in washington, alexandria hoff, fox news. molly: thank you, alexandria. arthel. arthel: the battle resumes on capitol hill monday over president biden's roughly $2 trillion spending plan, but a speedy journey to the vote in the senate does not appear likely. moderate democrats joe manchin and kyrsten sinema oppose parts of the plan as well as the price tag. let's bring in tara westwood, politics and investigative reporter for for the washington examiner. let's start with the state of play first. how fierce of a battle can we expect next week, and what items are the in the bill are at the center of the debate? >> yeah, i think this could definitely be a more difficult journey for the bill now that's it's in the senate, and you have senators like bernie sanders who are not happy that the state and local tax deduction cap was lifted in the house. they think that is essentially a tax break to the rich, that's something that blue statehouse members wanted in the bill. and then in the more centrist end of the spectrum, joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, as you mentioned,

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alexandria huff is live in in washington with the latest. hi, alexandria. >> reporter: hi, arthel. the biden administration plans to fight the ruling which came out of the fifth circuit court of appeals in louisiana. the state's attorney general praised the decision, writing wg president will not impose the mandate without the checks and balances accorded by the cons constitution. the ruling halts the requirement for workers with more than 100 employees that was set to go into place january fourth with fines for companies that don't comply. >> employers were gearing up for the mandate. this does give them probably some extra time. it depends on how the courts rule after this. most employers are grateful for that extra time because there's a lot that's involved in operationalizing this. >> reporter: so far, the attorneys general in 11 states have filed lawsuits challenging the president's covid vaccine requirement. on friday, kansas' democratic governor came out against the mandate, in a statement she said this, quote, i don't believe this directive is the director the most effectiv

molly: alexandria, thank you. well, exit olds show to the economy -- polls show the economy and jobs before the top factors in this week's election. some are motivated by critical race here to and police reform. joining us now to discuss is independent women's voice senior policy analyst kelsey bolar and rebel communications ceo laura fang. ladies, thanks so much for joining me on a saturday afternoon. what we really want to talk about are the upcoming midterms. republicans are predicting a red wave as we get closer to those midterms by the day. pretty soon we'll start to hear more candidates coming forward in the9 days and weeks ahead. but to use this overused analogy, the canary in the coal mine for the democrats. what do you think they were really trying to say to democrats, laura? >> well, i think the lesson is, number one, we've got to change the environmentals. people have to start feeling better about the economy, and we saw progress late last night with the infrastructure bill moving forward, nancy pelosi

griff: alexandria, thank you very much. anita: protesters marching in several cities pushing back against the verdict jeff paul is on the ground in wisconsin with the latest there. reporter: we had a small group of protesters outside the courthouse here a few minutes ago. they had their voices heard, went on a march and got out of here. it might have to do with the weather here, it is fairly cold in the 30s so maybe that's part of why last night we didn't see too many issues here in kenosha. the only thing was a clash between one particular protester, she was out here with chalk writing a message on the courthouse steps and they put her in cuffs and took her away. the only other thing we really saw was bickering and yelling between protest groups but when you're around the crowd and talk to some of the folks and ask for their reaction, it couldn't be different in terms of how they are reacting to the not guilty verdict. >> if kyle rittenhouse had been african-american or hispanic, he has been shot when he was approaching la

alexandria hoff live in washington with details. hi, alex. >> the ruling comes out of fifth circuit court of appeals with the attorney general calling it a major win for the liberty of job creators but the biden administration does plan to fight back. >> this does give them probably some extra time, it depends on how the courts rule after this. most employers are grateful for that extra time because there's a lot that's involved in operationalizing this. >> so far at least 27 states have filed lawsuits challenging president biden's covid vaccine requirement and on friday kansas democratic governor laura kelly came out against the mandate in a statement she said this, quote, i don't believe this directive is the correct or the most effective solution for canvas, the biden administration is sure that this mandate will eventually be upheld citing past rulings in favor of the requirement. >> i'm quite confident that when this finally gets fully adjudicated not just a temporary order the validity of this requirement will be upheld. >> an

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alexandria hoff, fox news. eric: we will have a lot more on this verdict in the key moments that led to his acquittal. defense attorney and former prosecutor robert slack will join us in a few moments to break it all down. arthel: another highly charged case that were watching the mod are brief trial set for monday. three white men are caused with killing ahmaud arbery, they chased down a pickup truck and he jogged through a neighborhood in brunswick georgia last year. that's go to charles watson, he is live outside of the courthouse in brunswick. >> the defense did wrap the case but prior to that we heard from travis mcmichael the first and only of the three defendants on trial to take the stand and speak publicly since a mod our brain was shot and killed during cross-examination, they pressed mcmichael about his claim of self-defense and why he perceived ahmaud arbery despite testifying that he hadn't shown a weapon or spoke a word to mcmichael's. >> i was thinking he's going to try to get in my truck and att

alexandria hoff joins us with more. >> while the rest of us are stressed out about it the condensation going to pass screening, tsa reporting 20-year high of weapons being confiscated with atlanta jackson airport holding the record with more than 450 guns found this year. last saturday holiday travelers there were scrambling when a passenger who had been pulled to a side for secondary screening lunged for the loaded gun inside causing it to discharge. 3 people were injured and the man still at large. amid the holiday rouge found two loaded guns in pittsburgh on wednesday, the 3,020,032nd gun of the year was found with 6 bullets and one in the chamber. thanksgiving day, the tsa in new england posted they found loaded 357 magnum including 5 rounds in woman's carry-on bag. happening all around the country and it's taxing an already covid strained industry. tsa is warning passenger that is they need to know policies before heading to the airport. >> if you are traveling, for example, with items that are not allowed in carry-on luggage, self-defense items, knives, tools over 7 inches. we se

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arthel: okay, alexandria huff. thank you. eric: arthel, it's an echo of the new york city jogger case that happened during the high crime era in new york city. now police have arrested a suspect in the latest assault and rape of a jogger in central park. the 25-year-old homeless man has a troubling criminal record we're told. he was arrested in florida last year for a similar attack. it is just the most recent brazen act of violence if the city as the brand-new mayor-elect eric adams pledges to crack down on violent crime. mollie line now with more. mollie. >> reporter: hello, eric. you laid it out there very well, this ongoing wave of violence in new york city, it's caught the attention of the entire nation and the incoming mayor is vowing to address this ongoing violence. this past thursday a jogger in central park was raped. this happened just shortly after 7:00 a.m. in the morning. police released surveillance images of a man dressed in black fleeing the scene, identified as paully vilez, a 25-year-old homeless man, he wa

alexandria. reporter: does a lot of timing issues here people are looking closely at. right now the white house is trying to distance itself from the attorney general's office telling fox news contacts was made with the justice department, d.o.j. took enforcement action on its own. it was outlined in the memo released by merrick garland, federal law enforcement, school boards. national school work association documents obtained by fox news shows they met with white house as early as september 14 and the association was actively engaged in the department of justice as well. the association also takes credit from the october 4 d.o.j. memo after sending a letter to the president five days prior. merrick garland maintained he was not part of any kind of coordinated political effort. here's former acting attorney general. >> those are serious tools law enforcement has an stick that on parents merely voicing their concerns about critical race theory and other things taught at school. they should never have happened but it shows the department of justice was clearly coordinat

alexandria hoff has this story for us, hey, alex. alex: they did, indeed, contact the department of justice to discuss parent school boards interactions and doj took enforcement action all on their own and the action that the biden administration is distancing itself from the letter from merrick garland announcing fbi involvement in schools and documents obtained by fox news the group met with the white house as early as september 14th discussing, quote, concern of climate for school board members. in that document they also take credit for the october 4th, doj memo after sending a letter to the president 5 days prior likening some parents to domestic terrorists. attorney general merrick garland maintains he was not part of any coordinated political effort and former acting attorney general mat whitaker finds the whole thing unusual. >> knowing how that building works at the department of justice and -- and the way they turned around that memo within 4, 5 days of the white house receiving the original letter from the national school

alexandria hoff has more about online shopping in upcoming cybermonday. hi, alex. reporter: retailers are really looking forward to this but they don't bank on single day it is way they used to. gone are the physical door busters. retailers racked up $8.9 billion in cyber sales this year compared with 9 billion on the same day in 2020. >> we are worried about supplies in the last two months and we saw a big jump in retail sales that came earlier than a lot of people expected. >> major test comes tomorrow in order to break the cybermonday records set in 2019 consumers will have to spend over $9.4 billion, the national retail federation expects holiday sales till november to december to arrive at 10 and a half percent to $846 billion, that too would set a record for year over year growth but fox news contribute o jonathan has some doubts. >> inflation, it's a silent text but people are feeling it because assuages are growing up inflation is going up even faster. reporter: supply chain issues have given retailers to make up for as many large chains have been forced to

alexandria live in washington. >> while you're sitting there bumper-to-bumper, do not be surprised if you find yourself being thankful for the jerk in the car next to you it is time for the settling of a normal holiday season. aaa predicts travel numbers will reach near pandemic levels those eager to spend the holiday with family are getting the go-ahead from dr. fauci but only if they're vaccinated. >> you can enjoy a typical thanksgiving meal and holiday with your family there is no reason not to do that. the thing we are concerned about is the people who are not vaccinated. what they're doing there a major source of the dynamics of the infection in the community. >> a major source has stressed the season, food prices the american farm bureau reports 14% of the thanksgiving meal this year republican lawmakers feel the blame falls on the white house. >> inflation under president biden's watch is the highest since the carter administration. >> travelers will use the highest fuel cost in almost a decade gas prices are averaging $3.40 nationwide up a dollar and 29 cents last year aaa ex

. >> alexandria thank you alex. parents across virginia started to recognize they really did need to have an important decisive role in their children's education. i heard parents s they do not have a role their kids education it ceased to be a campaign started to be a movement led by parents. >> virginia governor elect is upset when last tuesday the parents he felt shut out of their children's education. when the dust settles all this a big question remains, how do we make our nation schools better? major funding losing a competitive edge in the world in fact they show our education system has been falling behind in math and science. just like china and other nations. joining as executive director of the parent activist group building education for students and also director of educational reform at the conservative advocacy group freedom works. so much attention has been on the cultural political issues. what happened to the basics, reading, writing and arithmetic? i we forgot to have those been left by the waysid

alexandria hoff joins us with more on the efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic. >> late friday the fifth circuit court of appeals halted decision for companies that employ more than 100 workers calling the reaches of the mandate staggingly overboard and signed with opponents of the requirement on the basis of upholding constitutional civil liberties. they also noted the potential negative economic impacts and the one size fits all nature of the mandate. the biden administration warn that is the court's decision could lead to hundreds of unnecessary deaths, here is surgeon general vevek murthy. >> those concerned about the vaccine requirements, it's important for them to have their questions answered and their concerns heard but if we are concerned about the safety of the workforce, chris, the single biggest threat to our workforce in hospitals, our police force and other workers it has been covid itself. >> the sweeping mandates were announced by president biden in september and met with immediate pushback, more than half of u.s. states are suing to block the requirement. texas att

you mentioned aoc alexandria ocasio-cortez did interview with the new york times. i'm going to tell you what she said this process is demoralizing, empty promises because the progressives were told vote for the infrastructure in them will get all the stuff in the bill back better. she says why does the president with a pin using executive order, what would you tell the congresswoman from queens. >> that's completely unconstitutional but being unconstitutional is not foreign to the radical left right now, they want to rewrite history and rewrite the future of america. it's a dystopian future that they want to create for all of us. the biden tax plan taxes the middle class, the trump tax plan gave 90% of americans in that grew our economy and put us in a great place strong which is a better place only for america but the rest of the world. this weakens our country enjoys inflation and pushes the progressive agenda like aoc wants which may make everybody equal but it makes us all equally poor and like margaret thatcher would say, socialism you run out of other people'

six democrats voted against it led by alexandria ocasio-cortez. the democrats' progressive wing a had blocked the infrastructure bill for months to force a vote on the other massive piece of legislation, the social spending bill, which will now take place after congress returns the week of november 15th. democrats only have a three-seat majority in the house, and republicans say this infrastructure bill doesn't spend enough to fix the actual problem of infrastructure. >> if we're going to do infrastructure, let's do infrastructure. less than 10% of it, 110 billion, goes to, quote, surface transportation, and of that 70 billion is public mass transit leaving only 40 billion or 3-4% to go to roads and bridges, traditional things that americans, you know, really desperately need in their communities. >> reporter: and shortly after arriving here, an appellate court struck down the covid-19 vaccine mandate. the biden administration says it will defend it in court. arthel? arthel: lucas tomlinson, thank you. by the way, we're going to have a lot more wi