nevada as you can see at the side of your screen right now, >> dagentrump campaign allegingr irregularity. >> bret: expected to address the nation tonight we break it all done for you in the next two hours with reporters and the key locations and analysts here on for prospectus. >> martha: to fin chief white he correspondent, john roberts, good evening. >> bret>> good evening, they'ved a lid here at the white house so unlikely that were going to hear from the president tonight but the president preempting joe biden speech in a couple hours to eating up go joe biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the president. i can make that claim also, legal proceedings are just now beginning. on the legal front, republican national committee dispatched teams to for states to investigate alleged voting irregularities and problems with the vote count. as the numbers as you mentioned into closer towards joe biden and a potential declaration, the president is digging in his heels. >> president trump is in it for the long haul according to his campaign. if source is telling fox news he has no intention of conceding ia statement he says that it's about the integrity of our entire election process. will pursue the process through every aspect of the law to guarantee the american people have confidence in our government. president trump insists that in every legal should be counted. the argument is over which ballots may be illegal. the president believes any vote that came in after polls closed on tuesday should be thrown out. and nevada today, a federal judge taking up a suit filed by silver state republicans. if alleging what they claim is voter fraud and lack of access o the vote counting. >> i want every ballot that's a legal ballot to be counted. i went to make sure that there's not a systematic fraud process where you can't below the fraudulent ballots. >> as he has for months leading up to the election, the white house briefing room last night, president trump allegedly widespread voter fraud in the mail in ballots. >> democratic officials never believe i could win the election honestly, that's why they did the mailing ballots. the tremendous corruption and fraud going on. >> democrats, not surprisingly, think the president should throw in the towel. >> he should act like a president and comply with the constitution or except the will of the people. by virtue of the constitution. >> while they have plenty of claims of voting irregularity sweeping the internet and the trump campaign has a voter fraud hotline set up, the only hard evidence presented to law enforcement so far where z list sent by the trump campaign to the nevada district attorney and attorney general bill barr. a campaign claiming more than 3,000 people who were ineligible voted. as the president's claim of fraud, republican congressman adam kinzinger tweeting about what we want every vote counted. it presents evidence and take it to court. stop spreading debunked misinformation. this is getting insane. while the vote count in several states keep slowly marching in, demand joe biden's direction, it may soon lead to a call the trump campaign believes there was a lot of playing field to cover between where we are now and where the electors made on december 14th to officially anoint the winter. >> i believe he intends to fight for what he believes in. the president intensified, that i can tell you. >> even republicans who are in the fight with the president are concerned about how far he's going to take this and what that might do to the country. other republicans are concerned about the president's claim of widespread fraud saying at the moment there's little concrete evidence. bright, martha. >> martha: thank you, john, john roberts of the white house. >> bret: one question at the washington is how long the republicans back president trump if he loses and refuses to concede. correspondent mike emanuel takes a look at it for us. >> i'm not going to answer heighanyhypotheticals. >> mitch mcconnell did not want to appeal to questions about next steps in the presidential race. >> we've had a peaceful transfer of power when we got to four years. moved on to a new administration. of >> he was more expressive on twitter writing a book on every legal vote should be counted." any illegally submitted ballots should not in all sides must observe the process and reports here are to apply the laws and resolve disputes. the colic from the keep ballack on the pennsylvania was much more blunt. >> he made very serious allegations without any evidence to support it. the evidence needs to come out. >> missouri senator offered a suggestion telling reporters today "i think the president should turn the discussion over to his lawyers and if they have a case to make, there's a process where they make that in that process is timely." texas senator ted cruz expressed his concerns. >> i more than a little frustrated that every time they close the door and shut out the lights, they always find more democratic votes. speak above relating republicans, there is a challenge loyal to the president will also recognizing there could be a new president. >> if joe biden is the president of the united states, i have to help them where i can. find common ground in terms of personal relationship is good. i know the vice president for a very long time. i'm here tonight to stand with president trump, he stayed with me, he's the reason were going to have the senate majority. >> most republicans unlike their very supportive of recounting critical states with narrow margins. but the senate returning next week they made tired of being constantly asked about the election while negotiating a covid relief package. bret, martha, martha. >> martha: thank you, mike, mike. >> bret: the biden team is preparing for a want of prime time address and what he will save is unknown right now. correspondent peter doocy and delaware with the latest from the parking lot. good evening, peter, peter. >> good evening, bret, biden officiacampaign official told ho enjoy the moment. apparently they have been told to stay away from the news and to keep their heads down but now they're being told to watch the news about kamala harris points to possibly become the first female and the first african-american and first asian-american vice president. she and her husband dog in the wilmington area and she is expected to speak tonight before biden for the first time since polls closed tuesday. biden said he will stay at home in wilmington and as he narrows the potentially historic moment, he surrounded himself with staffers who've been with him for year. ron mclean, once possibly future by then chief of staff and sister. airspace has been shut down over the biden house and the location of tonight's event and that something that curious locals have started to descend on getting close as i can. tonight is being set up like a tailgate. jeeps and american pickup trucks, with folding chairs in the flatbed are positioned in front of the stage, accessed by two long catalogs and protected by a small bullet proof barrier. joe biden wants to joke that he used to be the third senator from pennsylvania state right next door finally inched past president trump there is more ballots from philadelphia were counted. in nevada, biden's lead has grown as more ballots coming from clark county where las vegas is. no real update about the biden campaign response or the pending legal challenges from the trump team and the campaign manager does not want to guess which they could put them over 270 electoral votes, but remains confident that joe biden will be the next president once every ballots has been counted. if there's a call then tonight joe biden, a man who says he has traveled more than 2 million miles by train, is said to give the most important unaddressed of his life surrounded by cars. >> bret: good point, peter. >> martha: the trump campaign is challenging the vote in nevada this evening. a chief correspondent jonathan hunt is live in las vegas. hi, jonathan. >> hi, martha, when our where do to get some more voting numbers from the secretary of state of nevada's if they follow the path we got earlier today, it does not bode well for president trump. former vice president joe biden increase of lee by almost double in those earlier vote count released today, he now has the lead of just over 20,000 over president trump. in the meantime, republicans have gone to court. hearings are currently underway in the critical court here. there's a couple of planks to this lawsuit. first of all, a claim that signature verification is inadequate. that's placed on the single case of a woman who says her ballots was stolen from her and was submitted by somebody who was not her. judge andrew gordon and the federal district called here questioning whether public republican lawyer saying, well, the time the registrar says they looked at the case, they investigated it, compare the signature and deemed it to be the correct signature and gave the woman the chance to make a statement challenging that binding. she declined to do so. another plank of that. transparency of the counts. that again is based on one individual, an alleged credential member of the media who says he has not been able to adequately watch the counting of the votes here. again, the judge pretty skeptical asking the republican lawyers what exactly are you asking for? those lawyers were applying, we want people to be able to go in within 6 feet of the counters to see and hear what they are saying and doing. the judge or a plane you're asking me to allow anybody in the world to be able to watch the count? so the judge seeming skeptical, we don't have a ruling on those. again, another plank of the republican claims, they say that they have found 3,062 votes cast by people who they say are not legally resident in nevada. therefore, they say the votes are illegal. democrats say that's meritless, they've got backing from the county registrar who are saying that there are several reasons why people may not be physically resident in nevada but legally able to claim residency in terms of voting. listen here. >> you don't have to live here in order to be eligible to vote here. this is a military town. if we have an air force base, we also have several students. it's not out of the ordinary at all for somebody not to live here. but to be eligible to vote here. >> again, the hearing commonness republican lawsuit is ongoing. bret, martha, if we get a result or when we get any ruling, we will let you know about that. we will also let you know about those new valve vote count numb. bret, martha. >> martha: everybody watching and waiting, jonathan hunt thank you. >> bret: pennsylvania absolutely essential and president trump's hopes to keep his job. if the states 20 electoral votes widths seemingly putting joe biden in over the top is a look at the vote totals on the right side of the screen. let's get the latest on where things stand in pennsylvania. senior correspondent eric shot in philadelphia tonight. good evening. >> good evening, bret, the trump campaign is right the elections not over and the votes are counted even though it's the bottom of the ninth. here in philadelphia, there still about 25,000 more mail in ballots here at the convention center. they expect to result in the day, perhaps in a few days because the absentee military ballots aren't not due until next tuesday. let's look inside the convention center as where the votes here are being counted. if you're looking at the room that's the center of those unfounded election allegations from the president and the trump campaign. claiming illegal votes are the encounter here. there is no evidence of dads and officials say that the count is being conducted in a honest and legal matter. >> standing here t today, people still have access to democracy. if it's a beautiful thing and we still want everyone to exert patience, ignore a lot of the noise that's going on. allow us to complete the counting process. >> the trump campaigns the poll watchers were prevented from observing the account because they were too far away from the ballots. but democrats are regulated in the very same spot restricted to 25 feet away. the last night, for little judge got the distance to 6 feet and a set of 30 watchers from each side. two arrests last night correct back connected to a hummer that was perche parked outside the convention. a man from chesapeake, virginia, with weapon counts. authorities have been tipped off then arsenal may be related to the election. as for philadelphia mayor, he says it's now time for the president to bow out gracefully. >> what the president needs to do is frankly put his big boy pants on. he needs to acknowledge the fact he lost and he needs to congratulate the winner. >> because the margin seems to be so close, the trump campaign certainly would possibly as to ask for a recount carried him for the fraud allegations, we reached out to the office and asked if they have any active cases stemming from the election of voter fraud or election fra fraud. the philadelphia d.a.'s office did not get back to us. bret. >> bret: eric shawn live in philadelphia, thank you. >> when we come back on "special report," live to atlanta and an update on the vote counting in georgia where it's very close. and how it affects the balance of power in the senate. ♪ a live bookkeeper is helping customize quickbooks for me. okay, you're all set up. thanks! that was my business gi, this one's casual. get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. a new buick? for me? to james, from james. that's just what i wanted. is this a new buick? i secret santa-ed myself. i shouldn't have. but i have been very good this year. wow! wow! wow! this year, turn black friday into buick friday all month long. now during buick friday, pay no interest 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not called yet. >> bret: 54,000 in georgia may be ground zero in the struggle for control of the u.s. senate. as of right now, both seats will be determined by a run over if it holds, not a republican incumbent getting more than 50% of the votes. let's get the latest from correspondent jonathan serrie in atlanta. good evening. >> good evening, bret and martha, both u.s. senate races in georgia are still in play. it appears both races will be heading for a january 5th runo runoff. you have republican incumbent david perdue hovering just above the map below the 50% threshold needed to avoid a january 5th runoff. he faces a well-funded and well organized challenge from democrat john. take a listen. >> georgia has become younger and more diverse every day of the last decade. and the effort that has gone in to registering voters, empowering voters is unprecedented, unmatched anywhere in the country. speak at the purdue campaign issued a statement on the runoff saying john of john on south doo things well. georgia will now get to watch him do both again. george's other u.s. senate race with retired senator johnny isakson, talk to both parties and the special primary which practically intraday runoff from the get-go. the two leading candidates to emerge from the runoff for the republican kelly loeffler whom the governor appointed to fill the scene until the election, and the reverend rafael, the current pastor of dr. martin luther king jr. ebenezer baptist church. the two impacted by the runoffs would be senate here majority leader mitch mcconnell. >> of the democrats went back to seats, chuck schumer would be the majority leader and the significance of the job as we discussed is the majority leader gets to decide what the agenda is. >> even after the presidential races were solved, they will hear in georgia will expect heavy weeks of political ad and political campaigning both parties in a state that's now proved itself to be a battleground. bret and martha. >> bret: jonathan, thank you. >> martha: we will stick with journalists covering the ongoing election saga. joining us is greg from the atlanta journal of constitution and reporter for the u.s. "usa today" and michelle rundell, reporter for the nevada independent. great to have all of you. michelle, starting with you, give us on the ground and with all your familiarity of the state and the race, how it looks to you this evening. >> we've got upwards to 100,000 ballots that still need to be cast. biden has a lead of about 20,000 votes here. it is a bit too close for us to feel comfortable to call it. but what's left to be counted really is a lot of mail ballots, a lot of them are in clark county, the urban area. those trended all throughout the election central to turned towards democrats. the path for trump looks difficult at this point in time. >> bret: going to yield, let's give us an update on the ground. and where you are, what are you seeing? >> i'm reporting from harrisburg tonight, and it's been an election of a lot of change here in pennsylvania. we started election night with president trump up about 618 votes. as the mail an mail-in ballot so be counted, this morning when former vice president biden overtook the lead. he stands at about 15,000 votes ahead. the state started counting about 100,000 for regional ballots and we still have to wait for military ballots to come in. >> bret: i want to ask you, you heard the republicans talk about transparency and the inability to get in for the count. where you think the legal challenges are going in pennsylvania? also, the segregated ballots that they are putting aside based on the supreme court decision or lack thereof. >> president trump's campaign won the legal challenge yesterday, about having his monitors closer to poll workers. he won and commonwealth court and philadelphia made accommodations yesterday for those monitors to be able to get within 6 feet. i'm not sure what is left on that end, there was talk of an appeal. the city of philadelphia did appeal, but the court has not made a decision on that yet. then, the g.o.p., the state g.o.p. has asked the supreme court to segregate any ballots that come in after election day. this pertains to a challenge of the supreme court allowing ballots that arrive by today, but were postmarked on tuesday to still count. >> martha: greg, bringing you into the mix, tell us what's going on where you are? >> just about 4,000 votes separate joe biden and president trump here. at the tightest presidential contest in the nation right now. there is a range of ballots as well as 8900 military ballots that could come in today. but today is the deadline for them to come in, it could be a handful of votes, it could be all of them. there is also some absentee ballots, provisional ballots, overseas ballots still waited to be counted. democrats are optimistic. they feel like they had a bounce from suburban counting. they feel like they've got some other democratic absentee ballots coming in as well. very tight here, very hard for trump to not make the call here. >> bret: i heard the secretary of state that he's going into a recount. triggered automatically by state law, but when it comes to the senate race, where it's just on the line, is it possible in a recount or challenged of paper ballots. obviously, more mail-in ballots this year than ever before, that purdue will somehow gets over that 50%? is not possible, what you are seeing? >> we don't see the number is projected that way and i will say this. he's happy and acknowledge that there's going to be a runoff and sent into statements when yesterday and another today saying there ready for runoffs and ready to defeat jon ossoff. >> martha: tight race. michelle, back to the bottom and just a moment. all the discussions about irregularities and dead people voting, people who moved out of the state. what can you tell us about that? >> bret: yesterday, we were told that there were 10,000 potential issues that the republicans identified to, but what we got yesterday was a list of 3,000 plus addresses of people that based on records for changes of her address, and appeared to be living under the state. we've gotten a couple people to reach out to us and say that they are military families. they have full rights to vote from their new currently stationed. at this point, we are not sure the trump campaign will prevail saying they were all illegitimate. >> martha: thank you all. >> bret: appreciate it. when "special report" check the back returns, we will check the other headlines. we will get reaction to the election from house speaker nancy pelosi. ♪ use 'em before you lose 'em, backed by our 100-day guarantee!! visionworks. see the difference. to save you up to 60%. these are all great. and when you get a big deal... ♪ ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. 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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"they are swing seat democratic incumbents who cosponsor the green new deal. medicare for all. if i'm not mistaken, every single one won reelection so alexandria ocasio-cortez." fox news asked pelosi if there is tension among democrats. >> i say we have a healthy difference of opinion in our caucus, but not in any way to be problematic in how we legislate. >> legislating could be the problem. liberals dominating the caucus because so many moderates lost. there's a paradox. a normal geordie means it's harder to pass progressive bills. that's because democrats can only lose a few votes from their side. bret. martha. >> martha>> bret: chad to thinku very much. of >> martha: "special report," coming up ne next. ♪ this holiday season, wake up in a winter slumberland with a cozy casper mattress and pillows, soft percale sheets, even glow, our magical light for better sleep (awith your next new vehicle? what kind of value are you looking for with subaru, you get kelley blue book's 2020 best resale value brand, 2020 lowest 5-year cost to own brand, and most trusted brand for six consecutive years. no wonder kelley blue book also picked subaru as their 2020 best overall brand. a trusted brand and a proven value. it's easy to love a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months on select new 2020 models, now through november 30th. ♪ >> bret>> figure this morning aa stunning indication. of a dramatic comeback. of the economy, i think clearly ought to affect what size of any rescue package we additionally do. >> still have not agreed. if you don't crush the virus, we are still going to have to be dealing with the consequences of the virus. we have a responsibility to find out common ground. >> bret: 's and the majority leader mitch mcconnell mitch mcconnell and house speaker nancy pelosi. majority leader mcconnell taking over the negotiations from the treasury secretary on coronavirus stimulates. talk about when they possible divided government means for wall street. if more money, charles payne a fox business joins us this evening. good evening, charles. >> good evening. >> bret: really good day on wall street. >> yeah, it's a phenomenal day, phenomenal week, contrast at the last week. you say what was the difference? i think it comes down unquestionably that there was no blue wave. last week what you saw was a serious heavy d selling particularly of the spot that's been the hottest of th the year. if stocks zoom or other names that have been up anywhere from 56 to 100% per year where the business demand biggest losers. a lot of investors were trying to get ahead of the notion of maybe a blue wave, keep your chips off the table. it doesn't seem like it's going to happen this week. a big bag -- to get back into the week. speak to one of the things that's driven the economy during the first term of the trump administration is corporate tax cuts. joe biden talked about increasing them to 28% if he were to win the presidency. with this senates, if the senate holds, that would make it pretty difficult, right? >> absolutely. you need the senate, you need 51 votes in the senate to do that. that's why it the two runoff elections will be extra narrowly important. listen, it's not about corporations and the idea that shareholders made money . if yo look when the taxes went into effect, it corresponded with an amazing boom in yearly wages for blue college workers. as it stood, the month that president trump was in office, blue colors are up 3.4% average year-over-year, more than 50% over the eight years that obama and biden were in office. i think there's pure evidence that there is a sheer prosperity going on from wealth going up in poverty going down. it wages growing faster than inflation, something that's not happened in a long time. >> bret: we will take a look at this bar graph of the monthly unemployment rate and obviously, dealing with the coronavirus was devastating for the economy. then, it's been taken down until the news we got today. it's pretty remarkable how fast that's happened. even then coronavirus is surging across the country. >> bret, if you google anything about the economy, march, april, june, july, no experts, not a single person on wall street would have told you we'd be up 6.9 o6.9% unemployment. if people leave the work forced, which is why i don't like the three number that we talk about, last month over 700,000 people came into the workforce. in the private sector hired 900,000 people. these are legit numbers. by the way, for black americans, 10.8% down from 12%, the single month, hispanics 8.8% down from 10%. of asian-americans, 7.6% down from 8.9%. americans down, this is a single month, it's great news. there's bad news, i'll share it because i don't want to sound too one-sided. a 15.1 million american say it because the employer is either out of business for good or restrictions won't allow them to work. again, long-term unemployment picked up 50% in 3.6 million people were concerned about those because the longer you're unemployed, the harder it is to get a job back. >> martha: we see what's happening in europe with the virus and more lockdowns. the discussion from the new jersey governor today about potentially locking something down again. what would be the impact of that here? >> it would just be devastating. it would be so heartbreaking and devastating. last friday, university of michigan which is one of the best sources if you don't know about consumer confidence, came out with a special report on that. people of course are worried about the health aspects of it, both higher than the financial concerns were mental health concerns. devastating 1-2 impact of losing your job, livelihood, isolation. in the u.k. they made a special circumstance this time around that people who lived alone could somehow find and create groups with other people. it's a devastating and ultimately you have to learn how to live with the virus if you're not going to describe the economy. we lived through that and i don't think anyone, they've gone out of their way, these are not full lockdowns, but go to construction. keep that in mind. >> bret: charles payne, great stuff. if you ever want a good show, economics, markets, charles payne on fb end. thank you thank you. >> martha: thank you. >> thank you both. >> martha: when we come back tonight, the panel on where we are and where were going. stick around. musical me ♪ musical r theraflu hot liquid medicine. powerful relief so you can restore and recover. theraflu hot beats cold. ♪ >> bret>> and america, a vote is sacred. it is the people of than the nan express their will. no one, not anyone else that uses the president of the united states of america. each ballot must be counted be counted. >> the intense fight when he perceives to be some nonlegal problems. that's the way i will freeze it, i'm not a lawyer. the president intends to fight, that i can tell you. >> bret: the fight is on, it's continuing as the account is continuing. let's bring in our panel, charles lane opinion writer for "the washington post," kimberley strassel member of the editorial board at "the wall street journal," tom beverly real clear politics founder and president. in kimberly, where do you see things now? the trump campaign launching a number of legal battles. we have few states going to recounts. but the count is continuing as you see on the right side of the screen. >> we are nearing the end of the first part. it's an important part and you could see the states, with biden ahead. and you could see that network in the newspapers even call for him. but in our system, the next part of it, you have a canvassing process in which you check out to make there is not clerical errors, that all the tabulations are correct. you have legal challenges and then you have a recount in there. it's pretty clear at this point, the trump campaign is going to launch a lot of recount efforts. there is enough out there, states that allow that to deny joe biden the certification until the process is done. so, buckle up, folks, this takes a while. most states have at least three weeks to get the canvassing and then the recount. if we could be doing this for the next month. >> bret: thanks for that. [laughter] >> martha: do tom bevan, but given what kimberly sighed and you look at all the data that comes in, where you think we are tonight? >> i agree with kimberly. all of this is precipitated by the trump campaign. it looks like nevada is may be beyond forgetting beyond where the recount is but in arizona, i think the trump campaign has to get the number, they have to move ahead in the count. it is going slow. if they're not able to do that, i think they're fighting an uphill battle as is. but kimberly is right, there's more to the process. >> bret: charles, where do you think we are? >> i think where we are is at the point where a normal rational president, candidate, looking at the numbers would be thinking about the good of the country and thinking about conceding. because the recount that my colleagues are talking about are very far-fetched scenarios. for example, pennsylvania, if biden's margin is about 35,000 where it's headed, there will not be an automatic recount. arizona does not allow or request for recounts. the president is launching an observed and destabilizing charges of fraud. which are making matters very difficult including for people inside his own party. i think where we are is a moment of truth for a lot of republicans. we know what's happening here, joe biden is narrowing on the election and they need to stop up much as likely members of the house and senate leadership in pennsylvania have done. by the state legislature there, they're refusing to go along with this far-fetched idea of naming new electors. adjusting themselves to the new reality, republicans over performed in their happy to be proud of. president trump has lost. >> martha: when you read the tea leaves of the statements, kimberly let me ask you to do that, this is what came out earlier. he is talking about how this is no longer about any single election, this is about the integrity of our entire election process. then he went on to say we will pursue this process through every aspect of the law to guarantee the people have confidence in our government. i will never give up fighting for you and our nation. but look at the most recent tweet, we have that we can put up as well. it has a bit stronger tone to it. i have such a big lead and all the states late into election night only to see the leads miraculously disappear as the days went by. perhaps the leads overturned as our legal proceedings move forward. it kimberly, what you think president's mood is just gleanig from the statements in the tweet tonight? >> obviously, the president is very disappointed in the way things are turning out and i think what's important is that republicans do here and you're seeing more and more members of his party duets. that presidential statement was a little closer to it as well too. it's to make the distinction that it's not good enough to go out and claim that ballots are being burnt in a garbage can outback. if you don't have any evidence of that. there is a different question to mount a legal challenges to argue that certain categories of ballots for instance should not be counted because they weren't cast legally. that's a very different question. and so, that seems to be where the legal team at least is headed and a lot of the states. look at nevada for instance, in question of residency. so, that's the important question. while they succeed, we don't know, but we have a system for this in court. >> bret: thank you very much panel, i said multiple times today different interviews that we have not seen evidence of widespread fraud. i promise if we do see it, we will investigate as journalists, were going to go after that. that's what the trump campaign legal fight is all about. we will see where it goes. that's it for "special report" coverage. we continue america's election headquarters after a short break. >> martha: stay with us, everybody. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ since pioneering the suv in 1935, the chevy suburban has carried many things. nothing more important than family. introducing the most versatile and advanced chevy suburban and tahoe ever. our retirement plan with voya gives us confidence... ...we can spend a bit now, knowing we're prepared for the future. surprise! we renovated the guest room, so you can live with us. i'm good at my condo. well planned, well invested, well protected. voya. be confident to and through retirement. but today there's a combination of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests positive for pd-l1 and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. it's the first and only approved chemo-free combination of two immunotherapies that works together in different ways to harness the power of the immune system. opdivo plus yervoy equals a chance for more days. more nights. more beautiful weekends. more ugly sweaters. more big hugs. more small outings. opdivo and yervoy can cause your immune system to attack normal organs and tissues in your body and affect how they work. this may happen during or after treatment has ended and can become serious and lead to death. some of these problems may happen more often when opdivo is used with yervoy. see your doctor right away if you have a new or worse cough; chest pain; shortness of breath; diarrhea; severe stomach pain; nausea or vomiting; dizziness; fainting; extreme tiredness; weight changes; constipation; excessive thirst; changes in urine or eyesight; rash; itching; confusion; memory problems; muscle pain or weakness; joint pain; flushing; fever; or tingling in hands and feet. these are not all the possible side effects. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions including immune system problems, or if you've had an organ transplant or lung, breathing, or liver problems. here's to a chance for more together time. a chance to live longer. ask your doctor about opdivo plus yervoy. thank you to all involved in our clinical trials. that selling carsarvana, 100% online wouldn't work. ask your doctor about opdivo plus yervoy. but we went to work. building an experience that lets you shop over 17,000 cars from home. creating a coast to coast network to deliver your car as soon as tomorrow. recruiting an army of customer advocates to make your experience incredible. and putting you in control of the whole thing with powerful technology. that's why we've become the nation's fastest growing retailer. because our customers love it. see for yourself, at carvana.com. ♪ >> martha: welcome back to our continuing coverage of democracy 2020 on "the story," a martha maccallum. >> bret: i'm bret baier, we are awaiting details on the expected address to the nation from joe biden and senator kamala harris. we haven't gotten word on contents of the potential address but it's in the parking lot. we keep talking about. according to sources, the campaign has a fireworks display set up and ready to go. maybe they know something we don't know. if we have not seen the numbers move significantly yet. he is leading in three of the forest swing states that we have yet to call on the election.

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