this is according to a complaint filed with the sarasota police department. redacted 13-page police report released thursday includes mention of rape and the phrase sexual battery. ziegler has denied the allegations and his attorneys say, quote, mr. ziegler has been fully cooperative with every request made by the sarasota police department and we're confident once the investigation is concluded that no charges will be filed and mr. ziegler will be completely exonerated. the investigation began with a 911 call from a friend of the alleged victim who was worried about her wellbeing. back in october, the friend requested a wellness check for the victim. we have partially redacted audio of the call which was first published by the florida center for accountability. the sarasota police department has not confirmed the call. >> tell me exactly what happened. >> so, this friend of mine, she has struggled with addiction for a while. and it's just gotten worse and worse. but she's telling me, she won't talk to anyone else, won't answer anyone else at work except for

he refused and his wife refuses to step down from the sarasota school board. will the governor who endorsed her remove her? >>> plus even if israel succeeds in eradicating hamas and ends the war, thomas freedman just back from the middle east is worried about what comes the morning after the morning after. he's here to explain. the war is the subject of rob rogers editorial cartoon for smerconish.com. check this out. the cartoon legends are one of the favorite subscriber s that you get. it's free. >>> if israel fulfills its mission in reradicating hamas ad puts abened to the war, then what? who will pick up the pieces and rebuild a functioning government? clarissa ward filed an amazing report from inside gaza this week after bearing witness to the devastating wreckage of buildings and infrastructure destroyed from the war and visiting a field hospital established by the uae. and on friday the idf said it accidentally shot and killed three hostages who were shirtless and waving a white flag in gaza. u.s. officials say israel is transitioning into another phase

his wife bridget ziegler is the co-founder of the group moms for liberty and sarasota county school board. the board wants her to resign. cnn has more details on this. >> having sex with another woman in a threesome with her husband is not issue. but when you claim the moral high ground and then you attack the moral integrity of others, the blatant hypocrisy of mrs. ziegler and how it the on the credibility of this board is a significant concern. >> rudolph lusek is talking about this woman, bridget ziegler. >> know who the candidates are for the school board, know where they stand and hold them accountable. >> reporter: she's a co-founder of the conservative group moms for liberty and on tuesday was asked to voluntarily resign from the sarasota county school board. >> if you're in support of everyone having these illicit type of relationships, then that wouldn't matter. >> reporter: ziegler, a close ally of former -- florida governor ron desantis helped to author rights and education law dubbed as the don't say gay bill. it removed discussion of sexual orientation and identity from publi

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ziegler has held the seat on the sarasota county school board since 2014.er this year, she introduced a last-minute agenda item to hire an educational consulting foorm called vermeilium, but the board would eventually reject her proposal. about a week later, a last minute item about hiring vermilion showed up on a different school board agenda. this time it was in pennsylvania. huh, coincidence? hardly, because it's associated with hillsdale college, a christian school that is chummy with folks like trump and desantis and when is disseminating something called the 1776 curriculum. its response to the heralded 1619 project. the 1776 project has been slammed by critics as littered with right-wing christian ideology and historical inaccuracies. when vermilion failed to secure a contract for its curriculum in flod, it moves on to pennsylvania. unlike sarasota, the penridge district hired vermilion owner jordan adams. it didn't go well. per the southern poverty law center, from the start, there were red flags about pvermilion education proposal and contract, whi

zeigler himself has been under investigation in october when a woman told the sarasota police department the man raped her after a deal fell through. the woman told police she canceled on that. bridget could not attend, but christian still showed up in her home in sarasota where the alleged assault was consensual. here, why everyone is describing it as czeeg literature has to g. >> you cannot lead the republican party with the charges in front of him and the admissions he's made in the affidavits. you cannot moral hay ll. we wish him well in his legal battle. he needs to lead it in the political process. >> reporter: as for brijts zeigler, she, too, has refused calls to step down from the sayreair sew ta school board. she's given no indication she's going to do just that. possibly and phil, one final note. she's not been accused of anything criminal. she did say she had one sexual encounter with christian, her husband, and this woman over a year ago. >>> the mistake and malfunction after three israelis were shot by thehe militarary. stay with h us. >>> this just in, oil giant bp will pau

the report mentions that the alleged incident happened in sarasota, where ziegler is from. now, to give you an idea of his politics, here is ziegler last month at the republican florida freedom summit, an event that featured ziegler onstage with trump and desantis. based on the complaint released by law enforcement, the alleged incident occurred almost one month to the day prior to this summit, which was held in orlando. >> we have a state to protect and a country to save, and our job is not done until there is not one single democrat in office or thinking about running for office in the state of florida. >> ah, a state where democrats wouldn't even think to run for office. the latest example of how florida republicans have gone from opposing democrats to opposing democracy. another thing about chris ziegler. he and his wife, bridget, are among the state's most prominent republicans. "the washington post" described them as a rising power couple in the state, second only to ron and casey desantis in their visibility and influence in state politics. now, this is where things

the sarasota, florida, school board has voted to request a resignation of board member bridget zieglerer of the conservative group moms for liberty. the vote comes amid sexual assault allegations against ziegler's husband. she's given no indication that she plans to step down. >>> the house is expected to vote today to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. the president's son, hunter biden, is scheduled for a deposition today as part of the impeachment investigation. it's unclear if he plans to attend. >>> and actor andre braugher has died at the age of 61, his publicist said. braugher was best known for his roles on "brooklyn nine-nine" and "homicide: life on the street." for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >>> good evening and thank you for being with us on this busy night here in washington, especially busy for president biden and his national security team, who is handling a number of foreign policy crises. one of those critical global security

as a matter of fact, they just visited sarasota florida yesterday. there is new construction at the airport that will create thousands of jobs. the project is funded with nearly $30 million. it will generate more than $30 million for florida. both the speaker and the congressman voted against the law and spoke against the law. and now they are down there taking credit for it builds. as my mother would say, god love them. that israel hits for -- that is real chutzpah, that's real chutzpah. meanwhile, my predecessor wants wants to get rid of the affordable care act. over 40 million americans a day, get their health insurance through the affordable care act. we were told we would not be the manufacturing capital. how can we do that again? creating almost twice as may jobs as the previous administration. unemployment has stayed low, the longest stretch in 50 years. we have seen a high share of working age americans in the workforce. inflation is down. we have more work to do but core inflation is down. lowest level in two years that we have had of any ma

pressuring her to resign from the sarasota county school board. >> having sex with another woman in thesome with her husband is not the issue. but when you claim a moral high ground, and then you attack the moral integrity of others, but blatant hypocrisy of mrs. ziegler and how it reflects on the credibility of this board is a significant concern. >> i want to note here that at this point, no one has been charged with a crime. christian sequin's attorney told cnn that once this investigation is over, his client will be cleared of wrongdoing. joining me tonight, mark caputo, a veteran florida political reporter in national political reporter -- mark, i think a lot of people had no idea who these people wear. you know, more than a few weeks ago, want to know what is going on here and want to know what else we know about the allegations. >> there's a lot that's going on here. i mean, bottom line is, christian ziegler and brigitte ziegler have been inside of the face of the new right, the question, right desantis right, in the state. and now it sort of all unraveling. we also know that pol

the sarasota police department really has not said anything about this case officially.e -- we know the investigation at least according to the search warrant affidavit began over two months ago and that police have reviewed text messages and other messages on social media between christian ziegler and the accuser. we also know that police have reviewed surveillance video showing christian arriving at the house of the accuser on the day of the alleged sexual assault. we're also told at least according to the document that christian told police that he recorded this sexual encounter, which again, he says was consensual and that police are still in the process of trying to obtain that piece of video. pam. >> all right, carlos suarez, thank you. >>> up next, more breaking news. the latest from iceland which is living up to its nickname of land of fire and ice with a volcanic eruption tonight. >>> well, more breaking news tonight. first an earthquake and now a volcanic eruption is under way in southwest iceland. hot lava and smoke spewing into the air. it is not unexpected.

he is under investigation for sexual assault by the sarasota police department. christian and his wife bridget ziegler are florida republican political stalwarts, and the couple rose from their base of power in sarasota county into significant statewide figures under florida governor ron desantis. >>> and stormy weather up and down the east coast right now. parts of eastern south carolina under a flash flood emergency. meteorologist elisa rafa has more on all of this. elisa? >> reporter: yeah, and part of that flash flooding came from the sky, and part of it, fred, came from the oceans. we had a record tide this morning out of charleston. here is a look when it hit 9.8 feet. that makes it the fourth highest tied for the location on record when you include storms that had names like hurricanes. it broke records that were set by matthew and idalia. but it is the highest tide that a nontropical system has ever brought to the area. tornado watches continue until 8:00 this evening for the eastern part of the state as the storm swirls on and some spin-ups are possible.

the sarasota county school board asked her to resign. i mean this is a mess even by florida standards. >> it's a total mess. yeah, you know, it's another day in florida. you have the chairman who's accused of rape for the republican party of florida. he's involved in some threesome relationship with his family values wife. he faces getting booted. then you have the governor's super pac for his presidential campaign is melting down. but the zieglers' case is pretty unique. the reality is, is moms for liberty and bridget ziegler held themselves up as this sort of paragon, almost this stepford wives organization and association. and there was no nuance when they talked about gay-related matters, lgbt-related matters. now, they did talk about, look, this stuff shouldn't be in school, and privately some of ziegler's defenders, very few of them, none of them will really speak publicly, are saying their private conduct is different than what they're talking about publicly-related policy. however, you didn't hear that nuance before. you didn't h

according to a complaint filed in the sarasota police department, a heavily redacted 13 page report released rape, had been sexual battered, on ten, two, 2023, not that long ago. ziegler's name doesn't appear on the document. was provided to the police department after nbc news asked specifically for a complaint filed against zeigler who did return requests seeking comment. this is the florida republican party chair. his wife is the head of moms for liberty. which is going around banning books and accusing liberals of being groomers and pedophiles. this guy runs the republican party? is this making the shock waves in florida republican politics i feel it should be? >> it is. this scandal has rocked the florida republican party. i think it's important because there's a lot of scandal and hypocrisy. frankly some head turning facts here. but it starts with a serious credible allegation of rape, which means there is a victim that filed this complaint. i think we have to keep that in focus. what is the allegation? the allegation, by the woman's admission, is that she was engaged in a three-year r

here in florida, nearly every airport is seeing record passenger volume this year sarasota up nearly 14%. meanwhile, most americans are driving, with 27 states averaging $3 a gallon or less. some christmas relief at the pump. tom costello, nbc news >>> at the southern border, we have now seen three straight days of record crossings by migrants entering the country and now, the republican governor of texas is sending migrants by air from the border to chicago, sparking a war of words. here's guad venegas. >> reporter: tonight, texas governor greg abbott releasing this video of state officials flying roughly 100 migrants from the texas border to chicago, after chicago officials started fining buses that made previous trips. abbott writing, "until biden steps up to secure the border, we will continue to provide overwhelmed texas border towns with much needed relief." abbott blames biden's border policies for the record numbers of migrants chicago's mayor firing back. >> they're just dropping off people anywhere do you understand how raggedy and how evil that is? >> reporter: meanwhile,

sarasota up nearly 14%. meanwhile, most americans are driving with 27 states averaging $3 a gallon or less. some christmas relief at the pump. tom costello, nbc news. >>> at the southern border, we have now seen three straight days of record crossings by migrants entering the country. the republican governor of texas is sending migrants by air from the border to chicago sparking a war of words. here's guad venegas. >> reporter: tonight texas governor greg abbott releasing this video of state officials flying roughly 100 migrants from the texas border to chicago after chicago officials started finding busses that made previous trips. abbott writing, until biden steps up to secure the border, we will continue to provide overwhelmed texas border towns with much needed relief. abbott blames biden's border policies. for the record numbers of migrants. chicago's mayor firing back. >> they're just dropping off people anywhere. do you understand how raggedy and how evil that is? >> reporter: meanwhile, migrants are

here in florida, nearly every airport is seeing record passenger volume sarasota up nearly 14% meanwhile, most americans are driving, with 27 states averaging $3 a gallon or less. some christmas relief at the pump >>> weather out west will likely impact million of the millions who will be flying this weekend. angie lassman is tracking all those systems. as we always say, timing is everything >> timing is everything. and we do not want people to have a headache from travel. unfortunately, we'll have to deal with a couple spots that will be a little difficult much of the country is dealing with quiet conditions, not the case up and down southern california and portions of arizona. we've got flood watches up for 26 million people with heavy rain continuing to work in with that system as it moves a little farther to the east. here's the area we're going to look for the potential for flash flooding where you siee the dark blue is the slight risk. flooding of rivers, creeks, streams all on the table as we have good amount of rain heading toward the desert which doesn't see a whole lot of rain.

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the sarasota police department really has not said anything about this case officially. we know that police have -- we know the investigation, at least according to the search warrant affidavit, began over two months ago, and that police have reviewed text messages and other messages on social media between christians the glare and the accuser. we also know that police have reviewed surveillance video showing christian arriving at the house of the accuser on the day of the alleged sexual assault. we're also told, at least according to this document, that christian told police that he recorded this sexual encounter, which again, he says was consensual, and that police are still in the process of trying to obtain that piece of video. pam. >> all right, carla suarez. thank you so much. up next, more breaking news. the latest from iceland, which is living up to its nickname of land of fire of and ice with a volcanic eruption tonight.

of the conservative group, moms for liberty, and on tuesday was asked to voluntarily resign from the sarasota county school board. >> if you were in support of everybody having these elicit-type relationships, that wouldn't matter. >> reporter: a close ally of ron desantis helped author florida's parental rights in education law, dubbed as critics as the don't say gay bill. it removed sexual identity from public school curriculum. desantis appointed her to the board that manages the special district. >> the resolution recommends that bridget ziegler take steps to voluntarily resign. >> reporter: now she's under scrutiny for a sex scandal. according to an affidavit, the mom told police there was a planned sexual encounter with both christian and bridget ziegler in october. bridget cancelled, leading the other woman to also cancel. but christian still showed up at the woman's home. christian admitted the couple had a previous three way sexual encounter with the woman, quote, over a year ago and that it only happened one time. >> mrs. ziegler, you have tarnished the soul of the school board here

they're pressuring her to resign from the sarasota school board. >> having sex with another woman in a threesome with her husband is not the issue. but when you claim the moral high ground and then you attack the moral integrity of others, the blatant hypocrisy of mrs. ziegler and how it reflects on the credibility of this board is a significant concern. >> now, i want to note here that at this point, no one has been charged with a crime. christian ziegler's attorney told cnn once this investigation is over, his client will be cleared of wrongdoing. joining me tonight, marc caputo, a veteran florida political reporter and national political reporter for the messenger. marc, i think a lot of people who had no idea who these people were, you know, more than a few weeks ago, want to know what is going on here and what else we do know about the allegations. >> there's a lot that's going on here. bottom line is christian ziegler and bridget ziegler have been sort of the face of the new right, the christian right, the desantis right in the state. and now it's sort of all unraveling. we als

and on tuesday, was asked to voluntarily resign from the sarasota county school board. >> if you are in support of everyone at having these illicit types of relationships, that wouldn't matter. >> ziegler, a close ally of florida governor ron desantis, helped off the -- and education law. dubbed by critics as the don't say gay bill. it removed discussion of sexual orientation and identity from public schools curriculum, desantis also appointed her to the board that manages disney's special taxing district. the resolution recommends that brigitte ziegler immediately take all steps necessary to voluntarily resign. >> now, she's under intense criticism for the sex scandal involving her husband christian ziegler, the chair of the florida republican party and a woman, accusing him of rape. according to an affidavit, the woman told police that there was a planned sexual encounter with both christian and brigitte ziegler in october. brigitte canceled, leading the other woman to also cancel. but christians still showed up at the woman's home. brigitte, who hasn't been accused of criminal wro

florida -- kristen ziegler is under criminal investigation for allegations -- by sarasota police departmentsads the statewide republican party. his wife brigitte ziegler helped start moms for liberty. -- sources close to the investigation say the woman allegedly seen the couple have been involved in a three-year-long consensual three way sexual relationship. msnbc has not confirmed that. he's the wife of the woman who's been leading the charge to get lgbtq content out of florida school books, and yet, at least according -- again, nbc news has been not confirmed it, she's in a three way, which means you know, she's or the b or q. >> it certainly means that kink is not partisan. we've seen that over the millennia, i think that will be the case going forward. i think you point out the right question, joy. we saw this actually in florida by fabiola santiago, who raises the question, how is it the woman that is going after the gay community is able to have sex with another woman and that be okay? so it's a flaming hypocrisy here, in fact, governor desantis, i think, just moments ago or hours ago,

as a recent court document filed in sarasota county reveals brian laundrie called his parents to tell them girlfriend gabby petino was gone two weeks before she was reported missing. petino vanished while on a cross-country road trip in laundrie in august of 2021. her body was later discovered in wyoming. laundrie was found dead in florida about a month later. petino's family is suing laundrie's parents and their attorney. >> this is a live look at seattle from fox 13. one of the big stories there tonight. a city council candidate in washington state, who said he did not vote for himself because it made him feel uncomfortable ended up losing by one vote. the "new york post" reporting damion green of rainier lost to ryan roth who did vote for himself by a count of 247 to 246. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." remember to vote. we'll be right back. ♪ here's to the loser, bless them all ♪ from pep in their step to shine in their coats, when people switch their dog's food to the farmer's dog, the effects can seem like magic. but there's no magic involve

sarasota up nearly 14%. meanwhile, most americans are driving with 27 states averaging $3 a gallon or less. some christmas relief at the pump. >> all right, that was nbc's tom costello earning some frequent flier miles and earning some airport lounges i hope reporting for nbc. >>> still ahead the los angeles dodgers, oh, my god, capture another prized free agent. we'll tell you who that is. plus highlights from the week 16 kick off in the nfl. kick off in the nfl. (crowd cheers) sore throat got your tongue? mucinex instasoothe sore throat medicated drops. uniquely formulated for rapid relief that lasts and lasts. that's my babyyy! -ow! get mucinex instasoothe. it's comeback season. >>> one by the right side. looks that way, throws that way. touch down. >> that was los angeles rams quarterback matt stafford getting the scoring started last night against the new orleans saints. a touch down pass at the end of the opening quarter. it was the first of two tds in the game for stafford who racked up 328 yards thro

you've spoken to young people from tampa to tallahassee in sarasota.acle is just living at this point. i, mean was that a common sentiment that you heard as you spoke to these young people? >> over and over and over again. it's interesting. when you think about the headlines that we see out of florida, they're very oriented around desantis or individual politicians or the architects of the campaigns that he has been running. the man who is definitely to blame for the anti critical race theory hold on quote campaigns we have seen across the country for the last several years, he was appointed to become a part of the board of trustees for the new college of florida arizona. that has been a campus that we have seen a ton of headlines from out of florida this year. that's because they have created this amazing conservative takeover of an institution which is the smallest public college in florida. it's very small. what people said about it before this takeover happened was that it was the query's campus that you can think of. it was attractive to lgbtq stu

christian ziegler was also a sarasota county commissioner around on a quote, family values platform.ader, hell-bent on the destruction of individual rights. the cofounder of moms for liberty. be bridget ziegler helped florida governor ron desantis built the don't say gay bill and stood as him probably as he signed into law. she also enjoyed -- who appointed her to the board that runs disney world infrastructure. one i have bridget biggest pet projects in that moms for liberty, to ban books that talk about diversity, equality, inclusion, and lgbtq+ issues among other things. and to eliminate them from schools claiming to be protecting children from harmful exposure to these concepts. for good, measure they also like to go after librarians and the teachers, and to alienate lgbtq plus children who are just trying to be themselves. why? because according to the bridget ziegler of the world, that is the right agenda. pun fully intended. so this holier than thou conservative husband and wife have now admitted to at least one consensual threesome with a longtime friend of christian. and chr

. >> it happened near sarasota springs, new york. video shows the driver noticing already delivered amazon packages left out in the rain. he can be seen pushing them under a dry porch covering. some people on social media are suggesting he should have been given a raise, or at least a good christmas bonus. doing his good deed. >> that is really nice to see. i've seen that happen near my house a few times. i just don't like it when the delivery person just throws it in the middle. this time of year, people come by and steal. put it to the side. but thank you for what you do. >> good deeds. >> next time you're going to find it in the bush. [ laughter ] >> thank you. >> marcus washington said thank you at the very end of that whole thing. >> just call it constructive criticism. >> those drivers are out and about, so many packages. >>> dense fog this morning. >> dealing with fog, so you do want to allow extra time to get to work or deliver those packages, whatever you have to do today. we're going to start out with low visibility, with a

santa clara valley, that fine line of stretched showers anywhere from livermore all the way down into sarasota. we're continuing to track this as it moves off into the east. with some isolated heavy pockets of showers that you can see right here on futurecast at times. that's really isolated in the grand scheme of things. you get hit with heavy showers and it lightens up real quick. this is the system that we're dealing in the evening hours tonight and early morning hours tomorrow. watch what happens as we get into the wednesday morning setup. around 1:00 a.m., all the way into the 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 a.m. setup. we're expecting another heavy shower -- another heavy band of rain moving its way in really formulated anywhere from bodega bay down into san jose and as that moves off into the east tomorrow morning. we'll continue to keeping a close eye on that heading into tomorrow afternoon. first things first temperatures are similar in the sense of upper 50s and lower 60s stretched throughout the bay area. upper 50s in the north bay and low 60s closer the concord and mid 60s in antioch stretching d

forsa example, earlier this summer, sarasota florida just south of me experienced a surprising outbreakf malaria with patient is hospitalized. thank goodness experts jumped in to aid the community and develop a containment and prevention strategy. there hasn't been a malaria outbreak in the united states in 20 years. and that's good because malaria is one of the world's greatest public health problems. and in fact approximately 219 million each year with over 600,000 deaths so we are grateful for the strong response by cdc. but it's also a great example of the importance of timely information for the public. access to timely health information became entirely political during covid when some officials in my state and in other places concealed and altered information that the public needed. i hope that we can all work together to improve the availability of accurate and timely health information for the public. even in the best of circumstances, the cdc has a very difficult job. while some politicians are intent on discrediting cdc or actively spreading misinformation is the former presi

expect to hear more of these kind of cases from sarasota, florida. a very corrupt place. under the leadership, it has become a safe haven for hate groups and sex traffickers. thank you and merry christmas to you. host: let's talk to andrew from albuquerque on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i hope and pray i can keep this together because it is hard to ask questions with all the other callers. there are a couple things that bug me. one is the democrats come down on trump. i am not a trump supporter. they say he is threatening this person and that person and the government and they do not -- they give some kind of legal excuse that we have to give him due process and everything but he does not want to give anyone else to process so i do not understand their logic. they basically allow a domestic terrorist to run around and run for office. i read the other day trump spent $900,000 on a witness, to pay expert witness fees in his court case in new york. there was none hundred thousand dollars. i am not a rich man. the government

expect to hear more of these kind of cases from sarasota, florida. a very corrupt place. under the leadership, it has become a safe haven for hate groups and sex traffickers. thank you and merry christmas to you. host: let's talk to andrew from albuquerque on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. i hope and pray i can keep this together because it is hard to ask questions with all the other callers. there are a couple things that bug me. one is the democrats come down on trump. i am not a trump supporter. they say he is threatening this person and that person and the government and they do not -- they give some kind of legal excuse that we have to give him due process and everything but he does not want to give anyone else to process so i do not understand their logic. they basically allow a domestic terrorist to run around and run for office. i read the other day trump spent $900,000 on a witness, to pay expert witness fees in his court case in new york. there was none hundred thousand dollars. i am not a rich man. the government

response recently in sarasota on malaria. can you walk us through what-- how that worked and the importance of data gathering and then what you all were able to do on containment and prevention? >> well, thank you, ranking member castor. this was, you know, working on the first domestically acquired malaria in 20 years that our country has seen was, i think, an example of how local, state, and federal officials work really well together. and i think a good news story in that when we were able-- we identified, again, the first few cases of domestically malaria in 20 years. locals were on top of it and then the state and then to ask the c.d.c. for assistance and we were able to provide technical assistance related how to control the mosquitos, how to think about treatment for the individuals, we gave out guidance to the local communities as well as on the health care providers and that agency to make sure that they were looking for additional cases. we provided some backup laboratory capability for the area, and we also made su

sarasota, florida on the line for small business owners, good morning. caller: good morning.s disheartening, your opinions of your guests about government and the reason for the government interventions and requiring laws is to protect people, not just workers but also from big business. the fella earlier who called in about being a truck driver and all these private businesses that were taking his money and giving him a challenge about being able to handle the cost of living and being able to get loans in your guests response was how bad the biden government is and went off on a tangent. this is about protecting the people, protecting the workers, protecting small businesses for a level playing field because there are so many large organizations. that's what the government does. i'm very supportive of the small business owner in helping to protect people like myself whether it is from the ira collecting taxes from people or establishing a level playing field. everything can't be that government is bad as your guest is coming across. it's not, we need to protect the small peo

marcia in sarasota, florida. caller: good morning. have voted both ways in my life but the way this country is going is unbelievable. there are some a topics i would like to touch. the border, democrats by the end of bidens terms there will be 10 million illegals that have walked across this border that we do not know where they are and who they are. they are military age men constantly walking across. biden want the money, deemed once to process them more quickly, not deal with them correctly. israel and palestine, people keep going on about the palestinians being innocent, they have been taught since 2005 to hate israel. if you notice during the tapes they showed where the girl was in the back of that truck after being horribly mistreated, people were spitting on her and cussing at her and sharing it on. those were palestinians. on ukraine, zelinski used to be a comedian, he was in a band, he used to play the piano with his private parts and he just bought a $75 million yacht. he was a comedian. he does not have money. that is our m

jacob in sarasota, florida, go ahead. caller: good morning.n the topic about free speech, the professor -- the president from u penn that made the statement about the jews, i do not care how many degrees you have. if you do not have wisdom, you do not have much. you can have 100 master's degrees and no wisdom at all. the standard wisdom in the bible is fearing the lord. if you do not have fear the lord, you do not have wisdom. the saturday night skit you played on air reminded me, i often wondered in the past how all these shows with the three stooges and such, a hogan's heroes, came about. people like you and the media have put that out there. it was vulgar and tasteless. you should never have put it out there. it was disgusting to me. the other thing about the free speech is those who bless israel will be blessed. those who curse israel will be cursed. they are not occupiers. god promised abraham, isaac, and jacob that land. that is their land. host: shirley, tennessee, democrat. caller: good morning. i feel that -- i heard the testimony of

that's a positive example of a quick and effective cdc response recently in sarasota on malaria. can you walk us through how that worked and the importance of data gathering and what you were able to do on containment and prevention quick >> thank you ranking member cast her. it was working on the first domestically acquired malaria in 20 years. our country was i think an example of how local, state and federal officials worked very well together. it's a good news story and that we identified after those first few cases that we hadn't seen in 20 years, local leaders were very much on top of it and to ask resistance. we were able to provide technical assistance related to how to control it and how to think about treatment for the individuals and we gave out guidance to the local community as well as health care providers to make sure they were looking for additional cases. they provided backup laboratory capability for the area and we also made sure to look at all the mosquitoes in the area and making sure we were seeing further valerio and the mosquitoes so our partnership local