Firing his defense secretary mike mike mark esper. President trump and esper have really been at odds ever since this summer when esper refused to support invoking the insurrection act which would have allowed President Trump to use active duty troops on u. S. Soil to quell all of those protest happening around the country in the wake of George Floyds death. The president made this announcement official, as he often does come on twitter. He said im pleased to announce that christopher miller, the highly respected director of the National Counterterrorism cent center, will be acting secretary of defense effective immediately. Immediately. Mark esper has been terminated, i would like to thank him for his service. The president s decision to fire esper just two days after joe biden became the president elect gives you a taste of what potentially could come over the next two months. We know fbi director has often been talked about also being on the chopping block. All well President Trump continues to chip the max wright joe bidens status as the president elect. President trump has not spoken on champ mack camera since thursday but his Campaign Held an all staff meeting in which Campaign Manager bill stefan sad that President Trump is not backing down, they are promising to file even more lawsuits. But so far, there has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud or irregularities presented in court. We have not seen President Trump today, we did catch a glimpse of Vice President mike pence ahead of his breathing which should start in about an hour or so. At the top of the agenda of course is going to be the good news about that Pfizer Vaccine. The white house believes that this is a direct result of the Trump Administrations operation warp speed. I think they wish, dana, that this news had come about a week earlier before the election. Dana for sure, thank you so much. We have Team Coverage that continues with peter doocy, lives in wilmington delaware. Its sunny there. It is beautiful in delaware, this is where joe biden is today. And he admitted a little while ago he cant do anything to change covid policy until january. He also admitted that the news today about this Pfizer Vaccine is good but that in the months before anyone can get it people still need to wash their hands, social distance, and wear a ma mask. May be read save the life of a person who stocks the shelves at your local grocery store, maybe save the life of your plaf worship, maybe save the lives of one of your childrens teachers. Maybe it save your life. So please, i implore you, wear a mask. Do it for yourself, do it for your neighbor. A mask is not a political statement. But it is a good way to start pulling the country together. Biden officials are frozen out of federal funds set aside to aid their transition because the gsa still hasnt officially ascertained the back that biden be trump yet, the biden team is urging them to make that ascertainment now. Telling us Americas National security and economic interests depend on the federal government signaling that the United States government will respect the will of the American People and engage in a smooth and peaceful transfer of power. Biden did not answer shouted questions as he walked off today, he hasnt answered any questions from the press since election day in pennsylvania. Dana. Dana peter doocy, thank you so much. I want to get to that big news today in the race for a vaccine, taught pyro has to details for us. Hey dana, its the hope we have been waiting for. The pfizer ceo proclaiming today is a great day for science and humanity. The drug giant along with bio intact announcing its Covid Vaccine was found to be more than 90 effective in presenti preventing the virus. Researchers look at 94 confirmed cases among the more than 43,000 volunteers who got the vaccine or a placebo. Early results show that less than 10 of those infected got the vaccine, results that entered the mike Anthony Fauci calls extraordinary adding not many experts expected to be that successful. They expect to produce as many as 50,000 vaccines this year, when it first arrives it will be given to Health Care Workers dana i think we lost his audio there, that was a good report but we have somebody that can explain more to us. The former fda commissioner mark mcclellan, what a pleasure to have you on the show. When you heard the news about this vaccine being 90 effective what was your take away, do you think the fda will be able to approve this . Its preliminary news, it hasnt been reviewed fully yet but its very good news. This is way better as dr. Fauci said that people were generally expecting, its up there with the top childhood vaccines like for measles that can prevent almost every infection. There havent been any significant side effects observed so far. But dana, its still early. The Company Needs to collect some more data on safety following the fdas guidance, they arent relaxing the standards very much here. They want to make sure the vaccine is safe and effective. So probably a submission for an emergency authorization to fda could take a couple of weeks or so, a few weeks to act on that but that those mean people could be getting vaccinated in the highest risk groups starting before the end of the year. Dana tell me about the need for this to be an ultra cold storage and that means logistically. It is a new kind of vaccine made out of mrna, you then create an immune reaction and to keep that stable it needs to be shipped at very cold temperatures. Pfizer is in the midst of setting up its own Distribution System with that very cold temperature and to end storage with constant monitoring. The hope is theyll be able to put that in place and time for this initial distribution. But they know, its not gonna be for everybody at first. Its for highest risk groups that includes older people in nursing homes, Health Care Workers, other people who are on the front lines and its gonna be a gradual process from there to make it more available. The other good news is that many of the other vaccines could also have a readout like this one pretty soon within the next couple of weeks, works in a similar way and we are seeing a lot of evidence that good antibodies like generated by this vaccine really help control infection. So we could have more Vaccines Available without too much more delay to help as well. Dana let me ask you about operation warp speed. Because that initiative by the Trump Administration went ahead and did a contract with pfizer for 2 billion, basically saying that if you are vaccine pans out we want to be able to get it out to people. Do you think operation works pete had a role here . No question, it had a role in several ways. Getting clear of guidance together from the fda to work proactively with the companies to make clear what needed to be done to set out the guidepost, to help set up the clinical trial, you need that kind of guidance. Pfizer funded their own Clinical Trials but then having the manufacturing commitment means that there will be a lot of doses available with hopefully minimal delay after the initial authorization. And that same approach is going to be helpful for the other vaccines that have similar kinds of mechanisms. So theres definitely a lot to think about. This transition. Back between now and january is going to be pretty critical for covid in a number of respects. In the initial availability of vaccines but also in helping to deal with this really tough surge we are heading into right now. Its going to be a tough couple months and i hope we can all Work Together to get through it effectively. Dana dr. Mark mcclellan we would love to have you back, thank you so much. Up next, House Democrats divided, fighting with each other after a dismal election night. Well discuss. Using a [ engine rumbling ] [ beeping ] [ engine revs ] uh, you know theres a 30minute limit, right . Tell that to the rain. [ beeping ] for those who were born to ride, theres progressive. Still the one and i cant get enough were still having fun, and youre still the one. Applebees 2 for 20. Its date night in the neighborhood. It was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. Im still clear, five years now. Cosentyx works fast to give you clear skin that can last. Real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. 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Highly watched and very nasty, very contentious. All eyes are on georgia right now, which is still counting the ballots. The secretary of States Office finished a News Conference moments ago, officials with the secretary of States Office say they have found no major issues when it comes to voting irregularities. But they do understand why the president and republicans are calling for investigations. Take a listen. When you are this close and the emotions run this high, its understandable. And the president to a strong to degree has a strong responsibility to go through all the legal means to make sure your vote is defended. We understand that. In addition to the president ial race, both of georges senate seats are in play. Democrat Rafael Warnock is challenging Kelly Loeffler who was appointed to fill the seat of senator Johnny Isakson when he retired for Health Reasons last year. Democrat john also is challenging david purdue, hes georgia racists could affect the balance of power in washington. We take georgia, then we take the world. Now we take georgia, then we change america. And because of the highstakes in these races, spending on political advertising is expected to at least approach if not exceed National Historic records and again, these races are expected to be highly contentious. Dana thank you so much jonathan, democrats are blaming each other after losing seats in the house and potentially failing to take control of the senate. I want to bring in editor in chief of the dispatch and that sound we just heard from senator Chuck Schumer first we take georgia, then we change america. That is the opening line of the argument that the republicans are going to use for why they need to turn out to try to keep those republican seats. Jonah in many ways, this is a strained analogy but its kind of like a domestic political equivalent to the spanish civil war. Everyone is going to be invested in this thing, to paraphrase we are going to spend more than enough money on this one, its going to be a wild ride. Dana there is also this ongoing debate within the Democratic Party which i am very interested in. Alexandria ocasiocortez is stirring up controversy, as she often does. Heres something that she said on sunday about the tension. Its irresponsible to pour gasoline on these already already contentious members and the party. Not every member has to contain the back campaign as a progressive in a traditional way but the party is not yet fully leaned into or exploited. Dana you are a historian that has looked at the left and its movement for years. They had a fairly decent setback on election night. They did not get what they thought they were going to get. Jonah they had a terrible election night. Its worth remembering the primary mover of Newt Gingrich having to resign in 1998 was that the republicans were expected to pick up a bunch of seats and they lost five i believe. The democrats lost four and they were expected to pick up a whole bunch of seats. Its interesting that nancy pelosi isnt under similar pressure. Aoc the remarkable thing there, she said it in other ways elsewhere, she said its irresponsible to criticize the progressives for all of this. Im baffled by the idea that someone running in a profoundly liberal district in new york city who basically won her first time deposing an old democratic hand with the help of barista socialists from queens, shes got this incredibly firm grasp on the politics of the whole country. When she says its irresponsible to criticize her wing of the party for these losses, we are largely responsible for these losses and its mean to point it out. One of the problems the democrats have that they lost so many of their moderate politicians, the sort of oldstyle southern democrat types and midwestern democrats during the obama years that in some ways the Democratic Party has become a party of sort of cocooned, urban, very liberal west coast and east coasters and theyve lost the ability to communicate to average voters across the country. Theres all sorts of data that show that the average democratic voter is way to the right of people like aoc but shes supposed to have this magic formula for winning over the entire country. I dont understand. Dana and lecturing moderate democrats how they should win their districts. That is very astute as well. Jonah goldberg, thank you so much. Before he could to be here, thanks dana. Dana will dig into the Trump Campaigns legal challenges and why our next guest says joe biden should want a challenge. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Dana President Trumps campaign is taking the fight to court in nevada as g. O. P. Lawyers say they are still considering other options. Jonathan hunt is live in las vegas. Hi dana, the latest trump Team Campaign claim here in nevada centers on an election worker who claims to have witnessed nefarious activities. A sworn statement was introduced by Trump Lawyers in front of a crowd of raucous drum supported yesterday. The election worker that says either on october 28 or 29th, that worker but witnessed a mysterious man in the parking lot of an Election Center and thought there was a strange activity around it involving ballots. The van was allegedly covered in white and harris stickers. The Nevada AttorneyGenerals Office has given me a statement saying they received this redacted version of the sworn statement today, it didnt include a name, it didnt include any confirmatio contact, it doesnt stand as an official complaint. Youll remember the trump team has already had two legal challenges thrown out of federal court here so i asked the trump lawyer matt schlapp at this press conference yesterday whether they really are grasping at straws. Heres his answer. We are grasping at anything. You had to claims thrown out already. Untrue. Believe it or not an obama judge probably is not the right judge for this to determine. We feel very confident about how well fight this legally going forward. The trump team will not actually commit to anymore lawsuits here, they simply told me they are looking at all their legal options. Dana. Dana jonathan hunt, thank you so much. Lets bring in Fox News Contributor jonathan turley. Its so good to have you. I absolutely understand pursuing a legal options, what do you think the options are right now . Jonathan well, youre going to have to do a little better than a van with some biden stickers on it. Its a rather curious way to carry out a secret conspiracy to take the campaign van over to the post office. If i sound skeptical, its just that we need something more systemic. The type of allegation that would really move the ball for the Trump Administration is something that deals with the threshold of were talking about something that would impact a large number of ballots. This is a very difficult task for the trump legal team. They dont have to throw one hail mary, they have to throw four. Is that possible . Maybe, we havent seen the evidence. Its just at this point, there is no evidence of systemic fraud. And it does look like this is the president elect. But having said that, in fairness to the Trump Campaign, we wouldnt necessarily have that evidence at this point. We are now moving from the tabulation stage to canvassing, thats when you would see more systemic problems. Also this evidence is held by Election Officials. So it often requires a court to get access to that information. Dana jonathan, could you expla