Transcripts For FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier 2020

FOXNEWSW Special Report With Bret Baier December 4, 2020

Makes a ruling in one critical case. Weve got fox news coverage, Kristin Fisher with the white house and peter doocy with the biden transition, chad pergram on capitol hill and the progress of the Coronavirus Relief bill. Back in new york at how the pandemic is crushing Small Businesses and National Correspondent william la jeunesse starts off tonight from los angeles. William. Well, john, every state is doing something but not as aggressive as california. Once imposed, this order bans leisure travel. Basically says individuals should stay at home through the holidays, christmas, likely new years. More money coming out than coming in. We feel like were paying for other peoples expenses and we are ready take our precautions. Fair or not . State imposed orders are closing businesses. Its because eventually had their business closed for half a year or more. It will be tough to get back on your feet. Losing jobs means losing money. Losing money means may be losing your home. Emergency responders are also at a breaking point. There are some that expand the capacity and theres others that really cans because they dont have the staff. Cases hit new highs in 27 states with nearly 3,000 americans dying from the virus yesterday alone. Which means we start making very difficult decisions with regards to the triage of who is the sickest and most likely to benefit from the limited resources. Delaware requires wearing a mask inside your home. If someone visits from outside. It california wants to stay home altogether. Stop gathering with people outside of your household. Do what you can to keep the most of your activities outside. California order kicks in with icu bed capacity falls below 15 in any region. For three weeks, no restaurant eating indoors or out, no playgrounds, hotels, theaters, haircuts, or gyms. New executive orders with no Science Behind it. Thats what you see the growing anger and frustration. Its not just california, this Restaurant Owner in michigan interrupted a local reporters life shot. Is an american and as American People crumble down here at the ground level, i am upset. Governor newsom when he got this question. Youve acknowledged you lost the moral authority because of the laundry situation. Do you believe the damage done to your credibility is fatal . Im doing my job and i will continue to do my job and thats what i have to do. Today, the cdc recommended for the first time universal mask use. That means indoors and out except at home. John. John william la jeunesse tonight in los angeles. William, thanks. No vendor jobs report pointing towards a downturn in the economy. Employers added 245,000 jobs. The fewest since april. The fifth straight monthly slow down, Small Business sector particularly hard hit by the pandemic. Find out why and whats being done with fox News Business correspondent Jackie Deangelis. In new york for us tonight. Small businesses and restaurants, americas backbone come up of the pandemic. Translating to 164,000 businesses having to close at one point since the beginning of the pandemic. With 60 having to close permanently. According to yelp. Illinois governor, a democrat, referencing a study from the cdc from september that suggested adults who tested positive for covid19 were twice as likely to have reported dining at a restaurant and those who tested negative. The crux of it, that the coronavirus transition has a higher likelihood to spread indoors where people are in closer contact. Critics of lockdowns whoever are saying that the u. S. Is living with tight restrictions and even so, the virus hasnt been contained. We still adhere to the social distancing, the 6 feet apart, weve done everything that the higherups have asked us to do. We had to close inside again, we just couldnt do that. The economic damage that could result with net losses from 3. 22 maca 2. 8 trillion in u. S. Real gdp according to a new usc study. Some businesses are also calling out what they see as hypocrisy. Its disingenuous for the ceos and the governors to close down the states im a put people out of work while they enjoy a fixed salary without any repercussions. As coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are on the rise and dennis hit a new one day record this week, Public Health and the Country Economic liability remain at stake. John. John Jackie Deangelis tonight, thank you so much. Despite fears of an economic slow down, all three major stock indexes hit a new record closes today. The dow gained 249 and finished well above 30,000. The s p 500 was up 32. Nasdaq jumped 87. For the week, dow up about a percentage point in the s p 500 gained one and twothirds and the nasdaq finished ahead more than to go. If it appears to be movement tonight toward a new Coronavirus Relief bill in congress. A Congressional Correspondent chad pergram tells us where it stands right now. Hi, chad. Good evening, john. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sounded optimistic as ever they could assemble a coronavirus package. They said they must get it done. And added there is momentum. In the late summer, the speaker dismissed back to bipartisan coronavirus plan and pushed for more expensive bills. Its not perfect, perfect as 3. 4 trillion. Remember, weve come down 1 trillion and we said we would meet them in the middle. This is not about perfect doing any good. Fox pressed pelosi about why she changed her position. That is a total game changer. A new president and a vaccine. This is simplicity and what weve had in our bills. Its for a shorter period of time but thats okay now because we have a new president. Pelosi wants to attack possible a mega belt a week from today. Mitch mcconnell agrees hes open to a compromise. The Senate Republicans want liability attractions and Many Democrats and some republicans want money for state and local governments and lawmakers are considering extending unemployment benefits. Its unclear which items could wind up in the final plan. John. John we dont have a Coronavirus Relief bill that we got a house both on cannabis. Weed, the first time they voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. Its been banned since 1970s and the vote to 28164, five republicans voted six and six democrats voted no. It legs behind states when it comes to loosening restrictions on cannabis and it will go anywhere in the Senate Unless it serves as a signal. John chad program, thank you so much. Administration focusing on a possible relief bill while the Trump Campaign is keeping up over the election results. Correspondent Kristin Fisher has that story from the white house tonight. Someone and operate to describing the latest rounds of stimulus negotiations. Larry kudlows cautiously optimistic, we noticed his boss remains critical to the key component that the new part bipartisan proposal. If the state government. I do want to comment on it because i will leave that to the negotiation. Congress trying to come together to pass some kind of Economic Relief, Vice President mike pence is promising a different kind of relief. Just a week and a half away. From what will be the likely approval of the first Coronavirus Vaccine for the American People. During a meeting at the cdc headquarters in olanta, the Vice President discussed the promise of the upcoming Vaccine Distribution even as the number of daily deaths its new highs. Were in a challenging time. In the course of the pandemic, but where in the season of hope. President trump also has georgia on his mind but for a different reason. Hes upset about the Surveillance Video from a poll site in Fulton County. The legal team claims it shows poll workers pulling suitcases full of ballots from under a table and counting them after republican observers had left the building. But a republican election official in georgia counters that the video was watched in its entirety hours by georgia secretary of state investigators and then it shows normal ballot processing. The video was discussed extensively at a meeting of the Fulton County board of election friday morning. The countys election director described it as. Normal, thats the normal operation. The were certified. This election is certified. There are also fighting to reverse the certified results in arizona. If the states republican chairwoman leading the lawsuit already planning next steps after the hearing end of today. This is likely to go to appeal so dont be disheartened today if you hear that the case is over at this level. We are going higher, were continuing to fight. Moments ago, President Trump think republican legislative leaders in arizona. Today called for an audit of Election Software and equipment in the critical maricopa county. In addition to arizona, where waiting for a judge in nevada to rule a Trump Campaigns request to overturn the certified results in that state. Moments ago, a judge in nevada denied the request from the Trump Campaign. It one more thing, we just found out about one hour ago that the Trump Campaign filed it yet another lawsuit in georgia for the fight certainly continuing in that state as well. John president opte going ot for the campaigns. Of Kristin Fisher, think you so much. Of the biotech industry filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over new rules to lower drug prices. At the biotechnology innovation organizations lawsuit will seek to block implementation of the administration socalled most favored nations drug pricing policies. The Supreme Court is agreeing to review President Trumps efforts to revive the medicaid work requirement program. Oral arguments will be held sometime next year. President elect joe biden is calling the november jobs report dyer in size congress and President Trump must provide immediate relief for families and businesses. If the biden says that whatever comes, its just a down payment. A correspondent peter doocy reporting from wilmington, delaware, tonight. President elect know he will inherent in into a economy affected by the pandemic. Folks out there and looking for handouts. They just need help. Hes pleased Bipartisan Group of senators reaching across the aisle. More than 900 billion stimulus proposal. If we act now, now, i mean now. We can begin to regain momentum. He wont reveal what hes been telling elected officials. Well, to be kind of stupid of me to tell you what i did, is annette . Its hard to do it again. [laughs] transition Officials Say many cabinet announcements are coming soon. Coffee or spinach whatever keeps you going, you will be busy between now and christmas. Busy at the House Oversight committee and the republicans want to know why california secretary of state could be appointed to taking, here is his seat soon. Making voter contact. He is the fact that governo Governor Newsom excepts to have replaced harris, he will go before the Committee Ethics eth. The Transition Team is getting up to speed on operation warp speed. There is no detailed plan that weve seen as to how you get the vaccine out of a container. Into an injection syringe into somebodys arm. Fox news ask the president elect what happens next. No, should not be mandatory. I will not demand it will be mandatory but ill do everything in my power like i dont think masks have to be made mandatory nationwide. Biden would not commit to picking a person of color as his secretary of defense or attorney general. His cabinet will be the most diverse ever and he is shrugging off complaints about the lack of diversity so far from civil Rights Groups saying that those groups job to push leaders for more diversity. John. John he gave up on his Campaign Pledge of a National Mask mandate really quickly too. Peter doocy, thank you so much. Serious star power getting involved in georgia this weekend, little more than one month ahead of the Crucial Senate runoffs. Determining the balance of power in the chair. Former president obama held a virtual rally today, Vice President pence came in person, President Trump as we mentioned will be in the state tomorrow. In atlanta, for tonight, correspondent Steve Harrigan. Im here because i stand with president donald trump. And im here because we stand with senator david perdue and senator Kelly Loeffler. Bringing out the big guns in the battle to control the u. S. Senate. Vice president Pence Campaign friday in savannah the republican senators david perdue and Kelly Loeffler. I know weve got our doubts about the last election. And i actually hear some people say them, just dont vote. Michaemy fellow americans if yot vote they win. Called hapless by President Trump was not on hand. According to a spokesperson, the governor had a family emergency. Meanwhile, president obama held a virtual rally for the two democrats. Jon ossoff and Rafael Warnock buried him the special election in georgia is going to determine ultimately the course of the biden presidency. And whether joe biden and Kamala Harris can deliver legislatively all the commitments that theyve made. Some trump supporter is not satisfied with the election process in georgia are urging republicans to not vote in the runoff elections. If something Governor Kemp warns is a big mistake. Its going to give their radicals they want. This is the firewall. I think we have to pull together and figure out what weve got to do to assure people that their votes are going to count. The president will be in georgia tomorrow for a rally for the republicans. John. John Steve Harrigan for us in atlanta tonight. Thank you so much and will be watching it closely tomorrow. Please join us sunday night as well for the debate between senator Kelly Loeffler and democrat Rafael Warnock. Our anchors coverage starts at 6 45 p. M. Eastern time. Big Companies Taking the task of what some see as hypocrisy on social issues. We dont know what ultimately the plans are. For us, that are stuck here. John remember one cruise passengers were trapped for days . Even weeks aboard ships as coronavirus bride. Coming up, where the industry has come from the early days of the pandemic and where it goes from here. Later, kicking off the weekend with a look of some of the weeks biggest highlights. We werent exactly Party Animals in our 20s. Im sorry i took that trip. 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If move part of the president s overall effort to draw down forces overseas before he leaves office. U. S. Accusing china of forcing huge number of ethnic leaders into farm jobs against their will. At the Trump Administration taking new steps to pressure beijing over the issue. State department rich edson has the details for us tonight. A bill designed to fight widespread slave labor in china. Congressional aides say American Companies are lobbying against it buried him a lot of the Companies Want to have it both ways. Maybe its time for them to rethink their supply chains. They claim copies like nike and apple are lobbying against the labor prevention act. Apple denies the charge saying it wants the bill to become law. Investigat

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