Director. To the north lawn we roll from the news from john roberts at this hour. Good afternoon. Start there. Good afternoon to you. Clearly as you can expect, a difference of opinion between what the the attorney general is saying and what President Trump is thinking and his campaign is thinking with the interview with the Associated Press, william barr said to date we have not seen fraud on a scale that could affect a different outcome in the election. Theres two important words, to date, which leaves open the possibility that in the future we could see widespread voter fraud or irregularity that could change the outcome in some states. To show you how much the campaign is on a different page, the attorney general, rudy guliani and jenna ellis, the president s counsel on the vote challenges in a statement saying with all due respect, to the attorney general, theres been no a semblance of an investigation. Weve gathered ample evidence in six states that they have not examined. We have many onces under oath that they saw crimes being committed with voter fraud. As far as we know, not a single one has been interviewed by the doj. The Justice Department has not audited any Voting Machines or used subpoena powers to determine the truth. Barr pointed to one specific allegation. That was one raised in a press conference that the Voting Machines were rigged and votings counted overseas. Barr saying theres been one assertion that would be systematic fraud and that would be the claim that machines were programmed essentially to skew the election results. The dhs and doj have looked into that and so far we havent seen anything to substantiate that. Barr said weeks before the election because of mass mailin voting the system could be ripe for fraud and abuse. He had given direction to consider substantial allegations of voter froud fraud. Barr said fraud is particularized to a particular set of circumstances or actors or conduct. Theyre not systemic allegations. Those have been run down. Theyre being run down. Some have been broad and cover a few thousand votes. They have been followed up on. Barr also saying in this interview that many of the complaints should be handled at the civil level because they do not rise to criminal conduct. Barr said theres a growing tendency to use the criminal Justice System as a fixall and people dont like something, they want the department of justice to come in and investigate. So far nothing from the president himself on the barr comments this afternoon. He is pretty active on twitter right now. Monitoring the hearing when a president comes to office, he can determinate ate of his attorneys. By elevating him to special counsel, that will put pressure on the Biden Administration and his eventual a. G. Nomination to keep that special counsel in place. Well see if the press holds biden and the a. G. To the same standards. Bill let me add more here. Fox news can confirm this news as well. I can confirm this was happening two weeks prior to the election in november, which takes us four or five weeks back in. Im also told that durhams investigation will be narrow in scope. What does that mean . Well, i think the investigation is still going to be what it was as a u. S. Attorney for the district of connecticut. Which is the origins of the russia investigation looking not just at the department of justice, which we know the Inspector General can do but looking at the broader Intelligence Community. What did the dni do, what did the cia do. How was this all worked together along with the fisa applications to conduct this russia investigation. So the scope may be small, but the reach will be broad in that i assume and i think that it will go to the larger Intelligence Community as well. Thanks, ian. Quick news on that. Thank you. Well bring you back if theres more from the doj. A lot going on on the covid front. Waiting to learn which groups could be the first to get the vaccine once its available. Happening at this hour, a cdc Advisory Panel with an emergency vote on that. Thats at expected at 4 00. This is bob here from is st. Josephs university college. Ashih shaw is also here with us. Doctor, you start. Who gets it first, how do we decide, where does it go first. Well, if i were the people at the cdc, i would send the vaccine to the hotspots within the country first. I would certainly im you immunize the healthcare workers and doctors. And the question in the u. K. , do we do the elderly and those at greatest risk above 70. My answer to that would be yes. So i could cover those two groups first. Then id go from there to the paramedi paramedics, emts, healthcare workers, et cetera and bus drivers and et cetera and people handling our food. We have to keep them healthy. Doctor, jump in here. How does it work, how do they make this decision in this ongoing meeting in atlanta right now . So bill, theres a few Different Things theyre trying to factor in. Right . Theyre trying to figure out who is essential that we have to protect right away. Healthcare workers are at the top of the list. Where has the suffering been . Thats where you see the longterm care facilities. 40 of people that have died that have been residents of longterm care facilities. So longterm care residents in the first batch. Essential workers apeople at high risk in the second batch. The rest of us follow after that. This is the strategy that they end up with. Theyre weighing a variety of factors and try to make a reasoned decision what the right approach is. Bill i have a couple of calendars here to show our audience at home. November and december. Keep your eye on november 2. Right . The week after, election day is november 3. On november 9, pfizer announces their results. Moderna follows a week after. And then we move to december. On december 10, youve got the fda with a meeting schedule on pfizers vaccine. Moderna follows a week after that. Doctor, theres been some debate whether or not this is the cdc today were talking about. Some debate as to whether or not the fda is moving as fast as it can. What is your feeling on that . Yeah, bill. I was on an Advisory Committee for many years at the fda. Believe me, it is worth while to take ones time even though its only a matter of days or weeks. Four weeks is not a big deal. But it could be very important to go over the statistics, the actual data that is very, very carefully dissected in these Advisory Committees. And then a judgment is rendered usually at the end of one or two days and then its either approved or disapproved or given certain protections. So thats very, very important. I dont think the process can be or should be rushed, bill. Bill okay, doctor. Do you agree with that . I do. The reason is, look, its super important to get the vaccines out quickly. We have to make sure that we have do the careful due diligence. Thats what the fda is doing right now. I dont know that they can move faster than theyre moving. At the end of the day, the vaccine will only work if people have confidence in it and willing to get vaccinated. So i think it is absolutely worth paying close attention to all of the details that theyre doing. This is still pretty fast by any standard. Bill i agree with you. Are they deciding where to be distributed in the u. S. And elsewhere . Is that part of what the cdc is working through . No. Theyre about distribution in the united states. Companies will make decisions about america versus other countries. The cdc is bill so its the company that takes over distribution after that to be clear . Yeah, theyre going to be working with the federal government and the cdc in operation warp speed to get the vaccines out to Public Health departments, pharmacies. Bill we expect a vote at 4 00 eastern time. Were watching it for you. Thanks, doctors. Get to get you both on today. Thanks for being here. Thank you. Thank you. Bill in a moment, vaccine to accusations of hypocrisy. Hours after voting to shut down Outdoor Dining government officials are seen outdoors in california. And President Trump telling the governor of georgia to do something. Rick scott campaigned forthe senators in the governor runoffs and he will join us. First lets not forget who built this country. Working class and middle class people built this country. Unions built the middle class. Bill so president elect joe biden introducing his Economic Team. How some of the policies will affect you, your family and your wallet coming up. Limu emu and doug. And if we win, we get to tell you how Liberty Mutual customizes Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need. Isnt that what you just did . Service stand back, im gonna show ya how doug and limu roll, ya you know you got to live it if you wanna wi. [ music stops ] time out only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Bill back to the breaking news from the department of justice. Bill barr giving john durham the special powers of counsel. Back on october 19, barr appointed durham special counsel. He will continue his investigation into the russia probe under a new administration. Barr is at the white house right now. So more on this as we get it here this hour. Meantime, the president tweeting that the state of georgia was scammed. Its all hand on deck for republicans there. The rnc telling fox news that they sent 500 staffers and thousands of volunteers to get out the vote for Kelly Loeffler and david purdue. President trump set to campaign there saturday. Rick scott of florida here with us. Good afternoon. A lot to get to. Good afternoon to you. Bill what about the secretary of States Office talking about 250 cases of illegal voters being tried to be signed up by progressive groups . Homeland security is something that we have to look into. We have to make the American Public that the elections are fair. We have to have voter i. D. Or signatures match. We have a bill for mailin ballots here in florida. You have to make sure theres transparency. Poll watchers have to watch whats going on. You do these things, the American Public will be comfortable. Mean time, a Runoff Election in georgia. Its incumbent of every election official to make sure its done fairly. Dont vote if you dont have a right to vote. You shouldnt be trying to register if you dont have a right to register to vote. We have too make sure its fair. Bill so lets do that, right . Youve been down there. How doesnt look in georgia. Were going to win. We have unbelievable energy. Two great candidates with Kelly Loeffler and david purdue. Business people, common sense. They respect hard work. They reward hard work. Theyre the real deal. They care about this country. We all know and i think even democrats realize this is for the whole enchilada. Are we going to have socialism or the democrats want socialism, pack the supreme court, they want to infringe our first and Second Amendment rights, the Green New Deal which will cost close to 100 trillion. This is what this election is about. The two races in georgia. Bill i get that. Republicans have to show up. Bill can i get back to your initial response. You said youre going to win both. That would suggest georgia is not a 50 50 state after all. You dont believe that. No. Look, you have to go work your tail off to win these elections. Were going to win them. Georgia look where florida went this year. Trump had a big win in florida. This is a similar issues in georgia. They care about jobs, who is better for jobs, republicans. They care about law enforcement. Theyre not in to americans especially georgians are not in to defunding the police where the democrats are. Look at these basic issues. Georgians are like floridians. We care about this economy. Bill you wonder how the president ial race turned out the way it did. The president will be there saturday. What is your feeling on that and the reports that he told Close Associates of the white house that he will run again in 2024. Im glad hes going to georgia. I hope he works hard to get the vote out. We are all. Were trying to get our message out. We have grass roots and we hope he helps us get the vote out. Its great he runs in 2024. Joe biden will raise taxes, ruin this economy. I think 24 will be a great year. 22 will be a great year for republicans. Im going to be the incoming chair of the National Republican senatorial committee. 2020 will be an outstanding year for us to increase the number of republican senators that we have. Bill you have a big job. Can loeffler and purdue win without President Trump in the next 50 some odd days . I wouldnt take the chance. President trump will help get the vote out. Why take the chance . Theyll win with theyre going to win over the issues. Theyre great candidates. You know, look, their candidates are just going to be puppets for chuck schumer. Thats all. So its not like they have the democrats dont have a vote. Chuck schumer has a vote and they vote in lock step with him. Bill thanks, senator. Rick scott from florida. Thanks for coming by today. In a moment, a covid19 relief package has been in limbo on the hill for months. Lawmakers from both parties are trying to get a deal done. Documents said to be exposed how chinese officials mishandled the outbreak from the beginning. Greg palkot has more in his reporting shortly. If your dry eye symptoms keep coming back, inflammation in your eye might be to blame. Looks like a great day for achy, burning eyes overthecounter eye drops typically work by lubricating your eyes and may provide temporary relief. Ha these drops probably wont touch me. 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Any package passed in a lame duck session is lucky to be at best just a start. A short time against, the Senate Majority leader says his focus is on what President Trump is willing to accept. The one thing we all agree on is we dont have time for messaging games. We dont have time for lengthy negotiations. The issue is that we want to get a result. I like to remind everybody that the way you get a result is you to have a president ial signature. Speaker nancy pelosi says she told Steve Mnuchin that any covid relief bill has to ensure vaccinations are free and accessible to everyone. Bill . Bill thanks, mike emanuel live on the hill. From california now, an l. A. County supervisor facing accusations of hypocrisy after she went to a restaurant and sat outdoors hours after voting to shut down Outdoor Dining. Cant make it up. She described it as a most dangerous situation at the time of her vote. Protesters expected to gather outside her home. A spokesperson said she dined out 0 on the last day it was allowed and took the Proper Health precautions along the way. William la jeunesse has more. What happened . The irony said eating outdoors is dangerous and did it. She defended herself by saying the ban didnt take effect yet. Here she is on lecturing residents. Theyre not protected from their other six tables that theyre serving at that particular time. Plus, all of the hours in which theyre working. So it is a most dangerous situation. So from there she went out to a place in santa monica. Local Restaurant Owners that are fighting her vote were stunned by the hypocrisy. Wait a minute. Restaurants are so dangerous but youre going to go eat in a restaurant . It blows me away. She said the new rule tuesday took effect wednesday so danger, yes, but no apology. Now dr. Fauci said moments ago talking to us from colorado that that undermines what little confidence people and in official decision making. The county has their own ideas on right and wrong. Im just not in agreement with it. So this restaurant in Redondo Beach is defying the order, facing fines and a loss of license. I think its just wrong to shut all the restaurants down. Im tired of people telling us what t