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this: the defendant spent his money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels, rental properties, exotic cars and clothing. everything but his taxes. hunter is accused of avoiding paying $1.4 million in taxes over a four year period. here is what former speaker newt gingrich had to say last night. >> i think at a practical level, when you look at all the information, what you have is essentially what i call in the recent newsletter the delaware sopranos. this is a crime family. they were willing to sell out the interest of the united states. as somebody said the other day, you now have in effect, a chinese-russian paid agent sitting in the oval office. >> hunter faces up to 17 years in prison on those charges. and, guys, remember, for the longest time, we heard the irs whistleblower say we wanted to bring this in california and

david weiss said no. we want to bring it in d.c. david weiss said no. no, i don't think that really happened. now he gets the special prosecutor status and it seems like it happened. i guess get the sense it's not over. in the big picture abbe lowell has fired back an attorney. an attorney somebody else is paying. evidently is he broke. he does not have a job. then going to paint it as it's a hunter problem. not a joe problem. as we analyze this. this is very much a joe problem i think they are building the case the connection with joe biden. look, is he struggling with alcohol, drugs, and all of this. but they also said he was a great distance man and that's in the indictment. >> smartest man joe knew. >> exactly. matt whitaker acting attorney general joining us this morning. matt, i'm reading the indictment. if you go to page 34. it goes through all of his business expenses. but they really aren't business

expenses. this is him paying the prostitutes and all of this. they did something different in this indictment. they go through his book and his memoir. this is what he said in his memoir. the thieves, junkies, petty dealers, over-the-hill strippers, con artists and hanger ons who then invited friends and associates and most recent hookup. they latch on to me and didn't go. all with my approval. i never schlep. there was no clock. day bled into night and night into day. beautiful things by hunter biden via the court. he is talking about his addiction in the book while still saying he was a businessman. and so he has all these accounts that he was charged for all of these things, claiming them to be business expenses and the court is saying the prosecution is saying that's not true. he was living on lavish lifestyle he said in his book. he has contempt for the court. >> yeah. it's good to be with you all. if you read through this indictment, i think david weiss

tries to cover himself because, remember, weiss is the same person that tried to, you know, give him a deferred agreement on the gun and do a misdemeanor tax charge tax evasion. have you filing false tax returns and you have a failure to file. the thing, lawrence, that is so frustrated with us the two most prosperous years 201 and 2015 allowed to expire under the statute of limitations. this to me really seems like david weiss has found religion to some extent and decided to just hammer him charges. these are the appropriate charges. these tax years, you know, hunter was just willing to spend all his money, not pay anything in taxes and not even file a tax return. up until 2020 when his friend in california decided well, your dad is running for president, so we better get all these taxes cleaned up and you better pay

these taxes. the story couldn't be worse for hunter but the way he did it also can't just be explained away as something to do with his addiction. this is someone that just chose not to pay his taxes and when he finally did file tax returns, he filed false tax returns with all those expenses you described. >> ainsley: matt, what does this mean for the president and what do you think will happen to hunter biden going forward because he could spend 17 years behind bars. >> yeah, i think it's a -- there is two sides of this coin for the president. obviously, you know, his son has done some very bad things with the influence peddling, not paying his taxes. but, ultimately, you know, what is hang in the house is the more interesting thing with this same money is how much of it ended up in joe biden's pocket. how much of it ended up in other family members' pockets. and, you know, i think in you go back to the one message that hunter biden sent to his own daughter, where he said, you know, he had to give 50% of his

money to his father, joe biden, i think that's a very interesting issue that ultimately i think jim comer and others in the house are going to have to get to the bottom of it. >> brian: what eric holder had to say. he was attorney general under president obama, sorry are he was his wick man. he said i asked the republicans and democrats would you have brought these charges against hunter? and he said this, in fact, let's listen. >> i have spoken to former colleagues, both republican and democrat you had these facts in your office would you have brought this case? the answer to a person was no. this is not a case that we would have brought. that there would have been some kind of resolution along the lines that would suggest that possible plea agreement. the justice department by and large and there have been exceptions is really an institution that is antipolitical, that is politically neutral. that really just follows the

facts and the law and makes determinations on that basis. >> brian: he was never neutral. he was never neutral. your thoughts about that? did he call you? you were attorney general. >> no. you know, this is the thing about attorney general holder is, you know, he is a partisan. he is a democrat. he will always bend the facts to, you know, his partisan will and is he trying to cover for joe biden. we brought tax charges. typical if somebody paid those taxes it, makes the case a little less attractive to bring. what doesn't change in this case is the tax evasion but it's also the filing the false tax return. if he hadn't just filed his taxes and then cleaned it up later, i don't think you would have a case. but it is the false tax returns, that's lying to the government, hiding your income. it's making essentially every other taxpayer to the truckers that you had on earlier, you know, they are paying for the cost of government instead of, you know, hunter biden who

should have been paying his fair share. and the other thing that just is a little nuanced in this case is these tax returns were originally filed in his child support case down in arkansas. and, remember, where he pled poverty and these tax returns were used as the basis for that but they had all these disallowed and illegal expenses. so, you know, this whole thing, i think, is even worse than it appears at first plush. >> lawrence: matt, he claimed he was traveling all over the world do business. in fact, he claimed $388,000 in business-related travel. but the court says despite having to done little to no business in that year, that's 2018. at the height of his addiction. >> yeah. i think that's why he is -- has been indicted. inconsistent with what attorney general holder would suggest. you know, these are serious allegations, and if you expense all your personal expenses as business expenses, obviously

those are cases that u.s. attorneys offices bring all the time. the biggest hangup in this entire case watt department of justice tax division which appeared to be blocking it and their political appointee runs that division. and my sense is that that has been one of the problems in this case the whole time. and so when the whistleblowers talked about how main justice was potentially blocking this case and how u.s. attorney weiss was complaining about that, that's probably what was the jam-up at doj was the tax division preventing these charges from actually happening. >> ainsley: i think like when you read this, it's just unbelievable that someone could spend this much money over the course of three years. i mean, i know a lot of people do salacious and gross and dangerous things, but, he spent -- let's see, the women $680,000. adult entertainment, i'm not sure what the difference is, maybe one is prostitute and. >> brian: more of a dancer.

>> ainsley: strippers or porn. >> brian: maybe a singer. >> ainsley: adult expwament almost $200,000. what came to mind when you read this article or all of these headlines last night, matt? >> what came to mind is that, one, hunter biden used his position as the son of the vice president and now, you know, now who is son of the president to line his pockets and then not pay his taxes. and i think that, to me, is a fundamental part of being a citizen of the united states of america is we all the pay our fair share and we all, you know, we deduct our legitimate expenses. he tried to game the system. that's not the way it should work and he should be punished for that. >> brian: matt, we're not psychologists although i should have one on retainer. think about this. he got away with the laptop, his dad is president of the united states he decides to write a book almost provoking this kind of investigation.

almost saying i dare you go on a book tour where jimmy kimmel had to ask him a real question have you thought about apple care. everybody is asking about it. put it out there again i dare you to do. this i dare to you indict me. >> ainsley: subpoena donald trump? you are right. you. >> brian: the arrogance. keep that don't put me on camera. leave me in the back shed. don't ever bring up my name again. >> ainsley: i'm not going to write a book about this. >> brian: write my book about it. take my shirt off and do a book tour. >> you don't hang a hand turner on it to your point. the two worst tax years when he made the most income when his father was vice president 2014 and 2015 and that was allowed to expire by the federal government and those charges never brought. >> brian: matt whitaker talk to you soon. >> ainsley: that seems so unfair we were paying taxes in 14 and 15 and he gets away with it. >> brian: let's hope we were. everybody is taking a look now. coming up straight ahead. u.s. government now working with the palestinian authority to see what a post war gaza would look

like. general jack keane has got an opinion on that. >> lawrence: severe drought that could derail your holiday shopping and it's getting only worse. >> ainsley: the fbi being sued after taking rolex watches, card yea bracelets and 86 million in cash thieves from a business. more on that ahead. a huge show still ahead. stay with us. august of them are coming on. >> brian: they are. >> ainsley: you where jack keane next right? michael w. smith ♪ ♪ and that we trim the tree ♪ how much fun it's gonna be together ♪ this christmas ♪

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maxwell brock making headlines by comparing the current crisis at our southern border to ellis island. retired border patrol agent chris clem had to to say about the comparison. >> to say that one leaders. one particular party gotten the handle on that really well. we need to get back to basics and secure the border. get that fixed and get do done right and go to the table to fix immigration. >> carley: just this week 12,000 people crossed the border illegally in saying gel day. compared to ellis island which the library of congress says would only see a maximum of 5,000 per day. the next hour, the november jobs report will be released. and last month the labor department reported that unemployment was at 3.9% with 150,000 jobs added. experts don't expect there to be any change to the unemployment rate this time around. but they do expect to see about 30,000 jobs added. stuart varney is going to break

down the report for us live next hour. and overnight, jewish people across the world are lighting their menorahs to celebrate the first night of hanukkah despite some menorah lightings across the country being canceled because of protests. prominent jewish figures say. >> are message of victory over 2,000 years ago. people try to connect it to the modern world. going on in gaza. that's not the message of hanukkah connect us to unamerican. >> had hebrew hanukkah means dedication. the festival lasts until december 15th. those are your headlines, brian, over to you. >> brian: thanks so much, carley. now. this a live look at the israeli-gaza border where the idf is ramping up attacks on hamas. this as u.s. officials are reportedly working with the palestinian authority on a plan for post war gaza. when will that post war position start? part of that plan according to

the plo leaders is to bring hamas to the table as a junior partner. here to react? fox news senior strategic analyst retired four star general jack keane. general, i imagine, you don't think this is a good idea? >> >> no, absolutely not. and certainly not do the israelis. i mean, the idea that the palestinian authority should be in charge fundamentally is a major problem in and of itself because they are corrupt and ineffective organization. they have been that way for the better part of 25, 30 years. even the arabs recognize that. that's one of the reasons why they wanted to normalize relations with israel. i'm talking about the uae in bay rain. they knew no progress made with the palestinian authority. here the people in charge of the palestinian authority. their leaders are saying well, hamas would have to be a part of that. can you imagine the absurdity of something like that. israel is not going to stand for anything like that. and, number two, i mean, the

palestinian authority is empathetic and sympathetic to hamas. they are not condemned what they have done in any way, shape, or form. that is not going to be the answer. now, listen, this is complicated to be sure in what the political entities should be. what there is agreement on, is that palestinians should be in charge of palestinians. there is agreement on that. but, what that entity is very complicated and no one, i believe, has a reasonable answer yet. this certainly is are not the answer. >> brian: general, your sources are telling you that the administration is clashing with the prime minister and israel on what the objective and how long this war should last right now in gaza. what could you tell us? >> well, that's a fact. i mean, the administration wants this war in southern gaza that is taking place now, the campaign that we're seeing unfolding to end in a matter of a few weeks. here's the problem.

hamas is more of a military organization than it is a terrorist organization operating out of small cells conducting limited attacks. they are organizing the five brigade somewhere around 25, 30,000. and then below that. multiple battalions, about 25 battalions as a matter of fact. the better part of four brigades are still intact. many of the middle grade leaders have been killed. but those organizations are out there and they are still -- still effective. so, israel does not want to slow this thing -- speed this up. and end it in a couple of weeks. the tempo of operations have picked up. but here's what is happening. hamas delayed in northern gaza. trading space for time. and moved a lot of their people south. now they are defend defending. and that fight is taking -- is going to take longer and is going to be tougher on the idf in dealing with this. look it, the idf has put out

maps every single day telling the people living there what neighborhoods to evacuate from. well, they are also then telling, certainly, hamas where they're going. and they are willing to do that, obviously, because they are trying to minimize casualties. the reason why the administration is pushing this end this quickly as possible cease-fire concerned about civilian casualties. the idf is also concerned about those casualties. if we stop in a couple of weeks and say okay, we have killed most of the leaders. we have zip code most of the organization, that still leaves hamas intact to be able to reattack again. the israeli people will not stand for that. i cannot believe that prime minister netanyahu or his idf generals would stand for that, either. >> brian: man, the friction is going to come front and center, too. that's going to be a couple weeks. so far we understand israel

forces clash with palestinian fighters 15 times outside gaza at the west bank. so, let israel do the job so we're not back here again in a couple of years after this carnage that we all witnessed. and the video is all available. general, thanks so much. get the institute study of war handles all the hot spots in the war gets you up to date. thank you so much general. >> thank you, brian have. great weekend. >> brian: coming up on one nation speaking of the weekend. roster of guest amongst them dave portnoy is he calling out these ivy league schools. you will not believe what he has just challenged them to do. hugh hewitt if you want to break down what is happening on the republican side, even the democratic side is he one-stop shopping and jimmy failla as well as kennedy break down to what happened to the sitcom with the passing of that icon. catch me on tour fox nation live tour pennsylvania 15th. the next day in holland, michigan. right now holland is outselling pittsburgh. come on steeler fans, step up.

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brian brian fox news alert. president biden facing indictment for not paying taxes. at the same time big bucks bank roll extravagant life tile.

>> ainsley: peter doocy joins us from the white house. >> the president's son hunter is accused of financial crimes that could put him in prison for 17 years, including failure to pay taxes in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. failure to file returns in 2018, that's a felony. tax evasion in 2018, that's a felony, too. the government alleges between 2016 and october 15th 2020 the defendant spent his money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties. exotic cars, clothing and other items of a personal nature. in short, everything but his taxes and here is what that looks like among other things. 1 point # million dollars in cash taken out of atms, $683,000 in payments to various women $188,000 on adult entertainment among other things. who gets bailed out by

millionaires or billionaires mysteriously? which he should owe taxes on that as well comer saying about the whistleblowers gary shapely and joseph ziegler placed their careers on the library to blow the whistle on the misconduct and politicization in the hunter biden criminal investigation every american should applaud these men. >> i do think this will further ignite the house republicans who have been desperately eager to do. this i think president trump has probably urged them to do it and now he has an ally in the new house speaker mike johnson. so, this will be a log on the fire, the fire may not actually reach the door of the white house. but the republicans will try and depict it as such. >> and some experts are saying this could have a real impact on the pending impeachment inquiry. >> the fact is this is a circle

that's getting tighter around the president. i mean, it's clear that the president has lied. he obviously lied during the first campaign, when he said he had no knowledge of these dealings. hunter himself contradicted that. hunter's associates said it was utter nonsense. >> this 56 page indictment does not accuse president biden of any wrongdoing. but, it puts the president in a pickle because he can't come out and publicly say that he thinks the system needs to run its course prosecuting donald trump and intera foreign at all and say as the system runs its course, prosecuting his son. back to you. >> lawrence: peter any reaction. the president loves his son he said that on the record. any reaction from the commander-in-chief? >> not yet. is he going to walk out on the lawn by all of our cameras three hours right now on a three-point nevada. so that would be the first chance to actually see limb or

hear from him. but this came out pretty late last night. so the biden white house usually likes to take some time to digest things and then they will put it out. they are usually pretty smart about communications timing. i would bet it might be pretty close to the close of business on friday before we get anything. >> brian: right. whatever question the chopper is going to be really loud when you hear it. background noise. all right, peter. thanks so much. >> ainsley: bring in senator roger marshall republican from kansas and also on the senate homeland security committee. thank you so much, senator, for being here. >> ainsley, good morning. >> ainsley: he does a lot of bad things. i mean, if this is all true, i mean, he spent a ton of money on women and just things in my opinion disgusting. lots of money, not paying ex-wives and that and i could've thing he is accused of. that's one thing. but why is someone with this type of history who is not paying taxes on the board of other companies associated with foreign countries. how did he get there when he has a history of this, of drugs, of

women, of spending lavishly and not being coherent. we have seen pictures of him naked with hookers. how did he end up on the boards? is that connected to hunter biden -- i mean to joe biden? >> ainsley, absolutely it is. so i think this is one more example of all roads leading to the big guy. and i think the smoking gun that people missed on monday was chairman comer releases that there is a monthly sometimen from one of these shell companies of hunter's going to joe biden connecting the dots. >> brian: he said he paid him back for a truck. i'm just telling you what he said. >> ainsley: continuous payments. >> regardless, this smells like a bribe to me. what did hunter do to earn this money nothing at all. this is influence peddling. that's exactly what this is look, any normal american would have been arrested for evading taxes like they did but this was covered up. compliment chairman comer and fbi agents that came forward to share this information as well. look, where there is smoke, there is fire.

i think this is going to be connected to the president now. >> lawrence: how are you guys going to make the link shows it in indictment where he was doing all the travel it wasn't for business and they lay out all the payments that he was being that were being made to other things that weren't considered business i think there is something there to say. he wasn't working. what would these burisma. what were they paying for? how do you all draw that link of what they were paying for, which many of us think was to influence the vice president at the time. but where is the evidence of that influence? >> evidence is in the suspicious activity report. the sars. basically sars are evidence of money. they are suggestion of money laundering. this isn't just any money. this is money coming from china, from ukraine as well. and then the biden family cartel sets up some -- over 20-some shell companies. so it's going to be following the money all the way from china to the shell companies, to the big guy.

>> brian: right. i just thought something else happened this week what an action packed week. harvard, mit and upenn testified with indifference to anti-semitism, lack of policy. smugness which they approached it. they are in a ton of trouble. their donors are pulling a lot of their support. but now they are going to be thorough investigation. it being looks like congress will take a thorough investigation of that's institutions to find out who is paying them. what they are doing with all this money. what this curriculum is that is fostering this type of pro-hamas behavior in many situations on campuses. this could be a good thing in the long run. >> absolutely. i remember what president eisenhower said when he was president of columbia university. he said university should not take money from the federal government because then they will be buying influence as well. we saw this in the covid investigations. we found out that the university of california received a billion dollars worth of research dollars from the federal government. then they were usersing that to fund other china-related world health organization research as well. >> brian: should we not know if

china is investing in these institutions? >> so they are. we do know that they're. and you are right. let's bring it to the light of day and show america exactly what this influence -- how much influence they do have in our universities. >> lawrence: you know, senator, you had the fbi director say there is red lights everywhere. is he talking about the red lights before 9/11. do you think some of those red lights are on these university campuses because i see potential terrorist cells right there. people that openly praise hamas. you got these young people. special young men protest not guilty middle of the street. chanting the rhetoric of hamas. they could attack us. they will could 1.7 million got-aways as well. what are they doing? all the lights are blinking. first time in rear when all of the lights are blinking of concern. i think we all should be watching our backs. >> ainsley: you were doing radio yesterday. we watched some of the anchors had an opportunity to watch the video. the body cam video of hamas.

i know you saw it at the u.n. really hard to watch. i wasn't sure if i wanted to see it. as a reporter i wanted to be able to describe. you have hamas laughing in front of the camera, cheering, calling their patience saying we just killed jews. i saw several beheadings, things i will never be able to erase out of my mind. incredibly difficult to understand how a human being can do the things that they did. >> brian: they might be here. >> ainsley: and they could be here. >> which is why we brought to the floor four different times funding to fund israel by itself. the democrats voted it down. they go to the national map and chuck schumer says we are not going to rest until we fund israel. this isn't just a war. >> brian: and to the border. >> we need to fix our own border and but what we brought to the floor by itself was israel funding. because i think if we could get that move, then we can solve some of that's other riddles as well. this isn't a war between just the people of israel. and this army of terror. this is war for humanity to protect us from the future as well.

>> brian: absolutely. thank you so much, senator. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> carley is over there with headlines. >> i certainly do. that's right, guys. starting with this. surveillance cameras capturing the moment a gang of thieves use a car that was stolen from a police impound lot to break into a los angeles business. just look at this right there. they will ended up stealing thousands of dollars worth of equipment, the business owner said it took police two hours to respond, but is he not blaming them for any of it. watch. >> voted for karen bass. i voted for biden. i voted for gavin newsom. i'm sick of it. >> ainsley: is he fed up. while police search for the suspects, president biden is attending a star studded fundraiser in the city with tickets going towards his re-election campaign. each ticket could be up towards $1 million the fbi is now being sued after taking over $86 million in cash and valuables from a safety deposit box at a private vault in los angeles back in 202 is. the boxes were seized from a beverly hills business accused

of money laundering. but some of those owners of those deposit boxes say their valuables were taken unfairly. court documents claim the fbi took about 1400 boxes. and said the location was, quote: regularly used by unsavory characters to store criminal proceedings. a couple suing over their lost valuables say the raid was unconstitutional. those are your headlines, let's turn to rick reichmuth with our fox weather forecast. hi, rick. >> good morning, carley. it's been so cold across a lot of the east. it's about to warm up. we also have some big rain coming in again. warm-up already seeing this across parts of the south. that warmer air is going to move toward the east and also bring a lot of rain. right now today looking pretty calm. this little spin you see here across the northern plains and that moisture coming in across parts of the south with to society up up for severe weather. tornado or two again across parts of the south. get toward sunday the eastern seaboard is socked in with a lot of rain. snow behind the storm.

it's going to get really cold and windy eventually. there's where the snow is across much of the hire elevations and interior sections. mid-atlantic and the northeast getting a lot of rain that sunday into monday. one last thing, we have had a lot of flooding this last week across the pacific northwest. we have a little bit of a break today. tomorrow the next storm comes on in. that flooding threat is going to resume. all right, guys, head over to you ounce couch. >> ainsley: thanks, rick. so good to see you. >> rick: i haven't seen you in ages. i'm never here during the week in the mornings. i never see you guys. nice to see you. >> ainsley: nice to see you, too. >> brian: was it intentional never come here in the morning? >> rick: mostly. >> brian: story to be told. why is he avoiding us. >> lawrence: always looking for something. >> brian: he left it out there. is it a reason? >> ainsley: rick, been too long come back soon. >> brian: on your own volition. don't let us force you. >> lawrence: is he not going to let it go. >> brian: so happy not seeing us. >> ainsley: you have a show on the weekend. why don't you see him? >> lawrence: book him for the

weather on the weekend. >> ainsley: ains. >> rick: come in tomorrow. >> brian: ask scar cashly we are friendly. >> carley: yeah, go in. >> lawrence: coming up next, the shipping nightmare before christmas. how a severe drought could derail your holiday shopping. >> ainsley: plus, our all-american christmas concert series continues with the legendary michael w. smith. ♪ ♪ sotyktu is the first-of-its-kind, once-daily pill for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis for the chance at clear or almost clear skin. it's like the feeling of finding your back... is back. or finding psoriasis can't deny the splendor of these thighs. once-daily sotyktu is proven to get more people clearer skin than the leading pill. don't take if you're allergic to sotyktu; serious reactions can occur.

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back to him. meanwhile, let's go upstairs to lawrence. >> lawrence: they put an extra shot of expresso in your coffee this morning. didn't they. >> brian: you loved that stand up? in fact, where is my coffee? >> lawrence: see you. the fallout continues for three college leaders following their testimony on capitol hill earlier this week. those leaders now facing a possible congressional probe about campus anti-semitism. alexandria off joins us live from washington. >> good morning. the lawmakers want to move beyond q&a and use subpoena power to try to understand why something like calls for jewish genocide not fall under anti-bullying policies at these elite universities. presidents the a harvard, upenn and mit failed to answer that when they were grilled by the house education committee. >> the answer is yes, that calling for the genocide of jews violates harvard code of conduct, correct? >> again, it depends on the context. >> it does not depend on the context. the answer is yes.

and this is why you should resign. specifically calling for the genocide of jews, does that constitute bulling harassment? >> >> if it is directed and severe and pervasive it is harassment. >> so the answer is yes? >> it is a context-dependent decision. >> the presidents overall defended heir action as preserving free speech after -- there is bipartisan backlash to this testimony. apologies have been made. i'm sorry, when words amplify distress and pain i don't know how you could feel anything but regret. now, yesterday, a banner playing with a flag that read harvard hates jew was seen above the cambridge campus. reportedly a statement made by jewish statements who in the wake of pro-palestinian protests on campus say they felt threatened and abandoned following tuesday's testimony as well a prominent rabbi has resigned from harvard's anti-semitism board and a major upenn donor ross stephens he pulled his $100 million donation

to the school writing. this. absent a change in leadership and values it at penn in the very near future, a plan to rescind penn's shares prevents reputational and other damage to stone ridge as a result of our relationship with penn and liz magill. this that is on top of this investigation being sparked. congresswoman elise stefanik states this after this week's pathetic testimony by university presidents when enanswering my questions the education and workforce committee is launching an official congressional investigation with the full force of subpoena power into penn and mit and harvard and others. still, there are those like progressive congresswoman rashida tlaib pushing back on all of this. >> why, why do my colleagues continue to ignore the voices of their constituents. they send me pictures of people protesting in front of offices i said why? i'm not in charge. those are your residents. go out threatened a talk to them. >> yeah. >> meet with them. sit down with them. they are your constituents.

>> well, investigation by congress will not be limited to harvard, mit and upenn. they will go on to other universities, ainsley. >> larger and larger problem. they are going to have to deal with this. thank you so much, alexandria. are you ready for the shipping nightmare before christmas? look no further than the panama canal. it is a crucial shipping route that is facing significant delays because of a severe drought. water levels have dropped so much that the average wait times are now two weeks. so, how can santa bypass the chaos? let's ask our chief meteorologist at everstream analytics john davis. john, thanks for joining us. >> oh, my pleasure. good morning with. >> good morning. so it's christmas time. we need our supplies. we need our packages. but they are being delayed. now not as many ships it was 36 and now 32 per day and in february they are going to drop to down to 18. this is all because of the drought? >> exactly. so, it's been very dry in panama during their wet season, which

extends back to the summer to now. and because of that, the fresh water lake levels, especially the primary lake, lake which feeds the canal and allows the canal to work. lake go tune at lowest level since 1965. so it's unprecedented and with those lake levels extremely low enough fresh water to allow it to work go. through the canal race it through the lock system it comes down to rout. >> is the only solution rain? can at the pump more water in there. >> this is a fresh water mechanism in the interior lakes in panama. here is an issue that is a bit disturbing is that we are just starting the dry season across panama. and the dry season extends looks like the dry season is starting

early. a lot of that is due to the el nino event across the pacific ocean. with the early start to the dry season. and no significant rain fall during the first two or three months of the new year this situation is going to get worse. the next possible time frame where you could have some movement is going to be next summer. the next wet season across the southern portion of central america. >> i understand some companies are paying up to $4 million to get their ships to the front of the line what type of ships through the panama canal. buy things online it's amazon is this that type of thing or big business supplies? a little bit of everything. major thoroughfare for agricultural products coming through the u.s. and from the u.s. to asia. also energy is the major user of the overall situation and then

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