>> d-day was a pivotal turning point in world war ii. d-day was the beginning of the end and that's where we are today. make no mistake, it was not the end. months and months of hard-fought battles occurred and it took diligence, courage, and strength to eventually achieve victory. >> trace: the north korea post has another word for it v-day. team fox coverage with analysis from dr. marc siegel. john roberts at the white house. we begin with mike tobin live in portage, michigan. good morning to you. what is happening at the pfizer plant today? >> you can see the trucks are back in place. after yesterday's historic days with the first boxes of vaccine leaving the docks the follow-up today is more boxes of vaccine when leaving the docks. yesterday 189 boxes were shipped out of pfizer' plant here in portage, michigan. that worked out to more than 920,000 shots in the arm. today 400 boxes or 1.9 million doses of vaccine are scheduled to be shipped out of here. within hours of the first shipment leaving ups landed its first plane carrying the precious cargo in louisville. it was shipped to the eastern states. fedex handles the western states. vaccine goes to 336 distribution points. kits have already been sent to health care centers with syringes and saline yes, sir to administer the shot. the vaccine won't sit in stores long. >> one cannot waste one minute when getting the vaccine to our workforce. we owe it to them. so literally within an hour of when those vaccines hit our pharmacy storeroom and get into our freezer, we'll begin calling people up by their appointments and getting them vaccinated. >> aside from the logistics another challenge is to get people to take the shot. pew research reports 21% of americans won't take the shot. according to the associated press 51% of whites say they'll get the shot. 34% of hispanics and only 24% of african-americans. trace, back to you. >> trace: mike, thank you. >> sandra: the first doses of pfizer's vaccine are arriving as cases and hospitalization rates are soaring and langone medical centers was one of the trials in the past through months. dr. marc siegel is there this morning. feels like a very hopeful day for america, for the world as we start to see this vaccine rolled out in very particular locations including right behind you. what's happening there? >> the excitement is palpable. a as you know, we covered nyu langone where i work at the beginning of the pandemic we had one of the worst out breaks at nyu. wards devoted to covid and we have them again. it seems only right where it all started is where the beginning of the battle back begins. and as the general said, this is akin to d-day. our fight against a virus using the vaccine. i spoke to dr. paul on the vaccine advisory committee to the fda and said it's an unbelievable 10-month period of time to develop a vaccine from the moment they saw the structure of the virus online, 10 months to have a vaccine out is unbelievable, unprecedented. now comes the hard part. getting it into millions of arms beginning here. >> sandra: dr. siegel, we've been showing video this morning. many saw it over the weekend of the distribution that is happening. of course, the carrying and transportation of the vaccine keeping it cold is crucial. how important is the timing of the vaccine once it is distributed and once it ends up at a hospital like nyu langone from the time it arrives to the time someone gets it? >> trucks will arrive this morning. be in the deep freeze 70 degrees below zero centigrade. then they have to thaw them over the next few hours before peek can actually get them. healthcare workers are already lined up to get them. front line workers. they'll take it out of the freezer. i'll interview one of the first healthcare people to receive it at 2:00 this afternoon but the vaccine will arrive this morning. >> sandra: how hopeful are you? you've been taking us through this pandemic from the very beginning and every day it was when is a vaccine available and now to see the first images of this vaccine roll out actually happening today, dr. siegel. how hopeful are you that this will lead us back to perhaps a new normal? >> a couple of points on that, sandra. we still have to comply with public health measures. what everybody is so excited about. this vaccine showing a 95% effectiveness after two doses is unprecedented for anything other than a live virus vaccine. this is not a live virus. we get antibody response, t-cell response. just think about giving this to 99% of the nursing homes around the country over the next few weeks. that's where 40% of the deaths occur. if we simply can get everyone in nursing homes vaccinated and all the staff in nursing homes we'll decrease the death rate dramatically from covid-19. >> sandra: dr. siegel. have you gotten the vaccine ine spoken to anyone who has received the vaccine yet? >> we'll be starting the vaccine this afternoon here. i am deliberatelyin the first tier of people who receive it. we have to give it to the people working on the covid wards first, the people in direct contact with people on ventilators that have high risk events where they get the virus in the air. i'll be in the next tier and receiving the vaccine sometime in the next couple of weeks. i will not be first in line. i have contact with covid-19 patients but not as risky as the people we're giving it to first. >> sandra: unbelievable. look at the operation that has gone into making this happen and here we are today. you as you mentioned will be speaking to one of the first people to get that vaccine this afternoon, dr. siegel. it feels like an exciting day. while we reach the grim milestones in this pandemic. so many dying and suffering from this disease. thank you, doctor. >> this is science battling back, sandra, thank you. >> sandra: absolutely. dr. siegel, thank you. >> trace: another fox news alert now. president trump reversing course on a plan to fast track vaccinations for senior white house staff tweeting this. people working in the white house should receive the vaccine somewhat later in the program unless specifically necessary. i have asked that this adjustment be made. i am not scheduled to take the vaccine but look forward to doing so at the appropriate time. the chief white house correspondent john roberts now on the north lawn. good morning to you. what can you tell us about the president's 180? >> good monday morning to you. i talked with two senior officials this morning who told me it was never the president's intention for senior white house officials or white house officials of any kind to be first in line to get the vaccine. what triggered the president's tweet that you read there was a statement from the nfc spokeman that said senior officials across all three branches of government will receive vaccinations pursuant to continuity of government protocols established in executive policy. american people should have confidence they're receiving the same effective vaccine as senior officials of the united states government on the advice of public health professionals and national security leadership. the senior administration officials i spoke with today told me the president wants people at the highest risk, medical personnel, dr. siegel was talking about, dealing with covid patients or potential covid patients day in and day out and civilians at the highest risk of developing severe covid illness which includes people in nursing homes and long-term care facilities to be the very first to get the vaccine. now, there are continuity of government issues at play. certain government officials will be high up in the pyramid of vaccine but not necessarily first. critical staffers at the white house. certain people on capitol hill and at the supreme court but i'm told that political appointees will not be included in the prior ity list. when it comes to the white house the president and a number of his top administration officials including his national security advisor, chief of staff, vice president's chief of staff, press secretary and kayleigh mcenany and some members of her staff, the president's counselor hope hicks and others have had covid. it's possible they're protected through antibodies and killer t-cells dr. siegel mentioned. the president made it clear the first doses of the vaccine will be reserved for hospital personnel and high-risk individuals. he did say if not for him no one would be getting the vaccine at this point. listen here. >> president trump: if i wasn't president you wouldn't have a vaccine for five years, okay? i pushed the fda and companies and everybody else involved like nobody has been pushed before and you have it rolling out. it has a great medical -- they call it a medical miracle and it will have a tremendous impact. >> the fact that they got this vaccine from sequencing the rna of the virus to out there and in people's arms within 10 months really does i think qualify as a medical miracle. we aren't scheduled to hear from the president today. he is signing an executive order on geographic mobility. it could always change. it is possible, don't know at this point yet, that kayleigh mcenany could have a briefing. we'll keep our eye on everything happening at the white house and let you know. >> trace: john roberts live on the north lawn. thank you. >> sandra: also watching the situation right here in new york city indoor dining has now been banned again in this town. the big apple beginning a two-week pause today. governor cuomo looking to slow the spread as cases and hospitalizations skyrocket. but it is a bitter pill to swallow for restaurant owners and workers especially with cases from indoor dining showing at less than 1.5%. it really has not shown to be the area of spread but still delivery, take-out and outdoor dining will be allowed for those restaurants in the city. >> trace: new york governor cuomo accused of sexual harassment with a former aide. voting now underway in two crucial georgia senate races. how the elections that will determine the balance of power in washington could also impact the hunter biden investigation. >> the last line of defense against this radical left agenda. we don't have to listen to us, you just have to read what the democrats have put in their national platform. i believe people in georgia will stand up to them. sharing smiles together is a gift. at aspen dental, it's easy to gift yourself the smile you deserve. new patients, get started with a comprehensive exam and full set of x-rays with no obligation. and if you don't have insurance, it's free. plus, get 20% off your treatment plan. enjoy flexible payment options and savings when it matters most. we're here to make your smile shine bright so you can start the new year feelin' alright. call 1-800-aspendental 7 days a week or book today at aspendental.com ♪ but come ye back when su-- mom, dad. why's jamie here? 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[applause] >> sandra, you didn't flinch. >> sandra: dr. andrew cuomo is addressing a healthcare worker at the long island jewish medical center sandra lindsey. a critical care nurse there. she is one of the first to receive the pfizer vaccine since it arrived for distribution here in new york state. the other person that is about to be vaccinated, the second in new york state, is dee is chair of emergency medicine at lennox hill hospital. what a moment it is for the country and the world. andrew cuomo is highlighting this moment but those that deserve this moment are those, trace, on the front lines who have been fighting this virus. those that have invented and finally tuned this virus going through trials, public evaluation periods that we've been waiting on and here it is. live happening on long island, new york, where two healthcare professionals are among the first to receive this vaccine. let's listen back into the nurse. >> so we all need you to do your part to put an end to the pandemic and to not give up so soon. there is light at the end of the tunnel. we need to continue to wear our mask, to social distance. i believe in science. as a nurse i am guided by science and so i trust science. what i don't trust is that if i contract covid i don't know how it will affect me or those i come in contact with. i encourage everyone to take the vaccine. >> you said it very well. we trust science in the state of new york, federal government approved the vaccine. we then had new york state have a separate panel that also approved the vaccine. and we've been following the science all along. i hope this gives you and the healthcare workers who are battling this every day a sense of security and safety and a little more confidence in doing your job with the second vaccine has been administered. no new york we prioritized healthcare workers at the top of the list to receive the vaccine because we know that you are out there every day putting your lives in danger for the rest of us. so we want to make sure we are doing everything we can to keep you safe. and the point about new yorkers and americans having to do their part and take the vaccine. because the vaccine only works if the american people take it. they have to make the 75% to 85% of americans to take the vaccine for it to be effective. so every american has to do their part and your point is right, it is going to take months before the vaccine hits critical mass. so this is the light at the end of the tunnel but it is a long tunnel. and we need people to continue to be -- do the right thing, the smart thing all through the holiday season and hopefully when we get to about june they estimate the vaccine can hit critical mass. the healthcare workers will get it first because we know that you are super stressed during this holiday season. so god bless you. i want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for what you do. everybody knows it, everybody knows how brave you are and skilled and talented and selfless. when they use the word heroes, we don't mean that lightly. we mean it deeply and sincerely. what you do, showing up every day, you really are heroes and we wish your families a blessed holiday season. thank you for your leadership. >> thank you, governor. we will beat this. we will win. >> thank you. when my time comes, i want dr. chester. i like her style. thank you, guys. thank you very much. >> thank you, governor. [applause] >> sandra: round of applause for those medical care workers there. as you just heard the medical professional we will beat this. what a moment that was, the first coronavirus vaccines being administered here in new york state. split screen with the governor in albany. the two healthcare workers the first to get it were at long island jewish medical center and this is one of the 44 new york city hospitals that has that ultracold storage needed for the vaccine. they said that they wanted to be among the first. they want to fight the public fear of this vaccine. those healthcare workers have been on the front lines. the hospital says through all 10 months of this pandemic and one of them is quoted saying it is their hope, their willingness to be among the first to be vaccinated to serve as an example to the general public to take advantage of this life-saving treatment. here, here. we're happy to see what just happened. >> sandra: they have two rounds. they have to come back in a couple of weeks to get the second round and the way the early vaccines will work. it is astounding how fast this came about. we were talking about in april and may where a vaccine, dr. fauci was saying it's possible to have it by the summer of 2021. the whole timeline was moved up so fast. when you listen to dr. siegel say if we get the people in these long-term care facilities vaccinated, they are 40% of the deaths. that will be an absolutely milestone making moment because that would lower the death toll dramatically. so it is a huge historic day for everybody and to watch the first vaccine it really is one of those things where, you know, it is just astounding to sit and watch medical magnificence the way it's been unveiled. >> sandra: now we'll have a lot more information throughout the next couple hours how they are going to administer those first doses. who will be moved to the front of the line and where in particular they are able to get this vaccine first. so the first coronavirus vaccines just administered here in new york state. much more on this developing story coming up. stay tuned. ♪ learning is hard work. hard work requires character. learning begins in faith. it must move upwards toward the highest thing, unseen at the beginning - god. and freedom is essential to learning. its principles must be studied and defended. learning, character, faith, and freedom: these are the inseparable purposes of hillsdale college. learnew projects means faityou need to hire.gers. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home. robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? 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>> sandra, this is very much in step with the chinese communist party's strategy of inserting people on the inside of some of our most important institutions, whether it be in academia, our embassies, in hollywood. this is what has been the case. that is why we have seen a string of indictments this year from the chairman of the chemistry department at harvard who was accepting money from the ccp to send back proprietary data from harvard. also the chinese communist party has used our visa program, student visas, work visas, to insert students and young people into these programs so that they can place them in various places to, again, steal intellectual property. this has been the case for years now and that is the reason that we saw the string of indictments this summer including the closing down of that houston embassy. people tell me sources at the state department that they have used embassies as spy centers and guiding people to the most important information to send back to the ccp. all because the chinese communist party wants to put china back as the number one super power in the world. the entire world should worry about this. having a super power of the world being a communist country. you mentioned my book, the last time i was on with you. in my book we open up the book with a story of when president trump hosted xi at mar-a-lago. a month later i told me about the dinner. we were having dessert. the most delicious chocolate cake anybody has ever seen and at that time during our cake that i told him that 59 missiles were on their way to attack syria because they used chemical weapons on their people. that was the kind of bombshell way that president trump told xi and the communist party things will get different. i'm having delicious chocolate cake with you and told you 59 strikes are on their way to syria. the policy of this administration has very, very wide open to south china, we know what you're doing. we know you're stealing intellect tee all property and undermining this country and we won't have it. they put tariffs, sanctions, the whole nine yards on the ccp. the question now is will this policy change? and will we see bribery and blackmail from the ccp members of congress and incoming administration to change laws, to make favorable to china? it is a very important issue to watch. sandra. >> sandra: you mentioned the incoming administration. the presidential transition is taking process right now. the "new york post" had a warning in its headline this morning. america needs joe biden to face the grim facts about china. warning the risks that we face if he doesn't, maria. what are those? >> well, the risks are very severe and the risk is that the chinese communist party overtakes the united states economically, militarily and technologically. that's why this administration has been so hard on things like with huawei. it goes back to the ccp. the ccp has been smart. they go to struggling countries in africa, for example, which don't have the money. they say don't worry, we'll install your telecom infrastructure and we'll give you this loan. when the loan comes due the african country can't pay for it so the chinese take over and then again get all of that shared data. to date 30 countries have stopped using huawei because of this issue. the implications are severe. communist country running the world. >> sandra: we'll continue to report on all the details of it as this transition takes place. we'll see what the new administration plans as general keane has said we don't really know the plans from this incoming administration. they haven't been asked about it and they haven't provided details on it. so we'll see, maria bartiromo, thank you. good to see you, maria. >> thanks. you, too. >> trace: more on the investigation into hunter biden's overseas business deals with a new report showing the probe is expanding beyond his involvement in ukraine. plus moments ago we showed you the first americans were vaccinated against covid-19 at a hospital in new york. that process now set to be repeated millions of times over the days and weeks to come. our live coverage of the vaccine roll-out continues. when it comes to autism, finding the right words can be tough. finding understanding doesn't have to be. together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org some things are good to know. like where to find the cheapest gas in town and which supermarket gives you the most bang for your buck. something else that's good to know? 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terms of indictment beyond just a tax case or it could be something real surprising like a christmas biden gift of a soft plea for hunter in the district of delaware. i think we have to stay tuned over the next few weeks in terms of how it is being trickled out. >> trace: what do you make of the fact that he was asking for keys from these emails. please have keys made available for new office mates joe biden, jill biden and jim biden for a business, an office building in d.c. that houses both embassies as well as office suites. it would intimate that joe biden must have known something about this because he also offered up his cell phone number and said call him. you would think he would give his dad a heads up saying the building is about to call you. >> yeah. unfortunately for joe biden, the denials really ring false in a lot of ways. just in terms of how families operate. to act like you don't know that your son, who has been on air force 2 with you to china is engaging with foreign countries and you have all this stuff from bobulinski in terms of the big guy. it defies typical life experience that your son is on a board of burisma when you as the vice president are dealing with ukraine. it may not mean anything criminal for joe biden but unseemly to say he is in the dark about his son's activities. >> trace: i want to get your sound bites from this. >> about time the press starts asking questions. as i said before this election, this is not going away. it is a big mess. a bigger mess if it becomes a biden presidency and that looks like the way we're headed. >> trace: are you surprised at the coverage it is and isn't getting at this point, jim? >> well, it's still anemic and after the fact in terms of when it was important. remember, the way d.o.j. investigations are supposed to go is that they don't telegraph what's coming. they don't tell the media hey, this person is guilty and we'll indict him soon. so really attorney general barr has done the right thing here 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know how to do things in dhs. >> sandra: i want to get david in here. just getting a glimpse of what the biden administration policies might look like on immigration. here is the executive director of united we dream on their immigration reform demands mary anne and david. we say it clear. daca is the floor, not the ceiling. we demand permanent protection for undocumented people. we demand a poll bischment of ice and border patrol. moratorium on deportations. demand bold actions that protect people from deportation. does this suggest that these activists and some of these groups are pushing joe biden to go farther than he is already willing to go? >> it's as if they took no lessons from the 2020 election. nowhere was open borders what voters said they wanted in the 2020 election. immigration didn't even make the top 10 list of most important issues to voters hence why republicans had the historic success that we did because we focused on what voters cared about. and we were rewarded with that. let's also keep in mind nobody was clamoring for a return to the obama administration era where we had sanctuary cities, put kids in cages, despite what democrats want to tell you, they are the ones that started putting people in cages at the border. making it harder for law enforcement to do their job. making it harder for judges to do their job. nobody asked for that. that's what we're seeing on day one according to the biden administration. >> sandra: i'll ask you if anybody is happy. here is julian castro saying there is still a lot of work to do. >> i think it's a work in progress. certainly they are talented and great additions to the cabinet. i was glad to see the nomination of representative fudge, my own stomping ground at hud. there are many more cabinet positions that still need to be filled. >> sandra: not sure if you can say he sounds entirely pleased. the bernie sanders progressive arm of your party who is really looking for more out of this administration. sanders said this to axios on cabinet appointments so far. the progressive movement deserves important seats in the biden administration. i have not seen that at this point without other hard work of activists joe would not have won the election. clearly sending a message. >> sandra: activists jobs are to push people. he is putting a team together and they all know how to get the job done and i have to do eight years of work in four years and how they can do it. >> sandra: thanks to both of you for being here this morning. we'll debate again. thank you. >> trace: fox news alert now the first american getting vaccinated against covid-19 today. what the next steps are in a massive cross-country operation. we'll have a live report top of the hour. arned anything's possible. even fast delivery on the perfect last minute gift from your walmart store. really fast. really perfect. let's end the year nailing it. ♪ three thousand dollars!! let's end the year nailing it. that's how much veteran 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to you. i'm sandra smith. hi, trace. >> trace: i'm trace gallagher. the president-elect has repeatedly denied any involvement with his son's business dealing with foreign countries including china. but that email about the office keys now raising questions about his denials and whether the american people should have known about all of this before the election. >> these are very serious allegation thaes the media had a blackout on. and now they are struggling to explain why. but these are very serious allegations and there is evidence to support them. >> sandra: mike emanuel kicks things off at this hour live in washington mike, good morning. what's joe biden's campaign manager now saying about how hunter biden's legal issues may affect biden's presidency? >> good morning. asked on a conference called about the possibility of the scrutiny of the president-elect's son having an impact on a biden presidency. >> i think that the president-elect himself has said this is not about his family or donald trump's family, it is about the america people's families. i think we'll continue to stay focused on the issues that are impacting their daily lives. >> fox news is reporting that hunter biden listed his dad and jill biden and uncle jim biden for office space he planned to share with an emissary for chairman of a chinese energy company. according to a september 2017 email. leading lawmakers investigating biden's business dealings say joe biden was well aware of hunter's activities. >> vice president biden has not been honest with the american public. he had to know about the hunter biden's business financial entanglements and particularly china. >> critics have expressed concern that hunter's legal issues won't be fully investigated by a biden administration. incoming white house advisor tried to dismiss that issue. >> president-elect joe biden has said during the campaign and now he wants an independent department of justice, unlike what we've had for the last four years and he will trust that department of justice to do their job. >> all of this is part of why leading republicans suggest the person biden selects to be his attorney general will face intense scrutiny during the vetting process. >> sandra: mike emanuel on that story live from washington thanks. >> trace: front line health workers already getting the first covid-19 vaccinations in the u.s. after shipments began arriving at hospitals nationwide this morning. last hour at a hospital in queens, new york, a dr. and icu nurse became some of the first to get doses. a pivotal moment in the pandemic that has killed nearly 300,000 people and infected more than 16 million nationwide. our senior correspondent laura ingle live outside jfk in new york city. good morning. what can we expect to see in the next few hours? >> good morning, trace. now that the pfizer vaccine has officially arrived in new york, hospitals in our region and in all 50 states will start administering those doses within hours of receiving the shipment just as we saw at the long island jewish medical center last hour. what a moment that was. the highly anticipated roll-out began sunday as dry ice-cooled packages of the vaccine which must be kept at sub arctic temperatures were loaded to boxes and planes and semi trucks to be dispersed across america. getting the vaccines on the move being called a monumental task involving factory workers, transport teams and ultracold freezers. ups and fedex rushing the cargo to the first 145 of 636 vaccine staging areas across the states. a second and third wave of vaccine shipments are due to go out tomorrow and wednesday. an estimated 3 million doses were sorted and shipped over the weekend and immunization project unprecedented in scope and complexity. not lost on those being the first to handle the precious cargo. >> well, you know, the gravity of what this vaccine will mean to so many people i think is what makes it so powerful and so to be part of this moment knowing that this vaccine is going to bring hope and a change. >> new york considered the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the spring expected to receive 170,000 doses of the pfizer vaccine this week with two front line healthcare workers on long island receiving the first shots in the arm this morning. now as pfizer's vaccine rolls out today and this week moderna's vaccine will be reviewed on thursday for emergency use authorization. >> trace: more good news on the horizon. thank you. >> sandra: for more on this let's bring in dr. marty makary, doctor and professor of public health at johns hopkins university. feels very exciting this morning, doctor, to see this vaccine roll-out begin in some of the front line workers as we just witnessed in new york state. a critical healthcare nurse getting that vaccine right on tv this morning. what a moment. >> it's a really big day, sandra. our hospital johns hopkins is expecting to get our shipment any minute now. people on the front lines have been doing a great job and making a huge sacrifice and something they deserve. >> sandra: as the roll-out begins there are some who want to fight to be at the front of the line to get the vaccine and then there is the public health fear over this vaccine. what is it going to take to get a large enough percentage of this population, the american population vaccinated to get a return to normal? >> well sandra, i've always thought it is an unfair question to ask somebody would you take a vaccine that's not yet been developed? now that the vaccine is on the market we're seeing acceptance rates go up. it took elvis presley taking the polio shot to get more public acceptance of the polio vaccine. so i think we'll slowly start to see people feel good and liberated that they are sort of in the clear to be able to live a more normal life with the vaccine. i think it will prompt more people to take it. >> sandra: what do you think we'll learn as the hours, days, and weeks roll on about our ability to get that large chunk of the population vaccinated. transportation of the vaccine is critical. it has to stay cold and the facilities to keep it cold and the willingness to get the vaccination. and then after you get the first shot you've got to go back for the second shot. so you have to stay on the schedule. if you get any adverse side effects that can happen you need those people to go back and get the second shot so they're effectively vaccinated. >> well, we do a pretty good job delivering 90 million flu shots each year so this is very achievable. we're talking about maybe 100 million doses by the end of february being delivered. we really need that moderna vaccine. i hope the fda moves promptly after that meeting on thursday and they don't waste a day and a half looking for a stabler or what they were doing last week. as soon as they know they will approve it they should let folks know to distribute it and give it in people's arms when it's officially issued. >> sandra: the question is are you signed up to get vaccinated at your healthcare office? would you get the vaccine? everybody has an answer. a poll asked the same question on american's willingness to take it when approved by the government. 61% said yes, doctor. 33% no. i think that's really important to acknowledge that a third of those that responded said no, they aren't willing to get it. does that surprise you? >> well, it's improving over time. i think the immune system needs a better pr machine. it's the immune system doing its job. people develop a fever, the body's immune system response to any foreign particle. the immune system is learning the virus, learning the code of the virus, the spike protein and it is getting ready for a future infection. so it's amazing zero serious adverse events in 70,000 people in all the studies. that should give people a lot of comfort. plus the fact that bad things the end to happen immediately and since we're not seeing that we can feel pretty good. things don't develop down the road when you get a vaccine. it is usually immediately obvious. right now we have not seen anything after the people get the vaccine that is serious. all minor soreness, fatigue, headache stuff. >> sandra: such an important message for people to hear so they're willing to get the vaccine and change the way we're living today and get the economy back going and get people going and safe again. >> trace: the vaccine could not be arriving at a more crucial moment in some parts of the u.s. like central california's san joaquin valley. 12 counties there are out of icu beds with infections rising fast. it's a hugely important agricultural area that grows the majority of fruits and veg tabltion -- vegetables in the u.s. one hospital built a second icu area. >> sandra: screaming man with a gun and bible opens fire at a church christmas concert. that terrifying moment happened right here in new york city on sunday outside of a cathedral sending bystanders running for cover. what the gunman was shouting and how that all ended. plus foreign cyberhackers gaining access to government email servers and people are pointing a finger at russia. joe biden facing new questions about his son hunter and his business dealings. now the mainstream media is even demanding answers. >> did hunter biden commit a crime? have you spoken to your son, mr. president elect? 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>> very similar to what they did when they got into state department and the white house during those times where they broke into the unclassified simplest. they didn't shrink away they contested this. the other thing that's interesting to note. this actually when i looked at the trade craft how they did it, it is similar to the big attack they did december 23, 2015 when they took down around 700,000 homes in ukraine. they designed a type of malware very specific to the operation they were conducting and they used it to target a broad range of things rather than attacking 500 things, they attacked one thing and it allowed them to spread in a trusted way into the 500. the russians are not shrinking away. they are contesting this and the thing with the plausible denyability russia came out and said it wasn't us but obviously i think from a trade craft standpoint we knew it was a state actor, china or russia. based on the trade craft, i agree with the assessment it is russia and probably the fcr their external security service. >> trace: what are they looking for and what do they want? zbleer >> information. everything from what we're doing with covid vaccine research to what our positions are on sanctions, what are bargaining positions will be. they're looking at any information during this transition period about what an incoming biden administration might be thinking with respect to sanctions on russia. sanctions on allies of russia or what our position is on china. it is not just the government attacked. it was companies, very credible and significant company, lockheed martin, price, water house, coopers. they are going after anything not nailed down to see what's in the national interest of russia and what can we use to do to exploit our position in the future. >> trace: lastly i want this quote from a source to reuters, it is a bigger story than one single agency. a huge cyber espionage campaign targeting the government and its interests. all of these breaches came through the same management system called sole winds. >> why attack 500 things? you might get caught. attack one thing. they piggy backed on it because the updates from solar wind were trusted by all these organizations. when they got in there they learned how to avoid being detected by very sophisticated tools and rather than doing the traditional thing like ransomware and having it detected quickly this is operation specific. it took a long time to develop and in the system for months. the damage assessment when it's done will be far worse than what we know today. >> trace: it is scary stuff. morgan wright, always good information. thank you, sir. >> you bet, trace. >> sandra: lawmakers meanwhile say they've been demanding answers for months from the biden family and their associates. so will they talk now that we know the department of justice is investigating hunter? 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>> well, look, i think as with anything when you have a senate investigation, they've been asked and requested to come in and do this. at a certain point the senate has the ability to get out bigger guns, subpoenas and threats to try to drag them in. one of the things that senator johnson noted is that when you look at the trump family members and everything that went on during what we know was a hoax of a russia collusion scandal they all came in and pretty much voluntarily agreed to sit down for hours and hours of transcribed interviews. you have to ask why hunter and his associates aren't willing to do the same? >> sandra: fair enough. jonathan turley in an opinion piece published online asking this question. has the media finally awoken to hunter biden? it's worth asking the question as this continues, kimberly, of course, we have seen some members of the press including peter doocy as you saw in that tease a moment ago pressing joe biden to finally answer questions. turley writes this joe biden can count on a media that is heavily invested in denying the seriousness of these investigations but it will be hard for those news outlets to maintain silence with the growing list of investigations. do you agree, should we see a change possibly on the front of the media and their part in asking and demanding answers? >> we can hope so. i would point out it is worse than simply waking. it is called rewaking. don't forget that actually the press was writing about hunter biden last summer in 2019. that was back when they didn't care if joe biden won the primary nomination. and they didn't -- that was their interest. they were willing to go after that story. then they deep sixed it once it became clear he was going to be the nominee and their one shot, the media's shot of beating donald trump at the white house. so now that we've had signs for the last year that should have been tracked down, whether it was all the information about burisma that came up during impeachment. subsequent reporting from more conservative press, whether the laptop or the investigation in the senate, they've had everything laid out for them and they refused to cover it. if they didn't do it then i find it hard for them to jump on now. >> sandra: what does it mean as the investigation continues? >> the biggest issue will be the attorney general choice. look, i'm not a fan of special counsels. but i am a fan of the department of justice doing its work. and you are going to have an attorney general that joe biden picked who will get grilled on this in the senate and incredible scrutiny on when him or her to make sure there is no political interference in delaware and new york and other areas. >> sandra: really important stuff. meanwhile here is general michael flynn on sunday morning futures yesterday. listen to this. >> the system in our country get rid of this arrogance that they had under people like mccabe and strzok and they need to make sure that they are really going after the real threats that we have and that threat against -- that we have now learned about swalwell and frankly hunter biden and the entire biden foundation and family, this is dangerous stuff. we are playing with fire right now. >> sandra: talk more about what we just heard there tying the spy story with eric swalwell, the congressman from california and the hunter biden investigation. >> this is one of the arguments that former intelligence chair devin nunes made all the way back when democrats were really pushing the russia collusion story saying we've looked into this, there is no evidence. and nonetheless you have demanded a special counsel and the risk of all of this is that we are taking our eye off the real ball. and one of those real threats out there is china. the degree to which it has infiltrated. we've been talking about eric swalwell. the number of institutions is probably mind-boggling. where else do they have people getting information? we've been talking about this hack of russia, cybersecurity. there are enormous threats out there and when we allow the department of justice to get wrapped up and devote its attentions and all its resources on domestic politics for retribution, we do not have the capacity to look after ourselves on the important issues. >> sandra: interesting stuff. maria bartiromo talking about that last hour as well on continued more leaking of those documents and what we're learning. great to see you this morning, thank you. >> trace: well, the u.s. border patrol seeing a surge of children being abandoned along the southern border after a judge ruled they cannot return unaccompanied minors to mexico. william la jeunesse, good morning. president-elect biden promised to reverse many of president trump's immigration policies. is that a factor in what we're seeing here? >> that's part of it, trace. migrants want to get in line. they promote biden's promise to allow seekers in and the result is what you see here. a smuggler walking four children all under age 7 to age 4 over the border near brownsville and when an agent approaches he abandons the kids, he will raft back to mexico, confused, wet and shivering the children will scatter until the border patrol arrives. child apprehensions jumped from 25 a day in april to 153 per day now. they arrive with phone numbers scribbled on their arms or clothing to be united with relatives or parents already here. agents apprehended 61 central americans recently near mcallen and monday another large group of mostly unaccompanied children and families arrived in south texas. often they're crammed into tractor trailers or stash houses. other times dropped in the desert and wait for the border patrol. so why the increase? the pandemic and natural disasters, biden's win and the ruling that families, unlike families who are adults the u.s. cannot return children over the border. 35% are testing positive for covid. >> i'm worried for my co-workers, friends, and migrants. >> agents fear and opening of the floodgates as the new administration will return to a catch and release policy and that remain in mexico program and allow migrants to enter despite the fear of spreading the virus and right now they cannot. >> trace: thank you, william. >> sandra: is there a doctor on board? the answer to that question will change as congress passes the first new regulations on the cruise industry in a long time. plus the exodus is on. software giant oracle the latest company to move its headquarters from california to texas. why is everybody packing their bags? money man charles payne has some answers and he will join us next. ♪ texas is the place i really love to be ♪ e insurance, here's one that'll really take you back. it's customized home insurance from liberty mutual! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ mortgage payments by $250 ar month $3,000 a year, what would you do with the money? 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it's a fair point. >> ouch, ouch. you know, they say in football and are you a quarterback you follow the center, right? he is moving downfield and everybody is following down there. you're right. it really is something interesting. i think the most important point here that you brought up from the ceo is they cross had the rubicon. i don't know that they can turn it back. they promised so much to so many different people that they've created these policies so expensive and by the same token turned people off. i think they've crossed the rubicon and no way they can unwind this. other states will continue to take advantage. >> trace: i want to put the fox news polls up quickly to get your take. the condition of the economy. people now say excellent or good, 33%. only fair or poor 66%. and then moving on to the outlook of the economy, look at this. in the next year the economy get better. 40%. get worse, 39%. pessimistic, charles. your thoughts. >> we've seen a major shift. some pessimism after the election. i think as the vaccine rolls out, as the market continues as they pass the fiscal stimulus package and allow people to live. remove the lockdowns, open the economy. as the year goes on you will see the number go higher. >> trace: good to see you. thank you. >> sandra: another professional sports franchise planning to change its name after more than a century. why that team is making that decision? 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(solemn orchestral music ends) >> trace: crazy videos. a man climbs onto the wings of a jet loaded with passengers about the taxi to a runway. you can see him here on the left wing of the alaska airlines plane. look at this guy. happened saturday at mccarron international airport outside of vegas. he fell to the ground and police took him into custody and brought him to a medical facility. the plane returned to the gate for the full inspection and took off a few hours later without the guy on the wing. wow. >> sandra: baseball's cleveland indians reportedly plan to change their nickname after using it for more than a century. that is -- let's bring in carley shimkus fox news headlines 24/7. that is shocking. is this happening? >> you know what? shocking but not totally unexpected. after washington dropped the redskins from their name the indians indicated they might do the same thing. terry francona, the team's manager said he thinks it was time for the indians to move on to a different name and they also dropped their controversial logo back in 2018. but as for the team name it was decided by the team and a group of newspaper writers back in 1915 and they chose the name in part to honor a native american baseball player that passed away in 1913. so this name was really meant to honor native american heritage and there lies the rub where you have folks on the left celebrating these sorts of changes saying it creates a more inclusive society and folks on the right because these things are political as most things are these days, saying that it actually could have an adverse effect and really more about caving to leftist pressure than anything having to do with inclusion. >> sandra: president trump weighed in with a tweet. oh no, what is going on, he asked? not good news even for indians. cancel culture at work, said the president. moving on to topic two, carley. this family, their video has gone viral getting kicked off an airplane. they have a 2-year-old daughter who refused to wear her mask and, of course, there are some instances where 2 and under you don't have to wear a mask. it changes wherever you go. this airline took issue with it. here is the family getting kicked off the plane. >> why? >> we're over here saying it is not safe. >> we just got kicked off the plane because our 2-year-old would not put on a mask and we tried. and they are sending all of our bags and the car seat to new york because a 2-year-old would not put on a mask. >> sandra: traveling is stressful enough with kids during covid. carley, they clearly went through a lot. >> your heart breaks for the family. you hear the father say we're physically holding this mask over our 2-year-old daughter's face. clearly united was a lack of empathy for their passengers. she is a baby. 2-year-old who wouldn't wear a mask. and then, you know, i understand the rules are the rules but there also should be a little bit of wiggle room when you talk about a 2-year-old when the rule is that people 2 and up have to wear a mask. if she was two, three, four months younger she would fall into a different category. i have to say the story takes a turn from there. the family says their videos of this incident have been censored from twitter and instagram. they threatened to delete the mom's account. not only did they get kicked off the airline. now she might get booted off social media for posting the footage. >> sandra: here is more from the mother on the investigation. she was on "fox & friends" and she said that she was reached out to by united on saturday. listen to more. >> we did get a reach-out from united on saturday. they called to see if we got our bags. how our daughter was doing and proceeded to tell us they're investigating the situation to see if not us but our 2-year-old daughter is banned from united. >> sandra: that was jaw dropping. the 2-year-old banned from the airlines. >> you've got to be kidding me. it's unbelievable. i just think that common sense has left the building when it comes to covid. you have cuomo shutting down dining but it only accounts for less than 2% of cases. united airlines kicking this family off a plane and social media the ending to censor it all. that's why we are now. >> sandra: we'll wait to hear more from united as well and where it goes next. quite a story that affects a lot of families when they see that and anybody who has had to travel during covid. a tough one. carley, good to see you. >> trace: gunfire outside a new york city landmark. cathedral christmas concert ending in violence and caught on video. how santa and his elves are fighting holiday crime. ♪ here comes santa claus, here comes santa claus right down santa claus lane ♪ ♪ bells are ringing, children singing, all is merry and bright. hang your stockings and say your prayers because santa claus comes tonight ♪ with the va streamline refi. at newday there's no income verification, no appraisal, and not a single dollar out of pocket. one call can save you $3000 a year. ♪ you can count on me ♪ i'll be home for christmas ♪ if only in my dreams ♪ >> sandra: fox news alert as vaccine distribution happens across the country. a scene here in new york city that we're watching closely. police shot and killed a gunman on the steps of st. john's cathedral on the city's upper west side. that shooting happened moments after a christmas caroling event ended in front of the church. no other deaths occurred. we're live at the cathedral with more. >> good morning, sandra. the cathedral of st. john the divine. one of the five largest churches in the world. manhattan morningside heights neighborhood on the upper west side. late sunday afternoon a christmas con ert of carrolls on the steps of the church just ended when shots rang out. the gunman wearing a mask that had the dominican flagged fired with two handguns from top of the steps near the doors. multiple shots fired. police in the area to provide security for the concert moved in and fired back. gunman was shot in the head. taken to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. identity hasn't been released. motive at this point not known. police believe the incident could have been much worse. >> a bag belonged to the defendant was recovered. inside the bag was a full can of gasoline, rope, wire, multiple knives, a bible and tape. i think we can all surmise that ill intentions of the proceeds of this bag. >> there are about 200 people attending the concert called carols for the community. all socially distanced and reveling in the joy of the season. one witness said the shooter kept asking to be shot. >> he said shoot me, shoot me, go ahead and shoot me. shoot me. he kept saying it over and over and he continued on, the shooter and he said kill me already, kill me. go ahead. kill me. and we are hearing all of this and it just seemed beyond words. >> no one else but the shooter was injured or shot. police are waiting for fingerprints to determine if the shooter is a 52-year-old man with a lengthy criminal record. back to you. >> sandra: lauren green outside the church this morning. thank you. and this is a fox news alert on this monday morning. the roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine begins here at home today as a new york nurse becomes the first in the u.s. to get the vaccine in a scene we'll see many times across the nation today. that happening live during this program this morning. a critical care nurse receiving the covid vaccine, the first in the nation. welcome back to "america's newsroom." i'm sandra smith. quite a moment we witnessed together, trace. >> good morning to you. i'm trace gallagher. the biggest vaccination campaign in american history underway with millions of doses of pfizer vaccine heading by land and air to pharmacies and hospitals coast to coast. now the real work begins. getting the shot into the arms of americans who need it most. high risk healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities are at the top of the list. a second dose has to be administered three weeks later all in the middle of a deadly surge in the virus that has killed nearly 300,000 people. edward lawrence is live in tampa with more. >> trace, fedex and ups do confirm the shipments arrived at hospitals across the nation. in fact, about 30 minutes ago tampa general hospital here gave their first vaccination to a front line worker here. governor ron desantis is here at this hospital holding a news conference as we speak to talk about the importance of why these front line workers should get this vaccination. this hospital was chosen because it is literally the only hospital in the area that is a level one trauma center covers 4 million people of 12 counties on the west coast of florida. we did earlier today see about 90 minutes ago the first worker in new york to get the shot. this is the first person in america to get the vaccination under operation warp speed and the roll-out. again it happened 90 minutes ago. listen to what she said. >> doesn't seem any different from taking any other vaccine. >> front line workers are excited to get this to go about their normal day as they treat covid patients. the u.s. surgeon general said it's a massive undertaking going on right now. >> this is the most difficult vaccine roll-out in history. there will be hiccups undoubtedly but we've done everything from a federal level and working with partners to make it go as smoothly as possible. please be patient with us. >> he is saying be patient with you. they are hoping to have 100 million doses by march of this year, to have all front line workers and folks at nursing homes the most vulnerable vaccinated. by again the first quarter of next year in 2021. >> sandra: let's bring in dan henninger "wall street journal" deputy editor. it feels like a hopeful day for america as we finally see this vaccine going out. that nurse saying safe to take this. she felt nothing different than if she was getting a flu vaccine sitting there and dr. makary who has been on this program and network often talking us through this pandemic had this very strong message this morning on the vaccine. listen. >> zero serious adverse events in 70,000 people in all the studies. that should give people a lot of comfort. things don't develop down the road when you get a vaccine. it is usually immediately obvious. right now we've not seen anything after the people get the vaccine that is serious. all minor soreness, fatigue headache stuff. >> sandra: important for the american public to see that. will enough americans sign up to go out and get the vaccine? >> you know, sandra, i think that eventually over time that will happen for the reasons dr. makary was describing. there really have not been significant adverse effects. and people are going to start getting the vaccine, they are going to start being able to go out and conduct their business. i think many of the people refusing or declining to get the vaccine right now are, in fact, not at the head of the line or healthcare workers and probably not eligible to get the vaccine until middle or even late spring. i would guess that by then we'll have had some experience with it. people will have gotten through the vaccine without significant adverse effects. and quite frankly, sandra, the vaccine is what is going to let most of us get out and about and go back to normal business. >> sandra: which is what we all want. >> i would hate to be someone who refused to take the vaccine and had to tell their friends that no one would want to associate with them. it will work out. >> sandra: the poll which was taken december 1-7 was before the public -- the nurse who got that first vaccine this morning here in the united states just speaking live right now. >> congratulations to you and now we move so you can observe the second vaccination and it ising to be done by dr. michelle chester. the person sitting in front of you is a doctor and the head of the emergency medicine at lennoxville hospital and you can observe the second vaccination. >> sandra: vaccines -- okay, i was commenting this is the second person to be receiving the coronavirus vaccine. the pfizer vaccine, of course. this is being rolled out in new york. this is an emergency room doctor who is the second receive it. the first we saw this morning was a new york nurse who became the first in the u.s. to get the vaccine. she said she was happy to do it to encourage public awareness and to encourage the public to get the vaccine when it's available to them. this is a front line worker who has been in the middle of this fight against this virus who is about to get it. let's stop and watch. here is the second administered dose. >> thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> are you doing, doctor? >> doing great. >> you can talk about how you feel. >> it feels great. no pain difference than receiving any other vaccination that i've received in the past. i'm very happy for this moment. i'm very thankful for this moment. i want to thank all the front line workers who have fought through this for so many months. who will continue to fight through this for so many months. this is a very important day. it is a hopeful day. it is very important that when the vaccine comes that we feel confident in the science. it is okay to take. i wanted to be here and excited to be here for myself, my family, my patients, for the community at large, for the world at large. it is a very important day today. a very hopeful day. we have to continue, however, on this journey to remain safe, wash our hands. this will be very important not to gather. if we do all of those things, we'll conquer this virus. thank you for this opportunity. >> you've seen so much trauma and death over the last nine months. what was going through your mind when you felt that injection sm >> hope. we've been through so much. this was the first step towards hope, towards getting to a place we don't have to worry. we've seen a lot of despair. this is a positive moment and major term. most significant turn during this pandemic. >> what is your message to -- >> there are science behind the vaccination. fda and new york has done independent research. it is safe. no fear, no doubt of sitting here and receiving the vaccination. >> over here, please. you know a lot of communities of color have been hard hit by covid and some were fearful of getting the vaccine. is it important for you to reassure them that they should get this? >> absolutely. for those who have suffered the most, the consequences are the greatest. the reason to take the vaccination is even more significant. so i encourage you to read the science, to listen to what the recommendations of the scientists and the physicians. i recommend it. i am from that background. i am from that community and i saw a lot of death. i saw it personally in my family. it is very important to not fear the vaccination. it is based on science. and this is what is going to save us. what is going to save the lives. we cannot continue to have 3,000 people die a day. this has to stop. the only way to stop this is through the vaccination. >> can you talk about your own family? >> yes, unfortunately i had someone in my family who i have lost, a dear uncle. and i have someone right now currently in the hospital, a family member. so this continues. and the way to stop this is through the vaccination. again, i could not reinforce how important the vaccination will be when it becomes available and how safe it is. but for now we must continue to take all the measures that we've been taking. we have to resist the temptations to gather. the holidays are very important. it is understood. but the covid virus is very serious and can spread very quickly when we gather, when we don't social distance. when we don't wear a mask. so we have to hang in there and be resilient. today -- today is a imagine or significant day of hope and this is what is going to carry us through. >> what is your staff saying about the vaccine? how are they feeling today? >> my staff is feeling equally hopeful. they also are ready to take the vaccination. as you know we'll start with the front line workers. they will be the first. then we will go to high-risk vulnerable people. so everyone is feeling great. everyone -- >> sandra: so now you are watching a split screen. long island, new york on the left where an emergency room doctor was the second to receive the coronavirus vaccine. now a live look in pittsburgh where you are seeing more doses of the initial coronavirus vaccine, the pfizer vaccine being administered. dan, what a moment this is to take this in together as these healthcare workers receive the first doses. they have been on the front lines and seen what this virus can do. they're willing to go out and encourage public support for this vaccine. as we take this moment in together that chair of emergency medicine remarkable to hear him say and talk about what a hopeful day this is. >> yeah, very dramatic and exhilarating. indeed, these healthcare workers and hospitals across the country have been on the front lines. we all remember how back in the spring when so many people in march and april were dying. many of us in new york city and other cities around the country at 7:00 p.m. every evening used to stop what we were doing, go outside and applaud the healthcare workers for the sacrifices they are making. sacrifices are paying off. scientists, manufacturers worked day and night to bring us to this extraordinary day when it looks as though we'll finally be delivered from the hell of covid-19. >> sandra: it gives you chills to watch this happening. this is going to be happening now not just in new york and pittsburgh but it will be happening around the country as we know that there are many distribution centers, the roll-out this is day one and it will continue. we're going to see more and more vaccinations, more and more people willing to go out and get this. it will be the front line healthcare workers, dan. it will be those most vulnerable in our nursing homes across the nation that will receive this. slowly but surely we start to see if we can believe it, here we are mid-december light at the end of the tunnel, dan. final thoughts. >> my final thought is, sandra, i lived through the polio epidemic years and years ago. i had a cousin who died of it and then vaccine came along and those of us who were younger start evidence to take the polio vaccine and the dreadful, awful, paralyzing disease was eliminated from the united states. so one can be hopeful now that the same process is going to take place here as we finally dig out from under the coronavirus that shut us in for the past 10 or 11 months. enormously important day, sandra. >> sandra: each of these folks getting the vaccine in pittsburgh, medical care workers are greeted with applause as the doses are given. you think about the contrasting tone of the emergency room doctors at long island jewish getting -- he talked about the pain and the death that he saw through this pandemic but then there was the hope in his voice of a brighter day that may be coming. dan, thank you for joining us this morning. >> good to be with you. >> trace: amazing pictures. meantime new york governor andrew cuomo facing sexual harassment allegations by a former aide. what she says happened and how the governor is now responding. the d.o.j. expanding its probe into the biden family. what some senators are accusing the president-elect of doing. >> most recent vice president biden has not been honest with the american public. he had to know about hunter biden's business financial foreign entanglements and particularly china. interest rates have dropped to record lows. one call can save you $3,000 a year. newday's va streamline refi lets you refinance without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised, and without spending one 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xiidra. not today, dry eye. >> sandra: fox news alert. breaking news in the hunter biden investigation. a new email obtained by fox news shows the president-elect's son did not report 400,000 in income from his position on the board of the ukrainian gas company burisma. his attorneys block congressional efforts to get more information on this. peter doocy following it from wilmington, delaware this morning. at the top of the foxnews.com pisiformer f.b.i. official is quoted saying this investigation is far more serious than a tax case. what else are we learning? >> sandra, we've reached out to hunter biden's attorney via voicemail and email. trying to gauge whether or not hunter biden has been interviewed by the feds investigating him yet. this is an attorney who issued a statement on hunter's behalf. the story first started to bubble up concerning ukraine and china last year and interesting to revisit it now. it said hunter undertook these businesses independently. didn't discuss them with his father. a new email raises questions about the distance between the biden's concerning hunter's business. hunter asks an office manager the make new keys to his office in d.c. for his new office mates joe, jill, jim biden plus an emissary for a chinese energy company. now some republicans are frustrated this kind of evidence wasn't taken more seriously before november 3. >> mainstream media were mocking people who were putting this story out there and turns out looks like it was true. >> the subpoenas in this investigation involve deals done in ukraine and china, a very broad investigation. but the incoming white house staff believes they've proven the ability to get americans to focus their attention elsewhere. >> they, you know, saw trump, you know, trying to attack the president-elect and his family in any way they could. and that was never part of a strategy that brought in new votes. >> the only time we've heard the president-elect weigh in all was friday. i shouted at him at the end of the event did hunter biden commit a crime and have you spoken to your son? his response was simply i'm proud of my son. >> sandra: peter, thank you. >> trace: for more on the hunter biden investigation let's bring in former utah congressman jason chaffetz. good to see you. take on the breaking news. took in an extra $400,000 from burisma and now his tax attorney saying -- his attorney saying he needs to amend his -- he needs to amend his taxes for 2014. we should also note in 2013 he made roughly $837,000, in 2015 hunter biden reported income of almost 2 1/2 million. your thoughts. >> well, remember hunter biden did a nationally televised interview 14 months ago and claimed he took no income from -- out of china. this is a person who was traveling on air force 2 while his father was the vice president of the united states in charge of the relationship with ukraine and also doing pivotal business in china. and so somehow joe biden claims that he had no idea what his son was doing even though he was traveling on air force 2 together. pictures of joe biden golfing with hunter biden's business partner on this and have hunter bide nen an email chain asking for a key for his mom and dad so they can be in the same office as the chinese national. and then to have ron johnson, the chairman of the homeland security and government affairs committee say they're being stonewalled by seven people. they put out a statement on saturday, seven people they want to do transcribed interviews and want documents and want them to answer question. a total stone wall from biden and these associates. >> trace: ron johnson's statement says attorneys for hunter and james biden have he refused to cooperate with the committees. it would be nice in the public's interest if the biden family and their associates would be equally cooperative with the seen at like the trump family was. >> it is not good enough for joe biden to simply say i'm proud of my son and then just carry on. the national media has been complicit. there was not only a lack of interest and curiosity but suppression of the information. social media companies took down those who tried to print stories, "new york post" and others about this. voters were not informed about this before the election. this is a total scam done by national media and they better wake up. this is a serious story. i hope the department of justice is doing what they are supposed to do. i know ron johnson and his committee will do what they need to do but they have to be provided these documents. >> trace: then the whole prospect of biden, biden campaign trying to get ahead of this and come out with information. i asked that to former d.o.j. attorney jim trusty earlier and here is what he said. >> the fact it was the biden camp that got information out there saying they are looking at his taxes tells me something else is coming soofnlt it will either be a big story in term of indictments beyond a tax case or could be something real surprising like a christmas biden gift of a soft plea for hunter in the district of delaware. >> trace: pretty wide spectrum. indictments to a soft plea out of delaware >> perhaps. again, national media has told us there is no story here. social media companies have said there is nothing to it. but obviously there is. the interview that hunter biden did 12 months ago, 14 months ago and what he said was wrong. what joe biden said about this is actually totally fiction. it is not true. joe biden needs to come clean. he has been lying and misleading the american public on this. >> trace: you think it is getting the proper coverage now and gaining traction at least? >> no. look, they came up with a fictitious story about donald trump and his son. donald trump junior was on the cover of "time" magazine for a 20-minute meeting that ended up being nothing. none of these news organizations have properly covered what is one of the most scandalous things happening. you are not only talking about joe biden's son, you are talking about his brother and you are talking about the bidens themselves. how can the national media continue to ignore this story? >> trace: jason chaffetz. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> sandra: new york governor andrew cuomo accused of sex ral harassment by a former aide. she claims he made inappropriate comments about her appearance for years and many others witnessed it. his spokesperson is denying those allegations. we're live in new york city with more. >> well, you know, he is said to be under consideration for president-elect joe biden's attorney general. but there is a new complication this morning. for new york governor andrew cuomo. >> i'm a planner and overseeing housing. >> she is running for public office. manhattan borough president. the former aide is accusing the governor of a longstanding pattern of sexual harassment saying he has subjected to her to unwanted comments and observations about her appearance. she served as a deputy secretary at the economic development agency and special advisor to the governor for 3 1/2 years leaving in 2018. she wrote on twitter quote, yes, at new york governor cuomo sexually harassed me for years. many saw it and watched. i could never anticipate what to expect. would i be grilled on my work which was very good or harassed about my looks or would it be both in the same conversation? this was the way for years. the governor's press secretary tells us there is simply no truth to these claims. governor cuomo is known to be a pugnacious type of politician and prides himself on women's issues from pushing for gender equality, signing a state law that protects a woman's right to choose to recognizing women's equality day. for her part boylan is using the increased attention to highlight her stance on women's issue in her borough presidency campaign and the impact on women during covid-19. she has made no additional comments today about her claims against the governor. broi lon has said she will let twitter do her talking insisting she won't talk about her allegations going forward. the fifthy new the press corps will probably not let it go. >> front line workers start getting the first doses of the vaccine for coronavirus. how hospitals are deciding who gets the first shot. more fallout over congressman eric swalwell's tryst with a suspected chinese spy. is there a looming threat from beijing? >> from my perspective he should have never kept his seat on the committee on intelligence. he owes his constituents answers, it is disturbing. 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administered. that hope is fueling a continued rally in u.s. stocks as the dow up 64 points firmly above 30,000. also comes on new signs -- as new signs emerge a covid relief package could be getting closer as talks continue in washington we keep an eye on this and the market moves as they happen. >> >> a turning point with the first batches of the coronavirus vaccine arriving at medical centers across the country. two healthcare workers in new york became the first nat in the nation to get the vaccine. a huge day for medicine and here is dr. marc siegel. >> this is an historic day for vaccine history and actually an historic day for all of science in the battle against viruses. i'm standing outside nyu langone health fighting the big battles of the virus back in march and continued to fight that battle and only fitting we be one of the first medical centers to receive the vaccine here. the first place in new york where a patient was given the vaccine was at north well health on long island. as you can see in the video dr. michelle chester administered the shot to a nurse who works on the front lines as a critical care nurse. you can see how calmly she accepts the shot without fear which sends a message of american resilience and courage. all this as we engage this vaccine to overcome the virus and fears that people have of not taking it. let's listen to what nurse lindsey had to say. >> i want to instill public confidence that the vaccine is safe. we're in a pandemic and so we all need to do our part to put an end to the pandemic. and to not give up so soon. there is light at the end of the tunnel. >> as we speak the first deliveries of the vaccine are arriving all over the country. and the head of vaccine at the university of pennsylvania, part of that fda vaccine committee that approved the vaccine for use praised the accomplishments but said the war against the virus has just begun. >> now comes the hard part. we have to be able to mass produce hundreds of millions of doses, distribute them and get them into people's arms. this will be in many ways even harder than what was just accomplished over the past year. >> back here at nyu the vaccines are just arriving. the trucks are just arriving and the first patients will be vaccinated early this afternoon. i'm going to interview one of the very first healthcare workers to receive the vaccine and then the entire emergency department staff will get the vaccine. all of our icu workers will get it and all of our staff that take care of adult covid patients are going to get it. the entire staff will be vaccinated by early february and trace, as you saw that vaccine -- as you saw that ambulance in the background, how fitting. trace. >> trace: just an exceptional step in medicine. dr. siegel always good to see you. thank you for that. >> sandra: gop lawmakers calling for california congressman eric swalwell to be removed from the house intelligence committee after allegations he was closely connected to a suspected chinese spy. coming amid reports the chinese comeist party has nearly 2 million members embedded inside some of the world's biggest companies, universities and agency as part of a surveillance network. general jack keane. you've spoken a lot about. the threat china poses. first of all, what about this network that they have in universities, companies here in the united states. >> yeah, china does everything on such a large scale, sandra. here we are once again seeing it up close and thankful this thing was leaked and finally got to australia and that's how we're involved in it now. but it goes back to just what china is doing and how comprehensive they are. director wray just said at the aspen security conference that china represents the broadest, most pervasive, most threatening country that we're dealing with to the security of the united states. and we're seeing it up close here with two million people working for them around the world. they're in various companies, some of our big-name companies like boeing, volkswagen, and others that operate in the united states, operate globally, pharmaceutical companies as well given what we're seeing unrolling today. what a great day this is in terms of the pandemic. but yes, china is a pervasive threat to us. when i think about it, being a military guy and i look at what they're doing, china in their minds they're at war with the united states in every area except the military. because they believe that they can achieve regional and global dominance without having to fire a shot. they use their military to coerce our all eyes for sure but the comprehensive all of government approach they take is really the issue. and we have to have that kind of a response. whole of government, allies involved, a strategy to pull people together, an alliance that is willing to not only compete with china but confront china. >> sandra: i want to speak broadly about the strategy when it comes to the transition what we might see from the bind administration in a second. quickly on eric swalwell and the way it's being handled. do you believe he needs to be removed from the intelligence committee while this is looked into further? >> i can understand the calls for that but i think what we have to do is wait until the facts are out. the results of an investigation to determine whether there is any wrongdoing. i don't know enough about what the association is to determine if that removal is justified now. i think we have to wait for the facts. >> sandra: there is something that stuck with me that i heard you say recently about the transition and about how the biden administration will handle china. the "new york post" headline this morning an op-ed america needs joe biden to face the grim facts about china and we don't know what biden's china policy looks like because he hasn't told us. we didn't hear a lot from joe biden during his campaign as to what his plan is. >> absolutely. you're right. there was no debate that there usually is on foreign policy and national security and then there was not much response. so yeah, that is really an issue. i just hope that there will be more conciliatory toward china for sure. their willingness to confront china and do it comprehensively. >> sandra: always good to talk to you. thank you so much. >> good talking to you, sandra. >> sandra: thank you. >> trace: the "wall street journal" not backing down from an op-ed on jill biden sparking outrage online. why critics are calling it sex ist. special counsel john durham. what sources are telling us about the progress he is making as he investigates the beginning of the trump russia probe. veterans, record low mortgage rates have now fallen even lower. by refinancing at newday you can save $3000 a year every year. with their va streamline refi, there is no income verification no appraisal, no out of pocket costs and no va paperwork for you. you can start the process right over the phone. refi now 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situation, special counsel john durham is expanding his team including hiring more prosecutors as his investigation continues. that source telling fox news that the probe is making excellent progress now more than a year and a half after attorney general bill barr appointed durham to lead the probe. now to the "wall street journal." not backing down from an op-ed on dr. jill biden that sparked some outrage. the piece calls her to stop using the doctor because she doesn't practice medicine. she is a teacher with a doctorate in education. some critics are calling the thing sexist and the paper is firing back accusing strategists for the president elect of coordinating that response with the headline reading the biden team strikes back. joining us now is the national journal senior column shift. what do you think about this, josh? >> it feels something like a throwback debate to the 1970s when it was a bigger issue than today. what was interesting about the debate epstein, the author of the column was taking something of a liberal position in saying we shouldn't be so stuffy in how we use doctor and other types of titles and a lot of liberals and folks in the biden administration are demanding we call every ph.d. a doctor and insist on this level of formality. the shoe is usually on the other foot. gender politics involved here, political angle with the biden campaign taking on the "wall street journal" it has taken on a bigger profile than it otherwise would. >> sandra: some questioning whether it was a coordinated response on the part of the president-elect and his wife and their team. dr. jill biden put it out on her twitter feed in response. together we'll build a world where the accomplishments of our daughters will be celebrated rather than diminished. jumping on the sexist criticism of the "wall street journal"'s suggestion to that. as for epstein and the op-ed questioning is there a doctor in the white house? not if you need an md jill biden should think about dropping the doctor. why was it important to bring it up? >> look, that's a decision of the "wall street journal" editorial page. in the question of media and what this is all about, if you're a prominent public figure the bar should be pretty high for you to play the victim card. people who are in power, some of the most powerful folks in our government usually should be able to have a thicker skin and not claim grievance when there is a negative ill thought out op-ed published in one of the major newspapers. i think there was a lot of play acting taking place. >> sandra: a lot to it. we'll see where the story goes next. thanks for joining us. we'll take a quick break and we'll be right back. if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, ...little things... ...can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause 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