5:30 a.m. 911 call, we are going to be learning a heck of a lot more about who placed that call and why shots were fired allegedly when there was no evidence of such a thing occurring. this investigation continues, the fbi and atf are heading the investigation. we appreciate you watching and continuing coverage now with america's news headquarters. >> fox news alert this morning, a massive explosion rocking nashville on christmas morning, and police say they do not think it was an accident. officials set to hold a news conference any minute now. the blast blackening streets and damaging at least 20 buildings, blowing out windows and forcing folks out of bed in music city. at least three people injured, some say it felt like an earthquake. we are seeing extensive damages in the popular downtown area near broadway. the fbi and atf have joined metro pd on the scene, and police say there is little

question this explosion was a deliberate act. welcome to a brand-new hour of ""america's newsroom,"" and merry christmas. i'm rick leventhal. >> merry christmas, writ, and everyone at home. i am molly line. we are watching what has just occurred here all through the morning and nashville, quite a scene. it felt miles away, taking place shortly before dawn. police had been responding to reports of shots fired in that area, and alerted the bomb squad about a suspicious recreational vehicle shortly before that blast. we are expecting a press conference. you can see the microphones they are set up right now. we expect to hear from the fbi out of memphis, the atf, and local police seeking more information about what occurred there in nashville. on the ground in washington we have rich edson to bring us what we know from there. rich? >> good afternoon, molly. it is a major police response in downtown nashville after an rv blew up there at 6:30 this morning. an explosion police say was

intentional. law enforcement there has scheduled another briefing, that is supposed to happen within minutes. police say three people went to the hospital, though none are in critical condition. witnesses say the explosion shattered glass, knock down trees, and shook buildings, causing smoke and fire visible from across the nashville area. >> the explosion knocked one of our offices to the ground, thankfully no officers were significantly hurt. i think one officer sustained what we hope his temporary hearing loss. but no other officers have been injured. >> police say they dispatched officers to the area this morning after a call about gunfire. when they arrived, they say they saw this rv. they say it looked suspicious, called the bomb squad and starting clearing people out of the area. police say they've sealed off downtown, they brought in police dogs to make sure there are no other explosives, they have no

indication there are other devices. the department of justice says early this morning the acting attorney general, jeff rosen, directed department resources to nashville. nashville metro police say the fbi and atf are investigating there, and other law enforcement officials will arrive in the coming days. this is right in downtown nashville near bars and restaurants in what is usually a very vibrant tourist city. molly, back to you. >> molly: that it is, one of america's most iconic cities. rich edson from washington, thank you pat i want to bring a david katz, former federal agent and current ceo of global security group. david, thank you for joining us. we're glad we are able to get you on this christmas, in the wake of what appears to be an intentional act, an intentional bombing there in nashville, in an area, as rich just pointed out, normally crowded with tourists. this did occur very early in the morning, 6:30 in the morning, on christmas day. not a very -- not crowded at that time as it might be if this was a thursday, friday, saturday

night in this great music-centered city. what do you make of the timing of this? >> actually i was just there couple months back in that exact neighborhood. it's kind of interesting, it's a little busier than the day, obviously. at night there is a lot of residential buildings right in the area. 6:30, christmas morning, you have virtually no street traffic. so we know so far we have a shots fired call, and i agree with your other guests who have made this point, that's my first thought. if the shots fired calls in and there are no shots fired, that's typically an attempt to lure police officers to the scene. we don't know exactly what they saw that tipped them off that said this particular vehicle is problematic. not to suspicious, but possibly a bomb. you know that because they immediately initiated evacuation procedures. he raises a lot of questions. barr we may get some answers to some of her questions here, we expect this press conference to begin shortly. we expect the fbi out of memphis

to be there. atf, as well as the metro national police department. a spokesperson from the police department today, don aaron, spoke a bit about the shots being fired, drying the officer to the area. they did not give any specific details about what that officer, that hero officer that began the motions to clear the area, to ensure people were out of buildings, when he saw that was so suspicious that entailed calling in a bomb squad on christmas morning. what does that tell us? that he saw something so clearly unusual that he needed to take immediate action? >> i was thinking the same thing. that area, you wouldn't expect an rv to be parked on the street. maybe it wasn't, maybe it was physically next to the building. that would certainly be an unusual thing, and perhaps you could tell by the way the position of the shots, that it was heavily laden. maybe there were no tags. they were a bunch of things than be looked at that are indicative of the possible

vehicle bomb. this is an rv, this is a vehicle that can carry a great deal of weight and explosives. but that initial assessment by the officer, spot on, critical. and, of course, shortly thereafter, there is the explosion. was it a timer, was it deliberately set? a cell phone transmission? >> we are beginning to see the authorities stepping up to the microphone. >> he will be followed by united states attorney don cochran from the middle district of tennessee, and he will be followed by mickey french, special agent in charge of the atf for this area. he will be followed by matt foster, special agent in charge of the national fbi office, and then national fire department chief director william swan will speak to some operations that are taking place on second avenue. chief john drake. >> thank you, don.

good afternoon. this morning around 5:30 a.m., officers responded to a call for shots fired in the downtown ar area. specifically, second and near commerce. they've also encountered an rv that had a recording saying a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. officers, upon hearing that, decided to evacuate the buildings nearby, so they began knocking on doors, making announcements, communicating with everyone to giv get people safe. shortly after that, the rv exploded. we had one officer knocked to the ground. another officer is fine. [sirens] currently what we have going on now, we have k-9 dogs, all of them are out.

partnering with tennessee highway patrol, our federal partners, and we are sleeping the downtown area, just as a precaution, to make sure that everyone is safe and that any services needed, we can provide that. with that said, we don't feel there is any concern in the downtown area of anything else right now, but we are doing it as a precaution just to search with the bomb dogs. at this time i will turn it over to attorney john cochran. >> good afternoon, and merry christmas, unfortunately this is not the way any of us wanted to spend our christmas morning, i know. i am don cochran, the u.s. attorney in nashville, tennessee. this morning i brief the acting attorney general, jeff rosen, on the situation in nashville. he has told me to tell the police chief in nashville that we are devoting the entire resources of the department of justice to help in their investigation. the fbi and atf are taking the

lead in this investigation, and i want to turn the stage of her first two assistant special agent in charge, matt foster of the fbi, and then mickey french of the atf to talk about the resources that will be brought to bear on this investigation. matt? >> thank you, don. the fbi stands at the city of nashville today, in this very tragic christmas day event. this is our city, too. we live here, we work here, and we are putting everything we have into finding who is responsible for what has happened here today. as part of doing that, there are investigative leads to be pursued. there's also technical work that needs to happen. we are standing with metro national police department and our federal partners and our state partners to bring every resource we can possibly bring to bear to find out what happened here today, and to bring those responsible to

justice. the investigative leads, i'm sure you understand, not something that we can talk about. as we continue to pursue every tip, i would ask the public to go to www.fbi.gov/nashville. www.fbi.gov/nashville. an online tip submission process has been set up. please tell us what you know. we need your leads and we need your help. you can also call 1-800-call-fbi. call in tip information. if you know anything about what happened here today, we appreciate your help. on the technical side, our focus will be on bringing the technical experts of the fbi from across the country, including the fbi laboratory, or hazardous devices, and our experts from response teams nationwide into nashville to help process this massive crime scene, along with the atf, the

metro nashville pd, and many other partners that are part of this effort that will continue. we will find out what happened. that's all. >> good afternoon. my name is mickey french, and the special agent in charge of the atf nashville field division. the atf is continuing to be a critical partner with the metro nashville police department, as well as our federal counterpar counterparts. atf responded this morning with several groups and personnel from the nashville field division. we have also activated our national response team. that particular team is made up of specialists, as well, certified explosives specialists, chemists, engineers, as well as evidence recovery, interview teams, and so forth. we will be coordinating that with metro nashville police department as well as the fbi, and we will put together a team that is going to collectively

work this investigation to the fullest. the main priority is obviously to keep our nashville citizens safe and secure, and we will work jointly with everybody here to do that. thank you. >> good afternoon. i'm going to give you just a quick update. i know don mentioned earlier as far as the fire department's role, ems, we did transport three individuals with minor injuries. right now we are doing, without structural engineers along with urban search and rescue, hazmat teams, we are going into the buildings and making sure, number one, that the building is sound, and ensuring that there are no other victims or anyone there. a lot of moving parts. again, my hat goes off to all the teams working together as one unit, and we will continue to work on until the job is done. thank you.

>> ladies and gentlemen, that's update as we know it as peasant. if there's another briefing for this afternoon, boolean opd pretty much no what we know at this juncture, as far as our community is concerned. to reiterate, we hav know of no other imminent danger to the city at this point. the bomb dogs going through the area are doing that as a precaution, okay? >> [indistinct] >> i can't hear you. >> [indistinct] >> i will talk with joseph pleasant, i can tell you that several of the buildings on second avenue have structural damage.

some of the damage more than others. i know that chief swan said the fire department is looking at those structural issues now to determine any more potential impact. >> [indistinct] do you know the purpose of why this happened? >> as the fbi said, we will find that out. there are a number of people working right now on christmas day, running leads throughout the city. from our police department, the fbi, atf, answers will be forthcoming. we can't discuss those with you now, or exactly what we are looking at, but answers, i'm sure, will be forthcoming. >> [indistinct] >> i have no information about anybody being found. we do not know whether anyone was in the rv when it exploded.

we do not know whether anyone was in the rv when it exploded. i cannot tell you at this point with a there is a potential for a fatality in that scenario. >> [indistinct] >> it is believed it was coming from the rv. there were announcements coming from the rv. that is the extent of what we can say at this point. >> [indistinct] >> there are cameras throughout the downtown area. yes, we have been reviewing downtown cameras, and that is all part of the totality of the investigation. >> [indistinct] has anything come to fruition from that that you can share? >> just providing more pieces to

the puzzle, more information. as chief drake said, we had a number of officers, several officers on second avenue who were working to protect the public when the explosion occurred. as he said, one of those officers was knocked off his feet. we have some counselors with our officers, our behavioral health folks are with those officers and ensuring that are okay. i mean, they went through a very traumatic experience themselves. >> is really amazing how the officers and first responders run into the face of danger. they do, according to that rv, that there was some kind of threat, and they continued -- >> well, they went to the residential areas on second avenue, and did their best to get people to safety. obviously they heard the announcements coming from this vehicle, they took them seriously, and we are working to seal the streets to protect

folks, and we think lives were saved. thanks very much, folks. >> rick: authorities in nashville they are wrapping up a briefing on the latest on the explosion that occurred in the area. hold on, lee got one more question about to be answered. >> the vehicle explosion occurred outside 166 second, the at&t building. we do not know if that was a coincidence or whether that was the intention. >> rick: so there were some things we did knew dominic learn from the news briefing. some of them very fascinating details. for one, we can say -- or the authorities can say with some assurance that there are no secondary devices they are aware of, so they are pretty confident that they won't be another explosion. molly, i thought the headline there was that, when they got that 911 call and arrived on the

scene, the suspicious rv had a recording that a bomb would be detonating within 15 minutes, and officers were cleaning buildings in the area when it actually did explode. >> molly: that absolutely answered one of the big questions we had about what exactly was so suspicious when the officers got there that they needed to call in a bomb squad about an rv on christmas morning. and a recording, warning that in 50 minutes they will be a bomb come is a pretty clear indication you need to call in the bomb squad. those officers are heroes. it is something the chief their knowledge a few moments ago. we think lives were saved. those officers took the time. the limited amount of time they were potentially led to believe that they had from this recording to get people in that area, this residential apartment buildings, and get people out, and lives were saved. we know the officers, at least one was so close when the explosion occurred that there was literally blown off their feet. we also had a report that another officer, potentially the same officer, we are not sure, they have suffered some hearing

loss, as well. to be when i saw some on social media come of the actual event itself. i talked to some people that rocked out of their beds, and we hope to get them on sometime this afternoon. we do know that the fbi and atf have taken a lead on this. i can tell you the fbi's evidence response team is very, very good at collecting the little shreds on the ground there that could lead them to the clue they need to determine who exactly did this. we heard from metro pd there that they don't know if someone was in the rv when it detonated. they're going building to building to see if there might be more victims and to ensure that those buildings are structurally sound. let's bring back david katz, former u.s. federal agent. was there anything you heard in the news briefing that stood out to you? >> [laughs] well yeah, you mentioned it. the recording. i was racking my brain, i was going to say whoever this cop was, this was lieutenant colombo. was he looking at depressed

shocks, was he looking at lack of proximity to the building? you roll up and get a recording that says this vehicle is going to explode in 15 minutes. by the way, thanks for taking the time to mention the heroic actions of the officers. every miscreant who starts chanting "defund the police" and all that nonsense, look at those folks. they've clearly saved lives. >> rick: no doubt paid the fbi said their investigative details they simply cannot reveal for obvious reasons, but they also did mention all the cameras in the area. what will they be looking for now? >> in addition to the cameras, which will show hopefully the vehicle being pulled in, of course if anybody got out of the vehicle, where they went. that's number one. number two, every major metropolitan area has license plate readers and other technological devices that can pinpoint the location and proximity. for example, if that vehicle had plates, they are going to roll past -- new york city, for example, might have license

plate readers. bridges have them, tunnels have them. you may be able to identify how the vehicle came in, but more importantly, where it came from. there's no doubt in my mind they will retrieve enough evidence to identify the vehicle by these in number, and i have a high sense of probability that they will be able to put identity to the person behind the wheel. >> rick: the most fascinating thing here is the recording warning of an explosion. that is not typical behavior for a terrorist. they would be warnings, but no blast, in many cases. or a blast with no warnings. in this case we had a warning and a blast. >> you know what that reminds me of? the basque separatists east to do that. their intention was to destroy property but minimize risk to human life. in this particular case you have a vehicle, at a very early hour, what is not a lot of street traffic, and it gets parked.

at&t may not have been a target. not because they were upset with their cell phone service. if there is a connection, it is probably corporate ownership. i'm sure the fbi's looking at that. that action where they are warning law enforcement, originally the shots fired theme seemed like a trap. to draw the police and then detonate. clearly not. clearly something else was going on here that we have yet to fully understand. speak to david, i want to talk a little bit about the efforts. the fbi has said, "we will find out what happened here." they called on the public to help with that. they said to go to fbi.gov/nashville or 1-800-call-fbi. in the wake of the boston bombing, at that point the unknown suspect, they really pulled the public for help. how can that assist as we are just beginning in this investigation? >> there was a report earlier

that a police officer had to shoo away someone walking the dog. maybe they're walking walking their dog when the vehicle was pulled up and saw it. we have businesses with cameras, residential buildings have cameras, people have cameras in their vehicles now. by asking for public assistance, anyone can say, "i was down there." maybe they review their footage and say, guess what? is the rv and hopefully there's the individual. that's going to be one thing. cell phone usage. was anyone on a cell phone, using their directional system connect with a using waze? if they were a cell phone activity in that area, they're going to nail it. let's say there was a line of sight and it was a call in detonation, they will nail it. if it's a timer, they will figure it out by the forensics. this is so early in the

investigation, but that recording puts a whole different perspective on the whole investigation. >> rick: david and molly, i think the other key point is that this happened at 6:30 on christmas morning. if this bomber wanted to do the most damage and the most time, he would have waited until 6:30 in the evening, or in the middle of the afternoon, or maybe last night when there were people up and down broadway. he could have potentially injured and killed scores of people, and clearly this was timed for the minimum loss of life. based on what we are seeing come of the images from the scene there, it could have been horrible. i'm hearing reports of people who are miles away feeling it, being woken up by this blast. it rocked downtown nashville. that is not an exaggeration. >> i stayed in that exact area, back in september. i am quite familiar with it. you are exactly right, you flip this by 12 hours, you have mass casualties. at this time of the morning, it's christmas morning, people are still in bed sleeping off

the effects of the night before. i'm still kind of puzzling about the timing of christmas day, be on the fact that it's a quite morning. you can pick any quiet morning. certainly the intention here with that fact you just mentioned, as well as the recording, suggests a lack of intent to do human -- harm to human beings. either physical damage, making a statement. gosh, it's a little bit of a head-scratcher so far. >> molly: david, we know this was a very powerful explosion. we seek the debris in the street, the charred building, what appears to be melted parts of the vehicle. they are not sure they'll be able to find a body and don't know if someone may have been in that vehicle or not. we know quite a team has been assembled, they said everything from chemists to certified explosive experts, engineers. where the physical clues they'll be looking for that might help them find the perpetrator? >> that place is going to become good with fine tooth.

any explicit is going to leave a residue. be identified. i don't think they'll have it by the end of the day, but they may. in addition to that, depending on the nature of the device, it'll have components. wirings, containment. those who would put together and analyze. let's say it was put together, with the addition of the explosive, wiring they could trace back to a particular hardware store or propane tanks that can go to a local home depot. or if they find it was a nitrogen oxide-based explosive, fertilizer-based explosive, rather, they'll know that, as well. but every component, these guys who do this type of work are extraordinarily competent. i have no doubt they will figure out down to the t what happened, how it was detonated. they'll know all of this, it'll just take a little time. >> molly: david katz, thank you for your insight here

on this christmas afternoon. we appreciate you taking a couple minutes rest in this porton story. thank you very much. >> rick: the investigation continues in nashville, building by building, block by block search. we will continue to follow the development there in the music city which was rocked by an explosion this morning. miraculously, just three people suffering minor injuries, but again, a search for more potential victims goes on. we will continue to track this breaking story coming up right after this. we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. ♪ usaa

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how much you want for her? this child is not for sale. you can't have her! johanna! she ain't worth dying for. i'm taking her home. >> molly: if you are just joining us, the big story we've been following at the day is a massive explosion that occurred down in nashville, tennessee, and rv that exploded on one of the basey streets there in that city early this morning at around 6:30. in just the last half an hour or so, there was a press briefing held by the national police, the atf, and the fbi paid one of the

big headlines out of that press conference was that the rv, bef, there was a recording that officer had heard, and the recording warned that in 15 minutes they would be a bomb. the officer took heroic actions there on the scene to get people out of nearby buildings, lives were saved, but an explosion did then occur. the white house says president trump has been briefed on the explosion that shook that downtown area in nashville, authorities calling it a "deliberate act." mike meredith has been traveling with the president and joins us now from west palm beach, florida. mark, the latest? >> as you mentioned, president trump was briefed by security officials after that explosion rocked nashville early this morning. the president offering his resources of the government and thinking the first responders beginning the investigation, trying to figure out what was going on. they have not heard from the president on camera since he arrived in south florida on wednesday night with the first lady to kick off his holiday vacation, and we've been waiting to see if maybe the

president would talk about this are also issue a tweet. so far neither coming from the white house paid us a statement this morning that the president has been briefed. we also know the acting attorney general, jeff rosen, was also briefed on this, offering the full resources of the justice department. we know now, obviously, with the fbi and atf heavily involved in leading this investigation, they will still be a lot of coordination on what on what's going on also whh that stimulus package, that congress approved before the holiday. the big question, will the president sign it or veto it? will that mean for people waiting to get assistance connect with the stimulus checks would go out or not or whether we be facing another potential government shutdown early next week. so much up in the air with all of this. the president released a christmas message yesterday come in it they talked about the of the country is facing, how they are proud of the people working on the vaccine. that is something that looks like it was taped a few days

ago, likely over at the white house before the first family came down here. it is possible there may space not be another message on christmas day. the pool that travels with the president have been outside the trump international golf club all morning long. the president left about 9:00 to head over to his golf club, something he traditionally does well out here on vacation. as for the president-elect team, they indicated that they weren't expecting the president-elect was going to make any comments on this. we are still waiting to see whether or not he may have been briefed on what's going on in nashville. his questions about what may be happening behind the scenes. you can imagine with the christmas holiday, not many people at their desk. when the president travels he still has his medications team advisors with him. we'll wait to see if they have more on this with what's going on in nashville as well as the other stories i was talking about. >> molly: absolutely, a lot of americans across the country that have been suffering through the course of this pandemic, they would certainly like some

news about what's going on as far as negotiations and stimulus are concerned. we see this really big breaking news out of nashville. mark meredith, thank you. working christmas for us and keeping an eye to see if the president or perhaps even the president-elect has something to share with us throughout the day. mark, thank you very much. rick? >> rick: we want to alert our viewers, if you have friends or family in the nashville area and you are trying to reach them and having a hard time, don't panic. at&t customers have been affected by the blast in downtown nashville. a lot of cell service has been affected and a lot of people who were living in that downtown area have been evacuated. they could be on the move, and their cell phones might not be working right now, but the best news from law enforcement this morning and this afternoon is that there were three injuries, they were minor, and we believe that they were very few people on the street and in that area at the time of this explosion. we want to dig deeper on this with former u.s. attorney guy lewis who joins us here this afternoon. guy, remarkable series of events

there in nashville on christmas morning, and the remarkable headline that the bomber had a recording in his rv, warning of a destination within 15 minutes, which gave officers a chance to knock on doors and start clearing the area before that rv exploded. does that sound like anything you've encountered in all of your years prosecuting cases? >> very, very unusual, rick. in fact, if we take a step back and think about this, it does tell me that, clearly, this was premeditated. someone had taken a great deal of time and effort to not only place the explosive device on the rv, in the rv, but they had also put some kind of recording device that would then notify the police officers. of course we know that someone called 911 about an hour before the device exploded, and then

when the police officers showed up, they heard this recording device, really fascinating. my guess is probably they looked inside the rv, which they can do, legally, after they knock on the door and figure out no one's there. i mean, what is in rv doing in downtown nashville? and then it became clear that they needed to clear the area asap, and within moments the rv explodes, causing all this damage. clearly premeditated, clearly criminal, somebody needs to be prosecuted, somebody is going to go to jail for this. >> the fact that the bomber warned people, and the fact that the bomber chose 6:30 in the morning on christmas day to set off his device, suggests that he wasn't necessarily trying to kill or hurt people, but he was obviously trying to make some kind of statement. i think that alone would be clues for investigators as they try to pore through the evidence

to figure out ho who did this. >> that's a good point. they could've picked any day of the week. christmas eve, after christmas, new year's. but this person, or these people, probably not just one person but several people, have picked christmas day. that is not a fortuity. that's not just willy-nilly. that was planned out, they thought about it. again, just like the placement of the bomb, just like the planning, just like the notification, just like the 911 call, and then the size of the explosion. that is why, when the fbi, the atf show up, and they ask the public for help, let me tell you, after prosecuting for years and years, no one is better than the public. people out there now, they have seen things, they've heard things, and once this coverage has become worldwide,

you are going to get information that is going to lead to ultimate arrests in this case. >> rick: that's an excellent point, likely there are people out there, at least one, maybe more, who know who this bomber is. if you wear the acting u.s. attorney in nashville today, what would you be doing right now? >> i would be making sure that the fbi, the atf, the department of justice, were all working closely together. and then i would make sure that the forensic team -- let me repeat, i would make sure that the forensic team would have every resource that they need. that is where a lot of the clues on this crime are going to be solved. some of the people with whom you've been speaking have talked a little bit about this. they can determine whether someone was inside. they can determine what kind of bomb this was. they can determine, as a result

of dna and other information, a lot of specifics. and then they're going to get all the video information, the tags, things that, again, some of your experts were talking about. listen, i don't want to push them too hard, but i would be pushing these guys for information, idea releasing it to the press into the public. you can tell that the agents were holding back a little. they don't want to compromise the investigation, but i would suggest this is not just a lone wolf that nobody has information about. this is more than one person that planned and executed this crime. >> rick: interesting. i can tell you, guy, i have spent time with the evidence response team. i know what they do with things like this. it'll be an exhaustive process of documente documenting every h of the street there, every single item on the ground will

be photographed, the entire thing will be mapped out, and every single potential piece of evidence will be tagged and bagged. and they will, based on all the clues you seeing there, they will have, i would suggest, but they need to determine who did this. former u.s. attorney guy lewis, we appreciate your time today. molly? >> molly: you said it, rick. the fbi vowing they will put everything they have into finding out who was responsible. they will bring those responsible to justice. we will find out what happened here. more information on this developing story when we come back in a few moments. the nashville community deeply impacted, and we will talk to one of country music's biggest stars, john rich. two medical societies have strongly recommended to doctors to treat acute, non-low back muscle and joint pain with topical nsaids first. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. salonpas. it's good medicine. hisamitsu. robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start

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hour or so is that this rv had been left on the second avenue. they are very popular area, an area filled with bars, a very strong part two is part of the city. in the rv there was a recording playing that wind a bomb would go off into 15 minutes. police cleared the area, lives were saved, and ultimately that explosion did occur. going down my joining us now, country star and nashville bar owner, john rich. don, thank you so much for taking a few minutes out of this christmas day to talk about this incredible thing that has happened in the city that no doubt you adore and love and has helped you so much with success over the years. just your thoughts here about this happening christmas day in this beloved city? >> there's a lot of people that despise freedom. they despise freedom-loving americans, they look for ways to

carry out attacks like this, like this very one. it is so strange, as outlet learning now, this morning that was being played, and what time of day it went off currently in the the morning, nobody outside. i will tell you that about 20 minutes ago my cell phone stopped working. for video i know with at&t, the cell phones have stopped working. it's throughout north carolina and the south. it is a really interesting situation. i'm glad nobody was hurt, but i tell you what i'm really proud of his metro nashville police department. for those men and women, on a christmas morning, to identify a vehicle that didn't look right, and get people out of the way, to evacuate people and do their job, i am so proud of them. it's why we back the blue. it's why we have to have our police. i just want to give a huge shout out to our police chief and

metro nashville for such an gettable job. >> molly: he was saying we think lives were saved, acknowledging that his heroism on the part of those officers that were in the area that helped clear that area, putting their own lives at risk, with that 15 minute warning that something horrific was about to happen, and then indeed it did. john, your bar, the redneck riviera, right around the corner from the street where this happened, the bomb going off on second avenue north, your bar is on lower broadway. can you tell us a little bit about this street, this area of the city? >> i called this, this is the heartbeat of country music is what you're talking about. the ryman auditorium is a couple of blocks from where this explosion happened, all those famous bars up and down broadway, where every country singer, like myself, for the past 80 years, have come through and cut their teeth on becoming great country singers. millions of fans every year.

the greatest live music in the world, music city. it is right in the middle. i don't know that you could be more dead center in the hottest spot in nashville. the fact that they take that spot, it is interesting that it's right there and that it's also within feet of that at&t junction building. we all know that that building in nashville, that's what we caught around here. it was the bellsouth building and now at&t. maybe that has something to do with it. i am just glad nobody was killed in this attack, but it's definitely got everybody on high alert around here. >> molly: i can't imagine people would not be taking this personally nashville. i have no doubt they will reclaim every inch the second avenue once this investigation is finished. thank you so much for joining us for a couple minutes today. merry christmas to you. we really appreciate it. >> yes, ma'am. you come as well.

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track developments in nashville, tennessee, where a bomb exploded this christmas morning inside an rv near the downtown broadway area. we heard from law enforcement earlier this hour with an update that they do not now believe that there is a danger of secondary devices. they say that rv was recording a message, warning officers who responded on seeing that they would be a detonation within 15 minutes. in fact, one officer was knocked down, another suffered hearing loss after that bomb went off. the fbi on scene asking for the public's help. they are asking you to go to www.fbi.gov/nashville or 1-800-call-if the eye with any tips for them to get the subject dominic suspect. minor injuries reported, that we are continuing to try to moments there. molly connects me to other bits of news we are following, the cdc announcing president trump will sign an order today requiring a negative covid test for all passengers on flights

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f.b.i. and a.t.f. agents are now on the scene. police calling it an intentional act. hello. welcome to america's news headquarters on christmas day. merry christmas, of course. i'm molly lyon. >> rick: i'm ric rick rick leve. three people were taken to the hospital. two dozen buildings were damaged. the investigators are trying to get to the bottom of it and determine who did it. rich edson may have answers. >> good afternoon, rick. this is a major national law enforcement response in downtown nashville. after an r.v. blew up at 6:30 this morning. explosion that the police say was intentional. the police said earlier that the officers responded this morning to a report of gunfire. when they arrived, they saw a suspicious r.v. it was still unclear how officers knew to call the bomb squad and clear the area.

well, now we know. >> i have responded they encountered an r.v. that had a recording saying that a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes. shortly after that, the r.v. exploded. >> police say three people went to the hospital. though none are in critical condition. witnesses say the explosion shattered glass, knocked down trees and shook buildings, causing smoke and fire visible from across the nashville area. place say it's unclear if anyone was in the r.v. when it exploded. they say they are reviewing camera footage, sealed off downtown and brought in police dogs as a precaution to make sure there are no other explosives. they have no indication there are other devices. the department of justice says early this morning the acting attorney general jeff rosen directed department resources there. the f.b.i. and the a.t.f. are also part of the

investigation. and other law enforcement officials are expected to arrive in the coming days. this is right in downtown nashville. near bars and restaurants. in a touristy part of that town. back to you. >> rick: rich edson in washington. thank you. if you are having trouble reaching friends or family in the nashville area, which i am right now as a matter of fact. there is a reason why. at&t released a statement that reads in part service for some customers in nashville and surrounding area may be affected by damage to the facilities from the explosion this morning. we are in contact with law enforcement and working as quickly as possible to restore service. so, at&t customers in the nashville and the surrounding areas are not able to use their phones right now but hopefully they will soon. molly? >> thank you for that. bring in buck mccoy. this is a witness who got video right after the explosion. this is video we have been watching throughout the day. thank you so much for sharing with us. it gave us insight in to the immediate aftermath of the

explosion. i guess to start, you know, how are you doing? >> well, i'm a little bit shook up. i'm trying to come to the realization that the place i have been living in for the last five years is completely demolished and everything that i own was in there. all my guitars. all the things that i have been using to make a living out here were just completely blown apart. >> buck, as a musician yourself. i know you have a heart for nashville. incredible city to go and listen to live music. i want to get to that, the community aspect of this. tell me what happened this morning when the explosion occurred. did you fly out of bed? we have heard reports of people really feeling the impact. >> i was asleep. around 5:30 of the morning i heard gunshots from 2nd avenue. i live above the old spaghetti factory and i could hear gunfire in front on 2nd avenue. i got up. i looked out the window.

i didn't see anything. there was a little snow on the ground. i just went back in to the other part of my apartment to go to sleep. i heard some more gunshots. i heard probably five or six, seven shots. i was well, i'm not going to get up now. there is nothing really to see. within ten minutes, i was laying in bed. there was just the biggest explosion i have ever been, ever, ever heard. it just knocked the windows from the front room in to the back. it knocked the front door off the hinges. the water started coming down from all the pipes. there was dust everywhere. and i was kind of like in shock. i could not believe this is happening. so i got up. i put some shoes on. jacket. i tried to orientate myself. it was dark in there. i said let me roll video here. because i don't nope if there is another explosion. i started to go live with the video. i walked to the front on the second avenue. the cars were engulfed.

two of the cars were completely on fire. it was a scene. i went down to the hallway and people were coming out, yelling and screaming. trying to gather themselves. get the animals. went to the very front of the office. i live at the lofts on 160. and took video of the front. it was just completely demolished. the front was like a war zone. it was, it had to climb over things. it was broken glass. there was people in front of the building. just in shock. i went to get my cat. get her and get out of here but i couldn't find her. she was freaking out. the firemen came up the stairwell. they said, "you have to get out of here. it's too dangerous." i had to leave her in there.

>> oh, no. >> this is not one of the christmases i thought i would ever experience. >> yeah. >> you know, we, we are just here. i'm over at my friend's house now. the whole city is kind of in shock, trying to figure out who would do something to a sleepy street like 2nd avenue where there is a few honky-tonks and restaurants and tourists. >> on christmas morning. the video tells you how the devastation evolved in this. i'm glad you are okay. you mentioned the gunshots that you heard and that initially called the police to the scene. interesting to hear from eyewitness there were multiple gunshots. 911 call, calling investigators to the scene to help them to discover that r.v. that apparently there was an audio recording warning of a bomb in 15 minutes. did you hear the recording at all? you didn't mention it but i thought i should ask. >> you know, i didn't think of

it until after when someone told me there was a recording. it jogged my memory, i was lying in bed i could hear something. i didn't know if it was a tv from maybe a neighbor who got up to turn their tv on, which has happened before. it was kind of vague. faint in the background. but that didn't click until later when somebody told me there was a recording. i said that must have been what it was. i didn't hear it. thank goodness i didn't hear it and look out the window to see what was going on. there literally was nothing left of my windows. they were blown completely to the other room. if i had been standing there, ten minutes early -- later, i mean, i never would have survived that. i barely got out of the dang apartment. climbing over things that are very heavy and brick and wood and water. it was quite an explosion. >> you know, buck, i can hear what an incredible morning it was for you. i'm so glad that you are okay.

and that there weren't any other fatalities we know of. of course, they said they don't know if someone was in the r.v. or not. but i'm glad you are doing all right. thank you for taking a few minutes out of this very unusual, remarkable christmas day. i'm really glad you are okay. thank you for talking to us. >> it was a christmas, we were going to have a great christmas. we were booked up and play at john rich's club this afternoon. >> wow! >> this weekend at legends corner. now, the whole city is closed. >> i mean the investigation will continue. hopefully we'll have answers. i know nashville wants them. that is for certain. thank you, buck. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> rick? >> rick: for more on the investigation, bring in pat brosnan, retired police detective. fascinating detail there from the witness buck mccoy who said there were gunshots that drew officers to the scene. now in retrospect, perhaps it was the bomber who fired a weapon in the air to force

someone to call 911 to get officers on the scene. it meant he wouldn't have to make the call himself. he was broadcasting a warning from the r.v. that a detonation was imminent, seems so strange in every possible way. >> merry christmas. the fact is that it did appear strange in the beginning hours. but with the establishment of the key facts, it actually is making perfect sense to me, having 37 years of investigator government and private. you have a calculating and a diabolical plot to mass murder the responding police officers. the first thing the perpetrator did was set a trap. the trap was set perfectly because the shots were fired that were heard and that added a level of the gravity and the certainty to the 911 call that followed. which was to lure the responding officers to the r.v. now the plan by this perpetrator which has now

gotten very clear to me was to minimize the civilian casualties, which is precisely why they put a tape recording in to warn away anyone who is coming or might be walking by. fully well knowing that the police are warn under the state constitution to protect and serve. they are not running away. they are running to the trap. right in to the lure. so what we saw here today was the snapping of a trap that thank god the timing was not perfectly synchronized evidently. because this is extremely, extremely nuanced and ironic. why would you set a bomb and deliberately warn civilians away? the reason he doesn't want casualties of civilians. he wanted to murder the responding officers. this is an horrific plot. true christmas miracle, rick, there are no fatalities. this is a christmas miracle in nashville. god bless responding officers. >> rick: pat, that very behavior should give clues to

investigators, as to who set off the bomb. we are looking at pictures picts from the scene. there are other clues in the debris and the wreckage from the r.v. and perhaps from the bomb itself they can potentially tie back to whoever put it together, right? >> 1,000%. that is the ultimate irony of setting a bomb, rick. it speaks long after it is detonated. it leaves endless clues. endless fact-based clues that can be hunted down. tracked, developed and established and will ultimately lead to closing the dots and connecting the dots on what i call the story. the story from the on set of a plot like this. all the way to detonation. who was involved? sometimes there are other actors involved that we're not aware of. but the bomb speaks very loudly. and very clearly. you could be sure that the investigators are glued to every facet of it and moving at the warp speed to close up the dot and connect the story together. this is a very, very nuanced

case. very, very unusual. think about in context, rick, this diabolical plot with the tape recording. this is my history anywa anyway historically precedent. it was to save civilian lives in my estimation and end police officer's lives. never heard anything like it in my life. you set a bomb, you warn people away? only if you want to murder the officers. very lucky. >> i have friends who own a bar around the corner from there, pat. they were planning to serve a lot of meals today. broadway would have been open. a lot of the bars and the restaurants would have been serving food and drink to the people on christmas day. those people could have been right in the line of fire if this person wanted to inflict that kind of the death and misery on people of nashville. but it looks like a plot and diabolical plot. to update viewers we know that

the fire department and the e.m.s. did transport three people with minor injuries. and they have the hazmat and the structural engineers and the structural rescue teams going building to building to determine if they are structurally sound and if there are other people who may have been injured or killed by the blast. so far we have not heard any updates on whether or notes they have found any more victims. as you say, it's a pretty remarkable series of events here that led to three minor injuries according to authorities. no loss of the life. with a bomb that damaged a couple of dozen buildings. you are looking at the windows blown out. people felt it miles away. >> absolutely, rick! historically unprecedented, extraordinary in every facet. since when does a bomb maker warn away the civilians? the goal of the demented bomb makers is mass casualties, not saving but ending lives. so it has to be understood with the prism of the fact.

the known fact with the recording cleared it up for me. this was a mass murder plot of the responding police officer. thank god the knuckleheads, because they are knuckleheads, didn't have the intellect and the skill and the precision and the timing that would have, that would have fulfilled their plot. the reality is, rick, you hit it on the head. had it been later in the day, the carnage would have been extraordinary. that is not what they wanted. they wanted dead cops. not dead rock 'n' rollers. that is why 6:00 a.m., desolated area and a warning to the civilians. that is the way he did it. it's unbelievable. it really is. i can't get over it. >> yeah. >> diabolical. >> rick: i have seen death and the injuries inflicted by bombs up close. and it is just one of the most horrible things you can imagine. we are all so grateful it did not happen in nashville this morning. obviously there is a lot to unpack here. a lot of the investigation

left to do to determine who, in fact, set off the bomb on christmas morning in downtown nashville. pat, thank you for your time today. >> you're welcome, rick. thank you. merry christmas. >> rick: same to you, sir. molly? >> that robust investigation continuing. the f.b.i., a.t.f. as well as the nashville police are all involved in it. certified explosive experts, specialists, engineers, chemist, a team gathering the evidence as the investigation goes forward. more details coming up. two medical societies have strongly recommended to doctors to treat acute, non-low back muscle and joint pain with topical nsaids first. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. a formulation they recommend can be found in salonpas. salonpas. it's good medicine. hisamitsu.

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planning a vote on a stand-alone bill this monday that would increase the fox news alert stimulus checks from 600 to $2,000. house republicans blocked the democrat efforts to do so. chad pergram is here and he can explain what is going on, on capitol hill. he has more. thank you for joining us. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. this caught everyone by surprise. they thought they had buy-in. the total for the covid part of the bill is only $900 billion. president said i want to spend more. they combined the bills. $1.4 trillion in government spending to fund the government. the government is funded through monday night. they have a problem here. you could have a government shutdown if the president has not funded the bill, not signed the bill i should say.

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at 11:59.59 p.m. on monday night. the senate is not back until tuesday. so even if the house moves the stop gap bill to avert the government shutdown you probably have a shutdown because the senate has not yet met. molly? >> molly: boy, there is a lot to untangle there in washington. we'll see if they can manage to do it. as we head to the new year. chad, thank you for watching all of it for us. we appreciate it. thank you. >> anytime. >> molly: rick? >> rick: house speaker nancy pelosi saying the massive covid-19 relief and funding bill is on the way to president trump after the house republicans blocked democrats' efforts to increase the direct payments to americans from the $600 to $2,000 which the president demanded. bring in steve moore, the economic adviser to president trump. freedom works economists. steve, you wrote an editorial and you argue that the president may have done harm to the republican georgia senate candidates trying to win the seats and maintain a balance of power in a runoff

election next month. why? >> well, look. i think americans are disgusted with the amount of the money that is being spent here. i just heard the report how we'll run out of money on monday. we ran out of money months ago. we'll end up in a barrel $3 trillion, which is incredible sum of money. that includes the $9900 billion. if you put another trillion or so on it by doubling this amount of the money in the checks or tripling it, you are talking about another trillion or so. we are losing the track of all the trillions of dollars. then, of course, there is the outrage about all of the pork barrel spending in this bill. the money for museums. money for transit systems. money for sudan and building a wall in jordan. we can't afford to build a wall in the united states. but we're building walls around the world. this is a disgrace. i'm not so sure that the problem is that we are not spending enough.

with all due respect to the president we are spending too much money. by the way, this is christmas. we give the gifts to our children. now we pass on the trillions of dollars of debt to them. that is not a nice christmas present. >> rick: a lot of people are wondering why covid relief bill did not focus solely on covid and why they didn't move the funds giving away to foreign countries back to americans here at home in the form of the stimulus checks. i misspoke slightly, steve. your editorial was focused on the veto of the national defense authorization act which you said would hurt the georgia senate candidate chances in the runoff. i want to hear your thoughts on that because this is an important race, two important races that would in fact and will in fact determine the balance of power in the senate. >> well, you better believe it. all eyes are on georgia now. obviously if the republicans lose both of those, which i don't think they will do, you would have the democrats controlling all the levers of

power in washington and there should be no checks and balances. i think the real problem right now for the white house, something that the president should consider is if he holds out for more, this massive debt spending on top of the $2.5 trillion we have spent, this could suppress the base of the conservative voters in georgia. i hope it doesn't happen because the stakes are so high here. but the president's legacy is at stake here. he has a great economic legacy. he rebuilt the economy twice. i wouldn't want to see him go out of office with another, you know, multicentral dollar debt bill. >> rick: you do advise the president. in the short time we have left, let's hear your advice for him right now. >> my advice is mr. president, veto the spending bill because of all the pork barrel spending. it has nothing to do with the health crisis. hold congress' feet to the fire. they should come back on monday to pass a bill without

the foreign aid money and the money for museums and all the money for the programs that have nothing to do with the health crisis. make sure that every penny is dealing with the covid crisis and the people are hurting out there. >> rick: it would be remarkable if they rewrite it at the 11th hour. >> they don't have to rewrite it. just erase 5,500 pages of it. >> rick: right. maybe get the shredder out. i mean, it is christmas. shredders are probably available. see if they do that. steve moore, we appreciate your time. merry christmas, sir. >> merry christmas to you, too, and all my friends at fox. >> rick: thank you. >> molly: up next, the latest on the explosion that rocked downtown nashville early this morning. we have reaction and expert analysis coming up. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah!

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>> molly: welcome back. we are continuing to dig in on a explosion that went off in nashville, tennessee, this morning. the f.b.i., a.t.f. and the metro nashville police are all investigating. this morning there were shots fired. responding police officer went to the scene. and an r.v., suspicious, found on the scene. the most suspicious thing about it, there was a recording broadcasting that a bomb would go off in 15 minutes. indeed the r.v., the bomb did go off. massive explosion in the downtown area. for more on this, a little more insight to what occurred we bring in the former c.i.a. station chief and the fox news contributor dan hoffman. thank you for sparing a couple of minutes for us today on christmas day. just to start things off, i'm sure you have been watching throughout the morning to see the details unfold. your thoughts?

what does the recording mean, what does the shots fired mean? your thoughts? >> a couple of the initial thoughts. first of all, the gunshots that reportedly occurred. everyone a couple of hour -- even a couple of hours before the explosion. then the recording that there was going to be an imminent bomb. both indicate that the perpetrator wanted to, wanted property damage but not necessarily to cause civilian casualties. again, we are early days. the forensics are ongoing. there is a strong effort now to find perpetrators. there are a lot of clues. there are witnesses on the very busy street who may have seen something. you have the vehicle itself. registration. i think there is a lot of the opportunities in the coming days. make no mistake it is important to find the perpetrators. they could be planning follow-on attacks. >> molly: so this bomb, the explosion went off outside of the 166nd/2nd avenue.

the at&t building is in the area. at&t put out a statement, that it has been disruptive for the company. they say service for some customers in nashville and some areas may be affected by the damage to the facilities from the explosion this morning. police have said that this was an intentional act. they haven't been specific about the motive or intention. at this point in time. but is there a possibility that this building was specifically targeted? that at&t,er tha, their efforts targeted? >> it's something i wouldn't rule out. again, you know, a truck bomb, a car bomb. it's an ideal delivery system for large amounts of explosives. recall the sadr cit oklahoma ciy bombing, used fertilizer. or the times square, where they tried a car bomb there. the attack was foiled because of the bystanders who saw something and said something.

no question that the time of the day and the specific location of the vehicle are certainly clues to the intent of the attackers. >> rick: by time of the day do you men early in the morning? >> molly: this is a bustling touristy part of the city. restaurants and the music still being played. but at that point in the morning fairly quiet. >> again, fairly quiet. i would contrast that with the oklahoma city bombing at 9:00 in the morning on a work day designed to kill innocent civilians. and this is entirely different from that for sure. >> molly: so there is an enormous team on and at this point in time. certified chemists, engineers. they are going to comb over every inch of the space on 2nd avenue to bring us clues and use that to catch perpetrators as quickly as possible. we don't know what the person or the people involved, what the intentions are in the future. how quickly could it lead to the individuals responsible?

>> there is forensics on the site. the second is the past incidents of those involved in domestic or international terrorism. there was a case in november clarksville, tennessee, person arrested making threat at fort campbell on the border of tennessee and kentucky. they look at who was involved in the attacks before as well. this is incident response phase and you want it solved as past as possible. they are out there doing the job they are honored to do. >> molly: thank you for your insight. historical context and we appreciate it as we look at what appears to be the act in

intentional -- be the intentional act in nashville this morning. thank you. we appreciate it. >> thanks. >> rick: the explosion in nashville shook and damaged many businesses in the area. some struggle dug to covid-19. joining me is a c.p.a. from marks group and small business consultant. this is a difficult year for nashville already. there was a deadly ef-4 tornado that destroyed homes and businesses in march. there were the major protests and some violent that damaged businesses over the summer. then the covid situation. they were struggling. now this. >> you are right. it just adds salt to the wounds. i don't know how familiar you are with the area of nashville. i am. it's a touristy area. there are dozens of dozens of the small restaurants and retailers and music venues all along the street. it's only a few blocks from the convention center as well.

you mention struggles in nashville. that is a big convention site and popular city for the business conferences. those trickled down to next to nothing. it really does add salt to wounds to a lot of the businesses there. hopefully they will get help. >> rick: i am familiar with that area. i have friends who own a bar right around the corner from where the blast went off. they told me they were planning to serve a lot of meals and drinks today. what do business owners who were forced to shut down because of this, what do they do now? >> yeah. it's going to be tough. you could say to your friends, first, a lot of the insurance policies; particularly, for the small businesses do not include coverage for terrorist-related events. some of them exclude them like acts of war. so, you have to be, they have to be very careful. if you are a business in that area, or any area that is struck by a disaster like this, you have to call your insurance immediately to find

out what your coverage is. even if the property is not covered maybe the income you loss is covered by the policy. that is the first step you do. in the meantime, there could be help from fema if it's declared disaster area. if you know people there and i know people there as well. i'll be encouraging some of people i know to go to the small business administration site. they have the economic injury disaster loans that are specifically for the businesses that are in what is declared disaster areas. my hunch is that area around 2nd avenue will probable be declared a disaster area to open up some of the funding for the businesses. >> rick: unfortunately, gene, a lot of the people in the area can't get on the phone right now an make calls on this. >> good point. >> rick: they can't get on the internet either because the blast happened in front of an at&t building and knocked out internet and the cell phone service to the large portion of the population there. in and around nashville. knocked out a 911 center even. i don't know how much time we have left to get in to this

but nationwide, covid has had a major impact on the businesses. it's just, i don't imagine you have seen anything like this in the history of the small business in america. >> no, prick, i cover the small businesses. even businesses in the nashville there is a clause where the paycheck protection program put forward expenses to the property damages. this is a difficult year. i have to say, i know it's controversial. the best thing the government can do for the businesses figure out a way to let them do business. getting these stimulus payments are a little bit of a help. but the best stimulus to my business is customers. >> rick: amen to that. gene with the marks group we appreciate your time. merry christmas to you and yours. >> you, too.

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we will follow the developments in the region. molly? >> molly: the white house preparing to take action against a new and contagious strain of covid in bri britain d beyond. c.d.c. reports that president trump will impose new travel restrictions set to take effect on monday and it will require passengers leaving the u.k. to test negative before boarding a plane to the united states. let's bring in dr. nichol sphire and the author of the book "make america healthy again." doctor, thank you for joining us. merry christmas. we have green and red going. we are on theme. let's talk about this new plan. to require the testing for folks who are coming in from the u.k. a step below what some of the e.u. countries have done banning travel from the u.k. your thoughts, could it be effective or better than outright travel ban? where do we stand? >> merry christmas to you and everybody watching and joining us today.

you know, a lot of the people get nervous when they hear about the mutant strain going around the u.k. right now. i want to remind people there have been many strains that circulated in the last year. this is just another strain we are learning about out of the u.k. in terms of what president trump is doing with the restrictions saying someone needs a negative test, whether it's p.c.r. or antigen test three days before traveling from the u.k. to the u.s., do i think it will help? sure. it will catch people positive. stop them getting on the airplane. do i think we could take at it step farther? i do. i don't mean by stopping travel altogether. i think sometimes most restrictive travel bans have the negative consequences. what about having the rapid tests actually at the gate? so when people are getting ready to board airplane, get a rapid test. they could be infectious or contagious. if someone had a test three days ago, we may not be

catching them. although it may be negative, they could be positive by the time they get on the plane. we could see the rapid test at the gate. unfortunately, people are waiting a long time for the test results. the three day window. it will be tricky. >> there have been suggestions to do it before big event in the upcoming year. quickly, we only have a couple of seconds. dr. fauci says he thinks that the strain potentially already here. your thoughts? >> i'm sure it probably is. i think it's in a lot of places. we know it's not just in the u.k. they have identified it in south africa. many places like with the sars-cov-2, this is already circulating in the united states before we knew it. so the variant is probably here as well. it doesn't mean it's scarier. just new. and scientists work to learn more about it now. >> molly: doctor, thank you

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>> molly: welcome back. update on the top story we've been following throughout the morning. the explosion this early christmas morning that occurred in nashville,

tennessee. we have new video that has come in. we haven't been able to independently identify the source. i appears to be surveillance and the correct street where the explosion occurred, explosion of an r.v. on 2nd avenue in downtown nashville. there were shots fired in that area of the city. officers responding. they came upon an r.v. from the r.v. there was a recording warning that a bomb would go off in roughly 15 minutes. an explosion did occur. luckily the police were able to get a lot of the people out of the area, saved lives. but we want to ache a look at the video now. at least three hurt in the blast but it's worth noting there were no life threatening injuries going forward. bring in my colleague rick leventhal. we have a few minutes before the end of show and we begin another hour. this new video is what we want to take a pause and take a

glance at. >> if you can hear this message, you better leave now. if you can hear this message, you best leave now. [explosion] >> rick: that, that is the remarkable video, molly, that appears to show the bomb detonating. again, not independently verified. but it appears to be legit. and you can hear the recorded announcement that the law enforcement authorities told us earlier today they heard when they arrived on scene at, i believe, it was 5:30 this morning after a call of the shots fired. shortly before this bomb detonated. officers went door to door to get people to clear it of the area, as many as they could

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>> rick: fox news alert. an explosion shattering a quiet christmas morning in downtown nashville. police say this was an intentional act. many buildings in the area suffering heavy damages. and now the f.b.i. is leading the investigation in to who caused this destruction in the heart of music city? hello. merry christmas. i'm rick leventhal. >> molly: i'm molly line. delighted to be with you, rick and merry christmas to everyone at home. police say they responded to the call of it shots fired in downtown nashville early local time when they noticed there was an r.v. that had a recording that said a bomb would go off in 15 minutes. the officers tried to evacuate

the area as best they could before the explosion. three people were hurt. >> this area should be evacuated now. this area must be evacuated now. this area must be evacuated now. if you can hear this message, evacuate now. if you can hear this message, evacuate now. [explosion] >> rick: that is unverified but the remarkable footage that appears to show the moment of the blast. you could hear a recording in the background. it's not clear if it was a recording from the police or the recording that the police say was coming from the r.v. that warned them that there was a bomb in the vehicle and it would be detonating in 15 minutes. as you can see there and we have seen footage of aftermath

it caused tremendous destruction. to fortunate that just three people suffered injuries, that have not been described auz critical. >> molly: absolutely. they are vowing to find out what happened in nashville. it's remarble. remarkable. it's just getting that in and remarkable to hear audio before the explosion occurs. rich edson has been following this as well and he has the latest and more information for us as well. rich? >> thank you. hours after that, there is a major national law enforcement response in downtown nashville. after the r.v. blew up at 6:30 this morning. an explosion they say that police say is deliberate. the officers responded at 5:30 in the morning to a report of the gunfire. and when they arrived, they saw a suspicious r.v. playing a recording warning that a bomb would detonate in 15 minutes. soon after, the r.v. exploded. knocking one officer to their feet. the police say it's unclear if

anyone was in that r.v. as a precaution, they have brought in dogs to search for other devices. >> sweeping the downtown area. just as a precaution to make sure that everyone is safe. and that any service that needed we could provide that. with that said, we don't feel that there is any concern in the downtown area of anything else right now. >> authorities say three people went to the hospital. none are in critical condition. witnesses say the explosion shattered the glass, knocked down trees and shook and damaged buildings. police say they have sealed off the area and they are reviewing camera footage. department of justice says this morning the acting attorney general, jeff rosen directed the federal resources to nashville. the f.b.i. and the a.t.v. were part of this investigation. and the other law enforcement officials are expected to arrive in the coming days. this is right in downtown nashville, near the bars and

restaurants. part of a tourist area of town and in front of the at&t building. they say it damaged facility and disrupted services for the customers in the area. back to you. >> molly: a slew of the investigators working on this case. thank you very much. rick? >> rick: updates. you may have seen black smoke from the video rich put on the air. the color of the smoke can be indication of the type of the bomb used there. could be other stuff burning but they have look to the color of the smoke to determine what materials were in the bomb that set off the blast. we should tell you that will be and is uptick of the patrols in the other cities by police in the wake of the attack. worried about the potential of the follow on attacks. in new york city, the law enforcement sources tell me there has been an uptick of the patrols. as rich mentioned, cell service in the nashville area has been deeply impacted,

along with five 911 call centers we are told now. five cities and counties are having issues with the 911 call center because of the impact to the building which was an at&t building. the impact to the building cell and the internet service in the region. we can tell you that president trump has been briefed on this nashville blast. mark meredith is live in the west palm beach, president, with more on the president's reaction. mark? >> good afternoon. president trump is back at the mar-a-largo estate spending the morning at the trump golf club in west palm beach. the white house says the president was briefed on what happened in nashville this morning and he was getting the regular updates. the white house not saying who he has been getting a chance to speak with. he is likely to speak with the officials at the justice department who said they are offering the full resources from the new acting attorney general. after attorney general bill barr left the post on wednesday. president trump, we are

waiting to see if he will say any more about what is happening in nashville. the reason we are waiting the president does plan to speak with the troops overseas via a video conference. traditionally in the years past the press would be invited to go in and see the president do that and speak with him with the questions afterwards. the president tweeted a few moments ago that is not going to happen. he is not going to let the media in. but he would do a video conference. we could go ate white house video when it happens. we are waiting to see what is happening with the stimulus checks and the broader stimulus and the government funding bill because the president made it clear he is not happy with the deal that was worked out between the house and the senate and his own treasury secretary. he tweeted within the last hour this is interesting. he said i have made many calls and had meetings at trump international. golf club in palm beach, florida. why would politicians not want to give people $2,000 rather than $600? it wasn't their fault. it was china. give our people the money. there is very little appetite

among the republicans to increase the stimulus funding. the big question is the timing of this. when would the checks get rolled out. would the government face another shutdown? what would congress do next? nobody knows. we are still trying to get a comment if he will veto the bill. we'll wait to see if he has more tweets on is that. we'll let you know if there is more on nashville as well. >> it looks like a beautiful christmas day. >> it is. >> rick: thank you. >> you bet. >> molly: shifting gears back more on the massive explosion in nashville. bring in fox news contributor ted williams, defense attorney and the former d.c. police dective. ted, thank you for being here and giving us a couple minutes on this christmas day. we appreciate it. remarkable breaking story. we have seen incredible footage that relays the recording that the

investigators in the latest press conference revealed they say in 15 minutes bomb would go off and there was an explosion. what do you think it means of the perpetrators? >> merry christmas. i can tell you, and the viewers what we have here this morning in nashville, tennessee, nothing short of a christmas miracle. a miracle that no one at this stage was killed as a result of this explosion. there are so many questions that need to be answered here, molly. one of the question is what was the motive behind this.

if we deal with the domestic or the international terrorists, they want to maximize the casualties. so when you have things at-:30 or 5:30 in nashville it's certainly very questionable. i think the authorities have more than they let us know at this stage. i think the videotape in the area given them a potpourri of the information they can use as part of the investigation. the investigators believe that it was done with purpose. at this point in time they haven't said what the intention was or what the person was. they haven't gotten in the motive. it's still looked into. this was in front of at&t building and since then at&t released a statement explaining that indeed the service has been interrupted. they were affected by the

damage. is that potentially a clue? could at&t be the target or what happens one of the businesses nearby? >> it could very well be a clue. i don't think that the authorities are ruling out anything at this stage. it could also be a trial run for something bigger. i'm sure that the authorities have that in mind. it could be a personal beef so it's not crystallized for the terrorist act or the basis. >> molly: years ago, i covered the wake of the boston marathon bombing for weeks and weeks and weeks. in the days following the bombing, they scoured, the authorities scoured the cameras. they asked for footage and they compiled enough

information to give pictures to the public regarding at that point in time the unknown suspects. how much of a help can the public be in nashville in the weeks and the days that are coming, when they want to find the person or people quickly as possible? >> the r.v. didn't drive it on their own. someone drove it there. they may be keeping the person. there could be someone to recognize the r.v. someone may recognize the r.v. >> it's a bold and a dangerous and thankfully not a deadly act. they want to get to it as quickly as possible. thank you for joining us on

christmas day. we appreciate it. merry christmas to you. >> merry christmas. my pleasure. >> rick: for more reaction bring in benard xavier, the former special agent in charge and a faculty associate at the arizona state university school of the criminality and the criminal justice. this could be a dry run or indication of similar explosions to come. what do you think? >> the possibilities including the motive, the number of the conspirators and the intent. there is so much damage in the blast area. i'm sure they are doing a comprehensive search for the victim. they are not saying there wouldn't be fatality. someone doing maintenance work or cleaning until they check

in with the employers. there is a significant evidence to be yielded from the criminality. >> the timing and the methodology are curious and helpful. to do it on christmas morning when the bomber knew the streets would be virtually empty. to perhaps firing the shots to prompt the 911 call to draw officers to the scene. we had a guest earlier that suggested it may have been intentional plot to kill or injure police officers. >> there was a bombings if for sandy springs bombing and that is a possibility. for the investigators now, they have to be motive agnostic until the evidence speaks to them where they are

going with this. it will be investigative management in the early stages so they are putting resources on what will reveal the intent and the people involved. it just takes one person and then it should go well because there is a lot there. but it is a lot to manage. >> rick: i know the f.b.i. evidence response team will comb the area very, very carefully to recover every single shred of evidence on the scene. what should the f.b.i. be doing? >> amull gaiting the efforts -- amall gu mating the efforts. this is a who done it crime. be reactive of what is revealed from it in case this is the start of the others.

the public safety and then there is an investigation it response to be managed. you need architect to make sense and connect dots of what is yielded in the evidence and the witnesses. to really annoy the evidence and the witness statements to speak. this will take teamwork and someone thinking in the abstract to put it together. >> we appreciate your time. the biggest clue is they broadcast a warning that the bomb was going off before it did. i wonder how long it will be before we see the r.v. there will be images of it on camera. it's a key clue for identifying who did that

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we cannot repeat the mistake of the past. we must do everything we can to keep new yorkers and the americans safe. starting on monday, the u.s. will require the travelers from the u.k. to show proof of a negative covid test in three days of the departure. in a statement, the c.d.c. says that airlines must confirm the negative test results for all emergencies before they board. if a passenger chooses not to

take a test the airline must deny boarding to the passenger. the c.d.c. says the u.k. travel has been down 90% because of the travel restrictions that went in to effect in march. there are still several flights expected to come in just today from london. and land in the new york area. they have the potential to carry thousands of travelers. that is why that governor cuomo mandated similar test requirement for new york state. europe and asia imposed travel in a way to prevent the spread of the variant. so far no confirmed case of the u.k. strange really anywhere in the u.s. yet. but testing has just gotten underway at least here in new york. so we have to wait to see. >> molly: i'm sure folks trying to get the tests before they travel. thank you so much, aishah hasnie. rick? >> rick: for more, let's bring in the fox news medical contributor. doctor, it seems on the numbers that it's pretty

likely that someone is in the u.s. with the variant of the virus. do you believe that is true? how worried should we be about it? >> it certainly is possible, rick. i wouldn't say we should be worried or panicked but we need to continue the mitigation effort of wearing the masks, physical distancing. getting tested. avoid large crowds and mixing of the households. this is great we are requiring the u.k. to be tested if they will come to the united states. the extra measure to ensure the public health and safety of the americans in the pandemic. you have understand six of the ten covid cases of the united kingdom right now are of the new variant stage. it's not more lethal but it's more transmissible. which means it can spread and have more cases and it could lead to more hospitalizations. so when that happens we could overwhelm the healthcare

system. then elective surgeries go down and we don't have enough bed or other issues we deal with. for example the trauma and the heart attacks, strokes. that sort of thing. this is a good necessary precaution until we are able to get a vaccine. for all of america. >> we pollgize to the viewers for the issue with your connection there. the fallout from 2020 and relying on the internet for live shots but we appreciate you being here on christmas day. the message here is that you are telling people don't panic. this could be a more trance missable version of the virus -- transmissible version but not necessarily more deadly. by all indications it's not. but you might be more likely to catch it from someone if they have it and they are close to you. >> that is correct. so you want to continue to wear your mask, avoid the social gatherings, dinner parties. that is where we see outbreaks occur according to the c.d.c. 47% of thous -- 74% are mixing of the household, not wearing

mask and not social distancing. we have tools and we know what to do to prevent the spread. but it's a matter of being compliant. >> rick: 70% come household gatherings. 2% from restaurants but they remain closed. i'm sure you would encourage everyone who can get the vaccination to do so as soon as possible. >> oh, absolutely. we have already vaccinated over 1 million patients. which is phenomenal. which is a million patients in ten days. soon everyone will have access to the vaccine. this is the golden ticket to step toward normalcy, to not having to wear a mask or worry about the social distancing. we have the two vaccines already on the market. moderna and pfizer and soon we'll have johnson & johnson. novavax, astrazeneca. in a matter of time everyone will get their vaccine. i'll get mine soon in a couple of days. i'm excited about it. >> rick: good. it's worth repeating the new

strain of the virus for people who are traveling on the planes today from the u.k. to the u.s.es u.s., they are not t. so they could be carrying it here. but i guess your biggest message is don't panic. so, we appreciate that. >> don't panic and get tested. >> rick: yeah. thank you. merry christmas to you and yours. molly? >> thank you. merry christmas, rick. >> molly: more ahead on the explosion that rocked downtowns nashville on christmas morning. the blasts shaking windows and damaging buildings. police say it was an intentional act. we will speak with a former bomb technician about the case. next. ♪ ♪ [ engines revving ] ♪

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>> this area must be evacuated now. this area must be evacuated now. this area must be evacuated now. if use can hear this message, evacuate now. if you can hear this message, evacuate now. explosion. >> rick: fascinating and chilling audio and the video of what we believe is the explosion in nashville. three people were hurt. f.b.i. leading the investigation of who is responsible. bring in johnny joey jones. joey, i have so much respect for what you do. it must have given you chills to watch the video. it's not often we get warnings before the bombings go off. right? >> absolutely. first, merry christmas. this is an important holiday.

this is tragic this would happen. but the bad guys don't sleep. they are out there every day trying to harm us. so something like this is really unique. all the circumstances around it. we haven't seen since the i.r.a. i'm sure the investigation will bring forth all of this. >> i was told that you can glean details of the type of the bomb used by the color of the smoke rising from the scene. i wonder if the i ma'ams you have seen you can tell us more about what explosive you think it was. what it sounded like for you. >> in a controlled environment like afghanistan we know what is in the area and what is hit by the explosion and you can do that. it would be irresponsible of me to dissect too many details about what the bomb was, what it was made of and what the

explosive was to sit at home and watch it on television. people need to know the bomb itself will become the piece of evidence to allow us to catch people who did it. there is no such thing as a bomb that destroys the component and the information you put together. whatever device used, they are all traceable in this day and age. i was confidence we will know who did this. and it will happen quickly. >> no doubt. i want to show your viewers now image released by the nashville police of the r.v. believedded to be the source of the explosion. you can see on the screen breaking. this is the r.v. that exploded on the 2nd avenue north this morning. it arrived on second avenue at 1:22 a.m. have you seen the vehicle in the area or do you have information about it? 615-742-7463 for crime stoppers. the f.b.i. website also, i mean the f.b.i. address to

send the tips online. fbi.gov/nashville. that is a key piece of evidence right there obviously. somebody knows where the r.v. came from. and how important do you think it is for the public's tips to help lead to the suspect? >> i think the number one thing right now is people feel safe. they will feel safe. they know when this happens we catch the perpetrator and we bring them to justice one way or another. that is the most important thing for americans to see. the second thing is be vigilant so we have warnings when things like this happen or almost happen. in this particular situation, uniqueness it looks like the bomber, he or herself or themselves put a warning out. that is a took nick used decades ago in -- tactic used decades ago in the political activism of the i.r.a. and the brits. that is a playbook we use as the e.o.d. or the bomb techs today. what it will do anytime you use a bomb like this, you have

got two goals. destruction of the bomb or the method of the bomb. we will look in those two directions. the story will put itself together. it's amazing what we can do in an investigation and how quick le with can do it. if we have this picture there are probably hundreds of videos in the few blocks from different camera and people. that will come together. it probably already has. if you are not chasing the vehicle, you can chasing the components in it. i have no doubt the people will be found and brought to justice. >> one of the guests earlier suggested it was a direct plot against the police officers. because they chose a time when there would be nothing on the street, broadcast a warning first. they potentially fired shots in the air to prompt a 911 call to draw the officers to the scene before this r.v. exploded. real quick in time we have left. what goes through the mind of a bomb tech? we know they were called in but they didn't have time to go through the vehicle. what goes through the mind of

a bomb tech in the moments when they know there may be an explosive device on scene? >> you do your job, you do it safely. the most important and the first thing is get people away from it. the second thing we have a checklist in our minds of how the explosive could be initiated and we try to eliminate the possibility. lastly, as soon as it goes off, now you look at collecting as much evidence as possible. first and foremost to make sure there are not other explosives in the area to keep people pushed back in a radius beyond where the blast might reach. they did a dang good job of this. all i have been told or read three folks taken to the hospital not in critical condition. that is still the case the police did a great job. i would not speculate to what the purpose of the bomb was. i'll allow the professionals that are doing the investigation to tell us that. the last thing we need are for people to get upset and angry about something that isn't the case. what we need people to do right now is celebrate christmas, be with the loved ones.

hug and kiss them and tell them they love them and know the first responders keep us safe and get the job done. >> rick: words of wisdom from the former marine bomb tech joey jones. thank you for your service and your smart words today. i hope you enjoy the christmas with you and your family. take care. >> yes, sir. merry christmas. do you still think it's a story from the fall about your son's hunter? that it's a smear campaign like you said? >> yes, yes, yes. god love you man. you are a one-horse pony. i tell you. thank you. thank you. i promise you my justice department will be totally on its own making the judgments about how they should proceed. >> molly: but he is our one horse pony. joe biden doubling down answering a question from our own peter doocy insisting his son hunter didn't do anything wrong. it comes as there are growing calls to appoint a special

council to hunter's dealing. we are bringing in an attorney and also a democratic strategist. thank you both taking a few minutes out on the christmas day to talk about the case with us. there are a couple of things here. the big one, will there be a special counsel. the republicans are urging that to happen. the other is what happens with the u.s. attorney in delaware that is currently heading up the case. let's start with the issue of the special counsel. bill barr said it wasn't necessary but he is gone. he resigned. he is out. amanda, your thoughts. do you think we'll see a special counsel? >> i do. i think that there will be rising precious from the republicans. i think it passes the last test if you don't have a special counsel. you have the president of the united states appointing an attorney general who is going to investigate the son of the

president of the united states and the president himself. this is why this has been on the books for the textbook reason this case is. if you speak of the statutes that is something that republicans talked about. jessica, i'll come to you after this, this is sound from republican from colorado talking about the issue. >> i think it's clear with mueller. if you look at the activity of hunter biden when his father was vice president it's clear corruption. number of statutes implicated. >> molly: the special counsel statute was created to deal with the conflict of interest. what do you think? should it be applied here? >> well, i believe it or not, i agree with the attorney

general bill barr that at this time there is nothing that rises to the level that would call for the need or the expense to the american taxpayers to create a special counsel. there is an ongoing investigation between the f.b.i. and as you mentioned, in delaware, with justice department. bill barr is count it's proceeding. it's only regarding a tax matter right now. so there is not something they found yet. bill barr is a loyal sergeant to president trump. if there were anything that brought to his attention and i know he would not leave office and leave it in the lap of someone else coming in, in another administration. he would be making the recommendation and making it public. i have to believe there is nothing found yet to lead to special counsel.

>> molly: jen psaki talked about this. but something they haven't clarified is whether or not they would keep david weiss in delaware. quick thoughts on that amanda. >> yeah. he should be kept in place. this is a serious matter. i think for the good of the country you want to show you are impartial and allowing an investigation to take place. they allowed that for the trump family. and in an investigation in to them. but, you know, it really would be a double standard if they didn't allow for this to go forward when there is multiple instances when joe biden overseas dealings. they didn't bring it up. they didn't allow it to come up before the election. even shortly after the election. they did not this to come forward. the biden family has not, has

not talked about it one bit. biden won't mention it. the campaign didn't mention it. so i think this is important for the american people. they want to know the truth behind this. >> molly: this will interesting when we find out who the new a.g. will be. we are waiting on that. aman da, jessica, thank you for joining us. merry christmas to you both. appreciate it. >> merry christmas. >> merry christmas, molly. >> rick: all right. >> molly: california becoming the first state to hit 2 million confirmed cases. now a dire warning about the i.c.u. beds. new details ahead. , switch to our essentials 55 plan and save 50% on your bill vs. the other guys. that's right, iphone 12 on us! holiday on with t-mobile.

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explosion. but some cell service has now been restored in the area and at&t says most people should have their service back by the top of the next hour. the f.b.i. has taken over the bombing investigation and we will bring you the latest as we get it. molly? >> molly: covid cases continuing to climb with california reaching a grim milestone becoming the first state to hit 2 million cases. officials say i.c.u. capacity is at zero in some areas. christina coleman is live in los angeles this morning. christina? >> hi, molly. yeah, covid cases are soaring here in california. it's having a huge impact on hospitals. i.c.u. capacity is at 0% statewide. california logged more than 1 million new infections in section weeks and more than 3900 covid patients are currently in i.c.u. california used to have a low per capita case rate because of the size of the population. but the rate has skyrocketed. we have the second highest per

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>> molly: during an already challenging year, an army veteran and his family were hit with another blow. their baby finley was born with a serious heart condition. since the diagnosis, the swanns have been living at the ronald mcdonald house near the hospital despite purchasing a home recently. that is where veterans united stepped in to pay off the swann's mortgage and, bringing much needed holiday cheer. bring in pam swann, the vice president of the military relations at veterans united home loons. she is not related to the family. but pam, merry christmas. thank you so much for joining us to tell us about this story. we, of course, wish for a christmas miracle for the finley ands he family. you kind of provided another kind of the miracle, probably a lot less stress. tell us how this happened. >> well, first of all, merry christmas, molly. thank you for having me on. i appreciate it so much.

so, during our initial decision to pay off mortgage for brandon and taylor swann going through the situation they were, they closed the house, on the house the day their baby was born and found this tragic news and they were never able to move in. we came in the holiday season, we really wanted to take the campaign to make it mean more from our company to others. and really truly make it mean more throughout the year. not just veterans day. we thought of the family and many other families that are struck with situations that are out of their control. and we thought of poor finley in the hospital and the parents celebrating at the ronald mcdonald house and thinking about all the families doing the same. my team got together. we quickly ran out. and we went to the local target. we bought hundreds of gifts for the families there. bought supplies for the ronald mcdonald house. they don't have the things they need during covid to run

under those conditions. i.e., the community kitchen can't be ran normal. you have to have individually wrapped items and cleaning supplies that red nod. we thought let's bring spirit to their season that is probably daunting now. we went to the offices. we wrapped the presents. we masked up and wrapped until it was done. loaded in a truck and left columbia, missouri, at 4:00 in the morning and we drove to chicago to surprise the swann family and all of ronald mcdonald house. >> molly: that is a wonderful, a beautiful blessing. wonderful. i appreciate all you have done. we appreciate you helping the families as well. wish you a special merry christmas. thank you for sharing the story and a little bit of the holiday joy with us. much appreciate it today. everything is a little harder with covid but you made it happen. thank you so much. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> rick: we will have much

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