maria: james freeman, we haven't heard that focus yet. still want to know exactly how this began in wuhan just miles away from that high-level virus lab. i think it's always struck people as quite a coincidence. we need the full accounting. i agree with dagen, 100%, the big risk is that biden sells out our national security human rights for some kind of empty climate statement from beijing. but i guess i would disagree a little. i thought the word casserole was a little tastier. i think he did recognize the threat that china poses in terms of human rights and democracy and -- and the theft of intellectual property. and i think part of that biden speech yesterday was reflected in the way donald trump has changed the washington consensus on china, so i can't say i'm hugely optimistic, but i think it was an upgrade over -- you and i maria wrote in 2012 when jinping came to power and the rhetoric from vice president was too friendly. i think if you compare it to that, maybe this is a little more promising. maria: and we document all of this ab

cheryl: i want to bring in james freeman. eah, thanks, kevin, i'm glad that you brought that up. i was going to ask what kind of career penalty there is in hollywood for having these unconventional by hollywood standard views. is there people that say i like to work with you but can't, what's the feedback? >> yeah, that's happened. my manager both behind closed doors say we can't do it anymore because of the things that you say. i'm going, wow, isn't this the industry that screams for tolerance and apparently it's a one-way street. i love the industry, i don't harbor all the hate and anger that the left harbors against people that are on the right. i don't get it. it's just sad how much divide that's been going on in the country over the last 10 or 12 years. that makes mesad. to me is why can't we have a debate without anger and hate and violence coming into it. you have your point of view. i have my point of view and move on. cheryl: you've been victimized by facebook for sure. kevin sorbo, thank you very much. i want to plug

james freeman joins us from "the wall street journal." james a fox news contributor.t is kind of interesting to watch all of this, james, putting together what blake talks about, whether minimum wage is in there or not, looks like the democrat will put through a large relief or stimulus package, whatever you want to call it, you do see pushback from economists, even liberal economists like larry summers, this might be too big. inflation could be a problem. in the midst of all of this we still have the stock market hovering at record highs. pretty flat today but still doesn't seem to be very concerned if there is a concern about the future. what do you make of that? >> as far as the economists it is very striking, larry summers, jason furman, steve rattner, leading lights of the obama economic team, saying polite ways joe, we don't need a package this big. it is not 2009. the economy is in pretty good shape. that relates to the second question how are markets reacting. you've been talking about a very strong earnings season. i think consensus which i share is that this

james freeman and the editorial page assistant editor at the washington journal thanks. >> thanks.will have more on fox news sunday speak with lis klainny her first interview since house republicans voted to keep her in leadership after backlash over vote to impeach the former pment. chris sits down with connecticut senator chris murphy and kentucky senator rand paul. checkier local listings for time or catch fox news sunday 2 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel when president biden cancel keys stone xl pipeline 11,000 jobs ended with the stroke of a presidential pen. business owners already are feeling the effect of the canceled project in number of small towns in nebraska where the pipeline was under construction. alicia acuna takes look at that story. >> nebraska population 600 no longer sees heavy trucks carrying the pipeline a silence that's hurting surrounding businesses. >> we had pipeline crews here during the covid it did help us because we serve meals to them a lot of takeout. in nearby creek we met chris olson says washington doesn't even care. >> over the countr

meantime we'll bring in james freeman, "wall street journal" contributor. is this for show, james? mathwise it makes sense. 10 republicans they come over to the white house f you latch on to the democrats you could get 60, something bipartisan done. seems like the democrats are ready to go on their own here? >> well i think this is going to be a moment that tells us a lot about the biden presidency going forward. it's, i would say gracious of this group of republicans to come over with the 600 billion-dollar offer but, the truth is we really don't need either of these huge plans. 600 billion in the context of the last year for a lot of people watching these covid negotiations in washington may seem like kind of a small number but it is massive if you consider the underlying biden premise you saw jen psaki is talking about is false. this economy is not in crisis. we saw today the cbo upgrading its expectations. they're thinking the economy gets back to its pre-covid level mid-year. they're talking about fourth quarter, 3.7% growth over fourth quarter of last year. we have seen the,

liz peek and james freeman thanks to both of you. if you missed any of the shall we of an encore presentation every night at 7:00 p.m.. many thanks to fox for allowing me to put my v-shaped recovery charts on the air. freedom worki am larry kudlow. >> from the fox studio in new york city this is maria bartiromo wall street. maria: welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was in helps position you for the week ahead i am jackie deangelis in for maria bartiromo coming up in just a few moments former secretary of state mike pompeo reacts to biden's remarks this week about china's persecution of minority and political distance calling it chinese propaganda and later maria's one-on-one with home depot cofounder ken langone on the gamestop trading and brader economy. let's look at this week's the top newsmakers on "mornings with maria" on this additions of the week stalkers. >> why do you think china is trying to limit or trying to put limitations in place for american companies in the american military. >> is mainly around the c

stuart: well-said, james freeman. with you 100%. james, thanks for joining us.security department raising some concerns. what's the problem, ashley? ashley: well her name is suzie levine. she led washington state's unemployment program is, has been at the center after fraud scandal that cost the state more than $600 million. that fraud is believed to be linked to a nigerian group that uses stolen identities. at least 122,000 fraudulent claims were may have had and devine was criticized by the state auditor for delaying the sharing of the fraud details but despite that scandal, devine has reportedly been picked by president biden to be assistant secretary within the labor department, working for the federal agency that actually helps states process unemployment claims. so questions are being raised. stu? stuart: they are indeed. ash, all right. mayor of chicago, lori lightfoot has a message for teachers who are refusing to return to school. what is she saying, lauren? lauren: she is saying come back to the classroom today or face disciplinary action. listen. >> w

up to talk about the breaking details is fox news contributor james freeman from "the wall street journalnal review. i may be a little bit partial but janice dean has been such a vocal advocate on this -- she lost both of her in-laws within a couple of weeks of each other, both of them were in long-term assisted living facilities where they couldn't get answers. he has been beating the drum over and over again, we got information for the democratic attorney general that was very interesting and, it seems to suggest they were hiding even more. >> hats off to janice, she obviously was on this very early. the destruction in new york is really staggering, you think about overall from covid, number two in covid deaths in california, number two per capita, one of the worst hit states -- we now see not just the irresponsible move of failing to protect people in nursing homes but this ongoing cover-up which has been happening for months and now we see if this report is accurate, essentially admitting it's a willful deception in order to avoid u.s. department of justice scrutiny. i can't think of

let's talk to james freeman from the wall street journal and roy murdoch of the "national review," greatve you both with us. janice dean has been such a vocal advocate on this, she lost both her in-laws within a couple weeks of each other, both of them in these long-term living facilities really couldn't get answers. she has been beating the drum over and over again, we got information from the democratic attorney general in new york, it was very interesting and damning a lot of respect and now this report about this call between democratic lawmakers and the cuomo administration seems to suggest they were hiding even more. >> hats >> hats off to janice, obviously was on this very early, a distraction in new york is staggering, you think about from covid-19 number 2 in total death by california, number 2 in per capita covid-19 deaths by new jersey, one of the worst it states, we now see not just the irresponsible move of failing to protect people in nursing homes but this ongoing cover-up which is been happening for months and now if this report is accurate essentially an admission that i

for more democratic chuck schumer and editorial james freeman. >> great to be here. i want to play this video of dr. rochelle. >> schools can safely reopen and that that safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely. vaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for safe reopening of schools. mike: chris, did she go off script or was she just being honest. >> she's being honest. in the biden administration, they don't have scripts like they did in the previous administration. so -- and i think she's 100% right, our first priority as a nation should be getting our kids back to school. here in new york most districts are back to school and have been back since september. i understand that there are concerns in some urban areas about being able to properly social distance in these classrooms and i think what major lightfoot did in chicago was work with the union to come to an acceptable solution to get kids back in the classroom. that should be being done across classrooms. it's important to development. mike: james, your

we'll talk to james freeman assistant editorial page editor for the "wall street journal." at this "wall street journal" headline. where is biden on opening schools? so far he is buckling to the unions that won't return to classrooms. what do you think about that, james? >> it's really tragic. this administration talks about following the science but the science is very clear, kids should be in school. we've seen numerous studies from the u.s. and around the world showing that schools are not super spreader events as some feared. we know that kids are at little risk. most of the staff are at little risk and by the way, there are tens of billions of dollars in previous emergency measures passed by washington that still hasn't been spent at these schools where unions are demanding more and more protections until they will agree to having their members go back to you. >> dana: even getting the teachers into the front of the line to get vaccines hasn't done enough. >> bill: i think the money is an interesting point here. in the package that's proposed in congress by democrats,

john: we will talk with the lieutenant governor of texas dan patrick coming up in the next hour, james freeman, thank you so much. we are now hearing from ted cruz about this trip to cancun and he said with school canceled for the week our girls asked to take a trip with friends. wanting to be a good dad i flew down with them last night and flying back this afternoon. my staff and i are in constant medication about what happened in texas. my team and i will continue using all of our resources to keep texans informed and safe. that's what they are saying about it. other people are saying he was scheduled to come back on saturday. be three all we can do is bring the statement to our viewers. we will update you will on more on that story as we get it. meanwhile fallout from the grid it fueled trading surge a topic on capitol hill. >> a few things i'm not. i'm not a cat, and institutional investor or a hedge fund. i do not have clients, i'm just an individual whose investment in game stop and post on social media were based upon my own research and analysis. >> sandra: and that is reddit user grow

. >> dana: james freeman is assistant editor of the "wall street journal" editorial page.inee for joe biden. he is having his confirmation hearing. he will get asked questions whether the biden justice department will continue to pursue this avenue of cuomo. >> it is very clear the cuomo administration stonewalled, refused both public and government requests for the full picture, the full data what was happening in nursing homes. there is a question of did they cross into a type of federal crime? they certainly provided misleading data and then stonewalled on the rest to the government. what's also i think really significant now is that this is not just an argument over whether their reporting was wrong, whether the data was corrupted which had terrible consequences to be sure. but this is also about the impact of the policy and the empire center which fought to get these records in court for months as come out with a finding there was a statistically significant increase in deaths after that last march directive from the cuomo health department telling nursing homes they

allies in asia most concerned you talked about it india, for example, you taiwan, but he -- i just james freeman -- how -- destroying our energy, infrastructure, finally we are the world's number one producer of oil you destroy that, you raise costs for americans, and you eliminate their jobs. how is that standing up, oh but -- again, mother nature takes precedent over american workers and families. maria: it is all fine and good to say you are competing on world stage, with another superpower the problem is that china, cannot be trusted, in keeping its promises we have seen this over and over again, and during the trump managers's effort to do a trade deal, time and time again beijing communist party refused to admit they were stealing intellectual property. that theft of i.t. from the west, was a strategy, for growth. and that is what happened, and it is called -- you know, replicate, and replace that is pretty much what doj told us all along that beijing chinese communist party is trying to replicate america in businesses to replace them, so we will have to watch this closely, as these polici

james a sutton, from the confederacy. his communications with some of the governors, and particularly where the governor from south carolina, where they were having particular difficulty of figuring out how to navigate treating freeman from the north, versus and slave men. and they had helped institute legal process essentially, to try to capture in charleston. but they run into issues quickly, because the local courts did not want to enter into this issue. they did not feel like they have jurisdiction over black soldiers. they were nervous and hesitant about it. because they didn't quite know if should be federal issue, or i should say confederate government issue, or a state government issue or not. so what happened is they determined, that they could only deal with the formerly enslaved men. they put about four men on trial, they could not come to anything conclusive, so they sent them back into the prisons. i think that really helps elucidate some of the complexity that is going on on the ground here and you know i discovered myself that that was another historian, whose name i'm blanking out on, and basically talking about some of the legal issues that confederates were confronting because they also had to make

our producers, stephanie freeman made very sure i understand the importance of pirates to this area. >> they get a pirate ship in the end zone there. raymond jamesk you very much and once again waking up kansas city lost in the fashion yesterday to the pirates. not the pirates the buccaneers. jillian joins us now. jillian you have headlines don't you? >> good morning yes let's again with this. the name of names released victs include three salt lake city residents were among two separate groups strapped by the snow and then crazy video posted online snows the snow barreling down the mountain. look at that it is unbelievable four survivers able to dig themselves outs and call 9-1-1 one was them treated for hypothermia all are expected to be okay. congress member cory bush showing support for inmate who is rioters violence erupted as 100 inmate smash window started fires, and toss burning items on to sidewalks below. one officer was hurt in the chaos. bush tweeting a doctor martin luther king, jr. quote writing a riot is the language of the unheard. bush went on to say, quote, i want to talk to my constituents in the window lives and rights must b