Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier 2020

Many state and local governments are now instituting new guidelines to try to curb the spread. All of this occurs against the backdrop of the president of posthumous ongoing efforts to challenge the results of the election. Tonight, newly uncounted ballots are found during the ongoing recount in georgia and it appears those ballots will overwhelmingly benefit the president. More on that count in just a minute. President elect joe bidens meantime saying this afternoon the consequent is a President Trumps reluctance to coordinate on a transition will be more people dying. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, john. Good evening to you. All indications are the moment that the president of posthumous challenge to the election result is far from over. His Campaign Still has legal action going in a number of states and as you mentioned, a new development tonight in the georgia hand recount is giving the Trump Campaign new hope in the peach state. Another week began with no sign of a resolution insight for the 2020 election. President trump tweeting this morning i won the election. The president is under increasing pressure from members of his own party to allow joe biden to at least begin a transition. Arkansas governor asa hutchinson. I expect joe biden to be the next president of the United States and it is very important that joe biden have access to the Intelligence Briefings to make sure that he is prepared during times of transition. Ohio Governor Mike Dewine saying much the same thing, prompting a twitter rocket from the president. Who will be running for governor of the great state of ohio . It will be hotly contested. But even the president s own National Security advisor Robert Obrien appearing to acknowledge the inevitability of abiding presidency. If the bidenharris ticket is determined to be the winner, as things look that way now, we will have a very professional transition. Obrien with the caveat though that he had other white house staff would like to see another four years for President Trump. While it comes too late for election day, President Trump today saying i told you so with the news modernas Coronavirus Vaccine is near 95 efficacy. The president tweeting for those great historians, please member that these great discoveries which will end the china plague, all took place on my watch. A potentially Significant Development in the state of georgia. In floyd county, the recount discovered some 2600 ballots that had not been originally counted. According to some estimates, that could narrow joe bidens lead by some 800 votes. President trump not happy with the recount, complaining signatures on mailin ballots are not being verified, tweeting georgia wont let us look at the all important signature match. Without that, the recount is meaningless. Georges republican secretary of state responding not true. Theres no truth that, first off. We have signature match. The Trump Campaign also rejecting reports it is withdrawing parts of its lawsuits in pennsylvania. The campaign saying it simply restructured its arguments after a Third Circuit court of appeals opinion in another case. He Communications Director tim tossing the fundamentals of our case have not changed, we are still making the strong argument that 682,479 ballots were counted in secret. President trump has made it clear on twitter that he is in no mood to concede. As for how long this will go on, there are two significant deadlines in the future. One is december 8th, when all outstanding state issues must be resolved. The other is december 14th when the electors cast their ballot for the president of the United States. Bret. Bret john roberts live on the north lawn. Thank you. As an intellect biden says we are headed into what he calls a very dark winter because of coronavirus. Hes encouraging americans to buy into a National Strategy to deal with the pandemic and is encouraging President Trump to participate in the transition. Correspondent peter doocy is with the biden team tonight in wilmington, delaware. Most americans who want a covid19 vaccine will get it when joe biden is president. The vaccine is important. The Trump Administrations delayed transition means bidens flying blind about what he can do. The sooner we have access to the administration of positivist Distribution Plan, the sooner this transition would be smoothly move forward. Biden believes lives are on the line. More people may die. To if we dont coordinate. Theres apparently a less dire need for the classified president ial Daily Briefing to briefing. The good news here is my colleague is someone in the Intelligence Committee so she gets the Intelligence Briefings. I dont anymore. As progressives try to influence the plan, they want to move past this talking point varied nobody i know whos running for office talks about defunding the police. Some do, just with an asterisk. Defunding the police is not up to congress. Defunding the police is up to city and states. Senator Bernie Sanders is pitching himself to biden labor secretary. Barack obama is not interested. No cabinet position for you . Michelle would leave me. Shed be like what . Youre doing what . Mill and families make difficult decisions of how to safely celebrant things giving if at all the president elect and future first lady are signaling the whole family wont be invited. Would narrow down which family members. The president elect stresses the importance of Wearing Masks and during a brief q a today he sympathized with one reporter who had a hard time taking hers off. My mask is stuck in my earring. I dont have an earring. Is the president elect begins hiring democrats to fill out his administration, the New York Post is reporting that House Speaker nancy pelosi is telling democrats not to leave the house for jobs at the white house so they dont endanger their majority there, but it sounds like that is what democratic congressman Cedric Richmond from a state democratic district in louisiana, is preparing to do. Bloomberg just posted an item he will join the Biden Administration in some sort of a senior role. We called his office, they didnt want to comment. Instead directing us to a press Conference Tomorrow morning that is being billed as an update on the future of his seat. Bret. Bret peter doocy with the Biden Campaign in wilmington, thank you. Youll get one of these questions one of these days. The u. S. Has now topped 11 million covid19 cases and the daily totals are growing at alarming rates. Mayors and governors are instituting, as we said, a variety variety of measures to stop the spread. Meanwhile, Many Americans are struggling to meet to make ends meet in this environment. Casey stegall has all of it tonight from arlington, texas. Attended you get here . The pandemics physical and financial toll on american households is growing. Tens of thousands lined up at this food bank in dallas over the weekend for assistance. While in new mexico people prepare for the two week stay at home order in chicago, 30 days, which begins today. Three of Brian Johnsons family members, including his uncle, have died from the virus. It took about 30 or 35 days before it even actually killed him, so we knew that it was coming, but its just he was doing his best to hold on. Chicago joins a long list of other cities and states were new restrictions are being implement it. In washington state, Indoor Dining has been suspended and gyms have closed. Feeding my family is going to be a little harder. Governor jay inslee also banned more than one household from gathering indoors together ahead of thanksgiving. I think its hard on the business owners. I think pulling back might be necessary. Starting tomorrow, new jersey will limit indoor gatherings to less than ten people. We have got to get back in front of this virus. North dakota, now one of more than 20 states reporting record hospitalizations. Critical care beds are in short supply, prompting governor to issue a statewide mask mandate. Capacity is also being scaled back at restaurants, bars, and other venues. California governor gavin newsom apologized earlier today for attending a party a few weeks back in napa, california, that appeared to be in violation of the States Health covid guidelines. The democrat says he should have walked away from the crowded table. Bret. Bret Casey Stegall in arlington, texas. Thanks. Michigans governors closing schools, suspending sports and stopping Indoor Dining, and that is not going over well in all corners of her stay. Correspondent Garrett Tenney is live tonight in new buffalo michigan with the latest. Good evening. Bret, these new restrictions arent as sweeping as the ones Governor Whitmer enacted earlier this year, but they could still be devastating for Small Businesses, particularly restaurants like rosies. The owner Paula Hatfield says the only thing that kept it from going under earlier this year was federal stimulus money and this time around, state officials are enacting these new restrictions without any plans to help restaurants like hers survive. I see its important to say lives, but they also need to help save businesses if theyre going to save lives. Thats how i feel. They need to come up with a plan to help us keep going. Statewide, more than 40 of restaurants will shut down do the to the new restrictions, costing around 250,000 jobs over the Holiday Season according to the michigan restaurant and lodging association, but even businesses that are allowed to continue operating as normal will be affected by these restrictions. Just across the street from rosies is the retail shop custom imports. The first thing its owner did this morning was canceled he orders she had made for products to sell over the holidays because so much of her business relies on foot traffic from people coming by after going out to eat at the restaurants that will now be limited to takeout. I almost felt alone and lost. Its like no, you cant do that. You cant do that, how is it going to help him at what about what are you thinking . Why arent you thinking about the Small Business . Dont you understand emetic do you ever have to make a living in a Small Business . In response to the new restrictions, White House Coronavirus advisor scott ellis tweeted the only way this stops is if people rise up. You get what you accept. He later clarified he was not talking about violence and was urging people to protest peacefully. Today, Governor Whitmer said she was shocked by the tweet, which comes about a month after the fbi arrested more than a dozen individuals linked to a plot to kidnap her over the tight restrictions she put in place earlier this year including ones that her own husband tried to work around by dropping her name in an attempt to get his boat in the water during those lockdowns. Bret. Bret Garrett Tenney in michigan. Garrett, thanks. More on this with the panel. Lets look at the economic ramifications of all of these closings and the big reaction today on wall street to the encouraging vaccine news. Fox Business Correspondent Jackie Deangelis is a new york with details. Good evening, jackie. The Dow Jones Industrial average notching a 470point game today, seeing its first record close since february. This after moderna said that its covid19 vaccine is 94. 5 effective. Now, the markets are excited that there are multiple vaccines and play. They are also enthusiastic about the efficacy rate, but widespread distribution isnt likely to be seen until next year and the country needs to get through right now. As we are seeing a spike in cases and hospitalizations and parts of the country, theres even more pressure on congress to pass a covid relief bill to help struggling businesses. Add to this the recent disappointing Consumer Sentiment number and the approaching Holiday Season. Theres a real concern that usual economic bumps that we see at that time might not materialize because of all the recent lockdown measures that youve noted im a people being unable to shop or simply spend because of a lack of income. Over the weekend, senator Chuck Schumer said this. We need a large, strong covid bill to deal with our problems. We have heard for months every time we get close to a deal, senator mcconnell says no. He has become the doctor know of covid, just like he has been the doctor know of all the bills in the senate over the last several years. Well, senator Mitch Mcconnell on the floor commenting on the coronavirus today, saying there is no time to waste. The numbers are troubling. When it comes to wall street, bret, it has a short memory. Todays announcement will be old news tomorrow and investors will be wanting to hear that progress has been made on a stainless package. Back to you. Spoon all right, jackie, thank you. Vice president pence said he had a two hour call with the Coronavirus Task force to talk abut the distribution of an eventual vaccine. Tonight we want to examine what that distribution might look like. Here is Senior Correspondent laura ingle. Really important milestone in the fight against the pandemic. Moderna is the Second Company in the last week to come forward with promising covid19 vaccine results. After Drugmaker Pfizer released findings that there vaccine contender has shown a 90 efficacy rate, modernas ceo says they are just waiting on approval. Every american who wants a vaccine that is at least 18 years of age can get access to a vaccine. Both the moderna advisor vaccines will require two doses each. Several weeks apart. Once the food and Drug Administration signs off, the centers for Disease Control will then have the task of prioritizing who will get the vaccines first. Cdc officials have said the vaccine will initially be disturbed and to Frontline Health care workers and vulnerable populations with shipments going to large hospitals and pharmacies. Moderna expects to have about 20 million doses, earmarked for the u. S. By the end of 2020. Pfizer and its german partner expect to have about 50 million doses globally by years end. A key advantage to modernas vaccine is that it does not require the ultra cold storage that pfizers vaccine does, making it more flexible and easier to distribute. Going to your local chain or Community Pharmacist and getting vaccinated, the pfizer one is going to be really good for big institutional vaccinations, a whole hospital setting, several Nursing Homes at once. Some experts including dr. Anthony fauci are embracing the idea of multiple vaccines to meet Global Demand and while this is welcome news, dr. Fauci has said there is still much unknown about these vaccines, including how long the protection lasts. Bret. Bret laura, thank you. Up next, just how quickly plans to bring american troops home from the middle east are getting underway. We will explain. Then, they are already going negative and a big way in georgia with control of the u. S. Senate hanging in the balance. We heard schumer just last week say that we take georgia, we change america. They want total control. With your farmers policy perk, new car replacement, you can get a new one. customer that is something else. burke get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum myim 70 and i live in mill valley, california. My biggest passion is gardening. I love to be outdoors. I have jaybirds that come when i call. I know how important it is to feed your body good nutrition. I heard about prevagen and i heard about the Research Behind it. Taking prevagen, i have noticed that i can think clearly. My memory is better. I can say that prevagen is one of the most outstanding supplements ive ever taken. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Crunching gives me perspective. Yes whats crunching . Simply unwrap crunch and eat crunch. 100 milk chocolate and crispy rice. Anyone can do it, even anyone. Learn crunching today. Bret we are learning new details tonight about u. S. Troop drawdown in the middle east before the president leaves office on january 20th. It President Trump<\/a>s reluctance to coordinate on a transition will be more people dying. Chief White House Correspondent<\/a> john roberts tonight live from the north lawn. Good evening, john. Good evening to you. All indications are the moment that the president of posthumous challenge to the election result is far from over. His Campaign Still<\/a> has legal action going in a number of states and as you mentioned, a new development tonight in the georgia hand recount is giving the Trump Campaign<\/a> new hope in the peach state. Another week began with no sign of a resolution insight for the 2020 election. President trump tweeting this morning i won the election. The president is under increasing pressure from members of his own party to allow joe biden to at least begin a transition. Arkansas governor asa hutchinson. I expect joe biden to be the next president of the United States<\/a> and it is very important that joe biden have access to the Intelligence Briefings<\/a> to make sure that he is prepared during times of transition. Ohio Governor Mike Dewine<\/a> saying much the same thing, prompting a twitter rocket from the president. Who will be running for governor of the great state of ohio . It will be hotly contested. But even the president s own National Security<\/a> advisor Robert Obrien<\/a> appearing to acknowledge the inevitability of abiding presidency. If the bidenharris ticket is determined to be the winner, as things look that way now, we will have a very professional transition. Obrien with the caveat though that he had other white house staff would like to see another four years for President Trump<\/a>. While it comes too late for election day, President Trump<\/a> today saying i told you so with the news modernas Coronavirus Vaccine<\/a> is near 95 efficacy. The president tweeting for those great historians, please member that these great discoveries which will end the china plague, all took place on my watch. A potentially Significant Development<\/a> in the state of georgia. In floyd county, the recount discovered some 2600 ballots that had not been originally counted. According to some estimates, that could narrow joe bidens lead by some 800 votes. President trump not happy with the recount, complaining signatures on mailin ballots are not being verified, tweeting georgia wont let us look at the all important signature match. Without that, the recount is meaningless. Georges republican secretary of state responding not true. Theres no truth that, first off. We have signature match. The Trump Campaign<\/a> also rejecting reports it is withdrawing parts of its lawsuits in pennsylvania. The campaign saying it simply restructured its arguments after a Third Circuit<\/a> court of appeals opinion in another case. He Communications Director<\/a> tim tossing the fundamentals of our case have not changed, we are still making the strong argument that 682,479 ballots were counted in secret. President trump has made it clear on twitter that he is in no mood to concede. As for how long this will go on, there are two significant deadlines in the future. One is december 8th, when all outstanding state issues must be resolved. The other is december 14th when the electors cast their ballot for the president of the United States<\/a>. Bret. Bret john roberts live on the north lawn. Thank you. As an intellect biden says we are headed into what he calls a very dark winter because of coronavirus. Hes encouraging americans to buy into a National Strategy<\/a> to deal with the pandemic and is encouraging President Trump<\/a> to participate in the transition. Correspondent peter doocy is with the biden team tonight in wilmington, delaware. Most americans who want a covid19 vaccine will get it when joe biden is president. The vaccine is important. The Trump Administration<\/a>s delayed transition means bidens flying blind about what he can do. The sooner we have access to the administration of positivist Distribution Plan<\/a>, the sooner this transition would be smoothly move forward. Biden believes lives are on the line. More people may die. To if we dont coordinate. Theres apparently a less dire need for the classified president ial Daily Briefing<\/a> to briefing. The good news here is my colleague is someone in the Intelligence Committee<\/a> so she gets the Intelligence Briefings<\/a>. I dont anymore. As progressives try to influence the plan, they want to move past this talking point varied nobody i know whos running for office talks about defunding the police. Some do, just with an asterisk. Defunding the police is not up to congress. Defunding the police is up to city and states. Senator Bernie Sanders<\/a> is pitching himself to biden labor secretary. Barack obama is not interested. No cabinet position for you . Michelle would leave me. Shed be like what . Youre doing what . Mill and families make difficult decisions of how to safely celebrant things giving if at all the president elect and future first lady are signaling the whole family wont be invited. Would narrow down which family members. The president elect stresses the importance of Wearing Masks<\/a> and during a brief q a today he sympathized with one reporter who had a hard time taking hers off. My mask is stuck in my earring. I dont have an earring. Is the president elect begins hiring democrats to fill out his administration, the New York Post<\/a> is reporting that House Speaker<\/a> nancy pelosi is telling democrats not to leave the house for jobs at the white house so they dont endanger their majority there, but it sounds like that is what democratic congressman Cedric Richmond<\/a> from a state democratic district in louisiana, is preparing to do. Bloomberg just posted an item he will join the Biden Administration<\/a> in some sort of a senior role. We called his office, they didnt want to comment. Instead directing us to a press Conference Tomorrow<\/a> morning that is being billed as an update on the future of his seat. Bret. Bret peter doocy with the Biden Campaign<\/a> in wilmington, thank you. Youll get one of these questions one of these days. The u. S. Has now topped 11 million covid19 cases and the daily totals are growing at alarming rates. Mayors and governors are instituting, as we said, a variety variety of measures to stop the spread. Meanwhile, Many Americans<\/a> are struggling to meet to make ends meet in this environment. Casey stegall has all of it tonight from arlington, texas. Attended you get here . The pandemics physical and financial toll on american households is growing. Tens of thousands lined up at this food bank in dallas over the weekend for assistance. While in new mexico people prepare for the two week stay at home order in chicago, 30 days, which begins today. Three of Brian Johnsons<\/a> family members, including his uncle, have died from the virus. It took about 30 or 35 days before it even actually killed him, so we knew that it was coming, but its just he was doing his best to hold on. Chicago joins a long list of other cities and states were new restrictions are being implement it. In washington state, Indoor Dining<\/a> has been suspended and gyms have closed. Feeding my family is going to be a little harder. Governor jay inslee also banned more than one household from gathering indoors together ahead of thanksgiving. I think its hard on the business owners. I think pulling back might be necessary. Starting tomorrow, new jersey will limit indoor gatherings to less than ten people. We have got to get back in front of this virus. North dakota, now one of more than 20 states reporting record hospitalizations. Critical care beds are in short supply, prompting governor to issue a statewide mask mandate. Capacity is also being scaled back at restaurants, bars, and other venues. California governor gavin newsom apologized earlier today for attending a party a few weeks back in napa, california, that appeared to be in violation of the States Health<\/a> covid guidelines. The democrat says he should have walked away from the crowded table. Bret. Bret Casey Stegall<\/a> in arlington, texas. Thanks. Michigans governors closing schools, suspending sports and stopping Indoor Dining<\/a>, and that is not going over well in all corners of her stay. Correspondent Garrett Tenney<\/a> is live tonight in new buffalo michigan with the latest. Good evening. Bret, these new restrictions arent as sweeping as the ones Governor Whitmer<\/a> enacted earlier this year, but they could still be devastating for Small Business<\/a>es, particularly restaurants like rosies. The owner Paula Hatfield<\/a> says the only thing that kept it from going under earlier this year was federal stimulus money and this time around, state officials are enacting these new restrictions without any plans to help restaurants like hers survive. I see its important to say lives, but they also need to help save businesses if theyre going to save lives. Thats how i feel. They need to come up with a plan to help us keep going. Statewide, more than 40 of restaurants will shut down do the to the new restrictions, costing around 250,000 jobs over the Holiday Season<\/a> according to the michigan restaurant and lodging association, but even businesses that are allowed to continue operating as normal will be affected by these restrictions. Just across the street from rosies is the retail shop custom imports. The first thing its owner did this morning was canceled he orders she had made for products to sell over the holidays because so much of her business relies on foot traffic from people coming by after going out to eat at the restaurants that will now be limited to takeout. I almost felt alone and lost. Its like no, you cant do that. You cant do that, how is it going to help him at what about what are you thinking . Why arent you thinking about the Small Business<\/a> . Dont you understand emetic do you ever have to make a living in a Small Business<\/a> . In response to the new restrictions, White House Coronavirus<\/a> advisor scott ellis tweeted the only way this stops is if people rise up. You get what you accept. He later clarified he was not talking about violence and was urging people to protest peacefully. Today, Governor Whitmer<\/a> said she was shocked by the tweet, which comes about a month after the fbi arrested more than a dozen individuals linked to a plot to kidnap her over the tight restrictions she put in place earlier this year including ones that her own husband tried to work around by dropping her name in an attempt to get his boat in the water during those lockdowns. Bret. Bret Garrett Tenney<\/a> in michigan. Garrett, thanks. More on this with the panel. Lets look at the economic ramifications of all of these closings and the big reaction today on wall street to the encouraging vaccine news. Fox Business Correspondent<\/a> Jackie Deangelis<\/a> is a new york with details. Good evening, jackie. The Dow Jones Industrial<\/a> average notching a 470point game today, seeing its first record close since february. This after moderna said that its covid19 vaccine is 94. 5 effective. Now, the markets are excited that there are multiple vaccines and play. They are also enthusiastic about the efficacy rate, but widespread distribution isnt likely to be seen until next year and the country needs to get through right now. As we are seeing a spike in cases and hospitalizations and parts of the country, theres even more pressure on congress to pass a covid relief bill to help struggling businesses. Add to this the recent disappointing Consumer Sentiment<\/a> number and the approaching Holiday Season<\/a>. Theres a real concern that usual economic bumps that we see at that time might not materialize because of all the recent lockdown measures that youve noted im a people being unable to shop or simply spend because of a lack of income. Over the weekend, senator Chuck Schumer<\/a> said this. We need a large, strong covid bill to deal with our problems. We have heard for months every time we get close to a deal, senator mcconnell says no. He has become the doctor know of covid, just like he has been the doctor know of all the bills in the senate over the last several years. Well, senator Mitch Mcconnell<\/a> on the floor commenting on the coronavirus today, saying there is no time to waste. The numbers are troubling. When it comes to wall street, bret, it has a short memory. Todays announcement will be old news tomorrow and investors will be wanting to hear that progress has been made on a stainless package. Back to you. Spoon all right, jackie, thank you. Vice president pence said he had a two hour call with the Coronavirus Task<\/a> force to talk abut the distribution of an eventual vaccine. Tonight we want to examine what that distribution might look like. Here is Senior Correspondent<\/a> laura ingle. Really important milestone in the fight against the pandemic. Moderna is the Second Company<\/a> in the last week to come forward with promising covid19 vaccine results. After Drugmaker Pfizer<\/a> released findings that there vaccine contender has shown a 90 efficacy rate, modernas ceo says they are just waiting on approval. Every american who wants a vaccine that is at least 18 years of age can get access to a vaccine. Both the moderna advisor vaccines will require two doses each. Several weeks apart. Once the food and Drug Administration<\/a> signs off, the centers for Disease Control<\/a> will then have the task of prioritizing who will get the vaccines first. Cdc officials have said the vaccine will initially be disturbed and to Frontline Health<\/a> care workers and vulnerable populations with shipments going to large hospitals and pharmacies. Moderna expects to have about 20 million doses, earmarked for the u. S. By the end of 2020. Pfizer and its german partner expect to have about 50 million doses globally by years end. A key advantage to modernas vaccine is that it does not require the ultra cold storage that pfizers vaccine does, making it more flexible and easier to distribute. Going to your local chain or Community Pharmacist<\/a> and getting vaccinated, the pfizer one is going to be really good for big institutional vaccinations, a whole hospital setting, several Nursing Homes<\/a> at once. Some experts including dr. Anthony fauci are embracing the idea of multiple vaccines to meet Global Demand<\/a> and while this is welcome news, dr. Fauci has said there is still much unknown about these vaccines, including how long the protection lasts. Bret. Bret laura, thank you. Up next, just how quickly plans to bring american troops home from the middle east are getting underway. We will explain. Then, they are already going negative and a big way in georgia with control of the u. S. Senate hanging in the balance. We heard schumer just last week say that we take georgia, we change america. They want total control. With your farmers policy perk, new car replacement, you can get a new one. customer that is something else. burke get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum myim 70 and i live in mill valley, california. My biggest passion is gardening. I love to be outdoors. I have jaybirds that come when i call. I know how important it is to feed your body good nutrition. I heard about prevagen and i heard about the Research Behind<\/a> it. Taking prevagen, i have noticed that i can think clearly. My memory is better. I can say that prevagen is one of the most outstanding supplements ive ever taken. Prevagen. Healthier brain. Better life. Crunching gives me perspective. Yes whats crunching . Simply unwrap crunch and eat crunch. 100 milk chocolate and crispy rice. Anyone can do it, even anyone. Learn crunching today. Bret we are learning new details tonight about u. S. Troop drawdown in the middle east before the president leaves office on january 20th. It National Security<\/a> correspondent Jennifer Griffin<\/a> has the very latest tonight from the pentagon. Good evening, jennifer. Good evening, bret. The pentagon has issued planning orders to prepare to draw down troops in afghanistan and iraq before inauguration day. The number of troops in afghanistan will go to 2500 from the current level of 4500, but not to zero as many have feared. In iraq, the pentagon plans to remove 500 troops, bringing the number of troops there to about 2500. President Trump Campaign<\/a>s to finish the endless wars in iraq and afghanistan, the pentagon firings last week im told were in part to remove those the president received as slowing his desire to bring troops home and declare the war is. The Senate Majority<\/a> leader warned a hasty withdrawal would be similar to americas humiliating departure from saigon in 1975. A rapid withdrawal of u. S. Forces from afghanistan now what hurt our allies and delight delight the people who wish us harm. The new acting defense secretary chris miller, a former green beret, spent the last week getting his footing at the pentagon, if you think he is actually calling the shots. In his first memo to the force, there were contradictions. This war isnt over. We are on the verge of defeating al qaeda and its associates but we must avoid our past strategic era mike error of failing to see the fight through to the finish. A few lines later it read ending wars requires compromise and partnership. We met the challenge, we gave it our all. Now its time to come home. The pentagon must worry about forced protection as it draws down. The taliban have not negotiated with the Afghan Government<\/a> since President Trump<\/a> abruptly announced he wanted all u. S. Troops home by christmas. Bret. Bret Jennifer Griffin<\/a> of the pentagon. Thanks. A federal judge in new york has ruled the Homeland Security<\/a> departments suspension of the Doctor Program<\/a> is invalid. Baca is the system that shields young immigrants from deportation. The judge ruled saturday that acting department of Homeland Security<\/a> secretary chao both, who suspended their program chad wolf, who suspended the program and july, the dhis spokesperson tells fox news it is reviewing the ruling but has no comment right now. Back to georgia. The negative ads are blanketing the airwaves already in georgia with the two Senate Runoffs<\/a> in early january will decide the balance of power in the center for the next two years. Jonathan serrie in atlanta tonight shows what georgians are seeing and hearing. Thank you. Armed with opposition research, the g. O. P. Is trying to block democrats from regaining control of the senate. In a one milliondollar ad by, senator Kelly Loeffler<\/a> attempts to link her democratic opponent to radical antiamerican elements. Raphael warnock, thugs and gangsters, hosted a rally for communist dictator fidel castro. Reverend warnock says he was a youth pastor at the new york church that hosted castor mike castro in 1995 and had nothing to do with planning the visit. Now pastor of dr. Martin luther king jr. s Historic Church<\/a> in atlanta, he says hes about bringing americans together. Im proud of my country and what makes me love america is that in spite of whatever challenges we have, theres always the path to readdress our concerns, to make the country better. Warnocks campaign with fellow democrat jon ossoff, whos challenging georges other republican senator, david perdue. If democrats win both seats, they gain a voting majority in the senate. Thats why its so important to win these two senate races so that the incoming president ial and administration can govern, can lead, connect the solutions necessary to contain this virus and invest in economic recovery. But produces senators our last line of defense against a liberal socialist agenda. We heard schumer last week just say if we take georgia we change america. We heard aoc say you have to have these two seats because they dont want to negotiate. They want total control. Senator perdue has declined an invitation to debate jon ossoff ahead of the runoff. The Atlanta Press<\/a> club says it will proceed with the debate and according to policy, represent purdue with an empty podium. Bret. Bret Jonathan Serrie<\/a> in atlanta. Thanks. Up next, the violence after a protrump rally in washington over the weekend. We will look at whats being said and not set about all that. His since pioneering the suv in 1935, the chevy suburban has carried many things. 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Tell your doctor about your medicines and if youre pregnant or planning to be. Otezla. Show more of you. Bret this is a fox news alert. Jewish groups are challenging governor Andrew Cuomos<\/a> executive orders new york limiting attendance of religious services. They are asking the Supreme Court<\/a> to intervene, contending they have been targeted. The new york jewish group citing the also pending emergency request from the catholic dynasties of brooklyn and they note they have similar and additional concerns. Their request goes to Justice Stephen<\/a> breyer. He can decide alone or refer this case to the full court. We will follow that. The fbi says hate crimes in the u. S. Rose to the highest levels in more than a decade. The bureau also reporting the highest number of hatemotivated killings and sit began collecting that data in the early 1990s. There were just over 7300 hate crimes reported last year, up about 200 from the year before. Republicans are pressuring democrats tonight to condemn violence against Trump Supporters<\/a>, following saturdays protrump rally in washington. Correspondent rich edson shows us what happened. Hours of taunting and shouting turned violent. Trump supporters and antitrump groups, some looking for a confrontation, found each other saturday in Downtown Washington<\/a> after a day of mostly peaceful events. Police say a person was stabbed, another through fireworks and from supporters seated outdoors at a restaurant. There was shouting through bullhorns, harassment, tearing down black lives matter posters. A man and a trump shirt thrown to the ground and outbreaks of fighting throughout Downtown Washington<\/a>. A spokesperson for president elect biden says he continues to denounce all acts of violence and publicly condemned repugnant displays of whites of pharmacy that were made in washing. C. , this weekend. The president supporters mean my focused on from leftwing groups. The antifa thugs sucker punching people, cold cocking them from behind. And i certainly hope that the d. C. Police and the doj perhaps are looking at that evidence. Yet protrump groups like the proud boys were marching through Downtown Washington<\/a> shouting at antifa before the march even started and were involved in the evening of spikes. D. C. Police say there was very little Property Damage<\/a> and that they arrested more than 20 on gun and weapons charges, assaulting officers, aggravated assault, among other charges. The size of a crowd is really not the issue with regards. Its how the folks in the crowds behave. I was very impressed with the way that much of our Police Department<\/a> was able to prevent more conflicts than we did have. The day began with tens of thousands of from supporters gathering at Freedom Plaza<\/a> in the white house. President trump personally greeted the crowd, driving his motorcade around the plaza. The crowd then marched up pennsylvania avenue about a mile and a half to the Supreme Court<\/a>. There were several antitrump protesters along that parade route there, Holding Signs<\/a> and heckling the crowd, but for the most part, the conversations there were heated, but no physical violence that we could see along that marching road. Bret. Bret rich edson right in the middle of it over the weekend. Thank you. The Trump Supporters<\/a> rallying in washington over the weekend are upset about what the president contends are voting irregularities and widespread fraud in his words, that cost him the election. But tonight the president of estevez Legal Options<\/a> in the number of states are narrowing as time goes on. Chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt<\/a> in las vegas has an update on the investigations. Has the registrar had the opportunity to review the Election Results<\/a> . Yes. And where there any errors that were noted in those results . No. Is president elect bidens winning margins are confirmed by Election Officials<\/a> around the country, President Trump<\/a> refuses to concede and continues to question the results. I think his overall effort is dangerous, even though we know its going to fail you. The trump team has seen many legal challenges to the vote counts dismissed in court and just today, lawsuits fell apart in pennsylvania, michigan, georgia, and wisconsin, but the president s lawyers are focusing now on Voting Machines<\/a> and software. In particular, those made by a Company Called<\/a> dominion. Even their own manual explains how votes can be wiped away. The trump teamrgues glitches, deliberate or otherwise, in the software changed vote tallies in both michigan and georgia, although the software was used in only two counties that had problems in those states. And according to Election Officials<\/a>, dominions software was not the issue in either of those counties. The company itself issued a detailed denial of the trump theories and cited a dhsreviewed set in part, there is no evidence that any Voting System<\/a> deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised. Nevertheless, President Trump<\/a>s lead lawyer, Rudy Giuliani<\/a> persist. I can prove that they did an admission. I can prove, there were witnesses. We are investigating the rest and every one of those states though, we have more than enough illegal ballots already documented to overturn the results in that state. Democrats and many legal scholars argue that claims like those with little or no evidence to back them are dangerous because they threaten to undermine the entire process of our election system. Bret. Bret jonathan, thank you. Up next, hard drugs now legal in one u. S. State, we will tell you where, and how thats happening, when we come back. First, heres what some of our fox affiliates around the country are governed tonight. Fox 4 in dallas. Plaintiff to file claims against the boy scouts of america for sexual abuse. The New York Times<\/a> reports the scouts already face about 82,000 claims reported over the past year. That is said to be only a fraction of the overall cases. Fox 59 in indianapolis as the ncaa says it wants to hold the entire mens basketball tournament in one city next spring. Its considering using indianapolis, which is the scheduled site for the final four in 2021. March madness of course was canceled earlier this year because of the coronavirus. And this is a live look at orlando from our affiliate fox 35. One of the big stories there tonight, the spacex capsule carrying four nasa astronauts, is closing in on the International Space<\/a> station. The crew was launched sunday top a falcon nine rocket, the first fullfledged taxi flight for nasa by a private company. Thats too much live look outside the beltway from special report. 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Bret one of the other big results from this months election is playing out in oregon. Voters there took a major step injury, decriminalizing hard drugs for personal use. Correspondent dan springer reports, it was just one of several actions in several states to end up making it easier for americans to take onceillegal drugs legally. On november 3rd, voters in mississippi and south dakota approved medical marijuana. New jersey, south dakota, montana, and arizona, legalized recreational pot, making it the law in 15 states. Oregon and washington, d. C. , said yes to Legal Psychedelic<\/a> mushrooms to treat anxiety and depression and oregon became the first state to decriminalize all hard drugs, including cocaine, meth, and heroin for personal use. Drug users are part of our community and part of our fabric of our society and that they deserve to be treated with dignity. The National Drug<\/a> policy alliance pumped 4. 5 million into oregons measure 110 and called the win the biggest blow to the war on drugs today. The first drugs are who campaigned to make it on except a ball, says the war is not lost. The history of america shows hardening and softening. We get tough on drugs and then we loosen up and then we we reap the consequences. Oregon ranks amongst the highest dates for the most drug abuse in the country. According to the u. S. Department of health and human services. Now the state will divert tens of millions of dollars in Marijuana Tax<\/a> revenue from schools, cities, police, and Drug Prevention<\/a> programs to fund centers that will provide assessments of users. Actual treatment though is not required. It also allows a 15yearold to use heroin without their parents knowing if they got caught. The public believes that for small amounts of drug possessi possession, there has to be a better way. Police are still determining whether the new law would in fact prevent them from notifying the parents of minors caught with hard drugs, but critics say theres no doubt that stripping away jail time is one of the consequences will lead to more drug abuse among teens and many more lives ruined. Bret. Bret dan, thank you. Up next, the panel on the election challenge any encouraging vaccine news. First, beyond our borders tonight. A political crisis in peru appears [indiscernible] a resolution. Congress has cleared the way for candidate to become the countrys third president in a week. In one week. At the first was kicked out of office, the second quit sunday, so it should be interesting to look there. Italian scientists report an explosion on the top of stromboli volcano near the coast of sicily buried what was described as a highintensity event was captured by surveillance cameras both thermal individual. The eruption lasted about 4 minutes. Just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. We will be right back. For millions who suffer from schizophrenia a side effect of their medication. Is something called akathisia. Its time we took notice. I dont think anyone expected to have to have two vaccines with greater than 90 efficacy for respiratory virus. This is just historic and amazing. It is a great and wonderful day for science. Getting the vaccine and a vaccination though are two different things. Everyone on our call today in our zoom today agreed that the sooner we have access to the administrations Distribution Plan<\/a>, the sooner this transition would be smoothly move forward. Bret all this on a day when moderna announces another vaccine in phase three within effectiveness of 95 . The cases around the country continue to skyrocket. It really no place in the country is exempt if you look at the numbers. 11,163,000 roughly u. S. Deaths, now 200 hospitalizations again on the rise. November 15th, almost 70,000. But this success, as i mentioned on moderna, the president tweeting out another vaccine just announced, this time by moderna, 95 rate historians, fleas were member that these great discoveries, which will end the china plague, all took place on my watch. With that, lets bring in our panel. Kimberley strassel, member of the Editorial Board<\/a> at the wall street journal. Julie pace, Washington Bureau<\/a> chief for the Associated Press<\/a> and chris stirewalt, politics editor here at fox news. Okay, julie, this news about the vaccine is significant. And really the question comes about how fast it gets out and when does it get out, in this it administration or the next . Absolutely, its great news obviously for everybody here and it looks like what we are talking about is both of these vaccines could get emergency authorization and potentially some people starting to get a vaccine by the end of the year into january. Obviously in the Trump Administration<\/a>, but the bulk of americans getting the vaccine under the Biden Administration<\/a>. Thats why you heard biden early trying to emphasize today there might be a meeting to be read in on the Just Division<\/a> plan because this is a Distribution Plan<\/a> that will happen under two presidencies, one president who knows the plan right now and an incoming president who really is in the dark right now. Bret kimberly, you know youve had new York Governor Andrew Cuomo<\/a> essentially say that he wants anything to happen under a Biden Administration<\/a> because he doesnt trust the Trump Administration<\/a> even though this whole effort to get to this point was launched by coordinating inside the Trump Administration<\/a>. Yeah, i think a lot of democrats are going to see them changing their view on the virus and on the vaccine as you get into a biden presidency and thats really unfortunate. That this has become so politicized and theyve made it about donald trump, because its one thing, bret, that i think gets forgotten here is that what you are actually seeing is an extraordinary triumph of a philosophy, which is a publicprivate partnership. The federal government understanding that its not the place to go to for innovation and turning to americas incredible entrepreneurs and innovators out there, and thats why we are where we are and i think that thats going to be an interesting question in a potential Biden Administration<\/a>, do you continue with that kind of philosophy . Do you continue with some of the progress of the fda becoming a little bit less riskaverse to speed these things up or you revert to more Traditional Democratic<\/a> policies of government running everything. That could be bad enough virus context. Bret chris, there is this balance between the economy and where things are. Weve been dealing with this for months and months, but different states are now taking increased action as the spikes are happening and there are Small Business<\/a>es wondering what the next it administration is going to look like, what the state governors going to do in the coming months. Its a dangerous time. It is a dangerous time in your summary like mike dewine, republican governor of ohio, trying to figure out how to talk about this without offending trumpet and getting trumped too angry, because you cant say that youre going to work with joe biden because that would admit that joe biden is president and [indiscernible]. The reality about the vaccine, and this is the great thing for everybody, you can do things, people can do things before set periods of time. If you know that there is relief the problem that weve had since march is its groundhog day. We are Getting Better<\/a> now, we are getting worse. We may lock back down, we are not sure buried you can be more aggressive in terms of the restrictions if people say and thank god come summer time we will be in large distribution of the vaccine and people can deal with that psychologically and economically a lot better if they can plan for an end. Bret you know, kimberly, meantime talking but the election challenges, some of these are making their way through courts and getting tossed out by judges in various states. Others are talked about. One of them is this challenge about the Dominion Software<\/a> and the use of this machinery. Here is Sidney Powell<\/a> in a response to what her allegations are. President trump won by not just hundreds of thousands of votes, but by millions of votes that were shifted by this software that was designed expressly for that purpose. We have sworn witness testimony why the software was designed. It was designed to regulate actions. There is absolutely no evidence, none, to support that claims that dominion or any other Voting Machine Company<\/a> is switching boats. This kind ofs pure speculation is irresponsible. Bret kimberley, where are you here . They say they have hard evidence on this Dominion Software<\/a> stuff. The company itself has put out a very harsh response. You just heard that i. T. Expert we just talked to. Where are you . Well, look, you can have all the affidavits you want, you can file all the lawsuits you want. You can have everybody also disagree with all of that. All that really matters in the end is whether or not you get a judge who says yes, who has who feels that there is compelling enough position or evidence put in front of him or her to allow some sort of inspection or some sort of look at these things beyond a basic recount and thats where weve got to look this week and next, some of these suits, we are going to find out of judges are going to be open to any of that. You see that in particular the Trump Campaign<\/a> increasingly saying hey, we want to be able to look at some of these ballots and signatures and see if they really matched. You know, this is the Crucial Point<\/a> here where youre going to see if any of this is really going to proceed, but theyll have to convince the judges first. Bret the republican secretary of state, julie, in georgia is pushing back saying there are some republicans pressuring him to somehow invalidate legal votes. And thats one of the stories thats popping this evening. Its of pretty extraordinary thing that a republican secretary of state is saying that members of his own party are pushing for Something Like<\/a> invalidating legal votes. You know, no matter what Political Party<\/a> you are in, you should want legal votes to cou count. Bret all right, panel, we will continue to follow all of this every day. Thanks. When we come back, a big won for for one of our own. 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Bret finally tonight, we send heartfelt congratulations to Congressional Correspondent<\/a> chad pergram for being awarded the Jonas Perrone<\/a> award award for excellence in journalism by the radio and television Correspondence Association<\/a> for his coverage of congress that really only chad can do. Its called pingpong. Lets say the senate has a bill and pains it over to the house. If this is the capital crypts. Two levels below the Capitol Rotunda<\/a> floor. It looks like a jail, but it isnt. Capitol hill might not have the same glitz as hollywood, but the stars of the show come through the back doors here too buried congresswoman can you come over and talk to us here for a minute . Wow. Whats the news . Whats the news . And besides, how do you move the Washington Monument<\/a> . Chad pergram, fox news. Bret chad has about every detail there is about congress. We are very lucky to have him. Congratulations. Thanks for inviting us into your home tonight, that is it for this special report. Fair, balanced, and still unafraid. The story posted by Martha Maccallum<\/a> up in new york starts right now, and martha, tell you what, chad has every detail there is. Martha nobody can give it to our capitol hill like chad. So congratulations to him, well have been deserved. Good to see you tonight, bret. Good evening, everybody. I am Martha Maccallum<\/a> in new york and disses the story. Musical magical a little bit of breaking news out of georgia, theyve been counting and countl of the recounts there, they just found 2600 votes that somehow never got counted in floyd county. Not sure whos palm theyre going to go in ultimately. If President Trump<\/a> won that county in 2016 and in the state overall right now joe biden leads in georgia by 14,000 votes. 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