edward lawrence has more on the story for us from washington. ed. >> reporter: hey, lou.h, what we're seeing is this app at the center of the war, the battle between wall street and main street here. robinhood bills itself as a free trading app. it's been used by thousands of small investors or to bid up the stock price on stocks that wall street shorts. now, by doing this, the small investor has caused billions of dollars in losses this week for those hedge funds. now yesterday, as you said, the app halted trading on stocks like gamestop. the robinhood said that it needed to do that to raise money for collateral to handle the volume of trades, and they did, in fact, raise a with dollars. now -- a billion dollars. the texas attorney general's opened an investigation, lawmakers on capitol hill are also looking into this as well as regulators. the sec says they're watching this closely in a rare statement. they did say, in addition, we will act to protect retail investors when the facts demonstrate abusive or manipulative trading activity that is hinted -- prohibited by the

ed lawrence.ng me now, chief political correspondent for the washington examiner, investigative journalist foxbusiness contributor, both great americans. your reaction to some of the reporting we have heard so far, as i just pointed out, some outlet saying that the vice president, for crying out loud, was calling out the national guard when in fact it was the president who is the only one that can command the d.c. national guard. your reaction. >> this has been the problem from the beginning. the problem since 2016. information being disseminated to the american public. i was there today. i got there at 10:00 a.m. i was talking to people just like john solomon. i was talking to folks. they just want to be heard. people just want to be heard. they feel after four years they have been let down by the gop. they have been let down by the democratic party. they feel like they have been let down by lawmakers. they see washington, d.c. as a swamp. they see the media as reflective of that swamp. they do n

what is unfolding in our nation's capital this evening, let's go to fox business correspondent ed lawrence has the latest at the capitol. ed, what can you tell the us? >> reporter: lou, reaction is coming in. you mentioned that tweet from ken cucinelli, reaction is coming in from all over the u.s. government. senator tom cotton tweeting out that peaceful protests are okay, storming the capitol is not. in fact, vice president mike pence said this about what happening here, he says, quote, i'm going to read this: peaceful protest is the right of every american, but this attack on our capitol will not be tolerated, and those involved will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. and this is exactly what the d.c. mayor, muriel bowser, is also saying. she implemented a 6 p.m. curfew, and the police chief of d.c. said that what's going to happen is capitol police will be pushing people off of the capitol grounds out into the city of d.c., and then that curfew takes effect because it does not apply to federal lands. so what you're seeing now with those flash bangs and what you're seeing wi

ed lawrence has more on the future of u.s./china relations under the biden administration. >> reporter: lou are, the chinese communist party starting to put pressure on the biden administration to change the relationship. in a series of tweets by the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, the communist party wanting to, quote, return to the right track on the relationship with the united states. the foreign ministry spokesperson also offered a veiled threat saying unilateral sanctions are likely to boomerang if hurled against another but will inevitably come back to harm one's self. the united states still has about $360 billion worth of chinese goods under tariff. and as a candidate, president joe biden went from china not being a threat to it's a weak country that's not a competitor to he wants to take time to rally the allies to take on china. now, his cabinet a little more firm on the threat that china poses. >> we need to take on china's abusive, unfair and illegal practices. china's undercutting american companies by dumping products, erecting trade barriers and giving

ed lawrence has that story on what president biden has planned. ed? >> reporter: yeah, lou.resident joe biden adding more and proposing more regulations in the name of climate change. in the first six days of his presidency than any other in history. now, banning the drilling and fracking on federal lands and federal waterways, that is both republicans and democrats upset. listen to this. >> this is a president who wants to spend a lot of money taking revenue away from the federal government certainly is manifest in stopping drilling on federal lands. those are federal resources. those resources generate revenue that will otherwise have to be filled east by borrowing or either tax increases. >> reporter: now, oil industry sources tell me that they have been told a ban on new leases for the drilling and fracking on federal lands and waters will be extended for that one year. but a white house source now familiar with the regulations tells me that this is still a draft and could change in the next 24 hours because of the input, the backlash that they're hearing. one of those v

sources tell ed lawrence the announcement could come as soon as tomorrow. this is a big deal, guys.ve order on his first day banning new leases for 60 days. >> bill: hello pennsylvania, right? we talked about that. senate seat now up for grabs in a critical stay ohio, buckeye state. rob portman out of ohio says he will not seek another term when his current term expires in 2022. senator portman with us now. top republican in the senate homeland security committee. thank you for your time and good morning. >> dana: so good to have you. i knew you when you were a congressman. we worked together in the bush administration and in the senate. you have accomplished a lot. tell us why you decide now is the time to walk away. >> i love public service and i hope more people who are interested in making a difference in people's lives get into it. it is a tougher time to do it. a harder time to find that middle ground. that's what i like to do. i like to get stuff done but i've been doing it for 30 years off and on. in the administration with you and first bush administration and in the senate

stuart: breaking news, ed lawrence, come on in because i'm hearing those explosive devices found at the dnc headquarters today are the real deal. tell me more. >> that acting homeland security, secretary of dhs said those two devices were viable, work real devices, pipe bomb looking devices in front of the rnc and eight-- dnc is that they looked similar. he said he saw pictures and they look similar so he believes the same person put those devices in those areas and also said law enforcement around dc collected a number of devices looking similar to those outside other buildings also across the river in northern virginia. they investigated. the two specifically at that dnc and rnc were viable devices and they are investigating to see who left to them they are. i drove in today through the mall where the protest started. i could see a time of trash in almost no people. security presence was extremely increased. coming into this building in the senate side there was double the police of the doors, so increased security, but almost no people in washington dc. stuart: excellent update. than

. >> martha: that is lawrence jones blasting a forbes magazine op ed that warns companies against hiringcials. the piece titled a truth reckoning. why we're holding those who lied for trump accountable. shows pictures of sara sanders, sean spicer among others. in it forbes chief content officer writes let it be known to the business world hire any of trump's fellow fabulous above and forbes will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie. we're going to scrutinize, double check with the same skepticism we would a trump tweet. once we shore -- as a potential funnel of disinformation, then hire away. our power panel, co-host of the live juan williams and washington times opinion editor charlie herd. welcome. >> hey, martha. >> martha: what do you think, juan? >> i think we're seeing the repercussions of what took place at the capitol last wednesday, martha. it's not just the editor of "forbes." it's also, if you stop and think about it. it's big companies. at&t, hallmark, marriott, american express, saying they're going to pull political contributions for many of the

maria: all right, ed, thanks very much. edward lawrence with the latest there. protection acting commissioner mark morgan. commissioner, great to see you this morning. what is your reaction to this reporting? what is the cost of a change to what we've -- you and your team and his president have accomplished at the border? >> really, you know, maria, i don't have much to add with what edward and tom homan said. they're absolutely right. to stop construction of the border wall right now which we know, the fact is, if you take away the ide idealogic false narrative that's out there, that ir' works, along with technology and personnel and every measure of success improves because of that and our of borders are more secure and our country is more secure. that's a fact. you stop building that, it's going to be absolutely part of a dangerous policy that's in place and our country will be less safe because of it. maria: i mean, i saw up close and personal when i went to the el paso border, we did the show there live, that right near the border are all of these sort of t

i have op-ed in the "washington post" explaining why that needs to be done. >> professor lawrence tribeank you very much for joining us again tonight. we always appreciate it. >> thank you lawrence. >>> when we come back, jonathan kayeport will join to consider what the senate victims in georgia mean for the trump impeachment possibilities. that's next. achment possibiliti. that's next. [♪] every time you touch a surface, bacteria is left behind. try microban 24. it kills 99.9% of bacteria and viruses initially, and keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours, even after multiple touches. try microban. you can't plan for your pwhat the gush moments. but the right pad can. only always ultra thins have rapiddry technology and, they absorb 40% faster. the gush happens fast. that's why always absorbs faster. essential for sewing, but maybe not needles. for people with certain inflammatory conditions. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz. the first and only pill of its kind that treats moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or moderate to severe ulcerative

the for side, lawrence tribe from harvard law school who advise the house democrats on president trump's impeechlt problem. and he wrote an op-edionally hold and impeachment trial after trump leaves office. professor, the plain language seems to speak of those who are in office. for example, and i'll put it on the screen, article 2 section 4, the president, have not and all civil officers of the united states shall be removed from office, et cetera, et cetera. judgment in cases of shall extend further than to removal of office. if they meant after you've left office, why wouldn't they have said so? >> article one section 3 makes it clear that there are spree separate things. there is conviction, removal, which is off the table when you are no lockernger there, and th is disqualification. the reason they didn't say more than that, when they were writing the language, the main about xh aexample they had was impeach of a foreigner governor of india, warren hastings. he was no longer this office when he was impeached about no problem. if they had thought that there was a requirement that you be removable in order to be prevented fr

ed in "the washington post" explaining why that needs to be done. >> professor laurence tribe, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. we always appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence> when we come back, jonathan capehart will join us to consider what the senate victories in georgia mean for the trump impeachment possibilities. that's next. woo! you are busy... working, parenting, problem solving. at new chapter vitamins we've been busy too... innovating, sourcing organic ingredients, testing them and fermenting. fermenting? yeah like kombucha or yogurt. and we formulate everything so your body can really truly absorb the natural goodness. that's what we do, so you can do you. new chapter wellness, well done. but today there's a combination of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests positive for pd-l1 and does not have an abnormal egfr or alk gene. it's the first and only approved chemo-free combination of two immunotherapies that works together in different ways to harness the power of the immune system. op