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Democratic politicians, examples how theyre breaking their own lockdowns. Americans lockdowns forethee, parties and trips for me. You will not believe who else is on the game. People and now more sheriffs pushing back on states from coast to coast breaking up basically the cities and states are breaking up large gatherings to stop covid19 from spreading but now sheriffs in four states are refusing to enforce these rules, including breaking up thanksgiving dinner parties under extreme covid19 lockdown measures that number of sheriffs doing that, the number of states where that is happening, that could grow. Also this, there is new hope. Pfizer says its vaccine is now more effective than realized. Maybe raising hopes of a vaccine in december. One top democrat governor is tossing cold water on that, and tossing cold water on the Trump Administrations operation warp speed coming to market. The fbi is launching a new counterintelligence probe into china nearly every 10 hours for replicating and robbing u. S. Intellectual property in dominating world markets. That is raising questions among conservatives about the hunter biden story that d. C. Mead you is not going away. Conservatives are asking should special counsel be appointed to look into Hunter Bidens dealmaking with powerful Chinese Companies and foreign nationals. Republican senator josh hawley has proof, google, twitter and facebook are now collaborating to censor con irv tiffs. They say they are not doing that, that theyre collaborating to weed out really bad guys like terrorists. Street fentanyl surging to historic highs in the western u. S. It is leading to tens of thousands of deaths. Amid a report that china is working with mexican drug cartels to push this deadly drug across across the border. Now theyre doing it in dangerous new ways that no one ever saw coming. We will explain that. Thanks for joining us. Im elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Elizabeth lets go right at it with representative mark green. Congressman, it is always grate to have you on the show. Lets get the viewer updated with what is going on in the vote count. The Trump Campaign filing for a recount in two counties in wisconsin. A trump nevada lawsuit that 15,000 people voted multiple times. Thousands of votes discovered in georgia. People keep saying, election watchers say it will not change bidens lead. Is this enough to turn it around . Absolutely possible, liz. We dont know. We have to get to the bottom of it. Every vote has to count. We have to go through the courts to allow the president to have his time in court. I mean the constitution sets all of this up. What a lot of people dont realize, it is not the media that declares the winner. I mean december 8th is the deadline for the states to have all their recounts completed. On the 14th they have to you know, the electors sit down and actually vote. And the 23rd of december when they send all that stuff to congress. Were the ones that make the final tally count of electoral colleges. This is plenty of time. These recounts have to happen. We wont know until theyre done. So yeah, i mean we need to do this. Elizabeth you know it is up to the courts. I mean it is up to the courts. I hear what youre saying. Then it moves to the congress. Sure. Elizabeth theyre not winning in the courts right now. We keep seeing that they have got proof of computer malfeasance. Sort of show the money, show the beef. Either put up or shut up now because the courts are really, basically 20 decisions going against the Trump Campaign. Now you have senator Mitch Mcconnell now assuring there will be orderly transfer of power to the biden administration. Your reaction to that . Well move on to the next story. Final word on this . My thoughts on this, simply let es do the accounting. Lets make sure, this is about confidence in the system, liz. That is as important as anything. Making sure the American People have confidence. Count all the votes where there is required recount like georgia, lets do it. Audits need to be done like in michigan, do them. Lets go through the process. When it is decided who is actually won and all this is settled, there will be a transition and it will be a appropriate. Elizabeth yeah. Okay. Now lets move on to this. Nancy pelosi wins back the gavel as house speaker. She is signaling this could be her last term as speaker. Congressman, there is a real dapping are zone happening right now for the Democrat Party. Well explain. Battleground state of florida, by the way, many examples of the media showing that democrats are in a postelection melt down in swing states like florida. It is not just in the house. It is also happening in the swing states. The democrats had one of the worst election performances in the country. The democrats are at a Tipping Point in florida. They lost, blue, blue, miamidade county. Hispanics, exparts from cuba and venezuela. Saying were not socialists. Were not going there but heres the thing. The timing could not be worse. Were seeing political redistricting happening where the republicans command, governing, most of the majority of statehouses across the country. Sure. Elizabeth they can redraw the maps to get their gang into congress and statehouses. Not looking good for democrats right now. Your word on this . Absolutely. You head a broad range of stuff, how they pick who will be speaker of the house. Theyre doubling down on this socialist, leftist agenda to the future of the democrats after redistricting. They spent 10 of millions of dollars to try to flip state legislatures. They didnt flip a single one. In fact we gained one. This is unprecedented statement from the American People. Theyre not socialist. They dont want to defund the police. This leftist antifa agenda of the liberals like nancy pelosi and aoc, america has soundly rejected it. And if theyre going to double down on that, go right ahead. Well trounce them in two years. Well have the majority in the house. Elizabeth well, so then what is the agenda going to be for the democrats if such a thin majority in the house right now . They will not get medicare for all through. They will not get Green New Deal through. It looks like it is going to be a lot of executive orders if biden is sworn in, right . So, and then that means that Mitch Mcconnell will put up a fight in the d. C. Court of appeals against the executive orders. Again, major gridlock. Weve been saying this. Weve been looking at polls. America is neither far right. It is not about white supremacy. It is not far right or not far left. It is not about big government, leftist socialism. That is not what it is. The Democrat Party is mired in a civil war about that. That could have pronounced problems for them in the redistricting map we keep talking about. Do you see that coming . Clearly were going to redistrict. That is going to work to our benefit. There is no doubt about that. Were going to do it fairly but it will work to our benefit. You know, theyre split on their side of the aisle, at least in the house. They have a moderate wing to their party, not many of them left but there are a couple over there and theyre fighting inside of their caucus against the sort of squad if you will and the leftists. So that battle will continue to rage on. In terms of gridlock, yes, i think what youre going to see is us pushing back, creating that gridlock to stop to halt the socialist, leftist policies, medicare for all being an excellent example which you cited. I think what were going to do is retake the house in two years. Then well govern. Elizabeth i mean, sentence president obama won florida in 2012, democrats won only one statewide race. A single statewide race out of a dozen. Here is the thing, trump tripled his march margin in florida. People are looking at jobs. Effectively eliminated that jobless rate pushed it down. 750,000 more jobs to fill than jobless people. Percentage of Income Growth you see that among the lower 24 rising more rapidly in percentage terms than the top 10 . This is prior to the pandemic. But his policies were working. They were working to put food on the table. Your final word, congressman. The great thing about florida. You mentioned florida you have a conservative governor down there showing conservative principles work. He is articulate and he is winning the day in florida. The president s policies are clearly working for the middle class and the lower classes. Income growth that happened in the bottom 25 of wage earners has been substantial. So america is not a socialist country. America wants a smaller government. They want rebuilt infrastructure. They dont want defunded police. They want to renew the american dream. So i mean, were in the right party to lead this country. Elizabeth theyre not far right. Theyre not far left. Were talking about the moderates, middle america, right . So congressman mark green, we love breaking this down with you, this story. Come back soon. Liz, have a good day. Elizabeth coming up we have breaking news coming in on this story. Former california gop chairman tom bell vacarro will break it down. Democrat politicians violating, breaking down their lockdown rules. Americans, lockdowns for you, parties and trips for me. That story next. It actually started on my salon obviously with nancy pelosi. But i mean it is almost like theyre out of touch with reality. Theyre out of touch with normal people the working people. It is kind of crazy. I, im beyond myself of understanding what these people understanding what these people are t for over 30 years, lexus has been celebrating driveway moments. 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New york state going into lockdowns and now he is politicizing and stepping on the vaccine makers . What is going on here, tom . Blue state governors, same with newsom out in california. Theyre preparing for 2024. Theyre not really helping people t would be one thing to say that i have concerns about the speed it is going, well be part of a process to make sure it works well but politicization is here. It is a divided era. That is where these people are. They are going to regret it. Imagine the situation, liz, where it gets brought to america. It is starting being handed out in oklahoma but not in new york. He will really stand by say to not give it to our citizens . I dont think so. Elizabeth it is really, it is only money and ego . Not serious scientists behind this wanting to save lives, really . That is where your head is at . It is outrageous were paying for his salary to go on the air and say this. We have people dying from this. Pfizer and biontech say their vaccine is 95 effective. We may see a vaccine by december, that is money and ego, right . That is beyond remarkably, mind numbingly breathtakingly idiotic for a governor talk like this. I rarely act like that. Im sick and tired with these politicians acting like this. Move on to your governor, gavin newsom. Go ahead you take that on. On the one hand he didnt do enough, he didnt have a plan. On the other hand even democrats or cnn said this was an unmitigated success. So which is it . You dont want him acting or do want him acting . California go ahead with newsom. Hypocrisy unbelievable. Elizabeth what is going on with him more hot water with the fox affiliate station in los angeles, getting photos of the Birthday Party in napa he attended . Can you break that down . What happened here, tom. Absolutely. On the same week he is putting out instructions for thanksgiving you can only have members of three families, three, right . So you can have a couple cousins here, a couple cousins there but dont go for the fourth family. He attend as dinner at french laundry, one of the most expensive restaurants in america. He told us it was outside. But what it was five to six families, groups of people, couples. Apparently it was in a much more secluded area than he went on there was no social distancing. He asks we wear masks in between bites. None of that was going on there. So the pictures have leaked out. It shows that he is totally hypocritical. At the same time he is starting new shutdowns of businesses throughout the state and theyre on edge. How are they going to make only outdoor seating during the rain . Elizabeth he is considering a statewide curfew, forcing people to stay home. Is it correct to say that the two individuals also there, top lobbyist for the California Medical Association and also the ceo of the California Medical Association reportedly there . So you know, theyre going to, theyre the guys setting rules, right . Then theyre shutting businesses but theyre not shutting down the parties or junkets for california lawmakers to places like hawaii. So are we correct in that report, the cma guys are there . From my understanding it was full of lobbyists, that is true and they also had this junket to hawaii as well where we are having a travel advisory because a judge told newsom he is not allowed to ban us from doing anything anymore. Enjoined him. They go on a junket to hawaii, they go to meetings. You know what it is, it is a bug lobbying fest. Were told we have to sit home. He had critical types and lobbyists at his dinner whiled he told you we really cant have thanks giving. In knew some new some can go to loud parties with politicians, nancy pelosi can be comfortable using hair salons why cant civilians do that . Politicians break their own rules. They ask for forgiveness. We all short, sometimes were human. We have to ask for their permission. Did you see the illinois democrat governor, jb pritzker are you going out of town for the holidays . He said, quote, i will let you know if he is going to stay in the state. He has a place in wisconsin and florida. His family went there during illinois lockdowns in may. They fled the state, the state home order there. The oregon democrat governor saying, only six people at gatherings in the state there but theyre allowing protests in the streets of oregon, tom. Chicago mayor attended a big biden affair. Put out rules about possible jail time if you do something wrong with things thanksgiving. Here in california, i started rescue california pac, rescuecalifornia. Org. Were trying to recall gavin newsom. Oneparty state, arrogance like in new york you face with cuomo and de blasio the arrogance has to stop. Elizabeth all right, so you know, tom, well have you back on the show. We just ran out of time there. Listen, everybody understands that covid19 is serious. We want to protect our loved ones but what is happening with these politicians breaking their own rules is outrageous. Well have you back on that story. Good to see you, tom. Come back. Take care. Elizabeth next up congressman ben cline from house judiciary. This story, the fbi says it is launching a new counterintelligence probe into china nearly every 10 hours. That is raising questions again in the d. C. Media about the hunter biden story that is just not going away. There is now questions whether or not a special counsel should be appointed to look at the hunter biden deal making with the chinese and other foreign nationals. That story coming up. It may not be a fullblown case at this point but you would have to be remarkably incurious not to have any concerns about russia, ukraine, kazahkstan, china, biden flow of money through shell corporations possibly to joe. There is a lot to ask about. 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Media asking this why is bidens working with chinas Biggest Energy conglomerate cefc . Its a Big National Security liz. Thanks for having me. Hunter biden biden offered 10 million simply for introductions. Joe biden knew about Hunter Bidens activities. He lied in public at this point. We need answers and joe biden is the one that needs to give them. Justice department is increasingly charging the Chinese Government with economic espionage. It has been doing that over the past year. We know china is doing this, you know about this rob, replicate, replace strategy. It robs the capital, intellectual capital of technology and replicates it, tries to beat the u. S. On the global market. But this Chinese Energy conglomerate, congressman, cefc, was a big player in chinas belt and road power play around the world and that who is hunter biden hooked up with. How can you not look into it, right . Absolutely. It is not just them, burisma money, he got 50,000 a month from burisma. He got 3 1 2 Million Dollars from the mayor of moscows wife. He got 6 million to his law firm from chinese billionaires. These are all National Security concerns especially but talk about the Energy Industry very sensitive technology, not to mention the intellectual property theft from china. China is a National Security threat and we need to take them seriously. Joe biden knows that hunter biden is a National Security threat himself. He need to provide answers what hunter biden has done and what he knows. Elizabeth weve seen time and again hunter biden standing at podiums with the Vice President ial seal in front of it. Here, let me back up. Columnist al hunter, wrote an oped in the hill magazine saying it will not go away. Conservative Michael Goodwin from the new yorker, saying a special counsel should be appointed. The Chinese Government knows more about payments to the biden family than the American Public does now. That is heavyduty stuff to call for a special counsel. We understand the backdrop here, what happened with the Trump Administration. But the new york, let me back up. The New York Times reported that the cefc was was acting like a middleman to do energy deals to help iran sell oil on the oil market. Also according to the New York Times, move weapons into conflict zones. That is what cefc was doing. This is who hunter was doing with, congressman. Right. It hard to tell the difference where cefc stops and where the Chinese Communist party begins. They are intertwined. They are working to undermine our National Security interests around the globe. For Christopher Wray who have had Hunter Bidens laptop since january of this year, earlier, shows that special counsel is needed. We need independent eyes on this and we need answers from joe biden. Elizabeth now we know the name of the game if there is anything happening on this, senator ron johnson and senator Chuck Grassley. We know senator Chuck Grassley is recuperating from covid19. Youre in house judiciary. We understand the democrats are still in the majority. Number of races left to go. Barely. Elizabeth right, exactly. We understand you guys, what is, what power to republicans have in the house to pursue this line of inquiry . Well, we will continue to raise these questions in the house judiciary committee. Jerry nadler is going to have to answer them. He is going to want to have hearings on eschews issues related to intellectual property, issues related to china, well be there to ask the questions. Plus well be able to continue to demand that jerry nadler look into the same things that ron johnson is looking into. The same things that Chuck Grassley is looking into. It shouldnt just be the senate, onesided show. The house has a responsibility. They cant abdicate that responsibility because joe biden is of the same party. Elizabeth so you guys are going after it . Hunter biden still owns the 10 of the Chinese Private equity firm bhr even though joe biden said my family will not be involved with Foreign Companies or foreign governments. That is still going on. Were seeing that. More transactions. Senator ron johnson saying it will come forward. Congressman, we just ran out of time. So sorry about that well have you back in. Congressman ben cline, good to see you. Thanks liz. You too. Elizabeth still ahead Young Americans for liberty analyst kristin tate on cities coast to coast, authorities there breaking up parties and more to stop covid19. This is serious stuff. We have this breaking news coming in, more sheriffs in a growing number of states are saying you know what . Were not going to break up thanksgiving parties under extreme covid measures we seeing. Well bring you that story next. We dont have a life that is important. 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Well not break in and barge in on their people and their thanksgiving dinner to enforce the extreme covid19 shutdown rules that governors are passing. What do you say to this story . I mean these sheriffs are spot on. What are they supposed to do . Drive around and look for a lot of cars in front of peoples houses and knock on the door and barge their way in and count everyone to make sure there are fewer than 10 people inside of the home . It is absurd. These hypocritical politicians, liz, theyre using the pandemic as an excuse to grow the size and scope of state power. It is average working americans are left to suffer depression and other illnesses were already on the rise thanks to months of various lockdown measures. Now people are being told they shouldnt see the friends and family for the holidays. They are being told what they can, cannot do inside privacy of their own homes. Theyre being told to risk their jobs and livelihoods by the leftwing bureaucrats, who frankly enjoy tax payer guaranteed salaries, unlike the people theyre making rules for. These politicians and bureaucrats, they dont have to worry about their jobs. Gavin newsom, he makes sure his employees are all paid. Nancy pelosi, their staff is not missing a paycheck. People hard working in the private sector they have been suffering all year and a lot of these rules, theyre not really based on science or facts. We know that because the people making the rules keep breaking their own orders over and over and over again. Elizabeth yeah. You know, listen, covid19 is really serious, we need to be careful, Everybody Knows that. Nobody, if people dont want to get it, they dont want their family members to get it either. People understand that. We see, authorities breaking up large gatherings from coast to coast. Were seeing it in boston, were seeing it in new york. Were seeing it in des moines, iowa, places like that. Listen to what one sheriff is saying about this, how he is pushing back, saying what youre asking us to do is unconstitutional. Lets listen to this sheriff. Watch this. The order is very vague. It says 10 or less people, the most you can have in the private residence. Well, i dont think that the constitution allows for the infringement much your own, number of people you have in your own home. Elizabeth okay. Again, it is, he is saying how can i break into a home when youre having a dinner party to make sure youre have, you have 10 people there . You have to have a warrant to do that. He saying it is unconstitutional. Like we said, sheriffs in north dakota, mississippi, utah, saying what are you guys doing . We cant an force this. Show the viewer what the sheriffs are saying as we talk some more to kristin. Theyre in a rock and a hard place these sheriffs. They are. And you know people and families know how to keep themselves safer than any politician sitting in offices in state capitols. It is really insulting to the American People when these leftwing officials make these really restrictive rules and then break their own rules over and over again. You know they have warned us against large gatherings against black lives matter protests and biden celebrations. They shut down small businesses, cancel funerals, yet Lori Lightfoot and nancy pelosi go to the salon to get a blowout. Washington, d. C. , told citizens not to travel outofstate for covid reasons. Mayor bowser traveled to delaware to listen to bidens victory speech. She said it was essential travel. People have no shame. It is very insulting to their own constituents who are starting to see through it. Elizabeth it is really a shame that dozens of people got sick at the wedding outside of cincinnati. That is a horrible story, right . You know, we can cover these stories and talk about them and say that it is so tragic and awful. There is lot more stories that you and i talk about, kristin, about the little nice having to deal, struggling through this pandemic. Lets listen to the new jersey salon owner who is been suing the state of new jersey over arbitrary lockdown rules in that state. Watch this. Basically when this all started i was more than happy to close the doors of my business. I actually closed the day before were ordered to do so. I wanted to support the community and do what is best for the health of you know of my family as well. So we closed and now im starting to see him pick an choose businesses open. You can go to lowes. You can get your dog groomed. Recently you can go to the boardwalk, public bathrooms. You can go to a garden center. But you cant get your haircut. You cant go to a beauty salon. Elizabeth listen, we get it. Social distancing issues. Arbitrary you know, selectivity here. Journalist stephen moore, said, also really good at economics, he says lockdowns not associated with lower death rates. Theyre not associated with lower hospitalizations. In fact it runs in the other direction. States with the most stringent lockdowns like new york, new jersey, massachusetts, have the had highest death rates. And the fallout is it bankrupts tens of thousands of small businesses. Go ahead, kristin. That is exactly right. Covid is obviously very serious. It is dangerous. We need to Brevard County it elderly and most vulnerable. The same folks on the left say theyre all about data, science. They put in place lockdown measures, really many of them are not supported by the data or science. For example, today, new york city announced it would be shutting down all of the Public Schools again even though there is no evidence that in Person Instruction leads to a higher spread of covid among students, staff, even larger community. We also know keeping schools shut down leads to a spike in depression and other illnesses against kids and widens the achievement gap from students from poor and wealthy families. We need to look at the stateta. Unfortunately a lot of people in the ruling class not doing that right now. Elizabeth kristin tate, thanks so much for joining us, really appreciate it. Thank you, liz. Elizabeth coming up republican strategist Ford Oconnell on republican senator josh hawley saying he has proof google, twitter, facebook collaborating to censor conservatives. They say theyre not doing that. Were collaborating to catch bad guys like terrorists and those seeking violence. Well talk about this debate next. I submit to you this is both totally unacceptable and totally predictable because it is exactly what these Tech Companies have done to the American People and to congress for years now which it is why it is tom we took action against Metastatic Breast Cancer is relentless, but im relentless too. 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What he revealed the Big Tech Cartel in Silicon Valley is the biggest danger to freedom and democracy in the United States. They can literally prevent someone from speaking, coordinate you, track you on the internet, regardless whether youre on internet or regardless youre on line. Theyre violating section 230 of Communications Decency act, theyre violating the sherman antitrust act. Elizabeth i hear what youre saying. That is really eerie, theyre tracking you and i right now based on what were looking at on internet even though were not on their apps. It was interesting senator hawley said give us a list who you are sense sense sorrying, Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg claimed well get back to you. They claim they are not doing it but wont show proof theyre not doing it. They dont want to show their proof. They dont want want to be held accountable by congress. Democrats will not hold them accountable, many current, former beg tech executives will wind up in the biden administration, from google, twitter, apple. A lot of republicans are too weak to stand up to Silicon Valley. They frankly dont even recognize beyond what is going on the censorship of conservatives. We saw it is true because we saw the New York Post article regarding Hunter Bidens dealings. Elizabeth twitter, facebook, saying theyre talking also with google on that plat form. I think it is called task and theyre talking about were trying to weed out the bad guys like terrorists or foreign governments trying to influence u. S. Policy. You know and the like so but did they take that a step too far . You can see it happening, them chatting together on this platform about hey, did you see what this soandso said. Lets you know try to shut that down or red flag it . Your word on that . I think you always have to be worried about bad foreign actors and threats to the United States but here is the real problem when it comes to communicating online. Not only do companies have the power to censor, suppress things they dont like and promote things they do like. In a lot of ways that is why theyre an arm of the Democratic Party at the moment. Elizabeth Ford Oconnell, thanks for joining us. Thank you, emac. Elizabeth sure, next up former i. C. E. Acting director, ron vitello on a development on the border, street fentanyl surging to highs on the west. It is coming across the border in a new and dangerous way. Well explain that story next. Know someone coming toward you a group ever people. Are they illegal aliens looking for a better life in the united for a better life in the United States or are the for over 30 years, lexus has been celebrating driveway moments. Heres to one more, the lexus december to remember sales event. 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We have to have a secure border and policies to allow agents and officers to secure the border in the most smart way, using technology and protecting themselves from the pandemic and deadly substances like this one. It bears watching. I think we made progress early on in administration reducing opioid deaths. Because of the pandemic, problems with the economy, i think it is starting to creep back up. Elizabeth yeah. You know the Trump Administration did, you know, they did a crackdown on border security, to stop this. But now china is getting around it by hooking up with drug cartels in mexico. Theyre flying drugs in via planes and boats and going under tunnels and now via drones and heres the breakthrough that Stanford University found, ronald, correct us if were wrong. There is a fentanyl breakthrough. Here is what is going on. Authorities couldnt understand why fentanyl was killing so many people so rapidly in cities like los angeles, seattle an phoenix. It is because drugs are con contaminated with fentanyl. You think youre using ecstasy, oxycontin but it is laced with fentanyl. Are you hearing more about that . It is mistaken for other narcotics or used in other illicit narcotics. People are not aware of the potency if they take it. This is danger of cartels and transnational threats are to the United States. They will do anything to make a buck. They will smuggle whatever they can into the United States. We have to, we have to work on the demand side in the u. S. We have to secure the border in smart ways and we have to be vigilant in our towns and neighborhoods to help people get off the streets and get off these substances. Elizabeth you know of course we understand heroin, ecstasy is outlawed but when it is in oxycontin and xanax, you have to say this is really, really scary. I dont think people are aware if they need to take those medications what theyre putting in their bodies. What you have chinese drugmakers hooking up with drug cartels in mexico to do this, 72,000 people dead on the west coast because of fentanyl. This is a big, big deal. The Trump Administration was aware of this. They tried to do their level best to stop it. Now were entering, another terror incognito here, ronald. How do you crack down on this from getting worse . We need to do more, no question. We have to have Smart Technology and agents and laws that help us secure the border. We have to have an ability to review shipments coming into the United States from places like china. We have to work diligently with mexico to investigate the connection between these cartels and cartels in china and other parts of the world. If you put all of those things on the table, work on demand side, give people help and treatment when they need it those lead to better outcomes. We need to focus on this particular deadly drug. This thing is deadly in very small doses. Elizabeth you know the Border Patrol guys are underappreciated. Well show an image. Border patrol found and caught nearly 12 million worth of methaphetamine inside of a tractortrailer hauling fresh broccoli. Weve been reporting on this. Weve seen this in medical devices theyre hiding it. Hiding in all sorts of compartments in 18 wheelers or trucks or cars. Now were seeing it in vegetables. Weve seen that before. Your final word, ronald . Im grateful agents were diligent to uncover this load. Drug smugglers will stop at nothing to ply their trade in the United States. Smart technology, diligent agents, laws and policies that support the rule of law at border f you cooperate with mexico well have a safer homeland all together. Elizabeth ron vitello, thanks very much for joining us, we appreciate it. Im elizabeth macdonald. Youve been watching the evening edit on fox business. Thanks so much for watching. See you tomorrow night. We hope you have a good evening. Bell. Im Connell Mcshane in new york, see you back here same time tomorrow. Lou good evening, everybody. More positive developments today in the fight against the china virus pandemic. Results from pfizers latestage trials show their vaccine is also 95 effective and produces no serious side effects. Pfizer has plans to apply for an emergency use authorization with the if fda within days. Also the battle for the white house taking turns toward president trump. There have been positive legal developments, recounts called for the and the discovery of thousands of previously uncounted vote