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that joe biden is sworn in. the fbi warning that more armed protesters could be on the move. a full line-up of team coverage on our final friday. gillian turner, rich edson, jonathan turley have analysis with bret baier. we begin at the white house with griff. good afternoon, sir. >> good afternoon, bill. you know, any other day would be a white house full of reporters and staff and aides scurrying around. it's virtually a ghost town back there on this document day. everyone is wondering what you asked, which is what will the president do in his post presidency and it's anybody's guest. his plans on inauguration day, few details are known. here's what we know. that is on the morning of january 20th, the president's plan will be to depart from jba and head to mar-a-largo. of course, he will of course get on marine one one last time before he goes there. when he goes to mar-a-largo, he will take a handful of aides with him including a personal assistant, operations person from the oval office, a legislative affairs director and a press assistant. their travel is paid through the post presidential fund, which is worth mentioning. depending on how the senate impeachment trial goes, if president trump is convicted, those funds and that money goes away. as far as reports of any farewell event or addresses, nothing is confirmed. the suggestions have run the gamble. we heard rumors of a competing rally in florida. that has died down. now there's much more toned down reports that he could be planning a low-key event, possibly at jba with some people in person. given the logistics and the incredible security precautions are being taken, we have not gotten anything from the white house on that. when he gets, by the way, on air force one for the last time bidding farewell from jba, that flight will be called technically special air mission 29000, the tail number on it. one thing i think we can pretty much assume will happen in this post presidency, bill, he will continue to fight for free speech and have that feud with twitter. of course, today, we got that video leaked that has twitter's ceo jack dorsey saying the company won't stop banning people beyond the president saying this is going to be around for a very long time. we asked the white house just a little while ago for a reaction to dorsey's saying that it's bigger than one account. so far they have not commented. >> bill: thanks, griff. back to you if there's news this hour. left wing activists among those charged in the capitol riots last week. john sullivan telling fox news that he followed the pro trump mob into the capitol to document the events. also arresting, a texas real estate agent. she took a private plane to the riots and posed for pictures at the capitol. rich edson has more. >> that new criminal complaints says jennifer ryan and others arrived by private plane from texas to d.c. and in a social media post made threats to storm the capitol. federal officials say ryan posted a photo with the broken window at the capitol with the caption "if the news doesn't stop lying about us, we're going after their studios next." justice department officials say they have 275 open investigations in nearly 100 criminal cases. >> over the past few days, we've had several people given the way we're charged in these cases and what we're charging them with, the federal felonies have self-reported and turned in with attorneys. we encourage the public to do that. >> it's a long list but a sampling here. federal prosecutors have charged robert keith packer for violent entry or disorderly conduct among other charges. prosecutors say he was inside and out of the capitol building wearing a camp auschwitz sweatshirt. law enforcement says john sullivan was seen outside the capitol building using a microphone telling people that they were about to burn it down. there's peter francis strager, arrested in arkansas. authorities say he hit a police officer with an american flag. another man arrested shown carrying a confederate flag around the capitol. the fbi says they're seeing information that law enforcement officers, off duty or retired took part in the riot. "the new york times" is reporting that they're investigating 37 people including death of brian sicknick. >> bill: and now we bring in bret baier. good afternoon to you. we have more questions about security. i know there's a sweeping review. this could go on for some time. i'm curious about two different bits of reporting today. justice department today said no direct evidence that there's any attempt to kidnap or capture. then you have the same time a report out of phoenix that says the pro trump mob did have plans to capture and assassinate elected officials. i don't know where this ends up, bret but we need more answers as to what happened last week and what people knew prior to that. >> 100%. that is, bill, a big part of this investigation. the fbi director talking yesterday briefing the vice president about where things stand. there's been a lot of arrests. we don't have the full picture as you mentioned. there were people with zip ties, there were anecdotal stories of what happened in the capitol. >> bill: meantime, the president and the news on his departure. what are you hearing out of washington d.c. with the 25,000 national guard troops and this just crossed last hour. the governor of new jersey is ordering all state employees, ordering them to stay home next week and work remotely because of the level of tension in the country. >> i don't think there's any worry about washington d.c. there's more troops in and around the nation's capitol than -- there's five times more than in iraq and afghanistan combined. five times more currently today. it is and you been to iraq and the green zone, around the government officials there, government buildings. it looks like that with the walls and the presence. the concern i think for federal authorities in different states is the state capitols. the promise or the warning, the threat that they're going to have armed protests in 50 state capitols. >> bill: what are you hearing about the president's plans as he sorts his final days in office? what are you picking up on that? >> he's exiting stage left before that happens on wednesday morning. there seems to be some sort of planned military send-off, his final good-bye on the helicopter. it's interesting, bill. this is historic. the transfer of power will happen, but it won't be visual. there won't be a president handing power essentially face to face. it will happen at 12 noon, but donald trump will be long gone, we understand. >> bill: just filling in the blanks there. traditionally you have a meeting around 11:00 a.m. and you see the first couple greeting the incoming couple. what you're describing at andrews, it's happened before. i believe barack obama gave an address on the tarmac there, low key. you're describing something that could be more than that. >> i think it's just going to be getting out before the inauguration actually starts. you're right with the incoming president, the incoming first lady, usually get invited for coffee in the white house. there's been icy exchanges in the past. for example, when eisenhower was elected, truman had a problem with him. they still did the drive together to capitol hill, but they didn't say one word to each other in the car. but it happened. even still. this doesn't sound like it's happening at all and i don't know if any members of the president's family will be a part of any of the official ceremonies. >> bill: interesting. it's in the air. you can feel it. america is going through a transition. last thought on that. >> that's right. and you are going through a transition as well. i know you're going to 9:00 to 11:00 with dana. congratulations. it will be an amazing two hours to launch us off on fox news channel. >> bill: it's an important sometime slot and on your slot at 6:00 as well. i shall see you soon and see you in d.c. next week, bret. >> all right, buddy. >> bill: 6:00, bret baier. check him out. we're diving into the docs on the russian matter. and a new report that china's economy grew despite the covid pandemic. gordon chang is coming up. democrats divided over joe biden's economic plan. it's a monster one. the friday team is here for one last go. stephen moore and austan goolsbee live. is to helpour goal keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. if you're taking cosentyx and your insurance or coverage changes or you need help paying cosentyx connect is here to help. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen or if you've had a vaccine, or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. call us or visit us online. we're here for you. research shows people remember commercials with nostalgia. call us or visit so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's one that'll really take you back. wow! what'd you get, ryan? 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>> well, this will fill in a lot of questions that remain about the origins of this investigation. much of that was said early on about the investigation turned out to be untrue. you know, for example, the clinton campaign denied that they funded the steele dossier until after the campaign when reporters found that the clinton campaign paid for the dossier and basically shifted those funds through their lawyer. then we found out, of course, that the source for the steele dossier appears to be a russian agent and the information was quickly discredited in the fbi then the information was not shared with the secret court. many of us will look at these early documents to see what the key players said about this period where the fisa court was being given a completely erroneous presentation of the facts. >> bill: okay. as graham states, the fisa court was lied to. why do you think it's taken us so long just to get to this point? >> that's a very good question. i don't understand why much of this information took so long to declassify. obviously the investigation became publicly known. it was leaked by people in the fbi. but they still held on to many documents. and some of them are troubling. all of the key players have said that they would not have signed off on the key surveillance if they knew today what they knew before. this is an old washington pattern, that everyone accepts responsibility and nobody has responsibility. right? they all say oh, i'm totally responsible. i didn't -- i didn't know anything. well, we really still have this gap of responsibility. this was a targeting of individuals associated with the opposing party's campaign for president. we found out recently that agents were sent in to the campaign to report back on what they saw in a debriefing. that directly contradicts what was long stated, that there was no surveillance or investigation of the campaign itself. >> bill: okay. if they don't come out now, do we ever see this evidence? >> clearly the reason these are being pushed now is because there's a concern that the biden administration may not be as keen to release them. so there's an obvious time factor that is coming into play here. >> bill: last point here. here's what graham says. he says the leadership of the fbi under comey and mccabe is grossly incompetent or knowingly allowed tremendous misdeeds. is the answer to that statement determine punishment here? it's either intent or it's incompetence. >> well, unfortunately, this follows that same pattern. everyone says that i hold myself accountable and nobody is really held accountable. this was a bad investigation. it collapsed quickly. the fbi was told that the sources for the steele dossier were highly questionable. in fact, might be russian counter information. it's not that everything in the fbi -- in the fisa filing was false. it was not. there's information there that was true. the key basis of the allegation quickly fell apart. the fbi was informed of that. i think that graham makes a very good point when he says that at every juncture they didn't seem to entertain the possibility of any other explanation than this was a russian influence scandal and a conspiracy. >> bill: meantime, you have john durham out there. waiting to hear from him. i don't know when that day comes but we're waiting patiently. thanks, jonathan turley. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> bill: kim jong-un is back at it calling to increase his nuclear program. what his message could be for the incoming biden administration. recall what he did four years ago this month. also, why some parents are accusing an elementary school of teaching their kids racism. what is that about? 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"i used to think everyone is a boy or a girl but now i know that gender is something that you choose. it's the same sex as the doctor assigned you at birth or it can be different ". one educator we talked to said it's appropriate question for third graders. >> we're often asked, aren't kids too young to be learning about this stuff related to gender? that's the wrong question. they're also learning a ton about gender. >> confronted by parents, the school backed off. saying in november, the district became aware of concerns from parents regarding instructional materials that were used in a third grade class to clarify if the materials in question were not part of the adopted curriculum. so bill, under governor newsome's mandate, there's a new curriculum that will elevate the stories and voices of historically marginalized populations, african, asian, latino and native americans. back to you. >> bill: eight-year-olds. william la jeunesse in los angeles. thank you. in a moment, democratic socialist senator bernie sanders set to become the head of the senate budget committee. how that could shape the country's spending priorities. plus, aoc says president-elect biden's nearly $2 trillion stimulus plan does not go far enough. our friday money team, moore and austan goolsbee are on deck coming up. ♪♪ for every trip you've been dreaming of, expedia has millions of flexible booking options. because the best trip is wherever we go together. we're excited to do business with you but before we sign i gotta ask... sure, anything. we searched you online and maybe you can explain this? 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>> let me say it's really kind of ironic that bernie sanders is now heading up the budget committee. so people understand, that is the committee that is supposed to be in charge of balancing the budget, bill, this is putting bernie sanders in charge of that committee is like putting al capone in charge of an anti crime committee. we're going to see massive spending. some people said trump ran it up, too. but that doesn't justify another 1.9 trillion. we passed a $1 trillion bill. these numbers are getting large. i'll will say one positive thing. i do like the idea, austan of getting 100 million vaccines out quickly. that's the number one thing to get back to normal and getting state governments to open their economy. >> bill: good job there. tell me, austan, tell me what you tonight like. >> did i get through to steve moore? all of these weeks, he adopted my position from the beginning that the virus is the boss and we have to control it. i like best the parts that go to the specifically hardest hit people, and i like that part. i would -- and direct checks that go to everyone. i hope that we limit the amount of money that is going to high income people. i think that part will not be as effective at proviing relief as the targeted stuff there. >> bill: okay. $130 billion to reopen schools. what is that for? what are they building? draw bridges, steve? >> you know, the schools have been closed down for a year. i don't get -- >> bill: what does the mean go for? >> exactly. you have to ask austan that. they should have money built up. they've not been teaching. this rewards the schools for having stayed shut down, which i think has been a travesty. the other big thing that we'll fight as republicans hard against is the $350 billion blue state bail-out. that was debated a number of months ago, rejected. here they go again. >> bill: that seems to be the big run, $350 billion for illinois, california, new york, new jersey. >> in all fairness, that is confused. the money to the schools, they need to have socially distanced classrooms. they have to invest in ventilation and things that are expensive. it does cost money and we've seen that when you don't have a national strategy and you don't have the money to provide to schools that they need -- >> bill: whoa, whoa. you argued the vaccine is the goodness is this. give it to june or july of this summer. $130 bill to do what? >> the vaccine is not for kids. >> bill: whether it's teachers or not, we'll have a handle on this by the summertime. what are you going to spend $130 billion on? >> i just told you. the kids cannot get vaccinated and they're going to spend it on ventilation and spacing and the physical infrastructure that is needed for the schools. there's a 20-page fact sheet that goes through what the the money should be spent on. the thing i don't get in this is joe biden ran on a platform that we're going to do something different. we have tried a national strategy of the federal government will just pass this to the states and hope it works out. we have almost 400,000 people dead because of a lack of a national strategy. joe biden ran on this and won by seven million votes and now you're objecting that he's going to do what he said he was going to do. >> bill: go ahead, steve. >> you know where i am. you're in chicago. bill, you're in new york. i'm in a state that has opened up for business right now, that is florida. florida has had not as high case loads as new york does. what the governor here has proven and this is why i disagree with you, you have really good governors like ron desantis that dealt with this crisis that has not perilized their businesses. why can't they do that in california and new york and illinois? >> it's not true. look at the economic facts on the grown. airlines are shut down not because some governor said you can't fly but because people are afraid they'll get the disease. people are not taking cruises, they're not going to the gym, not going to sports. it's not because of lockdowns. it's because of the virus. so we've got to put a priority on the virus. this isn't exclusive to blue states. look at the economies in red state america. many of those are the hardest hit states by the disease and their economies have slowed just as much as -- >> bill: he's talked about a trillion dollar infrastructure bill as well. is this his first crack and best crack at getting a big bill through, steve? things change. they shift around. what the do you think? >> they do. i think you're going to see -- i think the biden that really ran for president saying look, i'm going to be a new democrat. i'm not going to let bernie sanders run the show and yet looks like bernie sanders wrote this bill. it has minimum wage, paid parental leave. it's got environmental justice grants. all of these things that are not associated with the health crisis at hand. republicans are going to say wait a minute. this debt is getting out of control. >> bill: austan, is this his best chance nor a big one? >> it is his chance. i can't get fact the man, joe biden, won the presidency by seven million votes on a platform of build back better saying i'm going to do exactly the things that he just outlined last night. he said it through the campaign and those are supported by large majorities of the american people. that he's objecting now, like where did this come from is ignoring the mandate that they won congress, they won the senate, won the presidency and he's going to do what he said he was going to do. >> except this is a bill that won't get republican votes. they're doing everything like the impeachment, shoving it down. that's not a good strategy. didn't work for obama. >> bill: it's 2 x the bail that came in 2009. thanks, gentlemen. thank you. have a good weekend. in a moment, a new report that china's economy is bouncing back, growing despite the pandemic. what is happening there? what is going on in north korea? chairman kim unveiling a new missile. as president trump gets ready to leave office, gordon chang will tell us about it when we continue next. if you have risk factors like heart disease, diabetes and raised triglycerides,... ...vascepa can give you something to celebrate. ♪ vascepa, when added to your statin,... ...is clinically proven to provide 25% lower risk from heart attack and stroke. vascepa is clearly different. first and only fda approved. celebrate less risk. even for those with family history. ♪ don't take vascepa if you are... ...or become allergic to icosapent ethyl or any inactive ingredient in vascepa. serious side effects may occur like heart rhythm problems and bleeding. heart rhythm problems may occur in more people... ...with persistent cardiovascular risk or who have had them in the past. tell your doctor if you experience an irregular heartbeat or other heart rhythm problems. possible side effects include muscle and joint pain. celebrate less risk. added cardio protection. talk to your doctor about adding protection with vascepa. ♪ limu emu ♪ and doug. talk to your doctor about adding protection and if we win, we get to tell you how liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need. isn't that what you just did? 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>> hi, bill. it was a massive show of force. it came from pyongyang to a washington in transition. a military parade at the end of a special congress of the ruling party, kim jong-un rolled out huge new ballistic missiles capable of being launched from submarines and that could bring north korea's threat to shores. and as kim put it in a speech, bill, we must do everything we can to increase nuclear war deterrence and military capability. yet, some analysts say he held out a bit of an olive branch to the incoming administration and a pat on the back to the outgoing praise. kim jong-un said president trump established the new u.s. north korea relations. but with new military hardware, we've seen a few of them and this is big, perhaps kim jong-un wants any new relations with president-elect biden on his own very tough terms. back to you. >> bill: thanks, greg. want to bring in gordon change, author. good day to you. let's start with north korea. the world's most powerful weapon. what do we know about it? >> it's a submarine ballistic missile. north korea's first of those types of missiles, august 6, 2016, looks liked china's jl-1 missile. something that has been observed around the world. the question is, how did north korea develop the chinese looking missile? the least likely explanation is they did it on their own. these guys happen help, had help from china. >> you remember four years ago when. trump came in to office and chairman kim was tending icbms. that went or for some time. now how will he tell joe biden? >> i have a bad track record trying to predict what kim jong-un does. i think he probably will launch a missile or two this year. but you know, the political calculations in pyongyang are very difficult to read. so you know, i'm not going to be surprised by anything he does or doesn't do. >> bill: what is china's role in this? >> china has been supporting north korea's missile program and nuclear programs as well. china proliferated all sorts of technology through iran through pakistan. so you have beijing supporting dangerous weapons programs for the iranians and the north koreans. the united states has to come to some realization that china has proliferating this stuff and needs to take actions accordingly. one other thing, china has been busting sanctions, but in 2020, it was openly busting sanctions. so this is a new level of provocation from the chinese. >> bill: any transition period is a guessing game. we'll see how it goes into february and march. the world health organization is now in wuhan for the first time in 12 months. you think that is significant on behalf of the chinese? >> not really. this time isn't going to learn anything. yes, it's a month-long mission but two weeks of that in quarantine. the terms of admission were heavily negotiated. they won't be able to poke around the virology lab. china sent their weapons expert to head that lab in january of last year. i believe she cleaned it up and i know they cleaned up the wet market with disinfectant. so the who mission like the two previous ones in january and february won't learn much. >> bill: we'll see if the trump administration releases any intel on this. thanks, gorden chang. nice to see you today. joe biden is now speaking. let's listen here. >> why our call for unity is equally necessary. unity is not some pie in the sky dream. it's a practical step of getting things done. we didn't get into all of this overnight. we won't get out of it overnight either. we will get through it and get through it together. today i'd like to talk more about what that means. sparing no effort. that means sparing no effort to get americans vaccinated. vice president harris and i, we just received a briefing from our covid team. truthfully, we remain in a very dark winter. infection rates are up 34%. more people are being hospitalized because of covid than ever before. we're up to between 3 and 4,000 deaths per day as we approach a grim milestone of 400,000 deaths in america. that's staggering to state the obvious. i know the pain so many of you have experienced, experiencing right now. starting by sitting down for breakfast this morning and staring at an empty chair at the kitchen table where a loved one used to sit, laugh. talk about how you loved one another. i know the frustration. we're all feeling it. almost a year later, we're still far from back to normal. honest truth is this. things will get worse before they get better. i told you i'll always level with you. you know, the policy changes that we're going to be making are going to take time to show up in the covid statistics. they're not just statistics, it's people's lives. people getting infected today don't show up in case counts for weeks. those that perish in this disease die weeks after exposure. so it will take time. i know there's things that we can do and we can do them now. for example, the vaccines offer so much home. we're grateful for the scientists and researchers and everyone that participated in the clinical trials. we're grateful for the integrity of the process. the rigorous testing that has led to millions being vaccinated safely. but the vaccine roll-out in the united states has been a dismal failure thus far. today's briefing we discussed five things, five things we'll do in an attempt to turn things around. five things to turn frustration into motivation. five things to help us meet our goal of 100 million shots by the end of our first 100 days in office. some say we're reaching too far. is it achievable? a legitimate question to ask. let me be clear, i'm convinced we can get it done. this is a time to set big goals to pursue them with courage and conviction because the health of the nation is literally at stake. first, we will immediately work with states to open vaccinations to more priority groups. the process of establishing priority groups is driven by science. the problem is implementation has been too rigid and confusing. if you were to ask most people today, they couldn't tell you who exactly is getting vaccinated. what they do know is there's tens of millions of doses of vaccine sitting unused in freezers around the country. people want and need the vaccine can't get it. we'll fix the problem by encouraging states to allow more people to get vaccinated beyond healthcare workers and move as quickly as they think we can. that includes anyone 65 years or older. a population that has accounted for over 80% of the deaths to date. 80%. we're also going to continue vaccinating front line workers, first responders, grocery store workers, et cetera. it won't mean that everyone in this group will get vaccinated immediately as the supply is not where it needs to be. but it will mean that vaccines become available -- as they become available, they'll reach more people that need them. we'll reach out and get the vaccine used. the second thing we're going to change, if we're getting more people vaccinated, we need more vaccination sites. that's where we're going to harness the full resources of the federal government to establish thousands of community vaccination centers. on my first day in office, i'll instruct the federal emergency management agency, fema, to begin setting up the first of these centers. by the end of our first month in office, we'll have 100 federally supported centers across the nation that will ultimately vaccinate millions of people. think of places that are convenient and accessible. school gymnasiums, sports stadiums, community centers. we've had productive conversations with bipartisan groups of county officials, mayors, governors, tribal leaders, leaders of the private sector that share they ideas with us about this effort. as we build them, we'll make sure that it's done equitably. we're going to make sure there's vaccination centers in communities hit hardest by the pandemic, black and latino and rural communities as well. within the first month of our administration, we're going to deploy mobile clinics moving from community to community that will partner with community health centers and local primary care doctors to offer vaccines to hard-hit and hard-to-reach communities in cities, small towns and rural communities. and to staff up these centers, we'll mobilize clinical and nonclinical professionals. think of the people we deploy in national disasters. experts from the federal emergency management agency, fema and the centers for disease control. our public health service commission corps, our military and medical personnel, first responders. we'll expand the pool of medical professionals including retired healthcare workers that can administer the vaccine and to ensure that we have enough -- >> bill: here's the blueprint for president-elect joe biden. want to drop in to that. work with with the states, get fema out there. all interesting. let's get the job done. it's been a year. we started this prom in the middle of an impeachment trial. that's how we close it out. in between, we watched a global pandemic, consume our lives and change the way we live like never before. with the new year comes the new line-up. you'll be thrilled next week. starting monday, join me and dana at 9:00 a.m. and we can't wait. as i said for a year, harry, i'll see you in line for the uber. now we'll see you monday with dana. until then, join the weekend. to all of our viewers out there, thanks for trusting us with your news and information every day of the week. new world monday. neil starts next. >> neil: thank you, bill. good luck to you. i don't think you'll need it. right now joe biden might need a little luck to meet an aggressive timetable. we've been monitoring his remarks as bill told you in wilmington where he's getting more vaccine to help more people quickly, a fraction have gotten out. people reflect to why in some states it's working fine and other states it's a slow-go. his goal is to get better than 100 million out in the first 100 days. the problem is enough sites across the country where they can do this. very large venues like they're doing in disneyland right now where they're giving it to 7,000 pe

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