Peter doocy is live in georgia with the latest. Looks kind of miserable there. Hi, peter. This event with river and warnock just concluded, hes on his way to his next step. A payment from a chineselinked company to jon ossoffs documentary company is something that republican candidates here in georgia allege could create a conflict of interest for a senator ossoff in dealing with china. We saw the Chinese Government tried to make new roads with us. Young democratic lawmaker, Eric Swalwell. Are you concerned that payment to a wellknown young democrat, somebody linked to china or the chinese through another company, could be trying to influence you . Come on, now. You are a serious reporter. Do you really believe that a tv channel airing an investigation by a company producing documentaries about war crimes in iraq, is that what youre implying it it is . David perdue is off the field today quarantining after coming in close contact with exstaffer had covid19. The latest update on his con
Heinrich reporting live on the transition. Jacqui is in wilmington. Hi, jacqui. Good afternoon, eric. The president elect gave short remarks ahead of his briefing hes receiving from his Foreign Policy and National Security advisers. He touched on the importance of International Alliances saying the worlds problems cant be solved by one country and the Trump Administrations go it alone approach has jeopardized our National Security. He emphasized that the Biden Administration will have a departure from the America First policy of the Current White House. Bidens designated secretaries of defense and state, his National Security adviser and director of National Intelligence are among those breaking down the challenges his administration is set to inherit as they put it. Kamala harris is also participating. Biden noted the teams work cage amid obstacles like protocols and delayed ascertainment and obstruction from the current leadership. Officials would not comment on details ahead of the
Overturn the Election Results. Lets begin in atlanta, nick valencia joins us from a Convention Center being converted into a Field Hospital. That hospital is really a reflection of what we are seeing nationwide. Anna, it is sobering when you put it like you just did. The worst of the pandemic could be ahead of us still. You look at the latest numbers from Johns Hopkins university and its hard to look at where we are right now, the last three days of 2020, over 10,000 americans died just the last three days. And 2020 is behind us, but the pandemic is still very much so raging. Here in georgia, the governor is so concerned with the latest surge of the winter months here that theyve opened up this temporary Field Hospital here. 60 temporary beds for covid infected patients. He spoke about this and gave a certain message to the youth of atlanta before the ball dropped he put out a message to those 18 to 29 saying theyre responsible for spreading the virus now. The largest percentage of cas
Florida went for donald trump and has a republican governor. California signaling another 3 weeks locked over much of the state of the grisly numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths and democratic governor gavin newsom facing new potentially serious political challenges. Coronavirus is a major factor in the november elections but what is driving voters in the critical Georgia Senate runoff elections one week from tonight. Control of the u. S. Senate hangs in the balance. We have an expert dive into the polls and tell us what is happening on the ground. Welcome to fox news at night. We begin with the latest court case in georgia and the controversy over the judge which this happens to have a famous relative. Reporter a week from tonight we should know who won the Georgia Senate race. Democrats are celebrate in a legal victory, republicans are questioning the impartiality of the judge. Elections Officials Say 2 million georgians have already voted in next weeks senate runoff. 1000 people
Good morning, im Bianna Golodryga in for jim and poppy. The ball is dropping and the vie are you is surging. Today toned down new years eve celebrations around the world. Times square right now quiet. Health officials warning everyone to avoid large gath gatherigathe gatherin gatherings. As the numbers spike, the vaccination numbers lag. New data showing the countrys vaccine rollout is going much more slowly than anticipated. Were covering all the angles this morning. Paul, good morning. Reporter here in california, good morning. We now have the first strain of the uk variant of the virus. It happened with a man 30 years old in san diego, it turned up in him two days after christmas. Also in california, 20,000 people are hospitalized, 44000 excuse me, i should say 4,400 of those people are now in intensive care units. And then also here in los angeles county, they are now saying that every ten minutes someone dies of covid19. And the county is getting aggressive. The Public Health depa