senator grassley ripped the media from the floor of the senate.hey are black out on the hunter biden story before the election. the story and many in the media are only now reporting on. senator grassley charging the media covered it up in order to get, help get joe biden elected. all of this as we continue our deep dive that we started last year into what really went on. how biden family members -- out of foreign companies into accounts connected to them by w using shell companies as a biden's were selling influence overseas. now to the controversy swirling around democrats eric and his ties to a suspected chinese spy. republicans say he should step down from house intelligence because he is a national security threat. nancy pelosi today defended him, but we have this, a shocking government security loophole that eric's while well unwittingly barreled right through. questions now who else marched through this loophole and how many other politicians are targeted by chinese spies. plus, we have more on the news that six states today joined the texa

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

that is what senators grassley and johnson keep hammering home.he guy who ran the cefc energy conglomerate. he had has gone missing. he complained about a deal to take a 14% take stake, 14% stake in the russia energy company rosneft. another biden associate patrick ho, charged with allegedly trying to bribe government officials in chad and uganda. so and then his own, his other business partner devin archer was convicted on unrelated fraud charges. it feels, senators grassley and ron johnson have been working on this for a year and they're saying this is a national security risk. it can't just be a soft plea for hunter biden they say. they would say. >> well, i don't think anybody is in favor of a soft plea if the evidence support as lot more but i think there is always going to be limitations on the political front when it comes to congressman standing up and shaking their fist at the outrageousness of it from information they severe sus what federal prosecutors see on their own. i don't have a problem with acknowledging there is a lot of people

happy to welcome back stomach as the senate reconvenes i'm especially happy to welcome back senator grassley from quarantine working from home following his covid test two weeks ago we all predicted if any member of the body had the stamina and the spirit to kick the virus to the curb it would certainly be him. and sure enough, xpour colleague reports he experienced no symptoms and his doctors and cleared him to come back to work and we are glad to have him back. chairman grassley had to put consecutive votes temporarily on hold for the sake of other people of course that leadership is nothing new for the senator from iowa i am confident our colleague will pick up exactly where he left off with his perfect attendance record and the tireless work for iowans that it represents. may benefit from his leadership so the senate is back in session to finish up 2020 the american people are counting on us to finish strong we need to reach an agreement on the federal government funding for lapses and programsut and sure of the us military and to continue processing the government especially on the fede

senator grassley: thank you.o ahead, sir. >> as my colleagues just mentioned, we do believe that the portman-cardin package was structured very carefully to address the different needs that many people struggle with currently. there's a lot of different populations that are impacted. having multiple tools to be able to address it, there is some value. thank you very much for the question, mr. chairman. senator grassley: i don't have :00 in front of me so when i use my time you'll have to tell me. , mr. stevenson, you note both the opportunity and the means to save are needed in what you call the beginning planning stage of savings. i agree with you that both are essential. question, in your opinion how , important is automatic enrollment in this equation? stevenson yeah, i think it's : very important and i would add another one of the provisions in the bill is around the savers credit. i think that's an important provision. we need both the means and opportunity. auto enroll and auto escalate creates the opportun

senator grassley has been accused falsely. accepting or soliciting nothing could be further from the truth as a weapon they are using. that has worked unfortunately they keep the drumbeat up. it was talk about russian interference in the 2016 election which by the way i do not deny or condone. that was way ahead of the curve with the subcommittee sarah on - - senate foreign relations committee held hearings on russian interference in montenegro in europe we always have to be on guard. they want to ask a journalist putting things into perspective, i don't know how much russia paid for facebook ads when you know what in impact attacking the dnc server with those true accurate e-mails by the way i don't know what impact that had but i would say it feels in our politics and elections, pales in comparison to the impact that jack dorsey denies the twitter of his censorship and facebook censorship and the extreme bias in the media. do you agree with that assessment to impact politics and elections vastly, vastly top forms anything th

of course, the johnson-grassley report, it turns outs to be 100% accurate. it is true, zero experience hunter biden now under a criminal investigation for international money laundering and tax evasion. that's the information big tech companies didn't want you to read about. and that's the johnson-grassley report laid out, hunter biden, he raked in millions and millions from sketchy foreign oligarchs, russia, ukraine, kazakhstan, during and after the time his father was serving as the vice president. he raked in millions more in cash and equity from well-connected members of china's ruling communist party. in fact, one chinese national paper, paid for hunter's family to go on a lavish $100,000 shopg spree come all normal, right? spree come all normal, right? country, right now, our number one geopolitical foe. china probably the most dangerous.a, the country's communist party is beyond malignant, they are hell-bent on increasing their power, their wealth at ourur expense. they don't care one bit about foreign election interference and add in the covid-19 cov

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

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

do we have information on what's on the laptop when senator grasslesenator grassleys report and peterweizer released his reporting, and now it's postelection and amazingly, the mainstream media recognizing this hunter biden, and the chinese companies with individuals with connections with the chinese communist party and the people's liberation army, we talk about the guy they got the key, but what about one of their associates who was convicted of corrupt practices act and money laundering. this is the guy that when he was arrested, the first call he placed was to james biden which was a mistake. he was trying to get a hold of hunter and i think hunter was paid something like a million dollars on successfully defending and because patrick spent some time in jail. now we know another example of how joe biden had to know how these business connections. >> sean: no argument from me. we know that we have other enemies. china is the biggest threat of all. what is the likelihood that based on what we know in the deals that they have done that they have compromise and materials on any one of

just yesterday the state department produced an unclassified version of an email that senator grassley and i requested in august that still contains redactions. i was able to review the unredacted, and can only say what remains classified should not be classified. the information would not harm national security but it would reflect poorly on vice president biden. that is not a valid reason for classification or for indefinitely withholding information from congress. these investigations have also been hampered by false allegations made against me and senator grassley, by senior democrat leaders, including this committee's ranking member. in letters purportedly classified staff memos immediately leaked to the press and statements on the floor and to the media accusing me and senator grassley of disseminating russian misinformation, patently false and easily proven so by a careful examination of our reports but no matter how many times we issue denials a compliant media repeats their false allegations. this was the exact same playbook used with the steele dossier and the russian collusi

the johnson/grassley report turns out to be 100% accurate. it is true. zero experienced hunter biden now under a criminal investigation for tax evasion. that's the information big tech companies didn't want you to read about. as the johnson/grassley report laid out, hunter biden raked in millions and millions from sketchy foreign oligards, russia, during and after the time his father was serving as vice president. he raked in millions more in cash and equity from well connected members of china's ruling communist party. one chinese national paper, hunter's family to go on a $100,000 lavish shopping spree. all normal, right? china, right now our geopolitical foe. russia, bad factors. yep. iranian, bad actors. china, probably the most dangerous. country's ruling communist party is beyond malignant. they are hell bent on increasing their power, their wealth, at our expense. they don't care one bit about foreign election interference and add in their covid-19 cover-up, you can't travel to wuhan. can't travel out of wuhan if you're going to china, but you can

this is what senator johnson and grassley are saying. this involves extortion and crimes.hat is what they have been working on more than a year. >> i don't understand, let's talk about special counsel. if you will have a special counsel regulation which we do, you want to talk about double standards, that is really comes into play. once, once joe biden becomes president and this is not a reflection on the u.s. attorney in delaware who has been investigating the case, once joe biden becomes president, i don't see how you can't avoid a special counsel. if you can't appoint a special counsel because of the appearance of impropriety, to have the president's own son investigated by his own department of justice, again, it is an appearance thing, if you can't appoint a special counsel for that i don't know what you can appoint it for and keep in mind there is always been a double standard there. why didn't eric holder appoint a special counsel to look into the fas and furious debacle? why didn't eric holder appoint a special counsel to look at irs targeting of conservatives whic

i would like to thank chairman grassley, ranking member wyden, chairman portman, ranking member brown, senator cardin and members of the committee for the work you've done titles over the years or we wouldn't be having this conversation so thank you for your service and leadership. one additional thing we have in common with both you senator portman and senator cardin in particular is around ohio, noi we represent the ohio to find cultivation plan for the state of ohio and we protect 75,000 ohioans, the assets come almost $7 billion across the state, corporate site and the government side. and we employed 15,000 associates in columbus here senator cardin, also in maryland, we represent about $7 billion of assets for residents of maryland, $7 billion in total total assets come 100,000 of your residence and a poorly for the state of maryland, baltimore county, city of baltimore, our county, a number of counties and in corporations across the state, but most notably the first ever to plan those of you start with the state of maryland's comp in our click for 46 years and is still appointe

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

in may senator grassley and i had the list of obama officials who unmasked open campaign in that list has been compiled and up and provided to the committee because it remains stuck somewhere between the nsa and the permit of justice. without those records it would be not be productive so we have not interviewed the officials involved in those unmasking's. finally just yesterday the state department produced an unclassified version of an e-mail that senator grassley and i questioned in august that still contains several reactions. i was able to review the undacted version and can only say it remainsna remains classified should not be classified and the information would not harm national security but would reflect poorly on the vice president biden and that is not a valid reason for classification or for indefinitely withholding information from congress. these investigations have also beenas hampered by false allegations made against me and senator grassley by senior democrat leaders including this committee's ranking member. in letters reportedly classified staff memos immediatelyra

now you see people like senators johnson and grassley, they have now also followed up.ime to get to the bottom. first, imagine ifet the last nae was trump, andf secondly, do you believe this has legal merit, that if they follow the law, there would be severe legal lnsequences, because i do believe that. >> yeah, i think there would be. and i think, by the way, as this investigation goes forward, you have to turnoe this into an independent prosecutor. whatever happens in the next six months, it is a highly politicized issue. you need to havehi someone who s truly independent, who is not just a u.s. attorney, who could potentially be fired. and let me say, sean, this is one of the most important stories, i think politically, that we havek had in the last decade. you deserve a lot of credit. we did the first interview in january of 2018. this grand jury was convened months later, i think a direct result of the attention he brought to the story. >> sean: you did all the hardt work. and by the way, people that don't know but the government accountability office, which you ru

>> i watched both and support chairman grassley's attempts to try to get to the bottom of this.yleigh mcenany, her outline -- hypocrisy over what happened on, you know, pre-election, even now today is shocking considering what we now know. elizabeth: okay. let's watch joe biden refusing to answer questions from reporters about the two investigations, federal investigation into his son hunter biden's business dealings overseas. watch this. >> mr. president-elect, will you -- [inaudible] >> thanks for the congratulations. appreciate it. elizabeth: now watch joe biden at the second debate. watch joe biden at the second debate. watch this. >> not one single solitary thing was out of line. my son has not made money in terms of this thing about what are you talking about, china. elizabeth: turns out the senate report shows he made at least five million dollars coming in from china to hunter biden's bank accounts. how long can this go on with the president-elect denying this story? >> well you know it's almost beyond belief we have to apologetically approach biden, joe biden on this to

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biden incorporated that revealed a lot of some of the financial foreign entanglements thatsenator grassley and my investigation has revealed in our september 20/20 report . past that point the press ignored the glaring conflict that george kent said was operable for all policymakers trying to run an anti- corruption agenda in ukraine. this is really, when i look over pttook over as chairman in 2015 there was a march 2015 it was revealed hillary clinton ran most of her emails through a private server . not only is this committee the general oversight committee in congress, we have specific legislative jurisdictions on federal records. that really began my work for the last six years ci investigating some of this corruption of the obama administration and it's important to note that this represents from my standpoint thand unequal application of justice. hillary clinton wasexonerated . this email scandal, the media examination investigation and the crossfire hurricane scandal, i want to talk about one of sthe texts to lisa page shortly after they exonerated hillary clinton said this feels mo

the staff at the mexican restaurant will miss a couple along with the barrasso's and grassley's years right, the most devoted . more thananything , i know the dedicated staff of the senate that don't get thanked enough for the office of food-service and the capital police will miss the massive holidaycookie parties orchestrated by field marshal .al diana has organized the production of hundreds of dozens of baked treats every year. mike is more like her assistant in that endeavor. their unstoppable tradition dating back to our colleagues even this year encapsulates what kind of heart this couple shares and as we know these labors of love, on top of diana's own important work on her longtime focus on clearing land mines in ancient europe. i don't mean any of this to guilt mike into staying because mike always has his head on straight . his priorities lined up, so he knows that even on our best days the senate can't hold a candle to the joys of that chapter he and diana have planned. it turns out that the man who senate website includes a page of grandfatherly advice is looking forward

the staff at a favorite mexican restaurant will miss the couple along with the brosseau's and grassley spent years ranked among their most devoted weekly visitors. more than anything i know the dedicated staff of the senate that don't get inked enough to food services to the capital police orchestrated by field marshal has organized the production of hundreds of dozens of big treats every year, mike is more like her assistant in that endeavor. their unstoppable tradition of giving back to our colleagues, even this year and calculates what kind of hearts this couple shares. as we know the labors of love, on top of diana's own important work like her longtime focus on clearing landmines in eastern europe. i don't mean any of this to guilt mike into saying because he always has his head on straight, his plans lead, his priorities lined up, he knows even on our best days the senate cannot holdhe the candle to the next chapter he and diana have planned. it turns out that the man who senate website includes a page of advice is looking forward to more free time for delivering that advice to h

you and senator grassley put out a comprehensive report. are you convinced there has been criminal wrongdoing in the biden family? >> it is not my call. i'm not a prosecutor. that is up to the front of justice. we uncovered some troubling connections with chinese companies, persons that have connections to people's liberation army. i wish the mainstream media had paid attention before the election. this is a mess and under the biden administration will be a bigger mess, not going away. mike: what is the future of the hunter biden probe on capitol hill? will there be hearings in the next congress? >> chuck grassley and i will not turn a blind eye to new evidence but is in the hands of the justice department. i hope this is a legitimate investigation. the only reason i say that, i have no suspicions one way or the other. we did an investigation into the investigation into hillary clinton's email scandal, not designed to uncover the truth leading to prosecution a conviction but to cover up the truth and exonerate hillary clinton. that is not t

shannon: will senator grassley get any apologies? >> he won't get an apology. double standard you pointed out earlier in the show if this had been donald trump or eric trump or ivanka making millions in an area they weren't qualified in, working specifically for countries being overseen by their father every one would have been all over in the media saying there's no way you can pay these millions to somebody that lacks qualifications except through wrongdoing and yet they didn't want to cover, said there was no story when in fact there clearly is a 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 ema

report grassley contradicts that in detail with millions of wire transfers with china. the report also found hunter's family went on $100,000 shopping spree complements of a chinese national. remember tony bob belinsky was on with tucker. that's his former business partner. it even hunter's own attorney was forced to issue a clarification after the gma interview admitting his clients received equity. it tends to be in the millionsr' of millions of dollars we now know. breaking tonight, a report from daily caller shows that hunter biter was due to receive massive payouts from a chinese equity venture starting in 2019 and continuing for a couple of years. in other words, to put e e it sy as we speak, hunter or someone else in the body and family might be receiving cash now from china.e joe biden wants to run this country, his son might well be getting cash payments from what is our number one adversary, the most malignant country in the world. that is more than a little concerning. if the name was trump my wonder how the media would wrap. that is worse than anything the r

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

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

i know senator grassley said it is not official until the electoral college meets.he election has been held. it has been certified by the states. the next official step is the electoral college. joe biden is president-elect of the united states why it is important for folks here in georgia who would prefer a republican strong hold in the united states senate, majority in the senate, that they vote on january 5th because that is going to be the key. neil: that will be the key. thank you, dr. tom price. very good seeing you again. dow up 19 points. in and out of record territory as s&p 500 and nasdaq. more after this. wow. that will save me lots of money. this game's boring. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. less sick days! cold coming on? zicam® is clinically proven to shorten colds! highly recommend it! zifans love zicam's unique zinc formula. it shortens colds! zicam zinc that cold! it shortens colds! keeping your oysters growing while keeping your business growing has you swamped. (♪ ) you need to hire i need indeed indeed you do. the

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

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

hillary clinton's campaign, the dnc, the steele dossier, the ranking member peters accusing senator grassley and i of disseminating russian disinformation, that's where the disinformation is coming. >> mr. chairman, i have to respond to that. you're saying i'm putting out information -- >> right. >> one, i had nothing to do with this report -- >> you lied repeatedly in the press that i was spreading russian disinformation. that was a lie. i told you to stop lying and you continued to do it. >> mr. chairman, this is not about airing your grievances. i don't know what rabbit hole you're running down -- >> you talked about russian disinformation. senator paul -- >> bill: got our attention. senator ron johnson shared that hearing. he joins me now. good afternoon to you. >> bill, merry christmas. >> bill: merry christmas as well. three issues. what did this hearing accomplish today on that? >> well, the goal of the hearing contrary to what senator peters said is to try to resolve the suspicions around the election. we are in an unsustainable state of affairs where you have large percentages of th

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

in april 2014, we know according to johnson, grassley, a 140 grand to hunter biden's firm. what was it ear marked for? a brand new pretty darn expensive car. hunter, zero experience in kazakhstan. then he began receiving massive monthly payouts from a ukraine energy company. company was knowned by a pro russian government oligard. russia, no experience in ukraine, no experience in oil, energy, gas, but gets paid millions of dollars. gma, do you have any experience? no. why do you think you got it? i don't know. maybe because your dad is in charge of ukrainian money and ukrainian policy, at the time joe biden was obama's point man on all things ukraine. we have overwhelming evidence that biden has been lying all along, well aware of his son's dealings. the e-mails sent from a ukrainian executive in april of 2015 thanking zero experience hunter for the quote opportunity to meet your father and, of course, biden himself bragging on tape about, well, you got six hours, fire the prosecutor or you're not getting $1 billion taxpayer. that would be a quid and pro and quo by joe. so

we owe him and senator grassley a debt.to these problems with hunter biden's actions. even though they were presented with evidence proving that that was not the case. what you are seeing here today is as ron johnson went to hold a hearing on election irregularities and election security and democrats questioning him, temper sprayed and he felt he needed to put the record straight. >> bret: his answers have been pretty short, but what will my care is one of them. okay, we had it. [laughter] he answered, are you confident your son hunter did nothing wrong and he says, i am confident. there is this back and whether there should be a special counsel in this investigation is the president-elect becomes the president on january 20th. >> this conversation comes at a time in which joe biden, my most recent reporting is that he still hasn't settled on who he's going to nominate to be his attorney general. this adds an extra complication to that discussion. do you appoint someone who with the public can genuinely feel is above polit

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

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

gra grassley said that hunter biden was aware of his links to the communist chinese government.ut of jail and back in hong kong. so this may not mean much practically but does mean the government had enough for the conviction and leaves more questions in terms of what hunter biden was doing representing somebody of this ilk. >> sandra: thank, leland. so will this new development raise calls for a special counsel in the hunter biden investigation? former acting attorney general matthew whitaker joins us to discuss that. good evening. bottom line, the question is how does this overall affect the investigation and does it give more credit to calling for a special counsel into the matter? >> yeah, i think it does give a lot more credit to those calls for a special counsel. i think it is another fact that was probably not available to a lot of americans that this cefc company, a chinese energy company, had paid bribes in uganda, chad and ultimately corr respect. the ceo, who was negotiating with hunter biden, has disappeared in china. i think a lot of people are afraid that this hunt

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

>> senator grassley, fers, does not necessarily have a say in this.nfirming, but his vote isn't needed. he opens a window into what is going on with this. and as you said, dana, congressman jim clyburn was the most important endorser and supporter in this process. he has a very loud voice in this. but i think what it's highlighting is the overall picture of the cabinet. there has to be a person of color likely an african american, at the defense department as secretary of defense or attorney general or some of the other top posts. if that happens and i think that gives president-elect biden more space for the rest of his cabinet. jim clyburn is pushing house members for the spots. one problem is the biden transition team is largely staying away from elected democrats, because the margins are narrow in the house. even having an open seat in a safe district is still potentially a problem. i am not expecting many democratic senators or house members to be serving in the biden cabinet for that reason. >> it's interesting. i was talking to one of president

the dnc, the steele dossier, the ranking meter peters accusing senator grassley and i of disseminating russian disinformation, that's where the disinformation is coming. >> mr. chairman, i have got to respond to that you are saying. >> why? , one, i had nothing to do with this report. >> you lied repeatedly. >> did i not. >> you lied repeatedly in the spread that i was spreading russian disinformation. that was outright light and i told you to stop lying and you continued to do it. >> mr. chairman, this is not about airing your grievances. i don't know what rabbit hole you are running down. >> you talked about many russian disinformation. will will brian brian let's bring be in jonathan turley, george washington university law professor. good morning to you. >> good morning. ainsley: this hearing was was supposed to about election irregularities. you will could see senator johnson had a grievance with senator peters and wanted to talk about it. do you think he was right to do that? >> he was right about the accusation. i tweeted immediately when senator peters denied it that they actua