leland? leland: yeah. those images from italy especially in the beginning of the pandemic were sering. ryan, thank you. laura? laura: and some of you may remember colorado nurse lisa merck. we tracked her story earlier in the pandemic when she caught the coronavirus and had to spend 58 days in isolation. you heard that right. after going through a pretty extensive of private testing, lisa is back with us now, she's live for another major with update. she just got the pfizer vaccine herself less than an hour ago and, in fact, you didn't even have have time to get home, you are in your car, which is amazing, to show the immediate is city of what you're going through today. so, first, lisa, how are you feeling? i mean, how did it go? it must have been quite a moment after all the ups and downs of covid that you've been dealing with. >> thank you. it was very stressful for me. i was very nervous walking in there. i was having some anxiety and heart palpitations, but i'm very thankful that i was given the oppor

leland. leland: more on this, we bring in colorado talk radio host, ross comiskey who has dutifully been obeying coronavirus restrictions for months now due to his beard and hair. you've talked to the pastor recently. is this more about worship for him or politics? >> absolutely, the former. this is completely about worship for him. he's a truly devout gentleman. his congregation and people who aren't normally in his congregation, but put it to me, wouldn't to worship god and there's nothing political in it for him. i spoke to him this morning. leland: and governor pollis, you have deep blue parts of the state and dark red parts of the state. how much support is this pastor getting from outside of his church, perhaps people who not necessarily attend or are all that religious, but support his ability to worship or right to? >> i think like a lot of the rest of the issues in the rest of the country. you tend to find people lining up on this issue, really, on a partisan basis, regardless of the

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leland. leland: mike tobin, kalamazoo. we'll see if we can get some video from inside the plant in the coming days. gillian. gillian: the buck stops with u.s. states busy finalizing their plans to distribute the first rounds of vaccines. let's bring in former utah governor mike leavitt and served as health and human services for president george w. bush. mr. governor, thanks so much for taking time with us. we really appreciate it. i want to hear from you first, your impression of the speed with which this vaccine has been essentially delivered to the united states. something like this, we're led to believe, often takes many years. in this stance we want from day zero to day 100, meaning vaccine distribution day which is probably going to be tomorrow in less than 11 months. >> as previously stated earlier in your story, this is historic, there's never been a moment like this when we've been able to accomplish both scientifically and logistically and from a quality standpoint to move as rapidly as we have in this one. becau

leland. >> leland: getting to the doctor a little later in the show, christina, thank you. all right, the clock is quite literally ticking against the stimulus showdown possible shutdown. the time is literally running out, our spirit about whether or not there will be a deal and ifo deal, who gets the blame, members of congress met months dragging their feet and arguing over covid release. will they hold him responsible, president trump to reduce foreign aid. former special assistant to george w. bush, matt bennett cofounder of third way and former clinton white house deputy assistant, both with festive christmas backgrounds. thank you gentlemen, good to see you both. you guys offer a unique perspective. you've been in the white house traveling with the president with these last-minute things. let's start with you, brad. this is a high-stakes part of the deal either bluff or demand. >> brad: well, when is a covid bill not a covid bill? what is a budget bill? we have seen this every year whether a public administration or democrat, you always go down to the wire, the last mi

leland? >> leland: this is playing out in the race for the georgia senate, we are just five days away before election day and this will determine to control the senate. a record-breaking two and a half million to early voters have already cast their ballots. at nearly $800 million has been spent on the campaign advertising most of it on television in both president trump and president and president-elect biden, will be in georgia on monday working to get out the final voters to the polls. meanwhile raphael warnock has been off the campaign trail and now he's facing questions about one of his big donors. peter doocy, 20 miles northeast of georgia. it seems that each of those campaigns are getting ready for election day and a little bit of a different way. >> the republicans just announced they've got 8,000 people volunteering to be paul watches on tuesday. georgia republicans have already mobilized the most robust ground game and poll watching operations in the state's history and fully prepar

hi, leland. leland: nice to see you, alicia. i'm leland vittert. and police say there was a message blaring from the rv before it blew up. and live in nashville not far from where the explosion took place. hi, charles. >> hey, leland, law enforcement have not identified any suspects or motive in this case, however, they say they found what they-- (inaudible) evacuate the area and a motor later, a big burst of flames as rv explodes in a ball of fire and the force of the explosion shattering windows and knocking down trees and causing structural damage to a number of buildings in the area. today, the city of nashville is hailing these six officers as heroes. we're told they ran into danger trying to get people out of harm's way. at least one officer suffering temporary loss of hearing following the large explosion. >> and when they got there. the danger continued to increase and they took swift action and started working in the streets and the neighborhood to clear residents from the area and cleared pedestrians from the area and they put themselves

leland. legal -- >> leland: give us a little bit about security once the boxes left pfizer and in the hands of ups? mike: the security is rather extensive because there is a potential, hard to believe this, but there is the potential for theft. so some of them were accompanied as we saw here with -- with the authorities but some of them will be accompanied by u.s. marshals, some will be accompanied in 151 different -- 15 states by the national guard. some will be held secret and being kept secret purely out of security concern. gillian: president trump touted the success of operation warp speed in getting to today. he had exclusive interview with our own brian kilmeade, let's take a listen to part of that interview. >> let's look at this and play this out. continue to not have success in the courts and the certified and transmitted, your vice president mike pence certifies it, would you encourage lawmakers to protest then? >> look, i just left want to go to army navy game, there are thousands

leland: mr. schnook, congratulations, carrying on a wonderful tradition and many more to come from the family, it's good to see you, all the best. >> thank you very much and happy new year. leland: to you as well. alicia: what a wonderful story and a wonderful company. there is a major development in nashville, law enforcement officials telling fox news who they believe may have been behind the christmas day bombing, the suspects name next. ♪ . . . >> now for a look at some of our headlines. two law enforcement sources telling fox news who they believe could have been behind the nashville christmas bombing. our own david spunt is being told the suspect's name is anthony quinn warner. federal and local law enforcement are still working to determine a motive behind the blast. meanwhile, millions of americans will see a lapse in additional unemployment benefits. the payments expired yesterday as the latest coronavirus relief bill remains in limbo. president trump is still calling on lawmakers to i

leland? >> leland: yeah, so many known unknowns. give us perspective on the briefing that we heard, that the president was given. to be have a time on that in terms of -- explosion at 6:30 central time, 7:30 eastern. how long was it before we understood the president was briefed? >> i would say we got the update probably at about four hours after the explosion, around 10:30 here. of course, the president could have been briefed soon after. they didn't give us a tick-tock of what time that happen. with christmas day, it would probably be a skeleton staff are on the president whenever he travels, all over the world, they have an apparatus set up so he can be kept in touch with what's going on not only in washington but all over the world. the president, though, has been very active on twitter since testing down here in west palm beach. so many other issues we've been following on his christmas vacation. there were a lot of lawmakers upset about what's been going on with the stimulus, whether or

leland vittert. sandra smith is off today. some top officials at the justice department who believe a special counsel may be warranted to avoid any potential conflicts of interest going forward. sources are telling fox no decision has been made but the discussions are ongoing. the 50-year-old son of president-elect biden is the target of a federal investigation into his taxes and overseas business and financial affairs. congressman devin nunes says a special counsel is needed to prevent any interference by the incoming biden administration. >> if there was a special counsel that was started on donald trump for nothing, then with all that's going on, i mean, it was the bidens who got 3 1/2 million dollars from moscow. some business deals in china. maybe the f.b.i. will do a good job and d.o.j. will do a good job but i highly doubt it and so do millions of americans. >> leland: david spunt live at the justice department. this is different view of this than what we saw a couple of days ago from bill bar

leland. leland: same thing they did on friday night to get the negotiations here this weekend. chad, working is weekend as members of the house and senate. we appreciate the guidance, sir. >> sure, any time. >> good to see you. >> likewise. ♪ ♪ laura: joining us to talk about his state's covid response is republican oklahoma governor kevin, thank you so much for being with us on this very important sunday. we are closely watching rollout of moderna and pfizer's vaccines. looks like you close to 40,000 doses of the vaccine so far, i want you to tell us how many frontline workers have received the shot and second, who gets it next. governor: we've got optimism and a lot of hope in oklahoma right now. we received shipment, 33,000 doses on monday and nice rollout. we had, you know, our first doses went to an er nurse right there in oklahoma city and since then we delivered 15,000 doses to all 77 counties all over oklahoma so we are just -- we are optimistic and there's a lot of hope right now

leland, you want to lead on that ? >> sure, when i think of leaving the planet and looking back at our blue marble and you talk about the blue dot, from voyager seeing this tiny blue dot on all of these millions of miles away and having this view of our planet and thinking of all the people that have been involved in helping just this very small subset of people get off the planet, live and work together in this space station, this spaceship and were looking back at our spaceship earth and i think about the colors of the ocean. i think about the many new definitions to describe the colors of the ocean because i distinguish all the colors that i know when i see all these different cues. that tapestry of color and shape and form, it's making it unique to be a artist or poet to describe because that's why writers going into sony to ensure we can capture what we see and we call it the orbital perspective. we look back at the planet and you know there are no political borders, there are just geographical borders were all on

we will speak with leland miller. the mayor of stockton, california michael tubbs will join us to talk about the guaranteed income program and how the pandemic is disproportionately hitting poor neighborhoods. let's check the markets. we see some risk appetite this morning at the open. it continues with the s&p pulling away with 1%, leaving the nasdaq behind. the nasdaq up .5%. the dollar index is below 90.50. the british at 1.5. yields creeping ever so slowly higher as well. 91.13 on the 10 year. we also see a boost for crude oil at $47.43 for a barrel. china pulling further ahead of other major economies in november, industrial output and retail sales strengthen, reinforcing expectations of healthy growth next year. joining us with more insight is leland miller. this is the official data and then there are people like you who can give us an inside read. what is your data telling you about china growth? leland: and is telling us the same story it has been telling us for months which is, we are seeing the same things

>> thank you for your kind words, leland. we know a lot about this vaccine. it's been extensively tested in large populations. it does require two doses. it provides stunning protection, 95%. that's more than we anticipated. and the studies show that it's safe. we have a little bit of a side issue here with people who have had serious allergic reactions in the past. that was just discovered in britain. we'll take care of that going forward.

. >> leland: matt, really, matt, hold on. we all pay attention to the stuff minute-by-minute and on twitter reading it, but the generic georgia voter pay attention to it every second? president trump came in too late so therefore we don't get credit. i'm standing up for the workers, and i want a $2,000 check. democrats aren't providing it. isn't that a talking point democrats have to deal with? >> matt: they may try, but as you noted, warnock has a lot of money to communicate. they will communicate to georgians this was trump coming in at the last minute with no rationale, surprising the

i'm leland vittert. you and i often work on the weekend, but it's rare when congress does. >> it is a rare sight. we're following it. i'm laura engle in new york. this comes as several key figures, including vice-president mike pence. surgeon general

>>leland vote did not learn these moves by taking lessons. you might say he was born with them, he's 4 years old. >>we grew you know on this kate snow seen you know already >>the way he took to it was just like unlike anybody would ever seen this is a snowboarding family cleveland's dad, chuck is also the founder of a skateboard company tahoe long boards as a parent you never know if your kids are going to be into the same things as you. but in this case it was clear before leland even turned to this is video from his first squab valley snowboard outing at the age of 17 months, i tell you i was kind of blown away that first day just because he seemed to have an awareness and >>we're all about sliding weather was backwards or sideways this is a passion it up right and and now it's to the point where i don't enough to help them down the mountain like once he's off charities self-sufficient. it's really wild to you know because i think he's just so full of energy he's like just bursting at the seams and then when he gets on the snow like all of

>>leland vote did not learn these moves by taking lessons. you might say he was born with them, he's 4 years old. >>they grew you know on this kate snow seen you know already >>the way he took to it was just like unlike anybody would ever seen this is a snowboarding family cleveland's dad, chuck is also the founder of a skateboard company tahoe long boards as a parent you never know if your kids are going to be into the same things as you. but in this case it was clear before leland even turned to this is video from his first squab valley snowboard outing at the age of 17 months, i tell you i was kind of blown away that first day just because he seemed to have an awareness and >>we're all about sliding weather was backwards or sideways this is a passion it up right and and now it's to the point where i don't enough to help them down the mountain like once he's off charities self-sufficient. it's really wild to you know because i think he's just so full of energy he's like just bursting at the seams and then when he gets on the snow like all o

>>he has his own instagram page if you want to fall along its at leland the falcon and he already has his first sponsor. he's going to be an influencer sponsors tread dog clothing company because that is pretty impressive. yeah and so is this a group of east by students are showcasing their musical talents in a new movie pixar and disney's latest animated film. so it features a performance by 17 students from oakland unified school district the music director at not brewer of middle school says his students are playing at a restaurant, this was a few years ago. >>but takes our producer happened to be there eating. heard them and hire them. >>shots look clint in there. the results are in on the first snow survey of the year the state's department of water resources conducted the survey today at phillips station that's off highway 50 near south lake tahoe and they are reporting that the snow-packed they're measured 93% of normal for this time of the season. >>the result comes after what's been a a dry fall across the state. >>the extremely dry fall has only exacerbated. what's been an a

fox news correspondent leland vittert live in the nation's capital, leland. >> pulling out the stops on both sides agree on the fact how importantim it is to get out there people to the polls. take a look at the screen and we will talk about democrats first. do any of these pictures look familiar? let me give you their names, tokyo jets, shelley s ka names, tokyo jets, shelley ska and b are our cash. they just post to get out and vote for rafael warnock and jon ossoff. the democrats need the same massive turnout especially among voters that they got in november 2 win and jennifer january. here is jon ossoff. >> i want you to reflect how far we have come in the state of georgia and how far we have come in the america itself. georgia is the most competitive battleground state in the united states. >> republicans agreed this is a historicou moment to control the senate at state. -- stake. this picture will look a lot more familiar than the other ones. president trump heading back to georgia a week from tonight to push republicans to the polls election day for in person voting, specifica

leland vittert is in washington d.c. with that story. hi, leland. >> there's no accusation that hunter biden was involved in the bribery scheme, but senator chuck grassley asked why this relationship to this man matters. he said patrick ho was charged with bribery stepping from his work for the cefc china-backed energy committee. hunter biden represented patrick for and received $1 million for his representation. the federal government received a fisa warrant on patrick ho. gra grassley said that hunter biden was aware of his links to the communist chinese government. ho is out of jail and back in hong kong. so this may not mean much practically but does mean the government had enough for the conviction and leaves more questions in terms of what hunter biden was doing representing somebody of this ilk. >> sandra: thank, leland. so will this new development raise calls for a special counsel in the hunter biden investigation? former acting attorney general matthew whitaker joins us to discuss that. good evening. bottom line, the question i

happy new year, leland. >> leland: happy new year to you, happy new year to you at home. here's to a great 2021. "outnumbered" starts now. speeeleven fox news alert, just days away from tuesday's crucial georgia senate runoffs, when voters decide which party will be controlling the u.s. senate paid coming up in 2021. republicans are highlighting what they call the largest and most aggressive voter integrity operation in state history. the g.o.p. recruiting with an 8,000 volunteers to serve as poll watchers, double brought into monitor early voting. meantime, president trump and president-elect biden said to hold dueling rallies the day before the election. fund-raising in the runoffs are setting records with the four candidates raising a combined $340 million, senator kelly loeffler says the stakes couldn't be higher. >> all the eyes in the country are on us, georgia. i know you feel the pressure. we are going to get this done. we are the firewall stopping socialism. take an oath to support and defend the constitution. they would use the supreme court to package liberal j

i'm leland vittert. first round will be delivered to 150 locations throughout the united states and pfizer is

>>leland vote did not learn these moves by taking lessons. you might say he was born with them, he's 4 years old. >>we grew you know on this kate snow seen you know already >>the way he took to it was just like unlike anybody would ever seen this is a snowboarding family cleveland's dad, chuck is also the founder of a skateboard company tahoe long boards as a parent you never know if your kids are going to be into the same things as you. but in this case it was clear before leland even turned to this is video from his first squab valley snowboard outing at the age of 17 months, i tell you i was kind of blown away that first day just because he seemed to have an awareness and >>we're all about sliding weather was backwards or sideways this is a passion it up right and and now it's to the point where i don't enough to help them down the mountain like once he's off chairing self-sufficient. it's really wild to you know because i think he's just so full of energy he's like just bursting at the seams and then when he gets on the snow like all of a

leland: that is the real mystery. this is the world strongest major recovery, why are they not importing more from all these countries around the world that badly need to export to it? that has been the real question. china has had an export-led economy, supply-side recovery. when you look at where the demand is right now, we are actually seeing very, very moderate, modest demand domestically. they are exporting much more and that is where they are getting their recovery from. if you are seeing this be a true recovery, a recovery that looks like 2019 or five percentage points better than 2019, you would see at more robust consumption. you are not seeing that in our orders data or demand data. >> it is also that narrative that led to commodity prices rallying. some people calling it the super cycle given expectations that china will consume all of these commodities. what is a downside of that? leland: the commodities data are fascinating. back in may or so, we saw the commodities rally take off before some of the key p

hi, leland. leland: nice to see you, alicia. i'm leland vittert. and police say there was a message blaring from the rv before it blew up. and live in nashville not far from where the explosion took place. hi, charles. >> hey, leland, law enforcement have not identified any suspects or motive in this

jackie: leland, thank you for that. things to think about especially as young people are posting things. they don't get deleted. it is something to think about going forward. hard to change that perception once it is out there. leland vittert thank you so much for that. >>> i want to switch gears, talk about a story that has been raising a lot of eyebrows. hilaria baldwin called out lie about her heritage, taking it seriously becoming sensitive bit on her instagram page. i want to play a clip that sort of got the ball rolling. >> ingredients. tomatoes. we have a cucumber. >> cucumbers. >> there has been some questions about where i'm born. i was born in boston. jackie: so you saw first clip there where she said, you know, how do you say cucumbers. wanted to say it in spanish, lee. there is issue when you look at her roots the articles are indicating she was born in boston, hillary thomas. she created a persona for hers self, pronouncing her name hilaria, saying her family was from spain and her family moved to spain dur

leland, thank you. cancel culture, and a school board advisory with the bay area rename thousands of schools including abraham lincoln high school here at the committee's chairman claimed lincoln never showed policy or rhetoric that black lives might her to him. senior correspondent tracking the story, claudia. >> shannon, this is still abraham lincoln high school but not for much longer. an advisory committee has its way because in their view the president who called to end slavery did not value black lives enough. his name along with many others needs to go. the 12 member panel is targeting 44 schools in san francisco named after leaders whose actions in the past or deemed problematic by today's cancel culture. in lincoln's case, the committee said he was insensitive to native americans and plaques alike and point to support of transcontinental railroad which "led to the significant loss of land and natural resources as well as the loss of lifestyle and culture for many indigenous people." the school

leland: laura, nice to be with you and nice to be with you at home on a sunday. i'm leland better. the first shipments of moderna's covid-19 vaccine are officially out for delivery as top u.s. officials say there could be a third vaccine that lb. -- will be ad

leland, thank you for that report. i appreciate it. a week from tonight president trump will hold a rally in florida to boost enthusiasm for the republican/georgia senators kelly loeffler and david perdue. the final pitch before the eve of the runoff january 5th, a g.o.p. majority in the senate hangs in the balance. one of the candidates senator david perdue joins us now. senator, thank you so much for joining us. i know you are a busy man. i think what we are seeing here, and i think it is hillary also found out is that celebrity doesn't necessarily matter so much and neither does having the most money. it is about reminding people about what is at stake and how donald trump won on why he won, which is about the issues. wanting to maintain what has already been accomplished. tell me what you are viewing in the midst of a very unique situation and what your thoughts are with the upcoming election. >> hi, to me thank you for having me. we won this race in november. we beat the democratic candidate but the reality is 52.5% of georgians v

. >> julie: leland, you staying indoors this holiday? >> leland: indoors, outdoors. i don't know. that's all i got. but i've got christmas shopping to do. "outnumbered" starts now. >> kennedy: this is a fox news alert. the house failing to make any changes to the joint coronavirus aid and funding bill. days after president trump called it "a disgrace." rejecting -- while democrats oppose republican's request to revisit foreign aid spending. we will have much more on what this means for the bill and for you and all americans who need help. that's coming up later in the hour. and we have another fox news alert. new developments in the hunter biden investigation. sources telling fox news that high-level justice department officials are in ongoing discussions on whether to appoint a special counsel and the probe with some believing that it is warranted. just days ago, the now former attorney general, bill barr, said he had not seen a reason to appoint one. joe biden suggesting he will seek the hands of ou approach. >> no. no. i guarantee you, i am going to do what i said. the attorney

coming up, we will be speaking to the ceo of china beige book leland miller. the market opens in tokyo is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ shery: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i am shery ahn. our top stories this hour, asian markets set for gains. the s&p, the dow, and the nasdaq sought new highs -- saw new highs. the bill goes to the senate. survey sayshina that the mainland may not be as robust as official data claimed. shery: sneaking up .4%, being led by utilities. the nikkei is already at a high. japanese yen is under a little bit of upwards pressure. this coming after a low against the u.s. dollar. holding steady at the moment. take a look at the market. korean stocks were already at a record high and have already seen three sessions of consecutive games. we are seeing the korean won holding steady after leading the gains yesterday as risk sentiment improved. we are watching for what happens . paul: we have been trading for in our in australia. had two thirds of a percent higher on the asx. energy is leading the way. some of the best perform

. >> leland: a more. >> russia is suspected of being behind the attack, they are denying any involvement. jillian: joe biden's progressive immigration plan will be put to the test as a new migrant caravan makes its way to the border. after promising to reverse donald trump's policy did the president-elect roll out the welcome mat. todd: tom, you said before the election this would happen. looks like it is. are we going to lose the border under the biden administration? >> absolutely. we will lose all the progress donald trump is made as i said many times i worked for ronald reagan but no one has done more to secure the border then donald trump. 64% decline from last year. though president had that kind of success, all the progress would be lost and joe biden promised it, put on his website, still talking about it. i have been 35 years. put a moratorium on deportations, he will add ice operations and give free healthcare and offer amnesty, everybody claims asylum at the border and most would not show up in court. all that goes away under joe biden and we will lose the border and the end.

leland's work background is in history. >> i didn't know how the vaccine works. i felt pretty safe, but that was not the only reason. >> they wanted to help get the vaccine approved and send the message. >> we are urging, please, please take the vaccine. if you have questions, ask your primary care physician, ask your health care providers. >> a step, they believe, toward returning to the life that we knew. christy smith, nbc bay area news. >>> the white house coronavirus testing czar is urging president trump to get a vaccine. adam brett jawall said it would benefit the president's own health and safety. he added that he thinks any leader influential over a group of people should get the vaccine. president trump tweeted earlier this month that he looks forward to taking the vaccine at the appropriate time. >>> meanwhile, president-elect joe biden is set to get his first coronavirus vaccine shot tomorrow. it's not clear whether mr. biden is getting the pfizer or the moderna shot, but it's very likely that the vaccination will be filmed and publicized. bind won't

welcome to "america's news headquarters" i'm leland vittert. >> great to be with you, i'll gillian turner. fox news special debate coverage. starts at 6:45 p.m. eastern

it's great to be with everybody at home, leland, nice to be with you. leland: nice to be with you as well. the first person in the u.k. vaccinated this week. and

leland is always popping up. donald trump just landed in west palm beach. up next the president vetoes the defense bill setting up a potential override in front of air force one so what does that mean and could the covid-19 relief bill and funding for the government be vetoed next? the panel weizen as the president takes off tomorrow lago. iran was behind online efforts for lethal violence, and claims over widespread election voter fraud, something officials call the revelations baseless. in france three police officers were killed by heavily armed gunmen with reports of domestic abuse, the gunman is said to have shot at the officers without warning when they arrived, prosecutor say the suspect had brief military training, he was later found dead. in australia four people have been charged with unlawfully lighting a campfire that authority say sparked huge blazes on fraser island in october. the inferno ultimately destroyed 210,000 acres of that popular vacation spot. the fire came under control earlier this month after heavy rains helped firefighters conta

leland vittert explains. >> when the wrapper headlined a get out the vote event for jon ossoff and raphael warnock he edited the lyrics to his song. the real lyrics as heard on the video are far too vulgar for this program as are many of his past tweets about women, police officers and sex. this screenshot of a 2012 treat. this is who georgia democrats raphael warnock and jon ossoff had headlined their event today. will they denounce this disgusting individual, wrote nathan brando the national republican senatorial committee? ossoff and warnock have ignored repeated. 18-year-old mimi groves, "the new york times" chronicled the plight of a virginia cheerleader who had her world up ended by something she said four years ago. in 2016 mimi groves recorded a 3-second video in which he used a racial slur. in late 2019 fellow high school student jimmy galligan solve a clip online. in the middle of this year after george floyd's death he posted the video and mimi became the center of a national social media firestorm. quickly the university of tennessee's cheerleading team canceled mimi groves' ro

hey, leland. >> the video was posted back in june, so many are asking the times, why now? what is new in the word "news," and why subject is 18-year-old young woman's life to ridicule once again connect mimi gross is a white cheerleader, and jimmy galligan comes from a mixed race family. they went to high school to get it. here's the timeline. in 20 she recorded a video which used a racial slur and reference to getting a learner's permit for driving. late 2019 he saw the clip online and in 2020, in the days after george floyd's death, he posted the video and mimi became the center of the national social media firestorm. quickly, this is all back in june, the university of tennessee cheerleading team took away her roster slot and she withdrew from the university. >> in what can only be described as a rush to judgment, the school, the university of tennessee, caved in and a panic to a lot of hysteria, a lot of social media going on, and they didn't give her a meaningful investigation. >> many are pointing to this clip of former president obama as a warning that is not being

leland: that was one of the six police officers who responded to the nashville christmas bombing and got there before the bomb went off and risked their own lives to evacuate civilians before the rv exploded.

leland: couple seconds. happy hanukkah to you and yours and to everybody else. arthel: it's a turning point in the deadly pandemic that has caused months of heart break and suffering, a virus that has killed more than 296,000 americans. now, the fda granting emergency approval for pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, giving hope to millions of americans. hello, everyone. this is america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. hi, eric. eric: hi, arthel. i'm eric shawn. hello, everyone. welcome. it is being called an historic event for humanity, the green light for the vaccine paving the way for the first vaccinations in the u.s. at the beginning of this coming week. president trump making the announcement about this last night, calling operation warp speed a success of monumental proportions. >> this is one of the greatest scientific accomplishments in history. it will save millions of lives and soon end the pandemic once and for all. through our partnership with fed ex and ups, we have already begun shipping the vaccine to every state and zip code in the country. eri

have leland vittert here to tell us the story. speak of the timing is important here, because the video of what was then a year's worth-old incident was posted in june. what is new in the word news here? she is a white cheerleader, and jimmy galligan comes from a mixed race family. they went to high school together. here's the timeline pay 2016, she recorded a 3-second video who used a racial slur and reference are getting a learner's permit for driving. in 2019, galligan saw the clip online. in 2020, he posted the video and she became the center of the social media firestorm. they took away her roster spot and she was withdrawn from the university. >> in what can only be described as a rush to judgment, the university of tennessee cayman in in a panic to a lot of hysteria, social media going on, and they didn't give her a meaningful investigation. >> so the times brought all of this back up with a long piece on saturday. here is how it ended, quoting galligan, now 18 or 19 years old. "i'm going to remind myself," he told the time

leland: saw it in 9/11 as well. we are happy to highlight the stories and now we take that moment to wish you and you happy hanukkah. gillian: my favorite time of the show. show. chris: the first americans could begin receiving the pfizer vaccine tomorrow as the fda gives the green light. >> our nation has achieved a medical miracle. chris: millions of doses from pfizer to all 50 states. we'll track plans to distribute the vaccine. we're joined by dr. slawey, head of operation warp speed, only on fox news sunday. then, a last push for covid relief before congress adjourns for the year. we'll ask a leader of the bipartisan gang of eight, west virginia senator jo joe manchin, what's holding up a compromise. plus, the federal investigation into hunter biden's taxes, congressman eric swalwell's links to a suspected chinese spy and president trump's push to overturn the election, we'll discuss it all with the number two republican in the house, steve scalise. >> they bring deep experience and bold new thinking. chris: pr

leland: fox news sunday is up next. mike emmanuel is in for mr. sunday, chris wallace. we'll see you soon. >> relief for millions of struggling americans in jeopardy as president trump suddenly objects to the bipartisan covid deal. >> it really is a disgrace. >> the outgoing president's demand to increase the aid checks for american families, sending congress scrambling. testing the allegiance of republicans and potentially leading to a government shutdown, as the president grants dozens of pardons to long-time allies and associates and continues to contest the results of the election. we'll discuss it all with republican senator pat toomey, only on fox news sunday. then -- >> our darkest days in the battle against covid are ahead of us, not behind us. >> concerns about new more contagious strains of the virus and increased tension over who is next in line for the vaccine as millions of americans travel this holiday, despite health warnings. we're joined by admiral brett jirwa of the white house coronavirus task force. plus -- >> we're going to keep fighting until every

. >> fox news alert good morning, i'm leland vittert in washington we take you now to nashville, where they're getting ready to introduce us to the six nashville police officers who responded that 911 callerly on christmas morning, and then began evacuating hundreds, perhaps, of people from downtown nashville, saving them from that rv explosion. when they arrived on the scene they heard a recording from the rv saying that it was going to explode and that there was a bomb and then they reacted. now we'll listen to the officers and the chief explain what happened next. >> update on the infrastructure. as we work with our federal partners, law enforcement partners, and the footprint shrinks as far as the investigation, they will release the properties back to metro. once that happens, we will do a preliminary sweep. we'll have our public works, code department, fire department along with our utility districts , they will go into the effective area just to make sure that it is safe. then we will release that back to our business partners, and resident's owners so i'm happy to announce this

leland, thank you very much for that report. and now this, related to colleges and universities requiring courses, requiring courses that push left-wing political bias. lauren, what are some of these mandatory classes? lauren: and penciling at university of pittsburgh is automatically enrolling all first year and an anti- black racism class and as for the not mandatory courses vanderbilt signed up about 850 students which was the most ever for u.s. elections and they learned about the presidential elections and a lot of the exams the question was is it is the constitution of the united states designed to perpetuate white supremacy and the correct answer, true pit let's go to the city of the university of new york, queens college, they offered in urban studies class and asked to write about three facts that made donald trump rich. brooklyn college, lgbt q class, professor said he would remove any student who missed gendered someone else in the class. we're not done because 2021 is a few days away and tulane university will offer

they write "after surviving cancer in the middle of a pandemic, all eight-year-old leland wants for santa to .eliver is games for his xbox for his great-grandmother, it is a different story. she has been struggling to put food on the table since she quit her job to care for her great-grandson. she worked part-time as a health eight in illinois but stopped seeing patients to reduce the risk of relent getting sick -- the risk of leland getting sick. the salvation army reports 6.6 million people will come to them for support, up from 2.6 million for regular holiday season. charity leaders report they are worried about meeting the skyrocketing need." on this christmas morning, asking how are you celebrating. are you traveling, you have people coming to visit you and how has the pandemic affected those plans? (202) 748-8000 for those of you in the eastern and central time zones. the lights of union station across from the u.s. capitol. let's hear from joe biden earlier this week as part of his christmas message. [video clip] >> reminder from a jesuit priest. he wrote "advent is a time for arou

leland, i can't even believe it, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. 15 hours left in 2020 and we will spend three of them together. leland vittert here, a whole lot of finger-pointing as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says there's no real path forward for passing a stand-alone bill to increase the

leland bettered his live in washington. >> it's a mystery in so many ways. luke ludlow would have taken his old old boss a seat in congress right after the first of the year. he had been chief of staff and then won the seat in november. the advocate newspaper talk to the chancellor of the medical center at lsu where the he was in the icu. this gentleman had previously said that he had been treated with rimmed a severe and steroids and when asked if ludlow had any underlying conditions that would've made his death more likely the chancellor said, none. this is all covid related. >> he had just gotten elected three weeks ago. he had talked about the things he wanted to do in the committees he wanted to get on. talk about a loss of someone with so much energy, he's got a beautiful young family. my prayers are with julia and his two young kids. >> there is a picture of julia and his two young children. he passed away at age 41. the last representative elected i before taking office was jack swigert who died in 1982. his statue is one of the two from colorado tha