♪ eric: well, it looks like the money is coming. law a make ors on capitol hill this afternoon continuing their rare weekend session. finally, we're told, nearing a vote on the $900 billion coronavirus relief package. this after negotiations stretched late until last night. that's when they reached the breakthrough come prohis on the federal reserve's emergency lending powers, all this as americans wait for a second round of financial assistance. but the current aid is set to expire at year end. you know, that's less than two weeks from now. with this vote coming up, the checks could soon be in the mail. welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn.

hi, molly. molly: wonderful to be with you, i'm molly line in for arthel neville. as these talks continue on the hull, millions of doses of moderna's covid vaccine are on the way after the fda approved emergency use friday night. meanwhile, some detail of that stimulus deal still need to be hashed out including how much to give out in direct payments. house minority leader kevin mccarthy blames the holdup on speaker pelosi. >> speaker pelosi finally admitted after the election that he he held up to try to make it an outcome of the election. this whole time when we could have had covid relief for those unemployed, the number of small bids out of work. i am very hopeful we get this done today. molly: a lot of hope that progress is being made. congressional correspondent chad pergram is watching it on capitol hill for us. where do we stand on this potentially being wrapped up?

>> reporter: they think they might vote tonight in the house of representatives, but just before i came on the our here, the house democratic caucus has scheduled not one, but two virtual conference calls here to educate members about the omnibus spending package and also the covid bill. members don't like to be. [laughter] in the dark not knowing the details about these bills. they want to educate them and make sure everybody is okay with that. roy blunt, republican from missouri, says it always takes a lot longer than you think when you get to this point. you talk about weekend sessions in congress. they're rare, but weekend sessions in congress on the weekend before christmas are not, says john cornyn, republican of texas. >> the fact we're here on a sunday indicates, to me, something is different about what we are about and, to me, speaks to a sense of urgency we ought to have to complete our work before the christmas

holiday. >> reporter: now here's what the bill does. it reloads the pay ec check protection program to boost struggling businesses. it also provides those out of work an extra $300 a week for four months, and most americans will receive $600 stimulus checks. some republicans and most democrats wanted more. >> this bill is not sufficient. it is necessary, it is not sufficient. democrats would have liked to provide more relief. the survival checks in this bill are a good start, but there was bipartisan support for $1200 checks. >> reporter: now, the house majority leader, steny hoyer, indicated to members they could have votes late tonight, then it would move over to the senate. you have to have the cooperation of all 100 senators, it's unclear if they can get that. otherwise, if they do it by the book, it could take a day or two, maybe monday or tuesday, molly. ful. molly: all right. some evening meetings to keep an eye on. the government funding expires

tonight as will, chad. i how does that impact the vote? >> reporter: they hope to attach it to a larger funding bill, kind of mesh if these bills together. the government is funding through midnight tonight. if they don't have a deal and they haven't passed this through both the house and senate, what they're going to have to do is probably put together an interim spending bill for about two or three days. republican susan collins of maine indicated earlier today that was a necessity. josh hawley, republican from missouri, said he would probably not grant consent to do that tonight, so we'll see if they get to that government shutdown question at 11:59 tonight if this can move quickly everything's okay, but they might have to approve some sort of a stopgap measure like they did on friday. molly? molly: a lot of people and small businesses hurting, chad, thank you for watching this so closely. thank you. >> reporter: of course. molly: eric? ♪

eric: well, molly, leaked documents reportedly show that china tried to cover up the coronavirus pandemic when it first started. it said that they used an army of internet trolls to flood social media platforms around the globe with only bay young-approved storylines about it. and, of course, they censored that top young chinese doctor who died after contracting the virus and was warning about it. mark meredith live on the north lawn of the white house9 with the very latest on this revelation which, i guess, mark, doesn't come as much as a surprise for china's behavior. >> reporter: eric, you're right, because president trump has a said all along he would like to hold china responsible for the pandemic. he he has also said that beijing has a lot of explaining to do when it comes to how this thing began. "the new york times" kind of detailing how some of the earliest cases may have been if censored or covered up. "the new york times" got ahold of these documents, fox news has nod had a -- not had a chance to look at them ourselves, but

they're giving us an idea of some of the censoring that was happening. you mentioned that doctor who died that officials were trying to make sure that information was not widespread on the internet. and this is not much of a surprise to the administration because they feel all along that china has had more to say than what they've been honest about. here's what one top official had to say earlier this morning. >> this is a strategic rival, but it's also increasingly a mortal enemy. they're coming at us, pete, from so many different ways. and i think one of the great achievements of donald j. trump was to bring to the fore this concept of china as a significant existential threat to this country. >> reporter: the president continues to criticize china and suggest it could be possible for the recent cyber attack on u.s. government and private networks. that's a surprising statement though considering secretary of state mike pompeo said on friday that he he believed russia was responsible. cybersecurity experts also

believe russia is to blame. it's believed to have started several months ago, if not longer: they're still trying to figure out exactly what happened here. lawmakers demanding aralluation, and it's still unclear from experts how much information hack orers were able to get ahold of and whether or not there are still vulnerabilities. the president's legal team is once again challenging the election results, this time focused on the keystone state. the campaigning asking the u.s. supreme court to overturn three rulings from pennsylvania's state supreme court all tied into the way that the state handled the mail-in balloting. rudy giuliani writing: the campaign also moved for exwe dieted consideration asking for the supreme court to demand a reply by december 24th before congress meets on january 6th to consider the votes of this electoral college. this could be one of those last efforts the campaign has to try to challenge what we've seen happen since november. we've seen multiple different

challenges, no word yet what the supreme court may do. as for president trump, nothing on the schedule this weekend, we don't expect to see him, but he has been tweeting quite a bit, a lot about the election. he called in to a rudy giuliani radio show earlier today as well. eric in. eric: yeah, we'll see what happens with that latest legal effort. mark erik thank you. -- mark, thank you. molly: incoming white house press secretary tells fox news that president biden will not discuss the federal investigation of his son hunter with any potential attorney general pick. this as more republicans call for a special counsel to take over the probe. we have rich edson live in wilmington, delaware, with the latest on all of this. rush. >> reporter: hey, molly. this process of selecting an attorney general nominee is even more sensitive for the president-elect, joe biden. that's because whomever he selects is very likely going to lead a justice department if

they're senate confirmed that will also be overseeing an investigation into his son hunter biden. the transition team says biden has yet to select or go through these options right now, that's what he's to doing, and has yet to select who he'll choose as attorney general. >> he's been emphatic that that person will oversee an independent department. he's looking for somebody at the highest level of integrity, and that person, whomever it is, will be overseeing whatever investigations are happening at at the department of justice. and that's how it should work, or frankly. >> reporter: former edenty attorney general sally yates, alabama senator doug jones and judge merrick garland are all reportedly under consideration. president trump is calling for a special counsel to look into the hunt her biden investigation -- hunter biden investigation, one that would carry an investigation into joe biden's presidency. congressional republicans are also pushing for a special counsel. >> i think it's really important

to conduct an independent investigation. if hunter biden is cleared, then we have confidence that he did nothing wrong. if he's not cleared, we have confidence that it wasn't a partisan witch hunt that that resulted in charges being filed. >> reporter: now congressional republicans next year could also initiate their own investigation, but they'd have to control congressional committees which also means controlling congress, and that one is up to a special election or two special elections ongoing in georgia. if republicans win at least one of this many, they'll maintain control of the senate and all of those congressional committees. molly e? molly: a very complicated issue for the president-elect. rich edson, thank you very much, from wilmington, delaware. eric? eric: well, mollingly, speaking of china, democratic congressman eric swalwell has come under fire for his reported ties to that suspected young chinese spy. republicans are now doubling down on their calls to have him stripped of his intelligence committee duties, and house

minority leader cell phone mccarthy says every member of the committee should get the same fbi briefing that he and nancy pelosi received on friday. doug luzader has the details from washington. >> reporter: there are renewed calls today for congressman eric swalwell to ten down9 from the house intelligence -- stretch down from the house intelligence committee from connections with a suspected chinese spy. after an fbi briefing about what they know about swalwell, republicans today are still expressing outrage including one of the two members of congress who took part in that briefing. >> the one answer that i got out of that briefing was there is no way eric swalwell should continue to serve on the intel committee. and the challenge here is the leaders of both parties are the only people who select to go on the intel committee. >> reporter: democratic leaders continue to circle the wag gones -- wagons even in the wake of that classified briefing. house speaker nancy pelosi was part of the fbi briefing but

didn't comment about it. swalwell was connected for a time with accused chinese spy christine fang. he would later become one of president trump's fiercest critics, accusing him of collusion with russia. when we caught up with the congressman this week, or he wasn't interested in talking, but some who have of studied china's expanding intelligence efforts said this could be typical of the country's spy work. >> i think china is running lots of these operations. i'm sure christine fang was not the only chinese intelligence officer operating in this way trying to infiltrate the social networks and different political campaigns. >> reporter: and house repalin kevin mccarthy says he now wants the fbi to brief not just house leaders about swalwell, but every member of the house intelligence committee. in washington, doug lieuside, fox news -- luzader, fox news. ♪ ♪

molly: now to that showdown in georgia that will decide which party controls the u.s. senate. president trump says he will hold another rally in that state on january 4th. that's the day before the crucial runoff elections. meanwhile, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley is there campaigning for the republican senators. this is a live look from demoris, georgia, where haley is holding a meet and greet with senator kelly loeffler. charles watson has been watching all of this for us. he's, of course, live in the peach state with the latest on all of this. charles. >> reporter: hi, molly. we're about an hour north of atlanta in coupling, georgia, at senator loeffler's final stop of the day. she is campaigning with former u.n. ambassador nikki haley, one of several republicans who are trying to secure a gop win here in georgia. for haley, that means tying senator lev -- senator loeffler and david perdue on issues like being tough on china, iran and a

conservative court. haley said it was possible in part because of georgia's republican senators and their support and things would drastically change with democrats in charge. >> this is the democratic party that will cancel anyone that doesn't agree with you. they believe that you defund the police and stop taking care of those that serve us. >> reporter: democrats aren't is the sitting around, they're pulling out star power. on monday vice president-elect kamala harris will travel to georgia to campaign for jon osoff and raphael warnock as they try to deliver the biden administration a senate they can work with. >> together, we're building a movement for health, jobs and justice for the people. health, jobs and justice for all the people. >> i think the purpose of public policy is to make things were

the for the next -- better for the next generation, and that's what i intend to do. >> reporter: and, molly, the big names are going to keep on rolling into georgia. on monday, ivanka trump will be here to campaign for reif palins. -- republicans. you mentioned president trump with that tweet saying he will hold a really here next month for the republican senators. back to you. molly: charles watson out on the trail for us from coupling, georgia. thank you. cumming, georgia. eric: fox news alert for you. in europe several countries taking the drastic step to try and stop that new strain of coronavirus. italy has detected its first patient with the new strain, the one that already has put london on lockdown. and now flights are being grounded there. should flights be grounded here? we'll have a live report, plus reaction from former hhs secretary dr. tom price. and here in our country momentum growing now in california for an effort to recall governor gavin newsom.

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could be at risk. members of his party are warning him about a recall effort that's gaining steam after his stay at home orders. christina coleman life in los angeles -- live in los angeles on the latest. hey, christina. >> reporter: hey, eric. well, the latest effort got started last spring but has gained momentum. the petition the, led by a group called the california patriot coalition, now has more than 860,000 signatures. organizers claim rising how manylessness, crime crates, unaffordable housing and covid restrictions are fueling the effort. it's the first one to gain this much traction. so much so that former san francisco mayor willie brown, an elder statesman in the california democratic party, says newsom should take this recall effort very seriously, warning in an op-ed e in the san francisco chronicle this weekend, or quote: newsom knows he's got a target on him and that a recall may, indeed, make

the ballot. the talk now is centered on how to turn it to his advantage. brown says the key to getting ahead of this is to make it look like an attempt by out of state trump supporters to upis the california politics with figures like newt gingrich and mike huckabee recently weighing in. brown says, quote: if newsom can make it about trump, he wins. newsom faces legitimate criticism. just yesterday it was announced the iconic rose bowl won't be played here in southern california new year's day because of a surge in covid cases here and covid restrictions. newsom hasn't publicly commented on the recall efforts though he was asked directly about them last week. a spokesperson for the governor called it a distraction. meanwhile, polls show newsom with generally positive approval ratings around 60%, so we'll see how this all plays out. eric? eric: all right. up to the people, we'll see. christina, thank you.

molly? ♪ ♪ molly: >> he will not be discussing an investigation of his son with any attorney the general candidate, with anyone he is or considering for the role, and he will not be discussing it with a future attorney general. we're going to allow the process to work how it should, which is for the justice department to be run independent ily by the attorney general at the top. molly: that is incoming white house press secretary jen psaki telling fox news sunday that president-elect joe biden will keep the investigation into hunter biden separate from his pick for the attorney general. moon time, there are growing calls for a special counsel in the hunter probe. there's bring in charlie hurt, he is opinion editor of the washington times and a fox news contributor as well. charlie, delighted to have you we me, thank you for joining us on this sunday evening. >> hey, molly. great to be with you.

molly: yes, wonderful to have you. just getting started with this, they have said it'll be an independent justice department once the biden administration moves in. it is the delaware u.s. attorney that, of course, is looking into the hunter biden case. the big question is really, is could a president biden have anfect on this investigation? could make the investigation go away? >> well, quite frankly, molly, this is exactly the reason that we have special counsel statutes. regardless of what you think of special counsel statutes, this is what they're designed for. it's designed for a situation where a president doesn't have to say anything about a particular investigation. obviously, he is deeply invested in his son. he doesn't want anything bad to happen to his son, he doesn't want his son to be caught up in all of this, and that's the whole purpose. this is why we have these statutes in place, and i think that people are wise to -- and, again, you know, there are he recreate e mate arguments against these statutes in the first place, but if you're going

to have them around, this is what it's for. it's for a situation where joe biden doesn't have to have a conversation with a prospective attorney general who knows what joe biden wants. and, of course, the haas time joe biden was in the white house, we had president obama at the top of the ticket, and you had eric holder who famously called himself barack obama's wingman. and anytime you have somebody like that who views himself as sort of a political tip of the spear, it makes things very -- makes justice nearly impossible to reach. and so i think that's why a lot of people are wisely calling for a potential counsel in this case. molly: yeah, a lot of republicans are. this is representative devin nuñes, republican, of course, of california. take a listen. >> i think the big issue here is, is that what are the biden family's involvement with china.

none of this has been answered for. so, you know, i'm, i think we really need a special prosecutor to go after this because, you know, with know that the fbu and doj -- fbi and doj, they never go after democrats, they only go after republicans. all the democrats' controversies get swept under the rug, and nothing ever happens. molly: reportedly, the president is considering that, but there was some pushback on twitter as well, so we're not sure what's actually going to happen here. but it wouldn't be unusual -- actually, it would be a completely normal occurrence if an incoming president begins to pick their own u.s. attorneys in state all across the nation and fires those in place now. what way do you think things are going to head? do you think we'll actually see a special counsel? >> i would not be surprised. and, you know, when you look back at the past four years, the degree to which so many of these investigations have been so hotly politicized, it's a are,

very dangerous -- you know, regardless of what you think, whether you're a democrat or republican, when you start getting these investigations that are so deeply politicized from the beginning to the end -- remember, four years ago at this point the previous administration had already launched the spying operation into the trump campaign. that is a very, very dangerous environment, you know, both for our politics and for our, you know, our government to be trying to seek justice in cases where people are breaking the law or compromised or whatever. and so, you know, i think everybody can agree on one thing, that the idea of these politicized investigations is very dangerous for the country and, you know, you could argue that that would be another reason why a special counsel in this particular case where you have the son of a sitting president under investigation for very serious or crimes, that could lead to the very top of this including the person

sitting in the oval office is so vitally important. molly: charlie hurt, thank you so much. with love listening to your insights. >> thank you, molly. molly: obvious. appreciate it. erik? eric: some european nations are banning flights from the united kingdom. they hope to block that new and potentially more contagious strain of coronavirus. should we follow suit? former health and human services secretary dr. tom price is here on that and a new vaccine decision that happened just a few moments ago. we'll tell you when we come back. ♪ the year's up. this is us making sure you don't. use 'em before you lose 'em, backed by our 100-day guarantee!! visionworks. see the difference.

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to expire tonight, lawmakers may be forced to push this to a final vote sometime tomorrow. u.s. officials condemning an attack targeting the american embassy in baghdad. officials say at least three rockets fell inside the heavily fort fewed compound, and this comes one day after a rocket attack targeted an american base in afghanistan. no injuries or deaths, thankfully, reported in each of these attacks. no claims yet of responsibility. awaiting a decision from ohio governor mike dewine on a new stand your ground bill there, the state legislature passed the bill after a 2019 shooting in dayton left nine people dead. ♪ ♪ molly: breaking news, germany says it's banning flights from the u.k. starting at midnight, joining austria, billion judgement, utley, ireland, france and the netherlands as a new strawn of coronavirus

spreads quickly across europe. after forcing officials to impose a strict and new lockdown in and around london. trey jinx has more live from tel aviv, israel. >> reporter: molly, good afternoon. a number of countries are banning flights from the united kingdom after a mutated strain of coronavirus was discovered. as you mentioned, a long list of european countries and also israel added to that list as trying to stop this new strain from spreading in their areas. we do know british prime minister boris johnson has said there is no evidence suggesting the new strain is more ruthal, though it was discovered back in september just now spreading out of control. as i mentioned, israeli officials are taking no qualms in terms of getting their population locked down. none traveling back to israel will have to go through a mandatory two week quarantine period in one of the military-run coronavirus hotels. it does come as a massive

advantage citation -- vaccination campaign got underway this weekend with prime minister benjamin net an ya hue. today we actually saw doctors and nurses dancing and celebrating new vaccine rollout as hundreds of medical professionals lined up to get these vaccinations. we did speak with the ceo of the hospital earlier today. here's what what he had to say. >> the vision is that israel could -- by the number of people that are taking the vaccination to the population. we can be number one because we have a spread of community -- all around the country. >> reporter: the israelis, like many around the world, are using that american-made pfizer vaccine to insure their populations are protected. molly? molly: something to watch, for sure. trey yingst, thank you.

eric? eric: well, tomorrow morning someone's arm is going to be pinched with the fest shot from moderna. the vaccine joins the one from pfizer, and just moments ago a cdc advisory panel said the next people who should be vaccinated are americans who are older than 75 years old and essential workers adding police, fire, mentioner ems technicians and others to the health care workers servicing the first pfizer shots. joining us for more on all of this, former health and human services secretary tom price. he's a former minute of congress from michigan who is also a doctor. dr. price, thanks for joining us. >> good to see you, eric, thanks so much. eric: of course. first, your thoughts how quickly and successfully the medical progress, the breakthrough has been made to get the vaccines out there. >> this is the really phenomenal and truly historic, and it's an exciting time for our nation and truly the world. we can all be proud of the individuals and congratulate those that worked on this activity because never before in

the history of mankind has something like this in the medical arena been done this rapidly. and it's very clear9 that the phizer or vaccine and the moderna vaccine and other vaccines that will likely be coming online are going to be wonderfullyfective against this novel -- i effective against ths novel disease, this coronavirus. so it's an exciting time, and we'll just need to celebrate that worked on it and put their efforts into this in the last ought or nine months. -- eight or nine months. eric: that is for sure. the moderna vaccine, they say, has some advantages in that it doesn't have to be as cold, more easily portable, lasts 30 days in the refrigerator. whew is that important for lots of places in the country especially rural areas, for example, that may not have the intense infrastructure that some big cities have? >> well, the distribution for these vaccines is left up to the state, the state public health departments. so you can imagine a very rural state or places that don't have

a lot of infrastructure don't have the fundamentals necessarily to be able to have the pfizer vaccine kept at the temperature that needs, the low temperature that it needs. so being able to have the moderna vaccine or other vaccines that are likely going to come online that won't require any cooling at all, then that can much more easily be used for rural areas or lawyers that are hard orer to get -- or areas that are harder to get to and still be able to give all of our population the opportunity to gain access to a vaccine so we can cut down on the transmission of this deadly disease. eric: that is really encouraging. were seen what's happening in the dakotas, kansas and elsewhere because of that. meanwhile, every we have this situation in europe. as you know, several countries, germany, belgium, netherlands, banning flights from london because of this new strain that they say is maybe 50 or 70% more contagious. do you think we should ban flights? i mean, the president had taken action against flights coming

from china -- >> sure. eric: are we there yet? do you think -- >> viruses change all the time, and our annual flu vaccine that we talk every year is different -- we take every year is different because that virus changes every year. this is not unusual, to have a virus knew taut, and it acor poors that this new strain is much more likely to be transmissable to somebody else. but there's no evidence that ate it appears to be more deadly or appears to be more difficult to treat. and so, again, this new strain it's been around for at least three months in england, it's in other nations. it's in australia and some nations in africa, so i'm not certain that locking down flights from england is such a wise idea. i do know that it makes certain that all of us ought to redouble our efforts on the mitigation, on the mask wearing, on the social distancing, making certain that we wash our hands, making certain if we feel ill,

we don't go out in public. try to stay within your bubble. but i don't know that blocking flights from the u.k. at this point makes a whole lot of sense. eric: so, you know, it's so sinister and nefarious, i guess you'd say about the caron that virus, you don't know if you have it, you may be awe symptom mat you can, and were holidays coming. we have this big spike now which many say is from thanksgiving. what is your add vice for christmas and new year's? zoom, i guess? >> well, zoom is important, but as long as you're staying within your bubble, as long as you're practicing wise public health techniques, again, that we all know about whether it's the mask wearing or physical distancing or washing your hands and making certain that if you feel a little ill, that you're not going to a family member's home. you've got to stay within your bubble as much as possible. but again, that's why it's important that everyone get this advantage as soon as possibles,

as soon as they're eligible. it's important that the everybody get this vaccine so that we can get back to some semblance of order. eric: with, it is coming. do you plan to get the vaccine? do you know which one you want to get? have you thought about it? >> i've told folks that i'll be the first in lewin when i'm able to get in line because of either my age or my medical status. and, again, i would encourage everybody else to make certain that they keep track of when they're eligible to be able to get the vaccine and make certain that we do so. for the vast majority of the population, that's the way that we, again, return to some sense of normalcy. in terms of which vaccine, as long as the fka continues -- fda continues their ] e and the activities that the cdc has done, incredible work to be able to give us the confidence that these vaccines refect i, not jutte safe, but effective, then i'll take whichever vaccine available at the time.

eric: all right. there's the prescription from dr. tom price who's the former secretary of the health and human services agency su. dr. price, good to see you. thank you. >> thank you, eric, talk careful merry christmas to you. eric: to you to, sir, and to all of our viewers. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ smooth driving pays off. ♪ with allstate, the safer you drive the more you save. ♪ you never been in better hands. allstate. click or call for a quote today. narrow to those whose dogs... also fit under the bed. no, not that one. ok, that one.

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♪ ♪ >> they a made a mistake. they tried to cover it, they tried to put it out, they tried to fire. it's really like trying to put out a fire. they couldn't put out the fire. what they really treated the world badly on, they stopped people going into china, but they didn't stop people going into the usa and all over the world. molly: president trump there accusing china of trying to cover up the coronavirus pandemic back when it was first starting to spread. leaked documents show that seems to be the cause. a bomb -- the case.

a bombshell report claims the chinese government used internet trolls to censor information after a top doctor who first warned about the threat a year ago died of the virus in february. dan hoffman is a former cia station chief who served in moscow, iraq and pakistan. he also is a fox news contributor. dan, thanks for joins us to talk about this topic. this is one of the hottest things in the news right now all around the world. how right was the president when he talked about china's efforts there in that little sound bite, and how nefarious were they? very widespread more than a coffer-up to try -- cover-up to true to change the messaging as the coronavirus was beginning to spread around china without any intention of keeping their citizens home? >> right. well, the communist party of china seeks to use social media and media writ large to oppress

their own population are, not inform them. and that's what these dock units show, a fairly sophisticate canned bit of trade craft on china's part where they sought to control the content on the internet to try to create a false is the is the of data which would indicate that china was keeping the virus under control, that the authorities were very confident in terms of how they were dealing with this health crisis and that there was absolutely no reason whatsoever to panic. of course, we know that's not true. china con schooled the onis the of the pandemic as well as its severe few. and that caused, obviously, a global health pandemic. >> i want to share this quotement this is from "the new york times"es propublica report, it's their piece that sort of details these documents that have now come to light. this is obviously pawing homage to the doctor who is initially the world-famous whistleblower who tried to draw attention to

this in chew that. they ordered news web sites not to issue push notifications ace lettering leaders to his death. they told social platforms to gradually remove his name, and they act vaulted legions of fake online common taters to flood social sites with distracting chatter stressing the need for discretion. so here he is, dr. li, who had bravely come forward, had received all of this pushback from the government, ultimately succumbed to covid-19 himself, and even in his death this report shows that the chinese government worked to continue to try and cover up all the lies, all his efforts to lives not just in china, but really all a around the world. what does this say to their continuing effort even today? >> well, he was, you know, ringing alarm bells in early january and then announced he himself had caught the coronavirus and died february 7th of this year. he was one of many chinese

doctors who were likewise trying to ring the alarm bells who took their hip accurate you can oath -- hippocratic oath seriously. but the chinese system of oppression really threatened these doctors and tried to do everything they could, and they were successful in insuring that they tamp down on all the warnings, the indications and warnings about this threat. and that's, again, what caused so much damage to both china and the world writ large. china also never collaborated with the rest of the world on a virus, on dealing with the virus whether it was finding a cure for it or taking other measures, and, again, they just tried to, they tried to conceal as much as this could, and now we're seeing the damage that it caused. molly: yeah. and world wide investigations are continuing. it's still hard to get information out of china.

a former cia station chief, dan hoffman, thank you so much for joining us. and we'll be right back. not actors, who've got their eczema under control. with less eczema, you can show more skin. so roll up those sleeves. and help heal your skin from within with dupixent. dupixent is the first treatment of its kind that continuously treats moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis, even between flare ups. dupixent is a biologic, and not a cream or steroid. many people taking dupixent saw clear or almost clear skin, and, had significantly less itch. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur, including anaphylaxis, which is severe. tell your doctor about new or worsening eye problems, such as eye pain or vision changes, or a parasitic infection. if you take asthma medicines, don't change or stop them without talking to your doctor. so help heal your skin from within, and talk to your eczema specialist about dupixent.

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signed by dozens of faculty members. alex hogan is live in new york city with more on this. alex. >> reporter: hi, molly. well, the school telling fox news today that the memo was not created by dalton buddies' subset of faculty and teachers, and some of the proposals include unsuring that there's no relation between race and advanced classes including courses on black liberation, mandatory race plot lines in school plays and paying the student debt of black faculty. adults and a spokesperson responding the school does not support the language this contains, instead dalton is engaging in inclusion into our community. the private school has mentoring programs and a training program for families. school districts around the country are putting in mace new measures to create more ec with wit bl environments.

this past week in ohio, cincinnati, public schools adopting their own policy calling this a big step with a lot of work ahead. this past month in wisconsin the burlington area school district adopted a new anti-racism policy as well. some of the curriculum changes for this will be teaching more racial studies, of course, and also teaching kids just in general how to talk and have conversations about race. molly? molly: alex hogan live in new york city, thank you. we will be right back. rty mutua. they customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. wow. that will save me lots of money. this game's boring. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. . . . ow prices, you still know how to do it up. and keep costs down. let's end the year enjoying more.

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eric: you know who got the most votes running for president, but who got the least. the associated press is out with the final tally. dead last, zachary skulff. he received 29 votes. we couldn't find anything out about your candidacy. he came in 37th place. also on the list, kanye west, he grabbed a lot of attention during the campaign. consistenhe got just over 67,00. don blankenship, a candidate of the constitution party, he was number 8. former minnesota governor, jessie ventura, he got almost 3,000 votes. someone who did not even have to win to be called president, georgia resident named president

r body. he said he just wants to, quote, see everyone living good, loving and being free. sounds like a pretty good presidential platform to me. congratulations on your run, president bodee. maria: welcome -- hello, welcome to justice, i am lisa booth. thank you for being with us tonight. we have a big he show ahead with guests including gop members of congress, andy biggs and jim banks. we'll discuss new developments on the covid vaccine with dr. marc siegel. later on, i'll be talking with trump campaign senior advisor, katrina pearson and others. a busy weekend as negotiations in the house continue for a covid relief bill. let's get the conversation started with chairman of the house freedom caucus and arizona congressman, andy biggs who joins me now. congressman, thank you for being here many i want to get to you about the covid talks that are happening right now. i want to get your take and