Pfizer and Moderna recently announced that their coronavirus vaccines are both safe and highly effective, shattering the previous record for developing a vaccine for a novel virus. While this news is promising, Americans are also approaching the worst phase of the pandemic as we enter the winter with a record number of cases.

Dr. Scott Gottlieb once again joined the show to explain everything you need to know about the forthcoming vaccines. He discusses vaccine distribution, when things will finally get back to normal, and whether US adversaries might weaponize viruses to target Americans in the future.

Dr. Gottlieb is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He returned to AEI in 2019 after serving as the 23rd commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. He has a medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and did his residency in internal medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center.

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President Trump recently announced that he plans to pull 2,500 US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan before he leaves office. While he has faced backlash for the scale of the drawdown, reports suggest Trump was originally hoping to withdraw all American forces by mid-January. What does this mean for US national security and for the region?

General Jack Keane joined the show to talk about how Trump’s drawdowns help Iran and endanger Americans at home. He also discusses the importance of remaining in the region, the incoming Biden administration’s foreign policy platform, and America’s changing position in the Middle East.

Gen. Jack Keane is a foreign policy and national security expert, a retired 4 star general, former Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army and currently serves as the chairman of The Institute for the Study of War as well as being Fox News Senior Strategic Analyst.

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Two weeks after the election, President Trump has still not conceded victory to former Vice President Joe Biden. While the media has called the election for Biden, Trump has mounted several legal challenges, requesting recounts or hoping to toss votes in a number of key states.

Gov. Scott Walker joined Dany and Marc to discuss Trump’s refusal to concede, voter fraud, and the likelihood of a Trump victory. They also talk about whether Trump will run in 2024, and necessary changes to the mail-in and absentee voting systems moving forward.

Gov. Walker served as the 45th Governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. He is currently CEO of Young America’s Foundation and will become president in early 2021.

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Who’s going to be the next President of the United States? What went wrong with the 2020 polls? How should we interpret the election results? And what might a Biden presidency, or second Trump term look like?

With the presidential race still undecided, Democratic strategist Mo Elleithee joined Dany and Marc to discuss his reaction to the election and what the results mean for the Democratic Party moving forward. They talk about polling errors, how a President Biden might govern, who really controls the Democratic Party and whether Trump might run again in 2024.

Mo Elleithee is the founding Executive Director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service. He spent two decades as one of the top communications strategists in the Democratic Party, was Senior Spokesman and Traveling Press Secretary on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign, and is a Fox News contributor.

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We have less than a week until Election Day. Who wins? When? Does President Donald Trump have a path to victory, or is Joe Biden already the clear winner? What do early voting numbers really mean? Who is voting for whom?

RealClearPolitics’ Sean Trende joined Dany and Marc to talk about the latest polls and what to expect on November 3rd. He outlines what it will take for Trump to win, makes predictions on close Senate races, and discusses changes to the electorate. 

Sean Trende is the Senior Elections Analyst for RealClearPolitics. He is the author of "The Lost Majority: Why the Future of Government Is Up for Grabs and Who Will Take It," and co-authored the Almanac of American Politics 2014. 

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Just weeks before the election, polls show President Trump trailing former Vice President Biden by a substantial margin. However, 2016 polls predicated a significant Clinton victory, failing to account for a number of Trump voters who turned up on election day. Does Trump still have a chance? Or is this election a runaway for Biden?

RealClearPolitics co-founder Tom Bevan joined Dany and Marc to discuss the 2020 election. He explains what the 2016 polls got wrong, how to interpret recent numbers, and how Trump’s COVID diagnosis and his Supreme Court nomination could impact the election.

Tom Bevan is the co-founder and president of RealClearPolitics. In addition to overseeing the editorial staff and writing regular features for RCP, his work has appeared in numerous publications and he is featured frequently as a political analyst on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and the BBC.

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What’s going on in the White House? Three weeks out from the 2020 election, has President Trump fully recovered from COVID? Does he have a strategy beyond his base? What would a second term hold?

President Donald Trump joined the show to talk about having COVID, the Supreme Court confirmation hearings, and foreign policy. He also discusses what he hopes to accomplish in a second Trump term, the COVID lockdowns, the economy, and Operation Warp Speed. 

Donald J. Trump is the 45th President of the United States.

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With the presidential election less than a month away, how worried should Americans be about foreign interference? Is there any truth behind accusations of politicization at the Justice Department? And will John Durham’s report on the origins of the Russia collusion investigation be complete before the election?

Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen joined Dany and Marc to talk about the politics of the Justice Department, election interference, and crime in America. They also talk about how the DOJ has changed under the Trump administration.

Jeffrey Rosen is the 38th Deputy Attorney General of the US. Most recently, Rosen was the Deputy Secretary of Transportation (2017-2019). He also served as General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for the White House Office of Management and Budget (2006-2009) and as General Counsel at the US Department of Transportation (2003-2006).

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In part 2 of Dany and Marc’s podcasts on the new Middle East peace, Emirati ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba and Bahraini ambassador Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa joined the show to talk about the Abraham Accords, the Palestinian cause, Iran and much more. Are more agreements ahead? Will Iran and Salafi jihadis target these ground-breaking Gulf leaders? What does peace with Israel mean?

Yousef Al Otaiba is the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the US. He took up his Washington-based post in July 2008. Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa is the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the US. He has served as ambassador since 2017.

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Earlier this month, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain made history by normalizing relations with Israel. The Trump administration has since suggested that additional Arab countries are considering following suit.

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer joined the show to talk about the Abraham Accords. He discusses the Trump administration’s role in the negotiations, the impetus of the deals, regional threats, and the likelihood that additional Arab countries sign similar agreements.

Ron Dermer is Israel’s Ambassador to the United States. He served as Israel's Minister of Economic Affairs in the United States from 2005 - 2008 and as Senior Advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from 2009 - 2013.

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