>> this is "outnumbered." i am kayleigh mcenany joined by fox business co anchors. former trump white house advisor mercedes and in the center seat david. the covid fight was a key part of the 2020 covid race with president biden said he had a strategy to beat back the virus and featured that 7 point plan on his campaign website. it's still there. he promised to provide clear national guidance and in office took several republican governors to task claiming they were undermining his approach. >> some state officials are passing laws or signing orders that forbid people from doing the right thing. as of now 7 states not only band mask mandates but banned them in school districts. if you are not going to help, at least get out of the way of the people trying to do the right thing. use your power to save hives. >> now as covid cases rage out of control across the country, despite his mask mandates and vaccine mandates the president is trying to avoid blame again saying this. >> there is no federal solution. this gets solved at the state level. it gets down to where the rubber meets the road. >> no federal solution, lauren. let's look at what he tweeted a year ago. this is just one of them: to beat covid 19 we need a coordinated national response from the federal government and donald trump refused to do his job. it sounds like the opposite of there is no federal solution. >> he threw up his hands and basically said i give up. i don't know if he meant to say that. i don't know if his staffers were cringing, the president just said this. that's everything against what he said on the campaign trail and so far this year as president of the united states. they had this national solution, this federal mandate. now he is saying we don't. the good news is the way we deal with and talk with covid has changed. we are lessen its importance in our lives. give it to the governors to determine what to do. next week the supreme court is expected to hear arguments about the federal mandates that workers in businesses should be mandated to get jabbed. maybe if he is saying i get give up, drop that requirement. that could be a step in the right direction. unfortunately, covid is here. most of us know someone or ourselves have been asked by it>> you're absolutely right. mercedes, we were both in the trump white house and on the trump campaign. it wasn't just biden saying i have a plan in my basement. he almost taunted president trump and the trump campaign and the trump white house with tweets like this: we are 8 months into the pandemic and donald trump didn't have a plan to get the virus under control. i do. >> what is ironic, donald trump had a federal coordinated response in working with operation warp speed to get the emergency authorization for the vakszs. -- vaccines. making security ventilators and therapeutics were there to deal with spikes in their areas. here's president making the shocking statement. i have to believe he misspoke. for biden it's all about promises made and broken. i think it caught so maybe people by surprise saying there was though federal solution. it has to be led by the states. well, the federal government needs to work hand in hand with the states to have a strong response to combat this virus. president biden and his administration they have failed the american people. >> to that end, cheryl, it's states that distribute the resources and the testing. but the federal government has a role. it's why we have a national stockpile. trump said the cubboards were bare. i didn't have ppe here. there is a role for the federal government regardless of what president biden claimed. >> the fda has been a disaster in how they handled it. cases are up 70% in the last 2 weeks. that's incredulous. this is a president who knew this was coming. he was on the campaign trail saying he would stomp out the virus and do the opposite of what president trump did. he's done that. cases are up 70% in last 2 weeks. the federal government should have worked with the private sector and pfizer and moderna and j&j. now the federal government is standing in the way of new therapies with red tape. the biden administration has been so wrong. so focussed on vaccinations they dropped the ball on testing. we have seen examples of that again and again. everything that you are talking about hasn't aged well. those tweets, from president biden and ron klain. they said they would fix covid. they have done the opposite. they are scrambling. that governor's debacle yesterday that was confusing for everyone. dr. fauci needs to quick doing 5 tv interviews every day. he is making the messaging worse. >> and the chief of staff ron made it worse. this was in june 2020 about a national plan for covid. i said since march we have a national government and donald trump won't use it to beat this killer disease. how did that work out? >> this is why we don't need a medicare for all big government running the u.s. healthcare system. every time the president comes out. he is in used car salesman authority. -- authority. territory. the benefits he says the vehicle has, they don't have. why 22% of the unvaccinated don't trust the government. even among vaccinated americans are you just above 50% believe what they hear out of the government. you can't have a coordinated national policy when americans don't believe they are being told the truth and u.s. health officials are not being held accountable. those on the front lines are putting in long hours to take care of americans. and those sitting in white ivory towers in washington, d.c. telling others what to do. that's where we are today with the biden administration. why despite bernie sanders pounding the drum again, a national healthcare system is a bad idea for americans. >> that's so true. there is an image of president biden with an umbrella walking out of the white house to his 31st vacation to delaware. talk about priorities. coming up the media double standard on full display. president biden struggles with a nationwide testing shortage. that's next. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete balanced nutrition for strength and energy. woo hoo! ensure, complete balanced nutrition with 27 vitamins and minerals. and ensure complete with 30 grams of protein. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪i'm so defensive,♪ ♪i got bongos thumping in my chest♪ ♪and something tells me they don't beat me♪ ♪ ♪ ♪he'd better not take the ring from me.♪ veteran homeowners, newday's rates have dropped again. ♪ ♪ it's time to refinance. newday's low rate refi offers their lowest rate in history. two and a quarter percent. just 2.48 apr. save thousands every year and there are no upfront costs. not one dollar. the newday low rate refi. take advantage of these record low rates so you and your family can save. >> ♪ ♪ >> as americans across the country wait hours in line to get a covid test. the media taking a softer tone with president biden than it did with president trump. remember these headlines from 2020? i sure do. it did not stop there. the cost of trump's debacle on covid testing: how trump and the cdc failed the covid-19 test. president biden denying a "vanity fair" report that it he rejected a plan to distribute more than 700 million at home covid tests in october. >> did you reject a holiday testing surge in october? did the buck stop with you? >> we didn't preject it. >> not a single network covered that scathing "vanity fair" report. there was also this moment with david muir. >> i think it's -- you could argue we should have known a year ago or 6 months ago. i ordered half a billion of the pills -- 500 million pills -- excuse me. 500 million test kits that will be available to be sent to every home in america of anybody who wants them. yes, i wish i had thought about ordering half a billion pills 2 months ago before covid hit here. >> exactly 2 months ago was october and "vanity fair" reported that there was an october meeting where the biden administration turned down a plan for holiday testing writing: the plan was a blueprint to avoid what is happening at this very moment. lines of desperate americans clamoring for tests as covid-19 is exploding again. there was a meeting 2 months ago where he rejected the plan. >> it's head shaking in many ways. let's be charitable and look at something that could be affected. let's get past the hypocrisy of how the media covers this administration and how they referred the trump administration as one who has been a republican for 20 years. i gave up long ago that the media would be fair to both sides. let's be critical, though. under-reporting that not only president biden but also jen psaki. the most partisan press secretary at the podium this country has ever seen. even she credited the trump administration's money putting in to get the vaccine quickly produced having great effect. and president trump being fully vaccinated. this is a time we could come together and make great progress. of course it's under-reported by the media that we have an administration that wants to go back to the policies that worked during the trump administration which is let the states set the policy. have the federal government do what it can do. get the vaccine out and the ventilators out. the federal government has a role. it's done its role. the biden administration is coming around to let's have the states take it because they are the best ones to execute a good program. now we have the last administration and this administration coming together on a promise policy and we don't have the media reporting on it. >> no. you would think it would be obvious for the networks to cover this. "vanity fair" not a right wing publication has a physical picture of the plan given to president biden. the president denies he rejected this plan. >> the report itself -- i encourage everyone to read the "vanity fair" piece. the journalists on other networks decided not to talk about the "vanity fair" hash. oo -- issue. one thing they were frustrated about is the administration 3 days later got a back channel call to the white house that said your plan is dead. not happening. but that same day the biden administration announced that the fda would take the lead on testing. look where that got us. >> lauren, it's progress that "vanity fair" is doing investigative journalism but that's one publication. >> yes. i will take the other side of this. when i read every morning and i check the headlines in the "new york times" and cnn, i have seen should coverage that is not so favorable for what is going on right now. i say wow. if you look at the national mood, it is just dismal. it starts to seep into the mainstream media because we have seen a failure of leadership on every level. the president is listening to the left and not leading as a moderate to bring both sides together. that's why he was elected. >> is that it, the polling is so bad for biden the media has to step it up a notch? >> if "vanity fair" is doing investigative reporting we are in big trouble. the media liberal spent so long covering up for president biden. this goes back to even during the election. they had 2 goals during the election. top president trump at all costs and secondly make sure that joe biden had the support to survive. they did that. look back at the hunter biden scandal which the liberal media failed to cover. now they are cherry-picking. trying to describe what is happening with the polls. they do somewhat criticize joe biden with you compared to donald trump and the slaughter of what they pushed during the trump administration, you just can't compare the two. joe biden gets a pass every day from the liberal media. gladly the american people have wokeeb up. they see what is happening.n up. they see what is happening. this president is not working for them and he is incompetent to be the president of the united states. the liberal media may try to cover more what is happening in the biden administration. >> i hope so. we lived this. they were vicious and brutal. there is no denying that. coming up. you may have heard about the woman accused of losing on a fight. the whole story of why she is facing federal charges. >> ♪ ♪ >> the holiday travel nightmare is not over yet. another 2000 plus fights have been cancelled today. some airlines blaming the chaos on staffing shortages because of covid surgeses. a former baywatch actress is facing federal assault charges after hitting an 80-year-old man on a packed delta hour flight. started over a fight over masks. >> [shouting]. >> [bleep]. >> [shouting]. >> [bleep]. >> [bleep]. >> wow. people are fed up. those for flight attendants. cheryl, as a former flight attendant we have seen a lot of unruly behavior this year and last. >> i saw this video on christmas day. my former colleagues said not shocked at all. here she is screaming over this 80-year-old man who gave it right back at her. she did not have a mack on either. as a former flight attendant: was alcohol involved? the bigger issue is this has become the norm in the skies. goes back to the faa has done. take the hammer down on flyers, the 2 years old that have to wear a mask. the rules and regulations. people are drinking too much alcohol before getting on the plane or people coming on board that are just angry. this is the norm. this is in the middle. cancellations of the sick-outs. kayleigh mcenany, i was so glad to read your tweet you had a good experience with your daughter when you flew. i was worried about you and your family. it's tough up there right now. >> thank you. they gave her wings. thank you. >> of course. kayleigh mcenany, just last month. 10 passengers were hit with $225,000 fines because of unruly behavior. a vaccine mandate could make it worse. >> if you are talking about requiring a vaccination to get on a plane domestically. that's just another one of the requirements that is reasonable to consider when you make vaccinations a requirement, that's another incentive to get more people vaccinated. if you do that with domestic flights that should be considered. >> kayleigh mcenany? >> yes, that should never be considered. that's a ridiculous statement from dr. fauci. there have been 5,300 incidents this year alone. up from a few hundred last year. what we need here to cheryl's point. the faa with the 2 years old wearing masks. that's part of the problem. if you have to wear a mask, wear a mask and make the job easier for a flight attendant. they are doing their best. we are all stressed because of covid. saw them grace and to your fellow passenger. we can't take the delays and brawls on the sky on top of that. >> i know. i was thinking of the potential vaccine mandate to get on an airplane. the filleration air system is strong. omicron is spreading in it areas with high vaccination rates. would it make a difference to it keep the number of infections down? >> well, first they should stop serving that spiked egg nog on the airplanes. what we see right now, the working that dr. fauci is using right now where he is saying that it should be a requirement. meaning it should be forced these vaccines. that would serve as an incentive. being forced and incentive do not go hand in hand. many americans don't feel comfortable getting this vaccine. they are anticipating what is the supreme court going to do on these vaccine mandates. it caused an enormous amount of stress in private companies and the healthcare industry. my motto for 2021 is the world has gone mad. we have to get to a point that we allow americans to make their own personal choices instead of government and private companies telling you this is what you have to do. this is putting pressure on the companies and the workers as well. >> it blows up on that delta flight. passenger going at it. the flight attendants playing police officers. they don't want to play that role. i am asking to you speculate. do you think mental illness had anything to do with that woman who attacked that 80-year-old man? >> well, she was under some type of influence. whether a mental condition or alcohol or drug related. we are a long way from the 1965 fly the friendly skies of united airlines. as airlines have to cut back on flights because they don't have enough employees you see the direct impact of why you the cdc saying you don't have to quarantine for 10 days, just 5 days. if you want private sector businesses or government employees to work. you have to let them go to their jobs. >> well said. up next the chicago 9-11 dispatcher lashing out at mayor laurie lightfoot over the spike in crime just plaguing the city. veteran homeowners, need a financial boost? the newday 100 va loan lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value and take out up to $60,000 or more. give them a call. veteran homeowners- with home values at all-time highs and rates at near all-time lows now's the time to do more with your home equity. veterans are calling newday at a record pace to take advantage of the newday 100 va loan. you can borrow up to 100% of your home's value to upgrade the kitchen, add a pool for the grandkids, or have the security of cash in the bank. with an average cash out amount of $60,000, you can do more. >> as chicago prepares to put on its largest fireworks display ever to ring in the new year. the city is seeing a surge in violent crime. it's happening in areas of the city not known for being dangerous. chicago saw 783 total murders this year alone. up 63% from 2 years ago. the murder rate increased 5% and threat rose 20%. sexual assaults climbed 29%. a facebook viral a 9-11 dispatcher blamed the spike on the progressive mayor laurie lightfoot. >> when you say chicago, people are afraid. it's like a death zone. several of my officers texted me and said they were scared. when you call 9-11 you are not getting a quick response. i am talking about females being beating. shootings. this mayor doesn't care about chicago police officers, period or any first responders or the city. all she cares about is her [bleep] self. i play you are watching this because you are a disgrace. i am tired of it and your city is tired of it. >> well, mercedes, she's probably seen it now. >> no kidding! i hope this man runs for mayor. we are all in for him. i thought his message was right on. i think it's so important at this moment that more of these voices come out to speak up against mayor lightfoot. when crime was surging in the south side of chicago there was a conversation. now it's entering into the wealthier communities so there is a big outrage. that's unfortunate. what happened is mayor lightfoot was more concerned about not taking interviews from non-minority journalists and less concerned about dealing with the crime surge in chicago and focussing on continuing to move resources away from the police department. demonizing our law enforcement in that area. that's very unfortunate and telling about a mayor who has failed her city. >> kayleigh mcenany, the police department in chicago is over 50% minority itself. i remember when their backs were turned to laurie lightfoot at the hospital when a police officer was shot and killed because they are done with her. it's not just the dispatchers. it's the police and members of all civil servants in chicago. >> good for them for turning their backs. mayor laurie lightfoot from posed cutting $80 million from the police budget. president trump said i will send federal assets to help you out to get this war zone under control. she called them secret federal agents and rejected them and said it would cause a wave of massive opposition in chicago. now she wants federal agents to come and help her out. this is all about politics. how sad for the people of chicago. >> lauren, we are seeing once again what happens when you disrespect the police or defund the police. >> yes, we are starting to see whether it's mayor lightfoot in chicago or breed in san francisco saying it's really bad. safety and crime is an issue all over our cities. our policies are not working. what we saw is two fold. the george floyd protests with black lives matter and covid. major event meshed together. we have 2 years of social change. this is the repurcussion of it. you have to look to the district attorney's too. our good police officers are catching who they need to catch at times but those criminals are let out again. >> in new york city. eric adams takes over as mayor on january 1st. thank god. bragg will be the d.a. there are worries that the mayor wants to fight climb but this this district attorney won't prosecute the criminals and will let them go. >> 12 major u.s. cities the hill homicide rates and 5 of break a record they set last year. lauren hit on it. the district attorney, the prosecuting attorneys that george soros elected across the country that won't prosecute criminals have to be held accountable. as republicans we should say do you want more or less police? republicans for more and democrats for less. take out these prosecuting attorneys as well. and then we will start to bring law and order back to the cities. >> well, here in new york, it's a democrat that is taking over as mayor. it was most of the city that voted for him. coming up the woman behind the controversial 16-19 project says parents should not get a say in their kids education. justifies that and pushing critical race theory. as a dj, i know all about customization. that's why i love liberty mutual. they customize my car insurance, so i only pay for what i need. how about a throwback? ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ >> ♪ ♪ >> the students at howard are luck to have her as a professor and in their family. >> that was white house press secretary jen psaki this summer praising the 16-19 project founder nicole hannah jones. opponents say it's a prime example of what they do not want their kids to learn in schools. jones says parents should not have a say in the child's education. >> i don't understand the idea that parents should decide what is being taught. i am not a professional educator. we send them to school to be taught by people with expertise in the subject area and that's not my job. >> cheryl, i don't understand this idea that parents should decide what is being taught. maybe the most absurd statement i have ever heard. >> i am not a voter but i am a voter and a lot of parents voted in virginia and education was the number 1 issue it was because of critical race theory being taught in our schools. it's an offensive comment to say that parents have no role in the say what have their children learn, especially like crt is telling white kids you are bad. i won't go into that. at the same time, the fact if she is a professor or not. you should not be on "meet the press" when you are not who you say you are. she is imbraced by be liberals as a hero and she is not. >> mercedes you for virginia. your state woke up. how did it work out for terry mcauliffe? >> that was the moment during the campaign that mcauliffe lost that election saying the parents should not be involved this their children's education. the last thing we need is a marxist system in the public schools. they have this radicaled agenda including critical race theory and gender confusion as young as the age of 5. as the parent of 5 girls i want my children to be critical thinkers and not critical race theory thinkers. it's important for parents to be involved. we found during the covid lockdown parents were able to see what their children were learning. that's when you saw the empowerment and the rise of these parents to take back the education and protect their children. >> lauren, you are a mom. nothing motivates moms and dads more than trying to interfere in their kid's education. in virginia it was a top issue. and glenn youngkin was leading on education. not often you see a republican leading on this issue but it's because of rhetoric like this. >> it's a sea change for the mid-terms elections and what will happen income year. i am a mom of 3. i defer to mercedes because she has 2 more kids and they are older. i have young children. they have no idea on any of these topics. if you are telling a 5-year-old you have to use the friend's bathroom or this is the color of your skin, they have no clue. keep them innocent and young. you don't need to start at such an early age. i am not teaching these issues in my home and i don't want their school too as well. >> yes. david, last segment you said we should go to communities and the republicans should are you pro police? republicans want more police and democrats want fewer police. i think this on issue too there should be a poll taken. people are coming to the republican party because of defend the police and this could be a key issue. >> we don't need to poll test it. we know that the americans favor republican ideas on education for the first time in decades over democratic yesterday. it's why you are seeing in state after state organizations focussed on school board elections. it's happening in colorado. they had a lot of big victories this election and we saw it here in virginia as well. parents are getting active. organizations are focussing on school board elections. the best way to make sure kids are taught the importance of reading, writing and math is putting school board members in place who want policy and focus on that. >> how much is about control? we say kids you have to have a vaccine or you will eat on the streets in new york if you are 5 or older. there is a threat here. >> there is. they want to dictate such policies. it hurts the vote in the poor communities the most. suburban parents can send their kids elsewhere, to private schools. this is hurting poor communities the most these types of policies. >> school choice is so important. coming up did you get a christmas gift this year that you did not quite like? 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lauren, you strike me as too nice because you don't want controversy. i could be wrong. >> lauren: i usually do that, but we canceled christmas two years in a row so i'm going to say, what gifts? please give me a gift so i can say i don't like it! bah humbug. >> kayleigh: no canceling christmas! cheryl, what about you? >> cheryl: my family, every time i get a gift from them they say, "if you don't like it, return it." that's what i would say. go get a store credit. if you tell them or not tell them, that the personal choice. i'm always pretty honest about it. "i've got this other one i wanted more." or if it's one of the top sellers this christmas, there are tech hotlines out there that can help you if you don't want that new apple tv. just call for help. >> kayleigh: mercy, what about you? regift, store credit? what about you? >> mercedes: there is one positive aspect to the supply chain crisis, which as you get less gifts. but one thing about having five daughters, if you can regift it, send it to the next outer, and they don't like it, it goes down the chain in the schlapp has. >> kayleigh: that's why i need more daughters! david? >> david: i bring out my environmental site and recycle. send on to others. >> kayleigh: i like that! i think like i like it. sometimes it's easier to act like you like it. but anyway, here we go. thanks for everyone being here. "america reports" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> gillian: fox news alert, president biden has declared there is no federal solution to the covid crisis. it is a stark departure from candidate biden who repeatedly claimed that if elected he would "shut down the virus." i'm gillian turner from washington. mike, it's great to be with you today. >> mike: hello, gillian. i'm mike emanuel. sandra and john are off this week. while playing the covid blame