Highs, the s p and the highest its ever been, the russel 2,000 the highest its ever been the dow with a quarter of a percent of the highest it has ever been what the heck is going on here happy weekend everybody so glad to have you im neil cavuto, this is cavuto live we are on tall of all of those developments also the count that goes on in georgia and a host of other states whether that can change the complexion of this race and bring it closer to the president s liking, anyones guess but we do know they are going to be busy in washington arguing today on behalf of the president of the United States planning a major rally that kicks off in a couple of hours on behalf of the president and all hes done for the country and saying that the fight should, indeed, continue. So lets get right first to whats happening on the Vaccine Development here, and more importantly, the dustup between the governor of new york and the president of the United States, as to who it gets to and how quickly, david spunt. Neil, good morning from the white house, President Trump at the white house this morning continuing to embrace this alternate reality that he either won the race or the election was rigged in his words, posted numerous times on twitter, continues to push that narrative twitter has labeled many of those tweets as misinformation but yesterday, we saw the president for the first time in eight days making statements. This is the longest we have not seen him for eight days he came out in the rose garden in front of supporters and medical experts to speak about operation warp speed, something his administration began pushing last spring. The good news, neil, President Trump says vaccines will be available to the masses by april just about anybody that wants one the president said will be able to get one, while talking about the vaccine though as you mentioned he singled out new york governor andrew cuomo. Listen here. President trump he doesnt trust the fact that its this white house, this administration, so we wont be delivering it to new york until we have authorization to do so, and that pains me to say that. This is a very successful, amazing vaccine at 90 and more, but so the governor, Governor Cuomo, will have to let us know when hes ready for it. He tries to bully people, he tries to bully governors, he uses government as a retaliatory tool, and as you know, new yorkers are not going to get bullied, and i stand up for new yorkers, and im not going to let a bully push new yorkers around. The trump adminitration continues to block a transition to the incoming biden team, former white house chief of staff and four star marine general john kelly out with a harsh statement that says the president putting the country in danger because hes not allowing president elect biden to receive classified briefings, so biden can hit the ground running. Now as far as lawsuits are concerned the Trump Campaign dropped a lawsuit in arizona as you know fox news was the first to call that several weeks ago, actually on Election Night, for thenvice President Biden now president elect biden meanwhile, everything goes on here in washington, even if President Trump does not concede or will not concede as i walked in today i could see the reviewing stand for the inauguration thats where biden and his family will stand, so things go on this happens every four years regardless but as of now President Trump no plans on conceding anytime soon still, neil . Neil you know, david, the governor of new york was critical of the trump rolfe rollout plan for the vaccine thats what hes standing behind and the president went to far to say we wont make the vaccine available until you have a better idea what you want to do. Are they close to any agreement on this . Would the president really then say all right, you dont like my rollout plan, ill roll it out to the other governors who want to have it. Well you know it all depends on timing, Leticia James the attorney general for the state of new york, says that if for some reason, the vaccine be rolling out in what she called the twilight of the trump adminitration, really the next two months, she said that they will sue, new york will sue to make sure they get the vaccine, but ultimately, when you heard the timeline from President Trump yesterday, he said for many seniors hopefully in december as we get into the winter months but for the most part it will be april when then at that point, President Biden as we will be calling him will be here at the white house but all indications are new york plans to sue if President Trump really does try and hold back this vaccine. Neil all right well watch it closely david, thank you very much we have reached out to Governor Cuomo we have not heard back and we want the right and proper skinny on this we dont know the president isnt denying the vaccine to new yorkers just saying that if the governor is suspicious of the rollout plan essentially why bother . But the back and forth on this continues, as does the back and forth on the count that goes on in now a smaller number of battleground states, who knew that georgia be one of them, the hand recount continuing there, Jonathan Siri with the latest from a very foggy, misty atlanta. Whats the latest, my friend . Hi, neil well they are conducting the retally of ballots underway, right now im in fulton county, in the city of atlanta. This is the largest county in georgia and they actually moved the tally from the original place where they originally were counting absentee ballots just so that there could be more social distancing, where at the Georgia World Congress center and the tallying that you see taking place behind me is taking place in all of georgias 159 counties and by the end of wednesday, every vote cast for president in this state must be counted by hand. State Election Officials say they did not order the audit because of political pressure, but to instill confidence in the accuracy of georgias new Voting Machines and even with the added potential for human error, they expect the hand tally to produce a similar result to the original machine count in the president ial race. The audit does not affect georgias two veryclose senate races in which republican incumbents Kelly Loeffler and david purdue are heading into january run offs against democratic challenges florida senators rick scott and marco rubio have already been campaign ing in the peach state for fellow republicans and the purdue Campaign Launched a new ad links his opponent to national democrats. Take a look. You heard him, Chuck Schumer is trying to use georgia to take the Senate Majority and radically change america. Bolstered by president elect joe bidens narrow lead in this once solidlyred state democrats Raphael Warnock is hoping to turn georgias two senate seats blue as well, both would have to win for their party, to regain control of the senate. In order for the incoming president ial administration to be able to lead us out of this pandemic, and invest in economic recovery we need to win these two senate races. And so georgia is rising up in this moment and i believe that they will show up, because they know that come january 5, Health Care Access is on the balll with the balance of power in place, spending by both parties on these two campaigns is estimated to be at least 200 million, but more likely, approaching 500 million, neil, back to you. Neil just incredible jonathan s errie, thank you very much to make your point very very clear democrats would have to take both of these races , they would 50 50 senate in that event of course the tie breaker would go to kamala harris, sitting as the size president , president of the senate that would make it a Democratic Senate assuming that Joe Biden Takes Office on january 20. Weve got kristin hauhn a democratic strategist, a republican fundraiser, noel i think the bigger story is the battle going on here, period , and the president behind the 8 ball on the vote we are getting in other news organizations have called georgia for joe biden. Were holding off on that but the fact of the matter is, it was not expected to be this way. Im just wondering for those trying to raise money for these respective races, has it become problematic for republicans . A little bit, and you know, the donors are already fatigued because they were pushed to the max to the limit with this very tight president ial race already, and trying to maintain the senate, so now, theyre doing a second round of fundraising. Youve got georgia united victory which is focusing on, you know, voter turnout which is a very very important thats the whole ballgame and then youve got u. S. Senate on their super pack, youve got so many things going on to maintain and keep hold on the senate its the most important focus to every republican that i have spoken with, because they know that when and if joe biden gets into office, that the only hope that they have into blocking any of the new and radical policies as they see it, is to maintain that hold on the senate so when your reporter was announcing 200 maybe 500 million in this state for this race, this is absolutely phenomenonal. It is unbelievable that were going to have to dump that amount of cash in this state but its so important. Neil you know, kristin haun, im just wondering it is an up hill leap to take both races the democrats to take both races the split wont do it as you know but the argument has always been that with the split government or the senate and republican hands joe biden assumes a white house, is going to be very hard for him to pass along some of the things he wants to do including tax increases, a lot more covid related spending and the like, so does this stymie and in that event does it actually check mate him or does he want that and prefer this type of approach because he wouldnt have to bow to some of the more extreme progressives in the party . What do you think . I think its a really interesting dynamic thats going ton right now. I dont think anything is going to be easy even if the democrats and i do think we have an up hill battle but even if the democrats did take those two Georgia Senate seats, or even if we didnt take those two Georgia Senate seats its going to be difficult to get anything passed, so i do think with the divided government, ive said this before, and maybe im being overly optimistic, but you have to have people coming together republicans and democrats have to come to the table when the democrats or the republicans hold, the presidency in both chambers and congress its really easy to point the finger, and blame the other party for everything. If theres a split government, it might be more difficult to get things done, but people have to come together. Theres no one party in control and sometimes that is the better way forward. Neil you know, noel, this rally thats supposed to kickoff at noon is beginning to start or the crowds are beginning to gather in washington. They call it stopthesteal referring to the counting of votes and they think that the president is getting the shorter end of the stick on that, but does that appearance of holding off acknowledging joe biden as the president elect, unless you can prove widespread fraud and abuse that turned tens of thousands of votes joe biden s way, does that hurt the president . Does that hurt the call to unite the country or is this just seen as what happens after a very hotlycontested election . Well, you know, you can look at it both ways and you make two very good points. It depends on which lens youre looking through. If you are a ride or die so to speak trump supporter, then this type of rally to show support when you think that joe biden and the democrats have stolen the race, this is a rally cry for you and this is showing support to your president. If you are the general grey elephant republican, george bush , mitt romney, the establishment rnc republican , youre looking at these rallies as , you know, please stop and lets concede, and lets go forward and lets focus on all eyes on georgia and holding the senate and lets go on and in fact if trump did concede, he could also announce that he was going to go ahead and look at 2024 so you know, it just depends, neil on which lens that you are looking through on whether or not this rally is productive or not productive. Neil all right, ladies i want to thank you both very much sorry to truncate this a little bit for breaking news and well keep an eye on this rally thats forming also on new developments on the covid front we have half a dozen states now that are looking at implementing pretty severe restrictions they arent at lockdown levels but a couple of them are pretty close. Whose doing what and how does that affect you . And yes, even your thanksgiving plans, after this. Our Retirement Plan with voya gives us confidence. So we can spend a bit today, knowing were prepared for tomorrow. Wow, do you think you overdid it maybe . Overdid what . Well planned, well invested, well protected. Voya. Be confident to and through retirement. Neil all right, ten days in a row weve had over 100,000 new coronavirus cases, and in fact three days in a row of record after record after record thats why half a dozen states are looking at taking new restrictive measures including the governor of north dakota who seriously is considering a mass mandate while at the same time were learning from some of the Joe Biden Coronavirus Task force members that maybe something in the four to six week massmandate and lockdown measures should at least be considered. Where are we going on all this first with Charles Watson in atlanta, on whats happening with these spikes and why. Charles . Good morning, neil. With 10. 7 confirmed cases in the u. S. And more expected as infections grow larger, were starting to see officials move toward tightening restrictions. It started with chicago, that city reinstating a stayathome advisory in response to surging coronavirus infections. The advisory starts monday and is expected to last at least 30 days. Mayor Laurie Lightfoot urging folks not to leave their homes for anything other than essential needs, the city is also advising people not to have visitors in their homes, and to avoid nonessential travel including for the upcoming thanksgiving holiday. If we do not step up and do the things that we know actually work, to protect ourselves, to protect our families, to protect people in our network, protect our colleagues, by the end of this year, we will lose at least a thousand more lives. On friday, new mexico and oregon followed that with statewide nearlockdown restrictions that will last for at least two weeks. Other states seeing a rise in cases such as new york having gone as far as a full lockdown, but are imposing restrictions. Governor andrew cuomo ordering gyms, bars and restaurants to close by 10 p. M. And new york cities sevenday rolling average is sitting at about 2. 83 if that number rises to 3 , neil, mayor deblasio says the city will shutdown schools as soon as monday. Neil . Neil incredible then what do those parents do, charles thank you very much. Charles watson in atlanta on all of that so a lot of states very very busy already contemplating measures that could come the closest weve seen to lockdown since the spring. Lets get the read from dr. Ra j at the nyu Langone School of medicine associate professor there, doctor great to have you back what do you make of the states, mayors, all looking at measures that will sort of rollback some form of restrictions. What do you think of that and more that will likely follow . Well, i think these are not decisions that are made lightly and theyre being considered for a very good reason, and the fact that we are definitely seeing an upswing in the cases of covid through many parts in fact most parts of the country, and you know, its sort of easy to dismiss these things as an over reaction if you personally havent been affected by covid or anyone in your near circle but there are many people who have, i had a patient this week who told me she lost three relatives to covid and shes absolutely terrified to commute to work every day which she is doing because shes been told she has to, so, if we do need to take very strict measure s again, and even go close to a lockdown or even a lockdown for a few week, if that means that longerterm people will actually be able to go out more and have more of an Economic Opportunity as well, it may be worth it. You know, in europe they are taking this approach in many countries of closing down for a few weeks in hopes that they can knock it out at least temporarily so they can open again later maybe in time for the holidays, so i want to really encourage people to nobody wants a lockdown, i certainly dont want it again, but if its going to happen its happening for a very legitimate reason. Neil doctor, some have advocated limiting crowd sizes at thanksgiving, you know, communicate with grandma, you know, via face time that sort of thing. Others want to eat outside which might be fine if youre in the Southern States or the southwest, maybe not so fine in new york where its often snowing around that time of year, but what do you make of that kind of keep the gathering small if youre going to have gatherings at all. I think its very good advice, and i think you really need to think about the fact that this is as horrible as it is, a temporary situation. Hopefully by next year, we wont have to worry about this by next thanksgiving but we want all of our loved ones to be around next thanksgiving so its one day of the year this year that you may have to forego your traditional thanksgiving. Yes the grandparents are already so isolated and missing their grandchildren