so the biden administration, like the tribe administration, have been expelling mexicans, central americansians, people from many countries to mexicond some cases to the countries they were fleeing directly, nicaragua, haiti, guatemala. the biden administration is true, they are under court order with respect to remain in mexico , but the court -- in the case that was challenging title 42, should order the biden administration to stop using title 42 to expel families. the biden administration in that instance chose to appeal the decision. they have continued to fight those decisions. there's no court order in place that requires the biden administration to use title 42, for example. these are deliberate choices the administration has made to continue to block people from being able to request asylum at ports of entry and they're using them to expel people in places whether lives are in danger. amy: kennji kizuka, thank you for being with us, associate director of research & analysis for refugee protection at human rights first. coming up, we will look at how the nation's first supervised dr

we have seen this administration really want to implement something that the obama administration startedthe pivot to asia. and really focus on standing up to china, reaffirming its commitment to its allies in asia, japan, korea, australia. and so i think what we have seen is an administration, you know, trying to get the u.s. government also back up to speed. i think there was a lot of issues with the trump administration, and frankly, just how its approach to governing, the state department, the defense department were kind of at 6s and 7s. they weren't running up to speed. a lot of issues, especially at the state department. so to try to get the u.s. government functioning again. and i think we have seen some of that. i think there's been some issues with obviously with the withdrawal of afghanistan, but i think part of that was simply to pivot back to what the united states really needs to prioritize and focus on, which for the biden administration is china and really sort of rebuilding ties to allies and alliances and not getting bogged down in conflicts such as afghanistan. >> brian

they don't have confidence in this man or his administration does and look at the crises this administration has caused so i think there's good reason to feel optimistic for conservatives to come back in the office. the collateral damage is the country and not just domestically but internationally but it does show the country has finally seen through the rhetoric and lies of the administration and a lot of voter regret. todd: let's talk about the, quote, damage, rand paul saying fauci's buys for vaccines cost thousands of lives to covid. take a listen. >> if you don't prioritize the vaccine, many people die and many 35-year-old people being vaccinated. tens of thousands of people lost their lives because he ignored natural immunity. fauci's philosophy that vaccines are incredibly successful in the way to go versus therapeutics. todd: that is a bold statement. i'm not being in the medical profession don't feel i could make that leap. rand paul was in the medical profession and made that leap. you are doctor. do you make the same leap rand paul did? >> 100%. we put all efforts into vaccines wh

trump administration lawyer. your honor, i would respectfully disagree that she's entitled to an abortion under existing law. she's entitled to make the choice to have an abortion. she is not entitled to have the government take facilitating steps to have her -- the judge. let's stop there at facilitating steps. as i understand it, plaintiff is not asking the judge to transport her. they're not asking the government to pay for it. they're simply asking she be allowed to be taken to receive the procedure to which she is legally entitled. how is that facilitating? trump administration lawyer: your honor -- the judge: she is essentially in the government's custody. trump administration lawyer: right. in the government's custody, your honor. the government has certain obligations to take great care before releasing her from the federal government. the judge: the aclu is not asking for the government to pay for her abortion. they're not even asking for the government to transport her to an abortion. they are simply as

and under their previous administration, the obama/biden administration, make no mistake about it, we are going to see off shoring of american jobs and american businesses once again. president biden's build back better legislation would be an unmitigated disaster for american families and american workers, and i came to say we're not gonna let it happen. [applause] but you know, as jessica was quick to say, it is not just about more spending, it is about higher taxes. i mean, can you even imagine, here in new hampshire where you just heard that the new republican majorities in the house and senate at the statehouse, and governor chris sununu, are busy cutting taxes. under the biden administration and democrat-controlled the congress, they are actually talking about raising taxes. again, at a time the american people are starting to stand back up and work every day to put this pandemic in the past. under the drew the biden bill back at her bill, here's the truth about taxes. half of middle-class fences -- families that earn between $75,000 and $100,000 year will see their taxes raise.

lewis milioni is the principal deputy administrator for the drug enforcement administration, the dea. welcome to you and thank you for being here today. we look forward to the testimonies that you are going to provide to us. you're probably familiar with the light system. it isn't anything complex. you have one minute remaining when the yellow light comes on. and i think everyone knows what red means. so mr. chester, you're now recognized for your five minutes of testimony. and thank you again for being here with us today for this very important hearing. >> chairwoman eshoo, ranking member guthrie, members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. the biden/harris administration approaches america's overdose epidemic with the urgency it demands, through evidence based drug policy that effectively addresses both the public dimension of the problem and the drug trafficking environment facing the united states and the world. at present one of the most complex and comprehensive challenges we face is illicitly manufactured fentanyl, fentanyl analogues and fentanyl re

there were efforts over three administrations, one written, bush 43. before getting out of the treaty to develop ballistic missile defenses cooperatively for the soviet union and penn russia for modifications of the treaty to be agreed and work permit a joint development. all three efforts failed. bush wanted the united states and russia to agree to withdraw from the treaty together. here agreed to offer only a moderate response and he did. he said he disagreed with the decision to u.s. withdrawal was not a threat to russia security. they claimed at the time it was a huge mistake and undermines strategic stability and me nuclear forces and possible cap six months after the withdrawal in december 13 of 2001 when announced, may 242002, oscar treaty was entered into by the two sides in which they agreed to reach number of strategic nuclear warheads to arrange 2200. significant reductions. at the same time, my staff treaty pledged further work on cooperations and bush administration pursued those efforts until the last month of which it was in office and t

i also like to welcome our administrator, dr. richard, thank you for being here to testify about the vital work of this agency. the climate crisis is a very real impact that is taken today, underscoring the important of admission to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, and coast, sharing the knowledge and information with others, and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources. extreme weather events are going dollar disasters which are on the rise. the environmental research and storage of activities are critical to saving lives and safeguarding our economy. earlier this month, hurricane ida, which made landfall caused historic and deadly levels of rainfall and flooding across my district and region. new jersey is not a stranger to flooding. but an event of this magnitude makes us invest in resilience and not just recovery. climate change is rapidly testifying, and it has or moisture increasing flood risk. supporting the work of dedicated researchers and forecasters will help improve lead ti

with the trump-pence administration.t means standing up to china and insisting china stepped forward, opened the markets, stop stealing intellectual property, respect basic human rights or not have access to the economy of the united states of america. [applause] the constitution charges us to ensure the blessing of liberty for ourselves and prosperity. we need to be committed to the ideals enshrined in the bill of rights, freedom of assembly, and the right to keep and bear arms. we need to reject cancel culture and woke-ism and embrace american liberties for every american. [applause] being a freedom generation also means -- i foundation of education. school board races are happening all over the country, including here in iowa. we need your generation to work with us. let's put parents back in charge of our local schools and their child's education. let's work to give every parent the right to choose where their child goes to school, whether it's public, private, parochial, charter, even homeschooled. [applause] when i

hopefully the biden administration will take a tough stance in those negotiations because this administrationn the foreign policy front. to your point, bret. >> bret: mollie, michelle obama wants to see the u.s. engaged in another military activity. ukraine is trying to get in nato and that brings in all kinds of different questions. >> that is understandably viewed as hot tile by russia in the same way that other countries would, if alliances were forming right up their border. at the same time russia is acting in hostile manner and they are adversary to many countries in that region. people in the u.s. are rightfully concerned about appeasement. that is one of the lessons that we learned from world war ii that appeasement does not work out well for the world. lesson from world war i that undue entanglements can lead to global conflict. that's why it's important for nato to be strong to have an appropriate size so it can be effective. remember, we agree that we will help out any other country the less that is a guarantee that makes sense. and this is juan of the lessons we have learned in re

lewis milioni is the principal deputy administrator for the drug enforcement administration, the dea. welcome to you and thank you for being here today. we look forward to the testimonies that you are going to provide to us. you're probably familiar with the light system. it isn't anything complex. you have one minute remaining when the yellow light comes on. and i think everyone knows what red means. so mr. chester, you're now recognized for your five minutes of testimony. and thank you again for being here with us today for this very important hearing. >> chairwoman eshoo, ranking member guthrie, members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me to testify today. the biden/harris administration approaches america's overdose epidemic with the urgency it demands, through evidence based drug policy that effectively addresses both the public dimension of the problem and the drug trafficking environment facing the united states and the world. at present one of the most complex and comprehensive challenges we face is illicitly manufactured fentanyl, fentanyl analogues and fentanyl re

because the administration and i'll make a view comments about the biden administration. the biden administration come as the biden administration came in their general approach was if they see the administration fall their against. the biden administration continue with the policies such as the targeted sanctions against communist party officials as well as blacklisting chinese companies affiliated with the chinese military. the biden administration might dig his concern as the biden administration demonstrates concern. one is just like the previous obama administration the biden administration there's u a gap u do you know what they say versus what they do. trump had the same problem but it was opposite. he made us cringe when he spoke about it. putinll is great. he is not your friend. he surrounded himself with people who are really strong on national security. trump's policies work tough on russia and really tough on china. the biden administration was exactly opposite. the biden administration will make tough talk about china and russia. their policies are exactly th

the trump administration, he was the first american administration, and understood the true nature ofty and you heard of secretary pompeo talk about manyy times, the truth about the communist party in who they really are, and for the first time, foreign policy and not only that, the trump administration was the first administration it where they were not afraid to challenge china aggressions especially the domestic omissions because today china has one of the world's most powerful armies in the second largest economy and the cost of china in a space is really high sorry governments, no their allies and are afraid of china because they want to bear the cost and the trump administration, was the first one to confront china. no other administration would do this, they signed and civil rights act. [inaudible]. in the companies and affiliated companies and this distinctions, and this never happened before, never happened before so i would call that a backlash. and you heard a lot from the media last year about trump and building the wall and it our allies, not even telling the truth so man

the biden administration inherited endless crises from the trump administration. everything from an insurrection at the capital to a pandemic that was made so much worse by the lack of response from the trump administration. we just voted for a continuing resolution for national disaster relief. 175 of my republican colleagues voted against it. your budget has been zeroed out by some of my colleagues. is that a crisis to you? could it create a crisis for america in terms of preparedness for disasters and response to disasters? >> i do appreciate that. we have the support of the american people. that would have an impact on our ability to protect lives. >> thank you for that diplomatic answer. you are doing nuts and bolts relief and recovery. as the frequency of hurricanes reaching land increased over the last decade? >> what we are seeing is the number of severe weather events continues to increase. it becomes more severe and intense. >> i was looking at some interesting data. in 2017, three hurricanes hit the continental united states. the cumulative damage of th

and that sums up year one of this administration to a tee. i'm not supposed to be up here being held accountable for my actions. this is an administration and president that time after time continues to be completely caught offguard on things they should see from a country mile away. wait, the taliban has captured kabul? we didn't see that coming. wait, inflation isn't transitory? it will be here for sometime, we didn't see that coming. law enforcement isn't the problem? skyrocketing violent crime is happening because police are demonized and criminals don't fear prosecution because bail laws have been neutered, wow, w didn't see that coming. and, wait, migrants are flooding the border after we invited them in, stopped building the wall and attacked our own border patrol? we didn't see what happening. this testing should have ramped up month 'ing ago, laurence, as you know. as usual, team biden, dime short. for them to say we didn't see this variant coming shows you they are exceptional complaining and placing blame and not so good on governi

then the trump administration. trump administration. i assume this crowd is very friendly to the trump administration. we have to give him credit i think it was a failure of his campaign because i mentioned in the book it was the first administration you would have secretary pompeo talk and he is my favorite from the administration that understood the true nature and you heard of the secretary talk about it many times and for the first time they brought this back to the foreign policy it was the first administration not afraid to bear costs its aggression especially domestic aggression because today china has one of the most powerful armies in the second largest economy. the cost is very high. there is no cost free approach. there are too many governments successors and allies that are afraid because they do not want to bear the cost about the first one was waiting and made it known so they signed the human rights act and blacklist the companies and sanctioned senior communist party officials so i would call that a backlash from the u.s

the biden administration refused to close those gaps.ction to the lawsuit that eric schmitt from missouri and i filed about forcing the biden administration to use appropriated funds for what they were appropriated for which was the wall n have not done that. they refused to do it. they wasted money on contractors not building the wall. i think this is their narrative to the court, we are doing something. we're going to do access roads, drainage, we're going to fill gaps and fix fences. it's not fulfilling the purpose that congress appropriated the funds for. i think this is an end run around that court case that we have with the biden administration over actually building the wall. maria: what are we talking about in terms of the cost? is this $100 million worth of equipment that they're not going to use? >> yeah, i think it's hundreds of millions of dollars and they say they're going to throw it out. we would love to have that material for our wall. i'm sure they won't help us. they've done everything had they can to evade actually sto

and freedom was the anthem of our administration. the trump/pence administration, i'm proud to report to you, we rebuilt our military. we restored the arsenal of democracy, and we made the strongest military in the history of the world stronger still. [ applause ] we cut taxes across the board for working families and businesses. we rolled back more regulation than any administration in american history. we revived our economy, created 7 million good paying jobs. in fact, we had the lowest unemployment ever recorded for african americans and hispanic americans, the american dream was working again for every american. we unleashed american energy. we actually became a net exporter of energy for the first time in 70 years. [ boo ] [ chanting usa ] we actually became a net exporter of energy for the first time in 70 years. america was energy independent under the trump/pence administration. [ applause ] he might not have heard that. we held china accountable, and we reduced illegal immigration at our southern border by 90%. [ applause ]

i would just add i don't think the previous administration or the current administration are holding back on the sanctions, certainly not against members of the regime, and we continued to do that. >> were any of you consulted on removing the terrorist list? >> the bureau of affairs was consulted and played a role in the listing and if the delisting that demobilized in 2016. >> and did you recommend that take place? >> the delisting recognizes the reality on the ground that original if you will which targeted me when i was in columbia. they've participated in the peace process since 2016. they've demobilized their structures while the market have carried out continued terrorist activity attacks, individuals, carried out bombings, participated in drug trafficking, and we want to focus we came to the same conclusion thank you for holding this hearing and let me think both of the witnesses. our hemisphere has always bragged about having democratic states yet in recent decades we've seen a decline of the democracy, the decline of countries where they have free and fair elections which de

and administrator administrator criswell, welcome. i must say, my friend just talked about crises when the biden administration began. he's right. the biden administration has had a endless. from the insurrection at the capitol to a pandemic made so much worse by the lack of response, by the president himself, and -- oh, by the way, if you want another crisis, fema -- there's a legitimate resolution, and 175 of my republican colleagues voted against it and your budget -- as apparently some of my colleagues would have it, could it create a crisis for you and america? in terms of preparedness for disasters? >> congressman, i do appreciate the passing of the continuing resolutions. and we continue to support the american people. and the disruption in funding to our mission would certainly have an impact on our ability to protect the lives of individuals faced with disasters. >> let me be more specific. thank you for that diplomatic answer. but you are the administrator of an agency that actually does not sound both relief and recovery. a

the biden administration has been a disaster. when he cancelled the pipeline, that contributed to rising gas prices. he opened the borders so we had a record surge of illegal immigration. the embarrassing and dangerous surrender in afghanistan. and,ing you know, the only solution is spending more money. that's a double whammy. not only do you create way more dollars chasing too few goods, so that's the definition of inflation, but you're spending those dollars to make it possible for people not to re-engage in the workforce. you don't have the manufacturers to hire more people, so that exacerbates the supply of goods. so the policies of the democrats, this is what we are seeing the results of, but it is their policy. it's accurate to call them incompetent, but that's way too kind. >> to your colleague, joe manchin, what was going on behind the scenes. seems like he was very transparent on where he stood on this piece of legislation. he thought it was way too much spending. he communicated that to the white house, he communicated

bush administration time, was 43.ushes making statements like we are not threatened by the soviet, not russian nuclear deterrent. we are prepared to reduce our level of strategic warheads delivery -- unilaterally if necessary. we don't do the sizing of nuclear forces looking at the russian's capability. those statements seem hard to believe given where we are now but that was the thinking at the time and the opportunity. but the relationship between the united states as soured and i would argue that it has soured for a lot of reasons that are much more decisive than missile defense. things like russia felt weakness , felt exploited in a lot of ways with their weakness. they renewed their strength partially because of oil and partially because of fiscal policies. they had grievances about not being treated appropriately. there was a view the revolution on the border were an effort by the united states to turn regimes against russia destabilizing russia itself. putin has a long list of a -- long list of grievances. they

news flash: almost everything the previous administration did was dismantled day 1 by the new administratione biden administration was in office. while her remarks were should, they still were loaded with the blame game instead of accepting responsibility. we have so many women allies. kamala harris spent most of her career advancing women. now you have these afghans stuck there. the ones at the american university in afghanistan. they cut up their i.d. cards. they don't want to be found by the taliban. i have sources trying to get them out. the options for women in afghanistan are two fold: welcome a bride or they are dead. it's awful. that goes against everything kamala harris fought for. >> this is why biden's poll numbers and hers too are so low right now. we have a lot more coming up. stay with us. the mainstream media's double standard on the president is on full display. after the latest "let's go brandon" controversy. that's next. >> ♪ ♪ veteran homeowners- you made a smart move when you bought your home. now make another one and turn your equity into cash. with the newday 100 va loa

the biden administration is refusing to deport them. we're suing them trying to get them to enforce existing law. the first step is acknowledging there is a problem and then enforcing the law. >> arthel: you mentioned enforcing the law and demanding a vote to be held in congress. they can't vote on what day it is which i found out is today. i forgot elier. >> they are voting on really crappy federal officials. they can hold up those processes until they secure the border. force the biden administration to do the right thing in the right way. >> arthel: it is definitely a problem and we need to fix it. thank you for joining us. if you thought we might be leaving inflation behind in 2021, think again. how prices could keep rising well into new year. >> arthel: president biden and vp harris have low approval numbers. is a red wave on the horizon? we're a different kind of dentistry. one who believes in doing anything it takes to make dentistry work for your life. so we offer a complete exam and x-rays free to new patients without insurance

much has changed with kind in the administration.here is no deterrent in white house from china's aggressions and provocations. you are seeing this ramp up across the board. and it will continue, for next 3 years. mark: when you see the biden administration flat lining our defense budget. and communist chinese are on the move. we spend more than they do, but they have one advantage they don't have they can pay their soldiers whatever they want to pay. they don't have to pay them benefits, they do what they are told to do or face a firing squad. we don't operate that way. people say we spend more, that number one, but two, relatively we don't. if we keep flat lining our budget with this administration, they are not building hypersonic missiles for taiwan, they don't have killer satellites because of vietnam, they didn't build the biggest navy on the earth because they are concerned about india, they are building on west coast of africa, a naval base, so they have access to the atlantic ocean, and contracts to run the panama canal. the

on the first -- under -- the obama administration and then the trump administration, saudi was a partner in this horrific war. in 2019, congress made history, and very proud of that and we did this in a bipartisan way, by passing the first-ever war powers resolution pressing them pressing president trump to end this war. it marked the first time that congress invoked the warpowers resolution of 1973 to direct the president to withdraw troops from an undeclared war. sadly president trump vetoed that resolution. many of us welcomed the biden administration's announcement earlier this year that would end support for offensive military operations led by saudi arabia in yemen and named a special envoy to help bring this conflict to an end, but the crisis has only continued. american defense contractors continue to service saudi plans that are waging the war and the united states military also continues to provide intelligence to the saudi armed forces. and now, tonight, we are looking at a new $650 million arms sale to the saudi armed forces. i'm aware that ending u.s. military support for sa

, the obama administration as well. each one of those transfer negotiations is a laborious, sometimes years-long process. some countries are very frank with us saying, you know, we can only detain this person for x period of time and then we cannot assure you they will be held under our domestic law. to professor jaffer's point, the dni under two administrations have tracked the number of detainees who were confirmed to have reengaged and who were suspected of re-engaging. i can tell you as a former prosecutor, the number has got to be higher. you only know what you know and you don't know what you don't know. >> so each country should agree to take these detainees -- country that agrees to take these detainees, they make a best effort and they are not always successful in that effort, and the data you have shows that, correct? >> yes. >> so releasing these, just like the 5000 that got released from bagram airfield, makes the world more contentious and more dangerous and enables the taliban or other terrorist organizati

but under the biden administration this is a biden-made disaster.isis around immigration. from my perspective, and i hope you agree, this is first a national security crisis. when you cannot control the flow over your border, you do not know who is coming in. what is coming in. and why it is coming in. if you cannot answer those 3 fundamental questions you have a national security risk that is something you can't measure. second we certainly have an an ill immigration crisis brought to us by biden saying by default, the borders are open, come in, haitians have said it people have said the same thing. we're coming to the border because the president of united states has sent a signal that is welcome, an opportunity to come across. here is what we know. we know what you have more than 1.3 million people illegally crossing your border, they are not assimilating. they are actually not going to even show up for any of the their hearings, that is more than problematic, that is more than concerning, that is a problem that we are going to have to get our ar

he annexed crimea during the obama administration and some of the policies in the trump administrationhe trump administration did supply weapons to ukraine. the biden administration hasn't been willing to do that. the trump administration opposed the construction of the nord stream pipeline. biden administration backed down from that. if you are putin and watching the biden administration's actions and gauging whether there will be a willingness there to confront you on your actions you are thinking that this may be the time to do what you've long wanted to do when it comes to ukraine. >> benjamin: gosh, of course all this comes at a time when russia is holding two former marines. i know their families are very concerned any escalation would make it harder for them to come home. thank you so much for joining us today. we appreciate it and happy new year. julie. >> julie: cameras watching, the good, the bad and the ugly in 2021. we'll take a look back at some of the most memorable moments next. the line with their two and a quarter refi. that's 2.25%, with an apr of 2.48. this is their

that is what the biden administration is pursuing. we think that is well understood by our partner ands should be understood in beijing. i will hopscotch around the world and count on our members for follow-ups as i cannot resist. you mentioned afghanistan. you emphasized what you thought was the correct decision. as you know, that is not a unanimous view up on the stage here. you talked a lot about the efforts you made to get out of latin america. let's talk about what seems the biggest immediate issue, you brought millions of people from afghanistan on the precipice. i don't think it is too dramatic to say, death. winter, masturbation, lack of access to medical care, a nonfunctioning economy -- medical -- many would say it is less the taliban than international institutions. it will get extraordinary difficult if not impossible or the afghanistan economy ceases to function. can you say something about the conversations about -with the taliban--? are we prepared to provide certain amount of help? >> we have and we are providing. the

the administration has vowed to address that and they are. host: let's hear from juanita in michigan. caller: i'm from a small city in michigan and we have had this problem for a long time. the united states has had this problem when it was required not to use lead anymore. so my question is, there using a lot of money to take potholes for structures that were built before 68. there is a lot of money because we've been flooded with a lot of money so that they automatically start siphoning off these moneys to take potholes on structures that were built for regulations started. that's my first question. host: we believe that there -- we will leave that there. guest: the question was how are they going to use this money. honestly it's up to each city and what kind of engineers and analytics. some of these firms are working in benton harbor and you can see that it's a slow going process. it looks like slow going. i think it's just a long process and they have to dig it up and test those pipelines. host: you are based in ann arbor. what did flint

we were able to get it in the last administration. this administration comes in, they reverse it, one of the 20. guess how we, the alaska delegation found out about that reversal. front page story in "the washington post." secretary of agriculture wanted to brief "the washington post" and all the extreme environmental groups who wanted this before they let the people of alaska or their representatives know. so these are the examples and, yes, the list also includes resource development projects, but here's the thing on that, madam president. i have a folder full of letters. these are letters from the elected leaders, tribal leaders, burrow leaders -- bur roe leaders, native leaders in my state, dozens of letters, native village of kaktovik, that's a tribe, city of utiovic, city of atusok, the community of the arctic slope, another tribe, the voice of the arctic. these are all alaska native leaders who live on the north slope. some of them live in the arctic national wildlife area. every single one of these great leaders in my state, e

trump administration lawyer. your honor, i would respectfully disagree she is entitled to an abortion under existing law. she is entitled to make the choice to have an abortion. she is not entitled to have the government take facilitating steps to have her. the judge. -- the judge in that case that she was, quote, astounded by what that trump administration lawyer was trying to argue. she said quote, i am astounded by the position, she said it was quote, remarkable when he was trying to get the court to agree to. she did not mean remarkable in a good way. and so, that with us you might expect. that lawyer for the trump administration got his hat handed to him in the courtroom. he lost that case. the aclu one. the 17 year old girl, jane doe, ultimately was able to get an abortion. now there was a little blip in the case. two federal appeals court judges stepped in, one arguing that you didn't have any rights because she was an immigrant, which is not the way the constitution works. the other one arguing that, basi

administration. when trump came in in january 2017, he did not walk out of the nuclear deal right away. for 10 months, fast-forward to october, before he refused to recertify the deal. then you had an additional eight months or so, may 2018, where he actually withdrew from the deal. when he withdrew from the deal, iran was still allowed to sell oil, waivers were given for iran to sell about a million barrels of oil a day. it was only in may 2019, when those waivers were taken away, so you really only have crippling sanctions, that part of the strategy of confronting iran, you only had crippling sanctions from may 2019. within a few months, iran was reduced to about 300,000 barrels a day of oil. that was a huge gap of where they were. they had reached almost 3.8 million barrels a day. they were reduced to 300,000 barrels, and they were under enormous pressure in early 2020. but hope was given to the iranians. unfortunately, what you had in the political debate in the united states, and virtually all t

this administration is so tone deaf.t is like they live in this bubble, this leftist bubble where whatever they say is true. they believe has to be true. and it seems like during the pandemic that bubble is hermetically sealed and they have even lost common sense. they're completely out of touch with what the american people are experiencing in the grocery store, at the gas pump, what they're buying, where they're going, empty shelves, high prices, what they can do for their kids this christmas. you have to get in touch -- joe biden set the standard whether he is a failure or success as president. he has a plan to shut covid down. has he shut it down? like the congressman said, you can't even get a test. edward: quickly i want to get this in, 2022 midterms, administration plans president biden is saying he is not giving up on build back better. listen to this. >> let me turn, mr. president, build back better. many say i s snn in in pepe parttsese o o joechan univlersal,ax tax t itcrcr hiscrto hc to figig ee h>>aven'ten g

barack obama's administration.n was added during the trump administration to reach more than $27 trillion. liz, if we needed to pay off the near $30 trillion in debt we have right now, u.s. debt clock.org says each taxpayer would owe more than $233,000. back to you. elizabeth: lydia hu, thank you so much. joining us now is fox news contributor and economic expert liz peek. liz, it is great to have you back on. good to see you, merry christmas and happy new year. i would like you to listen to this sound bite. hillary clinton, hillary clinton took a shot at far left progressives blaming them for not getting things done and blaming them for democrats to lose elections. >> i think it is time for some careful thinking about what wins elections and not just in deep blue districts where a democrat and a liberal democrat or so-called progressive democrat is going to win. i understand why people want to argue for their priorities. that's what they believe they were elected to do. look, i'm all about having vigorous debate.

and this poor trump administration lawyer, he was the top immigration lawyer in the trump administration, and he just got destroyed in that federal courtroom, just destroyed by the judge. and we know because we have the transcript of what happened. i'll give you a little taste. the judge: i would like the ooe government to explain to me how, since jane doe is entitled to an abortion under supreme court law, since she has followed through on the regulations to obtain her legally entitled abortion, meaning getting an attorney ad litem, getting a judicial authorization, how in the government's view could she not receive the services to which she is entitled? trump administration lawyer: your honor, i would respectfully disagree that she's entitled to an abortion under existing law. she's entitled to make the choice to have an abortion. she is not entitled to have the government take facilitating steps to have her -- the judge: let's stop there at facilitating steps. as i understand it, plaintiff is not asking the judge to transport her. they're not asking the government to pay for it. they'

now we have the last administration and this administration coming together on a promise policy and we> no. you would think it would be obvious for the networks to cover this. "vanity fair" not a right wing publication has a physical picture of the plan given to president biden. the president denies he rejected this plan. >> the report itself -- i encourage everyone to read the "vanity fair" piece. the journalists on other networks decided not to talk about the "vanity fair" hash. oo -- issue. one thing they were frustrated about is the administration 3 days later got a back channel call to the white house that said your plan is dead. not happening. but that same day the biden administration announced that the fda would take the lead on testing. look where that got us. >> lauren, it's progress that "vanity fair" is doing investigative journalism but that's one publication. >> yes. i will take the other side of this. when i read every morning and i check the headlines in the "new york times" and cnn, i have seen should coverage that is not so favorable for what is going on right now. i