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. >> reporter: democratic congressman peter welch under fire after he and his wife sold $6,000 in exxone co-sponsored a bill to report such sales for congress but missed the deadline by a week, his wife made the transaction they no longer own individual stocks. before i let you go check tonight's episode of american dream home at 8:00 pm eastern time on the foxbusiness network. back to both of you. todd: and irate airline passenger facing charges after attacking a man wearing a mask while eating. benjamin: the faa reports a staggering number of unruly passengers. jackie ibanez is back with more. >> reporter: that woman identified by authorities as real estate agent patricia cornwall is facing federal assault charges accused of striking and spitting on an 80-year-old passenger. >> imagine seeing that on your next flight. cornwall, ex-nfl teen cheerleader lashing out at the man for being unmasked. you can see she's not wearing a mask herself. the complaint since the incident started when cornwall cannot get the receipt from the restaurant because of a beverage cart blocking the aisle. a f

also, congressman peter welch is here to talk about his bid to replace a legend in the united states

also, congressman peter welch is here to talk about his bid to replace a legend in the united states senate. serving a whole new dysfunctional body a new thing. tomato, tomato. >> good evening, i'm mehdi hassan. remember last night when i mentioned donald trump might be the only person in history to almost get a future president and his own vice president killed in the space of three months. i was talking about the news that trump tested positive for covid last september, three days before debating joe biden. face to face, without masks. of course, i was talking about mike pence on january the six. remember what trump's crowd chanting as they breached the capitol and pence was withstood away? >> hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. >> right. in an interview with christian broadcasting network yesterday, the former vice president give a rare statement about trump and january the six. and it was, well, see for yourself. >> i don't know if president trump and i will ever see eye to eye on that day. or that many of our most ardent supporters well agree with my decision that

we'll speak to a congressman who hopes to join that chamber next year, representative peter welch.'s tested. could the biden's ministration do pretty prepare for the coming surge? will it be enough? plus, is no secret that donald trump has called the republican party in

well, democratic congressman peter welch and wife say they are no longer going to be trading personal0 in exxon stock back in september days before and welch questioned practices. congress members and spouses have maximum of 45 days to support stock sales, by the way he wrote the rule. he wrote the rule that he just violated. well, the inflation crunch hitting americans hard in 2021. and it's going to extend into next year, the wall street journal is projecting that prices are going to go up at least 5% on average while some may go up anywhere 2 to 20% depending on the items that you buy. some key items including mayonnaise, candy, mustard, potato, celery and even frozen dinners, they are heading higher, manufacturers looking to offset labeling and packaging costs among other things. i want to bring in ceo, red apple group, president and ceo, all of it, john, great to see you, good morning. >> always good to see you and you are absolutely right, inflation is going to continue on to the new year. we had the first wave of increases in november, december, now there's going to be a second

vermont senator peter welch and his wife will stop trading stocks while in office, this coming afterporting their sale of exxon mobil stock one week late. you're calling on a ban on owning or trading stocks while in office. you are running for office yourself. where do you think this can go and was this latest story with the vermont senator kind of what pushed the issue for you? >> well, sounds like he may be trying to get out of t hot water. but zooming out, i do think we should ban individual congressmen from trading individual stocks. whether it's corrupt or whether it just appears corrupt, it's still core row sieve to our -- corrosve to our politics. i think people say it looks like a third world banana republic. we can't trust these people to have acassess to this nonpublic information and then also not just use it to enrich themselves. i think you want to invest in index funds, maybe that's okay. but you can't be buying and picking and trading individual stocks as a member of congress. being elected to high office in this country should not be a get rich quick scheme. cheryl: e

congressman peter welch's wife dumped 6,000 bucks in exxon stock just before a climate hearing.actices. according to rules, congress members and their spouses have a maximum of 45 days to report stock sales. they failed to meet that deadline. the power ball jackpot surging onto $441 million the third highest jackpot this year. no tickets were sold with the winning combination in monday's drawing. the jackpot will keep getting bigger until a winner is picked. the last big winner was in october when a person in california bought a ticket worth nearly $700 million. the next chance to win big is tomorrow. and those are your headlines. adam, you have done the calculations, i'm sure. you know, the cash value, early -- i think it's roughly half. then there are the taxes. >> it's not even worth it. will: might go home with 250. >> is it even worth it got to wait until it gets to a billion to throw a couple dollars down. that's what i think. dive right into this forecast. here is what we're looking at weatherwise across the country. real warm air piled up in the southeast and right there