arthel: tens of thousands of national guard troops tightening security around washington, d.c. with three days to go until the inauguration of president-elect joe biden. concerns about extremist violence prompted the unprecedented show of force, though the fbi says it is not currently tracking any specific threats. well -- welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm arthel neville. eric: i'm eric shawn. police are blocking downtown intersections in our nation's capital. streets and those wide avenues that lead up to capitol hill, and they are closing the national mall for the ceremony on wednesday. the lockdown, of course, designed to prevent the atrocity that we saw on january 6th when

those rioters stormed and attacked the cradle of our democracy, the capitol itself, leaving five people dead. washington, d.c. mayor muriel bowser says the extra security and precautions, well, they're not ideal, but she says they are necessary. >> i think this will be an inauguration unlike any other. i think it was already destined to be given covid concerns and some of the limited seating and public access. arthel: we have fox team coverage. steve harrigan is with the latest on the investigation into the january 6th domestic terrorist act, but we begin with mike tobin with the latest on the heightened security in washington d.c. mike. >> reporter: arthel, reports that you've heard that describe d.c. as a ghost town aren't entirely accurate. you do still have people out on the street, tourists walking around, you do have some restaurants that are open. in fact, people are coming up here to the fencing to get a

look at the capitol and take a picture. but what is omnipresent all over d.c. is all of the fencing. you've got the national guard with the rifles at the ready, the national guard vehicles. one thing is very clear, that d.c. is locked down. d.c.'s mayor today went on "meet the press" and said while the capital has been transformed into a hard target, she's concerned about other state capitals and the rest of d.c. where some 700,000 people live. mayor bowser says if the threat materializes, it'll be domestic. >> we don't want to see fences. we definitely tonight want to see -- don't want to see armed troops on our streets, but we do have to take a different posture. >> reporter: the security presence here is absolutely unprecedented. the area around the capitol and the national mall is a grid of unclimb bl fencing, and the red dots here on this graph are the checkpoints. secret service, border patrol, park police, fbi, capitol police

and d.c. metro police as well as fema and, of course, the national guard. you know now that some 25,000 guardsmen and women have been tapped for this duty, but the footprint we have seen thus far, 7200 national guardsmen and women. they seem like they're everywhere, so that presence is only going to increase as we get closer to the inauguration. a them? arthel: mike tobin live in d.c., thank you. eric? eric: arthel, you know, police across the country are continuing to arrest suspects connected to the deadly june 6th attack. dozens have been charged so far, many more expected to be nabbed. meantime, the fbi is warning there have been what it calls chatter about potential more violence in the days leading up to the inauguration, but the bureau has not publicly reported any specific threat, yet it is investigating those. steve harrigan is live near the white house, downtown washington, with more on that. hi, steve. >> reporter: eric, a number of federal officials have have pointed out an increase in

chatter about potential attacks coming up with the inauguration, but at this point there have been just two public arrests so far. one friday, a virginia man, security guard who was caught with a gun and ammunition at a checkpoint. he had no known ties to any extremists, and he said he was simply lost. on saturday a woman was arrested at a checkpoint for impersonating a police officer. she has been referred to a mental health facility. and as you mentioned, the fbi has made more than a hundred arrests so far in connection with the january 6th attacks. they expect that number to increase exponentially in the coming days. at least two more arrests today including 35-year-old blake reid of memphis. the fbi and d.c. police are also asking for the public's health. they have released a picture of a suspect who's accused of pinning a d.c. officer in a doorjamb at the capitol and beating him. they're asking for the general public to try and help identify

this suspect. eric, back to you. eric: all right, steve, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: well, eric, this is president trump's final weekend in office, and the question looms will he issue more pardons before leaving. let's go to mark meredith. he's live at the white house, to see if you have any answers. >> reporter: i'll certainly try. the president has three days left in office, he's keeping a fairly low profile at the white house. you see some staffers packing up boxes, people giving tours, but no sign of the president himself. the big question, will we see another round of pardons issued before he leaves office? when you look back at the last four years, he has issued some 7:00 0 pardons and 25 commutations ever since he came into office back in 2017. late last year the president did issue a slew of notable pardons, among them paul paul manafort, charles kushner and former trump campaign confidant roger stone.

south carolina senator lindsey graham, though, is urging the president not to pardon anyone tied to the recent riots up on the hill. the senator says those responsible don't deserve a reprieve. graham made the appeal on can't sunday morning -- "sunday morning futures." 9. >> you should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, and to seek a pardon of these people would be wrong. i think it would troy president trump, and i hope we don't go down that road. >> reporter: graham is also encouraging the senate not to take up a trial because president trump will be leaving office, and he's arguing it may not even be constitutional for the senate to hold a trial considering the person that would be tried would not actually be the president at that point. but democrats argue that the president needs to be held accountable over what happened on january 6th. meantime, vice president mike pence, he's on a good-bye tour of sorts. he was in california yesterday as he and the second lady had a chance to speak to sailors at the naval air station. there he reflected on the administration's

accomplishments. >> we've defended this nation and america's vital national interests around the world. i'm proud to say with just a few days left in this administration that this is the first administration in decades not to get america into a new war. >> reporter: we expect the vice president to be speaking to the army's 10th mountain division at fort drum in new york within the next hour or so, and is we'll likely get a better idea of what he's going to be saying as he wraps up his time as vice president. he'll be at the capitol for joe joe biden's swearing in, president trump will not be. he and the first lady get ready to go down to florida. we expect them to leave washington fairly early wednesday morning. arthel? arthel: mark meredith live at the white house, thank you. eric? eric: well, legendary music producer and convicted murderer phil specter has died. he was 81 years old. specter passed away from natural

causes at a hospital yesterday. you know, specter's so-called wall of sound classics influenced generations of artists from the beach boys to bruce springsteen and the ramones, but his infamy was well known. christina coleman has more. >> reporter: hi, eric. the famous legendary, yet troubled record producer is known for giving music a whole new vibe back in the 1960s. prior to his murder trial, specter was celebrated for transforming rock music by using different instruments, vocal harmonies and sound effects to create his wall of sound method. it led to nearly two dozen hit singles including the 1960s hit you've lost that loving feeling and unchained melody. but with all of his success definitely came trouble. storieses circulated about specter's truck use and bad

temperament. he's been famously accused of holding musicians at gunpoint during recording sessions including john lennon. in 2009 specter was convicted for the 2003 murder of actress lana clarkson at his mansion. clarkson was found shot to death at his home just east of downtown los angeles. specter maintained her death was an accidental suicide, but his driver who initially called the police said during the trial specter came outside holding a gun and told him, quote, i think i might have killed somebodiment however -- somebody. however, specter was vehement about his defense throughout his sensational trial. >> the actions of the hitler-like district attorney and his henchmen to seek an indictment gwen me and censor all genes of me -- means of me getting the truth out are unconscionable and despicable. >> reporter: phil specter

served just over ten years of his minimum 19-year sentence for the death of clarkson. he was 81 years old. eric? eric: all right, christina, thank you. arthel? ♪ arthel: this is a fox news alert from russia where police have detained opposition leader alexei that navalny. the outspoken critic of vladimir putin flew back to moscow today from germany where he's spent the last five months recovering from nerve agent poisoning. now, he and european leaders say the kremlin was behind that attack. let's go to trey yingst now live with the latest. trey, it's my understanding that navalny was warned that he would be detained if he returned to russia, so do we know why he returned? >> reporter: well, arthel, russian officials say navalny violated the terms of a suspended sentence from a fraud trial back in 2014, thus giving them, they say, the jurisdiction to take him into custody. according to navalny's

spokesperson, he was immediately arrested upon arrival today in moscow after his plane was diverted to a separate airport. he wasn't given any explanation and wasn't even able to speak with a lawyer. now, navalny says the fraud case back in 2014 was politically motivated. the opposition leader traveled to russia today after pending months in germany -- spending months in germany. a nerve agent was placed in his underwear shortly before boarding a flight to moscow. the plane made an emergency landing, and he spent weeks fighting or if his life. e.u. authorities believe the kremlin was behind the attempted assassination. as for his arrest today, president-elect joe biden's incoming national security adviser, jake sullivan, recently tweeted saying mr. navalny should be immediately released and the perpetrators must be held accountable. the kremlin's attacks are not just a violation of human rights, but an affront to the russian people who want their

voices heard. now, to answer the question of why alexei navalny would return to russia knowing these warnings were out there, it has a lot to do with political motivations. navalny has said he is not afraid to face any sort of consequences of returning, and we to know that in the past when politics -- politicians have left russia, it's much harder to influence the internal policies taking place in moscow, and navalny said he will continue to fight for the policies he believes in against the kremlin and against russian president vladimir putin. a them? arthel: thank you very much, trey yingst, live in tel aviv. eric? eric: well, back here at home it's full speed ahead for president-elect joe biden. coming up, we'll have details on the flurry of executive orders he plans to sign in his first week in office. mug. ♪ on is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein,

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executive orders beginning with roughly a dozen on day one. biden, on his first day in office, will extend the pause on student loan payments, reverse the travel ban on majority muslim countries and enact a mask mandate on federal property and interstate transit systems. orders for days two through ten raise establishment standards for school and business reopening to criminal justice and immigration reform initiatives. biden's incoming chief of staff, ron klain, writes: while these executive actions are bold, the legal theory behind them is well founded and represents the restoration of an appropriate constitutional role for the president. biden also told congress to expect a sweeping immigration bill on his first day in office, and it comes as lawmakers are still unpacking his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package if unveiled last week and also looking ahead to part two of that plan aimed at jobs and the

economy. that's expected to be at least as expensive as the first. all this, of course, as the congress gauges timing for president trump's impeachment trial in the senate. but biden and vice president-elect kamala harris have danced around questions about whether congress should act on sending the articles of impeachment now. >> this is not a statement about donald trump. but the american people deserve that in their president and vice president coming into office that we address the things that are weighing on them and implement a plan, and that's what we're going to do. it's not to the exclusion of many other things that need to be addressed around accountability, but that's our focus. >> reporter: biden has urged congress to keep on track with the other urgent business of the country, especially cabinet confirmations as all of this plays out. eric? >> eric: all right, jacqui heinrich, thanks so much. arthel: for more on this, we're going to bring in judy miller, adjunct fellow at the manhattan institute for policy research. she's also a pulitzer

prize-winning journalist and author and fox news contributor so, judy, we just heard jacqui report on the timeline, and i want to try to walk through this with you -- [laughter] and i want to start on day one. let's see how far we can get, judy. i'm going the start with january 20. president biden, he's going to sign roughly a dozen executive orders including asking the department of education to extend existing pause that's on student loan payments and interest for millions of americans with federal student loans, rejoin the paris agreement, reverse the muslim ban and implementing a mask mandate on federal property and interstate travel, it's called the 100-day masking challenge. so to you, judy, do you expect any backlash from any of these items? >> oh, yes, arthel, i believe there's going to be extreme backlash in terms of the use of the executive order.

even though donald trump used executive orders a lot, i think the idea that joe biden spoke during the campaign about his desire to reach out across the aisle and secure republican cooperation and agreement to what he wants to do, the agenda for the country, i think that was just a lot of campaign rhetoric because i think mr. biden, president-elect biden, soon to be president biden knows that he can't count on republican support and that he, just like donald trump, is going to have to use executive orders to get done what he promised he would do to his constituency. arthel: okay. well, let me go to day two, and then i'll come back to what you just said. january 21, president biden will sign executive orders targeting schools and business reopening safely including executive orders targeting the following: expanding testing, protecting workers and establishing clear public health standards. is this a good plan?

>> this is very much in keeping with what he promised. this is joe biden's very ambitious agenda. and he is going to do exactly what he said he would do. the problem, arthel, is that there isn't going to be a lot of republican buy-in on things like reversing the muslim ban and on student loans because republicans will say it's too expensive. on all of these number one, number two, day three issues. here's what strikes me, arthel, there's almost nothing there, very little, about foreign policy. there's nothing on iran, there is nothing on the houthis, there's nothing on reversing designation of cuba as a terrorist nation. joe biden is doing what he thinks he can do fast and quickly and using executive powers to do it. that's very shrewd politics. as rahm emmanuel said, never let

a good crisis go to waste. joe biden is going to do exactly what he promised he's going to do, and i don't think he's counting on any republican support or very much at all. arthel: okay. well, a couple things. first of all, we're in the middle of a pandemic, a public health crisis, an economic crisis. now you have this, you know, extremist uprising. so, you know, there's a lot that the soon to be president-elect, president biden, still president-elect, i mean, there's a lot he wants to get done. so for you to say -- they don't have time for some of these things to get them on track and get relief to the people immediately. and as for republican pushback, what i'm hearing you say, judy, is already out of the gate no way we'll get any support from the gop. well, you know what? this is a new day. and after we saw what happened on january 6th, maybe, just maybe, you have more sane-thinking republicans who will actually be willing to stop it with the no, no, no all the time for everything. let's listen and then whatever

is right and fair, we can move forward with. but this automatic barricading and shutting the door day one, we're going to get nowhere. i think the people are tired of this. do you think that there can be some sort of, you know, compromise on capitol hill now? >> i totally agree with you, and i totally think that that is joe biden's hope. but as one of the most seasoned politicians on capitol hill, someone who has been in every part of the government except the judiciary, he understands the pressures that are going to be on republicans not to abandon the trump agenda. and a lot of what he's proposing does just that. so i don't think he's counting on republican support. would he like it? yes. do we think there's hope that the last week has changed people's minds? yes, there's a hope. but as a shrewd politician, he is making a bet on the art of the politically possible and doable, and he wants to get it done fast.

arthel: he said that president-elect biden said, quote: some of it's gonna depend on the kind of cooperation i can or cannot get from the unite congress. so he understands that -- the united states congress. he's not just trying to be authoritarian. anyway, judy, final ten seconds. last comment for you. >> the other thing i think the degree of cooperation will depend also on the impeachment proceedings. at the same time you're asking for cooperation from republicans, you're also asking their help in impeaching an outgoing and then soon to be ex-president. i think that's asking a lot. he's making a bet that he's going to do what he can do through executive order and let his colleagues in the senate, his former colleagues, try and get the cooperation on impeachment. arthel: okay. well, i'm just hopeful that, you know, lawmakers can get the business of the people done for

the benefit of the people. so that's it. all right, judy, thank you very much. judy miller. >> thank you, arthel. arthel: eric. eric: president-elect biden's choice of former obama administration official wendy sherman as deputy secretary of state indicates to some that the new administration is teeing up for a quick return to the iranian nuclear deal. you know, sherman is the one who led u.s. negotiations that cemented that agreement back in 2015. david spunt explains. >> reporter: the united states joined the iran nuclear deal in 2015. president trump pulled out three years later. there are several reports out of israel this morning that the incoming biden administration is holding talks with iran to rejoin the deal. the president-elect recently appointed wendy sherman to the number two post at the department of state. sherman was the chief negotiator of the iran nuclear deal under the obama administration.

but biden's incoming state department spokesman, ned price, tells fox news that reports the new administration is already working with iran to rejoin the agreement are not accurate. this comes as iranian missiles splashed down just 100 miles from u.s. navy ships. >> the trump sanctions are crippling iran. that gives biden used leverage because the iranians are desperate this time for the deal much like obama wanted the deal more than anything else. >> reporter: ambassador sherman, who has experience with north korea, will serve as the deputy to secretary of state antony blinken if and when he's confirmed. speaking of international agreements, one of the first things president biden plans to do after taking the oath of office, rejoin the paris climate accord. eric? eric: all right, david, thanks so much. arthel in. arthel: all right, washington, d.c. on lockdown. the national guard and secret service beefing up security

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♪ eric: well, here's a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. philadelphia police arresting two suspects, they are accused of shooting and killing a recent university graduate who was

walking his dog in arizona. police say the suspects were seen on surveillance video approaching the 25-year-old and reaching into his pockets before shooting him in the chest. there are no longer any -- in somalia. the military says an estimated 700 american personnel have now been moved to neighboring countries. that withdrawal one of the last military actions of president trump's term. gad mall land soldiers -- guatemalan soldiers have blocked thousands of migrants in crossing into honduras, but many were able to overwhelm the soldiers and border forwards and break through the border. officials say that group is bound for the u.s., and it's now grown to about 9,000 migrants. mexico says it is increasing security at its southern border to try and stop them from crossing over into mexico. arthel: capitals across america are on high alert: the fbi says it's on the lookout for

potential unrest at all 50 state capitals ahead of inauguration day. multiple law enforcement agencies are stepping up security at michigan's state capitol building which was targeted by armed protesters this past spring. matt finn is live at the capitol in lansing, michigan, with more. >> reporter: it's been calm and quiet all day today. the national guard, state and local police are still here from our observation. it seems like law enforcement outnumbered the protesters here in lansing today. the capitol now quiet, there's a very large fence that surrounded the actual capitol building, perhaps limiting anyone from storming it today, but we did not see anything near that. no violence, no confrontation. and earlier today about four men with long guns that identified as bugaloo boys said they're fed up with government overreach and warned there could be violence and eventually a civil war if things continue as is, but they did not make any direct threats. but across the country and into

this week, capital cities are bracing for pro-president trump protests; windows boarded up, national guard troops deployed, fencing and perimeters around capitol buildings in the austin, texas, atlanta, georgia, st. paul, minnesota, harrisburg, pennsylvania. so far this afternoon no reports of violence in any of those cities. the fbi did eshoo a bulletin earlier this week warning that far-right groups were planning to march on state capitols. and here in lancing, michigan, i spoke to the mayor today. he said that the city was very well prepared for any type of unrest or violence. and as you can see, law enforcement was heavily beefed up today, and the mayor said he's very happy with how things turned out. it was also a cold and snowy day which might have kept people home sure. arthel: let's hope it remains peaceful. matt finn, thank you. eric? eric: well, the inauguration of a u.s. president is always designated as a national special security event, but of course this year security at unprecedented levels after that horrible, deadly attack on our

capitol on january 6th. right now around 25,000 national guard troops will be deployed joining secret service, police and others for the event in washington d.c. a special or security designation extends to the day after the inauguration, january 21st. downtown at this hour looks like a lockdown in that city. can authorities keep it safe? dan hoffman joins us, former cia station chief and fox news contributor. you know, dan, is it safe to say that right now the greatest threat to our country is the radicalized domestic extremists like some of the groups we saw attack the heart of our democracy at the capitol june -- january 6? >> that is an extraordinarily serious threat but, frankly, i'm always concerned that while our law enforcement and intelligence resources are stretched thin dealing with this domestic terrorism, we have to be prepared for the fact that

foreign terrorists might seek to exploit our vulnerabilities and attack us during this time as well. eric: speaking of that, there's a cryptocurrency site that says it is tracking and has tracked an unusual amount of cryptocurrency that it says went to some people who participated in the protests at the capitol on january 6th. they say or they tracked $500,000 -- $522,000 in bitcoin transactions, they say, to 22 people and/or groups, some french citizen or national. what do we know about that? >> well, it's a little bit suspicious, you know? the transactions reportedly occurred around december 8th, and, look, based on my experience at cia, i can tell you the internet has been a place where extreme theists have provided funding for one another, it's also a place where they share tactics for how to

conduct attacks as well as ideology where they seek to radicalize their followers. and that could be what's happening here. i'm quite sure that the fbi with support from the intelligence community is doing a serious investigation right now given the fact that we're looking at inauguration day very soon, and we want to make sure that we've covered all our bases in advance of that day and beyond. eric: how does intelligence try to track those alleged financial transactions, and how does -- can the french intelligence services or others actually then trace back that money that is the source of the bitcoin? could it be moscow? could it be putin? cow could it be iran? >> it could be any of them or a nonstate actor the, could be isis or al-qaeda. this is the challenge we face and why so much of what the intelligence community, cia in particular, does is what we

would call soft power. it's engaging with our closest foreign liaison partners, the french included, to collaborate and uncover whatever intelligence we might to answer the very important questions that you just asked. eric: you talked about the greatest threat being, in your view, the extreme theists now, the domestic extremists. how can authorities counter them? in some states they are, you know, heavily armed. you see them peacefully protesting today arms in front of some state capitols obeying and abiding by state law. but clearly from going back to timothy mcveigh and others who have attacked our country, this is extremely troubling. >> yeah. i mean, the concern that i have is that january 6th was a real intelligence failure. we had collected significant information from social media that attacks were being planned, and we utterly failed to share the analysis and make the right decisions. now we do have overwhelming

force. we've learned the lessons. the state capitals, washington, d.c., there's an extraordinary amount of force there to defend and deter potential attacks. what concerns me is after inauguration day when the barriers are taken down and the troops have dispersed and the bridges open up again, what happens then? i don't think that these domestic extremists are going to go away necessarily. the threat will carry on, and the requirement for us to be vigilant and on the watch as well. eric: this cup's put -- or country's put billions of dollars in the effort or to trying to beat with isis, al-qaeda and radical islamist terrorists who attacked us in 199 0, the bombing of the world trade center in '93 and the attack on 9/11. do we thousand have to subscribe the -- now have to subscribe the same resources and effort to those who want to do us harm who are here? >> you know, in some ways it's

so much easier here because the ideology can be countered through education. so much, i think, of what radicalizes our domestic extremists is misinformation on the internet and other places. so what we need in our country is to counter that. it doesn't necessarily mean we don't need to have overwhelming force at times and in the right places, but what we really need to do is counter the radical ideology. and then i think that's something that our elected leaders need to be taking on as the congress and in the executive branch with president-elect biden when he assumes office on january 20th. eric: cia station chief, former, in moscow and baghdad, dan hoffman. good to see you. thank you so much for your insight as we do face that type of threat around the country. you're looking at the salute from the vice president of the united states. he's landed at fort drum, new york. that's whey up-- way upstate new

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contagious strain of the virus is likely to become dominant by march. >> they say that it isn't more virulent, but we've got to be careful because the more cases you get, even though on a one to one basis, it's not more virulent meaning it doesn't make you more sick or more likely to die. the more cases you have, the more hospitalizations you're going to have, the more hospitalizations you have, the more deaths you're going to have. arthel: let's bring in dr. tom frieden, former cdc director and ceo of resolve to save lives. always very happy to have you, and i want to start with this new highly contagious variant. it's making a lot of people anxious. do the current vaccines protect us from this new strain, and might there come a point when existing vaccines won't work against this new strain? >> arthel, what we're seeing now in the u.s. is the virus is out

of control, and there's a risk not just of this strain from the united kingdom, but strains from within the u.s. and elsewhere. essentially, this is a message from the virus to all of us in humanity, all people, and the virus is saying we outnumber you. we change, we adapt. so you got to -- you've got to work together, or we're going to keep defeating you. and that's why it's so important that we do better at masking, we avoid indoor space with others who aren't in our households and we get every dose of vaccine that's available into someone's arm as soon as possible. arthel: so to that point, dr. fauci said president-elect biden's plan to get, you know, 100,000 people vaccinated in his first 100 days is absolutely doable. do you agree with this, and do you have any concerns about the delivering, the delivery of these vaccines to states and cities? >> this is an achievable goal and an ambitious one and an

important one. for all of us, for everyone viewing out there, the bottom line is as soon as it's your turn, please get vaccinated. it will protect yourself and your family, and it help us get back to a more normal economy, it will preserve jobs and our economy. what we're seeing is a lot of bumps in the road as the vaccine is rolled out. -- being rolled out. we didn't see the kind of planning we had hoped, but we are where we are now, and the focus will be to reach into communities, make it easy for people to get vaccinated, that we have information. see how we're doing, for example, on getting our nursing homes vaccinated. that'll make a huge difference. that'll reduce the number of deaths substantially. so we can roll out vaccination safely, effectively. these are remarkably safe and effective vaccines. i can't wait to get mine. but fundamentally, we have many months of disease spread in front of us before the virus is controlled, and we have to work

together to stay apart or we're going to see many, many more deaths in this time. arthel: so i think i heard you say, dr. frieden, that the eligibility order should stay this place. so what's your position on using up all 100,000 doses and pulling vials for the second shots like, you know, straight off the conveyor belt? >> i think there's a confusion here. in the united kingdom they made a decision to just give the first dose because they're dealing with an explosive situation with the virus. that's not what anyone is suggesting to be done in the u.s. what they're saying is don't assume that the manufacturers are going to fail. send out the vaccine now. if there is a problem with manufacturing, which can happen, then some people might have a delayed second dose, but that's a much lesser evil than keeping vaccine in a freezer when it could be protecting someone and saving their life. arthel: okay. thank you for clearing that up,

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eric: well, the loews hotel chain is canceling a fund raiser for missouri senator josh hawley over his opposition of joe biden's electoral college victory. it's just the latest fallout to prominent republicans who raised objections. alex hogan has more from new york city. >> reporter: hi, eric. the hotel saying it will not support anyone who helped incite violence after the storming of the capitol, but this hotel is not to the only company or organization that's pulling away from senator josh hawley. publishing company simon & schuster canceled its book deal with the missouri senator titled "tyranny and big tech." hawley writing, leapt me be clear, this is not a contract dispute, it's a direct assault on the first amendment. only approved speech can be published. across corporate america big businesses are vowing to hold political donations to key companies for not policing users' content.

critics calling this suppression of speech. >> it causes people to go underground, and as people go underground, you see this ability to actually -- you get more conspiracy type theories involved. it gets injected with more hatred. >> reporter: still, in the wake of the capitol storming yesterday in houston, texas, protesters gathered calling on senator ted cruz to step down. demonstrators in columbia, missouri, last week demanding the resignation of senator hawley. west virginia senator joe manchin asking the senate to consider removing them both. >> we have the 14th amendment which was put this place after the civil war for a purpose, for sedition. those people should never hold public office. >> reporter: and manchin also applausing company for weighing in saying that as corporate

leaders it is their responsibility as well. eric? eric: all right, alec, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: well, eric, the time has come. that is going to do it for us this weekend. we will see you back here next weekend. we do appreciate your time, thanks for joining us. but right now stick around for gutfeld after the break. ♪ ♪

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greg: hello, everyone. greg is back next week. i promise. i'm pete hegseth. big tech was just waiting to pounce on conservative accounts. parler, the upstart social media platform, and twitter competitor, has been effectively erased, dead, gone. ghosted from the internet by amazon's web hosting service in the wake of the capitol hill protests, amazon and other big tech companies like apple and google accused parler of failing to moderate violent content. the latter companies removed parler from their app stores, collusion, anyone? parler has since filed a lawsuit