david? david: by the way he is with democrats on this one. raising it to 2,000 bucks as well. tammy bruce to talk about this, much, much other things as well. tammy, when i first of all see pakistan about to release the man who butchered danny pearl who i used to work with at "the wall street journal," they're going to release this terrorist who is guilty of killing at least one very notable american and we're giving them 25 million? i get outraged, don't you? >> well absolutely. robert o'neill "the man who killed usama bin laden" he know as lot of restaurant and bar owners who never hid and protected ben laden. we're looking at a very strange dynamic. this is stimulus bill, let's make no mistake about that. it's a stimulus bill for egypt, for pakistan, for best of your memory marks for all of these other foreign countries. remarkable thing, to link it to covid relief, hold us hostage while throwing us -- we might as well be oliver twist here with a bowl asking for more, please, for ourselves. and the irony here, david, of course, this is why

david. david: hilary, thank you.now pledging with the public to stop violence. not much of a different story in seattle where 200 officers just left of the over the rise in crime. guess the summer of love is the thing of the past. jason rantz has the exclusive detail and if you know jason you know he's been on the ground since beginning of all the problems they had there in the mass exodus of seattle police officers next. ♪ ♪ ♪ david: a look at the markets and they are basically flat and we've seen all of the industries going random and green and then read and then green and your susan, your looking at specific market movers that are. susan: yeah, red, green summer talking about the e-commerce darlings of the year, ms sonic, shop if i in the green and they shipped one and half billion items over the holidays and a big number and that means a blow out online shopping for the two largest e-commerce players in north america and let's talk boeing. rallying today in the max got back in the skies cleaning the first commerc

david, nicole, great to see you both. take care. >> thank you, david.avid: the cdc holding an emergency meeting at this hour to decide who get as covid vaccine first. at the same time the fda is facing increasing from the white house. blake burman at the white house. i this you this is the most exciting news that we can report, blake. reporter: there is meeting about just to begin. i keep looking at my phone to see when it will. this is a group of outside experts that advises the cdc, asip. advisor. cdc already suggested this go to health care professionals, 21 million americans. that is 8% of the adults out there. this is the cdc proposal at this point which is for those that work in hospitals, long care care facilities, outpatient facilities home health care, pharmacies who work for emss, along with public health officials. top scientist on "operation warp speed", dr. slowi was asked who he believes should get the first batch. this was his response. >> should start with those who are most exposed and most infected. really the very frail, elderly peopl

david: i remember. manuel: they concluded the ship was involved in the slave trade even though it did not have slaves on board. the medicine ship and what kind of medicine you have. [indiscernible] wow.: manuel: it was exciting. david: if the ship was going, to, from wherever, lisbon the coast of africa and they found the surgeon's chest, that would be evidence enough to seize it? manuel: yeah, especially in the mid-1830's. anyone equipped for the trade would be stopped and probably forn to one of the courts adjudication. the medicine chest became conclusive proof. david: interesting. ,anuel: as for the quarantine there is an amazing book -- -- about more than one quarantine. environment we --not have anything [indiscernible] david: there is a book waiting to be written. helen has an interesting question. slavery by making bodies into property. transmission and spread of these diseases either undermine or support this idea -- i guess the idea is the notion of being alive. she says, thank you so much for

david!d! vice president pence: so president trump and i support your two senators because of who they are. but we also are here just like you are, because of all that we did together. serving together in washington, d.c. think about it. four years ago we inherited a military that had been hollowed out by reckless budget cuts. an economy struggling to break out of the slowest recovery since the great depression. terrorism was on the rise. and we witnessed the steady assault on our most cherished values. but with the strong support of david perdue and kelly loeffler, under the leadership of president donald trump, we rebuilt our military. [cheers and applause] we revived our economy. we secured our border, stood with law enforcement, and fought for life and liberty and the constitution of the united states of america! [cheers and applause] i mean, just incredible progress. fort benningome to , i couldn't be more proud to report to you, with these senators' strong support, we've restored the ar

as was camp david. now, camp david was initially called shang gri law, which means heavenly place, which it is. it's tucked in the -- mountains, thankfully only a 25-minute helicopter ride from the south lawn, which means it's extremely accessible and so laura and i accessed it a lot. we went there as often as we possibly could. you're going to hear from one of the base commanders from camp david, the whole deal is, it's a military base and they've got a lot of other military functions and duties. but when the president's there it's to like pamper the guy. and they do a really good job of it. dwight eisenhower changed the name to camp david, and my brother marvin lobbied for a while to get me to change it to camp marvin. thankfully i didn't. we've got a lot of fond memories of camp david, a lot. and, you know, again, it's a place where laura and i invited a lot of world leaders, tony blair's first visit to the united states, we took him to camp david. laura decided to have a movie there. they've got a n

>> david, thank you for having me.he president indicated his intent to sign the bill for a few reasons. this is going to take care of american families with stimulus checks. it will take care of american small businesses with the renewed ppp program, the paycheck protection program. small businesses make up half of the workforce in this country. also unemployment insurance for people who have been displaced through no fault of their own. it will have money to get schools open. it is going to help get vaccines where they need to be. there is a lot of good content in this bill, things the president has been pushing for for months. the unfortunate parts of, number one the democrats obstructed this for months to play politics of they thought passing this bill would be a win for president trump. they waited too long. that is unfortunate. the process is messy. the american people are have been speak -- david: forgive me for interrupting we're running right now some of the pork in this, including another $24 million for the k

david. david: thank you.subject, an article in science magazine suggesting a few severe allergy like reactions to pfizer's covid vaccine could be related to the new process that targets a person's rna. breathing in dr. matt mccarthy with more on this. good to see you and we should emphasize these are eight bad reactions to tens of thousands of people who have been vaccinated, so it's a small percentage, but significant and i would like to ask you exactly without getting too much into the weeds, this concerns the type of vaccine this is, which is a new development. it targets our art and a messenger rna and it's a compound used in the packaging that could be bad for some people; correct? >> let's look at the numbers with over 2 million americans who have been vaccinated and we have a very small number. you mentioned eight, certainly fewer than 20 that had a severe allergic reaction and the that if the lipid nanoparticles so when we give someone of these mrna vaccines they are getting a little transcript of nuc

david asman is in for stuart. david, take it away. david: dagen, thank you very much. happy new year if i don't see you. good morning, everyone, i'm in for stuart varney, and here is the big story today. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blocking the democrats' quick vote on the $2,000 stimulus checkings. a lot of details to come, we'll explain. but there is good news. treasury secretary steve mnuchin says you could see your $600 relief checks in your account as soon as tonight. we're on it. quick check of the futures, right now all in the green. the dow, the s&p and the nasdaq trading up from modest to about a half percent on the nasdaq. meanwhile, colorado has confirmed now the first case of the new mutant strain of covid from the u.k. now, we've got a doctor who says don't panic about this. he'll explain, that's coming up. and the media just couldn't hide their hatred for the president over the past four years, well, they are back at it again even as he's about to leave. bigtime. we're going to show you their latest meltdown and get some reaction from somebody

david: with me now the host of "the david webb show," fox news contributor, david webb.u listen to that police chief, david, you wonder how the hell could they recruit any police officers in that city or in the country? >> yeah, david, when you hear the pain in her voice and i'm reminded as i listened that just a few days ago was a tragic anniversary of the assassination of when lui and rafael ramos in their police car in new york city. this is years in the making. we've seen a concerted effort to destroy law enforcement in this country by those who claim to be elected leaders. they're not. they're elected officials with an ideology that is dangerous to our communities because without law enforcement, we lose a critical bond that keeps us not only safe from crime but also keeps us safe whether it is an accident, a medical emergency or otherwise. david: we know that because we know what works and what doesn't work. david, when they got the crazy new bail reform, they call it reform bill through in new york city where essentially letting violent criminals out of jail witho

rachel: this is david. david: hi. i'm david. hello. athena: hi, david.was to have athena take rachel through the commercial baking process, for her to see the efficiency and how the cost could be lower. but instead of rachel having an open mind and learning... rachel: i use fresh eggs, so i don't know if you -- athena: eggs come pasteurized in boxes. rachel: oh, oh, no. so, we use the fresh, and we have a machine that cracks them all. lemonis: ...she's arguing about the eggs... rachel: i have tried those eggs, and they don't taste as good. athena: no one will taste the difference. rachel: all right. we'll see. we'll see. lemonis: ...and the butter... rachel: i use salted butter, by the way. athena: you do salted butter? we're gonna get rid of that. rachel: no, it makes it so good, i'm telling you. athena: but you don't want to add that to -- you can control it. rachel: i know! i add it, too. i add salt, too. lemonis: ...which doesn't sound very constructive to me. athena: we're gonna do two versions of this. lemonis: we're gonna do her version and your v

klaus: next year, it will be 50 years, david. david: 50 years. ok.ou have a big party at davos to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary? klaus: no, we are a more private family. we married in little church in a mountain valley, which cannot , let's say give room to more , than 20, 30 people. so we will go back to the church if covid allows us to do so. ,♪ david: what is it you are most of, -- proud of having created over the 50 year period of time? is it a network, a community? what is it that makes you most proud of what you have done? klaus: i am personally very proud as an academic that stakeholder capitalism is now broadly accepted. ♪ - i'm doug hirsch. you may already know that goodrx can help you save up to 80% on your prescriptions. unfortunately, many americans can't get to a doctor right now. the good news is that for many health issues, you can see a doctor online. it's easy. just go to goodrx.com, and with a few clicks, you'll be treated by a licensed medical professional, all from the comfort of your own home. visits are confidential and

david: d.r.ton, what you to comment because this highlights a trend we signed 2020 where corporate boards, corporate culture if you will is becoming more embedded with political types, politically correct types and i think it's a dangerous trend that's going on in corporate america, at least it was for 2020. how does it work its way out in 2021? >> i think it's dangerous in society that we see this continued bifurcation, this continued pushing to the edge of both sides whether you are blue, red, liberal, conservative, progressive, whatever flavor you call yourself and the arguments are no longer the debate or about the center, they are going to the french. what's happening here i think it's not a walmart issue. it's a walmart may be logistic issue. david: let me interrupt for a second because i think it's more than that because i have seen it happen and corporations all over america where a lot of politically activist type of individuals get involved in parts of corporate america and they are hir

david: i'm david asin for charles payne this is making money. stocks pushing higher and s&p and nasdaq to hit intraday record highs although as you can see the s&p has come off those highs. there are hopes of a swift approval of a covid vaccine and news jobless claims went down, surprisingly by quite a bit. optimism surrounding a economic stimulus package now that president trump and joe biden have thrown their support behind a stimulus proposal. >> i will and i think they are getting close. i want it to happen. i believe they are getting very close to a deal. david: so is help on the way? we got you covered from wall street to main street. boeing 737 max staging the first flight since being grounded after two deadly crashes. our grady trimble was onboard. he brings you a report about the flight in about five minutes. all that and more on "making money." ♪. david: the s&p and nasdaq hitting all-time highs today although as you can see the s&p pulled back a little. it is all about news on crack seen hopes and a 900 billion-dollar covid relief bil

david: well, it all sounds so lovely -- >> well, it's reality9.well, a member of the squad said that some of these appointments make his skin crawl. that doesn't sound like "kumbaya," bhasker -- >> so i should say i'm talking about republican voters, not republican legislators. david: oh, i see. >> the legislators will come around to medicare for all, that won't happen. the question is whether biden can use the bullly pulpit of the presidency to push for a more expansive and comprehensive change. a public option is incredibly watered down. when it comes to appointments, i think that appointments are often irrelevant. i happen to agree on rahm emanuel, but i think in general the priorities of the administration will be set by the president, people in the cabinet will follow through and execute on those priorities and the president's priority will be ineffluenced by popular pressure and opinion and the scope that he has for action. i don't really care about the diversity of these cabinet hoises. i think it is generally irrelevant. if you look at fdr

david: met, a vital question. this concerns something that i will be talking to ken about the next section is located since you are acting attorney general, deciding not to appoint special prosecutors investigator for either the biden affair for what happened in the elections. to think that was the right decision. matthew: it requires a conflict and also need to be in the public interest. obviously bill bar does not think that standard is triggered by however i will tell you in order to ensure that those investigations continue to their natural conclusion i think that ultimately special counsel need to be into place. to ensure that. david: we have to remember that one was appointed by the previous, the first attorney general donald trump. so it's conceivable that could happen. but we will have to wait and see. a pleasure to see you matthew whitaker. thank you for being here. and coming up next to biden once, dodging a question about his son hunter is for business dealings. it's aor white are more reportes asking t

david: yeah.> they have done an unbelievable job. david: thank the military for all of these operations are working together in a seamless fashion and i can tell you from years of watching washington work, they don't often work as well-coordinate ad as they are now. you have ex-extensive experience in the private sector with one of the largest health care companies in the world. you know what you're talking about. >> it is exciting. we got to get it out. we have to make sure it is out with the governors. they have to work to get this out in an efficient manner. i talked to secretary azar that we see their plans, follow their plans. everybody knows what is going to happen to get this vaccine out as quickly as possible. it is exciting, it will be an exciting day we all get back to a normal life to see our families again. david: you talk about the economy. we still have the pending covid relief bill. there are developments from the treasury department i want to talk to you about but first here is fel

david: ok.us: and then as a professor, i should say frankly, i was a bored because of all the previous experience. i had written this book. and then i felt, why not create a platform where business leaders could meet their stakeholders, which means political leaders, but also outstanding voices of society? so i got -- i had made some savings and i got some money from my parents. and that is how i started the davos platform, which is now called the world economic forum. and, actually, i incorporated it immediately as a not-for-profit foundation because i recognized, if i wanted to attract governments, it cannot be a profit-making venture. david: so had you made it for-profit venture, you think it would not have become as big as it has become? klaus: no, certainly not, because now we have the trust of everybody, because people know we are serving a purpose and we are not serving our own interests. david: what year was it you had your first conference? klaus: it was 1971 and there were 444 people a

klaus: next year, it will be 50 years, david. david: 50 years. ok.ou have a big party at davos to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary? klaus: no, we are a more private family. we married in little church in a mountain valley, which cannot, let's say, give room to more than 20, 30 people. so we will go back to the church, if covid allows us to do so. ♪ david: what is it you are most proud of having created over the 50 year period of time? is it a network, a community? what is it that makes you most proud of what you have done? klaus: i am personally very proud as an academic that stakeholder capitalism is now broadly accepted. ♪ [ sigh ] not gonna happen. that's it. i'm calling kohler about their walk-in bath. my name is ken. how may i help you? hi, i'm calling about kohler's walk-in bath. excellent! happy to help. huh? hold one moment please... [ finger snaps ] hmm. ♪ the kohler walk-in bath features an extra-wide opening and a low step-in at three inches, which is 25 to 60% lower than some leading competitors. the bath fills and drains quickly, w

was the camp david accords.ell us about that, how those meetings came to be, and with that entailed. >> sure, this was during the carter presidency earlier that you're, the president and mrs. carter hole stayed a sadat since. without president reagan at camp david, that was a very warm and friendly meeting. several of months in advance when they were contemplating putting both sides together for a very contentious time, multiple ward fought over decades jury egypt and israel. time to plan the summit, they were conversations between president carter and the national security adviser, where should this be? they look at spain, they look at portugal. president carter wanted to confide space away from the eyes of the press, where they could be driven to talk to one another. they set aside initially three days for the summit at camp david, with predicting for additional days should they need them. they ended up spending 13 days there, tenth of which they did not talk to one another at all. there were similar scenarios

david: i have something i'd like to sell. [laughter] david: and how they stay there.ou don't feel inadequate now only theou are second-wealthiest man in the world? is that right? [laughter] david: if there is one form of music americans are famous for having invented, it's jazz. invented in the early part of the 20th century in a new orleans, jazz has become synonymous with american music, not just in the united states but around the world. and america has produced incredible jazz legends like duke ellington, count basie, dizzy gillespie, and louis armstrong. but today at the top of the jazz world is wynton marsalis, founder and director of jazz of the kennedy center. he is a performer and, composer and he lives jazz 24 hours a day. do you get tired of people calling you a jazz legend? do you feel older when they say that to you? wynton: i like the word jazz. i don't like the word legend. [laughter] david: let's talk about your family. sadly, your father passed away in april at the age of 85 because of covid. it must have been a very sad loss because you were very clo

david? david: hillary, thank you very much. good to see you.with a preview what the biden economy may look like, kpmg chief economist constance hunter. good to see you, constance. let's pull back, get out of the personalities involved. just look at the biden administration economic team. we're transitioning from a cabinet of mainly business people run by a business president to a cabinet of mostly academics, many of whom have not been as sensitive to business concerns as a lot of people in business would like. i think that is a challenge for business, don't you? >> i think that is an interesting framing. i would say if we compare that to your previous segment, right, this is, biden is a very centrist, has very centrist policy bent and he is having to thread the needle within his own party around i think with some republicans but when we think about the people that he has at the helm, let's take janet yellen, you're absolutely correct, more of a government/academic background but very, very @tuned to business from her time at the fed both at san

david: i agree. a mainstream -- even at an advanced republican mainstream in illinois cannot admit that he reads abolitionist papers when they are published by people of color or whites. david: that newspaper was douglass' lifeblood. it was his reason to be. he said that many different ways, many different types. many different ways and maybe different times, the first 12 years and then monthly the last four years of its existence. 16 years he put out this paper. he founded that paper in 1847 with money donated to him by his british abolitionist friends. that is how he bought his first printing press. that is how he hired a printer. the first one was used and fell apart that paper would not have survived without the assiduous editorial work of his english friend and her fundraising to keep it alive. just as edna says, in that paper, douglass mastered about every genre of writing with millions of words. 1200 pages of autobiography. thousands of speeches. by the way, every major douglass speech exists

david: this is my kitchen table and also my filing system. over much of the past three decades, i've been an investor. the highest calling of mankind, i thought, was private equity. then i started interviewing. i learned how leaders make it to the top. >> i asked him how much he wanted. i said fine, i didn't negotiate. david: and how he stayed there. >> you don't feel inadequate now, is that right? david: over the past 15 years, one of the most successful ceo's in the world has been bob iger. he led disney to its greatest heights, increasing the market value by 400%. he did that through acquisitions of 21st century fox, lucasfilm, pixar, and marvel entertainment. what is he going to do next? during the time that you were the ceo, the stock market value of the company went up about 450% and the market capitalization -- my big regret is that i didn't back you and buy stock, but you must be very pleased with what you accomplished. bob: proud would probably be the right word to use. i inherited a company that was renowned and had been quite succe

worldwide, i am david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. we want to check it on the markets. joining us is abigail doolittle. most of us are watching this doordash, because it is extraordinary. they priced at $102, it has been going up about a dollar a minute. $190/$195. abigail: is amazing. there's so much demand it has gone from $102, that is above its initial range, or actually a second range, it just keeps going higher. they are eating up this demand. ipogger question is is the frenzy too far, too fast? the biggest food delivery business in the u.s., about 50% of the market is captured. once it does start trading will be bringing that to you. so exciting. december said to be a record ipo month. tomorrow airbnb will be going public. exciting stuff. as for the markets overall, not as exciting. we have small moves. we did have record highs earlier for the s&p 500, now down slightly, down .1%. a little bit of sell the news on pfizer. earlier the stock ha

worldwide, i am david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. get a check on the markets with abigail doolittle. equity markets are up mildly. some encouraging news on the stimulus. what is really going on? abigail: you may be the expert on this one. we have had interesting off air conversations. you are right in terms of the stimulus on the table, showing the idea there is some bipartisan support that some sort of a deal will get done, not too big, not too small. more record highs for the s&p 500. the top sector is energy. that is encouraging around the idea of stimulus and the recovery of the economy. that would cause demand for oil. we also have the russell 2000 small-cap index railing even more, up 1%. not a record high. stocks across the board rallying. a piece of it is the dollar. the dollar is weak, down .5%. not breaking down technically. expect more volatility and a strong economy in a perfect world, a healthy world would bring about a strong dollar.

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david?get the economy open again so people can go back to their jobs and people working in restaurants and in-stores and the retailers, and you know, we've got half the country that is opened up, but i will say this. i am totally with trump, and i think a lot of the activists, the conservative activists and taxpayers that i talk to around the country are just absolutely repulsed by this spending bill that you've mentioned. all of the foreign aid money, the money for the smithsonian institute, i'm for the smithsonian institute but what does that do to a coronavirus bill, veto that bill , mr. president, get rid of the pork and let's get the economy open through distribution of this great vaccine. david: well, just a fine point on all that, i think a lot of this pork spending is actually in the spending bill, not specifically covid bill but they've been put together so they're linked at the hip so it's hard to separate them but erin, i think steve scalise right. no matter how much money comes f

david: ok. so i should have mentioned president trump earlier. you've mentioned him as being involved in it, but if president trump would not have been president, do you think this would have happened eventually or not? >> i don't know. you'd have to leave that to historians. the fact that he confronted iran helped. the fact that he embraced the allies in the region helped. the fact that he didn't put the palestinian issue front and center helped. all of those factors came, i think, came together. and i just tell you, i was at the signing ceremony, and to me, the word that kept popping into my head was majestic. you guys really know how to put on a signing ceremony at the white house. when you're sitting there and looking at the beautiful facade of the white house. and i was very proud to be part of this historic process as well. we had to wait, it was 1979 was the first one and then 15 years before we had the second peace with jordan, which really came after the oslo process. it was sort of at

klaus: next year, it will be 50 years, david. david: 50 years. ok. have a big party at davos to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary? klaus: no, we are a more private family. we married in little church in a mountain valley, which cannot, let's say, give room to more than 20, 30 people. so we will go back to the church, if covid allows us to do so. ♪ david: what is it you are most proud of having created over the 50 year period of time? is it a network, a community? what is it that makes you most proud of what you have done? klaus: i am personally very proud as an academic that stakeholder capitalism is now broadly accepted. ♪ ♪ david: what was it that propelled demos, as we are calling it now, or world economic forum, to go from a 444 person event to a global phenomenon? what was it that changed things and made it so popular and so important for people to attend? klaus: i think if i look over the last 50 years, it is the conviction that the big issues in the world need a collaborative approach. business has to interact with government leaders, but

david: let's go back to the disney situation. you announced you are going to step down at the end of 2019. then covid comes along. did covid make it possible for you to leave the same way you thought or do you have to spend more time at disney? bob: i stepped down from the ceo position. to focus all my time and energy on the creative process. i thought, what we create is the most valuable. i thought the best thing i could do in terms of enabling my successor was to hand them a rich pipeline of creativity. i've spent almost all my time since i stepped into this role doing just that. however, i wanted to make sure we were successful in other respects as well. so i wanted to make sure i was there for him, to help him through what is a particularly challenging time, not only for the world, but specifically for our company. he has been the ceo. he's been running the company from the day he stepped into that role. i feel confident that he will do a good job. i think one of the hardest things is, in passing the baton on, you expect -- i

liz: especially a 45 record, david knows, he and i go way back. david: we do.records that we used to play on vinyl. we have cut it, let's try again as we head into the final hour of the trade, the dow, the s&p, nasdaq and the transports are all set for record closes in this hour but we sell nearly this exact scenario 24 hours ago before latebreaking pfizer headlines scared the bull off. but that pfizer report would have to scale back in the distribution has been clarified

♪ david: this is my kitchen table and also my filing system.ver much of the past three decades, i've been an investor. the highest calling of mankind i've often thought was private equity. [laughter] and then i started interviewing. i watched your interview. >> [laughter] david: i've learned in doing my interviews how leaders make it to the top. >> i asked him how much he wanted, he said 250, i said fine, i didn't negotiate, i did no due diligence. david: i have something i'd like to sell. [laughter] and how they stay there. you don't feel inadequate now because you are the second-wealthiest man in the world? is that right? [laughter] if there is one form of music americans are famous for having invented, it's jazz. ♪ invented in the early part of the 20th century in a new orleans, jazz has become synonymous with american music, not just in the united states but around the world. and america has produced incredible jazz legends like duke ellington, count basie, dizzy gillespie, and louis armstrong. but today at the top of the jazz world is once

david: why did you pick davos?hy did you not do it in geneva where you were living or some other resort in switzerland? klaus: i wanted to avoid a big city. i wanted to create global village where people meet on the street. davos is a village. the necessary infrastructure in terms of hotels and also a great congress house. david: for those who have not been there, how do you get invited to go to davos? who gets to go? klaus: you have to be a decision-maker in politics or business but also in civil society. people.e always young of course, the media, scientists. global stakeholders. of all walks of society. david: if somebody is watching you and says i would never be -- i have never been invited, i would like to go. klausend a letter to schwab? klaus: i would read the letter because i am curious about new people. i just got an emailed -- i do she got my email from. a young girl in india who has done extraordinary things to help the community in terms of practical approaches to deal with environmental issues. particu

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david: this is "balance of power ." i am david westin.r the week and we learned of a new strain of the covid-19 virus. centolleague talked to two at the who about this develop -- to scientists at the who about this develop. >> we studied the impact but tickly when it becomes a dominant strain. we have seen it happen before with other strains where they arise and they become the dominant strain, they have some advantage that allows them to spread. the important thing is that the interventions are needed to prevent the spread, regardless of which a varianct it is, are the same. that is where we should be focusing while scientists do experience to figure out what are the implications of this new variant. does it really prevent antibodies from finding the virus? will it have implications for vaccine efficacy? these are questions that scientist will hopefully answer in the coming days and weeks. >> how long will it take until we know this variant's response to the vaccines? say it is going to take a couple of days, if not a week or more, becau

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we need senator david perdue back in washington dc.e] president trump and i support your two senators because of who they are but we w also are here like you are because we served in washington dc together. four years ago we inherited a military that a been hollowed owt by reckless budget cuts and an economy struggling to break out of the slowest recovery since the great depression and terrorism was on the rise and we witnessed the study assault onva our most cherished values. with the strong support of david perdue and kelly loeffler under the leadership of president donald trump we rebuild our military and we revised our economy and secured our border, stood with law enforcement and fought for life and liberty and the constitution of the united states of america. [cheering and applause] we made incredible progress and being here in muscogee county, home to fort benning. [cheering and applause] i could not be more proud to report to you with the senators and their strong support we restored the democracy and president trump signed the

i'm david asman sitting david: welcome back i am david asman sitting in for the vacationing lou dobbs obtained documents from former ambassador of ukraine marie yovanovitch which she warns about the corruption ofh ukrainian gas company burisma in a 2017 e-mail marie yovanovitch warned i would urge cost under caution dealing with burisma is widely believed the owner was a beneficiary of the corrupt justice system here. during last year she him impeachment proceedings, marie yovanovitch said she had little knowledge of burisma, there is a little conflict, joining me now tom fitton the president of judicial watch. it appears the ambassador was a lot more familiar with burisma then she said under oath. >> that's exactly right, she had a former ambassadorial colleague of hers who was working for the mccain institute of all places run an idea about funding and training for prosecutors in ukraine training funded byis burisma anddo the ambassador responded appropriately, that's probably not a good idea, her former colleaguend writes back m following your advice and we won't do it. compare and

david: imagine this. don't know exactly what douglass thought, of course, but i know his reaction was something like, sure. and he did ask, how am i supposed to do this? all lincoln had was, the war department will help you. uh-huh. he goes back to rochester, only about 10 days, and he starts firing off telegrams and letters to abolitionists, agents, and friends. we are going to do this, i think. then comes the fall of atlanta, may be the biggest turning point in the war in terms of morale. and then sheridan begins to move valley. sherma shenandoah farragut had just taken mobile bay and the largest naval battle of the war. harold: he writes a plan, a long plan to lincoln about these plans. he is going to hire uniformed african-american bounty hunters. david: he has been asked to enact john brown's so-called subterranean passageway from slavery by lincoln. edna: isn't there another reason for this meeting as well? douglass is really criticizing lincoln during this period, so is lincoln not sort of bringing