Plan, a meeting of that magnitude was essential to secure an agreement and marked the biggest breakthrough since the talk started back in july. We made major headway toward hammering out a targeted pandemic relief package. That would be able to pass both chambers with bipartisan majority. Extra Unemployment Benefits for four months, those off the job get an extra 300 a week in the bill includes direct stimulus checks to Many Americans likely around 700. Independent vermont senator Bernie Sanders push for 1200. They werent even discussing direct payments last week, and says this is a step forward. My hope, very sincere hope, is that when the Biden Administration comes to office but their very First Priority will be to address the deficiencies and inadequacies in this building. Speak of the measure also reloads the paycheck productio n program that helped many busine. California governor gavin newsom get in trouble for dining at the napa valley restaurant, the french laundry. Its meal prices start around 350. It received nearly two and half Million Dollars in ppp funds, 17 times would average bay area restaurants afford. Its unclear if the new bill and includes that the money goes where its needed most. The race is on on. This could be a much more happier christmas for sure when we all go home and look at our constituents and say weve done everything we can to get you through the most challenging time. Congressional leaders must see if they have the votes to pass the bill. No one is Better Congress than whipping about then House Speaker nancy pelosi. To some liberals whether pelosi is the right leader. I do think that we need new leadership in the democratic party. No one challenged pelosi and democratic leadership elections last month including alexandria ocasiocortez. She says shes not ready for the job, but pelosi can only stand to lose a handful of democrats and the vote for speaker on the house floor come january. Bret. Bret quickly, it could come t tonight, could come tomorrow. Do we have any. They dont think that the House Rules Committee will meet tonight, the indication that they are not going to have paper tonight because you have to go to the rules committee one day before you put the bill on the floor. The rules committee is not going to meet tonight. So this is probably a thursday, friday, weekend or next week project. Bret always the inside scoop from chad, thank you. Stocks mix today on this soso news. The dow lost 45, the s p 500 gained 500. Also, breaking tonight, a wintry blast. Residents of the northeast bill in the first effects of the first major winter storm tonight, forecasts predicting up to a foot of snow in some places and of course some cities handled that better than others. Corresponded David Lee Miller is in new york right now with the latest. Good evening, david. Hi, bret. It started snowing about three hours ago here in new york city. Most of the commuters, the drivers, heeding the advice of authorities have told them repeatedly to stay off the roads if at all possible. The stories expected to wreak havoc from california to new england. The biggest storm since 2060 and on of the snowfall over the next several hours could surpass what we saw out of all of last season. With freezing temperatures, and many locations the snowfall is not expected to melt away anytime soon. Janice dean warns not to underestimate the storm. The cold air is in place, we have winter storm warnings for all of some of these big cities where, in some cases, over a foot there may be feet of snow and blizzard conditions. In anticipation of the northeast storm, shoppers have been hitting the stores. Even before the storm hit, new york city sanitation crews had salt spreaders and deicing equipment on the road. More than 2,000 plows have been ready. A major obstacle are those temporary Outdoor Dining structures set up because of covid come out of city allowed them to remain in place, they could not remain operational. Crews have been prepping for this since the summer. Listen. To understand where these structures are, weve done some outreach to make Restaurant Owners aware of what they can expect while we are plowing. Another storm is also disrupting air travel at least 700 flights have artie been canceled, some airlines have suspended and changing an itinerarys. Amtrak is operated on a modified schedule until friday. School tomorrow will be closed in boston and new york city. For all students there its going to be back to remote learning. And lets go back live here to the streets of new york city, madison avenue. You can see this is a wet, heavy snow. It is sticking. That combined with high winds creates great concern that there could be power outages. The storm is expected to continue until early tomorrow morning. Bret. Bret David Lee Miller, thank you. Washington, d. C. , doesnt head up the snow too well. President trump, the meantime, is insisting the massive fraud, massive fraud that took place and last months election. As of yet, his legal team is not managed to convince a judge that it happened door that is to require his overturning and he states votes. We havent seen that in court. If the today brought some of the claims before lawmakers. But there was also testimony from a man the president fired for disagreed. Corresponded Kristin Fisher reports tonight from the north lawn of the white house, a snowy white house tonight. Good evening. Good evening, bret. President trump held its first Cabinet Meeting since may. He also spent quite a bit of time watching that Senate Committee hearing on election irregularities and praising the committees chairman, ron johnson. There was fraud in the selection. I dont have any doubt about that. There was fraud. We still dont know the extent. Ron johnson defending his decision to hold todays hearing. To speak of the follows is whether the level of fraud would affect the election. They called the hearing dangers, fusing republicans of giving oxygen to claims that have been repeatedly tossed out in court. The 50 lawsuits they have lost since november 3rd. Whether intended or not, this hearing as a platform to conspiracy theories and lies. And it is a destructive exercise that has no place in the United States senate. Because i help you god. I do. On the witness stand, the trump administrations former top official, christopher krebs, who said today that he stands by the statement that got him fired by the president calling the 2020 election the most secure in history. I think were past the point where we need to be having conversations about the outcome of the selection. The trick about elections is that, you know, youre not so much trying to convince whether they won, its the loser that they lost. If he had not been fired, he wouldve been at the center of the governments ongoing response to the russian cyber attack on at least five u. S. Agencies. The cyber insecurit security orl federal civilian agencies to disconnect or power down solar winds of ryan products immediately. That is the Network Software that is compromised close to the kremlin. The breach is bad enough the National Security advisor Robert Obrien cut short a trip to europe to lead a meeting of the National Security council this morning. We are taking a hard look at this and obviously taking any sort of cyber hack very seriously. And the full scope of this highly sophisticated attack could take years to dissect. The department of Homeland Security and parts of the pentagon have all been compromised. Bret. Bret Kristin Fisher, thank you. There is increasing concern tonight about what will happen to the investigation into Hunter Bidens business dealings and taxes. After his father becomes president. This is new information and it is surfing seen almost every single day. Mike emanuel looks at that situation tonight. At a Senate Hearing focused on Election Security, tempers flared between the chairman and Ranking Member over the committees hunter biden investigation. You lied repeatedly in the press, and i was an outright lie. I told you to stop line bread and you continue to do it. Mr. Chairman, this is not about airing your grievances. I dont know what rabbit hole you are running down right now. Senator paul it separately fox news has obtained june 2017 correspondence between hunter biden and he john maine, the of cfc. Urging him to quickly send a fund to operate with the bankruptcy efc. Some allies are saying it may be time for us special counsel to look into business dealings concerned that the bite in the Administration May not be interested in a serious criminal investigation. I am absolutely going on a special counsel to look at all things hunter biden to see if he presents a conflict for the Biden Administration regarding his business dealings in ukraine. The current regulation say the attorney general, or cases where hes recused, the acting attorney general will appoint a special counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation of a person or matter is warranted and when it is an the Public Interest closed well. To me its a last resort, but in this case, if we dont see action prior to President Trump leaving office, the special counsel may be warranted. One of the top democrat said it is not needed. I hope the selection of attorney general by President Biden makes it clear that a person of modesty and integrity can take a look at this. Democrat from bidens home state of delaware says enough already. We need to turn the page and move on. There are hundreds of millions of people in this country that need to be vaccinated. Senate chairman leading the probe on capitol hill is met with an active criminal investigation. They are not getting full access from the Justice Department to the relevant materials, so they are anxiously waiting to see what the u. S. Attorney in delaware digs up in this highprofile probe. Bret. Bret thanks, mike. Joe biden is indicating he has no real concern over the scandal hainvolving his son. Peter doocy has that part of the story from wilmington, delaware. The president elect tells fox news the federal investigation into the future for his son will work out okay. Are you confident your son hunter did nothing wrong . I am confident. Thats even though his long claimed not to know how his son operates. How many times ar have you discussed with your son about overseas business dealings . Speak i never have. Hes planning more help as president next month. Talks with the publicans could be awkward since the incoming Deputy White House chief of staff is a brick describing them as a word that we cannot say on tv. In the primary people would mock him, you think you can work with republicans . Im not saying theyre a bunch of [bleep], Mitch Mcconnell is terrible. But you couldnt wish for this bipartisan deal, he rejected that. As the Biden Cabinet fills out, progressives are pleased with the diversity, but. Equally important, or more important, is having a cabinet that stands up and fights for working people. Today biden brought aboard a millennial for the Transportation Department who will be the first openly gay nominee ever sent to the senate for confirmation. Peter budaj judge. Lots of new faces in wilmington lately, biden is still getting the hang of names for his team and their spouses. Jill hav and i have always enjoyed seeing them on the trail. Pete buttigieg is trying to appeal to his train enthusiasm. Art enthusiasts will soon have the opportunity to see brush strokes of hunter biden. A gallery in new york is going to display hunters work at a art show. Bret. Bret peter doocy live in wilmington. Peter, thank you. Up next, major concern about chinese espionage from republicans. So what is next . And still ahead, we take you to a south florida senior care facility where patience are among the first in the country to receive the Coronavirus Vaccine. Honey, i dont know how i feel about it. You know. From your walmart store. Really fast. Really perfect. Lets end the year nailing it. Experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. With zero down, zero due at signing, tech every customer has their own safelite story. This couple was on a camping trip. When their windshield got a chip. They drove to safelite for a sameday repair. 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Nancy pelosi needs to explain why she put Eric Swalwell on the house intelligence committee. Pelosi has full confidence in representative swalwell. We should always be vigilant to follow the court of ethics. November should be surprised, but we were briefed on this. Swalwell would be the first person to call to be booted from the intel committee. Bret so far, Speaker Pelosi has refused to remove swalwell. Swalwell cooperated with the fbi and was never under investigation himself. The incident happened in 2015 bread he told fox news he was willing to be interviewed with his relationship with a chinese woman, but shortly after voting he left the capital in a hurry. All of this is the latest fallout and a growing scandal in chinese appia espionage. Jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. The fbi says it opens a new counterintelligence case against china every ten hours. Their goal, to steal u. S. Trade secrets and data. The Chinese Communist party tries to cultivate americans on all levels of government. Not just democrats or republicans, but anyone who might be influential in american politics in the future. Secretary of state mike pompeo recently warned wisconsin state legislators they need to have their guard up. Know that when you are approached by that chinese diplomat it is likely not in the spirit of cooperation or friendship. You should ask whos paying for the trip. And if that person is linked directly or indirectly to the Chinese Communist party. The fbi director says that a 5,000 investigations, half involve the chinese commies government. Its because we do not want to live in a world where the Chinese Communist party sets the rules. That will be a world in which there is massive individual surveillance state imposed on all of us. Mobile Cell Phone Networks used by americans and they travel outside the u. S. Are particularly vulnerable. A study at exigent media from china conducting surveillance attacks against u. S. Mobile phone users over three and 4g networks. American tourists in the caribbean did not realize that they are cell phones were being routed through Chinese Telecom operators like unit, when they visited barbados or the bahamas. Cyber Security Experts who we spoke to say this was likely part of the statesponsored Espionage Campaign by beijing that affected tens of thousands of americans in the past two years. Bret. Bret Jennifer Griffin live at the pentagon, thank you. Fox news has just learned the 2020 Intelligence Community assessment will be delayed. It comes amid the dispute between Senior Intelligence analysts, we are told, whether china sought to influence last month selection. Sources told fox news a number are adamant that china did try to interfere with the election while a number of others are downplaying chinas activities. Either way, because of that dispute, they will miss the december 18th deadline for that report. Still had to come a hollywood superstar stop on tape cursing at a film crew over disregard for covid protocols. You will hear it next. First, he has with some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox to win detroit as honda recalls over vehicles. A software flaw. Every call includes 737 accords from 2018 to 2020. And insights from 2019 to 2020. The u. S. Coast guard brings in 23,000 pounds of cocaine and about 12,000 pounds of marijuana. Those drugs were seized from the caribbean sea, the atlantic ocean, and parts of the Pacific Ocean in recent weeks. The ship arrived at Port Everglades this morning. And this is a live look at las vegas from fox five, are fairly at out there. One of the big stories there tonight, the city puts many traditional new years eve celebrations on hold because of the pandemic. Several events will be streaming with grouts prohibited this year. Among the highlights this year, a 2020 sign that will be lit up and then blown up and saying goodbye to 2020. That is tonights live look outside of the special report. That might not be a bad thing this year. Well be right back. Viva las vegas the stronger, lastslonger energizer max. Been there, done that. Twice your cousin. From boston. Karen, im just gonna say what everyone here is thinking. You look smokin. Total smokeshow. And they never did find his finger. They had to close the pool for like an hour. I brought a date. Names sam. Dig in. Love is like boston lager. Rich, complex and its over too soon. Right, chrissy . Oh my god. If you have type 2 diabetes and risks for heart disease, you could land in the hospital with heart failure. For people like you, farxiga does more than lower a1c. Farxiga also helps prevent hospitalization for heart failure. Do not take if allergic to farxiga. 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You know, the end is going to come. How long its going to be, i have no idea. But you are excited to get the shot . I guess so. [laughs] nearly 200 residents volunteered to get the vaccine on day one at john knox village. In retirement ridge florida, one out of every five residents is a senior citizen. Along with Health Care Workers who began getting the vaccine monday, seniors at retirement communities, Nursing Homes, and assisted living facilities at the next priority. It helps saves lives, but it also helps increase the quality of life. With hanukkah underway and christmas next week, people are traveling and celebrating together which worries dr. Anthony fauci. We have a ways to go. He wants that holiday celebrations could create even more dangerous spread of the virus than thanksgiving did despite pleas for people to stay home. How the Human Services secretary alex azar said all 1. 5 million nursing home residents could be fully vaccinated by the end of ththe year. They could take care of thousands each and every day. A second Coronavirus Vaccine, bucould be disseminated to peope next week. Recommending the fda grant emergency authorization for that vaccine, which the governor today says he expects to happen by friday. Weve also not just that Vice President mike pence will receive his vaccine this friday and it will be on camera. And next week, we expect president elect joe biden to be vaccinated as well. Bret. Bret live at pompano beach, thanks. Tom cruises latest mission to get his will be made without disruptions from coronavirus. The star and producer went off on his Mission Impossible crew after some members of that crew disregarded his covid protocols. They are looking at us we are creating thousands of jobs. [bleep], [bleep] i dont ever want to see it again. Ever and if you dont do it, you are fired. If you see it do it again, you are [bleep] gone. Bret cruise has been one of the leaders in the Film Industry trying to get that industry back up and running after the covid shutdown. Major League Baseball is elevating the negro leagues to major league status. That means records and statistics of the negro leagues in which black players competed while being excluded from the majors because of racism and segregation will be part of major league history. Roughly 3400 players competed in the seven negro leagues from 19201948. The topic of paying College Athletes will go before the u. S. Supreme court next year. The justices have agreed to review a Court Decision that could be the first step in making historic changes. Senior correspondent mike tobin has a specifics tonight chicago. From the university to television networks, even shoe companies, everyone seems to get a piece of the revenue from College Sports except for the guys who take the hits and shoot the basket. We always felt there was going to be a Tipping Point for the student athletes for the studentathletes to come together and say enough and it is enough. The u. S. Supreme Court Learned to hear an appeal from ncaa sean elston. This could roughly a decade of legal battles and open the floodgates for compensation for student athletes. The chief legal officer for the association wrote the ncaa and its members continue to believe College Campuses should be able to improve the Student Athlete Experience facing neverending litigation regarding these changes. Lower Court Rulings have allowed College Athletes to receive compensation in the form of computers and supplies for school, even advanced degrees. One ruling and a law passed in california allowed athletes to profit from their name, image, and likeness. But the ninth u. S. Circuit of appeals of the ncaa cannot limit compensation or benefits. Now that the high court at stake in the appeal, the concept of amateur College Athletes could forever change. The ncaa makes bad decision after bad decision. And so somebodys going to have to change it for them. Disagrees with the government that education will suffer when revenue is diverted to athletes. The only people who will suffer and this are the executives of the ncaa, the athletic directors, and the coaches who have enormous salaries from the revenue from these ports. Speak of the spirit of amateur athletics is a difficult thing for lawyers to articulate and argue. Whats easy to argue is that the fans pay to see the athletes and the athletes dont get paid. Back to you. Bret mike tobin in chicago, mike, they get. Up next, the panel on threats to the homeland. Heres to the duers. To all the people who realize they can du more with less asthma thanks to dupixent, the addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. Dupixent isnt for sudden breathing problems. 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One come i had nothing to do with this report you lied repeatedly you lied repeatedly in the process that i was spreading russian disinformation that was an outright lie. I told you to stop linage you continue to do it. This is terrible what you are doing to this committee its what you have done to this committee. Accusing the chairman of spreading disinformation. You spout a again which is why come on mr. Chairman. Bret thats one way to start a committee hearing. The senate of homeland securit securitys domestic chairman ron johnson, republican, and senator garrett peters, democr democrat. Just to wrap up what johnson was charging, back when the Committee Reports came out on the hunter bided an biden he put out a statement to the democrats report saying the majority staff and Governmental Affairs committee and Committee Chairman ron johnson and Charles Grassley amplifies discredited allegations that are part of a known Russian Campaign to interfere in the 2020 election. The chairman relied on suspect sources including known purveyors of russian disinformation narratives as the basis for initial inquiries. Lets bring in our panel. Jonathan swan, National Political reporter for axios. A member of the Editorial Board at the wall street journal and Washington Post columnist. As you listen to that, your thoughts . Well, first of all, senator ron johnson is right. That is exactly what happened. We owe him and senator grassley a debt. They actually tipped off the country to these problems with Hunter Bidens actions. Even though they were presented with evidence proving that that was not the case. What you are seeing here today is as ron johnson went to hold a hearing on election irregularities and Election Security and democrats questioning him, temper sprayed and he felt he needed to put the record straight. Bret his answers have been pretty short, but what will my care is one of them. Okay, we had it. [laughter] he answered, are you confident your son hunter did nothing wrong and he says, i am confident. There is this back and whether there should be a special counsel in this investigation is the president elect becomes the president on january 20th. This conversation comes at a time in which joe biden, my most recent reporting is that he still hasnt settled on who hes going to nominate to be his attorney general. This adds an extra complication to that discussion. Do you appoint someone who with the public can genuinely feel is above politics, removed from politics, or do you go in the direction of appointing someone who is part for the public to believe a federal investigation of the president s son. So that makes this decision very interesting. Yes, President Trump has been talking privately about the possibility of a special couns counsel. How biden would handle that, that would create a new obstacle for biden. Does he keep that special counsel in place, does he try and divert it back to the u. S. Attorney, what does he do with the u. S. Attorney . Does he allow them to stay in that job is traditionally happens with the new president come and come or replace him. But it just a chain of events that is actually somewhat unpredictable. Bret the winter tape gremlins have been figured out. Heres the sound bite. Im confident. If you believe the special counsel is needed to look at the trump role regarding russia, how can you say that there is no need for a special counsel regarding hunter biden . So but he needs to look at is time on the board of burisma, somebody needs to look at his business dealings regarding china to see if any crimes were committed. Mainly, i think, to see what kind of conflicts, if any, the e Biden Administration may have. Bret there was a lot of info in the senate Homeland Security hearing including questions about the election, mark, specific allegations from a couple of attorneys. Obviously they have not been proven in court and there hasnt been a judge that has said these things are enough to overturn and he states votes, but it was interesting to hear today in that long hearing. Yeah, theres a reason why ron johnson was channeling his inner tom cruise today. It was because he had already he was the one that was the edge of the spear and making the case of if there was really something here. Everybody dismissed it and twitter suppressed it. The media refused to cover it and it turned out they were wrong. I am not suggesting that there is any evidence that there was a conspiracy to change the Election Results or that the election was stolen, but there was an unprecedented youth, but there was problems with the unprecedented youth of mailin ballots. There are probably a lot of boats that were counted because that shouldve been dismissed for irregularity, the signature didnt match, the postmark wasnt right, all these rules of the states were lax about. That were accounted when they wouldnt have been in any other election. I didnt election where the vast majority there was a large majority of mailin votes were favoring biden. That couldve made it in the difference in the results of the election. But it could have made an impact in one of those dates. We should find out if it did. Jonathan, the Trump Legal Team is obviously running out of runway here, the next thing is january 6, inside that white house what is happening . We see the president s tweets and what he says. They are may be im sure there will be an objection on the house floor, may be seconded by the senator, but they dont have the numbers to overturn it. Everything from now on as political performance art. But there are tens of millions of americans who believe it and its not without consequences. Bret yeah, kimberly . Welcome a look on my thought was also important about the hearing today as it brought up e bigger question of mailin ballots and Election Integrity. You know, this is something democrats have been pushing for a long time, we just got a real world example of what it looks like when you do implemented and states arent ready for it. That was what was really highlighted today, because in a matter is it is you are going to see a lot of people focusing on this especially at a state level in the coming years is to how we hold our next elections. Okay, panel. To stand by. We will discuss cove speak for the relief the country. Experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. Sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first months payment. Wiintroducing the new sleep number 360 smart bed. 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They need support. Listen, remember, when the started out they were going to get zero, zero. So this is Good Movement in the right direction but at the gate needs to be 1200. Lets see what they actually come up with. Everything that is in that package is vitally needed. The problem is it is much, much smaller amount than the country needs in this moment of economic desperation. The working class of this country, frankly, is in worse shape economically than any time since the great depression. Bret strange bedfellows there in terms of pushing for this relief package. We are back with our panel. Mark, it looks like they are heading towards about 700 in direct stimulus and an increase in Unemployment Benefits, but the package itself is longdelayed. Very long delayed. The democrats, pelosi and schumer come up and holding up covercovid relief since july. If been holding it up in order to help the trial lawyers. Literally, there was broad agreement on most of the rest of the package. There is agreement on a new pptp loan for Small Businesses and unemployment aided all of the rest of it. The two outstanding issues where the democrats on cys to assistae and republicans instance down democrats have basically said wed rather not given on liability they get the 160 billion in state and local aid. They are literally giving up her Top Priorities because they are so in the pocket of the trial. Its so remarkable. Bret jonathan, the ppp program which helped a lot of Small Businesses will get reloaded if everything gets across the finish line by about 250 billion. It seems like this is a step to another step, perhaps one the Biden Administration takes over. Well, thats with some moderate democrats theyve said this is not the beall and endall. Well have another go at this next year. But i talked to a number of progressives including Senior Advisor to Bernie Sanders, assuming there is another bite in the apple next year. I think thats the right assumption to make if you base it on history. There is no reason to think that if mcconnell is in control of the senate next year, that is going to entertain another stimulus bill in the neighborhood of 1 trillion. Weve become used to these type of bills in the era of covid, but historically its very hard to get these things done, so youve got one of the reasons so much argument and tension is that the progressives look at this is there one shot to get a massive stimulus through and they may be right. Bret nobody has been talking about the National Debt or deficits that may start to be factoring then. Speaking of democrats, take a listen to congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez talking about leader shap leadership an. In that cares act and march i do think that we, the democratic party, gave up a lot of levera leverage. We essentially gave away 4 trillion and leverage funds to wall street. Are you ready to say pelosi and schumer need to go . I mean, i think so. The question is, this year for example, the hesitancy that i have is that i want to make sure that if we are pointing people in a direction that we have a plan. She would followed to say that shes worried more more conservative democrats would try to take over the pelosi spot. This is going to be the biggest story of this next year, the thing to watch. One of the consequences of nancy pelosi losing those seats that she did, she has a very narrow majority and a very divided party. And with democratic president in charge, theres going to be a lot of assertion from progressives to start getting what they want. Bret arrived, panel. Thank you very much. Stay warm, stay dry, would come back, some bipartisan music up on capitol hill. This year we got it done. And with free Curbside Pickup at walmart. You can get the perfect gift up until the last minute. Lets end the year nailing it. But with walmarts low prices, you still know how to do it up. And keep costs down. Lets end the year enjoying more. You are all i need baby baby to get by bret finally tonight feeling some bipartisan rhythm up on capitol hill. That is Tennessee Republican senator Lamar Alexander who is retiring spreading some Holiday Cheer today playing christmas classics at the heart Senate Office building. Senate colleagues including Amy Klobuchar and tim scott dance along and eventually the senator was joined. It became a bipartisan affair when virginia democratic senator tim kaine joined in on her monica. They played go tell it on the mountain behind the sculpture of a mountain actually called mountain and clouds here at the senate building. Thats very fun to see. Thanks for joining us tonight but thats it for this special report. Fair balanced and still unafra unafraid. The story posed by Martha Maccallum starts right now. Martha, i think you can get them for your christmas party. Martha thats good because i cant hold a candle to either one of them. That was pretty cool. Thank you, bret. Good evening everybody. I Martha Maccallum and this is the big story developing tonight as there are a number of them. Tempers flaring at a hearing on capitol hill today that was focused on Election Integrity with democrats questioning the need for this hearing and suggested he might ron johnson was chasing conspiracy theories. Why do you think theyre such a gulf between rhetoric and reality . What is the goal of this Disinformation Campaign . This hearing gives a platform to conspiracy theories and lies. Spew on that led to this pushback from senator ron johnson where he cited that the disdain some members had for