>>reporting in washington, i'm morgan wright. >>still ahead it has been a year from the pandemic to the protests to a historically bad wildfire season, the california national guard has been they're responding to it all look back it their >>frogger and in 2020 the coronavirus has turned her world upside down and continues to impact our everyday lives. on top of the pandemic there have been intensifying calls for social justice and unrelenting wildfires igniting across our state that's been heavy, but the heart and the heroism of the california national guard here has. >>help keep us safe through it all and a lot of cases sunseri tonsil has a look back now at how our reserve military members fought and served on the frontlines in 2020. it was. >>the year of the guard. >>reserve airmen, soldiers and sailors have been on the front lines of all the major crisis events of 2020. the national guard first coming to the rescue in march when the grand princess cruise ship sailed into the san francisco bay filled with passengers infected wi

next a frontline health care workers or washington dc correspondent morgan wright reports, lawmakers say they're at the front line for the vaccine, hoping to encourage every american to get the shot. >>i got it in my left arm on friday, maryland congressman jamie raskin says the minute the capitol physician offered the covid-19 vaccine to lawmakers, he jumped at the opportunity it's necessary for continuity of government raskin joint house speaker nancy pelosi and other congressional leaders in receiving the pfizer vaccine. my job has been the gobi there are often when speaker pelosi couldn't be in town. it's unclear if all 535 members of congress will take the vaccine and some lawmakers have criticized her colleagues for getting the shot ahead of the nation's most at-risk populations should we online know but new york congressman tom reed says lawmakers have important work to do on covid relief and other issues. >>but she would be in the line so that we can continue to do the job reid says the vaccine ensures lawmakers can do their essential work safely. maryland senator ben cardin

michael flynn. >>> joining me now, former senior state department adviser, cybersecurity expert, morgan wright, you just heard the general --? >> yes. lou: -- talking about what should be going on. much of that seems to be at least beginning. but we have heard precious little in the 24 hours since you and i talked last evening about any kind of response from this government. it is as if there's a view that this is something that will pass, that they do not have to respond when they don't even know the dimensions of the damage or the extent of it or the insip cent point or certainly how to end it. your thoughts. >> yeah, you know, you put me in a tough position, lou, great insight from general flynn. just don't stand there, do something. get the message out, start doing things. look, there's been at least updates, i've been following the alerts and notifications coming out from cisa, we're starting to find out new things about what was going on, it appears the solarwinds software is not the only way they were able to steal information. we're starting to see things about some of the sophisticati

joining me now to talk all of this up, former senior state department adviser morgan wright. morgan, what do you make of this latest information? multiple adversaries, power hell attacks? parallel attacks? >> gregg, this suspiciously sounds like the conversation you and i had about opm a while back. we got the same set of threat actors inside our systems going undetected for months, if not years. there's indications the initial intrusion was in there for over a year, they did a dry run back in october. one of the biggest things we have to do is do damage assessment, how far did they actually get, what systems were actually touched, and right now we're -- in a sense, gregg, we're flying blind. we have no idea the extent, and now the revelation of a second actor, did they share information? is this still -- is this another russian threat actor? is this china? >> there's a lot of work to be done to assign attribution, but at the end of the day, gregg, we have been caught not only with our pants down, were been caught so far behind the lines right now, this is just -- i can't eve

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they were kind of silent during that time this is russia's way of getting back in the game. >> morgan wrightke maria: good friday morning. tgif. friday december 18th, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. putting the spotlights on the biden. pushing for a special counsel to investigate hunter biden business deals as joe biden callings it foul play and says he's not concerned about allegations. we have it all covered this morning. we will hear from georgia congressman doug colins and jim jordan coming up. the vaccine front, moderna vaccine could get

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they were kind of silent during that time this is russia's way of getting back in the game. >> morgan wright>> from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bartiromo's "wall street." maria: and happy weekend, everybody. welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm maria bartiromo. thanks so much for joining us this weekend. in just a few moments, we will get jonathan ward's take on former disney ceo bob iger being considered as the next ambassador to china. we are talking china with the founder of the atlas organization. and another big development in the fight against covid-19, moderna having the second vaccine approved, millions of doses of pfizer's drug already being distributed, the ceo of

reporting in washington, i'm morgan wright. >>covid-19 vaccinations have begun for inmates with special medical needs at the california health care facility in stockton. critics argue though that those who are incarcerated shouldn't get the vaccine before frontline workers do. angela could dana with the we are their voices says the staff should be vaccinated instead. according to the state's data 11 employees in more than a 110 inmates have died from the coronavirus cadena says that they cannot afford any more deaths. >>these are people that did not have death sentences they didn't go did they commit the crime yes should they pay the price the price absolutely should they be condemned to death that wasn't their sentence. >>the california correctional peace officers association believes that prison staff and inmates should be moved to the top of the list to get vaccinated. a new study is also highlighting the severe impact of the pandemic on the lgbtq households. researchers from the nonprofit movement advancement project says t

take the vaccine and says he will do so at the appropriate time, reporting in washington, i'm morgan wrightng the vaccines inmates with special medical needs at the california health care facility in stockton. >>critics though say that people who are incarcerated they shouldn't be getting the vaccine before front-line workers. anjelica dana with we are their voices says staff should be vaccinated instead prison workers. according to the state's data 11 employees and more than a 110 inmates have died from coronavirus can dana says they can't afford to suffer any more deaths. >>these are people that did not have death sentences they didn't go to did they commit the crime yes should they pay the price the price absolutely should they be condemned to death that wasn't their sentence. >>the california correctional peace officers believe that prison staff and inmates should be moved to the top of the list. among those to get vaccinated. a new study is highlighting the severe impact of the pandemic on the lgbtq community. researchers from the nonprofit movement advancement project say nearly 2 thi

they were kind of silent during that time this is russia's way of getting back in the game. >> morgan wrightl before this one is for the kids but alright whether there is smoke there is fire and boy oh boy the hunter biden fog is getting smoky or that a drum circle and a reggae concert. mostly be joe get burned? new today some old text messages from 200 biden associates that suggest to get joe involved in hunters shady chinese business deals. the goal to make a family business presumably because joe biden's name would give the entire operation athlete needed legitimacy. fox news just obtained he made h tax between hunter biden's next associate james a

they were kind of silent during that time this is russia's way of getting back in the game. >> morgan wrightt" mug. good night from sussex. ♪ elizabeth: tonight, two major stories hitting national security. how did the government allow what maw lawmakers now call, quote, an act of war, the single biggest cyber attack in u.s. history? how did they let it happen? russia is believed to have been sitting inside of u.s. agencies for months looking at the nation's secrets including the nuclear weapons stockpile and the energy grid. that undercuts the knee-jerk critics now trying to blame frump. also we have this story, an fbi briefing of top lawmakers on democrat eric swalwell's entanglement with

they were kind of silent during that time this is russia's way of getting back in the game. >> morgan wrightel ken starr on the fraudulent election. thanks for being with us. good night from sussex. elizabeth: tonight we have breaking news. newly declassified government documents show the true chaos behind the scenes on the fbi under the trump-russia probe. this is how weak and what a waste of time and money it was. the fbi debunked it knew it was false two months into the probe but the media went full bore on it for years. fbi liked how the democrats funded steele dossier, it was media, even though it has been discredited and debunked. late senator john mccain apparently leaking a dossier to a world famous investigatively reporter. we're going to reveal his

the new congress will take action on more relief early in 20 21, reporting in washington, i'm morgan wright. >>johnson and johnson may become the next company to see its vaccine approved by the government the health care giant has enrolled 45,000 participants for the first trial of its covid vaccine. and it expects initial data by late january. so far johnson and johnson is the only company one dose vaccine, which would obviously mean a faster rollout both moderna and pfizer's vaccines require 2 doses over about a 3 week span. >>and cbs health is planning to vaccinate millions of residents and staff at long-term care facilities all across the country. a pharmacy teams are going about doses of the pfizer shot said this week in some parts of the country. and a week from today, california nursing homes can expect their vaccinations the company expects to vaccinate up to 4 million people in this space. and as we get closer to the biden harris inauguration. >>governor newsome tonight is facing pressure to name a latino or a black woman to fill vice president elect kamala harris's senate seat wit

. >> morgan wright. former independent counsel >> from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bartiromo's "wall street." maria: and happy weekend, everybody. welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm maria bartiromo. thanks so much for joining us this weekend. in just a few moments, we will get jonathan ward's take on former disney ceo bob iger being considered as the next ambassador to china. we are talking china with the founder of the atlas organization. and another big development in the fight against covid-19, moderna having the second vaccine approved, millions of doses of pfizer's drug already being distributed, the ceo of the cleveland clinic about this historic and incredible rollout. but first, let's take a look back at some of the big moments this week with top newsmakers on "mornings with maria" in this week's edition of "the week's talkers." ♪ maria: doctor, congratulations to you. you must be feeling some great satisfactio

want to go back to get a 2nd dose depending on what kind of side effects that that those causes morgan wright were out of time cybersecurity analyst and chief to create advisor for sentinel one it's always a pleasure talking to you. banks are good luck. you may think long company meetings from home are unproductive or even painful now microsoft says they have a solution to this problem but the approach is already getting a lot of criticism including accusations of spying r t correspondent tashi sweet explains. microsoft is now facing a backlash against its supposed solution for unproductive meetings in the workplace the problem according to critics recording the quantity of one's activity in a meeting or on the job 1st is quality is a problem for some others say it takes any kind of privacy away from employees almost working as a surveillance tool microsoft is testing their patent on their own employees before launching the system for other companies the tech giant is utilizing body language facial expressions and other information like emails and participation in meetings to scale productivi

. >> morgan wright. former independent counsel before this one is for the kids but alright whether there is smoke there is fire and boy oh boy the hunter biden fog is getting smoky or that a drum circle and a reggae concert. mostly be joe get burned? new today some old text messages from 200 biden associates that suggest to get joe involved in hunters shady chinese business deals. the goal to make a family business presumably because joe biden's name would give the entire operation athlete needed legitimacy. fox news just obtained he made h tax between hunter biden's next associate james ago yard and probably in ski. indeed. and one reads" comment man you are right, let's get the company set up and then tell h, hunter, and family be high-stakes to get joe involved. a week later he told and stating don't mention joe big involved comets only when you are face-to-face. i know you know that but they are paranoid. okay they should be paranoid about things, zelensky said, he replies for real. you may remember

. >> morgan wright. former independent counsel greeting mug, the official "lou dobbs tonight" mug. good night from sussex. ♪ elizabeth: tonight, two major stories hitting national security. how did the government allow what maw lawmakers now call, quote, an act of war, the single biggest cyber attack in u.s. history? how did they let it happen? russia is believed to have been sitting inside of u.s. agencies for months looking at the nation's secrets including the nuclear weapons stockpile and the energy grid. that undercuts the knee-jerk critics now trying to blame frump. also we have this story, an fbi briefing of top lawmakers on democrat eric swalwell's entanglement with a chinese spy. with us tonight, kt mcfarland and harmeet dhillon along with congressman tom mcclintock. we're going to break down today's big headlines. we've got the updates. also the fbi briefing kevin mccarthy and nancy e place city on democrat eric swalwell's scandal with a chinese spy. it's so bizarre, it's so brazen, you would think it was a made for tv movie, but it's not, it's real. it's real life with r

. >> morgan wright. former independent counsel ken starr on the fraudulent election. thanks for being with us. good night from sussex. elizabeth: tonight we have breaking news. newly declassified government documents show the true chaos behind the scenes on the fbi under the trump-russia probe. this is how weak and what a waste of time and money it was. the fbi debunked it knew it was false two months into the probe but the media went full bore on it for years. fbi liked how the democrats funded steele dossier, it was media, even though it has been discredited and debunked. late senator john mccain apparently leaking a dossier to a world famous investigatively reporter. we're going to reveal his name and much more. with us fred fleitz, danny coulson, congressman james comer, joe concha, deneen borelli, congressman brian babin and tom homan on the head lines of the day. lawmakers say you need a special counsel get one now and bidens selling influence overseas with our adversaries. who is exactly behind the push and why. democratic congressman eric swalwell has been ent

i'm joined what it means for all of us with sent nell one chief security advisor morgan wright. had been used to hacking news every other day. someone taking a about chunk of our information from a target, something like that but this spat of high-profile attacks on u.s. government agencies has everyone on edge. how did it happen and how can it be stopped? >> you know, charles, good to see you again. the reason this happened is because traditional cybersecurity, traditional trust models have completely failed us. this does not work anymore. how it happened, think of this, if i wanted to break into 18,000 homes, what is easier break into them directly or break into the locksmith who has keys to 18,000 homes? that is what happened. the russians took advantage of a software update coming out of a company solarwinds, something we heard about, they rode the update out of hundreds and hundreds of corporations. they came in, sat there, waited 12 to 14 days when the software activated like a perry scope coming up. the software began looking around. from a trade cast exploited every vuln

morgan wright joins us now, we want to learn more about this, the chief security advisor because youot whether the president of microsoft who jerry referred to and used to advise the president of homeland security they said this is really serious stuff and they actually had a headline today that it looks like the cyber hack is an act of war, what are we dealing with them wises so serious, what are we actually dealing with. >> what makes the serious, an example is the detective burglary, they go to the store and come back an hour later in their home was broken into, not a lot of stuff can happen, these burglars insider homes and computer networks for nine months, they were seeing everything that was going on and collecting every bit of information and using that to move from not only the coppermine network but into other networks and as were finding out from susa and dhs solar winds appears to be not the only way that the attackers and the russians got into the system but obviously solar winds the network systems used by 300,000 companies in the world, they allow you access in the key

morgan wright, always good information.a: lawmakers meanwhile say they've been demanding answers for months from the biden family and their associates. so will they talk now that we know the department of justice is investigating hunter? and it is a historic day in the fight against the coronavirus acidosis of pfizer's vaccine begin arriving at locations across the country. next how that roll-out exactly will work. tums versus mozzarella stick (bell rings) when heartburn hits fight back fast... ...with tums chewy bites... beat heartburn fast tums chewy bites if ththen i'm not a real potato reciidaho potato farmer.shes, genuine idaho potatoes not just a side dish anymore. always look for the grown in idaho seal. this on us, on every plan! get an iphone 12 with 5g, and if you're 55 and up, switch to our essentials 55 plan and save 50% on your bill vs. the other guys. that's right, iphone 12 on us! holiday on with t-mobile. ((boy)r) hhelping kids.s. (dad) helping families. (women) helping pets. (vo) these are the lives subaru

let's ask morgan wright. good to see you as always. >> hi, david.: section 230 does save these companies a lot of money and it assumes that they're open platforms that they do not edit or censor material on their platforms. that's what they did in october and november leading up to the election. they did censor materials and they admitted. maybe it's okay to strip 230? >> there's no right answer to that. it depends on who is getting gored. 230, we were looking at online websites and platforms. it says that you have civil immunity from lawsuits even in the speech is otherwise constitutionally protected. to your point we get things, we know there have been terrorist communications, things that are called for incitement to riot and things like that, used by social media. how much freedom do you give people and at the same time do you still have a duty at some point from a security standpoint? because we know from this summer and from the other things, from the arab spring, the use of social media can incite not only violence as we've seen around the wo

. >> morgan wright. former independent counsel ke maria: good friday morning. tgif. friday december 18th, 6:00 a.m. on the east coast. putting the spotlights on the biden. pushing for a special counsel to investigate hunter biden business deals as joe biden callings it foul play and says he's not concerned about allegations. we have it all covered this morning. we will hear from georgia congressman doug colins and jim jordan coming up. the vaccine front, moderna vaccine could get fda emergency this morning. we will bring you that, plus, we are talking to a doctor who was vaccinated yesterday. we will find out how he's feel ing. talks could spill into the week, who is pushing for more money? coming up. markets fractionally higher on the session. take a look. futures searching for direction with the dow industrials up 28 and nasdaq lower by 6 and s&p by 2 and a half. after all 3 major indices finish in record territory yesterday. it was a good day on wall street with dow industrials up 148 and s&p higher by 21. question for eric swawell, california democrat seen avoidi

morgan stanley. great to get your take at what could be an inflection point in equities, what could be really revaluation. let's get the bloomberg first word news with laura wrightndon. laura: the u.k. and eu are heading for a final brexit battle over fishing rights. it is a sign the sides have largely settled their differences over other major obstacles to a trade agreement. officials are cautiously optimistic deal could be reached within days. but are still warning large differences remain and talks could fall apart. congressional leaders are still haggling over the final details of a nearly $900 billion coronavirus aid plan. sources tell us it includes $600 checks for americans, and an extra $300 a week in unemployment payments. it also includes roughly $17 billion for airlines. medicinesxpects its regulator to decide on approval for the oxford astra vaccine in the next few weeks. that sets up a decision in early january or even sooner. the u.k. has already approved shots from pfizer and biontech, and vaccinated almost 140,000 people in the first week. global news 24 hours a day on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and a

wright. laura: thanks, anna. pfizer promised up to 100 million doses this year. a spokesperson released a statement saying the scallop of raw materials took longer than expected. morgang out a special one-time bonus for lower paid workers as the firm heads to a record year. the bank will give iran half of its 30,000 employees a one payment of a thousand dollars. the benefit adds to the promise it will not cut its workforce this year despite fallout from covid-19. that your bloomberg business flash. anna? anna: laura wright with your business flash. keeping an eye on brexit brussels, eu councile president, see if we get any lines around brexit. speaking about the latest, trade talks were on the verge of a breakthrough until negotiations had a last-minute slang -- snack. -- snag. brexit said there was a new set of demands. you denied the new set of demands. we won't dwell on these last-minute demands because we'll see where that takes us. but in terms of the investment story, your short sterling. .- you're short sterling are you short sterling because you think there will be no deal? or you don't think sterling matters? what is the explanation? james: yeah. , in my opi