republicans suggest part of why they were elected is because Many Americans are fed up with where Democratic Party leadership in the house is taking the country. So their mission is advocating for profreedom policy in congress and making the case for republicans winning back the house in 2022. Bret . Bret the force, the squad. Whats next. All right, mike. Thank you. When we come back, the panel is next on the president s America First vaccine policy and the latest from the Supreme Court. Tech every customer has their own safelite story. This couple was on a camping trip. When their windshield got a chip. They drove to safelite for a sameday repair. And with their insurance, it was no cost to them. Woman really . Tech thats service you can trust. Singers safelite repair, safelite replace. In just a few minutes i will sign an executive order to ensure that the United States government prioritizes the getting out of the vaccine to american citizens before sending it to other nations. Now, if necessary, i told you we will invoke the defense production act. What is this trifecta, the cdc . Commercial industry and the governors and their states that is going to make us successful at the end of the day. Bret impressive vaccine summit today at the white house with a lot of different players explaining all elements of the logistics of getting this vaccine both vaccine thought just a number of days come up. In the meantime after that late this afternoon the u. S. Supreme court came in with this and that said the application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him refer to the court is denied. This has to do with the pennsylvania filing about one specific element. There is another pennsylvania case that is still active. Another legal challenges. But this was seen by supporters as a big one for the Supreme Court to possibly take up. In fact, ted cruz wanted to argue this case. Lets bring in our panel. Bill bennett former education secretary and host of the bill bennett show podcast. Susan page, Washington Bureau chief at u. S. A. Today and guy benson Political Editor at town hall. Com the host of the guy benson show on fox news radio. Guy, earlier in the show you heard Jonathan Turley his assessment of what this means for the legal challenges. Essentially saying it signals to him that the Supreme Court really doesnt want to get into this. Yeah, the fact that there were no dissents noted in this decision suggests that all nine justice, at least on this case said no thank you. As you mentioned, bret, there are still a few irons in the fire legally speaking best of your recollection those options seem to be dwindling. The other active pennsylvania case that you mentioned, my understanding is its about a challenge of about 9,000 ballots which is far less than the margin would need to be to overturn the result in that state of pennsylvania. Then there is the texas lawsuit that is getting pretty widely panned by legal analysts across the board. Its not over until all of these cases are resolved. But, as you suggested, rather, this was a big one today. Not unexpected but still significant. Bill . Yeah, well the right. But those two case are still out there. Sometimes when the court doesnt take a case you tonight have the opportunity for dissenting votes there may be some disagreed. Maybe waiting for this broader brush. Broader stroke texas case and the other case. Yeah, its not good news for the challenges. By the way, the numbers that matter here are not the numbers the difference between democrat and republican votes in any single state. What matters here is whether there was a systematic fiddling with the machines or with the whole approach, which would effect many states, which is what the texas challenge is about. Well see. Bret you know, susan, today was really dominated at the white house with this vaccine summit which no matter what side you are on is really imprevisich as far as the logistics to be able to hit this mark before the end of the year. And the question is whether President Trump is going to get credit for it. President trump tried to take credit for it today. And it is a huge achievement. Its an achievement for the administration, for the scientists involved for the companies. Its something that were all grateful for. But it was really striking when you contrasted kind of a split screen today where you had President Trump talking about the success of the vaccine. Great days ahead in the spring. You had joe biden almost simultaneously unveiling his talking about the difficult weeks ahead in december and january and february before most americans will have gotten vaccines gotten the vaccine and while the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise and rise the death toll just gets bigger. His focus on bracing people for tough times. President trumps focus was on taking credit, deservedly so forth vaccine. Bret you know, guy, speaking of that the split screen look, joe biden wants to have masks in federal buildings. Interstate travel. He wants to have governors and mayors do the same. Also wants to have at least 100 million Covid Vaccines in the first 100 days. I mean, if you do the math by listening to the cvs and wall greens guys and all of the people at the summit today. Thats going to happen as it stands right now. Yeah. Its nights to set a goal on vaccines that has basically already been fulfilled for you by all the hard work of your predecessor and then, of course, all the other components and people who contributed to operation warp speed. I have to say, bret, that i have to catch myself today because i was looking over at the u. K. And seeing the images of some of these Senior Citizens over there being immunized and one of those vaccines, i believe pfizer has already been approved there and our meeting of the fda to make that final here is still in a few days. Im sitting around saying this is kind of frustrating to watch another advanced ally already there already injections happening every day counts. And you have to even if thats true. Maybe there is a little too much bureaucracy. I force myself to take a step back and just marvel at the fact that this is a vaccine that is safe and massively effective on a scale and a time frame that was literally unheard of ever before. And maybe that tempers my impatience just a little bit. Once there is a new reality, then you are impatient all over again. I think its important to take a moment and acknowledge what a seismic achievement this is. Yeah. And the Trump Campaign put out a video saying all these people saying it couldnt happen before the end of the year. I wanted to play one thing, bill. That is there is already push back to some of these choices by president elect biden. One of them is his health and Human Services secretary nominee, take a listen. For secretary of health and education i nominate Javier Bacera you know javier bashar are a, excuse me. Im going to meet with him and talk to him why he thinks he would be good at that role, he has a heavy influence Healthcare Industry already in terms of corrections and so forth. Without a lot of experience. I woke up this morning with a message for my friend in california who said that Xavier Becerra look like a tea partier. He will be nationwide lock down enforcer. The senate ought not to confirm him. Bret there are democrats pushing back at some of those choices . Yeah, absolutely. No background in health policy. He is checking a box. Hispanic check, left winger check. But this is not a good appointment. The guy is not qualified for this job. On the other hand, im a bit of a dissident with both republicans and democrats. General austin who may be heading to the defense department, i think there is a problem with his calling the, you know, the isis group the junior flash in the pan but, i have never bought this civilian control of the military doesnt mean you cant have a general at the pentagon. Like to have someone there who knows what he is doing. We have had four president s who were generals. At least four president s. Washington, grant, jackson, eisenhower, and there are other. And, you know, they did pretty well. And, you know, civilian control means civilian control. It doesnt mean the guy cant have not served. And i think having that experience if the guy checks out in terms of his background, and his decisions would be a good idea. Not a bad idea. Bret all right, panel. Thank you very much. When we come back, the brighter side of things. Bret finally tonight, sending joy. I appreciate it. Made me feel beautiful. Thank you all for making the video. Bret when the pandemic struck, High School Student wanted to help some of those most affected so the 16yearold from pennsylvania has used her nonprofit brighten a day to make senior care residents in need of cheer and help of volunteers. She is delivering uplifting cards and cheerful videos to seniors around the world. Thats awesome. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. Thats it for this special report. Fair, balanced and still unafraid one day closer and here is martha. Martha thank you, bret. Good to see you tonight. Good evening, everybody. Martha mccallum in new york and this is the breaking story tonight. We will talk to senator Kelly Loeffler in her first post debate interview as she is center stage in the hottest pair of elections in the country with the United States senate at stake. But, first, a huge moment in history today. 10 months of covid19 and now this woman, 90 years old in the u. K. She was a child during world war ii. She stood up today like rosy the redditer and did her part. First in line. We hope this is the beginning of the end