we saw that eric trump was being deposed by the attorney general. ivanka trump's business dealings, jared kushner's business dealings, all of that is fair game. now think about how many leaks "the new york times" has gotten about ongoing investigations, and not a word about hunter biden or any member of the biden family, and for those who did write about it, for those who did investigate it, the social media platforms punish you if you try to disseminate that information, so just think back to that op-ed written by "the new york times." "donald trump is the greatest threat to america since the evil access, the axis of evil, since hitler and japan, that is what "the new york times" said. if you believe that it, of course you are not going to do anything that hurts his opponent, and i think that explains why you saw nothing leading up to the election. >> martha: so, you bring up a number of great points there. one of them is why we didn't learn about this, and one of the things that has been put out there by someone who is familiar with this case relat

he is concerned about the biden justice department going after donald trump jr., eric trump, ivanka trump, and rudy giuliani. last week, mr. trump pardoned michael flynn. he had pleaded guilty to the fbi about his russia contacts. >>> elliott page came out as transgender. the 33-year-old took to social media and said his decision to come out as transgender came after a long journey and much support from the community. elliott went on to say how remarkable it feels to love who he is enough to pursue his authentic self. >>> coming up, a man found clic clinging to his capsized boat is speaking out. >>> the fight for a level playing field. the u.s. soccer team reaches a deal in a gender discrimination lawsuit. this is the cbs morning news. no way. more exercise. more water. and more fiber is the only way to manage it. is it? maybe you think... it's occasional constipation. maybe it's not. it could be a chronic medical condition called ibs-c, and time to say yesss! to linzess. linzess works differently than laxatives. it helps relieve belly pain and lets you have more frequent and complete bow

trump's concern about any potential criminal exposure of eric trump or ivanka trump is unclear.tion by the manhattan district attorney has expanded to include tax write-offs on millions of dollars in consulting fees by the company, some of which appear to have gone to ms. trump. joining us now is mary trump, author of "too much and never enough: how my family created the world's most dangerous man." mary trump, thank you very much for joining us once again. could you help perhaps "the new york times" report on the line where they say, it's unclear -- unclear why eric trump or ivanka trump might need a pardon? >> well, whether it's unclear or not, donald certainly seems to think there is a reason to pardon them. i'm a bit hurt that i'm not on the list, but then again, i didn't do anything wrong. you know, this should raise some red flags for people. why pardon somebody when there is not an obvious reason to do so? i don't know if donald understands that the federal pardons don't apply to state charges. but i think his continuing to push the envelope, if he does indeed try to pard

as trump says, we'll see what happens. and while neither eric nor don jr. , ivanka trump seems poised to take her lean in approach to the trump platform. >> washington has not changed donald trump. donald trump has changed washington. >> reporter: while don jr. has been whipping up the base back home, ivanka spent much of the last four years on obscure diplomacy missions with plenty of photo opportunities to discuss things like economic support for women-owned businesses. >> are you sure what worked for you as a first daughter what has worked for every other daughter in the world. >> i think we represent 50% of the population, so there is no one size fits all when you think about women. >> reporter: or portray herself on the same footing as world leaders at global summits. according to sources, ivanka has a desire for a bigger political career. recently stating her pro-life stance and becoming more vocal in defense of trump's policies, attracting his base as now many moderates and democrats will be a more challenging group to draw. kate bennett, cnn, washing

and it's set up with eric trump's wife on the board. so, why would the president need that? what did they spend all that money on? >> so, the trump campaign had this set up where they used this llc, and they routed almost half or about half the total spending that they did through this entity. and what this does is it prevents the public, reporters, anyone, from really seeing the final destination of all those dollars. and they're not the first to use an llc to obscure some of their spending. but it's unusual to have a family member overseeing it and something that didn't come out until just today, after the election. again, $700 million went through this for media buys, television buys, and staffers that we don't know who they are, yet. or consultants making money. we just don't know who is paid through this entity. >> so, you report that the whole arrangement has never been disclosed. but this llc was of a complaint to the fsc, right? tell us about that. >> we knew they were routing their payments through this company. and then, you wouldn't see the final destination of the

as trump says, we'll see what happens. and while neither eric nor don jr. mp, seems poised to take her lean-in approach to the trump platform possibly do just that. while don jr. has been whipping up the base back home, ivanka trump has spent the last four years on obscure diplomas missions, discussing economic support for women-owned businesses or portray herself on the same footing as world leaders at global summits. according to sources, ivanka has a desire for a bigger political career, recently stating her pro-life stance and becoming more vocal in defense of trump's policies, attracting his base, as now many moderates and democrats will be a more challenging group to draw. now ivanka trump disbanded her brands, her fashion and accessories line shortly after she got into the white house, returning to a branded fashion or some sort of label might be a challenge again now that her four years in the white house are up, at least for now. pam? >> kate bennett, thank you for bringing us that report. we appreciate it. >>> finally tonight, as this country recor

also, just like eric trump.ls to harness the power of controlled nuclear fusion. coincidentally i just had asian fusion for lunch. the plasma is expected to reach a temperature of 360 million degrees, making it almost as hot as maria barter lobo. and is held in place only by an interior electronic field played the metal casing around it is just for solar flare. [laughter] won't really soak up the sun and a fire hazard. but hey if it's any bit as security virus inspected back cases i'm sure we have nothing to worry about. topic number two. the chester zoo in england is hearing the pitter patter of really, really little feet as one of their pygmy marmots sets birth to monkeys the size of ping-pong balls. i saw a woman do that in tijuana once. twice. i was that woman. the new arrivals belong to the world's smallest monkey species and measure just 2 inches in length. of course it is not the size of the monkey that matters is the rumble in the jungle. the monkeys can be held in the palm of the hand and each wage is 1

i'm sure the trump lawyers, for example, have warned eric trump before he testified to the state attorneyin what is currently a civil investigation that there's the potential for a new york state racketeering enterprise charge as they press ahead with that. the difficult issue, erin, is we have never tested a preemptive pardon. jimmy carter did it for people who avoided the draft by going to canada or sweden or elsewhere, and gerald ford did it for richard nixon. neither is tested in court whether you can preemptively pardon someone. it takes away your 5th amendment right against self-incrimination, and does nothing for you going forward on the federal level if you do anything after the pardon that you're vulnerable for. from donald trump's perspective, pardons to his children may help them but could turn out to be a double edged sword that comes back to haunt him. >> so the president has told advisers, he's worried the biden justice department will go after him. biden has been clear here. he's down played going after trump because he said that's the kind of thing trump would do, and i wo

as far as eric trump goes or ifi crime.or potential tax fraud and charities misrepresenting charities by new york state investigators. a party and would not cover state prosecutions. that's only forfederal cover state prosecutions. that's only for federal prosecutions. in terms of the parties that he may issue,is terms of the parties that he may issue, is there anything unusual about doing that? presidents do tend to have a several pardons before the end of their term if you remember george w. bush pardon caspar weinberger who had ties to the enron scandal and bill clinton pardoned a democratic donor but donald trump has been pardoning people who are directly or involved in controversies surrounding him and have been asked to testify and frequently have refused to testify in investigation of donald trump's on presidency. that does seem unusual to say the least and in fact donald trump's pardons have been unusual throughout the course of his presidency pardoning their sheriff from arizona and people like susan b anthony and

as trump says, we'll see what happens. while neither ericor don junior are thinking about entering politics, their sisters, ivanka seems poised to take the lean-in approach to the trump platform. >> washington has not changed washington. donald trump has changed washington. while don junior has been whipping up the base at home, ivanka has been on obscure diplomacy missions to discuss things like economic support for women-owned businesses. >> are you sure that what works for you as a first daughter will also work for every other woman in the world? >> no. i think we represent 50% of the population. so there is no one size fits all when you think about women. >> or portray herself on the same footing as world leaders at global summits. >> according to sources, ivanka has a desire for a bigger political career. recently stating her pro-life stance and becoming more vocal in defense of trump policies, attracting his base as now many moderates and dechl democrats will be a more challenging group to draw. >> to be soen 29ed with an administratio

department might seek retribution against him by targeting his three oldest children, donald trump jr., eric trump and as well as ivanka's husband, jared kushner. the "times" points out that a pardon for giuliani is certain that trump add cuizations that trump has used his pardon power to obstruct investigations and insulate himself and his allies. one source tells the news the recent conversations are because trump feels embattled and not because he or any of the family members did anything illegal. when asked for comment, he said, quote, a lie 100%. so get furious at the lying members of your profession. i think despise crooked lawyers. the white house has not commented. there's all about pardon news. and then there's this, the attorney general acknowledged something that we all have known for weeks that there was no real voter fraud in this election. bill barr in a rare break from the president told "the new york times" that the justice department hasn't wouldn't anything that would over current that joe biden won. he also said there's nothing to substantiate any claims about the wide theories

yet, eric trump, a businessman, makes news by attorney general and new york who ran on a platform, unethicallatform of destroying the trumps. the deep state brought out 50 former intelligence community heads to tell us hunter's laptop was nothing more than russia disinformation. you know the names, brendan, offered, flyers about the trump collusion, saying the documents on hunter's laptop were ally and russia disinformation. really? his laptop of life? under never denied it. russia disinformation, what do the russians have to do with joe biden flying his son on air force to to china and hunter's is connected to the chinese communist party? joined in two deflects the efforts, the media. >> we know this whole smear on joe biden comes from the roman. >> i am a journalist and reporter and follow the fox and there has never been corruption. >> prosecutors do not open investigation based on disinformation provided by russian intelligence. >> disinformation, foreign disinformation or campaign disinformation. >> conspiracy theories about joe biden and his son. >> this is most likely propaganda. judg

or eric trump, or ivanka trump, if any of them did it, it would be nonstop never ending mob media coverage 24/7 on a loop. so we can begin in 2013, peter schweizer pointed outhw in his book "secret empires," that's when hunter zero experience along with his dad on that trip to china. ten days later, later to become a $1.5 billion sweetheart deal with a chinese state backed investment fund, the bank of china, we haven't been able to find any experience or qualifications there. 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

donald trump, eric trump and ivanka trump, as well as her husband, jared kushner, a white house seniore hasn't commented on the reporting and a source tells nbc news trump is considering the pardons because he feels embattled, not because

the nature of any potential criminal exposure of eric trump or ivanka trump is unclear although an investigationattan district attorney into the trump organization has expanded to include tax write offs on millions of dollars in consulting fees by the company some of which appear to have gone to ms. ivanka trump. presidential pardons, however, do not provide protection against state or local crimes. mr. giuliani's potential criminal exposure is also unclear although he was under investigation as recently as this summer by federal prosecutors in new york for his business dealings in ukraine and his role in ousting the american ambassador there. the plot was at the heart of the impeachment of mr. trump. potential legal liability for all of them in addition to the president himself. now the news breaking that trump has discussed with advisers pardoning all his kids and rudy. joining us now is one of the reporters who broke that news tonight, michael schmidt, washington correspondent for "the new york times." and also author of the "the new york times" best-seller, donald trump versus the united sta

new york times" was first to report that the president discussed preemptive pardons for don jr., eric trump, ivanka trump, jared kushner, and rudy giuliani, his long-time ally who went to ukraine to dig up dirt on the bidens and is leading the president's failed legal fight to overturn the election giuliani told nbc news the reports about the pardons are totally false. so, can a president grant pardons before any crimes are even prosecuted? pete williams is here. nbc news chief justice correspondent. pete, preemptive family pardoning. can a president do that? >> absolutely. it will surprise some people, but the supreme court said as far back as 1866 that a pardon applies, quote, to every offense known to the law so that means a pardon can be given at any time after an offense is committed, either before legal proceedings have begun or while they are still going on or after conviction the authority comes from the constitution it says a president shall have the power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the united states. so that means the pardon applies to things already done

trump's concern about any criminal exposure of eric trump or ivanka trump is unclear, although an investigationthe manhattan district attorney into the trump organization has expanded to include tax write offs on millions of dollars in consul consulting fees by the company, some of which appear to have gone to mrs. ivanka trump. mr. giuliani's criminal exposure is unclear although he was under investigation as recently as this summer by investigators in new york in his role in ousting the american ambassador. the plot was at the heart of the impeachment of mr. trump. potential legal liability for all of them in addition to the president himself. now the news breaking trump has discussed with advisers pardoning all his kids and rudy. joining us now is one of the reporters who broke that news tonight, michael schmidt. he's author of "donald trump versus the united states: inside the struggle to stop a president." thanks for being here tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> mike, can i ask you what advisers the president is talking with this about? is this the sort of thing that the white house is h

and trump has lots of risks here. you will remember that erictestifying to leticia james, the state attorney general's team, she has inherent civil but not criminal authority. but i'm sure that his lawyers advised him to be cautious because the state attorney's general could easily morph in to a new york state racketering criminal enterprise case that could be devastating to the trumps. >> thank you all, shane incredible reporting. i appreciate it tonight. >> you know, president trump likes to fudge the math when it's not in in his favor and now the supreme court is botching the math too, over his push to exclude undocumented i am fwrmm from the census count. i make my case next. spoil your pets this super saturday when you buy 3 dog treats and chews and get the 4th and 5th free. and enjoy free same-day delivery at petsmart.com powered by doordash. the season of spoiling is here. petsmart. welcour new virtual classes were designed for you andving? millions of seniors like you. you can now choose from thousands of live virtual classes every week.

that people are drawn because of the book and all about the prenup, and they have things about eric trump networking for barron trump, because melania in the long run come as quite as she was come always watch the quite ones, did get according to people i talked to, a far better deal. >> host: here's the big question. it's a hard question because marriages are mysterious things. you spent all this time doing research, doing thinking about melania and donald trump. what do you think is the nature of their attraction? what is the strength and quality of their marriage? >> guest: like you said, susan, love is complicated. i think trump love is really complicated, but i am told and i have seen that when they first got together there was a real connection there. i think it was real. he admires her because she is what he is that she is cool. when she gets angry doesn't scream or do something impulsive. impulsive. she just walks away. he loves her cool. she admires him she admires what he's able to do. she admires his connection to people. they are both really distrustful of most people. they bo

and the other thing, the question about, you know, eric trump, ivanka trump, rudy giuliani, potentiallyot clear but there is basically this fear the president has, after the mueller investigation, that overzealous prosecutors could decide to come after he or his family, after he leaves office. so, whether or not he actually follows through with it is still, to be determined. but it is something that is being discussed right now. >> and, kaitlan, yesterday, at this time, we talked about the fda commissioner being summoned to the white house to meet with the white house chief-of-staff. you are learning he is back there, again. >> yeah. this is two days, in a row, which normally, you would not they that's that surprising to have the fda chief meeting with the chief of staff at the white house. but it is, because, of course, we know this comes as the chief of staff, mark meadows, the president, several other officials, have been frustrated with the fda commissioner over the timing of emergency approvals for those vaccines that have been submitted. which the fda has said takes time. career s

the double standard you pointed out earlier in the show if this had been donald trump or eric trump ornka 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 story. >> a flashback to what folks were saying a few weeks ago about what we now know as factual. >> russian disinformation or foreign disinformation or campaign disinformation. go. >> when there is a new york post article that is false it is much better for twitter to let people read the new york post article and sit there and laugh at the hokey story of a computer repairman looking at a computer going this sure does look suspicious to me. i'm going to call rudy giuliani. let that out. >> for all we know these emails, some are real and others are fake, we don't know but we do know this is a classic example of the r

it is said to be part of a broader investigation into whether eric trump and his associates improperlyd assets in order to get tax benefits. up next, santa at the super spreader? where the big guys being blamed for possibly exposing thousands of children to the coronavirus. we will bring you there. first, beyond our borders tonight, lockdowns and france have led to growing frustration from those working in theater and cinema industries. thousands protesting in paris against the prolonged closure of entertainment facilities amid low coronavirus pandemic. along with bars and restaurants remaining closed and france over the holidays. israel's defensema ministry hass done live fire drills with its multi-range missile defense system. officials say it's the first time they have conducted an integrated test bringing together the various components serving as a defense against iran. another regional adversary. a team of scientists being sent to study the world's biggest iceberg. it is potentially on a collision course with an island in the south atlantic ocean. nasa estimates the iceberg to be

. >> once you exit the ivanka exhibit, you will find the eric trump memorial ball pit. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: memorial? why is it memorial? eric isn't dead. >> really? >> jimmy: yeah, no, he's alive. >> oh. okay. i guess i'll let the president know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, please do, let him know. >> it was his idea. you're going to love this. next to that is the melania escape room. check it out. >> jimmy: now that sounds like fun, that seems like a fun deal. >> yeah, well, it's a closet full of rats and hot wires. >> jimmy: okay. that sounds not as fun. this sounds dangerous, actually. is this going to be -- will kids -- it will be safe for children? >> of course it is. it will be wonderful for children. when kids see then paper towel cannon, their eyes light up like it's christmas morning, so excited. >> jimmy: you know, scott, with all these features, it seems like there's going to be hardly any room for books. >> for what? >> jimmy: for books. it's a library, right? >> no, no. it's a libery. won't be any books. instead of books we're going to pay tribute to the president's p

you know two seconds before they do it, eric trump is going to wander out of the front door like, "is event not inside?" this is crazy. i saw that federal law enforcement officials in virginia seized 5,000 karaoke machines, because they were counterfeit. it got kind of awkward when the perpetrator ran away and the cops had to yell - ♪ stop collaborat and listen ♪ [ laughter ] but the guy jumped in a getaway car saying, "bye, bye, bye" one of the cops was like, "we'll never catch him," but his partner was like - ♪ don't stop believing so, they hopped in their squad car, and they were like -- ♪ one way or anothe i'm gonn find you ♪ ♪ i'm gonna get you get you get you ♪ but the guy was already speeding away and like - ♪ here in my ca i feel safest of all ♪ but the cops pulled him over and handcuffed him like -- ♪ this is how we do it and as he was being taken away by the cops, the guy was like - ♪ i fought the la and the law won ♪ ♪ i fought the la and the law won ♪ and finally, a boat just washed ashore in the marshal islands, that was loaded with about 1,400 pounds of cocaine. official

warranted to look into the hunter biden accusations, and let's not forget as we talk about hunter that eric trumppoena about real corruption. -- >> molly: charges against hunter biden, that investigation is also very real, it is happening in delaware. >> it is real. >> it is not russian disinformation. >> as biden said yesterday, he is going to make sure that the judiciary has the proper teams to look into whatever issues it needs to unlike what moderna tried to do for the last 13 years. so circling the horses around the subject, i think it's really important to make sure that you are not being as hypocritical as any outlet or constituency could be when the trump kids are looking for a pardon. >> molly: shifting back to the delaware u.s. attorney, it's not unusual for an incoming president to let the u.s. attorney's across the nation go to a point new people. so the question now is how does the president-elect joe biden ensure that to that transparency and independence is there. >> nobody believes that the independence is going to be there, i'm sorry. he is entitled, joe biden has entitled a fire

, it seems like a weird drawing a map with a weird arrow to those prosecutors if out of nowhere eric trump come in here, preemptive pardon. seems like you're drawing a roadmap for local prosecutors if you do that, right? >> you talking to me? >> yes. >> yeah, it's a roadmap but hardry a roadmap that he needed to say. they're being investigated because they're being investigated, but -- >> right. >> in other words, the pardon is not drawing a circle and saying do indict me. they've already be in the mix, according to reporting, snae. >> there's a question to me about the internal mechanics by which this would happen. there's a position to pardon doj and normally a process. that's been completely scrapped and bypassed within the trump era. you've got lawyers in the white house who -- i don't know, maybe they're all such sychophants, they'll hang on to anything. can the president just sit down and draft the order? somebody else has to do it, right? >> look. the president could write doubt a pardon himself and sign it. if he were to do it and to really want to insulate himself, he would want a

preem preemptively pardoning his three adult children you see the most, of course, ivanka trump, eric trumpald jr., and also his son-in-law jared kushner and personal attorney rudy giuliani. the president has been telling people that he's operating under the basis that he believes prosecutors are going to target his family and even potentially himself when he is out of office, and that is why it's something he's considering. on top of that, the president is also being encouraged by some of his allies, like sean hannity of fox news, to even pardon himself as he goes out the door, which would be incredibly unusual to do. all of these things he's considering, we're told. the white house secretary said she hasn't been part of those conversations, but we are being told by multiple people that this is actively being discussed inside the white house. >> kaitlan, thank you. i want to talk with this about ann milgram. she is a former analyst and let's take a minute to talk about what we're discussing here. the president's children are potentially in such legal children that they need their dad to pr

kennedy: it's wildcard we'll know if this was eric trump who had demanded a 10 million-dollar wire transfer on behalf of his family, that this would be the biggest story of the second half of 2020. but we are not really seeing a lot of coverage on it still. fox, the near post, the wall street journal have been the ones covering this. but what do we know so far that is most damning in your eyes? >> what i think that when joe biden was vice president the fact that he took a son with him to china, they go on air force two, they get off the plane, joe biden goes and has negotiations with the chinese government officials. and then hunter biden goes off and has his conversations, negotiations with the businessmen. there really no independent businessman in china they're all part of the government. i think the chinese to do corruption differently than a lot of other countries they do corruption by paying off family members. they don't bribe the immediate official, the cousins, the uncles, the kids, granted that's how they get what they want. i think that the biden's getting off that plane they sai

double standard, and you pointed this out earlier in the show, if this had been donald trump or eric trumpr 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. three when i want to play flash back to what folks are saying a few weeks ago of what we now know as factual. >> russian disinformation. a foreign disinformation, even campaign disinformation. >> when there's a "new york post" article that's false, it's much better for twitter to let people read read "the new york post" article and sit there and to laugh at the hokey story of a computer repairman looking at a computer going, this sure does look suspicious to me. i'm going to call rudy giuliani. let that out. >> for all we know, these emails are made up or he may be some are real and others are fa

some of those trump family members have been interviewed or sought an interview, for example, of eric trump for giuliani, most likely not. he is under investigation by the southern district of new york, that's a federal investigation and that might explain why giuliani is so eager for trump to potentially consider these pardons. >> okay. so the other potential target might even say likely target of a presidential pardon is the president himself. tell us what we know about whether the law respects a self pardon by a president. would it stand in court. >> we don't know is the short answer. i would say there is a lot of legal scholars who suggest that it doesn't make sense that a court would not uphold a self-pardon because the pardon power assumes that there is two people involved, somebody frapting the pardon, somebody receiving it and observe in this case there would not be that second person. we don't know for sure, it's not happened before, no president has tried it and it would be much safer for trump if he resigned a day early and had mike pence pardon him instead. >> could still happen

eric trump this morning tweeted, "minnesota, get out and vote." he tweeted that today.lines are super short. you know, i always knew eric was slow but it's nice to know exactly how slow he's one week slow a message that was lost by a german military carrier pigeon in 1910 was recently found by hikers in france and this is worrisome. the message was an acceptance letter to art school [ laughter ] i mean, it's why you come into work every day [ laughter ] i mean, just, you just hope something like that is going to come across your desk and make it all worth it. mcdonald's announced yesterday that it is planning to test a plant-based sandwich called the mcplant. finally something they won't be sold out of every time i go. "do you have any mcplants left?" "yeah. all of 'em we got all the mcplants. the national toy hall of fame has announced its next class of inductees and i'm guessing a lot of babies voted cause the winner was the box it comes in. and finally, joe biden is the president-elect. so now many people were left wondering -- >> anybody seen my backpack? >> seth: o

if you out of nowhere are like eric trump, come in here, pre-emptive pardon.s like you're drawing a road map for local prosecutors if you do that, right? >> who are you talking to, me? >> yes. >> yeah. it's a road map. but it's hardly a road map that he needed to say. right? i mean, they're being investigated because they're being investigated. >> right. >> the pardon is not drawing a circle and saying you know, indict me. they've already been in the mix according to reporting anyhow. >> michael, there's also a question to me about the sort of internal mechanics by which this would happen. there's actually a position of pardon attorney d.o.j. and normally a process. that's been completely as far as i can tell scrapped and bypassed in the trump era. but even with that you've got lawyers in the white house -- i don't know. maybe they're all such sycophants they'll sign on to anything. but i do wonder like can the president just sit down and draft the order or someone else is going to have to do it, right? >> look, the president could write out a pardon himself a

and eric trump in disguise the two of them have been inside him like the puppeteers of jabba the hut.ic's the butt >> help me ♪ >> these surprises will happen all month long each day will be a new political surprise that won't make any difference in the polls. you'll get surprises like biden has the bone spurs, and rock hard nipples the j. in donald j. trump actually stands for jamiroquai isn't that virtual insanity? ♪ virtual insanity >> mexico pays for the wall and leaves a 20% tip biden gets caught at the debate getting lines fed to him by an old friend hiding behind the plant. cyrano d'obama's back. they release a behind the scenes videotape from "the apprentice" where trump says the n, c, d, q, and p words all in one sentence. >> watch this little [ bleep ] you [ bleep ]. >> biden whites a $130 check to adult male film star daniel stormy, but it's for lawn work and then, it is three days of love on the rocks. friday october 30th, trump divorces melania saturday the 31st, he remarries marla maples >> how do you like them aples? >> and then, on sunday, in a november surprise for th

trump rally in early december? we will let you know if he tweet midflight. erico matter what happens, there will be a lot of trump rallies coming up at any rate. mark, thank you. arthel: the coronavirus infections continue to spread at record levels in the u.s. the nation now reaching more than 14 million cases with a number of deaths topping 280,000 breaking news at west, a vast region of california will enter a new lockdown after reaching the threshold for intensive care beds. the order will go into effect in 11 counties including the cities of los angeles and san diego. this follows a similar lockdown in five bay area counties. live in santa monica california with the latest. christina, when the lockdown go into effect? reporter: the stay-at-home order will go into effect for the southern california and san joaquin valley region starting tomorrow. these are going to be some of the strictest covid lockdowns had here in california since spring. this latest statewide shutdown are focused on hospitalizations. the new regional stay-at-home order breaks into five re

department might seek retribution against him by targeting his three oldest children, donald trump jr., eric trumpanka's tuesday, jared kushner who's right now traveling in the middle east. the "times" -- why is he there? the "times" reports that a pardon for giuliani is certain to prompt accusations that trump has used his pardon power to obstruct investigations and insulate himself and his allies. one source tells nbc news that the conversations's in recent days are within the context of a president who feels embattled and not because trump believes he or any family members did anything illegal. >> whatever. >> please. >> come on. >> giuliani responded to the "times" reporting in a text message to nbc news. when asked for comment he said, "a lie. 100%. so get furious at the lying members of your profession. i de-ospise crooked lawyers." >> a lot of self-hatred there. he really needs to seek counsel for that. up know, jake sherman -- >> ah, this is -- >> -- donald trump can project, he can talk about joe biden's department of justice wanting to seek rett trat buribution on hi when it was in fact

eric: arthel, president trump is calling the vaccine a medical miracle as those first shipments begin rolling out across the country. meanwhile, the president told brian kilmeade that the legal challenges to the election he said are not yet over of. mark meredith has the very latest. let's start with what the president is saying about the vaccine today. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon. president trump says he is thrilled to see the vaccine rollout underway. last week he signed an executive order ensuring that the u.s. stockpile is prioritized for u.s. citizens and while the administration admits it will still be a few months before all americans will have access to the vaccine, they do believe this will be a game changer in battling the pandemic. >> i pushed the fda and companies and everybody else involved like nobody's ever been pushed before and now you have it rolling out and frankly they could have done it last week. they could have done it a week sooner. this has been a medical -- they call it a medical miracle and it's going to have a tremendous impact. 95% effective. >> repo

eric: well, president-elect joe biden taking aim at president trump over the president's refusal to sign the covid relief bill that congress passed a week ago and warning that that could lead to, quote, devastating consequences for millions of americans. you know, as of midnight last night, no checks. jacqui heinrich live in will minton, -- wilmington, delaware, she is covering the biden transition. >> reporter: the president-elect released a statement urging president trump to sign that bill, passed by congress, to retain unemployment benefits for about 10 million americans while also providing for assistance for small businesses and retaining funding for government services, vital services, including the military. biden wrote it's the day after christmas and millions of families don't know if they'll be able to make ends meet because of president donald trump's refusal to sign an economic relief bill, you a proved by congress -- approved by congress. this has devastating consequences. biden called the bill a down payment on more action needed early next year to revive the economy and c

eric: president trump again slamming the election criticizing mail-in ballots and the results and the integrity of the nation's electoral presses itself. he was at rally in georgia continuing what officials say are the president's baseless claims about voting and the presidential election results. contradicting attorney general bill barr, federal, state and local officials across the country who say there's no evidence of massive voter fraud to back up what the president says, this as georgia is doubling -- georgia's senate race, heads to final stretch less than one month to go, hello, everyone, welcome to america's news headquarters here on the fox news channel i'm eric sean. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, i'm arthel neville. the president leading a peach state rally last night for republican senators kelly loeffler and david perdue who face off with john s -- ossoff and raphael warnock to decide which party controls the senate. tonight senator loeffler and last night the president criticized the 2020 election but also urged supporters to get out and vote in the upcoming runoff. >> the s

. ♪ eric: president trump says he's praying for those who were injured at the explosion and expressingtude for those police officers and rescue crews responding so swiftly to the scene. the president was briefed on the blast. he's in florida spending the holiday there. the president reaction and his plans. hello. reporter: afternoon. tennessee's government asked president trump for emergency assistance to help nashville in the wake of friday's explosion. we are waiting to see how the white house may respond to that request, no word back on that but friday the president said he was briefed and offered support to law enforcement as well as those who were injured. we've not seen president trump on camera since he arrived at his resort wednesday evening. so many questions answered about how the president may decide to respond to this investigation or any update on federal assistance. state lawmakers in tennessee say they need all the help they can get. >> what i would entail is bring up resources from the federal level to help with the investigation and ultimately to probably help with rep

donald trump, eric trump and ivanka trump, as well as her husband, jared kushner, a white house senior adviser. the white house hasn't commented on the reporting and a source tells nbc news trump is considering the pardons because he feels embattled, not because he thinks his family has done anything illegal. each has faced potential exposure in at least one criminal investigation since trump's presidency began. we should all keep in mind that this is the very president said to be operating like a criminal begrade by andrew mccabe, then the number two at the fbi who was so alarmed by the conduct he witnessed in trump's earliest weeks in office that he opened a counterintelligence probe into the president of the united states. mccabe in his book likens the vibe inside trump world to the russian mobsters he'd investigated. the message, quote, this is a dangerous business and it's a bad neighborhood. if you want my protection, i can protect you. and it is in that vein that another bombshell drops since we were last on the air. a court filing unsealed yesterday revealed for the very first

tough on china but without the kind of back and forth and chaos that always comes with trump and policy making. >> eric: matt gorman, last word. do you have a u.s. optimistic? >> this transfer of power is an important part of our democracy and a point that needs to be strong at both ends. i'm hopeful. i wish the best to president-elect biden and his team. >> eric: all right. two matts. one a republican and the other democrat that says that they can agree. thank you. developing now, a possible clue to and a motive behind the christmas day bombing in nashville. what that suspect reportedly told one of his neighbors just days before that deadly blast. also, a man accused of terrorizing an air already on edge. what investigators say he did that had people rushing to call the cops. ♪ limu emu and doug. and if we win, we get to tell you how liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need. isn't that what you just did? service! ♪ stand back, i'm gonna show ya ♪ ♪ how doug and limu roll, ya ♪ ♪ you know you got to live it ♪ ♪ if you wanna wi... [ music stops ] time out! only pay for w