we have our own chuck grassley jokes. right now the covid is afraid of chuck grassley. we are very thankful to have him back and in good health and continually working for islands. -- iowans. he is a tremendous asset to our state and we wish him continued health. as we are approaching the end of our congressional session we have a number of things that need to be done. i want to address two of those that some of my colleagues have mentioned. one is making sure we have a coronavirus bill that is done. earlier today park governor of iowa kim reynolds did state that congress needs to come together and get a bill done. we have people across the state of iowa and across this nation that are hurting. we want to keep a stronger economy. we want to keep citizens safe and healthy. finally we have the national defense authorization act that is hanging in the balance. we need to work together to ensure we get this completed. we have done this for many decades now in a bipartisan fashion. we need to do it again. it includes a lot of provisions that are very good for our servicemen

the republicans were pushing back on the bill as well as or a senator roy blunt iowa, senator chuck grassley and utah senator mitt romney arguing against the plan we can't you know have free money the republican majority senate could consider whether or not

senate where most senate republicans are pushing back missouri senator roy blunt iowa, senator chuck grassley and utah senator mitt romney have all said they

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we're also joined by iowa senators chuck grassley where is chuck? chuck, congratulations on everything, chuck. and johnierness who just had a big victory, thank you, johni, what a job. what a job. they had you down a couple of points and you won by a lot. >> thank you. president trump: it's one of those things that you really, you should be proud of yourself you campaigned hard, that was a tremendous victory. thank you very much. also representatives jim jordan, where is zim a great wrestler. really great wrestler, i won't go over the record because the only way you're not great is compared to this guy perhaps. he's a warrior. and markwayne mullin. thank you for being here. glad your son is doing well and setting records also. these two guys are great. they're really, really fantastic people. dan was born and raised in the working class town of waterloo, iowa. his mother said she knew tan would be a wrestler the day they brought him home from the hospital. even as an infant he refused to let his back even touch the ground. that's sort of an interest

and msnbc for covering up the hunter biden story before the election to benefit joe biden as chuck grassleyoes again after the bidens from the senate floor calling them "agents of communist government." critics blast the media, democrats and the so-called experts are bundling and misleading you on vaccine readiness. we will show you just how badly they blew it. how they were throwing cold water onte it from the start and how they are now acting like they have been the biggest cheerleaders the whole a time. plus more on democrats and joe biden attacking the vaccine success of operation warp speed as questions now amount. what exactlyti is biden's plan beyond these attacks and beyond warning of a dark winter. americans know all about that. more on how new york democrats don't have the facts to pack up their shutdown of restaurants and bars as a massive protest today hit in new york city. restaurants really upset. the owners and workers marching throughout new york city, including on governor cuomo's office. we will take you to the borders tonight. polls show american and immigrants wantra hum

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on the senate floor today, chuck grassley blasted the blatant cover-up of their work. >> those same liberallets that disparaged our investigation now report that hunter e biden's financial deals in china raised counterintelligence concerns. so you can understand why i think it's very outrageous that the fourth estate would choose to ignore facts when they are uncovered by republicans. lou: the senate has produced a report covering many of hunter biden's past business dealings with china including some that are flagged for, quote, potential financial criminal activity. for more on that, we turn to hillary vaughn in wilmington, delaware. hillary. >> reporter: hi, lou. we went digging around for what hunter biden was up to, who he was doing business with in the days, months and years leading up to the grand jury investigation that we now know kicked off in 2018. fox news is now learning that that grand jury investigation is not just digging into hunter biden's taxes, but also covered money laundering and also suspicious foreign transactions from china. so a senate report looked into hunter bid

chuck grassley demand asked the justice department whether hunter biden and james biden violated same law that general michael flynn was accused breaking? we have covid-19 and botched and bungled covid-19 shut down is now even more people are dropping into poverty. eight million since june. and tens of thousands getting evicted. millions are getting evicted. people have had it. they're fighting past we'll show you how. rand paul says democrat eric swalwell has got to go. he should resign entirely from congress. that is what the senator said, over his ending tangle meant with a chinese spy. not talking about that, not telling the american people but going after trump on trump russia. 17 house republicans demand speaker pelosi remove you will swalwell from house intelligence saying he is a national security threat. we'll show you why. new debate breaking out in washington. why is nancy pelosi protecting eric swalwell and why weren't voters why weren't americans told about this big national security issue before election when it happened years ago? also democrats, now increasingly turnin

taxpayers, republican senator chuck grassley and democrat senator ron -- requested an immediate briefing from the irs on whether consumer data was compromised in the hack. in its alert, it said it was wear of compromises beginning in at least march 2020. calling it a grave risk to the federal government and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, adding, and other private sector organizations. organizations like microsoft, which has also been hit by the massive breach. experts believe the tech giant was likely exposed because it used network manage being software from solar winds corporation, a texas-based i.t. company believed to be at the center of the hack. the fbi and other agencies have actually scheduled a classified briefing for members of congress. that's coming up tomorrow. in the meantime the investigation, as you can well imagine, continues, as authorities look to assess the scope of the breach. shannon, tonight it appears to be massive and very disconcerting from my viewpoint here in washington. all the sources i've talked to are really raising eyebrows and raising

earlier today iowa center chuck grassley let them have it. check go-ahead. >> those same liberal outlets that disparaged our investigation, now report that hunter biden's financial deals in china raised counterintelligence concerns. so you can understand why i think it is very outrageous that the state would choose to ignore facts when they are uncovered by republicans. before that her old friend ohio republican i'm trying to say two words at one time. republican congressman jim jordan gave c8 at a need drop from the top of the ropes. jim. >> there needs to be a special counsel. we need to dig into it. now look, we know he's being investigated. looks like tax issues and everything else. i think it's interesting the same people that told us the protests were peaceful for the same people as of the dossier was real. the same people that told us the anonymous whistleblower had to be believed even though we could never see who he was, never cross-examine them. the same people et cetera is nothing there to the hunter biting story. kennedy: so did t

covering up the hunter biden story before the election in order to benefit joe biden as senator chuck grassley again goes after the bidens from the senate floor, calling them agents of communist governments. democrats and so-called experts are burning gelling, misleading you on vaccine readiness. how they were throwing cold water on it from the start. they are acting like they are the biggest cheerleaders all the time. democrats attacking success of "operation warp speed," questions mount what is joe biden plans beyond these attacks and warning after quote, dark winter. americans know about that so where is the hope and unity? more how new york democrats don't have the facts to back up their shutdowns of restaurants and bars as a massive protest today hit in new york city. restaurants really upset. the owners and workers marching throughout new york city including on governor cuomo's offers. we'll take you to the border tonight. polls show americans, immigrants they want humane legal immigration. officials are now warning human smugglers are trying to hide dozens of stash houses inside of subu

you can imagine how worried folks were when chuck grassley got word that he had tested positive for the virus appeared he was asymptomatic but the 87 years young iowa senator was not an easy target for the virus. i caught up with him earlier today in his first interview coming back to work since dealing with all of this. he says he feels just fine. and targeting the viruses minor still. take a look. >> i feel very well. i was fortunate that it was asymptomatic. and i was quarantined for 14 days. i got a lot of well wishes, and i appreciate your well wish right now. >> neil: we were reaching you. i encourage your staff to say you could tune into my show in your sleep. maybe that helps. botts, senator, let's get right to the mechanics year. there is not hundred $8 billion stimulus measure that's out there. are you open to it? >> i'm open to it within these parameters. the dollar amount as long as it doesn't get higher would be maybe acceptable. but what's in it? i'm not a big fan for a lot of mining for state and local. there's so many things that have bipartisan support already. the most

chuck grassley and ron john said their committees found potentially criminal activity across the globe. racing concerns about extortion and risks he ripped the from the floor of the senate on the blackout of the hunter biden story before the election a story many of the media only now reporting on. senator grassley charging the media covered it up in order to help get joe biden elected. all of this as we continue our deep dive that we started last year into what really went on, how biden family members allegedly buried the money flows out of foreign countries into accounts contacted to them by using shell companies as the bidens were selling influence overseas. now to the controversy swirling around democrat eric swalwell and his ties to a suspected chinese spy. republicans say swalwell should step down from house intelligence because he is a national security threat. nancy pelosi today defended eric swalwell but we've got this. a shocking and gaping government security loophole that eric swalwell unwittingly barreled right through. questions now emerging who else marched through this

republican senator chuck grassley said it's not unreasonable to demand stronger legal protections for already struggling businesses there needs to be protection against lawsuits because you can't tell where this virus is backed up that. but durbin says republicans are blowing the issue out of proportion and says the deal does include a compromise for we are proposing a time out in the filing of new cases friday speaker of the house nancy pelosi insisted covid relief negotiations are making progress. there is momentum. durbin says for now the plan still does not include another round of stimulus checks for families but it can change president trump says that he wants to sue those checks in washington raquel martin. >>still ahead, i talked with doctor deborah birx with the white house coronavirus task force earlier today. why she says outdoor dining is >>and other regions of california get ready to lock down many local restaurants are wondering why they have to shut down outdoor dining once again i had a chance to talk with doctor deborah birx from the white house coronavirus task force

senate where most senate republicans are pushing back missouri senator roy blunt iowa, senator chuck grassley and utah senator mitt romney have all said they oppose the plan we can't you know have free money the senate will have to take up the bill before the end of the week or it will have to wait until next year and a new congress. >>in washington raquel martin. >>and this just in the house has voted overwhelmingly to override president trump's veto of the national defense authorization act that sets the stage for would be the first veto override of his presidency. house members voted 322 to 87 in favor. well above the two-thirds needed to override his veto. the senate which is expected to vote on the override this week also needs to approve it by a two-thirds majority, the president rejected the defense bill last week saying it failed to limit social media companies. he claims were biased against him during the failed reelection campaign. president trump also poses language that allows for the renaming of military bases that honor confederate leaders. >>in nashville investigators still try

neil: that was chuck grassley's way of saying mr.sident, focus when you are in georgia this weekend. he will be there tomorrow, by the way, on behalf of the republicans, the senators who are running right now in that race. focus on getting them back to the united states senate and save any other problems you have with counts in the state for another day. not this state, not this weekend ahead of that january 5th runoff race that is as tight as a tick. steve harrigan with the latest on that. reporter: big day of campaigning and big weekend of campaigning for the two senate run-off seats set for january 5th. those two races could determine which party controls the senate for the next two years. today, vice president pence in town here in atlanta, later going to savannah to campaign with both republican senators. also on the other side, former president obama today holding a virtual rally for the two democrats. now, among republicans who are dissatisfied with the voting process here in georgia, how it's gone so far, some of them are enc

>> chuck grassley and i will not turn a blind eye to new evidence but is in the hands of the justice department. i hope this is a legitimate investigation. the only reason i say that, i have no suspicions one way or the other. we did an investigation into the investigation into hillary clinton's email scandal, not designed to uncover the truth leading to prosecution a conviction but to cover up the truth and exonerate hillary clinton. that is not the case with hunter biden. mike: how difficult it is for president-elect joe biden to find an attorney general nominee with this hanging over the process? >> it will be questions for whoever the nominee is. someone like eric holder is consiglio area for president obama won't go over too well. mike: many washington and across the country are quite alarmed by hacks against us government systems. do you have a sense at this point how bad the damage is? >> i don't but it sounds pretty extensive, sounds pretty serious. this is an enormous problem. i would have thought we closed the gap between those attackers versus those of us on defense, but f

play schemes, invalidated by his own documents, his own emails and extensive report from senator chuck grassley of iowa and ron johnson of wisconsin, found millions of dollars in payouts 20 experience hunter, russian oligarch, ukrainian oligarch, burisma, national, bank of china, they found it all including money being transferred, despite a mountain of evidence the media ignored that story. big tech censored that story. remember the new york post, fifth-largest paper in the country marked for daring to report the facts. they have been vindicated. now that the election is over, got him elected, let him hide in the basement and won't talk about it again. that is not a service to we the american people the voters, take a look. >> no evidence to support the claims. >> hunter biden is under ongoing investigation for taxes related to business dealings in china. >> no evidence hunter biden did anything illegal. >> hunter biden is under investigation. >> no evidence he's done anything wrong. >> the justice department investigating hunter biden. >> we know hunter biden, no evidence of any wrongdoing. >

we're also joined by iowa senators chuck grassley. where is chuck? chuck, congratulations on everything. chuck and joni ernst who just had a big victory. thank you. what a job. what a job. they had you down a couple points and you won by a lot. one of those things that you really -- you should be very proud of yourself. you campaigned hard. a tremendous victory. thanks very much. also, representatives jim jordan. where is jim? a great wrestler. really great wrestler. i won't go over the record because the only way you're not great is compared to this guy perhaps. he's a warrior in every way. we appreciate you being here. mark wayne mullen. thanks for being here. glad you're here and your son is setting records. two guys are great. fantastic people. dan was born and raised in the working class town of waterloo, iowa. his mother said she knew dan would be a wrestler the day they brought him home from the hospital. even as an infant, dan refused to let his back even touch the ground. that's an interesting statement. probably so. at 4 years old, his pare

were then validated by his own documents, his own emails and by an extensive report from senator chuck grassley iowa and senator ron johnson ron johnson from wisconsin. and that includes the money being transferred and everything. big tech, they censored that story. the fifth-largest paper in the country. they been vindicated in the media feels more comfortable. all right, you you got him elected and no he will hide in the basement and we let him talk about it again. >> there is no evidence to support the claims about joe biden's son. >> hunter biden is undergoing an investigation related to his business dealings in china. >> cnn and others are reporting that hunter biden, now the president-elect son is under investigation. >> hunter biden, no evidence he's done, anything wrong. >> he says it's for taxes. >> while we all know there is no evidence of any wrongdoing with him -- >> new details of president-elect biden's son hunter. >> this is the tip of the iceberg of really what's an information crisis in the country. real journalists would have investigated the story before they reported the fac

holding firm over president trump's refusal to concede the election, the most senior republican chuck grassleying he will consider joe biden the president in two weeks, he says, after we've counted the majority votes. someone who will not say joe biden is the winner is governor of maine, william cohen. you and i have talked about this before. when you look at the gop standing by trump, refusing to acknowledge biden as the new president, what do you think? >> i think where are you, joe i dimaggio? where have all the heroes gone? this is the same senate that honored john mccain a couple years ago in the head of state service on capitol hill in the cathedral here in washington? this is the same senate that once had howard baker, jack dent, morgan ruddman, dan coats, i could go on in the list of people who wanted in to that senate who would not for a moment cave in to a person like trump. they had courage, they had the willingness to defend our institutions and not in any way contribute to undermining them by their silence, so it's disappointing. i had hoped that the senate, senators individually,

with the virus, chuck grassley, senator will be talking to us for the first time since getting diagnosed, he's doing just fine. on fox business, we will see you then. ♪ >> jesse: hello, everybody. i'm jesse watters along with dagen mcdowell, juan williams, sandra smith and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." ♪ president trump releasing a brand-new video statement amid new claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. watch. >> the constitutional process must be allowed to continue, we are going to defend the honesty of the vote by ensuring that every legal ballot is counted. and that no illegal ballot is counted. >> jesse: the president's new comments, coming as post office whistle-blowers save thousands of mail-in ballots were either tampered with or thrown out entirely in key swing states. watch this. it's big i can tell you i saw 24 pallets, i picked them up in new york and drove them to harrisburg and from harrisburg i drove to lancaster. >> i had no ballots to take on election day, the day after the election i didn't really think anything of it until the p

senator chuck grassley, longest serving senator, was asked if he would acknowledge it.e said i don't have to, the constitution does. the follow-up was do you acknowledge him as president-elect. quote, i follow the constitution. senator john barrasso calls the topic of whether biden is president-elect a gotcha question. only a gotcha question if you think the job of reporters is to participate in the alternate reality that senator barrasso is currently navigating in. senator lindsey graham said it is a very, very narrow path for the president. i don't see how he gets there given what the supreme court did, but having said that, i think we'll let those legal challenges play out, end quote. narrow path? there's no path for trump. it is a brick wall made of more than 7 million votes and 74 electoral votes. but the one that takes the cake is north dakota senator kevin kramers. and bear with me. this is a long trip through a river. he said well, it seems to me being elected by the electoral college is a threshold where a title like that is probably most appropriate and i supp

the republicans were pushing back on the bill as well as or a senator roy blunt iowa, senator chuck grassley utah senator mitt romney arguing against the plan we can't you know have free money the republican majority senate could consider whether or not to sign on to the bigger tax later this week in washington raquel martin. and now to some national news, a new video of the christmas day bombing in nashville was released yesterday. >>it shows an officer walking out of frame just seconds before the blast. officials say 63 year-old anthony quinn warner is believed to be responsible authorities believe he acted alone. and the blast was a suicide bombing. investigators linked his dna to human remains found in the debris. warner also had experience with electronics explosion damaged more than 40 buildings and injured people and the motive is still under investigation. meanwhile 6 national police officers ran into danger on christmas morning as they helped evacuate residents before that explosion rocked downtown. officials say their heroic actions saved countless lives it was the plan has more on

disinformation, it is embarrassing if you are a media organization you are following a but here's what chuck grassley to say about the fact that many other outlets, looking at legitimate investigations ongoing. >> we show network and we made our findings very public but the liberal media and members of the other political party chose to dismiss our work. even falsely claim that our work was russian disinformation. you can understand why i think it is outrageous that the fourth estate would choose to ignore facts when they are uncovered by republicans. shannon: will senator grassley get any apologies? >> he won't get an apology. the double standard you pointed out earlier in the show if this had been donald trump or eric trump or ivanka making millions in an area they weren't qualified in, working specifically for countries being overseen by their father every one would have been all over in the media saying there's no way you can pay these millions to somebody that lacks qualifications except through wrongdoing and yet they didn't want to cover, said there was no story when in fact there clearly is a

republican senators, chuck grassley and democrat demanding an immediate briefing. the president-elect joe biden following on his watch m malignd actors will be punished i will not stand idly by in the states of cyber assaults on our nation. >> i have not ever seen joe biden hold one actor anywhere around the world accountable for anything. >> and today, new alert from cyber security. infrastructure security agency. they warned that it may have been just one tool that hackers were using to attack the u.s. government but there may be other ones out there that are undetected. cyber security experts say it could take years to finally get to the bottom of all of this. and in some other places around the world too. bret. >> bret: just getting a scope of this. john, thank you. let's find out what they are saying about it at the pentagon about the hack on the threat. here is national security correspondent, jennifer griffin. >> good evening. the services committee has not yet been briefed on information emerging that that the department of energy is responsible for the nat

neil: congressman johnson, i talked to your republican counterpart in the senate, chuck grassley, who was saying, you know, he's open to this , he's open to a lot of it but don't go crazy on another effort that be just as expensive if not more expensive let's see how this goes. are you in that camp that you're open to maybe this , but no more multi trillion dollar relief down the road? >> well, i mean, there are lots of voices that want to add more to this package but the reality is this is the number that can get done. i think as you make the package a lot larger, you lose a ton of republicans if you make it a lot smaller you lose a ton of democrats. if politics is the art of the possible, and it is, this is the right package, and i voted against, you know, big $3 trillion packages and $2 trillion packages and package s that the speaker had put on the floor in the past. this is the thing that can get done. this is the deal that can bring some housing and nutrition and unemployment and paycheck protection relief to the american people. let's get this thing done. frankly, neil, i can't

so concerned about the possible impact on us taxpayers, chuck grassley and democrat senator ron wyden requested an immediate briefing from the irs on whether consumer data was compromised in the hack. and its alerts eisa said it was aware of compromises beginning in at least march of 2020 calling a grave risk to the federal government and state, local, tribal and territorial governments adding other private sector organizations, organizations like microsoft which has been hit by the massive breach. experts believe the tech giant was likely exposed because it used networking management software from solar wind corporation, the texas-based it company believed to be at the center of the hack. the fbi and other agencies scheduled classified briefings for members of congress coming up tomorrow. in the meantime the investigation continues as authorities look to assess the scope of the breach and tonight it appears to be massive and very disconcerting in washington. all sources i have talked to are really raising eyebrows and raising the alarm to see how far the breach goes. shannon: it may

that's why chuck grassley and i are trying to warn the american public, well before the election, but the news media supressed it, they didn't let people know. the news media, social media had far greater influence on this election. this was their candidate. they got him elected because of their suppression of the news. they had far greater election interference that russia could have hoped for in 2016. >> hannity: it's a scary scenario. i had the same experience in vietnam and helsinki in singapore. i was handed a new phone every day and my room was apparently swept when i wasn't there. senator, thank you for your good work. joining me now kayleigh mcenaney. we are really talking about massive amounts of money from countries that are not friendly with the u.s. we're talking about outright media censorship, big tech censorship. now it's all turning out to be true where the same people lectured us for a long time, telling us about russian interference with the trump campaign that was proven false. >> it's incredible. i asked reporter after reporter after reporter along the campaign tra

. >> bill: chuck grassley talking about the hunter biden story. >> hunter biden is under criminal investigation dealings. you can understand why i think it's outrageous that they would choose to ignore facts when they're uncovered by republicans. >> bill: so where does this story go now? fox news obtaining a senate committee report detailing his business dealings with chinese nationals. want to bring in peter schweitzer. welcome back. i saw an interview with you on sean's show. when the story broke, everybody held their breath. when it started to go to a tax case, there seemed to be some exhaling. you, however, have a very different take on that based on international tax law. explain why that could be more precarious. >> yeah, it's great to be with you always, bill. look, the thing that people have to keep in mind, there's been a grand jury empanelled to look into his international business activities. they've been working for a while. this is the first hint via hunter biden that they're looking at financial transactions. they mentioned both issues related to taxes and issues potentially relat

top republicans like chuck grassley as well as senator john thune and john cornyn told me it's over fortinues to get encouragement from the right and house conservatives, the president will continue to use that to push his case even though it stands virtually no chance of succeeding here. >> it's a political game, let's call it what it is. it does create doubts in the minds of tens of millions of americans. thank you very much. >>> already strained lab technicians are sounding the alarm as the demand for more testing, not talking about vaccines here, but testing grows. i felt like... ...i was just fighting an uphill battle in my career. so when i heard about the applied digital skills courses, i'm thinking i can become more marketable. you don't need to be a computer expert to be great at this. these are skills lots of people can learn. i feel hopeful about the future now. ♪ see yourself. welcome back to the mirror. and know you're not alone because this is not just a mirror. it's an unstoppable community. come on jessie one more. it's a race across time zones. come on you two, lets go.

>> we have senator ron johnson and chuck grassley, they had a senate report back in september about hunteren. they said this is a national security problem. criminal, financial, counterintelligence and extortion concerns. hunter biden working ourau business dealings with china, russia and other u.s. adversaries that undercut america's interests overseas. china, we are also talking the first lady of moscow, russian, ukrainian, pakistan, the special counsel, do we need a special counsel to probe james a biden business with the bankrupt company americorps. joe c biden james biden evoked s powerful brother's name to convince america or get a bridge loan from a hedge fund after james biden promise he could get the hospital middle eastern investors because of the family name and then he got a personal loan from the hospital company. what do you think of that? >> the biden family has made money for years half the biden name. we definitely need special counsel to hone in on hunter biden. i am obviously upset about the entire family, but i'm very disturbed that hunter biden due to china and came ba

of course we learn from ron johnson and chuck grassley that hunter biden open up a joint account with a chinese national connected to china's communistpa party? that same bank account would fund a family shopping spree for hunter and his family. february 2014, 0 experience hunter got a whopping $3.5 million wire transfer from a corrupt russian oligarch, the wife of the ex-mayor of moscow, known as the first lady of moscow. again, play a little game. replace name hunter biden with donald trump jr. or any trump kid and what do you have? do you think the democrats, the mob and the media, big tech, they would censor, not report, put the trump in the campaign protection program, and it wasn't just china. it wasn't just russia. in april of 2014, we now know that according to johnson and grassley, their report, because extend oligarch wired over 140 grand -- yup, to hunter biden's firm. what was it for? a brand new pretty expensive car. hunter, zero experience in kazakhstan. may of 2140 experience hunter began receiving massive monthly payouts from ukrainian energy company three small holdin

one of those legislators is chuck grassley, the man who runs the senate finance committee.hour talking about stimulus. he's open to it. take a listen. $908 billion stimulus measure that's out there, are you for it, are you open to it? >> i'm open to work within these parameters. the dollar amount, as long as it doesn't get higher, would be maybe acceptable. but what's in it. i'm not a big fan for a lot of money for state and local are, but there's so many things that have bipartisan support already. neil: all right. so he's open to it. a lot of other democrats open to it now, so that could be the beginning of something especially when the president of the united states hints that he's open to it. mitch mcconnell says he's open to it. chuck schumer, nancy pelosi say they're open to it. so is hen by cuellar, the texas -- henry cuellar, the texas democratic congressman, is he open to it? good to see you, what do you think? >> i'm open to it just like the other folks. so now why don't we just go ahead and get it wrapped up this weekend, and let's vote on it next week. yeah, i s

we learn from ron johnson and chuck grassley hunter biden opened up a joint account with a chinese national connected to chinese communist party. that same bank account would fund a family shopping spree for hunter and his family in february 2014, zero experience hunter got a whopping $3.5 million wire transfer from a corrupt russian oligar, wife of the ex-mayor of moscow, known as the first lady of moscow. again, play a little game. replace the name hunter biden with donald trump jr. or any trump kid and what do you have? do you think democrat, the mob, the media, big tech, they would censor? put the trumps in the protection program? it wasn't just china or russia. in april 2014, we know according to johnson, grassley, a 140 grand to hunter biden's firm. what was it ear marked for? a brand new pretty darn expensive car. hunter, zero experience in kazakhstan. then he began receiving massive monthly payouts from a ukraine energy company. company was knowned by a pro russian government oligard. russia, no experience in ukraine, no experience in oil, energy, gas, but gets paid millions of doll

it's, to tom's point here, people are doing better dealing with the virus, chuck grassley, senator willnosed, he's doing just fine. on fox business, we will see you then. ♪ >> jesse: hello, everybody. i'm jesse watters along with dagen mcdowell, juan williams, sandra smith and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." ♪ president trump releasing a brand-new video statement amid new claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. watch. >> the constitutional process must be allowed to continue, we are going to defend the honesty of the vote by ensuring that every legal ballot is counted. and that no illegal ballot is counted. >> jesse:

liz: we have senator ron johnson and chuck grassley and they had a senate report in september about hunteriden, they say this is a national security problem it raises criminal financial counterintelligence and assertion concerns because hunter and the bidens were working on business dealings with china, russia and undercut america's interest overseas. were talking burisma, were also talking moscow, russian, ukrainian, kazakhstan, oligarch, the special counsel, do we need a special counsel to probe james bidens business dealings with the hospital company lawsuit says joe biden's invoked his powerful brothers name to convince americorps to get a bridge loan for a hedge fund after james biden promising he could get the middle eastern investors because of the family name then he got a personal one from the hospital company, went to thick about the angle. >> is very clear that the biden family has made money for years off the biden name but we definitely need special counsel particulate to hone in on hunter biden. i am obviously upset about the entire family but i'm very disturbed the hunter bi

the most-senior senate republican, chuck grassley, saying that he will consider joe biden the president-elect weeks, he says, which is when the electoral college votes. senate-majority leader, mitch mcconnell, also, among those who are not referring to biden as the winner. joining me, now, is the former defense secretary and republican senator from maine, william cohen. always a pleasure. good to see you. thanks for joining. so, you and i have talked about this before. i know how much you thought was riding on this election. so, when you look at the gop senator standing by refusing to acknowledge biden as the new president, what do you think? >> i think where you are, jod e joe dimaggio? this is the same senate that honored john mccain just a couple years ago in the head-of-state capitol service? this is the same senate, that once had howard baker, warren ruddman, dan coats, i could go on. the list of people once in that senate. who would not, for a moment, cave into president trump. they had courage. they had a willingness to defend our institutions and not, in any way, contribute to undermi

here's what senator chuck grassley had to say about the fact that there are many other outlets now awakingo the fact that there are legitimate investigations ongoing. >> we showed our work, and we made our findings very public, but the liberal media and members of the other political parties chose to dismiss our work. it even claim that our work was filled with disinformation. you can understand why i think very outrageous that the state would choose to ignore facts when they are uncovered by republicans. >> shannon: it's senator grassley will get any apologies? >> he won't get an apology. the double standard, and you pointed this out earlier in the show, if this had been donald trump or eric trump or ivanka making millions in an area that they weren't qualified in, working specifically, if you will, for countries that are being overseen by their father everyone would have been all over it in the media saying there's no way you can babies millions to someone who lacks qualifications except through wrongdoing. it they didn't want to cover, they said there's no story, when clearly there is.

i had your colleague, chuck grassley here from iowa the other day. the voting irregularities. he understands the president is upset. this is about getting the two senators back in washington. do you agree with that? >> i totally agree with that. whether he is the president or joe biden is the president, you want a republican senate. that's the common ground right now. i want purdue and loeffler. if you're in georgia, go vote. vote by mail, vote on the day. whatever. vote for loeffler and purdue. >> neil: senator, you know the president is critical of republican leadership of the state saying he's disappointed in the governor and secretary of state. you think that is helping these republican senatorial candidates? >> it's hard for me to say. i'm not looking at polls. i don't know if that is top of mind. i went through a re-election. most people are focused on the economy, how to get the coronavirus under control. delta is head quartered here. they may be an issue. i find that voters are focused on the coronavirus and the economy. if they're unemployed

. >> monday said majority leader mcconnell welcome back senator chuck grassley who recently self quarantine after testing positive for covid-19. he talked about the need to reach agreement on extending federal spending past december 11 and work on the defense authorization bill. >> first, mr. president, the senate reconveneser this afternn i am especially happy welcome back our president pro tem, senator grassley quarantined, work from home following his positive covid test two weeks ago. we all predicted if any member of the body had the stamina and the spirit to t kick the virus o the curb, it would certainly be him. and sure enough our gallic reports that he experienced no symptoms. as doctors have cleared him to come back to work and we're sure glad to have him back.