Holidays and doctor Anthony Fauci correcting the record saying he doesnt want to cancel christmas. What he is asking americans to do for the holidays. With their mortgages, families. Todd congress hasnt come up with more money for americas struggling business but more from that emotional Business Owner as fox and friends first starts right now. Rocking around the Christmas Tree the Christmas Party rock where you can see a couple tries to stop jillian it is hard to believe. Todd one week from right now, my sources tell me, santa claus will be coming to potential your house if you have been good this year. I have not. Jillian you havent been good enough. You are watching fox and friends first on friday morning. Todd republican accusations against hunter biden. Fox news obtains Text Messages showing hunters former associates tried to get the former vp involved in business dealings. Todd doug luzader joins us to break it down. Reporter president elect joe biden speaking out about his son hunter who is embroiled in a federal investigation over his taxes. Here is what he says on the late show which stephen colbert. We have great confidence in our son. Im not concerned about any accusations made against him. It is used to get to me. It is foul play. It is what it is. He is a grown man, the smartest man i know in pure intellectual capacity. As long as he is good we are good. Reporter he used the term foul play. And later had to say that does not reference the federal investigation itself but others were continuing to question Hunter Bidens actions of those questions go beyond hunters taxes. In Text Messages from 2017 fox news is obtained and reviewed Hunter Bidens former Business Associates discussed adventure with Chinese Energy company. Lets get the company set up until age and family the highstakes and get joe involved. Prominent republicans say it is vital the federal investigation into hunter biden continue even after joe biden is sworn in next month. This is a cloud over his presidency. There is no way to go forward without having somebody look at this and give rational explanation. Two things the Biden Administration believe this will suddenly go away you are wrong. It is political flypaper. It is going to stick and stick and stick. Reporter there are increasing calls for republicans to appoint a special counsel to look into this to ensure this Investigation Continues into the next administration. Joe biden believes his son did nothing wrong. Jillian the media has largely ignored covering Hunter Bidens business dealings and whether his dad played a role despite repeated denial of any involvement. Todd if they did cover it mostly softball questions and comments defending the bidens. The smear on joe biden comes from the kremlin. Classic example of rightwing media. But her emails again. Most of those charges and verified. Not even going to say them. Reporter senator tom cotton said time for the president elect to face the American People that address the case surrounding his son. Address all of this. If you recall, then donald trump had a press conference in january, it was a classic. He denounced the socalled dossier, claimed there was no collusion which was established by robert mueller, tackled questions about his business, the First Press Conference in which he called jim across the fake news. Joe biden needs to come out, speak to the press. Todd Eric Swalwell and his ties with chinese by. A congressman refused to answer questions about his relationship with Christine Fong or whether he will step down from the house intel committee. Representative swalwell, do you plan on stepping down from the committee or anything like that . Can you tell us anything about your relationship . Anything in general . Congressman swalwell . Reporter fong helped fund raise the campaign and place one intern in his office. Swalwell cut ties with her after they gave him a defensive briefing in 2015. Tray gallery says it comes back on Nancy Pelosis pick for the intel committee. There are 230 democrats and you tell me she cannot find a single one they didnt date a chinese spy . There is no when she could pick than swalwell . He be rated Jared Kushner and donald trump junior for meeting with the russian lawyer, not dating one but meeting with one. Devon nunez for a phone call, and calls the president an agent of russia. Me while for four years hes not smart enough to know he is being played by a chinese spy and that is the best nancy pelosi can do . Reporter the New York Times is not mentioned the Eric Swalwell story. Jillian lawmakers could work into the weekend to finalize covid19 relief, the 900 billion package includes Unemployment Benefits at 600 stimulus checks. Holly and Bernie Sanders want more money for americans. They are proposing 1,200 checks for adults, 500 for kids. The stimulus deal sent stocks soaring today. Todd fda says it will work for emergency authorization of moderns vaccine. Jillian they claim to have millions more dose is waiting to be shipped. More on the vaccine distribution. Reporter if and when the fda gives final approval it would push through the initial 6 million doses distributed next week. That initial fda Panel Approval was voted unanimously, the fda said it would work to get the emergency authorization for the vaccine as 2. 9 million doses of the Pfizer Vaccine have been distributed and Vice President mike pence and his wife along with doctor jerome adams will get their shots this morning. Pfizer says they have doses ready to go bar waiting on the feds to tell them where to send them. A statement from pfizer says it is not having issues with the vaccine and nothing is on hold or delayed, millions more doses are sitting in a warehouse but havent got the shipment instructions and Anthony Fauci clearing up comments. I am not saying everyone should cancel a Family Gathering but people need to make individual choices. You can spend time with your family. Im asking people to be careful when it comes to travel, may not be necessary, travel you couldnt avoid and when you get together to try to make some limitations. Reporter california doctor criticizing lockdowns in california calling it a, quote, failure of imagination and creativity is policy, they need to work hard to protect elderly and Nursing Homes but chronic conditions of the workforce. Continued saying, quote, these broad lockdowns cause a lot of harm to the nonelderly, not doing much too slow the spread of the disease. The latest california numbers show 50,000 new cases and 16,000 people in the hospital with covid19. Todd extreme weather, winter storm hits the northeast. A dozen tractortrailers losing control in pennsylvania causing 66 car pileup. Stuck in boston, nearly impossible to get around and passengers on the runway in baltimore. Some areas see 3 feet of snow in upstate new york, trapping one man in his car, new york state trooper rescue him, hes recovering right now. Police in North Carolina holding the process and for hero killed in the line of duty. He responded to a carjacking. Jeremy Maurice Daniels was killed at the scene. He grew up in concorde and was at the department for year and a half. He leaves behind a wife. Todd Vice President pence campaigning in georgia. I promise you we can fight for our president and fight for more republicans in the United States senate at the same time. We will keep making America Great again. Todd the vp was there ahead of the runoff elections. And the progress the president has made. Former un Ambassador Nikki Haley will stump for republicans and visit several counties in the page state. Police in new york with christmas magic for a boy after he wrote a letter to santa asking to help his dad. We really respect that. The Police Department giving a full gaming system to 10yearold sandra full was they were touched by his letter to santa offering to give up his only present in exchange for a new car for his dad. Local honda dealership took care of that. Shannon that is pretty special. New Text Messages obtained by fox news reveal a possible biden Family Business after joe biden denied any involvement in his sons work. How many times have you spoken to your son about his business dealings . I never did speak to him about his overseas business dealings. How much did joe biden know . Johansson is calling for a special counsel and displayed his concern next. Rhode island governor ending warranting after coming under fire for breaking restrictions. More on the wine my backlash coming up when friday morning rolls along. Still suffering today. God calls on people who believe in him to act on his word. Comfort ye, comfort my people. Especially during this Holiday Season of hanukkah. When i come here and i sit with lilia i realize what she needs right now is food. These elderly jews are weak and theyre sick. Theyre living on 2 a day this now, is how gods children are living. Take this time to send a survival food box to these forgotten jews. The International Fellowship of christians and jews urgently need your gift of 25 now to help provide one survival food box with all of the essentials they critically need for their diet for one month. Your special holiday gift will provide everything they need to celebrate the miracle of hanukkah. This is the first time in over 70 years that she has anything to do with faith. The communists came and wiped it out. And now were coming to her and saying, its okay to have faith. Its okay to light the hanukkah candles. For just 25, you can help supply the essential foods they desperately need for one month. I just want to encourage all of you to join with Yael Eckstein and the wonderful work of the International Fellowship of christians and jews. God tells us to take care of them, to feed the hungry. And i pray Holocaust Survivors will be given the basic needs that they so desperately pray for to survive. There is no way anyone will convince me people in the press didnt know hunter biden was under investigation in october when bobalynn zaleski was on your program, somehow no one in the press knew about this . Republicans outraged as the media continues to ignore hunter biden and his foreign business dealings. This shows hunters former associates calling the president elect himself to get involved and make it a Family Business. Here to react, jim hansen, great to have you here. Between jamesville year, tony bobalinsky, you are right, lets get the company set up and tell h and family the high stakes and get joe involved and what is the deal with jim biden, he wasnt part of the discussion that seems a focal point . Good to have a backup, strengthens rsp to china as it looks like a Family Business and i like the dude. Doesnt joe biden need to explain this . Show biden needs to explain it in his excuse that this is somehow foul play or used to get to him it is being used to get to him because he was involved in. There are other emails that show hunters partner devon archer bragging about getting meeting for clients with us officials including joe. That illegal lobbying since they never registered under farah. Of joe know about the business which tony bobalynnski testified on then joe is in trouble. This is something that will be a problem for biden and devon we should have a special counsel looking at it or they will sweep it under the rug. Why should americans be concerned and wants to get to the bottom of this and know the whole truth . When you sell influenced by using your office, your son flying around the world to meet with foreign leaders based on your status as Vice President let him cash in big satchels of cash to get meetings for his clients with government officials you have to wonder about the ethics and morals of the question and he sits in the commanderinchief chair everyone should be concerned with hes compromised by china and ukraine and other countries that paid for access. This cyberattack is a big deal. Lets pop up the agencies targeted, the department of homeland security, Treasury Department and department of energy. But also targeted the National Nuclear security administration. How dangerous is this, especially the last target . A dangerous period anytime a country takes it upon themselves, the agencies that run on government. We have a huge problem to deal with. With the Nuclear Security administration it appears the intrusion was to their external Business Networks, not internal ones that their interactions externally, not the things that run Nuclear Operations but the fact the russians felt buoyed enough to do this is something we have to brings repercussions on them. Jillian thank you, appreciate it. Todd despite businesses closing across new york state, Governor Cuomo pushing ahead with his minimumwage hike. Can businesses afford to pay more . New york state senator who owns two restaurants says it will make a bad job situation worse, next. Jillian new York Governor Andrew Cuomo plowing forward to increase the minimum wage despite economic struggles during covid19. And it 52 capacity or less. George borello, he joined me now. Thank you for being here. Good to be with you. Jillian a lot of people only see the one side of this conversation which employees make more money. The other side of its, struggling Business Owners are dealing with it. Can you explain that . And 9. 6 and businesses closing all over the case of the association, close and not reopen in the next three months. The new york state further increase the minimum wage will be one more nail in the coffin across the state. Jillian elaborate a little more, the minimum wage increased, as a small Business Owner putting more money to pay employees and for some, they are able to pay. The automation in the service industry, people working in that industry. The vast majority of people who make a minimum wage our young people, high school and college age kids, those unemployment, minimum wage goes up, Unemployment Rate also goes up for that sector. This is a negative for a lot of family members, want their kids to work and get those skills to pay for college or whatever. It will mean businesses trying to do more with less. On top of everything, restaurant had to deal with in the last year with the pandemic happening. Lets look at new york Small Businesses, revenue down from january. 23 have closed since january. You have that on top of the minimumwage hike and also on top of the snow and the winter so restaurants barely if so many go under over the course of the next few weeks during winter months. Just a tragedy. New york state, people and businesses leading new york state, we ordered pennsylvania in my senate district, on the border with pennsylvania where minimum wage is 7. 25 an hour. This is more pressure on businesses and they will close in new york city. Jillian people talking about and letters from new york city but new york state as a whole we will continue to follow it. We wish you nothing but luck with your businesses and employees as well. Thank you for joining us. 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