in the hope that putin falls. i wouldn t hold my breathi woexpecting putin s downfall. that is just not the way russian history tends to play out there. absorb punishment. they re famousment for that and they can take a life from that whole thing that they really can. scorched earth was their retreat while burning everything they had and surviving. niall ferguson, thanks so much. great perspective. straight ahead, one of the most under covered aspects around the hunter biden laptop scandal with the 50 intel officers who sold us that that was russian disinformation and told the media some was even cia director in fact to were in moments. we re going to show you some of the worst offenders. plus, an update on the transgender swimmer leah thomas. it s her ncaa championship quest. we have a verdict in a new media is trying to bring
december 1st. big speech by the president at 2:30 today. bill: transgender swimmer leah thomas meets ncaa requirements to compete in women s college swimming but swimming world magazine said the requirements aren t strict enough. this publication is the most widely read in all of america. here is what he says. what we are stating is this. the effects of being born a biological male as they relate to the sport of swimming over thomas a clear-cut edge over the biological females who she is competing. she is stronger, that simple. it is beneficial to her stroke and endurance. doping has the same effect. want to bring in jimmy failla. how are you doing and good day to you. how will we make this right, jimmie? listen, i 100% agree with this editor but i do hope she can compete just so i can
speed. we crunched numbers. here are leah thomas s numbers versus the women s team. 2 1/2 seconds faster on the 200 free. 16 seconds faster in the 500. those 1:05 on the 1650. how does it stack up against the best female swimmers in america? the women swimming records on the right. the longer you are in the pool the more your ability to swim fast is diminished. one year of testosterone suppression is not enough to be sufficient. because of that women are suffering who are on these teams, jimmie. i don t feel we re wrong in saying that. what i m frustrated by is the intolerance of this debate. the truth is, okay, we re a
hours announce their retirements. that brings us to a total of nearly two dozen democrats as opposed to half of that on the republican side. it is just very interesting to see what is happening. bill: you may get more. they expect more, too. thanks for that. aishah hosni live on capitol hill. amazing thing to have a democratic senator talk about a democratic white house like joe manchin just did. dana: interesting they ll have the call at 8:00 tonight. basically isn t that a nationwide zoom call? who isn t going to be able to be on that call? i don t know how they keep it secure. we ll probably hear everything that haens. i ll be there for all of it. a transgender swimmer breaking women s records and swimming world magazine says leah thomas has an unfair advantage similar to cheating that would get others kicked out. bill: schools announcing nroons return to remote learning. a new strategy to try to keep the schools open and safe coming up.
enforcement by people like kimberly foxx and they run out the talent. bill: the celebrities, the actors, and a lot of news folks are on camera in the very early days showing their support for jussie smollett and maybe kim foxx was right there with him. nice to see you. ncaa now rules for transgender college athletes are under the microscope at this swimmer leah thomas smashes u.s. records. the leading switch publication has strong feelings on this. we ll share that with you coming up next as we roll on four days from christmas.