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>> Shannon: HELLO AND WELCOME
TO "FOX NEWS @ NIGHT."
I AM SHANNON BREAM IN WASH
WASHINGTON.
BREAKING TONIGHT: THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS STILL STUCK IN
AFGHANISTAN UNDER TALIBAN
CONTROL.
THE WHITE HOUSE TRYING TO CLEAN
UP EARLIER COMMENTS FOR FAILING
TO GUARANTEE THEIR EVACUATION
AFTER THE AUGUST 31ST WITHDRAWAL
DEADLINE.
THEY GOT SOME CLARIFICATION.
WE WILL HAVE A LIVE REPORT FROM
OVERSEAS ON WHERE THE SITUATION
STANDS RIGHT NOW.
IT'S MORNING THERE.
FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SOME
HARSH WORDS FOR HIS SUCCESSOR
TONIGHT.
>> THIS IS THE GREATEST
EMBARRASSMENT IN THE HISTORY OF
OUR COUNTRY.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN -- LET ME
TELL YOU.
THIS IS NOT ENDING.
AGAIN, WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE
THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS OVER
THERE AND OTHERS.
BIDEN PUT US IN THIS POSITION.
YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE
CIVILIANS OUT FIRST.
>> Shannon: WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE MORE OF THE 45TH PRESIDENT
OF COLLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH
SEAN HANNITY COMING UP.
IS IT TIME TO START CONSIDERING
OF TORQUE A BOOSTER SHOT.
FOX NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR
DR. MARTY MAKARY JOINS US TO
DISCUSS WITH THE SCIENCES.
AIRLINE PASSENGERS, ENOUGH OF
THE LONG LINES.
"FOX NEWS @ NIGHT" INVESTIGATES
WHY AIRLINE TRAVEL IS
FLATLINING.
MASK MANDATES FOR TRAVEL, WE'VE
GOT AN UPDATE.
THEY HAVE BEEN EXTENDED FOR
SEVERAL MONTHS.
WE HAVE BREAKING DETAILS.
WE BEGIN WITH THE FALL OF HAVE
GUINNESS TAN, THE LATEST ON U.S.
EVACUATION EFFORTS ON WHAT WE
ARE HEARING.
POTENTIAL REFUGEE CRISIS HEADING
FOR EUROPE AND THAT'S WHERE WE
FIND SENIOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CORRESPONDENT AMY KELLOGG
REPORTING LIVE FROM MILAN,
ITALY.
GOOD MORNING, AMY.
>> HI, SHANNON.
DAY THREE OF THE NEW AFGHAN
ORDER HAS DAWNED, AND DESPITE
THAT INCREDIBLE CHARM OFFENSIVE
PUT ON BY THE TALIBAN YESTERDAY
ASSURING PEOPLE THAT THERE WOULD
BE NO RETRIBUTION, THAT WOMEN
AND GIRLS WOULD BE FREE TO WORK
AND STUDY, THERE ARE STILL AN
AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN
FEAR THIS MORNING.
OF COURSE THE TALIBAN DID SAY
THEY BE CHANGED.
THEY'VE EVOLVED IN THE WAR IS
OVER.
BUT WE WERE HEARING THE U.N.
TALK ABOUT REPORTS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS ABUSES.
SO FAR WE ARE NOT HEARING ABOUT
WIDESPREAD KILLINGS.
THERE IS SOME CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM.
GIVEN THE TALIBAN'S TRACK RECORD
OF BRUTALITY, A LOT OF PEOPLE,
WOMEN IN PARTICULAR ARE
SKEPTICAL.
WE SAW SOME EXTRAORDINARY SCENES
YESTERDAY OF AN AFGHAN FEMALE
ANCHORWOMAN INTERVIEWING THE
TALIBAN ON AIR.
WE DID SEE WOMEN PROTESTING ON
THE STREETS, ALBEIT IN SMALL
GROUPS.
THEY WERE NOT TOUCHED.
THEY WERE ASSERTING THAT THEY
WANTED THEIR RATES GOING
FORWARD.
WE HAVE HAD THE NOBEL LAUREATE
PEACE PRIZE WINNER, WHO HAS A
SCHOOL GIRL HAD BEEN SHOT AND
NEARLY KILLED BY THE TALIBAN
VOICING HER CONCERNS ABOUT
EDUCATION FOR GIRLS AND STAYING
THAT -- SAYING WHAT SORT OF
EDUCATION THEY'LL BE GIVEN.
>> Shannon: WHAT IS THE
SITUATION WITH REFUGEES IF THEY
CAN EVEN GET OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
WHERE DO THEY GO FROM HERE.
>> 30,000 A DAY ARE FLEEING AT
THIS POINT.
INTERESTING ALBANIA AND KOSOVO
HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE,
TAKING SOME OF THOSE THAT THE
UNITED STATES HAS AGREED TO
EVENTUALLY TAKE.
HOLDING THEM FOR NOW SAYING THE
ALBANIAN SAYING THAT THEY KNOW
ABOUT DICTATORSHIP AND IT'S
THEIR HONOR AND DUTY TO DO SO
BUT YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
HEAR ABOUT AN AWFUL LOT OF
SQUABBLING IN EUROPE AS THERE
WAS WHEN THE LAST BIG REFUGEE
WAVE HIT IN 2015-'16.
THERE WILL BE TALK ABOUT WHO
WILL TAKE THEM AND HOW TO VENT
THEM.
30,000 A DAY FLEEING AFGHA
AFGHANISTAN.
>> SOMETHING LIKE 2.8 MILLION
REFUGEES IN THE WORLD ARE
AFGHANI REFUGEES.
ONE IN TEN.
DURING THE TRUMP YEARS, WE LOWER
THE REFUGEE ADMISSIONS TO THE
LOWEST POSSIBLE LEVEL THAN IT
EVER HAD BEEN.
ALSO MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
HAVE SHUT THEIR DOOR TO REFUGEES
AND SENT THEM BACK TO PLACES
LIKE AFGHANISTAN.
THAT WAS BEFORE IT HAPPENED.
CAN IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE
PLACE AFTERWARDS.
>> THE YOU HAS -- THE U.K.
SETTLING REFUGEES OVER THE NEXT
YEARS.
>> Shannon: YOU HAVE A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE.
YOU WERE IN AFGHANISTAN WHEN THE
TALIBAN FELL IN LATE 2001.
WHAT'S IT LIKE WATCHING THEM
RETURN AND SEE THINGS COMING
FULL-CIRCLE 20 YEARS LATER.
>> IT'S INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL OF
COURSE.
I HAVE THE SAME WORRIES THAT
PEOPLE OBSERVING FROM THE
OUTSIDE HAVE ABOUT HOW
MINORITIES AND THE POOR AND
WOMEN ARE GOING TO SURVIVE UNDER
THIS NEW REGIME BUT THERE IS ONE
IMPRESSION THAT HAS LASTED ME
THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU AND
THAT WAS GOING TO A WOMAN'S
CLINIC BACK IN 2001.
THE LINE SNAKED AROUND THE
BLOCK.
WOMEN WHO HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO
GO TO A DOCTOR IN ALL THE YEARS
THAT THE TALIBAN HAVE BEEN IN
POWER.
THEY WERE AGED BEYOND THEIR
YEARS.
THEY LOOKED SO TERRIBLY
UNHEALTHY, MANY OF THEM.
THEY GIVEN BIRTH AT HOME WITHOUT
SEEING A DOCTOR AND ALL SORTS OF
OTHER CONDITIONS THEY HAD BEEN
THROUGH.
PERSONALLY I'M HOPING THAT THOSE
SCENES WILL NOT REPEAT
THEMSELVES NOW AND THAT THE
TALIBAN WILL PUT THEIR MONEY
WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS ABOUT
LOOKING AFTER WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
ESKEW AND PLENTY OF SKEPTICS
WANT TO BE PROVEN WRONG ON THAT
FRONT.
THANK YOU FOR THE EARLY-MORNING
REPORTING.
HUMAN REMAINS DISCOVERED IN THE
WHEEL WELL OF THAT MASKLESS
AIR FORCE CARGO PLANE THAT TOOK
OFF FROM COBBLES AIRPORT ON
MONDAY.
DESPERATE AFGHANS CLINGING TO
ITS DOORS AND FUTURE LAWS.
THE PLANE HAD BEEN IMPOUNDED AND
THE AIR FORCE DICTATES THEY GOT
TO INVESTIGATE IT.
HERE IN WASHINGTON WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENT KEVIN CORKE IS
TRACKING THE LATEST REACTION TO
THE CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN.
GOOD EVENING, KEVIN.
>> GOOD EVENING.
I STAND SQUARELY BEHIND MY
DECISION, SIX WORDS THAT FOREVER
WILL BE SEARED INTO THE MEMORY
OF ALL AMERICANS WHO'VE BEEN
WATCHING THE UNFOLDING DRAMA
PLAY OUT IN AFGHANISTAN OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL DAYS.
JOE BIDEN OF COURSE UTTERED
THOSE VERY WORDS DESPITE THE
HAUNTING IMAGES AND THE TRAGIC
ANECDOTES WE HAVE ALL BEEN
HEARING ABOUT THE TRYING TO
LEAVE THE COUNTRY.
TONIGHT CRITICISM OF THE BIDEN
EXIT STRATEGY IS STILL GROWING
AT A FEVERED PITCH.
>> TODAY'S WHITE HOUSE PRESS
BRIEFING, QUESTIONS SEEM FAIRLY
STRAIGHTFORWARD.
SO MUCH SO THAT A SIMPLE YES
WOULD PROBABLY HAVE SUFFICED AND
YET.
>> CAN YOU OFFER ANY GUARANTEE
TO THE AMERICAN U.S. TROOPS WILL
HELP THEM EVACUATE.
>> ARE FOCUSED -- OUR FOCUS IS
DOING THE TASK AT HAND.
DAY BY DAY GETTING AS MANY
AMERICAN CITIZENS, AS MANY SIV
APPLICANTS, MEMBERS OF
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ELIGIBLE
TO BE EVACUATED TO THE AIRPORT
AND OUT ON PLANES.
>> OVER FOUR DOZEN WORDS LATER,
AND NOT A YES INSIDE.
>> WILL U.S. GOVERNMENT COMMIT
TO ENSURING THAT ANY AMERICANS
ON THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN GET
OUT?
>> THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING
RIGHT NOW.
IF ASKED THEM ALL TO COME TO THE
AIRPORT TAKE THEM HOME.
THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO DO.
>> FIRST PASS IT SEEM LIKE
SULLIVAN OFFERED NO GUARANTEES,
ALTHOUGH LATER IN A BIT OF
CLEANUP ONLINE HE CLARIFIED
WRITING "I SAID THAT'S WHAT WE
INTEND TO DO, AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT WE'LL DO."
>> EXACTLY HOW THEY'LL DO IT
REMAINS A MYSTERY SAY CRITICS,
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THE
TALIBAN CURRENTLY CONTROLS ALL
THE MAJOR ROADS LEADING TO THE
AIRPORT.
MEANWHILE CRITICISM OF WHAT SOME
HAVE CALLED BIDEN'S BLUNDER HAS
REACHED A FEVERED PITCH.
>> YOU ARE DEALING WITH
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
AMERICANS AND OTHERS THAT ARE
STRANDED.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN'T
EVEN BELIEVE THAT A THING LIKE
THIS --
>> FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
JOINING THE CHORUS OF THOSE
COMPARING BITE INTO FORMER
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER WHO IS
DEBACLE IN THE DESERT IN 1980
HELD HOSTAGE RESCUE HELPED USHER
HIM FROM OFFICE LATER THAT YEAR.
>> THIS HAS BEEN THE MOST
HUMILIATING PERIOD OF TIME I'VE
EVER SEEN.
IT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE ARE
GETTING OUT BUT NOBODY HAS EVER
HANDLED A WITHDRAWAL WORSE THAN
JOE BIDEN.
THIS IS THE GREATEST
EMBARRASSMENT.
>> ON CAPITOL HILL AND BEYOND,
GROWING QUESTIONS ABOUT BIDEN'S
COMPETENCY.
FLORIDA SENATOR RICK SCOTT
ASKING, IS JOE BIDEN CAPABLE OF
DISCHARGING THE DUTIES OF HIS
OFFICE?
OR HAS TIME COME TO EXERCISE THE
PROVISIONS OF THE 25TH
AMENDMENT?
ADDED FORMER U.S. EMBASSY LEADER
IN AFGHANISTAN, I'M LEFT WITH
SOME GRAVE QUESTIONS IN MY MIND
ABOUT HIS ABILITY TO LEAD OUR
NATION'S COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
>> A WHITE HOUSE STORE SELLS --
SOURCES TELLS FOX NEWS THE U.S.
HAS BEEN ABLE TO MOVE MORE THAN
700 PEOPLE OUT OF AFGHANISTAN
INCLUDING ABOUT 150 AMERICAN
CITIZENS.
OBVIOUSLY I WAS LITTLE SOLACE
WILL STILL STRANDED.
AND FOR THE MILLIONS OF
AMERICANS EXPECTING A LOT MORE
FROM AN ADMINISTRATION THAT JUST
A FEW DAYS AGO BOLDLY PROCLAIMED
SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD NEVER
HAPPEN.
>> Shannon: IT'S TOUGH TO
WATCH.
KEVIN, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
WE'LL HAVE SOME THANKSGIVING
NEWS LOOKING AHEAD SEVERAL
MONTHS FOR FOLKS IN A FEW
MINUTES IF YOU'LL COME BACK.
THE FALL OF AFGHANISTAN AND
PRESIDENT BIDEN SUBSEQUENT
DEFENSE AND HOW THE U.S.
WITHDRAWAL IS UNFOLDING IS
DRAWING WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL
CRITICISM TONIGHT.
HE IS BEING CALLED A JOKE.
GETTING SLAMMED FOR APPEARING TO
SHIFT MUCH OF THE BLAME FOR
COLLAPSE ONTO THE AFGHAN PEOPLE.
MANY FEAR THOUSANDS OF AFGHANS
WHO HELP THE U.S. AND ITS ALLIES
OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS HAVE BEEN
LEFT TO DIE.
SENIOR CORRESPONDENT LAURA INGLE
TAKING A CLOSER LOOK FOR US.
GOOD EVENING.
>> THERE HAS BEEN MOUNTING
CRITICISM FROM U.S. ALLIES OVER
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S
HANDLING OF THE ONGOING CRISIS
UNFOLDING IN AFGHANISTAN.
ON TOP OF THAT, WORLDWIDE
HEADLINES SLAMMING THE COMMANDER
IN CHIEF FOR THE U.S. RETREAT.
>> HOW PRESIDENT BIDEN CAN
UNILATERALLY HAVE DONE THIS
WITHOUT CONSULTING THE ALLIES
AND WITHOUT MAKING ANY EXIT
STRATEGY PLAN FOR THOSE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
IT'S BEYOND ME.
IT'S A TOTAL FAILURE OF
LEADERSHIP.
>> AS THESE AND OTHER IMAGES OF
DESPERATION EMERGE FROM
AFGHANISTAN DURING THE TALIBAN
AND TALIBAN TAKEOVER, SHOWING
TERRIFIED AFGHANS CLINGING TO
MILITARY PLANES IN AN ATTEMPT TO
ESCAPE THE BRUTAL REGIME.
REACTION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
PRESS WAS SWIFT WITH HEADLINES
INCLUDING THE U.K.'S SUN CALLING
THE PRESIDENT JOKE BIDEN.
THE TORONTO SUN'S FRONT PAGE
READ "LEFT TO DIE" ALONGSIDE A
PICTURE OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
CRYING ON THE TARMAC IN KABUL.
THE LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH
SAYING BIDEN DEFENDS AMERICA'S
FLIGHT.
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN REMAINED
ADAMANT THAT HIS DECISION TO
PULL U.S. TROOPS OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN WAS THE RIGHT ONE.
>> AFGHANISTAN POLITICAL LEADERS
GAVE UP AND FLED THE COUNTRY.
THE AFGHAN MILITARY COLLAPSED.
SOMETIME WITHOUT TRYING TO
FIGHT.
>> BIDEN'S NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISOR JAKE SULLIVAN SPOKE AT
THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING AND
SEEMED TO ALSO SHIFT THE BLAME
TO THE LAST ADMINISTRATION.
>> PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS NOT
PREPARED TO SEND ADDITIONAL
FORCES OR ASK ANY AMERICAN
PERSONNEL TO DO THAT.
>> ITALY'S NEWSPAPER DESCRIBING
THE EVENTS AS AN APOCALYPSE,
SOMETHING THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS HOPING TO
PREVENT.
SHANNON.
>> ON LAURA INGLE, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
THE PRESIDENT BACK AT THE
WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT AFTER THE
TALIBAN TAKEOVER OUT OF
AFGHANISTAN DURING THE WEEKEND
GETAWAY TO CAMP DAVID.
THAT'S THE LATEST CRISIS ADDED
TO THE PRESIDENT PLATE.
LET'S DISCUSS WITH TONIGHT'S
PANEL, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
SENATE IN GEORGIA, LEFT HIM
SAVO.
A VETERAN WHO SERVED IN
AFGHANISTAN.
REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE IN
ARKANSAS, JAMES BECKETT -- JAKE
BECKETT.
POLITICO SAYS THE CATACLYSMIC
SERIES OF EVENTS OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL DAYS MARKED THE MOST
DEVASTATING.
AND IT COMES OUT IN A MOMENT
WHEN A GROWING NUMBER OF
AMERICANS WERE ALREADY FEARFUL
OF INFLATION AND DOWNING BIDEN'S
HANDLING OF THE COVEN 19
PANDEMIC AND THE ECONOMY.
BIDEN'S GREAT ABILITY OF THE IS
ON THE LINE.
LATHAM, YOU'RE A VETERAN WHO
SPEND TIME AND TREASURE AND SAW
MANY OF YOUR FELLOW MEN AND
WOMEN IN UNIFORM DO THE SAME.
HOW DO YOU THINK THIS TRAN
TRANSLATES?
>> IT'S A TRAVESTY.
WE ARE ALL SEEING IT AND IT'S
TERRIBLE.
THIS ONE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.
I BACKPACKED THROUGH AFGHANISTAN
BEFORE JOINING THE MILITARY.
I SPEAK THE LOCAL LANGUAGE.
I DEPLOYED THERE.
JUST TO SEE ALL THE SACRIFICE
THROWN AWAY IN A MATTER OF DAYS
DUE TO JUST TERRIBLE EXECUTION
OF THE GROUND.
THERE'S NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT.
I WATCHED PRESIDENT BIDEN
SPEECH.
THERE'S NOT MANY PEOPLE OUT
THERE DISAGREEING THAT IT WAS
TIME TO DRAW DOWN.
WHERE PEOPLE ARE DISAGREEING IS
THAT THERE WAS NO PLANS TO
EXECUTE THIS APPROPRIATELY.
IT'S HORRIBLE TO SEE THE WAY
IT'S BEEN DONE.
I THINK FOLKS NEED TO BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
OUT OF CONGRESS, OUT OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE.
CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO
OVERSEE WARFARE.
THEY EXCEEDED WAY TOO MUCH POWER
TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
THE COMBINATION OF THAT ON THE
LACK OF LEADERSHIP IS
HEARTBREAKING.
SEE YOU ON A PERSONAL BASIS, HOW
WORRIED ARE YOU ABOUT THE
AFGHANS WHO ASSISTED YOU AND
OTHERS, OUR FORCES AND NATO
ALLIES WHO ARE NOW LEFT THERE
AND HAVE ALMOST NO HOPE OF
GETTING OUT.
>> I AM GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT
THEM.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER.
I WROTE AN OP-ED.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE AFGHANS
THAT HOSTED ME.
WHEN I BACKPACKED THROUGH THE
REGION IN 2009, AND WE JUST
ABANDON THEM AS A COUNTRY.
THE MESSAGE THAT THIS SENDS
ACROSS THE WORLD IS TRAGIC.
IT SENDS A MESSAGE OF WEAKNESS
TO OUR ADVERSARIES AND OUR
ALLIES ALIKE.
PRESIDENT BIDEN, HE IS
SURROUNDED BY FOLKS UP THERE,
THEY DON'T SEE THE WORLD HOW IT
IS.
THEY SEE THE WORLD HOW THEY
WANTED TO BE.
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF
THAT.
I THINK IT'S TIME FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE CAN COMPLAIN ABOUT THINGS ALL
DAY BUT IT'S TIME TO HOLD FOLKS
ACCOUNTABLE.
I WILL TELL YOU AT THE TOP OF
THE LIST, WHERE IS OUR SECRETARY
OF DEFENSE?
I HAVE HEARD NOTHING OUT OF HIM.
THIS WAS BASIC MILITARY
OPERATION AND IT WAS FAILURE AT
ALL LEVELS.
IT'S TIME FOR A TOP-DOWN
INVESTIGATION OF THE WAY THE
PENTAGON OPERATES.
>> Shannon: NOW THAT WE HAVE
SENT OUR SOLDIERS BACK IN, OUR
MARINES AND MEN AND WOMEN INTO
THE SITUATION TO TRY TO HELP GET
PEOPLE OUT, THEY ARE BACK IN THE
FRYING PAN.
I WANT TO PUT UP THIS POLL THAT
TALKS ABOUT HOW THE PRESIDENT IS
DOING AN ON A NUMBER OF THINGS.
THIS WAS BEFORE IT HAPPENED BUT
IT RELATES TO OTHER ISSUES.
HE STILL HAS APPROVAL ON
CORONAVIRUS.
HE'S UPSIDE DOWN ON ECONOMY,
CRIME, AND IMMIGRATION.
JAKE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE
CAMPAIGNING AS WELL.
I CAN IMAGINE THOSE ARE THE
KINDS OF THINGS THAT REPUBLICANS
ARE GOING TO HIT ON.
EVEN HIS DETRACTORS ON THE LEFT
ARE SAYING THIS AFGHANISTAN
SITUATION IS GOING TO BE A HUGE
BLACK MARK ON HIS PRESIDENCY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW HE'S DOING
ON SOME OF THESE OTHER DOMESTIC
ISSUES, THERE'S A LOT OF FODDER
THERE FOR HIS CRITICS.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE DISGRACE.
THE FAILURE IS SQUARELY ON
PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SHOULDERS.
I SAW POLL, HIS FAVORABILITY IS
BELOW 50% FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IT'S WHERE IT SHOULD BE.
IF THEY ARE SEEING A
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF
LEADERSHIP AND IT STARTS WITH
THE PRESIDENT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING.
EVERYONE SEES THOSE IMAGES OF
AFGHANS CLINGING TO THE CARGO
PLANE.
ALSO WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE
INTERIOR OF THOSE PLANES.
I'M SEEING HUNDREDS OF AFGHAN
MIGRANTS MOSTLY MILITARY AGE
MALES, WHERE ARE THE AMERICAN
CITIZENS?
WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF U.S.
CITIZENS WHO ARE TRAPPED BEHIND
ENEMY LINES IN KABUL RIGHT NOW
DUE TO JOE BIDEN'S INCOMPETENCE.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.
WE DO NOT LEAVE AMERICANS
BEHIND.
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DOING THAT.
WE SAW HIS PRESS CONFERENCE
YESTERDAY.
IT WAS PATHETIC.
HE TOOK NO QUESTIONS.
HE WANTED A WAY BACK IN THE
BASEMENT.
THEY DROVE HIM BACK TO THE
WHITE HOUSE.
OUR ENEMIES WORLDWIDE, THE
CHINESE SEE THIS AS THEY LOOK
TOWARDS TAIWAN.
THE IRANIANS AND NORTH KOREANS
SEE THIS AS THEY LOOK TOWARDS
ADVANCING THEIR NUCLEAR AGENDA.
THE RUSSIANS SEE IT.
THEY LOOKED TOWARDS EASTERN
EUROPE.
THIS IS PATHETIC AND WE ARE
SEEING THE CONSEQUENCES OF
WEAKNESS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND
THE UNITED STATES.
>> Shannon: REPUBLICAN
SENATOR RICK SCOTT OF FLORIDA IS
IN CHARGE OF THE SENATE ELECTION
CAMPAIGN.
IN A TWEET, AFTER THE DISASTROUS
EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN WE MUST
CONFRONT A SERIOUS QUESTION.
IS JOE BIDEN CAPABLE OF
DISCHARGING THE DUTIES OF HIS
OFFICE OR HAS THE TIME COME TO
EXERCISE THE PROVISIONS OF THE
25TH AMENDMENT?
REPUBLICANS AND THE RIGHT AND
CONSERVATIVES GOT VERY ANGRY
WITH THOSE QUESTIONS WERE
FLOATED ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP.
THEY SAID IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE
TO TALK ABOUT A PRESIDENT
HANDLING SO MANY CRISES AND TO
THROW THAT OUT THERE FOR ENEMIES
TO DIGEST.
IS IT PROPER TO BE FLOATING THE
25TH AMENDMENT?
>> I THINK IT'S A LEGITIMATE
QUESTION.
YOU HAVE A VERY ACCOMPLISHED
UNITED STATES SENATOR WHO IS
SEEING IT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.
SHANNON, AS A PERSONAL POINT OF
PRIVILEGE, IF I COULD, I'VE GOT
TO THANK THESE TWO GENTLEMEN WHO
SERVE THEIR COUNTRY.
THEY GOT UP OFF THE COUCH.
THEY SACRIFICED FOR THEIR
FAMILY.
I JUST HOPE THAT LITERALLY
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE,
THAT THEY KNOW, WHO ACTUALLY DID
SOMETHING AND WENT TO
AFGHANISTAN AND PROTECTED THIS
COUNTRY.
I HOPE THEY KNOW THAT THE
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LOVE THEM,
THANK THEM.
I DIDN'T HEAR THE PRESIDENT
GOING OVERBOARD TO THANK THE MEN
AND WOMEN DOING THAT.
THESE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE EXACTLY
RIGHT.
WE LEFT PEOPLE BEHIND.
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY.
WHERE WAS THE INTERNATIONAL
COALITION?
WHERE WAS THE CONCERTED EFFORT?
WHERE IS SOMEBODY EXPLAINING TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE
WORLD WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE
DOING?
I DON'T KNOW.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF THOUGHTS
RUNNING THROUGH MY MIND I HOPE
THESE TWO GUYS AND EVERYBODY
JUST LIKE THEM WHO SERVED KNOW
HOW MUCH WE LOVE AND CARE FOR
THEM AND THANK THEM.
>> Shannon: ALL OF US HERE AT
"FOX NEWS @ NIGHT" AND I
GUARANTEE OUR VIEWERS FEEL THE
EXACT SAME WAY.
JASON, INVESTIGATION AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.
WILL CONGRESS DO THAT?
WILL THERE BE ANSWERS ABOUT
RUMORS THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
ADVISED OTHERWISE AND DECIDED
NOT TO DO THE DRAWDOWN PLANS
THAT HE WAS PRESENTED WITH?
WE DON'T KNOW.
THEY CAN BE RUMORS?
THAT HAPPENS OFTEN IN MEDIA
REPORTING BUT YOUR COMMENTS ON
WHETHER WE GET TO INVESTIGATION.
>> THERE SHOULD BE.
I USED TO BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THERE'S
NO REASON, PEOPLE WITH THE
GAVEL, UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS ARE NOT DOING THAT
INVESTIGATION INTO THE ORIGINS
OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY NEXT WEEK
THEY SHOULDN'T BE YANKING PEOPLE
UP ON CAPITOL HILL WITH THE
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, SECRETARY
OF STATE RIGHT ON DOWN THE LINE,
NATIONAL SECURITY SECURITY
ADVISOR AND GET ANSWERS AND POSE
THE TOUGH QUESTIONS.
IT'S ONE THING TO GO ON
TELEVISION AND BARK ABOUT IT.
GO BEFORE CONGRESS AND HAVE THEM
ANSWER TOUGH QUESTIONS FROM BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE.
>> Shannon: THIS PRESIDENT
PROMISED TRANSPARENCY.
I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WANT
THAT.
THEY WANT THE FACTS.
THANK YOU.
JASON, JAKE, LATHAM, THANK YOU
FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR THOSE
WHO DIDN'T COME HOME WITH YOU.
WE KNOW YOU SPEAK ON BEHALF OF
THEM AS WELL.
THANK YOU ALL.
THE FEEDING FRENZY THAT FORCED
LIFEGUARDS TO SHUT IT DOWN.
SWIMMERS TOLD TO EVACUATE ASAP.
A BYSTANDER SAVES A HANDLER FROM
A VICIOUS ALLIGATOR
>> Shannon: BARRELING DOWN THE
HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF ACCESS OF
HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.
THE CAR LEA LEADING AUTHORITIESA
WILD CHASE.
THE SUV WAS SLOWED DOWN BY STOP
STICKS BUT THEN THE PARKED CAR
SPARKED A FOOT CHASE.
THE MEN INSIDE POKING UP THROUGH
ALLEYWAYS AND BACKYARDS.
WE ARE TOLD THE DRIVER WAS
APPREHENDED AFTER RUNNING OUT OF
STEAM.
NO WORD ON THE OTHER TWO
SUSPECTS.
>> GRABBED IT AND AT THAT POINT
I KIND OF KNEW THAT IT WAS
SERIOUS.
>> Shannon: THE HARROWING
MOMENT OF THE UTAH REPTILE
PETTING ZOO CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
AN ALLIGATOR CLAMPING DOWN ON
THE HANDLER'S HAND.
YOU CAN SEE HER IN THE WATER.
FORTUNATELY THIS QUICK THINKING
BYSTANDER DECIDED TO JUMP IN.
HE JUMPED ON TOP OF THE GATOR TO
HELP TO GET THE WOMAN FREE.
THE ZOO POSTING ON FACEBOOK THAT
THE HANDLER IS DOING WELL AND
RECOVERING.
THAT VIDEO WAS ONLINE, LESS THAN
3 MINUTES LONG.
IT FEELS LIKE HOURS UNTIL THE
WOMAN IS FREED.
THIS GUY DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT REPTILES BUT HE KNEW HE
HAD TO JUMP IN AND HELP.
HE IS A FREAKING HERO.
IT'S 5:00 SOMEWHERE THAT MEANS
THESE PUMPS ARE HEADING FOR
THEIR FAVORITE PUB.
AFTER BARK SERVES BEVERAGES WITH
NAMES LIKE THE BLOODHOUND MARY.
THE PLACE FEATURES A DOGGY
DAY CARE AND TRAINING.
OUT WEST, FIREFIGHTERS
CONTINUING TO WORK AROUND THE
CLOCK BATTLING THE GROWING DIXIE
FIRE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
FLAMES HITTING MORE THAN 600,00.
THIS FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PLAYS IN
THE TOWN OF WESTWOOD WHICH HAS
BEEN UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS
SINCE AUGUST 5TH.
THIS MIGHT BE MORE FRIGHTENING
THAN THE MOVIE JAWS.
MORE THAN 20 SHARKS, 20 PLUS
FEEDING OFF THE SCHOOL OF FISH
OFF THE COAST OF LONG BEACH
ISLAND IN NEW JERSEY.
SWIMMERS TOLD TO GET OUT OF THE
WATER ASAP YOUR LIFEGUARDS CLOSE
DOWN THE BEACH.
YOU'VE GOT TO VIDEO WANT TO
SHARE WITH US, HIT US UP
@ShannonBream OR
@foxnewsnight ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
KEEP YOUR MASKS ON.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE TO TRAVELERS
FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
TONIGHT.
FOLLOWING THE EXTENSION OF THE
FEDERAL MASK MANDATES FOR LIKE
PLANES AND TRAINS UNTIL
JANUARY 18, 2022.
CORRESPONDENT JEFF PAUL LOOKS AT
HOW THAT MAY GO OVER AND WHAT IS
ALREADY A CHALLENGING END OF
SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON.
>> TRAVELING OBVIOUSLY ISN'T THE
SAME ANYMORE AS WE ALL CONTINUE
TO MANEUVER THE ONGOING
PANDEMIC.
WE ARE LEARNING AIRLINES AND
AIRPORTS ARE REALLY TAKING A HIT
AFTER A BIT OF A REBOUND EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
FLOODING INCREASED AS MORE AND
MORE PEOPLE BECAME VACCINATED
BUT WITH SO MANY AIR TRAVEL
EMPLOYEES EITHER FURLOUGHED OR
LAID OFF, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR
AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES TO CATCH
UP WITH THE DEMAND.
AS A RESULT, PASSENGERS FACED
LONG LINES, DELAYS, AND OUTRIGHT
CANCELLATIONS.
>> GOTTEN CANCELED, NO REASON
WHY.
NOW WE ARE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT, HOW CAN WE GET HOME?
>> I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE IN
MY LIFE.
I STARTED BACK THERE LAST NIGHT
AT MIDNIGHT.
I GOT TO THE FRONT AT 9:00 A.M.
THIS MORNING.
>> IT HAS BEEN A HORRIBLE
EXPERIENCE.
HORRIBLE.
>> WE DESERVE BETTER.
>> SO MANY DELAYS AND
CANCELLATIONS, TENSIONS ARE HIGH
ON THE GROUND AND IN THE AIR.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS VIDEO
THAT WENT VIRAL.
FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS DUCT TAPE THIS MAN TO
HIS SEAT AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY
HE ASSAULTED THREE FLIGHT
ATTENDANTS.
UNITED AIRLINES IS ASKING ITS
STAFF TO REFRAIN --
THE FAA SAYS IT'S RECEIVED
THOUSANDS OF REPORTS OF UNRULY
PASSENGERS THIS YEAR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, THE
NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING.
OVER THE PREVIOUS 25 YEARS, THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF FAA
INVESTIGATIONS WAS BACK IN 2004
WITH 310 CASES.
THIS YEAR, IN MORE THAN DOUBLED,
SKYROCKETING UP TO AN ALL-TIME
HIGH OF NEARLY 700.
THE YEAR ISN'T EVEN OVER YET.
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, AIRLINES
ARE LOSING MONEY AS CANCELLATION
RISE AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
TRAVEL AS THE DELTA VARIANT
CONTINUES TO SPREAD.
>> Shannon: IT'S TIME TO BRING
BACK KEVIN CORKE.
PEOPLE MAY BE TRAVELING OR
MAKING PLANS FOR THANKSGIVING.
THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO TALK
ABOUT OUR FAVORITE SUBJECT,
FOOD.
IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, YOU LOVE THE
HOLIDAYS, SPENDING TIME AROUND
THE TABLE AND EATING.
YOU HAVE SOME TURKEY NEWS FOR
US.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS IS ABOUT
A POSSIBLE TURKEY SHORTAGE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU SAY, HOW
CAN THIS POSSIBLY BE?
APPARENTLY IF YOU TALK TO
DISTRIBUTORS AND EVEN FOLKS IN
THE INDUSTRY, THEY SAY WE HAVE A
VERY LIKELY SHORTAGE OF TURKEYS
COMING UP.
THIS IS JUST A FEW MONTHS BEFORE
THANKSGIVING.
THEY SAY THE REAL SHORTAGE WILL
BE FOR THE BIRDS THAT ARE
16 POUNDS OR SMALLER.
THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS
BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST POPULAR
SIZE.
IF YOU WANT THE REALLY BIG ONES,
20 POUNDS, THAT CAN TAKE FIVE OR
SIX HOURS JUST TO DEFROST.
SO WHEN YOU WANT THE SMALLER
BIRDS, MOST FAMILIES USUALLY END
UP WITH A 10-POUND BARN OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THERE'S A
SHORTAGE.
NOT JUST IN LABOR TO PROCESS BUT
OBVIOUSLY A SHORTAGE OF BIRDS
THEMSELVES.
HERE'S THE QUESTION, KNOWING
THAT, WILL YOU GO AHEAD AND
ORDER YOUR BIRD EARLY OR WILL
YOU CALL AN AUDIBLE AND GO WITH
A DIFFERENT KIND OF TURKEY MEAT
OR SOMETHING ELSE?
>> Shannon: HERE'S A GREAT
THING ABOUT MARRYING INTO AN
AMAZING FAMILY.
I AM A TERRIBLE COOK.
THEY ARE AMAZING COOKS.
IT'S A GIANT GATHERING.
EVEN THE SMALLEST GATHERING IS
30 PEOPLE.
I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE
TRICKY SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.
I CAN MAKE A NICE COBBLER.
I CAN SHOW UP WITH THAT.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
>> I AM NOT A GREAT PERSON IN
THE KITCHEN.
I'M LUCKY TO HAVE PEOPLE AROUND
ME WHO REALLY KNOW THEY'RE DOING
THAT I WILL SAY WHAT I LIKE IS
THE VARIETY.
I WANT A LITTLE TURKEY.
I WANT A LITTLE HAM.
SO I'M GOOD AS LONG AS WE HAVE A
LITTLE BIT FROM COLUMN A AND
COLUMN B.
FAILING THAT IF I HAVE TO WORK
OR SOMETHING, I WILL CRACKER
BARREL.
I DON'T CARE.
STU AND I LOVE SOME CRACKER
BARREL.
GRANDPA WAS BREAKFAST.
NOTHING MAKES US HAPPIER THAN
FOOD.
>> ESPECIALLY NOW, AT 12:30 IN
THE MORNING.
>> Shannon: IT'S 5:00
SOMEWHERE.
SEE YOU FOR GOOD NEWS AND A BIT.
>> SEE YOU IN A BIT.
>> Shannon: THANK YOU, KEVIN.
WE BROUGHT YOU THE BREAKING NEWS
LAST NIGHT.
LOSERS LIKE THE OTHER WAY FOR
VACCINATED AMERICANS.
WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC?
K
>> Shannon: THE SPREAD OF THE
DELTA VARIANT IN THE U.S. IS
SPARKING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT
EVERYTHING FROM MASKS TO BOOSTER
SHOTS TO NATURAL IMMUNITY,
INCREASING BREAKTHROUGH CASES
FOR THE FULLY VACCINATED.
DR. MARTY MAKARY JOINS US TO
DISCUSS THE DEBATES.
WE WILL GET TO AS MANY AS WE
CAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
LET'S START WITH THIS.
THE LIGHTNING ROUND.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAYS IT'S
GOING TO REINSTATE AN OUTDOOR
MAST MANDATE FOR LARGE EVENTS.
WILL IT HELP?
>> WELL, LOOK.
WE ARE SEEING SOME OUTDOOR
TRANSMISSION WITH DELTA THAT WE
WERE NOT SEEING THE PREVIOUS
STRAINS.
NOBODY KNOWS THE MEANING OF IT
BUT WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE IT'S
GOING TO BE ENDEMIC.
IT'S GOING TO BE A SEASONAL
VIRUS THAT CIRCULATES AND THOSE
WHO HAVE IMMUNITY WILL HAVE A
DOWNGRADED INFECTION FROM A
SERIOUS THREAT TO A MILD, COMMON
COLD-LIKE THREAT.
>> Shannon: THE ATLANTIC SAYS
WITH THE FLU WE GENERALLY AGREE
ON THE RISKS WERE WILLING TO
TOLERATE.
WITH COVID-19 WE DON'T YET
AGREE.
WE NEED TO PREPARE PEOPLE THAT
IT'S NOT GOING TO COME DOWN TO
ZERO.
IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO SOME
LEVEL WE FIND ACCEPTABLE.
THAT'S FROM A PSYCHOLOGIST WHO
WORKS ON HEALTH DECISIONS.
HOW DO WE GET THERE?
>> PEOPLE HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD
HERD IMMUNITY OR HIGH POPULATION
IMMUNITY TO MEAN ERADICATION.
WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S
ENDEMIC.
IF YOU PASSED 100 PEOPLE FOR
COVERT, BECAUSE OF THE DELTA
VIRUS AND HOW IT REPLICATES,
YOU'RE
PROBABLY GOING TO FIND A
INTEND PEOPLE WITH NO SYMPTOMS
HERE WE'VE GOT TO RECOGNIZE IT
WILL BECOME SEASONAL VIRUS JUST
LIKE FOUR OTHER CORONA VIRUSES
THAT ARE CIRCULATING SEASONALLY
EACH YEAR.
>> Shannon: TALKING ABOUT
BOOSTER SHOTS.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOING TO ROLL
THIS OUT -- IF THE FDA APPROVES.
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH DIRECTOR SAID "VACCINE
PROTECTION DOES GRADUALLY WANE
OVER TIME BUT HE ADMITTED
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DATA TO
KNOW WHETHER BOOSTERS WILL BE
EFFECTIVE.
WOULD WE BE TALKING ABOUT THIS
IF IT WASN'T FOR DELTA?
AT WHAT POINT WE DECIDE HOW MANY
SHOTS ARE GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO
BE ENOUGH?
>> MY SOURCES AT THE CDC HAVE
TOLD ME PROBABLY AS EARLY AS
TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO BE
HEARING ABOUT ANOTHER REPORT
THAT SHOWS YET MORE DECLINING
PRODUCTION AND EFFICACY OF THE
VACCINES OVER TIME.
AT AN INTERVAL OF ABOUT EIGHT
MONTHS, WE MIGHT SEE SIGNIFICANT
DECLINES.
IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO A GENERAL
RECOMMENDATION ON BOOSTER SHOTS.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT JUST
BECAUSE A BOOSTER IS RECOMMENDED
IS NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT
IT'S GOING TO BE ANNUAL.
FOR HPV VACCINE, IT'S TWO SHOTS,
THAT'S THE MAGIC NUMBER.
FOR HEPATITIS B, IT'S THREE
SHOTS.
WE HAVE YET TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
THAT NUMBER IS.
REMEMBER, THE LONGER THE
INTERVAL BETWEEN SHOTS, THE
BETTER THE IMMUNE PROTECTION.
THIS WAS A SHORT THREE AND FOUR
WEEK INTERVAL WITH THE PFIZER
AND MODERNA VACCINES.
>> Shannon: HEALTH CARE
WORKERS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT
THAT THEY ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS
BECAUSE THEY WON'T COMPLY WITH
THE VACCINE MANDATE.
TWEETING OUT AN EMAIL FROM A
NURSE, SHE SAYS ABOUT 70 NURSES
IN ONE UNIT DON'T WANT TO COMPLY
FOR THE STATEWIDE VACCINATION
REQUIREMENT TO CALIFORNIA.
THEY'VE GOT TO DO IT BY OCTOBER.
SHE NOTES THAT HOSPITALS ARE
DESPERATELY UNDERSTAFFED AND
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER NURSES
AND OTHER PLACES IN THE HOSPITAL
THEY DON'T WANT TO COMPLY
EITHER.
HE TWEETS "FROM A NURSE AT A
HOSPITAL IN CALIFORNIA, 70 NICU
NURSES ARE READY TO WALK."
PRO TIP: IF YOU NEED TO GET
SICK, DO IT BEFORE OCTOBER 1ST.
WE KNOW THAT IN HOSPITALS IT'S
NOT THE BEDS THAT ARE
UNAVAILABLE.
IT'S THE STAFFING.
>> HOSPITALS ARE SIGNIFICANT
LEAD DEPENDENT ON NURSES AND A
SMALL CHANGE IN THE NURSING
STAFF RESOURCE ALLOCATION CAN
REALLY STRAIN A HOSPITAL.
A HOSPITAL CAN GET TO A POINT
WHERE IT CANNOT FUNCTION BECAUSE
YOU NEED SHIFTS TO BE FILLED
AROUND-THE-CLOCK.
UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE FORGET THAT
NURSES DELIVER CARE AND THEY
CARRIED US THROUGH MUCH OF THE
PANDEMIC.
MANY OF THEM RISKED THEIR OWN
LIVES.
MANY OF THEM GOT COVID AND THEY
GOT IMMUNITY.
NOW THE IDEA OF REQUIRING THOSE
WHO ALREADY IMMUNE TO GET
IMMUNIZED IS SCIENTIFICALLY
ILLOGICAL.
AS A RESULT I THINK WE ARE
SEEING NURSES GET FRUSTRATED AND
THAT'S GOING TO REDUCE THE
CAPACITY OF THE STAFFING OF THE
HOSPITAL IF THAT REQUIREMENT
DOES NOT GET TO BE ADAPTED TO
ACCOUNT FOR NATURAL IMMUNITY.
>> Shannon: THANK YOU FOR THE
HOUSE CALL.
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
WITH THE NEWSOM RECALL VOTE IN
CALIFORNIA JUST A MONTH AWAY,
BRAND-NEW LAWSUIT IS ASKING A
JUDGE TO STOP THE ENTIRE THING.
IS THAT A POSSIBILITY?
NIGHT COURT IS NEXT AND YOU ARE
THE
>> Shannon: THE SUPREME COURT
OF TEXAS HAS SIDED WITH STATE
REPUBLICANS RULING THAT THE
STATEHOUSE CAN COMPEL THE
ATTENDANCE OF ABSENT HOUSE
DEMOCRATS INCLUDING BY ARREST.
THE TEXAS HOUSE, THE SPECIAL
SESSION IN JULY.
TIME NOW FOR NIGHT COURT.
EXACTLY ONE MONTH AGO UNTIL
CALIFORNIA'S RECALL ELECTION AND
MAIL-IN BALLOTS ALREADY ON THE
WAY TO VOTERS.
THE LEGALITY OF THE RECALL IS
NOW BEING CHALLENGED IN COURT.
THE LAWSUIT ARGUES THE RECALL
ELECTION VIOLATES THE PRINCIPLE
OF ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE
GUARANTEED BY THE EQUAL
PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL HAVE KIND
OF A TWO-PARTER.
THEY ARE ASKED TWO QUESTIONS.
NUMBER ONE, IF GOVERNOR GAVIN
NEWSOM SHOULD BE REMOVED.
NUMBER TWO, IF THEY THINK SO,
WHO AMONG 46 CANDIDATES SHOULD
REPLACE HIM.
THE COMPLAINT ARGUES IT'S A REAL
POSSIBILITY THAT NEWSOM COULD
GET MORE VOTES AGAINST HIS
RECALL THAT THE CANDIDATE WHO
COULD REPLACE HIM.
LET'S BREAK IT DOWN IN DEBATE
WITH THE HOST OF THE LAW JUNKIE
PODCAST, ETHAN BERMAN.
AND JOHN YOO.
WELCOME BACK.
EXHIBIT A FROM THE COMPLAINT,
SAYS THE PLAINTIFF, THESE ARE
THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD VOTE TO
KEEP GOVERNOR NEWSOM.
THE PLAINTIFFS WOULD ONLY GET TO
VOTE ONCE WHILE ALL VOTERS WHO
VOTED IN FAVOR OF RECALL SHOULD
THEY PREVAIL ON THE QUESTION
WILL GET TO VOTE BECAUSE THEN
THEY WOULD GO ON TO VOTE FOR WHO
THEY PICKED REPLACE HIM.
THIS CANNOT STAND AND FAILS
CONSTITUTIONAL SCRUTINY.
THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KEEP
NEWSOM WOULD GET ONE VOTE AND
THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT HIM TO
GET TO VOTE TWICE IS THE
ARGUMENT.
>> BUT NOTHING THIS LAWSUIT IS
GOING TO WORK.
ONE REASON WHY, THE PLAINTIFFS
ARE PRETENDING IT'S ONE ELECTION
BUT IT'S NOT.
IT'S TWO SEPARATE ELECTIONS.
THE FIRST ELECTION IS JUST A
SIMPLE UP OR DOWN QUESTION.
DO WE KEEP NEWSOM?
IF ENOUGH PEOPLE SAY NO, LET'S
FIRE NEWSOM, THEN YOU HAVE A
SEPARATE ELECTION.
THAT SEPARATE ELECTION, NEWSOM
IS DISQUALIFIED FROM RUNNING.
THERE'S A VACANCY IN THE
GOVERNORSHIP.
IT'S ALMOST KIND OF LIKE WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A
FEDERAL IMPEACHMENT OF A
PRESIDENT.
IN THAT SECOND ELECTION, YES,
THEN YOU VOTE SEPARATELY.
THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF EQUAL
PROTECTION BECAUSE EVERYONE'S
VOTE IS THE SAME.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S HAPPENED
IS THAT NEWSOM IS DISQUALIFIED
AS A CANDIDATE.
THE CONSTITUTION GIVES STATES
DIFFERENCE ON HOW THEY ORGANIZE
THEIR OWN GOVERNMENTS AND HOW
THEY DECIDE TO RUN THEIR OWN
ELECTIONS FOR THEIR OWN
OFFICERS.
>> Shannon: IN THE
"WASHINGTON EXAMINER," EXHIBIT B
SAYS A DESPERATE LAST-DITCH
LAWSUIT WON'T SAVE GAVIN NEWSOM.
THE COMPLAINT IS A JOKE GIVEN
BALLOTS ARE BEING MAILED OUT.
THE LAST-DITCH EFFORTS
DEMONSTRATE HOW FAR SOME
PARTISANS WILL GO TO SAVE PARTY
POLITICIANS, EVEN THE ONES AS
MEDIOCRE AS GAVIN NEWSOM.
THEY SAY THAT IT'S NOT A LEGIT
LAWSUIT.
>> IT'S A VERY LEGIT LAWSUIT.
IT'S NOT GOING TO LOSE ON AN
EARLY DISMISSAL EITHER WHETHER
IT IS A DEMURRER OR MOTION TO
DISMISS.
IT'S A SERIOUS LAWSUIT.
WHILE THE CALIFORNIA ELECTORATE
IS IN TORTURED BY A COUPLE
MILLION DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER
FUNDS.
PROFESSOR YOO JUST MADE THE
STRONGEST AHRIMAN IN FAVOR OF
THE LAWSUIT.
IF YOU ARE A GROUP IT'S TWO
SEPARATE QUESTIONS AND GAVIN
NEWSOM LOSES ON QUESTION ONE
WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE HE WILL.
THEN UNLIKE IMPEACHMENT, AND
IMPEACHED PRESIDENT CAN ALSO RUN
LATER.
THEY ARE NOT PROHIBITED FROM
RUNNING THE FUTURE, AS WE KNOW
WITH DONALD TRUMP.
THEN GAVIN NEWSOM MUST BE
ALLOWED TO BE ON QUESTION TWO
AND HE'S NOT BEING ALLOWED.
THE RIGHT TO VOTE FOR WHO WE
CHOOSE IS CORE TO A DEMOCRATIC
PROCESS, THAT IS FROM THE
SUPREME COURT IN 1964 SAID
EXACTLY THAT.
THAT'S WHAT'S BEING TAKEN AWAY
FROM THE VOTERS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA.
>> Shannon: THAT TAKES US TO
EXHIBIT C.
"NEW YORK TIMES" OPINION PIECE
BY A COUPLE LAW PROFESSORS
ARGUING AGAINST THE RECALL AND
THINK IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE A CLOSE
CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION.
IT'S TRUE THAT FEDERAL COURTS
GENERALLY ARE RELUCTANT TO GET
INVOLVED IN ELECTIONS BUT THE
SUPREME COURT HAS BEEN EMPHATIC
THAT IT IS THE ROLL OF THE
JUDICIARY TO PROTECT THE
DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND THE
PRINCIPLE OF ONE PERSON, ONE
VOTE.
JOHN.
>> THIS IS NOT REALLY A
CHALLENGE TO ONE PERSON, ONE
VOTE AT ALL.
ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE COMES UP
FOR EXAMPLE WHEN ESTATE DRAWS
1 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH
100,000 VOTERS AND ANOTHER WITH
1,000 VOTERS AND THEY BOTH ELECT
THE SAME NUMBER OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
IT'S NOT GOING ON HERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHT TO VOTE FOR WHOEVER YOU
WANT TO.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF
RESTRICTIONS THAT STATES PLACE
ON BALLOTS.
IN CALIFORNIA, THERE ARE TERM
LIMITS.
IF SOMEONE HAS SERVED IN THE
ASSEMBLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
YEARS THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
APPEARED ON THE BALLOT AGAIN.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS UPHELD
THAT IN CASES MUCH MORE
RECENTLY.
>> Shannon: LET ME GIVE ETHAN
THE FINAL WORD.
>> AGAIN, GAVIN NEWSOM COULD GET
ALMOST 5 MILLION VOTES AND THEN
NUMBER ONE PERSON ON QUESTION
TWO COULD GET 800,000 VOTES.
800,000 VOTES IS GOING TO MEAN
MORE IN CALIFORNIA THAN
5 MILLION VOTES.
THAT'S NOT HOW ELECTIONS ARE
SUPPOSED TO WORK.
>> Shannon: WILL TRACK THE
CASE AND THE RECALL.
THANK YOU BOTH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Shannon: GOOD NEWS BEFORE
WE SAY GOOD NIGHT.
THROUGHOUT HER LOVE FOR DANCE,
NOW IN ARIZONA SR. IS BRINGING
IT ALTOGETHER TO TO HER FELLOW
COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BRINGING THEM
TO THEIR FEET
LITERALLY.
MARY BROWN HAS BEEN TAP DANCING
SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD AND NOW
TEACHES TAP DANCE LESSONS TO HER
NEIGHBORS AT THE SENIOR LIVING
CENTER IN PHOENIX.
MARY HOLDS HOUR-LONG CLASSES AND
TAILOR THEM TO MEET EACH
STUDENT'S DIFFERENT SKILL
LEVELS.
THE STUDENTS ARE LOVING THE
CLASSES AND SAY THE TIME TO
FOCUS ON OTHER THAN THE TOUGH
ISSUES OF THE DAYS OF BEING THE
WELCOME.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HER CLASS.
I NEED TO DANCE HELP.
>> THAT LOOKS PRETTY COOL.
I LOVE THE BANNERS.
FOOTLOOSE.
PRETTY SMART.
I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO BEAUTIFUL
NORTH CAROLINA FOR THIS GOOD
NEWS GOOD NIGHT.
I THINK YOU'LL LOVE IT.
HERE'S A COUPLE OF FOLKS
FIGHTING TO GET THEIR NEWLY
ADOPTED DOG INTO THE U.S. FROM
IRAQ.
THEY FINALLY GOT TO MEET HER ON
SATURDAY.
INTRODUCING GRACE.
SHE WAS RESCUED OFF THE STREETS
OF NORTHERN IRAQ WHERE SHE HAD
BEEN ABUSED AND WAS LEFT WITH
JUST ONE EYE AND REALLY
STRUGGLING AND AFTER A CONFUSING
MAZE OF REGULATIONS AND CDC
CLEARANCES AND MISSING
PAPERWORK, SHE MADE IT TO THE
USA.
THE COUPLE DROVE FROM ATLANTA TO
NORTH CAROLINA AND THEY PICKED
UP LITTLE GRACE.
>> Shannon: I LOVE IT.
I AM A SUCKER FOR DOGGIES.
DOGGIES AND FOOD, THAT'S ALL WE
WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
THAT'S ALL WE NEED.
SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW