joining me now is steve benjamin, mayor of columbia, south carolina. thank you for being with us this evening, mr. mayor. >> thank you, good to see you, brother. >> let me go right to the point. cases in south carolina are spiking along with the rest of the country. how concerned are you about the most marginalized folks in columbia in the lead-up to a vaccine being made available? >> we've been very clear that we're following data, and the data has shown us across this country that african-americans followed closely by native americans are two times as likely as white americans and asian-americans to die from covid-19. so we've been very intentional, obviously, hopefully, we can build confidence in people possibly taking the vaccine. but the vaccine should be made available first to first responders who can provide medical care to the rest of us who need it, those who are at highest risk of exposure and those who are at the highest risk of complication if they get ill. we would nant to make sure when made broadly available, that it's broadly available

benjamin netanyahu and bahrain's foreign minister. he's expected to become the top foreign u.s. diplomat to visit an illegal settlement in the occupied west bank. those headlines continue after the bottom line. ♪ >> i'm stevelemons and i have a question paired the democrats won the white house, but are ey going to be torn apart between progressives and interests? let's get to the bottom line. when the american people ske on election day, they sent a mixed message. in many places, they voted they voted for other republican politicians in their district and state. the democrats went into the selection thinking they would pick up an easy 15 seats in the house, but wound up losing seven seats to the republican party. they will keep their majority, but it will lead to many more votes that what i call our squeakers or just getting by. last week we focused on some of the lessons republicans might be learning and this week we will talk to a leading democratic senator to see what soul-searching his party is doing these days. he is senator joe mansion who represents the state of west virginia where he previously served as governor and the only democrat still standing, elected to a federal position from his state. le

steve harrigan, leave thanks a lot. the scientists a leader of iran nuclear program is dead today. the foreign minister suggesting that israel is behind the assassination. correspondent benjamin hall. >> striking at the very heart of iran the iranian bomb dead. and today killed today in a wealthy suburb outside of tehran. five attackers opened fire on his car before blowing up in a nearby truck killing him and a number of bodyguards. and a man long wanted and sanctioned by the u.n. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu cold out directly last year after disclosing a crow -- probe of documents. the iranian foreign minister already blaming israel tweeting in part "this coward millis serious indications of israeli rolele shows desperate warmongering of the perpetrator. and invited the threatened revenge saying iran would descend like lightning on the killers of the oppressed murder." this is the latest in a series of attacks on iran nuclear program and fresh concern about the increased amount of enriched uranium, 12 times the amount allowed under the 715 deal. the u.s. b-52 bombers to the region as a deterrent and senior israeli officials with very sensitive materials in the

steve scalise, thank you so much for your time this morning. let's check in with jillian mele with headlines this morning. >> two right-wing extremists are facing new federal charges. mile solomon and benjaminto overthrow the federal government. they're now facing additional charges for trying to sell machine guns and silencers to an undercover agent who they thought was a leader of hamas. >>> major changes are coming to the los angeles police department. a $150 million police budget cut is forcing the department to move 234 officers back into patrol, reduce station desk hours, and stop special deployments. the changes are expected to be made over the coming months. >>> disney's magic kingdom is ready for the holidays at disney world in orlando releasing pictures of its decorations including mickey mouse wreaths and a 65-foot tree. the theme park is also rolling out seasonal treats like peppermint sundaees and seasonal cookies. pete will not be there anytime soon because he is not ready for christmas yet. pete: it is a war on thanksgiving. that's what it is. we talked about the war on christmas before. the war on thanksgiving. telling you. all right. let's toss it out to rick reichmuth, who