where we are bird this is the pacific coast highway. right over there is the pacific ocean. if you look in the distance dow there you see some of the oil platforms. this is where the ocean obviously meets the santa ana river. a critical area to stop that oi from coming inland and off the beaches because that s it s expensive and difficult once he gets in the sand. this is probably going to be with us for several days unfortunately, it may be beyond. terrible to see that. some potentially good news in the fight against covid. drug maker merck to seek approval for its antiviral pill. they show the treatment because debts and hospitalizations i have faired. s covid in retreat? doctor fauci is accused of bein a grinch warning the christmas holidays our in jeopardy. all of that coming up straight ahead to.
the road to new york and we will bring you report from there. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that is this special report tonight. faired and unstill unafraid. unafraid of manny pacquiao, too. fox news primetime this week with pete starts right now. pete: i m afraid of manny pacquiao. that s a fact. good evening, america. 7:00 p.m. on the east coast and 6:00 p.m. in god s country which means it s time for fox news primetime. i m your host pete hegseth tonight tonight and all week long pete: and we start at the u.s. southern border tonight. america s hottest new destination seems to be del rio, texas or as illegals might cause bidenville. has a nice ring to it population 8, 10, 12,000. who knows? the situation on the border is spiraling out of control as shocking footage showed 12,000
in country in the world was prepared for this pandemic, japan faired better than most. they are an island nation, it wasn t that hard to get people to isolate here, people wore masks without much dipgtfficult. and they also have hundreds of these, think of them like hundreds of cdcs all over the country. i spoke with the director of one of these. translator: we have been preparing for seven years to prevent risks for the tokyo olympics. reporter: according to a poll about 80% of residents here in japan did not want the olympics to happen here at this time. what about you? what do you think? translator: in 1964, the last tokyo olympics, because japan lost the war, the games worked as an opportunity for us to come back. in this olympics, we have fukushima. reporter: he is talking about the nuclear disaster triggered by an earthquake that claimed nearly 20,000 lives. but coronavirus has been a
reporter: it was never going to be easy. the olympic games in the middle of a pandemic, in a city now in a state of emergency. the usual fanfare, muted. making way for concerns over covid-19. while it s true that no country in the world was really prepared for this pandemic, japan faired better than most. they re an island nation, it wasn t hard to get people to isolate. people wore masks without much difficulty. and they also have hundreds of these. think of them like hundreds of cdcs all over the country. i spoke with the director of one of these. translator: we have been preparing for seven years to prevent risks for the tokyo olympics. reporter: according to a poll, about 80% of residents here in japan did not want the olympics to happen here at this time. what about you? what do you think? translator: in 1964, the last tokyo olympics, because japan
they re up to 1,000 in the area. that s a big increase. yes, it s an oververy action but i would be comfortable with international fans because you could have international fans coming in with anti-bodies from having gotten over covid or having gotten the vaccine. as am my said it s close to 50%. there s it s 15%. so the chance of having a super spreader event would be fairly high. trace: we should note, japan faired better with countries with covid. 14,000 deaths, 600,000 infections. a lot better than other countries. i want to move on to your interview with dr. fauci. here s a sample and your reaction on the other side. if you look at some of the southern states that are heavily in republican red states, you know, for reasons that are not explainable, they don t want to get vaccinated. the unfortunate thing, marc, whatever their reason, they re