area. more than 25 structures destroyed, trees down. there are electrical poles down in the area, police and officials keeping it really to a very limited space, not allowing media in. we went in earlier today and got a first look at the video as you are taking a look at right now, and unfortunately there is a lot of clean-up and a lot of mourning here in the area. meanwhile, john, there is another massive severe weather outbreak with tornadoes and straight line winds happening right now across the south in states like mississippi and onward into alabama. it is not over yet by any means, and as you stated, this all started on the west coast with snow and is going to tick up into the northeast with freezing rain and snow in the coming days. but again, an 8-year-old boy and his mother passed by the tornado that came in yesterday here in northwest louisiana. john. john: such a tragedy.
accessing u.s. banks, he calls attempts to steal american s data, and getting support from lawmakers across the aisle. let s bring in senator tom cotton to talk more about this. you and senator rubio have a pair of things, rubio wants to ban tiktok. huawei, 5g companies, chinese tech and american infrastructure and tiktok, how big do you believe this threat from china really is, senator? john, the threat from china is severe across numerous fronts, in particular the technology front. many years going back to the trump administration, the government has been working to keep huawei 5g equipment out of the telecommunications network. it just happens to show up in small rural telecommunications companies next to the intercontinental ballistic fields or sensitive military basis. we don t want any americans data security or privacy or national security to be threatened by huawei, i have introduced legislation to cut them off from the u.s. financial
a reason why it s cheap. exactly. that is a great analogy. with you should have never gone down the road of relying on chinese telecommunications equipment and never allowed the economy to become so entangled with the communist chinese economy. it s critical we start disen tangling it in sectors like telecommunications and technology. john: a small group of republican senators calling themselves the breakfast club, want to put some pressure on mitch mcconnell to make sure conservative issues are addressed in the next congress. we don t know for sure who is in the breakfast club, they will hold a news conference later this hour, senator mike bram, lindsey graham, panned paul, ron johnson, ted cruz and rick scott. do you support what the breakfast club is doing? we actually had a very good conversation of all senators, some of you just mentioned asked to have a full conference meeting.
tough balancing act that the fed is going to have to manage because as you raise interest rates, you don t really know the impact of that for months, sometimes years down the road, and so the fed has to try to tackle inflation without driving us into a recession. of course, that is the fear. john: you have to land the plane without killing everybody on board. sandra: we ll watch that and the market reaction and news from there as we see it. 11 days to go to christmas, 11, holy moley. parents are not just worried about the cost of everything under the tree but also critical antibiotics and fever reducing medications that are needed for so many children that are getting sick right now. fox business lydia hu is live at a pharmacy outside of new york city for us. how are the pharmacies handling the shortages? hi there, sandra. it s really difficult, this pharmacy here, it s running very low on amoxicillin, a common
happening. congressman henry cuellar is here later this hour. sandra: a chinese tech company from doing business in the united states, senator tom cotton says it s a national security no brainer. why hasn t it already happened? senator tom cotton, how big a threat chinese-owned tech companies are to all of us. john: russian spies right under our nose, and a story straight from hollywood. what the hell? it s a couple. get in. go. take them, take them! sandra: that was hollywood s take on russian spies in the hit tv show the americans, a husband and wife seem like the perfect american couple next door. john: so deep into their cover stories, even fooling