dan smith, welcome to the usa. we can't start this conversation by saying 2021 has been good for peace or peace may king. so what's your reading of who the award has gone to? well i think that as you say, there's really no peace mediators of peacemakers who this year could be recognized unless it was for lifetime achievement. so committee has looked at it quite often does across other connected issues and they've gone for this issue of press freedom and, and good reporting under extremely difficult circumstances where both are journalists who have received their ward have had threats to their life and who stand for i think the very best standards in journalism and an accurate reporting fidelity to the truth. so i think this is an an award to them individually. and it's also, i'm sure, is meant to send a message or, you know, encouragement and inspiration to other journalists, possibly those also and difficult circumstances to stand their ground. okay, to continue speaking truth to power. ok. anything that speaks to

in the past, the professors -- certainly dan smith, the head of the department, they've been a dynamicical scientists pick up the newspaper, read what's on the line and tell you what they think. these guys, however, do real research. in the past, especially dan smith, they've testified in voting rights legislation against the state when people bring a claim against the state, whether it's felons' voting rights, dan smith has been the preeminent expert from florida to call. he's the guy from florida that reporters call if you want to understand the data of what's going on. it reduces the use of drop boxes. there are 4.8 million mail-in ballots. 1.5 million were put in drop boxes due to the pandemic. those are being limit nated. another thing is it says you have to have an exact match of your driver's license or social security number on your application on file to get a mail-in ballot. it turns out about 600,000 people don't have that. it hasn't been required before. this could knock out absentee ballot requests. it's true on the left they've been saying this is jim crow 2.0. let's reme

today, the chairman of the manchester arena public enquiry, sir john saunders, said to dan smith, howams and dan smith replied, "all the paramedics that wanted to do their very best. " and he said to their very best. " and he said to the family, "i'm very sorry his death will remain with him for a long time.. i'm truly sorry if any decision i made impacted on his survivability." we learn that by the time john survivability." we learn that by the timejohn atkinson was taken to hospital, there was a full trauma team waiting for him, they did their best to save the 28—year—old but around two hours after the explosion, very sadly, john atkinson lost his life. explosion, very sadly, john atkinson lost his life-— lost his life. judith, thank you very much- — a british woman who took her children with her when she joined the islamic state group says the uk government should "deal with the issue" of allowing them to return. nicole jack is being held with her three daughters in the same syrian refugee camp as former is bride shamima begum. the home office says its priority is to ensure the uk'

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dan henninger from "wall street journal," thank you. john. >> john: sandra, thank you. former secretary of state rice spoke to gavin newsom and alexandria ocasio-cortez yesterday at the al smithlisten to this. >> i haven't seen this many wine glasses since gavin newsom dined. i am republican, not a congresswoman, tax the rich didn't quite cut it. >> john: sandra smith was at last night's al smith dinner along with other friends from fox, a fundraiser for catholic charities. any relationship there? >> sandra: i was next to martha maccallum, a wonderful event, team fox was there, cardinal dolan at his best, as always, maria the event and rice's keynote was fantastic. had us laughing many times throughout the speech. >> john: handsome group of people there. >> sandra: lovely evening, it was virtual last year as many things were. john, the "washington post" editorial board slamming lawmakers for demanding unrealistic priorities in the president biden spending agenda. what are they willing to let go? democratic congressman ro khanna will join us on that, we look forward to having him. >> john: china fires off stern warning to biden after the president changed decades of policy in