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but the wes destroyed that skunk as i speak to you and now it is beginning to emerge during the administration of president obama on shooting. the 2nd or 3rd issue of mrs. clinton. we have information which would soon be in the public domain demonstrate and the americans and the british had decided that the duffy was going to be eliminated regardless the walk using him. as we know, look up, be there was saying that the must compensate and ultimately they are for the question is, what is the...
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take a look at harry or harold the skunk atwood land park zoo getting his annual checkup and wellnessy checked everything. you know what, harold? you should, too. because you are our skunk. >> dana: in your face, harold. >> harold: hear it all the time. >> jesse: see you tomorrow. >> bret: welcome back, no with e diaper? >> greg: not one.
take a look at harry or harold the skunk atwood land park zoo getting his annual checkup and wellnessy checked everything. you know what, harold? you should, too. because you are our skunk. >> dana: in your face, harold. >> harold: hear it all the time. >> jesse: see you tomorrow. >> bret: welcome back, no with e diaper? >> greg: not one.
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take a look at harry or harold the skunk atwood land park zoo getting his annual checkup and wellnessxam. he has his own little stump to hang out on. i think they checked everything. you know what, harold? you should, too. because you are our skunk. >> dana: in your face, harold. >> harold: hear it all the time. >> jesse: see you tomorrow. >> bret: welcome back, no with e diaper? >> greg: not one. >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. heavy weather dangerous snow fall and conditions across the u.s. president joe biden heads to new orleans to pay respects to the victims of last week's terror attack. and canadian prime minister justin trudeau announces his resignation today. ♪ but first, breaking tonight congress makes president-elect donald trump's victory official. the historic event follows an historic election which ended in defeat for vice president kamala harris. today, she presided over the joint session of congress and announced the final results to lawmakers a amid a winter storm and heightened security measures since the. >> janice: 6th, 2021 right on c
take a look at harry or harold the skunk atwood land park zoo getting his annual checkup and wellnessxam. he has his own little stump to hang out on. i think they checked everything. you know what, harold? you should, too. because you are our skunk. >> dana: in your face, harold. >> harold: hear it all the time. >> jesse: see you tomorrow. >> bret: welcome back, no with e diaper? >> greg: not one. >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier....
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they checked everything and you know what, so should you because you are as skunk.ughter] >> in your phase herald! >> jesse: that is it the votes for president of the united states are as follows donald j. trump of the state of florida has received 312 votes. >> kamala harris certifies trump the winner. happy january 6th. >> you know we need to move on from january 6th. i say no. >> i know more world leaders than any one of you ever met in your whole life. >> biden leaving office a little angry. >> you're all so famous, so talented, so powerful. i mean, you could really do anything. i mean, except tell the country who to vote for. but it's okay. you'll you'll get them next time. >> hollywood in the hot seat. >> plus, how would you ring in the new year? >> pretty low key. you know, i did some meth. >> so, as you see, i'm back from assignment, and i'm not really allowed to tell you where i was. and if any of you ever find out. don't tell anyone because i'll get in trouble. so let's go to d.c, where a big fight erupted today before congress certified the election. pret
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i'm a skunk of oversaw their arrival. she says, some of the men were wounded. somali and government has seized the canadian mining companies gold stockpile. the move comes up for months of back and forth between direct and bold and bama code which has begun enforcing changes made of the countries mining laws last week. barrick gold corporation confirms that the company remains restricted from shipping gold from the ludo boom co mining complex. and molly, additionally, the interim attachment on the gold has now been executed by the medium government by moving the existing gold stock from the site to a custodial bank. so the preventing the shipment and sale of the gold. as a result, barrick has regrettably initiated the temporary suspension of operations. while it continues to work towards the resolution. 2 cases are running high as the modern government is asserting its authority and reinstating mining agreements with foreign companies operating in the country. at the same to off the stand off of what government is. of cou
i'm a skunk of oversaw their arrival. she says, some of the men were wounded. somali and government has seized the canadian mining companies gold stockpile. the move comes up for months of back and forth between direct and bold and bama code which has begun enforcing changes made of the countries mining laws last week. barrick gold corporation confirms that the company remains restricted from shipping gold from the ludo boom co mining complex. and molly, additionally, the interim attachment on...
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. >> i will tell you, i am a skunk at the garden party, not the biggest blue sky. but one of the think i am looking forward with bringing down chronic absenteeism rates is our call for state leaders to make sure this is a number one priority. we put out the 50% challenge with education trust and attendance works. that is where states are committing to cut their chronic absenteeism rates by 50% over five years. that would be to aspire to do a little better than before the pandemic. i would call folks to pony up. >> we have two minutes.
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kamala harris, who never won a presidential primary vote winds up getting skunked. >> ainsley: you wonderld president trump win? i thought he was a fascist and a racist. i thought he was a nazi. i know, that narrative completely disappeared. now all of them are trying to kiss the ring and trying to go down to mar-a-lago and meet with him. but hollywood, the legacy media. the weaponization of the doj. all of that failed. and donald trump ended up winning this election. >> lawrence: i remember back when mccain had just lost the presidential election. obama gets sworn in. and they bring both sides for this working lunch. and mccain starts listing off his points of things that he wants to get done yada yada yada and obama looks at him during the meeting and said john, the election is over. i couldn't help think about that when biden is talking -- everything he is talking about has already been litigated the country rejected your point of view and he continues saying the same old thing. >> steve: there was one other thing he said in that same meeting because we broadcast it live here on fox ne
kamala harris, who never won a presidential primary vote winds up getting skunked. >> ainsley: you wonderld president trump win? i thought he was a fascist and a racist. i thought he was a nazi. i know, that narrative completely disappeared. now all of them are trying to kiss the ring and trying to go down to mar-a-lago and meet with him. but hollywood, the legacy media. the weaponization of the doj. all of that failed. and donald trump ended up winning this election. >> lawrence: i...
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i'm the skunk in the room and said dr. collins, are you watching theirs? again, a few thousand deaths, 47% occurring on the day of vaccinations in one or two days. senator, we've only attributed six deaths with the j&j vaccine and very callously he said senator, people die. that was his response to the safety signals screaming at them from the bayer system but somebody like me who was made aware there mate be problems with the mnra platform, i'm villified and censored and going on radio stations and the radio hosts would be defamed from the platform of media. a complete collapse of integrity within our federal health agencies because they've been captured by big phrma. that's not just our federal health agencies but go across the board. you have government. government has power. power krupses. the big phrma is regulated by government agencies and figure out how to survive and figure out how they can use those agencies to the betterment and detriment of their customers and the american people. that's in a nutshell what's going on and needs to be fixed and u
i'm the skunk in the room and said dr. collins, are you watching theirs? again, a few thousand deaths, 47% occurring on the day of vaccinations in one or two days. senator, we've only attributed six deaths with the j&j vaccine and very callously he said senator, people die. that was his response to the safety signals screaming at them from the bayer system but somebody like me who was made aware there mate be problems with the mnra platform, i'm villified and censored and going on radio...
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they also eat raccoons and skunks and bulls. different bird species docks roth and myself. they're really can really eat anything that they come across. so. >> if i live in san francisco, should i like not be putting my garbage out anymore? like of the code is coming down and eating the trash more than they should be eating the stuff that they're supposed to be getting. >> so really important to make sure that we're not sort of advertising what i call attracted sorties diet item, but coyote like to eat might want we're not making that super easily accessible. so we want to be securing our only putting our garbage bins out in the morning before garbage truck comes making sure we're not feeding our hats in the backyard. we're picking up fallen fruit from our just anything avoid attracting new animals into our backyards and neighborhoods where we you know, austin, our pets or children walking around. >> for the small pets that are out there, the little dogs, little cats, even like little kids. now, this coyote, these are just becoming so much bolder in coming out you know, goi
they also eat raccoons and skunks and bulls. different bird species docks roth and myself. they're really can really eat anything that they come across. so. >> if i live in san francisco, should i like not be putting my garbage out anymore? like of the code is coming down and eating the trash more than they should be eating the stuff that they're supposed to be getting. >> so really important to make sure that we're not sort of advertising what i call attracted sorties diet item,...
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. >> other species, including skunks, bears and cats. >> there have been. >> more than two dozen casese could be from if they're an indoor or outdoor cat and they're interacting with wildlife. >> health agencies are. >> now encouraging pet owners to keep. cats inside. the fda also calling for caution from pet food manufacturers, urging them to take processing. >> steps, such as heat treatment, that are capable of inactivating viruses. >> is a. >> very serious virus, and it's. >> a very. >> fast acting disease. >> now. >> this strain of bird flu has not adapted to easily infect humans or spread among us and the fda, pointing out that. >> the chances of. >> eggs from infected poultry actually hitting store shelves is low. still, experts are. encouraging families to always properly and thoroughly cook their breakfast. >> back to you. >> thank you, emily. and before we go, there's one more inaugural event stirring up attention in the nation's capital. the two diplomatic mascots, bali and qingdao, made their public premiere. see what i did there? at smithsonian's national zoo this morning.
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. >> i will tell you, i am a skunk at the garden party, not the biggest blue sky. but one of the think i am looking forward with bringing down chronic absenteeism rates is our call for state leaders to make sure this is a number one priority. we put out the 50% challenge with education trust and attendance works. that is where states are committing to cut their chronic absenteeism rates by 50% over five years. that would be to aspire to do a little better than before the pandemic. i would call folks to pony up. >> we have two minutes. you and rebecca have to go fast. >> two things. one, i would give parents a guide to questions aligned with some of the questions we found when we asked students about experience. ask them at dinner or in the morning. these questions help you have deep conversations. they cannot do anything they don't know about and they have to know what to ask in order to learn. two, every school community across the country will have a school design team to help them do deep community driven work to reimagine learning. >> rebecca. >>janae took mind
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. >> i will tell you, i am a skunk at the garden party, not the biggest blue sky. but one of the think i am looking forward with bringing down chronic absenteeism rates is our call for state leaders to make sure this is a number one priority. we put out the 50% challenge with education trust and attendance works. that is where states are committing to cut their chronic absenteeism rates by 50% over five years. that would be to aspire to do a little better than before the pandemic. i would call folks to pony up. >> we have two minutes. you and rebecca have to go fast. >> two things. one, i would give parents a guide to questions aligned with some of the questions we found when we asked students about experience. ask them at dinner or in the morning. these questions help you have deep conversations. they cannot do anything they don't know about and they have to know what to ask in order to learn. two, every school community across the country will have a school design team to help them do deep community driven work to reimagine learning. >> rebecca. >>janae took mind
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. >> skunk. >> sheba the time saver. shop >> sheba the time saver. shop now at school. see the.com.r is an exceptional customer experience. what makes it possible is unmatched connectivity and 5g solutions from t-mobile for business. t-mobile connects 100,000 delta airlines employees, powers tractor supply's stores nationwide with reliable 5g business internet, and partners with pga of america on game changing innovation. this is how business goes further with t-mobile for business. of columbia has announced a special review of january 6th cases, and has asked doj officials to hand over all files, documents, notes, emails and other information about decisions to bring obstruction charges against hundreds of alleged rioters. joining us now, nbc news justice reporter ryan riley. what's the significance of this? >> sure. >> so it's. >> again, sort. >> of the. >> investigate the investigators thing. >> and i think, you know, big picture here. >> what you have to remember is who the current head, the acting attorney. >> general for, or. >> rather, the acting u.s. attorney for the distric
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the flu impacted more than 130 million birds and now a growing number of other species, including skunks and cats. >> one could be from a raw diet. one could be from if they're an indoor/outdoor cat and interacting with wildlife. >> reporter: the fda also calling for caution from pet food manufacturers, urging them to take processing steps such as heat treatment that are capable of inactivating viruses. >> this is a very serious virus and a very fast-acting disease. >> reporter: now, this strain of bird flu does not easily affect humans. the chances of eggs from infected poultry actually hitting store shelves is low. still, experts are urging families to always thoroughly cook their eggs and breakfast. . >> emily, thank you. >>> a 656-foot ship remains stuck in the ice on lake erie this morning. the canadian freighter with 17 people onboard was trying to leave buffalo and head back to ontario, but it became stuck in ice that rapidly formed in sub zero temperatures off the buffalo shoreline. the coast guard arrived with ice breaking equipment. they did make some progress but suspended ope
the flu impacted more than 130 million birds and now a growing number of other species, including skunks and cats. >> one could be from a raw diet. one could be from if they're an indoor/outdoor cat and interacting with wildlife. >> reporter: the fda also calling for caution from pet food manufacturers, urging them to take processing steps such as heat treatment that are capable of inactivating viruses. >> this is a very serious virus and a very fast-acting disease. >>...
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seems to me that it's very important that you respect whistleblowers, but i've seen them and like a skunk at a picnic by the agency they are in. i've seen them ruin themselves professionally. one time and fbi agent came to me, was escorted out of headquarters with his gun and badge taken away from him. just because the laboratory there was not using science to make sure crime was actually committed. so now we have a new $40 million science lab so that people are protected and get their constitutional rights. so, will you protect whistleblowers from retaliation and promote a culture? i think that last thing, promote a culture is more important, that values the important contribution of whistleblowers's? >> yes, so people fully understand the importance of whistleblowers, they have to be able to tell the truth and come forward without fear of retaliation. and that's the purpose of the whistleblowers statue. >> when there's retaliation the taxpayers money is paying for that retaliation in most cases. the biden justice department issued guidance telling prosecutors to stop charging mandatory
seems to me that it's very important that you respect whistleblowers, but i've seen them and like a skunk at a picnic by the agency they are in. i've seen them ruin themselves professionally. one time and fbi agent came to me, was escorted out of headquarters with his gun and badge taken away from him. just because the laboratory there was not using science to make sure crime was actually committed. so now we have a new $40 million science lab so that people are protected and get their...
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. >> i will tell you, i am a skunk at the garden party, not the biggest blue sky. but one of the think i am looking forward with bringing down chronic absenteeism rates is our call for state leaders to make sure this is a number one priority. we put out the 50% challenge with education trust and attendance works. that is where states are committing to cut their chronic absenteeism rates by 50% over five years. that would be to aspire to do a little better than before the pandemic. i would call folks to pony up. >> we have two minutes. you and rebecca have to go fast. >> two things. one, i would give parents a guide to questions aligned with some of the questions we found when we asked students about experience. ask them at dinner or in the morning. these questions help you have deep conversations. they cannot do anything they don't know about and they have to know what to ask in order to learn. two, every school community across the country will have a school design team to help them do deep community driven work to reimagine learning. >> rebecca. >>janae took mind
. >> i will tell you, i am a skunk at the garden party, not the biggest blue sky. but one of the think i am looking forward with bringing down chronic absenteeism rates is our call for state leaders to make sure this is a number one priority. we put out the 50% challenge with education trust and attendance works. that is where states are committing to cut their chronic absenteeism rates by 50% over five years. that would be to aspire to do a little better than before the pandemic. i would...
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department, but we find too many whistleblowers ruin themselves professionally, they're treated like a skunkt a picnic at their department. i could tell you a lot of stories where they've been missed used just because they came forward with information that the government wasn't following the laws. and i know you can tell from what i just said, i've been a long-time advocate for whistleblowers and continue to work to ensure that they're protected when they rightfully speak out about the wrongdoings within our government. so, as you can tell from my conversation with you, my colleagues, i expect mr. hegseth to stay true to his words. that he's going to listen to whistleblowers and get the fiscal management, financial management system of the department of defense turned around. finally, as we should thank anybody who serves in the military, but particularly mr. hegseth, for his service to our country and the military. all the brave men and women who serve our nation in uniform deserve our gratitude and respect. now, i told you that i would give you a couple of examples. one of them of financi
department, but we find too many whistleblowers ruin themselves professionally, they're treated like a skunkt a picnic at their department. i could tell you a lot of stories where they've been missed used just because they came forward with information that the government wasn't following the laws. and i know you can tell from what i just said, i've been a long-time advocate for whistleblowers and continue to work to ensure that they're protected when they rightfully speak out about the...
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i have seen them freeze like skunk at a picnic by the agencies they are ran.emselves one time an fbi agent came to me, wes escorted out of headquarters dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lankford: thank you. for the next hour a whole group of republicans will be coming to the floor to be able to talk about one issue, our need for border security and safer communities. this is something not just republicans in the senate are talking about. this is something the american people spoke loud and clear about during the last election whep they elected president trump, a republican senate and a republican house. there's not a single member that's a republican in this body, in the house or clearly president trump that didn't talk about border security and of safer communities throughout the entire election and every single poll shows this was one of the priority issues that every single american was thinking about. a gallup poll last year found that more than three-quarters of americans support increasing the number of border patrol agents. t
i have seen them freeze like skunk at a picnic by the agencies they are ran.emselves one time an fbi agent came to me, wes escorted out of headquarters dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lankford: thank you. for the next hour a whole group of republicans will be coming to the floor to be able to talk about one issue, our need for border security and safer communities. this is something not just republicans in the senate are talking about. this is something the...
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and now a growing number of other species, including skunks, bears and cats. >> there have been more.re an indoor. >> or. >> outdoor cat and they're interacting with wildlife. >> health agencies are now encouraging pet owners to keep cats inside. the fda also calling for caution from pet food manufacturers, urging them to take processing steps, such. >> as. >> heat treatment, that are capable. of inactivating viruses. >> it is a very serious virus and it's a very. >> fast acting disease. >> nbc's emilie ikeda with that report. we'll be following that story and also to a point you were making earlier. it doesn't actually change the point you were making, but for the. yeah. for accuracy. >> or something. yeah. it was president andrew jackson. i think i said andrew johnson, who succeeded abe lincoln. it was jackson who appointed judge roger taney. >> and that's. >> the picture. that's who did the dred scott decision. and that's the portrait donald trump hung up in his office. president andrew jackson. >> thank you. rev. coming up on morning joe, we'll dig into donald trump's efforts to e
and now a growing number of other species, including skunks, bears and cats. >> there have been more.re an indoor. >> or. >> outdoor cat and they're interacting with wildlife. >> health agencies are now encouraging pet owners to keep cats inside. the fda also calling for caution from pet food manufacturers, urging them to take processing steps, such. >> as. >> heat treatment, that are capable. of inactivating viruses. >> it is a very serious virus and...
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whistleblowers, maybe changing the culture in a lot of agencies the that treat whistleblowers like skunks at a picnic? would you tell me about if there's anything you can do to help this process of whistle blowing that that helps us explain not just the waves of money, but also -- the waves of money, but also improper government action? >> senator, thanks for the question. i think whistleblowers play an enormous role in helping us weed out waste, fraud and abuse. as a senate staffer and hill staffer, i've benefited greatly from reading inspector general reports in which they were a part of. from my standpoint at om if b, my view is omb should be ad a slow candidate for whistleblowers -- advocate in every possible way and the make sure that that we value and as a result the agency heads value the work that they do. and is we'll always a be looking for opportunities along those lines. >> would like your view of how you can play a role in making the recent supreme court decision overturning the chevron doctrine, the lope arer case, how that can -- loper case, how that can help you stop our g
whistleblowers, maybe changing the culture in a lot of agencies the that treat whistleblowers like skunks at a picnic? would you tell me about if there's anything you can do to help this process of whistle blowing that that helps us explain not just the waves of money, but also -- the waves of money, but also improper government action? >> senator, thanks for the question. i think whistleblowers play an enormous role in helping us weed out waste, fraud and abuse. as a senate staffer and...